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Smart marketing for candidates

One of the easiest wins you can give yourself is getting a professional photo taken. Too many candidates last time opted for DIY pictures – some even submitted what looked like passport photos where they weren’t smiling!

Young farmer’s plea for stability

Sharefarmer Danielle Hovmand has a request for politicians – could they dial back the political ping-ponging? 

King Country schools get busy planting

A Waipā native tree nursery is donating thousands of trees to rural schools across the North Island.

Young Farmer title goes south

“A sharemilking job would be awesome.”

Action-packed trifecta at Āria Sports

EVERY year, the Āria community comes alive on its Sports Day, with an action-packed trifecta of equestrian events, shearing and dog trials.

King Country farmers help revolutionise shearing in Mongolia

King Country farmers have returned from almost a month in Mongolia, where they taught locals how to machine shear sheep as part of Share Mongolia’s education programme.

Aria Sports Day defies the deluge

ARIA Sports Day is famously hot: locals compete for spots under the shady trees lining the village’s sports ground, St Helen’s domain.

Kiwi shearers show the world how

THEY came from across the globe: Wales, Sweden and Goodonga, New South Wales. A strong field of internationals, competing against locals at the Aria sports shearing contest, against a soaking backdrop of unseasonal drizzle.

ARIA SPORTS: A FAB FAMILY DAY OUT

Top shearers will race for the best times, riders will jump their horses, and local dog triallists will battle competitors from outside the district.

Regions challenge dog trial shield

WAITANGI Day in Aria will be the setting for a team-based and regional dog trial battle, following other dog trialling action at Aria Sports Day.

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