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Another hot day awaits but as water is always on tap thanks to the Glastonbury water aid connection, there should be no reason not to be safe and sound in body. As for the spirit, a great day of music awaits new and old stuff intertwined. Rick Astley opens the...
Players from a 1947 King’s Birthday Hockey Tournament match between Auckland and Wellington at Hutt Park in the capital. Photo: Supplied / New Zealand Indian Sports Association For six decades, a community hockey tournament has been fostering strong connections among Kiwi-Indians. The King’s Birthday Hockey Tournament, formerly known as the...
Residents of Kenepuru and the central Sounds showed up to ask questions of council staff and leave feedback on the plans. Photo: RNZ / Samantha Gee Marlborough Sounds residents are coming to grips with the council’s plans to repair the damaged road network. Those in the worst affected Kenepuru Sound have...
Photo: 123RF A controversial feral cat killing competition is to go ahead this weekend – with organisers saying $5 for every kill will be donated to charity. The North Canterbury Hunting Competition, which raises money for Rotherham School, courted controversy earlier this year by encouraging children to shoot feral cats....
Whakaraupō/Lyttelton Harbour. Photo: RNZ / Niva Chittock Testing of Whakaraupō/Lyttelton Harbour has found human and animal waste contamination is present after rainfall, Canterbury Regional Council says. The council announced it would conduct further testing in January when a number of popular beaches in the harbour were graded unswimmable over summer...
Aaron Gate and Campbell Stewart competing in the madison at the 2022 World Track Championships. Photo: Guy Swarbrick A 17 strong New Zealand team will compete at an historic Track Cycling World Champs in Glasgow in August. The sport’s ruling body, the UCI, is to stage the event for 13...
By Natalie Akoorie, Open Justice reporter of File image. Photo: 123RF A retired house inspector is facing part liability for a $700,000 leaky building claim after he provided a pre-purchase inspection report that a council alleges was negligent. But the retired inspector believes he has a good case to fight...
Protestors hold up signs against rates rises. Photo: Robin Martin / RNZ The New Plymouth District Council has pushed ahead with an average rates rise of 12.4 percent, despite being faced with an – at times – hostile Civic Centre crowd. They were fired up by revelations that 39 percent...
Cressida Bishop is the only full-timer at the new art gallery which opened last month. Photo: Supplied/Anthony Phelps A new art gallery in a “world-class” building in Marlborough can’t open full-time because it is the “worst funded public art gallery in our country”. Marlborough Art Gallery Trust chairperson Rick Wilson...
Plans released last year for the East Stand include a 1800 capacity tribune facing the main pitch Photo: Supplied The Taranaki Regional Council is holding its cards close to its chest ahead of an announcement on the rebuild of the east stand at New Plymouth’s Yarrow Stadium. As construction costs...
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