The Country Road is not a specific road, but a journey, an experience and an attitude. Traveling The Country Road will lead you to meet our people, see our secret places, discover hidden treasures and experience what life is like in our part of New Zealand. Meander through our country lanes, our villages, our towns and our City to experience an ever changing landscape of places, people and businesses. We are proud of what is unique to our Region, and we want to share this with you.
Kitchener Park
Wednesday, 13 July 2011 16:30
Written by Paul Vandenberg
There are parks and there are parks, some so spectacular you just need to return again and again.
Just on the outskirts of Feilding, Kitchener Park is one of these special places. It has had a rough time with flooding in 2004 that did a huge amount of damage, but also created a huge amount of interest. There have been many working bees with hundreds of new trees planted over the years, but the park still retains plenty of its old character. Read more...
Main South Road to be sealed
Sunday, 03 July 2011 20:49
Written by Mary Bielski
This is my first blog -hardly knew what the word meant not long ago. Steve & I live on Main South Road, which links Rangiwahia and Apiti –of which 8 kms is unsealed. We have been doing submissions to the Manawatu District Council for several years now and quite honestly getting rather tired of doing them.
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A winter myth
Thursday, 30 June 2011 14:37
Written by Janet Reynolds
Farmers’ markets are a well known tradition throughout New Zealand, but there is a winter time myth hanging around that I think we need to dispel.
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