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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…