National Excellence Awards
Recently, we had our National Excellence Awards held in Auckland celebrating the achievements of rangatahi, staff, volunteers and leaders across the country.
We celebrated our award recipients of the 'Stars - Outstanding Contribution from a Peer Mentor' Award. Our Waikato winner is... 🏆
Brooke Jansen | Waikato
Our award winners have demonstrated leadership and positive mentoring and role modelling to other Peer Mentors and young people within the Stars programme.
Congratulations to Brooke from Graeme Dingle Foundation Waikato 💚
You can see a full list of award recipients through the link below.
PM says the ‘war on farming’ is over, at Fieldays’ Mystery Creek
The rural sector will pull the country out of recession, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon told farmers at Mystery Creek on Tuesday.
Luxon’s main message was that farmers are not villains, they are “partners” of the Government and the saviours of the New Zealand economy.
What's your favourite recipe for courgettes?
Kia ora neighbours. If you've got a family recipe for courgettes, we'd love to see it and maybe publish it in our magazine. Send your recipe to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz, and if we use it in the mag, you will receive a free copy of our January 2025 issue.
Tributes flow for Paul Galletta
Paul Galletta, “a real Waikato guy”, was farewelled by police and the rugby community at FMG Stadium on Wednesday.
A crowd of nearly 1500 gathered to celebrate the life of Galletta, who died at the age of 62 on November 23.