Northshore strawberry farmers hopeful about this year s crop despite winter weather Share Updated: 12:21 PM CST Feb 24, 2021 Share Updated: 12:21 PM CST Feb 24, 2021
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Show Transcript DETAILS ON THAT POTENTIAL WHEN WE COME BACK. RAND NORTH SHORE STRAWBERRY FARMERS ARE ASSESSING THOSE SWEET BERRY PLANTS AFTER THAT LAST FRIGID WEATHER ROLLED THROUGH LAST WEEK. BUT AS HEATH ALLEN SHOWS US, STRAWBERRY FARMERS ARE OPTIMISTIC, THAT BARRING THE UNFORSEEN, THIS COULD STILL BE A PRETTY GOOD YEAR. THERE’S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. EVERY YEAR IT’S A ROLL OF THE DICE FOR STRAWBERRY FARMERS HERE ON THE NORTH SHORE AND LET’S FACE IT, THAT COLD WEATHER THAT MOVED THROUGH HERE A WEEK AGO, WELL IT DEALT THEM A PRETTY ROUGH HAND. . YOU KNOW TODAY I AM FEELING REALLY BLESSED. THE SUN’S OUT. IT LOOKS GOOD. . AND IT LOOKS A DARN SIGHT BETTER THAN IT DID A WEEK AGO, WHEN THE AREA WAS SLAMMED WITH A FROZEN HAMMER, TEMPS DROPPED INTO THE TEENS, STRAWB
Tramping Club encourages children to get into the great outdoors
21 Feb, 2021 10:54 PM
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Posing happily in front of the Mangaturuturu Hut, Tongariro National Park, are the eight children who recently went on a day trip there with the Wanganui Tramping Club. Photo / supplied.
Wanganui Midweek
The Wanganui Tramping Club was founded in 1952 and, unsurprisingly, few of the original members are still active. Though the membership is generally middle-aged or older, it is encouraging to see a crop of youngsters coming out on trips.
Eight children took part in a recent day trip to the club s Mangaturuturu Hut in Tongariro National Park, and there were six on another on a day walk to Egmont National Park. On the latter trip someone did the maths and noted that there was a gap of 69 years between the oldest and youngest walkers.
The Burning has some unique elements that’ve assured its own cult status.
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The Burning in 2021 carries with it the startling site of seeing Harvey Weinstein’s name in the credits; the film, which was produced by Harvey and Bob Weinstein’s then-fledgling Miramax, based its script on Harvey’s original idea. But there’s an asterisk appended to the “original” there the future disgraced mogul actually drew upon a New York-area urban legend centering on a boogeyman named “Cropsey” to come up with the film’s villain. The legend even gets a proper framing within the film when a version of it gets shared around a campfire on two different occasions as the story progresses. (For more Cropsey-related urban folklore, check out the spooky 2009 documentary