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Melville Intermediate and High School will join forces to battle 12 of the region's secondary schools for top honours at the ASB 2013 Stage Challenge and J Rock.

News

Schools combine to meet Stage Challenge

We all have memories of heartland New Zealand, with nostalgic recollections associated with fish and chips, gumboots and a paddock of sheep.

Recipes

Kiwiana flavours cupcake treats (+recipes)

During the holidays, we had some great play dates at which we made metres and metres of glorious pom pom bunting.

Lifestyle

Fun with Jane: Pom pom bunting

Like a political Trojan horse, the Waikato Mayoral Forum is being wheeled quietly and deliberately into the local government landscape, ultimately to disgorge a region-wide Waikato Supercity Council.

Opinion

Robinson report: Supercity Trojan horse trots on

We made some tissue pom poms with friends this week - it was super fun and appeals to kids and adults alike.

Lifestyle

Jane Aubrey: Fun with crafts

Whoever said gardens were not subject to trends?

Lifestyle

Gardening: Deck out a coastal classic

Thailand, the Kingdom of Smiles, continues to woo the world with its magnetic tropical beach resorts and big city thrills.

Lifestyle

Travel: Bargains in Bangkok

When I was a style bunny, my mantra was always to "put a pot plant in front of it", which I figured would cover up any decor disaster without costing much.

Lifestyle

Gardening: Ready to rock

SkyCity Hamilton is proud to sponsor the Waikato senior golf championship to be played on three leading courses.

Sport

Golf: SkyCity drives Waikato senior golf champs

I'm tempted to write this column under an assumed name because my friends will ridicule me when they see it.

Lifestyle

Gardening: Fragrant blast from the past

News of Vidal Estate winemaker Hugh Crichton putting another haul of trophies on display in the games room comes at the same time as news that Vidal Estate's restaurant, New Zealand's oldest winery restaurant, has undergone a snazzy, modern makeover.

Lifestyle

Wine: Vidal's lets in the light

The Variety Bash is on again this weekend. It's the annual charity event in which big-hearted motoring enthusiasts don clown suits and other outlandish gear

Motoring

Quirky convoy off to quake city

Because our house is about as big as a child's handkerchief I am continually frustrated by the lack of space to display collectibles.

Lifestyle

Gardening: Always room for more

Fancy a festive celebration with a difference? Kim Gillespie joins half a million superheroes, ghouls, wizards, Banes and Gandalfs in California for a Halloween to remember

Lifestyle

Travel: Halloween in Hollywood

I used to be very fussy about keeping my garden compartmentalised. Decorative beds and outdoor living spaces were separated from the orchard and the vegetable beds.

Lifestyle

Gardening: Let vegetables reign

This week we continue our "spend-less" Christmas theme.

Business

Oily rag: Celebrate chance to dine for less

Rolling down the waterfront with sun glittering off chrome and sea, you feel the grumble of a Harley twin between your knees

Motoring

Harley-Davidson: Tinsel town twin

Kim McCosker, author of the 4 Ingredients cookbooks, suggests a Christmas Day menu.

Recipes

Take 4 ingredients: A Christmas Day menu

Hundreds of Waikato Hospital staff and some patients arrived at the first Waikato Hospital-wide Christmas celebration bearing gifts for vulnerable Hamilton children.

News

Hospital Santa helps city's needy families

Dwarf fruit trees are generous crop-bearers - and the appeal doesn't stop thereSHORT AND SWEET: Miniature olives make beautiful decorative plants, ideal for small courtyards.

Lifestyle

Gardening: Find magic in miniature

The wine industry might be picking up in our neck of the woods, but in recession-ridden Europe, winemakers will look at anything to make a buck.

Lifestyle

Wine: How about a fine quaff to carry you off

Alexa Johnston helped bakers everywhere become the perfect guests with her books Ladies, a Plate and A Second Helping. Now, she brings together her favourite recipes in one collection, she tells Linda Hall

Recipes

Alex Johnston: Share a plate of delicious treats (+recipe)

Hamilton children are being asked to help solve a summer mystery at the city's libraries.

Lifestyle

Where is book thief Moriarty?

Be inspired by nature when choosing fittings, writes Susan Edmunds.

Lifestyle

Freshen up your bathroom

The women in Nimble Fingers craft group spend all year celebrating Christmas.

News

Group festive all year

Peter Withey spends the year planning and talking about Christmas, such is his passion for the festive lights display he and his team of helpers create at the end of November each year.

News

Peter Withey shows passion for Christmas

Sunday’s Hamilton East Heritage Festival looks likely to go off with a bang!

Entertainment

Hamilton East Heritage Festival aims high

Bakerella has redefined Christmas cake pops in her new book.

Recipes

Extract: Cakepops for Christmas (+recipe)

First it was cupcakes, but now pop cakes are the latest craze.

Lifestyle

Cake pop creator Bakerella in a class of her own

Room 19 at Knighton Normal School wants adults to know "every child matters".

News

Children matter says Buddy Day

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