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The strong survive - team breed out facial eczema
Friday, 17 May 2013
The ugly face of farming, facial eczema (FE) is problematic for commercial sheep farmers, particularly in the upper North Island. However, the disease’s devastating effects often hit close to home for lifestylers too.
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From Puke to the Naki in noteable style
Friday, 17 May 2013
Their music may have crossed international borders, but the roots of country music duo Helen and Ian Braithwaite can be traced back to Pukekohe more than 40 years ago.
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Innovative enterprise bears much FROOB
Friday, 17 May 2013
The organic experience – when it comes to fruit, vegetables and home-care products – is now a little easier to achieve in the Franklin district, thanks to an innovative, newly established enterprise.
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Herd the answer to this nagging question?
Friday, 17 May 2013
Is he an escapee from a circus, or a supersize garden ornament? Or has he simply lost track?
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In brief...
Friday, 17 May 2013
Before man became a farmer, settling down to grow crops and (eventually) sit with feet parked on the coffee table, drinking lager and goggling the box, he was a hunter.
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Connemaras at home in Karaka
Friday, 19 April 2013
Ingrid Van Hoet “retired’ from a hectic career as a general practitioner to devote her considerable energies to family – two sons, a daughter and husband, Ross – and to make the most of breeding Connemara ponies.
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Enticing busy bees into the garden
Friday, 19 April 2013
In a hobby dominated by men, Debbie Bayliss is one of the very few ‘queen bees’!
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Young chef in the run for Masterchef
Friday, 19 April 2013
They say there is no substitute for experience but young Ella Krauts from Drury is proving that age is no barrier.
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News in brief - April 2013
Friday, 19 April 2013
There’s one ‘Bourne’ every minute; including, it seems whoever decided on the placement of the new Possum Bourne statue.
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More news in brief - April 2013
Friday, 19 April 2013
While the V8s were gearing up in Pukekohe earlier this month, fans could have been forgiven for losing their heads.
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Pokeno butcher's got the chops!
Friday, 19 April 2013
The knives were out last weekend as the North prepared to stick it to the South in this year’s Battle of the Butchers competition.
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Oarsome effort - Austria the prize
Monday, 18 March 2013
Fresh from a championship medal haul, including two golds last month, Kelsi Walters is rowing towards further success after making the cut at national selections that will see her in Austria this winter.
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Dog gone it, so close!
Monday, 18 March 2013
While every dog may have its day, for one young dog handler from Pukekohe, March 9 proved to be more of a dog day afternoon!
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Drought not all cut and dried
Monday, 18 March 2013
Water, water, never where it’s needed; not nearly enough suitable drops to ease drought conditions in areas such as the Waikato, Northland, South Auckland, the Bay of Plenty and Hawkes Bay.
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Pilots dump on farmers, safely
Monday, 18 March 2013
Up there where the air is clear, every day pilots perform risky manoeuvres releasing fertiliser, vital to farmers throughout the country.
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