Saddled up at Aohanga - Hawke's Bay Today

Saddled up at Aohanga
Hawke's Bay Today
Held every year at Owahanga Station (Aohanga is the original name) on Wellington Anniversary weekend, the event is an important part of the social and sporting history of Pongaroa, Doris Peeti told the Dannevirke News. Doris has been living on Owahanga ...

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Historic value ignored, say subdivision critics - The Dominion Post

Historic value ignored, say subdivision critics
The Dominion Post
George Ormond's Pongaroa Land Company has applied for resource consent from Wairoa District Council to develop 48 residential sites and a campground on a 7-hectare coastal strip of his farm on the northern side of the Mahia Peninsula.

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Shortage of sheep, abundance of grass - Hawke's Bay Today

Shortage of sheep, abundance of grass
Hawke's Bay Today
Jason Clarke of Pongaroa said he believed the abundance of grass as well as the shortage of sheep in New Zealand were contributing factors to the high prices. Mr Clarke was at the sale on Thursday where he hoped to get similar prices for his ewes.

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Why a good woman is hard to find - Manawatu Standard


Manawatu Standard
Why a good woman is hard to find
Manawatu Standard
Pongaroa woman Anne Finnie, who is on the National Council of Rural Women, said she was not surprised there was a lack of young women in rural areas. She said most girls went to boarding school in main centres, then off to tertiary study, ...

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School closed - Wairarapa Times-Age

School closed
Wairarapa Times-Age
Mr Smith said the decision to close the school, halfway between Alfredton and Pongaroa, east of Eketahuna, was made last year after teaching principal Jo Mahoney left the district along with her daughter, one of just four students at the school.

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Farm death investigated - Stuff.co.nz

Farm death investigated
Stuff.co.nz
Pongaroa senior constable David Kirk said the death was not thought to be suspicious. "At this stage it appears he died while going about some duties on the farm.'' He would not say what kind of work the farmer was doing. The Department of Labour was ...
Husband found dead in field after farm accident Manawatu Standard

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Drunken intruder kicks in door - Hawke's Bay Today

Drunken intruder kicks in door
Hawke's Bay Today
Volunteers from the Dannevirke, Akitio and Pongaroa fire brigades were called to a crash on River Rd on Sunday. "A car had hit the bank and a person with minor injuries was taken by the Pongaroa St John Ambulance to Palmerston North Hospital," said ...

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