Rural Life, Health & Wellbeing
![Opinion: Vintage Machinery Museum started by train enthusiasts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_p.png?d=820)
Opinion: Vintage Machinery Museum started by train enthusiasts
Opinion: There's so much to see at the Fiordland Vintage Machinery Museum.
!['Bring back Fozzie': Waikato farmer puts a plea in a paddock](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_p.png?d=820)
'Bring back Fozzie': Waikato farmer puts a plea in a paddock
The All Blacks third loss under new coach is met with 'Fozzie' logic from Waikato fan.
!['My horse thinks better than human beings': Road riders want Govt intervention to stop bad driving](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
'My horse thinks better than human beings': Road riders want Govt intervention to stop bad driving
'I’ve been trying to get insurance because I’m going to collect a car one day.'
![Do you really need to wash your fruit and vegetables?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Do you really need to wash your fruit and vegetables?
"For goodness' sake, you don’t wash your fruit and vegetables in dishwashers.”
![The Country Fast Five: Meet Cam Heggie, auctioneer extraordinaire](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
The Country Fast Five: Meet Cam Heggie, auctioneer extraordinaire
Cam Heggie is such a legend he answered 15 questions instead of five.
Lifestyle news from around NZ
![13 ways to get rid of a cold – fast](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
13 ways to get rid of a cold – fast
Telegraph: The average adult catches two to four colds a year.
![Resident of Waipori Falls confronts visitor](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Resident of Waipori Falls confronts visitor
A long time resident of a remote Otago village, Waipori Falls, filmed an encounter with an another villager who claimed that visitors were not allowed.
![Colossal new Kmart for Auckland: Biggest NZ store planned](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Colossal new Kmart for Auckland: Biggest NZ store planned
Vast new discounter to be built on greenfields site opposite Westgate Lifestyle Centre.
More Rural Life, Health & Wellbeing
!['Doing two jobs': Why rural principals want to quit](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
'Doing two jobs': Why rural principals want to quit
Of those surveyed, 50% said they would quit the role within four years of taking it up.
![Sheep and beef farming 'in the blood' for this Gisborne vet](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Sheep and beef farming 'in the blood' for this Gisborne vet
Sheep and beef farmer Alex Meban was raised at Te Hau Station.
![Top tips for defeating grass grub in the 1930s](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Top tips for defeating grass grub in the 1930s
"Public grass parks in Napier have suffered badly this season from ravages of grass grub."
![80% of Whanganui schools serve breakfast to students](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
80% of Whanganui schools serve breakfast to students
'If you’re not fed or nourished, you can’t learn.'
![Velvetleaf still poses a risk to farms - FAR](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Velvetleaf still poses a risk to farms - FAR
A wrap of the FAR projects taking place around the Waikato and Bay of Plenty.
!['Favourable impressions': Praise for land girls in 1942](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
'Favourable impressions': Praise for land girls in 1942
Different aspects of rural women's lives made the papers back in the day.