11:45am Tue 18 Feb, 2025
George Thompson will never forget Valentine's Day for all the wrong reasons. On February 14, 2020, the farmer wasn't meant to be working but one of his team... Read More
10:50am Tue 18 Feb, 2025
The first round of the 2025 Yamaha New Zealand Motocross Championship could not have gone much better for the Altherm JCR Yamaha team, with its trio of riders... Read More
09:00am Sun 16 Feb, 2025
Waikato pigeon fancier Ray Hooker's interest in his grandmother's and father's pigeons, budgies, canaries and cockatiels ended up with him being given the responsibility... Read More
08:30am Sun 16 Feb, 2025
A once thriving community hub in the Waikato, which fell into disrepair, has been re-born as a function centre. The former Hunga Hunga Hall is the centrepiece... Read More
11:54am Sat 15 Feb, 2025
If last year's Te Puke A&P Show was big, this year's was absolutely huge. The show last Saturday was the 119th and, while numbers have yet to be finalised,... Read More
09:11am Sat 15 Feb, 2025
Vintage and classic machinery enthusiast, and dairy farmer Reece Houghton was brought up on a dairy farm with one sister and four brothers. Their father had... Read More
04:00pm Thu 13 Feb, 2025
Alastair and Ann Reeves are the fourth generation of Alastair's family to farm the 90-year-old Te Akau property. Building on that family legacy is their goal... Read More
05:00pm Wed 12 Feb, 2025
A Waikato farmer who has long had overseas workers in his staff mix is cautiously optimistic about changes to migrant visa rules. 'It's not a game-changer,... Read More
01:00pm Tue 11 Feb, 2025
While tractor fires are lessening, any is too many, says a veteran firefighter in the Waikato. Kevin Curtis is in a unique position to offer advice on the... Read More
11:00am Sun 09 Feb, 2025
The power of heavy horses were on display at Saturday's Te Puke A&P Show. Ross Wilson and his six-strong team of Clydesdales were at the show, taking... Read More
01:55pm Fri 07 Feb, 2025
Fire crews are at a house fire in Bay of Plenty. A Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesperson said the fire in Paengaroa Paenageoa had also ignited a 200m... Read More
01:00pm Fri 07 Feb, 2025
Grow On Katikati is hosting a screening of Hua Parakore: Living Indigenous Food Sovereignty, a full-length interview film with Dr Jessica Hutchings. Hutchings,... Read More