A dram of Kiwi whisky for Robert Burns Night supper
25 Jan, 2021 06:01 AM
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Like the Scottish exports of golf, haggis and tartan troos, Robert Burns is an acquired taste. Photo /Supplied, Dunedin NZ
Like the Scottish exports of golf, haggis and tartan troos, Robert Burns is an acquired taste. Photo /Supplied, Dunedin NZ
Today is the birthday of that wandering son of Scotland, Robert Rabbie Burns.
Sat atop Dunedin s Octagon looking ponderous, the Scots bard looks a remarkably young 262-years auld.
His statue has a twin in the Auckland Domain, and countless other small towns in New Zealand, Australia and the Scottish diaspora. For Auld Lang Syne Burns has to be up there as one of Scotland s top exports. And like golf, tartan trousers and Tunnock s teacakes – he s an acquired taste.
Champion cow owners used to sleeping rough at Horowhenua AP and I Show stables
25 Jan, 2021 10:45 PM
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Emma Kelsen with the champion Holstein Fresian cow called Addington.
Sleeping rough with your prize cow the night before a competition is all part and parcel of showing cattle. There were almost 40 people that slept overnight in the stables at the Levin Showgrounds at the weekend, watching over their animals ahead of the annual Horowhenua AP&I Show.
With months spent grooming their animals for show, all the hard work could be undone if a cow was to roll over and spend the night lying on a poo.