BBusiness Read More Year in Review: Hazelnuts prove to be a good cash crop for Waikato farmerDecember 29, 2025 Raewyn and her husband Allan bought 25 hectares of her family farm in 2008 and raised their two…
BBusiness Read More Year in review: Waikato farmer reunites with his family’s vintage Fordson tractorDecember 29, 2025 His great-grandfather cleared large blocks of land and had eight sons and a few daughters to whom he…
BBusiness Read More Year in Review: Waikato dairy farmer cherishes father’s 1955 John Deere 70 tractorDecember 26, 2025 “My dad, Neil, switched the day-to-day tractors to John Deere when International and David Brown combined as Case…
HHeadlines Read More Year in review: Mandys Horseradish – artisan success with award-winning flavour in CanterburyDecember 25, 2025 She has tried various tumblers, scrubbers, and peeling contraptions to peel her horseradish, but has found that hand…
HHeadlines Read More Year in Review: Tom and Fiona Langford – life after winning 2025 Share Farmers of the YearDecember 25, 2025 She was brought up on a farm, but education-wise moved into science, obtaining a BSc majoring in human…
HHeadlines Read More Ashlee Lynn Buzzard is accused of shooting Melodee and dumping her body in rural UtahDecember 25, 2025 He described Buzzard as “unco-operative” throughout the investigation and said she remained so after her arrest. The investigation…
HHeadlines Read More Year in Review: Legendary mother cow ‘April’ inducted into LIC Hall of FameDecember 23, 2025 “This award recognises April’s extraordinary contribution to our sector,” said Simon Worth, LIC livestock selection manager. Worth said…
NNew Zealand Read More Year in Review: Pastures Past – Plague rats in New Zealand in 1900December 22, 2025 However, New Zealand also had a brush with plague rats in 1900, as seen in the newspapers below.…
WWildlife Read More Their Husbands Were Killed by Tigers. Now These Women Are Restoring the Big Cat’s Threatened HabitatDecember 17, 2025 Mangrove planting in the Sundarbans – credit, I-Behind-the-Ink, supplied to CNN They are called “swami khejos,” translated to…
NNew Zealand Read More Ruatiti double homicide: Photo released as police search for person of interestDecember 14, 2025 “Police will be carrying out reassurance patrols as we work as quickly as possible to locate those involved.”…
EEntertainment Read More British ‘Aga saga’ author Joanna Trollope dies aged 82December 12, 2025 Her most recent work Mum & Dad, published in 2020, chronicled three siblings and their families who gather…
HHealthcare Read More Optometry graduate Grace Su returns to Tauranga clinic after rural placementDecember 12, 2025 She chose optometry because she loved science, wanted a healthcare career, and preferred a nine-to-five lifestyle over medicine.…