This year’s Bush Districts Boys and Girls Agricultural Club show day was held on November 10 and involved 53 children from eight local schools. The children all entered either a lamb or a calf for judging. The lambs were judged by…
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Local Focus: 1903 automobile is not your average test drive
63-year-old Tony Prebensen loves hanging out with his old friend Holley, even though she’s a lot older than him. That’s because Holley is a 119-year-old veteran car, which he believes is one of only five Holleys left in the world.”I…
Lacey Beck the first of her family to win the Beck Family Champion Beef Trophy
A Beck family member has become the first to have her name on a family trophy. Lacey Beck, 10, won the Beck Family Champion Beef Trophy at the North Taranaki Calf and Lamb Championships. The trophy is awarded to the overall champion…
Te Ranga School’s bush classroom gets a helping hand
The creation of Te Ranga School’s outdoor classroom wasn’t to combat overcrowding at the school.The bush classroom is a valuable addition to the resources the school has at its disposal. Its value is well known by the school community…
Tomorrow last chance for farmers to have their say on carbon emissions
Tomorrow is the final day for farmers to provide feedback on the Government’s recommendations to reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions and to build the sector’s resilience to climate change.On October 10, the Government…
Northern raider strikes at CHB Show shears
Northland shearer Toa Henderson again sounded a warning he means business with a round-trip of 1400kms to win the Central Hawke’s Bay A and P Show’s Open shearing final. It was just a 48-hour trip, leaving midday Friday from home…
Trout fishing: Popular Stratford kids’ trout fishing event back after hiatus
After last year’s Covid cancellation, the 25th Stratford kids’ trout fishing day is returning this year.This event involves the release of 300 large rainbow trout into the scout den pool in the Patea River within King Edward Park,…
Fieldays 2022: Cambridge’s Victoria St bridge works won’t affect traffic
Despite ongoing maintenance work on Cambridge’s Victoria St Bridge during the time of Fieldays, the traffic won’t be affected.Waipā District Council says the bridge will remain open to two lanes of traffic during the whole…
Northland shearer wins Central Hawke’s Bay A&P Show’s open final
Toa Henderson’s 1400km round-trip from his Kaiwaka home to the Central Hawke’s Bay proved worth it as he won the district’s A&P Show open shearing final on Saturday.The Northland first made it into the semifinal by one place and…
Rare egg within an egg found in Northland – we’re not yolking!
This rare egg within an egg was discovered by a reader who sent a photo to the Advocate.The smaller egg sits entirely within a much larger eggshell, with extra albumen (egg white) around it.An egg within an egg happens when a…