Month: June 2017
TechniPharm gets Spikey at Fieldays
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC0QIga5-28 Spikey makes it’s big debut this year at Fieldays. The new innovation promises to earn money for farmers and...
Women in gumboots
A farm in Ngatea has been passed through Arthur Jones’s family for over 100 years. He has had employees come...
Tackling the war on weeds
The Department of Conservation is tackling the baker's dirty dozen weeds at Fieldays. Community ranger, Danielle Hart, says a big...
Steak? How about locust instead…
Fancy some ants in your smoothie? Or how about some crickets on your toast to make your morning a bit...
Federated Farmers fight for fair water regulations
Andrew McGiven, the Waikato provincial president of Federated Farmers. Photo: Dominico Zapata, Fairfax. Waikato Federated Farmers has released its submission for...
Teenager from small settlement cracks the big time
NZ U19 Commonwealth Youth Games beach volleyball qualification winners, Jasmine Milton (left) and Ella Akkerman. Photo: Supplied A teenager...
Marist through to semis after thumping Otorohanga in Waikato women’s rugby
Hamilton Marist's hat-trick hero Danielle Paenga fights for possession. Photo: Jesse King Hamilton Marist finished the Waikato women’s club rugby...
Change in cannabis law too late for cancer patient
Debra and her husband of 27 years holding hands during her last few hours alive. Photo: Supplied For Hamilton mother...
Tāmaki initiative tackles plastic waste
New Zealanders use 1.6 billion plastic bags a year. Photo: Pixabay Tāmaki residents are tackling a global environmental problem by...
How Brushy got his one string
Brushy the one-man, one-guitar-string act drew standing room only crowds at WOMAD. Photo: supplied. One night Brushy said he had...
First generation Cambodian New Zealander visits his heritage
Ricky Heng looks over the 900-year-old Hindu temple A cycle trip to the ancient Cambodian temple of Angkor Wat was...