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It was also pleasing to see significant growth in the Whanganui athletes competing. Jamie Munro was second in her long jump flight and was third overall, backed ...

Three of the four Whanganui team members of the team will be in action at the Classic, with entries received from Nat Kirk, Maggie Jones and Louise Brabyn. Australians Sarah Billings (Melbourne) and Georgia Griffiths (Brisbane) add depth and quality to the women’s set, and could well earn coveted caps for the female equivalent of a sub-four-minute mile. In the men’s set, Australians Callum Davies (best, 3:57) and Jude Thomas (1500m, 3:41.1) will join leading New Zealanders Sam Tanner - who ran so sensationally to take sixth at the Commonwealth Games in a dramatic and memorable final - and Cooks Gardens sub-four-minute-miler Eric Speakman in an event that looks set to add to the Cooks Gardens sub-four-minute roll of honour. Lincoln Beamsley was third in the Grade 10 800m. There is no walk in Whanganui for Lucas Martin, but as at the recent Colgate Games, he will be a key official, and walks in a New Zealand singlet at the Potts Classic this weekend. It was also pleasing to see significant growth in the Whanganui athletes competing.

Vinyl Room is owned by former teacher Ron Fisher, who sells new and used records, compact discs (CDs) and cassettes. “Eighteen months ago, I asked my daughter, ...

“Maybe I should be more of a purist, but let’s be honest, no-one listens solely to vinyl. “They had some old Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. “People can listen to them as they go about their business, then pop in and get a physical copy. “You’re conversing and chatting and it’s reciprocal.” “I learned more teaching than I did at university, and I’m finding the same thing here. “She knows I love records and always have, and said I should do that.”

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern won't commit to maintaining her record number of Māori MPs in her Cabinet during her impending reshuffle but says she is ...

In the meantime, he is focused on his portfolios,” his office said last month. But what you’re asking me is ‘Do I believe that there is room and scope for change and improvement?’ And I do, I’m an optimist… “We haven’t been perfect. “We haven’t got a set number but we’ve increased representation because we needed to. We’ve got record low levels of Māori unemployment.” We’ve got significant increases for our Māori exporters.

Rebecca Allum and her horse Bill at the dressage competition where she won third and second placings. February 6 will mark the fifth anniversary of the day that ...

I’ve got nerve damage, so I’m in constant pain, but when I’m on the back of a horse, I’m in the moment and nothing else matters.” But I never believed them, I don’t know why, and there was no way I was not going to get on a horse.” I can’t use my legs so much, so I’ve trained my showjumper in voice command, so I use my seat and my voice to ride. And from there, everything changed.” They were dismantling an arena and he got a fright, and I had to do an emergency dismount.” I took my showjumper out, and he’s very forward - he doesn’t know to go slow. She says the reins are now there “to look fancy”. “I always make it clear this is my choice. She believes in me and wants to encourage me to ride, which is really, really nice because a lot of people don’t. But when I am on the back of a horse I forget about my injury. “I’ve been taking my other two [horses] out to her because she’s just so good. Rebecca can often be found astride a horse, with walkers on either side, at Wake Field Equestrian, just outside Te Puke, working with professional horse trainer Hayley-Grace Davis.

Bay of Plenty Regional Council compliance team leader Trudy Richards said it was notified it had washed ashore on Mount Maunganui Beach, in front of Sutherland ...

[Bay of Plenty Regional Council decided to partially remove the reef ](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/mounts-artificial-reef-to-be-removed/GA44JIIW7LW5P457SBPXO5PKYU/)at Tay St to remove the risk to swimmers. At the time, the council said the reef - built from 2005 to 2008 with donations from the public and community funding groups - had “never functioned as intended”. [August 2000, the Mount Maunganui Reef Trust was granted resource consent](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nzs-first-artificial-surf-reef-wiped-out/NYTRFDL22KDED3WOWQE5HO5MYQ/) to construct a pilot offshore submerged reef, about 250m offshore from the corner of Tay St and Marine Parade.

They join 25 other second-division players who won last night's Lotto draw. The winning Tauranga tickets were bought at Fresh Choice Papamoa, and via MyLotto ...

Anyone who thinks they might have won is encouraged to check their ticket as soon as possible in-store, on MyLotto, or through the Lotto NZ app. Two people who bought their Lotto tickets in Tauranga are $13,824 richer today. They join 25 other second-division players who won last night’s Lotto draw.

Wallabies No 10 Quade Cooper says he idolised Richie McCaw growing up – something that ultimately sparked his fierce rivalry with the ex-All Blacks captain.

I was like ‘how do I go and get a photo with him now’? For me, I’ve sort of got to that same point where I’m like, ‘I love watching the All Blacks’. In my head I just wanted to get him back. I sort of said a few words to him. I’m sort of standing over him and he just kicks off with his foot to get me off. “I’m like, ‘he’s my favourite player, him and Dan Carter’.

Seven months into what would become one of the world's longest city lockdowns, Melbourne chef Mark Glenn decided he was sick of dishing food into takeaway ...

For wine lovers, Canberra is still off the radar for most, but the region is rapidly gaining recognition for its cool-climate vintages, with 140 vineyards and 40 cellar doors — most within a half-hour drive of the city. In the lobby, the Grand Stair leading up to the designer Ovolo Nishi hotel is an architectural masterpiece made from thousands of lengths of repurposed timber — from a dismembered house, a demolished baseball court and the construction site itself. This is bush country and it’s not uncommon to see kangaroos by the roadside but Greg Gallagher agrees with Pialligo’s Mark Glenn that cockatoos do the most damage to the vines. Chef Jeff Lamshed’s CV includes the Michelin-starred Restaurant Martin Wishart in Edinburgh, and locals remained so loyal throughout the pandemic that business barely missed a beat. “I eat out probably twice a week and haven’t run out of places yet,” he says. In the first year of Glenn’s tenure, perfect weather conditions saw the orchard produce a 900kg glut of plums. But he’s seen a “real culture of food” develop in Canberra over the past few years, and the city’s high average income means there’s no shortage of discerning customers. “Seasonality is a real buzzword but in this microclimate, we live the reality of that,” says Glenn, who works alongside head gardener Peter Anderson on the 28-hectare estate. Inside, a blackboard lists all the produce that’s in season, picked at dawn every morning for delivery to the restaurant, where the view extends across Lake Burley Griffin to the flagpole-topped Parliament House on Capital Hill. Set on the banks of the Molonglo River, this fertile land has been a working farm since the early 1800s. “It was big news for a week,” he says, with a laugh. But with the influential Good Food guide championing Canberra’s new wave of “destination dining”, the opportunity to expand Pialligo’s farm-to-table philosophy was too good to pass up.

A Fire and Emergency spokesperson said they were alerted to the fire at a pine plantation near Coronet Peak at 6.15pm this evening.

As of 10pm tonight, the helicopters had been sent away due to a lack of visibility in the dark, but a Fire and Emergency spokesperson said they would return at 6am tomorrow. The fire has spread over at least 6ha of land at this stage. Fire and Emergency said firefighters were alerted to the fire at a pine plantation near Coronet Peak at 6.15pm.

Fire and Emergency said firefighters were alerted to the fire at a pine plantation near Coronet Peak at 6.15pm. The fire has spread over at least 6ha of ...

As of 10pm tonight, the helicopters had been sent away due to a lack of visibility in the dark, but a Fire and Emergency spokesperson said they would return at 6am tomorrow. The fire has spread over at least 6ha of land at this stage. Fire and Emergency said firefighters were alerted to the fire at a pine plantation near Coronet Peak at 6.15pm.

A truck servicing company has been fined $19,500 for discharging oil into a drain leading to an important wetland and wildlife refuge.

“This was the first time we have had an incident of this nature. It pleaded guilty to a single charge of discharging a contaminant under the Resource Management Act. We have identified a range of opportunities for improving our systems and processes and we are committed to implementing these in full.”

In Canada, new guidelines are now warning everyone away from more than two standard drinks total per week, with a “standard” drink equaling a bottle of beer ...

Updated signage will be installed to direct cyclists left to the city centre or right to Mission Bay to make this clearer.” The sign is directing people onto the traffic crossing and island so they can safely cross Tamaki Drive to use the protected cycleway on the opposite side of the intersection to then progress their journey towards the city centre or Mission Bay. Other Western countries, like the US, UK, and New Zealand, are still sticking to an OK of 10 to 14 drinks per week.

OPINION: I found myself investigating how to make reusable toilet paper this week.

One week it’s toilet paper, the next week it’s eggs, the following week it’s frozen vegetables. New Zealand is predicted to face a recession this year. She is a millennial who enjoys eating avocado on toast, drinking lattes and defying stereotypes. Sonya Bateson is a writer, reader, and crafter raising her family in Tauranga. Or maybe I’m just more squeamish than most – heck, I struggled to get past the ick factor of changing my own child’s nappies. This was painfully highlighted this week when Stats NZ revealed that food prices jumped 1.1 per cent in December and were 11.3 per cent higher than a year earlier. People earning wages are eligible for those grants too, so don’t be too quick to judge beneficiaries. And that worries me more, especially in an election year. The instructions come with a tutorial for making a washing bag too, the creators insist the used wipes don’t smell when bundled inside it. It’s really a thing. Did anyone else struggle to find toilet paper in their weekly shop last week? It’s a thing.

Inglewood High School's 2023 head boy and girl are looking forward to leading the school. Anneka van Greevenbroek says she feel honoured to be head girl of ...

This only changed after 2020, when I was inspired by the head boy and head girl of that year.” For now, she says, her aim is to lead the school as best as she can. After watching Bailiegh lead, my hope is to represent Inglewood High School with as much passion, while putting my own swing on it.”

What is New Zealand agriculture going to look like in the decades ahead? The sector already faces a number of pressing issues. Peak milk, carbon farming, ...

Then a whole range of tropical fruit options become available to us, particularly in the Northland region, that could be transformational for its economy.” “We need to work together on that. You either change the size of the product or do you do something that means less of that particular ingredient.” How do you manage that when you are changing the cost of goods? “We need to be thinking about what that means because in some ways that means we don’t need to be growing kiwifruit in the Bay of Plenty. It’s free-range, sustainably grown product. “If we do have a warmer climate, then clearly in the top half of the country we are going to be able to produce a whole range of products that have not been viable with the weather so far. With carbon, the key is the speed with which the tree is able to create biomass and therefore sequester carbon and that will determine the type of tree that we will grow. “The reality is that there is a heap of value that technology will enable us to extract from that product waste and the technology is expanding rapidly in that space.” “As a consequence, the price to support the production of a natural protein has to be higher. “We clearly need to plant more trees but we have got to do it in a way that is measured and in a way that enables us to still have animal production cycles. “It will help to ensure that the overall farming unit has a carbon footprint that will fall within the requirement.”

Anyone hearing the term “Fonterra Grand Prix” could easily think it's all about cows and cars, but it's actually a bakery and confectionery recipe competition.

Dairy cows grazing on grass is a familiar sight in New Zealand but for much of the world, including Japan, grass-fed dairy is rare. “The event is all about promoting New Zealand grass-fed dairy products,” he said. The competition is hosted by Fonterra Japan with support from the New Zealand embassy in Japan.

Migrant arrivals in November exceeded 18,000 and departures were barely 12,000, giving the county a net gain of 6100 migrants that month. The Stats NZ data ...

The country had a net migration gain of about 5700 people in the year ended November 30. The Stats NZ data released today showed the net migration trend gaining momentum after more than a year of losses. The migration downturn appears to be over, with new data showing at least 6000 more people arrived in New Zealand than left the country in November.