My AccountGardener amazed by flowering kumara
Mon, 18 May 2020
Wharehine gardening enthusiast Sue Andrew could hardly believe her eyes when she spotted dainty flowers sprouting from her red kumara vine. She thought it must...
/Mahurangi NewsDrought advice funding welcome
Mon, 18 May 2020
A new government fund to help farmers through the worst drought in living memory is a welcome boost, but more help may be needed, according...
/EnvironmentFieldays goes online
Mon, 18 May 2020
The southern hemisphere’s largest agricultural event will be conducted entirely online this year in the wake of Covid-19. Fieldays CEO Peter Nation says organisers have...
/Mahurangi NewsGrounds for optimism after testing
Mon, 18 May 2020
A group dedicated to restoring and maintaining healthy waters in the Matakana-Sandspit catchment area have painted a cautiously encouraging picture of the state of local...
/EnvironmentOffshore sand mining at Pakiri up for submission
Mon, 18 May 2020
A consent application has been lodged with Auckland Council to dredge two million cubic metres of sand over 20 years from the seabed at Pakiri....
/EnvironmentRāhui sparks beach access row
Mon, 18 May 2020
Pākiri residents say there is still some educating to be done about the status of Pākiri Beach, after online arguments broke out about the right...
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