State of Emergency A pre-emptive region-wide State of Emergency has been declared across the Waikato this morning, with Waipā District Council moving into an elevated state of readiness ahead of the potential impacts of Cyclone Vaianu. The…
What started as a homegrown event for local shearers now stands at the heart of Te Kūiti’s identity more than 40 years on. Today the 40th edition of the New Zealand Shearing Championships gets under…
Mōkau has put on another masterclass for bone carvers at the latest Firstgas Mōkau Bone carving Symposium over Easter weekend. Around 60 novice to expert carvers from across the country filled the Mōkau Hall to…
Former Ngāhinapōuri and Tamahere resident Ross McMillan remembers his late older brother Don fondly. Not just the man who scored an 80 metre try against the touring 1977 British Lions, but a keen guitarist with…