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Hunter Wells
Writer
Bay of Plenty

Weekend Sun

We are your advocate, Aotearoa. Uncovering stories that matter, asking hard-hitting questions of those in power, live-blogging sport events, monitoring the highs and lows of the NZX and providing Premium expert opinion and analysis. Bringing you distinctive, quality journalism and breaking news from across New Zealand and around the world. With specialists working together to create indepth reads, engaging video, and unmissable podcasts.

Check out Hunter’s latest content
Hunter Wells: Talking tractors with the face on the $5 note
Opinion

Hunter Wells: Talking tractors with the face on the $5 note

24 May 05:00 PM
Turning 100 on Anzac Day: From choirboy to wartime signalman shadowing Hitler
The Country

Turning 100 on Anzac Day: From choirboy to wartime signalman shadowing Hitler

24 Apr 06:02 PM

Lives depended on short and long beeps – dots and dashes.

Easter feasting has nothing on this farmer's appetite
Opinion

Easter feasting has nothing on this farmer's appetite

20 Apr 05:00 PM

By one o’clock, what a man needs is viscera, innards, guts, offal.

Opinion: A big night out of indoor bowls
The Country

Opinion: A big night out of indoor bowls

15 Feb 04:00 PM

Opinion: It took exactly four bowls for me to make a dick of myself.

Opinion: Tweed, shrimp cocktails and steamy nights
The Country

Opinion: Tweed, shrimp cocktails and steamy nights

17 Jan 03:59 PM

Opinion: There had never been so many tweed sports coats in one place at one time.

Eau de parfarm: Pongs from the paddock - Hunter Wells
The Country

Eau de parfarm: Pongs from the paddock - Hunter Wells

14 Dec 04:00 PM

OPINION: Hunter Wells recounts an on-farm olfactory conversation from back in the day.

Opinion: 'Good' is great in rural conversations
The Country

Opinion: 'Good' is great in rural conversations

15 Nov 04:00 PM

OPINION: 'It’s partly about economy of words. Why use 10 words when one will do?'

Te Puna School Country Fair is back in business
The Country

Te Puna School Country Fair is back in business

31 Oct 09:00 PM

Covid pandemic lockdown forced the fair into mothballs four years ago.

Why you don't want to win the Moorpark Derby - Opinion
The Country

Why you don't want to win the Moorpark Derby - Opinion

19 Oct 04:00 PM

Opinion: The Moorpark Derby isn't on NZ's racing scene and that's probably for the best.

Mocked for their flock but townies had the last laugh
The Country

Mocked for their flock but townies had the last laugh

14 Sep 05:00 PM

Opinion: It was a bit of unconventional animal husbandry. Some might even think a bit mad!

Scraping by in the 1950s: We had no fridge but we ate like kings
The Country

Scraping by in the 1950s: We had no fridge but we ate like kings

13 Jul 05:00 PM

Opinion: On a Tuesday morning, I would take crayfish rolls to school for lunch.

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