Off-the-grid home sparks interest
Huge interest surrounds an innovative Waikato-designed Hybrid Smart Home which provides "100 per cent off the grid living". Allan and...
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Pakistan lures Tokoroa Intermediate principal
The challenge of heading a new school in Pakistan has lured a Tokoroa principal from a “lovely group of students”...
Maori Language Week in the classroom
Tokoroa North School embraced Maori Language Week with both hands as they learnt about manaakitanga, the act of caring. The...
Women police officers join Tokoroa beat
With a nationwide drive for more women to join the police force it was only a matter of time before...
Monarch butterflies given sanctuary
A Palmerston North park is set to become a haven for butterflies. Apollo Park will be planted up with species...
Rugby World Cup volunteer ranks filling
With less than three months to go, volunteers are flooding in for the Rugby World Cup. Recruitment in the Waikato...
Youngsters take on their own rugby world cup
One rugby world cup in New Zealand this year is already well underway, with schools around the country competing in...
Wintec student president faces challenge
Newly elected Wintec student association president Myles Watene is facing a bid to oust him from the job. The Students'...
The view from Palestine
A plea from Palestine will be heard in Hamilton on Tuesday as a couple give an eyewitness account of injustice and humiliation...
Little mum spreads the word
Jacqui Barrett is used to being asked if she’s on first name terms with Frodo. And she’s used to the...
Bull is an impressive breeding machine
Big beast Glenlea Downs Tsar’s Gold is an impressive breeding machine with a 100 per cent conception record. Last year...
Norm Hewitt supports SPCA educational programme on violence
He was there to speak to Year 7 and 8 students as part of the One of the Family campaign,...
Wintec graduate returns home for Bank of China job
Wintec graduate Mandy Jiang has landed a job at one of the world’s top banks. The 22-year-old will start work...
Glenview primary pupils take part in Enviro School Project
Hamilton’s Glenview primary school has dumped rubbish bins, with pupils taking their rubbish home for recycling. Caretaker John Hazlitt said...
Auckland mayor Len Brown to sleep rough on the streets
Auckland mayor Len Brown will be given a piece of cardboard and shown a cold concrete slab at AUT University’s...
Riverdale Alpacas are back at Fieldays
Riverdale Alpacas took a year off last year, but they are back in force this year with three of their...
Farmers show interest in drug testing
Farmers are showing more interest in drug testing as a result of employment changes. Drug testing is traditionally popular in...
No.8 wireless provides free wi-fi at Fieldays
Fieldays attendees and exhibitors have been able to tap in to free wi-fi this year at Mystery Creek, thanks to...
Hot chips sell like hot cakes
Hot chips are selling like hot cakes at the Fieldays. The Fieldays has five different food court areas that sell...
Equine skills on show at Fieldays
Fieldays has stepped up its coverage in the equine sector this year with events running in the EquiDays Arena. The...
Cutting horses dance to outsmart cattle
We are all familiar with the role of the sheep dog and the trials held for it in New Zealand....