Whanganui to welcome charity motorcycle group Mild Hogs in support of prostate cancer
A group riding postie bikes the length of the country will hit Whanganui next week with a prostate cancer awareness message.
World Champs Hopefuls Start Selection Series At Southern Shears
It will complete a team of two woolhandlers, two machine shearers and the two bladeshearers, who started their selection ...
Suspicious car fires in Whanganui and Marton under investigation
Two recent car fires in Whanganui and Marton are being treated as suspicious. Fire and Emergency New Zealand shift manager Simon Lyford said two fire trucks from Whanganui responded to a car that was ...
Kiwi Jack Fagan wins world's richest speed shear
Te Kūiti shearer Jack Fagan has picked up world shearing’s richest cash prize in a lightning transtasman trip to win the ...
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Falklands' honors only New Zealand soldier killed during the 1982 war
Richard Absolon was born in England, but in 1972 his family moved to New Zealand, taking up farming in Marton. In 1980, aged 18, he returned to Britain and joined the army, where after six months ...
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NZ shearer takes $20,000 for shearing a lamb in under 20 seconds
NEW Zealand shearer Jack Fagan has picked up world shearing’s richest cash prize in a lightning trans-Tasman trip to win the ...
Enable Economic Growth By Building Rail Infrastructure & Allow More Rail Operators To Supplement KiwiRail’s Operation
The government is chanting “Growth, Growth, Growth”, but they have few great suggestions to achieve this banking on more ...
New Zealand manufacturing activity expands for first time in two years, survey shows
Manufacturing activity in New Zealand expanded for the first time in nearly two years, with key sub-index results for both ...
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Where is the Cook Islands and what is its relationship with New Zealand?
WELLINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The Cook Islands lie halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii and are made up of 15 islands and atolls spread over 700 square miles (1.9 million square kilometres ...
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New Zealand voices renewed concern as Cook Islands PM eyes agreement with China
WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand expressed renewed concern on Monday about the Cook Islands' prime minister travelling to China this week to sign agreements without properly consulting with ...