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Siobhan Downes05:00, May 05 2021 SUPPLIED Top Paddock Music Festival in Gore. A concert featuring a line-up of local country music stars. Want to go somewhere a bit different this winter? Whatever type of holiday you’re after, we have the destination for you. For festival fun try… Gore New Zealand’s country music capital comes to life in the winter months, with a host of events that draw visitors from all over the country down south. In June, toes will be tapping at the inaugural Tuss...

It will remain in force for six years and remains until a further resolution takes effect. Te Aroha Councillor Russell Smith, who abstained in this week’s vote, said because he was unable to go out for consultation and follow what the people in Te Aroha want, he was unable to vote either way. “I was told to be strong, show my kia kaha,” he said. “By not going out for consultation, we’re not being transparent, consultation is important to me. “To my fellow councillors, congratu...

Hot stuff: New Zealands best natural hot springs 5 minutes to read Plunge into soothing and healing natural hot pools and springs, writes Ewan McDonald New Zealands blown hot and cold over the millennia, so we have more than 100 thermal hot pools and springs – from the free to the luxurious. Theyll help soothe your skin and muscles and maybe add years to your life. Thorpe Talbot is not a name that resounds in Aotearoas literary history, so full credit: in 1882 she published our first tourist ...

State Highway 26 north of Te Aroha is blocked after a truck rolled. Emergency services were called to the single-vehicle crash on Tuesday afternoon. There are no reported injuries and diversions were in place along Rawhiti Rd, however motorists were asked to avoid the area if possible. Stuff

Fifty years ago, jackpot fever swept the country as thousands of punters thronged race courses throughout the country in their search for the mythical pot of gold. The vision of Bay of Plenty Racing Club President Mr WS Holland and live wire club administrator Ian McEwan, which kicked off with a modest pool of just $733 on the 22nd March 1969, gripped the country until the Government changed the rules around five years later. The old sweepstake betting which was in vogue before the turn of the ...

Online, at 4.00am, in Masterton, 14 years ago. Bought unseen… KiwiGARAGE How do you rate the overall condition, out of 10? Now it’s a 10 – currently better than new. The driving characteristic you like most? Light and responsive. Not the quickest in a straight line but pretty good at the twisty stuff. Anything unusual about your car’s history? It had had 30 owners over its time before I bought it in 2007. I met with the original owner who lived in Takapuna and was thrilled to see it...

The winner celebrated with fish and chips on the beach with her family. Three other Lotto players took home prizes on Saturday night, each winning $250,000 through Lotto’s First Division. The winning tickets were sold at Pōkeno Superette in the Waikato, Pak N Save Porirua and on MyLotto to an Auckland player.   Stuff This is the ninth Powerball winner in 2021. Strike Four was also won on Saturday night by a Waikato player, who took home $400,000. Anyone who bought their ticket from ...

Cloud nine for classy Kiwi Avantage Cloud nine for classy Kiwi Avantage by New Zealand Racing Desk Avantage does it again Image: Trish Dunell Despite being delayed a week, the G1 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) lived up to its billing as one of the races of the season, as plucky mare Avantage made it Group One win number nine with a thrilling victory. The Jamie Richards-trained five-year-old started a red-hot favourite in the contest that was raced at ...

One person has suffered burn injuries after flames ripped through a house in rural Waikato. Fire and Emergency New Zealand were called to a blaze in Waharoa, near Matamata, at 1.12am on Sunday. Northern communication shift manager Paul Radden told Stuff the building was well ablaze, indicating it sustained significant damage. St John transported one person to Waikato Hospital in a moderate condition. Six trucks from Matamata, Morrinsville and Te Aroha responded to the fire. Stuff

Closed borders proved to be a boon for a Waikato spa that has been soaking people in mountain spring water for more than a century.