The Country - Lion edition
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Today on The Country, Jamie Mackay plays tunes from
The Lion King, after learning the musical is coming to New Zealand in June this year.
On with the show:
Rod Slater:
We yarn to a legend of the red meat industry who is stepping down as CEO of Beef + Lamb New Zealand after 27 years in the role.
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Dr Jacqueline Rowarth:
One of New Zealand s leading farming academics looks at the cost of food and we ask if the world is on the brink of a hunger pandemic.
Cameron Bagrie:
We ask an independent economist whether New Zealand is an economy of two speeds and two halves - the haves and have nots!
Worst sandstorm in a decade cloaks Beijing in apocalyptic haze
15 Mar, 2021 11:12 PM
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The sandstorm enveloping Beijing is forecast to last a few days as the dust clouds blow further south. Photo / AP
The sandstorm enveloping Beijing is forecast to last a few days as the dust clouds blow further south. Photo / AP
Daily Telegraph UK
By: Sophia Yan
Beijing was cloaked in an apocalyptic yellow-brown haze today, with skyscrapers obscured behind layers of sand and dust as China s capital experienced the worst sandstorm in a decade, threatening the health of millions.
Strong winds blew sand from the Gobi desert across much of northern China, including as far west as Xinjiang region. Poor visibility caused hundreds of flights to be grounded and cancelled while traffic choked the roads.
Snapper bonanza: Sellout crowd, good forecast and rampant fish bode well
15 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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The Ngāi Takoto 90 Mile Beach Snapper Bonanza is the biggest surfcasting contest in New Zealand, if not the world. Photo / File
Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern Advocatepeter.degraaf@northernadvocate.co.nznorthernadvocat
A sellout 1000-strong crowd and forecast fine weather for the Snapper Bonanza kicking off on Ninety Mile Beach today promise the 2021 event could be the best in years.
While the 2020 contest also sold out, level 2 Covid restrictions meant some aspects of the contest such as the daily prizegivings had to be changed.
ISLAMABAD/Karachi: Effective today , all registered citizens aged 70 years and above can avail walk-in facility for vaccination against Covid-19, the National Command and Operations Centre .
Car catches fire on State Highway 1 near Dunedin
15 Mar, 2021 11:18 PM
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A car on fire on the Kilmog near Dunedin. Photo / Supplied
Otago Daily Times
Emergency services were called to the scene, on the Kilmog, at 10.15am on Tuesday.
A police spokeswoman said a car and grass were on fire, and one lane of the highway had been partially blocked.
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A Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokeswoman said crews from Waikouaiti and Waitati were at the scene.
Waitati Volunteer Fire Brigade station officer Richard Templeton said it appeared a mechanical fault was behind the fire.
Firefighters were called out at 10.20am and were back at the station by 11.15am, he said.