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Search for fisherman missing near Raglan continues 3 May, 2021 10:37 PM 2 minutes to read Surf lifesavers will search the shoreline near Papanui Point today. Photo / Belinda Feek NZ Herald Surf lifesavers will today scour the shoreline near Raglan looking for a fisherman who has been missing for two days. The man, in his 40s, was reported missing late Sunday night after he did not return from fishing off the rocks at the end of Ruapuke Beach earlier that afternoon. A friend raised the alarm aft...

Press Release – Chocstock Wellington Chocolate Factory (WCF) and The Chocolate Bar are launching New Zealand’s first craft chocolate festival – Chocstock – bringing together for the first time New Zealand’s best craft chocolate makers in Wellington on 3 July. The brainchild of WCF and The Chocolate Bar, the festival celebrates NZ’s local craft chocolate industry, featuring makers including Baron Hasselfhoff’s, Lucid Chocolatier, Ocho, Foundry Chocolate, Shirl & Moss, Raglan Chocol...

His wife, Jinky Tagao, who lives in the Philippines, said the last time she spoke to the 43-year-old was Sunday around noon. He had been in New Zealand for a year and five months, moving here in 2019 to work for their family. She had not seen him since he left the Philippines. The pair have been married for 14 years and have two daughters, a 9-year-old and a 1-and-a-half-year-old. “He likes fishing, he is [a] very understanding husband, loving husband, loving father of my two daughter[...

David Bowie was born and raised in south east London. Here we look at all the places that were significant to him David Bowie is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. If he was still alive, he would have turned 74 on January 8, but instead this year marks the fifth anniversary of his death from cancer. His legacy includes 29 albums, almost as many movies and numerous awards. He was also born and raised in south east London. We’ve tracked down some o...

Craft chocolate festival Chocstock to be held in Wellington 4 May, 2021 05:26 AM 2 minutes to read Wellington Chocolate Factory general manager Matt Williams. Photo / Supplied NZ Herald Whats believed to be New Zealands first craft chocolate festival is being launched in Wellington. Chocolate beer, chocolate pizzas and specially created desserts will be some of the treats on offer at Chocstock, which will be held in the capital on July 3. Wellington Chocolate Factory (WCF) and The Chocolate Bar...

Sediment loading in Kaipara Harbour tributary. Photo: LDR / Susan Botting Kaipara Moana Remediation (KMR) interim management unit senior manager Alan Wilcox said planting the trees was the foundation of a new intergenerational approach. First plantings for the programme are planned this month - across 6000sq km of land with more than 8000km of waterways. Tame Te Rangi, chairperson of the governing body Kaipara Moana Remediation joint committee, said it was positive to see the community working...

A man is missing after a fishing trip off the rocks at Papanui Point in Raglan. A man is missing after not returning to shore following a fishing trip off the coast of Raglan on Sunday. The man in his forties notified a friend yesterday that he was going to fish off the rocks at Papanui Point and would be returning that afternoon. The man’s vehicle was later located in the Papanui Point car park and his belongings located on the beach. Search and Rescue have been searching the area on Mond...

Search under way for man missing at notorious Waikato fishing spot 3 May, 2021 02:48 AM 2 minutes to read A search is under way after a man failed to return home from fishing on the rocks at Papanui Point on Sunday. Photo / Belinda Feek A search is under way after a man failed to return home from fishing on the rocks at Papanui Point on Sunday. Photo / Belinda Feek NZ Herald A search is under way for a missing fisherman who failed to return from a fishing trip at Papanui Point near Raglan on Su...

In Usk, the Pooper Snooper app has been adopted to help tackle dog fouling in the town. The app maps all the dog poo and litter bins in the town and provides a method of reporting dog fouling incidents, which can help identify hot spot areas. In Raglan, various hot spot sites identified on social media were visited and a pavement stencil used to remind dog owners to ‘Clean It Up’. Apart from the unpleasantness of dog mess on shoes, pushchairs, bikes and wheelchairs, dog faeces carry...

Never used an extension, I presume here you have a 2MT socket in your tailstock barrel and want to use a 2 to 3 MT convertor. What I did was I made a #3MT tailstock barrel, forced upon me by the fact that the ex-school Emco Maximat S11 had suffered at the hands of the yoof and the tailstock barrel had been detached and used for unimagined purposes (or just thrown in the local canal!). The barrel just happened to be 30mm diameter and in my scrap box was a Go Kart back axle of 30mm ground bar (wi...