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.
The Rangiwahia Hall was buzzing last Saturday night. Parents, children and friends had gathered to watch the judging of over a dozen pavlovas - created and crafted solely by the men of the district. The occasion was to raise funds for the Rangiwahia Play group and excitement grew as a local auctioneer plucked bids from the crowd of enthusiastic bidders. Over $900.oo profit was made on the night. You should have been there - see you next year?
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I am always looking for wild life to photograph and in the small settlement of Pohangina is the Pohangina wet lands that is being developed and cared for by Gordon Pilone. Read more...
Just when I thought photo technology designers were surely nearing a moment in time where their creations could not really surprise me at all, I find myself today as excited by the images their current Digital SLR cameras give me as any big kid could hope to be. And the cause of this outburst of inspirational joy? Well, Sharon says, “it’s just a camera”...
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