Allied Farmers expects a recovery in dairy herd sales will bolster the rural services firm’s annual earnings while announcing a smaller decline in first-half profit than flagged earlier this month. The Hawera-based company said net profit fell to $476,000 in the six months ended Dec. 31 from $615,000 a year earlier, slightly ahead of the $420,000 forecast it provided on Feb. 9. Profit attributable to shareholders rose to $281,000, or 0.17 cents per share, from $240,000, or 0.17 cents, a year earlier.
Category: Hawera, New Zealand
Loyalty to jilted friend prompted Hawera woman to help distribute nude pics, court hears
Gaylyne Joy Fowler and her friend Myree Mihi Woodhead were both convicted on a charge of offensive behaviour after photocopied nude photos of another woman were distributed around Hawera. Loyalty to a hurting friend led a woman to help distribute nude photos as revenge for an affair in a small Taranaki town.
Faith-filled New Zealanders still keep Christ at the centre of Christmas
It was a full house at St Mary’s Peace Hall in New Plymouth with parishioners flocking to celebrate Christmas with their church community. It was the first Christmas service following the closure of the cathedral earlier this year, which stands as the oldest stone church in New Zealand but requires an extensive amount of earthquake strengthening.