Rural

Ready to Run catalogue ready to read

The New Zealand Bloodstock (NZB) Ready to Run catalogue is out now and already drawing attention. While breeze-up analysis and physical inspections will come closer...

Second chance for Enza

Enza was found wandering the streets of Huntly with a badly damaged back leg; she was alone and in need of help. Waikato District Council’s...

What makes a winning calf?

Ag Day judges are giving children, parents, teachers and caregivers inside tips on what makes a winning calf at a Calf Club training day...

Q&A with James Blair – Young Grower of the Year

AS Wilcox agronomist James Blair was crowned the national Young Grower of the Year in Cromwell on August 28. HELENA O’NEILL talks with the...

Ruff ‘cuts’

Every dog has his day. Turns out, it’s the same day for them all, as Pukekohe Franklin Camera Club’s Jessica Finlay recently discovered. Held...

Good nick goods wanted for Calf Club

With Calf Club season in full swing, Friends of Drury School (FODS) are asking locals to donate items for the school's book and toy...

Frankie’s hotspot

Hotspots are patches of infected skin that can appear rapidly on a dog’s skin, often in warmer, humid weather, though they can occur at...

Bledisloe Cup winner – Peter the perfect pick

Good things take time, but considering his family has been living and growing in Franklin for more than a century, it’s definitely about time...

Having a calf? Send us your details!

As parents with children at our rural schools would know well, raising a little lamb, chickens, calves or kids, for that matter, is no...

Cartoon: a gift horse

Even the wealthiest of Franklin's suits and gumboots brigade need to be sure not to look a gift horse in the mouth as the...