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From a cheese roll making workshop, street busking and a mai mai farm tour to concerts and a talent quest, Gore will be a hive of activity over the...

Gore District councillors will consider footing the bill for the Bayley’s Tussock Country Music Festival marketing co-ordinator’s position for...

Vehicle lovers of all ages descended on Wānaka at the weekend for the Wheels at Wānaka vintage fair. The two-yearly, three-day event takes place on...

The Hokonui Ute Muster was quintessentially Gore – celebrating utes, mullets, and dogs.

“There was a big discussion and a hurried meeting, and they let me perform, but only because I’d come so far.’’ Thirty-seven other contestants had performed in the hall that day and the backing band, Les Thomas and the Countrymen, had already packed up. A smaller, three-piece band, agreed to back her. “I sang Paper Roses [by Marie Osmond] and Connie Smith’s Once a Day. They did all the judging in the preliminaries back then, and then there was an evening showcase. “And then holy smoke – I won it.’’ Riggir went on to become a household name, releasing her first albu...