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Mother’s Day bonus

Mother’s Day was made even more special for Wellsford Mum Kat Waldrom when daughter Anahera’s card entry won the WellsfordPlus Mother’s Day card competition. The...

Securing Mangawhai wastewater

A new balance tank for Mangawhai’s wastewater treatment plant is one step closer to completion, with the first pre-cast concrete slabs poured for the tank...

From bread bag to fence post

Kiwis can get a courier pick-up of their discarded soft plastics thanks to the efforts of NZ Post, The Packaging Forum and Future Post. The...

Resilience training on rural agenda

Two successful programmes training farmers, growers and other rural people to manage pressure and adapt to change have received renewed funding from the Ministry of...

Top beers

Two local breweries have again made their mark on the New World Beer and Cider awards. Beers produced by Matakana brewing companies 8 Wired and...

One bark above the best

Tomarata beef farmer Scott McRae and his dog Cory have taken out first place in a top sheepdog trialling competition, held in Alexandra in northern...

Warkworth to Snells Beach wastewater pipeline awaits consent

Getting wastewater from Warkworth to the new Snells Beach wastewater treatment plant, which is currently under construction, may prove to be an Achilles heel for...

Good golly, it’s another Brick Bay folly!

Three University of Auckland architectural students – Nicholas Rowsby, Brandon Carter-Chan and Joseph Trace – are this year’s winners of the annual Brick Bay Folly...

Hare steals jump on wallaby

A large hare is thought to have been behind a ‘wallaby’ sighting in Babylon Coast Road, near Dargaville, earlier this month. Northland Regional Council biosecurity...

Soft plastics – turn off the tap

by Trish Allen, Mahurangi Wastebusterswww.mahurangiwastebusters.nz The very best way to avoid dealing with soft plastics is to try to stop the flow of it into...