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The Nation This Weekend

Wednesday, 13 April 2011, 10:20 am | Frontpage Press

In the first of our extended "Hard Talk" interviews Sean Plunket is face to face with Roger Kerr from the Round Table who reflects on a lifetime of lobbying politicians for a more free market New Zealand. The interview will touch on his own ... More >>

Northland Farmer Demonstrates Pigs in Paddocks

Friday, 13 November 2009, 4:53 pm | Frontpage Press

A Northland farmer is opening his farm gate to the public to prove that pigs can be farmed successfully outdoors. Bert Borger, of Te Rata Family Farm, raises heritage Tamworth pigs. In May, comedian Mike King and a film crew from TVNZ’s Sunday programme ... More >>

Gun shears line up for centenary show-down

Sunday, 27 January 2008, 5:39 pm | Frontpage Press

January 25, 2008: The biggest line-up of champion shearers to take to the stands will next week celebrate the centenary of the sport of shearing. More >>

Battery-Wise Parents Bring Joy To Christmas Kids

Sunday, 23 December 2007, 4:31 pm | Frontpage Press

"Batteries not included" means exactly that, and in a world of increasingly complicated high-tech gadgetry, the chances of having enough of the right sort on-hand in the kitchen drawer are becoming more and more remote. More >>

Kid Inventor Toby Heeringa Wins $10,000 Prize

Monday, 17 December 2007, 10:47 am | Frontpage Press

Toby's Choo Choob invention - a device which makes an asthma inhaler look like a train and therefore appealing to children - earned him a $10,000 prize package which could see him become one of the youngest manufacturers in the country. More >>

Pest Control Companies Step In

Wednesday, 23 May 2007, 10:04 am | Frontpage Press

Professional pest control companies say they will work with Environment Canterbury to provide services for the region in the wake of the collapse of the council-owned Target Pest Enterprises. More >>

Hot Kiwi company comes back across the ditch

Thursday, 16 November 2006, 3:02 pm | Frontpage Press

New Zealanders Edmund George and Danny Hochberg are two of the hottest names in Australian business – but they’re virtually unknown at home. More >>

Pioneer tales-spinner turns author at age 95

Tuesday, 8 August 2006, 11:18 am | Frontpage Press

A woman who saw bullock trains and knew the first New Zealand-born prime minister, Gordon Coates, has become an author – at the age of 95. Mavis Smith has lived all her life in the historic family homestead, Totara House, on the northern shores of ... More >>

 
 
 
 
 

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