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• Grab gumboots and head to Fieldays

  Circle the 14th to the 17th of June in your diary as Fieldays is back to its traditional winter dates.

• What makes Bailey bridges so special

  Three months after Cyclone Gabrielle, Bailey bridges are being built in Hawke’s Bay to provide vital lifelines in areas where bridges were washed away.

• Win tickets to Houston tribute show featuring Davids

  A Whitney Houston tribute show, The Greatest Love of All, comes to Palmerston North on June 10.

• IN ROWENA’S WORDS ... A WORD FROM JAMIE ... This is our pilgrimage

  Much as Muslims make the pilgrimage to Mecca, cricket fans to the MCG for the Boxing Day Ashes Test and golfers to Augusta for the Masters, Kiwi farmers religiously make the annual trek to Mystery Creek for the National Agricultural Fieldays.

• Composer draws on his love of the river

  Apassion for music and the Manawatū Awa have led UCOL music lecturer Kane Parsons to compose an orchestral composition with choral participation about a local Māori legend that tells of the origins of the Manawatū Gorge: The Legend of Okatia.

• Going bananas over fashion show

  Organisers cannot guarantee councillor Lew Findlay will once again respond positively to Mayor Grant Smith’s challenge to “show us some leg”.

• New cinema just the ticket?

  More drama, intrigue and action could be headed to Palmerston North with a new cinema.

• Exciting, challenging season ahead

  As I head into my final month with DairyNZ, I’ve been reflecting a lot on 15 years as chief executive, particularly where we’ve been as a sector and where it’s headed.

• Watch out for moss and lichen growing on your roof

  Have you got moss and lichen growing on your roof?

• Chef scoops national award with ‘Edmonds cookbook for our time’

  Feilding writer and chef Christall Lowe has won the Judith Binney Best First Book Illustrated Non-Fiction Award at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.

Featured documents

• MIHINGARANGI FORBES ‘The majority of hatred towards me is aimed at my being a Māori woman.’

  Mihingarangi Forbes — Ngāti Paoa, Ngāti Maniapoto — is a broadcaster and producer whose career began with an internship at Te Karere. Since then Forbes has worked for Campbell Live, Native Affairs and for the past seven years has anchored current affairs programme The Hui. Forbes’ most recent...

• Horizons candidates have their say

  1. Why should people vote for you?...

• Horizons candidates have their say

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• Awards honour volunteers

  Professor Emeritus Margaret Tennant, Bal Ghimire, Susan McConachy, Dr Hanif Quazi and John Fowke are the recipients of this year’s Palmerston North Civic Honour Awards....

• Jim the key to unlock ancient ship’s chest

  Foxton man Jim Harper loves a challenge and a good ol’ treasure hunt....

• Palmerston North — the city that keeps coming up smelling of roses

  Filet mignon and Hawaiian ham steak at the Steeple, fine dining at Monties; debutant balls, Kiddies Corner with Wendy and Harry the hedgehog. New celebrations: Māori Language Day led by Māori Studies at Massey, and International Women’s Day promoted by the Palmerston North Women’s Liberation Group....

• Tonga Māori councillor’s life follows river’s flow

  The Manawatū River has always run through the veins of its peoples and was once the heart and soul of the settler town of Foxton and its bustling port, until in the 1940s, the government of the day decided to rip that heart out through some major river works, creating a shortcut for the river to...

• Trackside presenter first female caller blazing a trail

  In the members stand at the Manawatū Raceway early next month, in among the mumbling of men, will be the voice of Phillipa Morris....

• Breast cancer claims Pharmac fighter

  Wiki Mulholland was a mother and wife whose breast-cancer diagnosis was catalyst to a movement for reform of the state’s drug-buying agency, Pharmac....

• Awards honour volunteers

  Professor Emeritus Margaret Tennant, Bal Ghimire, Susan McConachy, Dr Hanif Quazi and John Fowke are the recipients of this year’s Palmerston North Civic Honour Awards....