Rachel, my wife of 100 years, has counted 53 different species of birds around our property over the past few years, and 33 of those are native. Birds that should be here, and birds that…
Rachel, my wife of 100 years, has counted 53 different species of birds around our property over the past few years, and 33 of those are native. Birds that should be here, and birds that…
Haman Ellmers, a 40-year-old Marokopa farmer, was standing on a tree trunk, eating his lunch, when his gun, which had been resting on a log, slipped. He bent down and picked the gun up by…
I hope everyone enjoyed a safe and happy Christmas and New Year. A big thank you to all staff and emergency service members who worked tirelessly over the holiday period. Over the past few weeks,…
King Country Police have had a challenging week, with staff attending several critical incidents that have impacted our community. Local police assisted at the scene of a fatal crash on Arapuni Road where a parent…
When I was younger and more naive, I used to get frustrated at the way my mobs of sheep queued, or wandered around aimlessly, when the feed in front of them was as tempting as…
Meghan Hawkes winds the clock back to 1909 to check the news. Piopio settlers had unsuccessfully been negotiating for a school building for months. They had been allowed the use of a hall, but on…
I think I will join the chorus of people agreeing that regional councils should go. Naturally there are two sides to every debate, and that’s where my hesitation comes from. While I think it’s a…
King Country police have been busy responding to several significant incidents and making arrests across the district over the past week. Police attended a sad event in the Waitomo area where a hunter passed away…
It has been a productive week in the King Country, with our team making several arrests and recovering firearms and other items of interest. Over the weekend, a 60-year-old male was arrested following an assault…
Robert Hathaway, a parcel under his arm, was in a great hurry, when he met George Goldthorpe on a June night 1922. For the past six months 40-year-old Robert had been in business as a…
