Reporting by: Andy McGechan, www.BikesportNZ.com Signs are looking ominous for Cody Cooper’s rivals ahead of the coming summer season of motocross racing in New Zealand. The Honda ace opened his 2019-20 season account at the big annual Huka Honda-sponsored MX Fest event in Taupo over the Labour Weekend by winning […]
Galatea-Murupara Ward: Recount reveals Goodman out, Silcock in
Results from the judicial recount for the Galatea-Murupara Ward of the Whakatāne District Council were released today following a tie of votes at the triennial election. The final vote count released on 18 October 2019 showed that candidates Hinerangi Goodman and Alison Silcock had drawn with 262 votes each. Where […]
Local Wild Food Challenge to align with Matariki celebrations
An opportunity to align with a national movement, Feast Matariki, will see Whakatāne’s Local Wild Food Challenge moved to July 2020. Usually held in February, the food challenge and festival centres around dishes prepared from wild food gathered from the land and sea. Eat New Zealand’s Feast Matariki concept has […]
Nominations open for outdoor access champions
The Walking Access Commission Ara Hīkoi Aotearoa is calling for nominations of people and groups who champion public access to the outdoors. Nominations are open until 13 December 2019. The Outdoor Access Champion Awards have been running since 2013. They recognise individuals and groups who have made significant contributions to […]
Ngā Maihi retain festival title
Ngā Maihi has been crowned the supreme winners of the 2019 Ngāti Awa Te Toki Kapa Haka festival held over the weekend. The Te Teko sub-tribe took to the stage on Sunday to successfully defend the supreme title they earned during the 2017 festival. Another Te Teko sub-tribe, Ngāti Hāmua […]
Cannabis helps people with spinal cord injuries
Using cannabis helps people with spinal cord injuries better tolerate almost constant and excruciating pain and participate in community and family life without feeling like ‘zombies’, a new study has found. Participants in the joint University of Otago, Christchurch and Burwood Academy of Independent Living study found, on balance, the […]
East Coast black market crayfish ring shut down
Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) fishery officers have shut down a long-running East Coast black market crayfish ring that was allegedly being run by an extended family. More than 25 fishery officers, assisted by New Zealand Police staff, conducted five search warrants across the Poverty Bay and Bay of Plenty […]
Govt abandoning most vulnerable to cater to farming lobby
With the Government’s announcement today that the primary sector will remain outside the ETS, the rest of New Zealand – including the groups that are most vulnerable to climate change – will continue to subsidise the largest emitters who own a disproportionate share of the country’s assets, according to Mari […]