Rural

Calf Club dates – rural pets on parade

Helena O'Neill -
Rural pet wranglers are hard at work across Franklin and North Waikato, preparing for the upcoming ag day season. Otaua School pupil Leonard Stichbury, 11,...

Ready to Run catalogue ready to read

Times Team -
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

Times Team -
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?

Times Team -
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

Helena O'Neill -
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’

Times Team -
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

Times Team -
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

Times Team -
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

Jon Rawlinson -
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!

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