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In this episode of RaboTalk's Growing Our Future, host Katie Rodwell speaks with Michael ‘Woody' Woodward, a forward-thinking farmer from Otorohanga. Woody shares his hands-on experience and insights from participating in a collaborative project between Synlait, Danone, AgResearch and MPI's Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures Fund, which aims to access the impact of regenerative agri on soil health, farm resilience and environmental outcomes.He talks about the practical approaches to sustainable farming, the challenges and triumphs of innovative soil management, and what New Zealand farming will look like in the future. Woody's insights offer valuable lessons for farmers seeking to enhance soil health and build resilient farming systems.
Police are widening the search for Tom Phillips and his children Jayda, Maverick, and Ember, as deadline looms for $80,000 reward for information. RNZ's Delphine Herbert spoke to Morning Report from Otorohanga.
Visual journalist Marika Khabazi asked people in the Waikato town of Otorohanga if they would give someone up for a reward.
The Mayor of Otorohanga is hoping a $80,000 reward will help police on the hunt for missing man Tom Phillips and his three children. Otorohanga Mayor Max Baxter spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.
Otorohanga College is tomorrow joining the roll-call of schools shutting its boarding facilities. The Waikato school's board is putting it down to a lack of Education Ministry financial support. Losses over the past four years have totalled 600-thousand-dollars. It's also well below break-even for enrolment, with only about 25 students signed up to board next year. College Board Chair, Duncan Coull told Kerre Woodham numbers don't look likely to improve. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this episode we discuss the hottest and coldest rental markets in New Zealand. This is based on new data from TradeMe that shows the average number of days a property stays listed online. Some of the areas discussed include: Thames-Coromandel, Otorohanga, Kawerau, Queenstown, Blenheim, Southland and Westland. And we also mention our upcoming Wealth Plan seminars in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Click the link to register for tickets.
Top stories for 6 September 2023 Otorohanga mayor Max Baxter calls for fugitive Tom Phillips to hand himself in. Spain's World Cup winning football coach is sacked amid the ongoing Luis Rubiales kiss scandal Accounting firm KPMG investigates drink spiking at a company social event.
Fugitive Tom Phillips now has a warrant out for his arrest after police linked him to a bank robbery in Te Kūiti in May. He is wanted for aggravated robbery, aggravated wounding, and unlawful possession of a firearm. Phillips and his three children, Jayda, Maverick, and Ember, were reported missing from their Marokopa home in January 2022. He was sighted several times last month, driving a stolen vehicle, but has since been untraceable. Police are urging people not to take action against Phillips if they see him, because he may be armed. Police will hold a media standup later this morning. Otorohanga mayor Max Baxter, says the latest news has come as a shock, and concern for the Phillips children is growing. Baxter spoke to Corin Dann.
In this episode I travel to Otorohanga to visit Hiria Anderson-Mit-ah at her home and studio. Hiria is Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Apakura, Rereahu.Hiria graduated from Whitecliffe Collage of Design & Arts with an MFA, first class honours. Her work is held in numerous public and private collections, including the University of Auckland Art Collection, the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki and The Waikato Museum. She is represented by Tim Melville in Auckland and Page Galleries in Wellington.Sitting down to speak with Hiria was entertaining, fascinating, funny and disarming. You'll hear her speak with a comfortable frankness about challenges that she has faced personally and those that still exist for her community. She talks about what is and isn't tapu to paint for her, why cooking pots are an important subject in her practice… and about the pivotal role a naked man jumping out of a birthday cake has played in her career.I started by asking about her childhood and first encounters with art.Tim Melville Hiria Anderson-Mita PagePage Galleries Hiria Anderson-Mita PageHiria Anderson-Mita InstagramThe Good Oil Instagram
Angela Roberts is the Labour list MP for Taranaki, the King Country, Otorohanga and Te Awamutu. She will now be appearing regularly on the Free Breakfast, speaking about the many hats she wears - staying in touch with local communities and representing them in Parliament, working on the education and workforce select committee, and being the deputy chair of the primary industries select committee, to name a few. Free FM's Mike Williams had an introductory chat with her.
Nearly 50 years ago, Dan Hickman swapped a freezer for a sewing machine. These days, you won't find many people in Otorohanga that aren't proud owners of a colourful Danzbagz bag.
A Marokopa man missing with his three children for almost a year is being helped to stay off the grid by at least one person, and may have found a structure of some sort to live in, according to police. Tom Phillips prompted a full scale search in 2021 after taking his children bush. They have been missing since last December. The children are aged between six and nine years old and Tom Phillips is a skilled bushman. Police have followed up several sightings of the family around the country but with no success, and are again appealing for information. They say Tom Phillips left the family farm with the children to "avoid dynamics he perceives as not good for his children" and is in breach of a parenting order. Ōtorohanga Mayor Max Baxter is urging Tom Phillips to come back with the children in time for Christmas. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6316782865112
Century old photographs of Maori tupuna have been discovered on top of an old wardrobe, the mystery is... who are they? Otorohanga museum director Nickey Deeley talks to Jesse.
Jade P speaks about Honour Her, an empowerment programme in Otorohanga on Saturday 8 October.
Very sad news out of the King Country yesterday that local icon Karam Haddad passed away. One Half of Haddad's menswear in Otorohanga, the Haddad brothers Karam and John have dressed farmers from the top of the country to the bottom, who all share special memories of shopping in their store across many generations. Otorohanga Mayor Max Baxter joined us on REX Today to tell us more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
As winter sets in, the Mayor of Otorohanga is urging Thomas Phillips to bring his children home and hand himself in. Mayor Max Baxter talks to Anna about their plea for Phillips to return.
The message to young kiwis who don't want to head overseas on their OE, is go to rural New Zealand instead. Think Rural, launched today, is a local government campaign, aiming to attract young people to rural areas for work. Otorohanga Mayor Max Baxter says told Kate Hawkesby we should treat an OE in New Zealand, like an OE overseas. “Certainly while we've been in Level 3, I mean the opportunity for freedom, a bit of space. The jobs are still out there in the rural community.” LISTEN ABOVE
People in parts of Waikato and King Country are seeing restrictions loosened slightly, to alert level 3 step 1, the same as Auckland's current settings. Hamilton, Raglan, Waipa, Waitomo and Ōtorohanga districts will stay at level three until at least Monday, but from 11:59pm Wednesday, people can do things like join another household outside, go hunting, fishing and even scuba diving. Andrew McRae reports.
Property price pundits are predicting 'fringe towns' in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty are the most at-risk places in the country if property prices drop. This includes Otorohanga - but mayor Max Baxter reckons those predictions aren't quite right.
Two positive cases put Hamilton and parts of Waikato into Alert Level 3, the new cases have experts worried Delta is spreading undetected in the community, we speak to the Prime Minister as Cabinet prepares to make a call on Auckland's alert level, and there's shock in Otorohanga after a man was killed in a road rage brawl.
Two positive cases put Hamilton and parts of Waikato into Alert Level 3, the new cases have experts worried Delta is spreading undetected in the community, we speak to the Prime Minister as Cabinet prepares to make a call on Auckland's alert level, and there's shock in Otorohanga after a man was killed in a road rage brawl.
Thomas Phillips, who miraculously walked out the bush with his three children yesterday, has apologised to his sister for putting the family through a 17-day ordeal. Thomas and his three young children, Jayda, Maverick, and Ember were last seen on Saturday 11 September at Marokopa Beach. RNZ reporter Robin Martin is in Otorohanga.
Relief has flooded through the Marokopa and Kiritehere communities now that Thomas Phillips and his three children have returned home alive and well. Phillips and eight year old Jayda Jin, six year old Maverick and Ember aged five, were last seen on Saturday, 11 September, at Marokopa, west of Te Kuiti. After an extensive search, the quartet turned up at the family farmhouse in Marokopa yesterday to the complete shock of Phillips' parents. RNZ reporter Robin Martin spoke to Morning Report from Otorohanga.
Thomas Phillips, who miraculously walked out the bush with his three children yesterday, has apologised to his sister for putting the family through a 17-day ordeal. Thomas and his three young children, Jayda, Maverick, and Ember were last seen on Saturday 11 September at Marokopa Beach. RNZ reporter Robin Martin is in Otorohanga.
Relief has flooded through the Marokopa and Kiritehere communities now that Thomas Phillips and his three children have returned home alive and well. Phillips and eight year old Jayda Jin, six year old Maverick and Ember aged five, were last seen on Saturday, 11 September, at Marokopa, west of Te Kuiti. After an extensive search, the quartet turned up at the family farmhouse in Marokopa yesterday to the complete shock of Phillips' parents. RNZ reporter Robin Martin spoke to Morning Report from Otorohanga.
The search continues today for Thomas Phillips and his three young children who are missing on the isolated part of west coast of the North Island. The family's abandoned ute was found in the surf at Kiritehere Beach in the King country on Sunday. Otorohanga District mayor Max Baxter spoke to Corin Dann.
Bad weather along the rugged Waikato West Coast has hampered a sea search for a missing King Country man and his three young children missing since the weekend. Joining us now from outside the police station in Otorohanga is our reporter Jake McKee.
Otorohanga District mayor Max Baxter says Thomas Phillips knows the area very well where he was last seen with his children. Baxter says he's concerned that Phillips left his ute at nearby Kiritehere beach - as he would have known the vehicle would be flooded if left there for any amount of time. He spoke to Corin Dann.
The search for a missing family along a remote Waikato west coast beach is resuming. 34-year-old Thomas Phillips and his three young children were last seen at Marokopa on Saturday evening. The alert wasn't raised until Monday and so far the extensive hunt along the coastline and in dense bush has failed to find any sign of them. A coastguard vessel is expected to help today - a plane, a helicopter and drones are already being used. Reporter Robin Martin is in nearby Otorohanga. He spoke to Corin Dann.
Today on the show you're going to hear the latest Betoota News, and from people who've hit their heads and woken up with a different accent. Plus we visit Otorohanga for Poo Towns, and check out what Australia is doing to help victims of domestic violence. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
National's Nathan Guy joins us to talk Capital Gains Tax and NZ's biosecurity issues, Aussie correspondent Zoe Carter re-joins the show, Richard Green gives a weather forecast for the next week, and our 'Country of the Character' today is Laura Campbell, a dairy farmer in Otorohanga.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.