School goes wild

Hot shots one and all.  Pic: Ciaran Warner.

Hot shots one and all. Pic: Ciaran Warner.

The third annual Tauhei Wild Game Hunt and Fishing Competition is done and dusted for another year. Results are now in, click here for story and pics.

Check out our young entrepreneurs at the Gordonton Country Market – click me.

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Tauhei wild hunt fundraiser hits the mark

Hunters, from left, Tess Rappé, Alex and Blake Martin and Lindsay and Jacob Lammas with some of the kills. Photo/Ciaran Warner Roving rural reporter Ciaran Warner filed this report for the Herald on Sunday and Number 8 Network.  Watch this … Continue reading

Brisk trade springs up for Mushroom Kids

It seems there is no age limit for the Gordonton Country Market’s rural entrepreneurs, discovers N8N market reporter Ciaran Warner. May’s Market saw the re-appearance of veteran mushroom sellers Marcus Clements, 11, Maddy Stroud, 12, and Caleb Stroud, 13, hawking … Continue reading

Foiling burglars

There has been a sharp spike in the number of home burglaries over recent weeks, says Hamilton Police. Senior Sergeant Rod Carpinter said many of these could have been prevented. “Over the weekend following ANZAC Day there were 78 burglaries … Continue reading

Thomas house worth a look

A bungalow on the road to Gordonton was the star in Ann McEwan’s Waikato Times history piece this week. In her regular column Memory Boxes she said a few historic houses embody the rural history -  and the Thomas house … Continue reading

In other news…

The NZ Herald ran a nice little piece on local tea growers Zealong, for those who are not familiar with the story, here it is: Tea grower brews plan for success WHEN Tzu Chen first saw camellia trees flourishing in … Continue reading

The magnificent May market

THE rain really did stay away and the sky was a crisp blue at the May Gordonton Country Market. Perhaps it was a tad on the chilly side, but there were hot drinks to sip, doughnuts to nibble and way  … Continue reading