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Your ultimate guide to King's Birthday weekend
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Model railway enthusiasts bring farming history to life
Club initially used ex-dairy farmer and life member Brian Harvey’s hobby room and shed.
Vege tips: Why every gardener needs a worm farm
Opinion: A worm farm and nutrients are a great combination for the vegetable garden.
'Hot pursuit': Starlings fight a hawk in 1930
1930s starlings attacked hawks and stole from letterboxes, but they still had fans.
Let’s rally to save Kiwi community halls – Glenn Dwight
OPINION: It's time to crank up the barbie and save our community halls.
Parasite spread by cats may have cost 10,000 New Zealanders their sight
University of Otago says 40,000 people have ocular toxoplasmosis, one in four seriously.
'Top dollar for no services': Residents decry council neglect
Residents in the Far North pay up to $5000 in rates but get few services.
‘Bittersweet’: Why family left mouldy property where their baby died
Family wanted to leave as mould issues continued but were torn by the home's nostalgia.
Weather onslaught: Rain, damaging gales, thunderstorms to sweep over NZ
The stormy conditions have already started in the south and will spread north Sunday.
Teen claims she was kicked in the head for not handing over her $700 hoodie
But the other teen claims she ended up with the hoodie after a mutual clothing swap.
Centenarian celebrates 103rd birthday with family and friends
Joan has two children alive, 11 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.
'The card is a banger': Nyika on SBW v Gallen and his boxing return
David Nyika's return to the ring on the SBW-Gallen card is his first since his KO defeat.
Napier homicide: Gang connection rumours 'damaging' and untrue - police
Teen homicide victim Kaea Karauria will be laid to rest next to his beloved Papa.
'Life or death': $900 surgery needed for blind rescue kitten
Hastings miracle kitten survives alone and blind, before SPCA intervention.
Meet the first husband and wife to represent NZ at world 8-ball champs
The couple are seeking sponsors to help cover the $8000 per person cost.
On The Up: Hawke's Bay winery turns noble rot into sweet wine success
Askerne Wines has used Botrytis on semillon grapes since 1999.
'Real conversations': Fieldays spotlight on forestry's future role
“Our forests generate important economic income for the regions."
'Very tight': Builders struggle in Northland's falling market
New building consents in the region dropped 31% in the year to March 2025.
Vehicle dwellers spark tension at beachside community
Residents claim vehicle dwellers make the Onerahi foreshore unsafe.
'Radical change': Possible crayfish ban for Northland's east coast
Shane Jones says crayfish can't keep declining in the popular fishing area.
'I'm a recidivist offender': Woman's journey from criminal to mentor
Allen has 178 convictions and has devoted herself to helping Northland addicts recover
How a Whanganui trust is reviving ancient seeds for better health
The trust's mission is to find the best foods in the world for human health.
'Expect a wild ride': Circus cabaret arrives in Kerikeri
Haus of Yolo is an unforgettable night out.
'Frightened all the time': Inside a $3m kiwifruit tax evasion scam
'Money mule' was allegedly kidnapped and assaulted after threatening to blow the whistle.
The Budget lever the Govt could pull to lift NZ out of economic doldrums
OPINION: NZ has long aspired to have an energy-resilient economy. This is a way to do it.
Opinion: $9 broccoli? Why NZ needs to put vegetables front and centre
OPINION: New Zealand needs a national plan for vegetable production.
'Drop-kick losers': Outrage as masked gang of trail bikers tear up kids' rugby fields
Parents and coaches confronted masked bikers at Rotorua rugby fields.
Entertainment figure takes name suppression case to Supreme Court
He was convicted of indecent assault and attempted sexual violation in 2023.
Limits for residues of weedkiller glyphosate in food could rise
Public consultation for a proposal to raise maximum residue limits closes at 5pm today.
14 rescued from launch sinking off Tauranga coast
'Fourteen people on board are all accounted for and back on dry land.'
Building momentum: Ōtūmoetai College's legacy spans six decades
The school grew from 800 students in 1965 to over 2000 in recent years.
Devcich Farmstead: A window into NZ's Dalmatian heritage
Simun Devcich and his brothers bought the farm block in 1915.
'Flaxmere's time': 150 social homes planned for Hawke's Bay
Hawke’s Bay was chosen due to high emergency housing needs and waitlists.