Ōtorohanga rail enthusiast Bill Millar is “gutted” that track maintenance will cut the Northen Explorer service to town over the festive season. The Northern Explorer, a tourist train with a viewing car, normally visits Ōtorohanga…
The Targa Rally can be a win-win for motor sport fans and the local communities who host it, says Maihiihi Primary School deputy principal Katie Robinson. The Labour Weekend timing didn’t work in Waitomo district…
Forgotten World Adventures – which runs railcarts over the disused railway line between Taumarunui and Stratford – seems to be bucking the trend for visitor numbers. The tourism company has recorded better than expected advanced…
A collection of 1.5 million negatives representing an Ōtorohanga photographer’s entire career is being transferred to the town’s museum. The collection of black and white negatives and prints provides a record of more than half a…
Some working dogs must retire due to age or injuries. Some just never were cut out for farm life. Paul Charman reports on what happens next. Retired Working Dogs was founded more than 10 years…
An active King Country huntaway named Puzzle injured his carpal (wrist) joint at work and had to have a plate put in. But being very engergetic he broke the plate so he was facing either…
Frustrations are expected to be aired at a public meeting attended by some of the hikers and hunters who aided the search for an Auckland hiker who disappeared in Pureora Forest on March 23. Experienced…
“Before there was social media there was amateur, or ham radio, and it’s going to exist long after social media is just a memory.” That’s the view of longtime Te Kūiti radio ham Mick Gannon,…
In New Zealand children are 50 per cent more likely to die by homicide than in Australia, Waitomo Mayor John Robertson said at an inter-church prayer meeting at Te Kūiti on Sunday. The meeting at…
Police have played a trump card in efforts to find Marokopa dad Tom Phillips who has been missing with his three children for two and a half years. Despite the promise of $80,000 for information…
