Year in Review: Bay of Plenty veteran truck driver Terry Hobart reflects on 30-year career
“I looked in my mirror and saw him coming past me upside down.” He retired three years ago…
Year in Review: Hazelnuts prove to be a good cash crop for Waikato farmer
Raewyn and her husband Allan bought 25 hectares of her family farm in 2008 and raised their two…
Year in review: Waikato farmer reunites with his family’s vintage Fordson tractor
His great-grandfather cleared large blocks of land and had eight sons and a few daughters to whom he…
Year in Review: Waikato dairy farmer cherishes father’s 1955 John Deere 70 tractor
“My dad, Neil, switched the day-to-day tractors to John Deere when International and David Brown combined as Case…
Year in review: Mandys Horseradish – artisan success with award-winning flavour in Canterbury
She has tried various tumblers, scrubbers, and peeling contraptions to peel her horseradish, but has found that hand…
Year in Review: Tom and Fiona Langford – life after winning 2025 Share Farmers of the Year
She was brought up on a farm, but education-wise moved into science, obtaining a BSc majoring in human…
Year in Review: Legendary mother cow ‘April’ inducted into LIC Hall of Fame
“This award recognises April’s extraordinary contribution to our sector,” said Simon Worth, LIC livestock selection manager. Worth said…
Year in Review: Pastures Past – Plague rats in New Zealand in 1900
However, New Zealand also had a brush with plague rats in 1900, as seen in the newspapers below.…
Givealittle report: Which city in New Zealand is the most generous?
Wānaka woman Emma Holden received $417,000 in donations to help her cover costs for cutting-edge cancer treatment. The…
Wayne Brown backed by billionaires and developers in $611k campaign haul
Among the donors who gave $5000 to Brown were former All Black and Waiheke resident Marc Ellis, and…
The Warehouse Albany and Silverdale could be first in line for store revamp
Stirton said the business’s Albany store already benefited from white floors, which he previously said could become the…
Fifa World Cup 2026: Cristiano Ronaldo cleared to play opening World Cup 2026 matches after Fifa ruling
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