Talbot runs the Wellington Severe Weather Reports page on Facebook, which has over 24,000 followers. He says many of the people on the page are Upper Hutt locals who backed his fundraising campaign, wanting their city’s weather to be better represented. The station would be built to a “tier 1” standard – recording wind, rain and temperature. It would be placed where it would get minimal interference that could skew data. Talbot is in talks with a local school where he hopes to locate it.
MetService
Latest MetService National Forecast. His ambition was to build a network of stations around the region. He hopes data from the station will be picked up by news and forecasting services to provide a more accurate weather picture.
Justin Bergman claimed he walked onto a track at Trentham Racecourse because he was an animal rights activist. A racing executive says that's a 'ridiculous excuse'.
A registrar remanded Bergman on bail without plea. He is due to reappear in court on March 4. Video footage of the race broadcast by TAB Trackside on Saturday appeared to show a spectator jumping over the fence and onto the track at Upper Hutt, north of Wellington, causing the jockeys to swerve their horses around him.
TAB TRACKSIDE
Footage of a Wellington Cup race broadcast on Trackside on Saturday appeared to show a man entering the track mid-race. No one was injured in the incident and police confirmed they arrested a man shortly after the race. As well as any sentence imposed by the court, Bergman can expect a lifetime ban from tracks around the country.