Horowhenua Chronicle

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- Shark jump scare
When The Good Oil got its hands on the new all-electric Opel Corsa, the first thing to find out wasn’t range, charge rate or anything boring like that.
- Glorious gardens feature in trail to help raise the roof
Two Ōhau gardens the subject of separate features in a New Zealand gardening magazine recently are sure to bring attention to a garden trail raising funds to save the town’s community hall.
- Whack your subscriptions on the head
Are you suffering financial death by a thousand micro subscriptions each month? Most of us are paying $3 here, $10 there on everything from streaming services to dental plans. These silent spenders can add up to thousands of dollars a year and are becoming the scourge of money management.
- Couple adding to heirloom apple collection
Linda Stopforth and partner Ray Yates hang out in Horowhenua most weekends quietly plodding away at their modest lifestyle block.
- The $33m fix right under our feet
An estimated 100 million tonnes of cow and sheep manure are deposited on our pastures each year.
- BEVs boom in NZ sales for 2022
A 77 per cent increase in the sales of electrified vehicles helped drive the New Zealand new-vehicle industry to its strongest-ever year in 2022: the final figure of 116,445 SUV and passenger vehicles was up 3.8 per cent on 2021. Although the overall market, including commercials, was 164,813 — just 474 down on last year.
- All aboard for train adventure
Two more days and I’ll be on an airplane home! Oh ... and it’s snowing!
- GOLF RESULTS
Levin Golf Club results week ending January 15
- More than 100 artists show their work
The annual Festival of Pots and Garden Art gets under way in Ōtaki this week.
- Dairy farmers up for the challenge
Dairy farmers’ commitment to a better future for New Zealand is being shared in a DairyNZ campaign, Here for the Long Game.
Featured documents
- Farmer poet writes thesis on ‘ecopoetry’
Koputaroa woman Janet Newman laughingly describes herself as a ‘weird farmer poet’....
- Recalling the rise of Grey Power
Frank Moloney is not a big man. But don’t be fooled — he has the courage of his convictions and a heart of iron....
- HOROWHENUA AP&I SHOW RESULTS:
SHEARING...
- SPORTS RESULTS, DRAWS
BOWLSAfter a week of really miserable weather, the sunshine finally arrived. This brought out all the bowlers and the club had forty two players dust off the cobwebs and participate at the recent thursday roll up, a really great time had by all. The advantage of the all weather green at the club in ...
- HOROWHENUA AP&I SHOW RESULTS:
SHEARING...
- HOROWHENUA AP&I SHOW RESULTS:
SHEARING...
- Recalling the rise of Grey Power
Frank Moloney is not a big man. But don’t be fooled — he has the courage of his convictions and a heart of iron....
- Excellence everyday for 12 students
There were 12 young people recognised for excellence in their respective fields with Youth Excellence Scholarships, presented by Mayor Bernie and Mayoress Sharon Wanden at a Civic Awards ceremony at Te Tarere last month....
- Old cricket stories revisited
Horowhenua’s oldest cricket club celebrates its centenary this weekend....
- Excellence everyday for 12 students
There were 12 young people recognised for excellence in their respective fields with Youth Excellence Scholarships, presented by Mayor Bernie and Mayoress Sharon Wanden at a Civic Awards ceremony at Te Tarere last month....