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Biosecurity New Zealand officials are urging dog owners to ensure their pets have up-to-date flea and tick treatment after the parasite Babesia gibsoni was detected in a dog in the Canterbury region.

Dannevirke and Districts RSA has reversed its decision on not placing poppies at individual graves for Anzac Day.

Rents for pensioner flats are about to be increased as part of a review by Tararua District Council.

Iunderstand the public were upset about the decision from the local RSA to not put poppies on graves this Anzac Day and I applaud those who came forward to offer their help.

This week I completed my monthly survey of real estate agents around the country undertaken with sponsorship from NZHL. The results show that amidst confirmation of a new recession, a fresh flood of listings and deepening worries about employment, we are solidly back into a buyer’s market.

Under strength because of a run of injuries, Aotea Rugby seniors took on the front runners in the Hawke’s Bay Premier competition Havelock North at Rugby Park.

Each club in the Manawatū Junior League competition has the opportunity to hold a club day when all the teams due to play in a particular week come together at its venue.

Crypto was big until late 2022 when the markets crashed spectacularly and crypto winter set in.

Tararua District athletes Lorraine and Eddie Warrington and Glen Hurst have returned with a “hatful of medals” from the New Zealand Masters Games in Dunedin in February.

Dannevirke can once again enjoy an Anzac concert on Anzac Day, April 25, in the Town Hall following the coming together of a community that wanted to see this much-loved event preserved.

As a child riding the horse around in the evenings, pulling sheep out of the muddy dams during droughts wasn’t pleasant.

The Country radio show has come a long way since its humble beginnings at the Gore Showgrounds in 1994.

The life of Sir Campbell Wylie will be explored as part of a walk planned for the Dannevirke Settlers’ Cemetery this upcoming weekend.

This Saturday, April 20 the Rangitāne regional Kapa Haka festival will be taking place at Fly Arena in Te Papaioea/Palmerston North.

There will be three services in Woodville on Anzac Day to commemorate the sacrifices of those from Woodville and district who were involved in the two world wars.

Visitors to Norsewood might notice the town’s former St David’s Presbyterian Church in its new NZ Heritage powder blue livery, with a for sale sign announcing it’s ready for a new role.

Decay won’t disappear Most of our country is deficient in trace elements such as fluorine, iodine and selenium.

Pongaroa shearer David Buick has brought off possibly one of the most amazing comebacks in Kiwi sport by winning the New Zealand Shears open shearing final in Te Kuiti, less than three years after a farm accident left him fighting for his life and wondering if he would ever walk again.

Kevin Buckston the goat had no one to love him, but he’s lucky he has a face made for social media.

Abusy village hall in Woodville was the hub of a Tararua district Creative Communities expo where the organisation launched a funding round seeking applications from local arts-based groups.

Philip Morrison was only 22 when he joined the Pahīatua Shears committee.

Dannevirke’s Grey Power is in danger of going into recess as no one is prepared to serve on the executive, according to the organisation’s national treasurer.

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When Shirley Hull was looking for a way to help local people connect and promote health and wellbeing at the same time, she came up with an idea for a singing group.

This week we want to take the opportunity to encourage everyone to get out and support great Māori stories, specifically the new movie The Mountain.

While travelling north from Woodville last week, this unusual sight of a full moon surrounded by coloured rings caused me to stop and snap a picture.

Although the weather forecast caused a change of venue, the Ngāti Kahungunu Easter Egg Hunt was a huge success when several hundred children and parents turned up at Wai Splash Pool to participate.

More than $2600 was raised for the Halberg Disability Sports Foundation at a recent golf tournament held in Eketāhuna.

Tararua District Council has been asked to defer the fluoridation of Dannevirke’s water supply.

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