The old narrow concrete bridges over the Manawatu River and surrounding floodplain just south of Foxton on SH1 are both being replaced at a cost of $75 million. Richard Silcock makes a site visit.
The Manawatu River rises in the nearby Ruahine Range and flows 180-kilometres westward through the Manawatu Gorge and out across the Manawatu...
After years of losing our best workers to Australia with its great weather, high wages and promises of a better lifestyle, the golden dream is over and disillusioned Kiwis and out-of-work Australians are heading this way. MARY SEARLE BELL explains.
FOR YEARS AND YEARS New Zealand has sat in the shadow of that lucky country next door....
