When you’ve been ringing the six bells in the belfry at St Andrew’s Anglican Church in Cambridge for several years, you get to know each of them like old friends. Number five is notoriously temperamental….
When you’ve been ringing the six bells in the belfry at St Andrew’s Anglican Church in Cambridge for several years, you get to know each of them like old friends. Number five is notoriously temperamental….
Sir William Gallagher has been awarded a National Fieldays Life Membership Sir William has been a part of Fieldays since its inception and played a pivotal role in its foundation. When he attended the first…
A gorse-busting drone will soon benefit outgoing National Fieldays Society board chair Jenni Vernon’s 224-hectare Te Akatea farm. Hill country farmers use drones to spray weeds in areas that are hard to reach with traditional…
Taylor Lincoln loves working on Reon and Wendy Verry’s King Country farm. “I’m learning different stuff about sheep and beef farming every day without heaps of pressure. No two days are the same the 19-year-old…
Keith Holmes has handed the presidential chains of Waikato Federated Farmers to Phil Sherwood after one term. “No president would want it as their legacy to see farm environment plans implemented,” Holmes, who took on…
KiwiRail could be asked to consider extending the Te Huia train service south. The idea is being pushed by Ōtorohanga identity Bill Miller, whose rail successes include ensuring the Northern Explorer tourist train continued to…
There were no objections to the Representation Commission’s plans to expand Barbara Kuriger’s Taranaki-King Country electorate, which includes a huge chunk of the Waipā district. But there were 636 objections to other proposed changes to…
It could be seen as slightly incongruous that a London-born couple who met at a church hayride in Sydney and who now live in Kihikihi are organising this year’s Clan Ross Association of New Zealand…
A collection of works done by Waipā artists linked to Te Awamutu’s Enrich Plus community went on show last Tuesday at the IHC Art Awards viewing at the town’s Gallery on Teasdale. Of those on…
Ruth Crampton views her recent appointment as a new trustee at Taylor Made Community Space as an opportunity to strengthen Cambridge’s appeal to a wider audience. She has her eye on developing the facility’s capacity…
