A member of King Country’s Fagan family has won the Horse of the Year event this month. Year 5 Ōtewā School student Javana Johnston, 9, won her category A show hunter class at the Tomoana…
A member of King Country’s Fagan family has won the Horse of the Year event this month. Year 5 Ōtewā School student Javana Johnston, 9, won her category A show hunter class at the Tomoana…
Yesterday it rained properly for the first time this year. Maybe that’s an exaggeration, but that’s how it feels to me at least. And not just me. Everyone was talking about the rain. “You can…
Following on from last month’s column, your Community Board got together to go over our strategic plan, assess how we are doing and to finalise our priorities through to the end of our term. As…
Te Awamutu stone mason Colin Jacobs remembers his time on The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power with fondness as he relaxes at his Mōkau bach.In a bach on a beach lived a dwarf….
Te Awamutu College students took part in the third education and agri-skills event at Owl Farm, St Peter’s School Cambridge on Thursday. Students from five King Country, Waipā and Hauraki high schools converged for the…
Salt is part of our everyday lives, whether we are eating it or swimming in ocean water. Before it reaches our kitchens, salt is collected in several ways. One method involves evaporating salty water, leaving…
Te Awamutu township was in a somewhat excited state over the proposal to do away with the present bowling and tennis sites and have new grounds made on Victoria Park. There was some opposition to…
Kihikihi paint job The Kihikihi War Memorial Hall is having a refresh. Scaffolding has gone up on the historic building and contractors are expected to start soon on repainting the walls, fascias and windows on…
Kiwi debate Clyde Graf’s opinion piece (The News, March 20) on kiwi releases from Maungatautari Sanctuary Mountain casts unfounded aspersions on efforts to protect brown kiwi. He is also ill-informed about the practice of taking…
A group dedicated to restoring Mt Pirongia’s biodiversity says a Waikato Regional Council grant is “life blood”. Pirongia Te Aroaro o Kahu Restoration Society will receive $303,000 over three years towards its Kia Mau Tonu…
