The Kahungunu Kapa Haka Regional Competition took place on Saturday February 24 at the Dannevirke A&P Showgrounds with about 500 amazing and dedicated Kapa.
Serious effort pays off with giant 95.5kg pumpkin for amateur grower
6 May, 2021 12:30 AM
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Donna Pettitt s prodigious 95kg pumpkin that set a record at this year s South Otago A&P Show Giant Pumpkin Competition. Photo / Supplied
Donna Pettitt s prodigious 95kg pumpkin that set a record at this year s South Otago A&P Show Giant Pumpkin Competition. Photo / Supplied
Otago Daily Times
By: Mary-Jo Tohill
Fruit or vegetable, a couple of amateur Clutha growers have grown some whopper pumpkins this year. Otago Daily Times reporter Mary-Jo Tohill had a chat to them following their wins at the recent fifth annual South Otago A&P Society Giant Pumpkin Competition.
Taihape s two biggest events join forces for Go Throw Show
19 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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The top three finishers of the gumboot throwing competition will qualify for the National Championships in Palmerston North. Photo / Supplied
Mike Tweed is a multimedia journalist at the Whanganui Chroniclemichael.tweed@nzme.co.nzWhangaChron
Taihape s A&P Show and Gumboot Day have joined forces in 2021 to create the Go Throw Show, set to kick off at Memorial Park at the end of the month. Taihape Community Development Trust project and events co-ordinator Pania Winiata said the town s A&P Show usually ran in January, with Gumboot Day taking place in March, and planning for the combined event was falling into place .