Anjum Rahman hopes for a more culturally diverse council in the future
While Anjum Rahman was not elected this year, she hopes the new council will make the right decisions for...
Ali Brady
Student wants more for young people in Hamilton
Grace Jones, 25, says she is one of thousands of students living in Hamilton often overlooked by the council. Jones...
Waikato River a priority for mayoral candidate
Mayoral candidate Ewan Wilson has come out pledging to make the Waikato River a priority if elected. In a press...
New Zealand’s first 360 degree film to screen at Spark Festival
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7iNgnyanC4 A new kind of interactive movie experience will have viewers wishing they had eyes in the back of their...
Spark Festival promises strong programme
Spark International Festival of Media, Arts and Design is back for the 15th time boasting its strongest programme to date....
Not a farmer but still a Young Farmer
Natalie Watkins is not your everyday farmer. She isn’t wearing gumboots or perched on the back of a four-wheeler motorbike....
Taupo deer farmers build pirate ship out of junk
The last thing you might expect to see at Fieldays is a pirate ship. But thanks to deer farmers Murray...
Such is life, for a farmer’s wife
It’s a cold and miserable autumn day in the Waikato, which is pleasant to observe from the warmth of a...
Life on the farm
Some are young, some old, some are experienced and some are still learning. You will find these kinds of farmers...
Down in the milking shed
“I don’t want to milk cows. I hate it.” At 22 years old James Young is a Paeroa dairy farmer....
Farmers talk health
Alex McMillan is up and ready to go at what most would call the crack of dawn, but what dairy...
The Great Indoors
By the middle of last week – a week before the event was due to open – the massive...
Scholarship recipient takes on Antarctica
Scientist Stephen Archer has taken his work to one of the most hostile environments on the planet. As the current...
Company finds way to turn blood into plastic
A Waikato University spin-off company aims to put New Zealand on the map with ground breaking technology. The company, Aduro...
New Mystery Creek headquarters open in time for Fieldays
As part of its reworked image, Mystery Creek is showing off a new headquarters at this year’s Fieldays. Opened by...
Garment years in the making will finally be seen at Ag Art Wear show
First time Ag Art entrant, Mallonae Garton lives on a beef and dairy farm in Doubtless Bay and is happy...
Wintec journalists celebrate 10 years of the Fieldays Exhibitor
When Wintec students and their tutors first started producing the Fieldays Exhibitor in 2004, it was only four pages long....
Hamilton North School sell Fieldays programmes for a great cause
It’s a cold, frosty morning in the Waikato. The early morning mist has yet to rise and the sun faces...
Hamilton Summer in Garden Place finale a success
There was no shortage of Hamilton pride at the Summer in Garden Place Twilight Carnival last night. ENTERTAINED CROWD: Hundreds...
Social media calms the crisis
The first 2013 Hamilton Social Media Club yesterday proved that Facebook and Twitter are used for more than just displaying...
Shirt swapping mayhem
PRO SWAPPER: Pietta of Craighead is one of the better swappers. Photo: Ali Brady It was mayhem at the Maadi...
Schools ‘blown away’ by business support
Cambridge’s Adopt a School programme is doing great things for local business. There are 55 stores taking part in the...
A coach’s work is never done
The Waikato Independent hit the boat sheds to get the coaches' view on the racing. Craig Smith - Westlake Girls...
Sideline comment: Parents speak
Waikato Independent took to spectators seats at Lake Karapiro to ask the parents what they thought of today's delay in proceedings. Tara...