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admin - May 22, 2017

While debates continue to rage regarding medicinal marijuana, the seeds of a new industry appear set to be sown. An agreement between New Zealand...

Jon Rawlinson - April 24, 2017

There can come a time when, for a variety of reasons, people need to re-home their animals. While handing over a dog or a...

Angela Kemp - March 27, 2017

A north Waikato woman has turned her love for the gentle giants of the dog world into a burgeoning business. Fiona Robertson ships animal health...

Angela Kemp - March 27, 2017

Gazing at the rows of deep purple flowers, their heady perfume hovering like a heat haze, you might imagine you were in the lavender...

Jon Rawlinson - February 27, 2017

Her ‘old man’ may be an All Black but former Te Kauwhata Primary School student, Hannah Cameron, is committed to charting her own course...

Jon Rawlinson - February 27, 2017

Some contests are, unashamedly, ‘rigged’ and that was the case when the country’s ‘best big rig’ drivers converged on Tauranga late last year for...

Helen Perry - February 27, 2017

We all know the grass can look greener on the other side of the fence especially when it comes to town versus country living....

Jon Rawlinson - February 15, 2017

Thoroughbred racing has long been a sport on the move. However, by embracing modern technology, a new move in the big business of high...

Angela Kemp - February 10, 2017

Years of working as a beauty therapist have proven to be sound training for Sadie Jooste’s new role in animal welfare. Although manicures are...

Angela Kemp - January 10, 2017

In many parts of the world donkeys are beasts of burden, earning their keep carrying heavy loads. But here in Franklin their diminutive cousin,...

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