Matthew Dallas

Matthew Dallas Parochial pride in the region, and calls for more of it, were prevalent at the Manawatū Business Awards as the region's most prominent enterprise claimed top honours.

The geometry of nature, the lines and angles not apparent on first sight but revealed on closer inspection, appeal to Greg Tuthill.

Concert-goers are typically content to memorialise a show with a T-shirt from the merchandise tent or, if they're lucky, a retrieved guitar pick. Ruby Hansen got the whole guitar.

Children at a country school where there is a surging love of hockey have been put through their paces by someone who loves winning as much as they do.

Matthew Dallas A $90,000 fix has been approved for the historic town clock in Feilding, where time has stood still for the past 10 months.

Don't let the pile of human skulls fool you, Pagan Love Song are up for a good time.

Zahra Ali Zadah has fulfilled an academic dream that once seemed impossible, having spent four years without pen or paper in Pakistan.

There are fears the addition of two globally popular food franchises will put too much strain on an already bustling thoroughfare in Palmerston North.

– Re the decision to use nylon carpets in Kāinga Ora Houses. I've had 50 years in trade. “Golden handshakes" often occur. Investigate the decision makers!

A helicopter perched on a suburban front lawn will always turn heads, but cover it with Christmas lights and it drops jaws too.