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Mounting legal bills spent trying to challenge the rent hike had left the Auckland Agricultural Pastoral and Industrial Shows Board (the showgrounds’ board) unable to even pay for lawyers attend a recent arbitration in May, Campbell said. “Covid-19 basically burnt up any reserves the place had, and remember it’s a charitable trust, so you can’t go to shareholders to raise money,” he said. ASB Showgrounds hosts a number of popular events including the Auckland Food Show, Boat Show, and Easter Show. Campbell said the Cornwall Park Trust had agreed to a rent deferral but not a hol...

Lorna Thornber05:00, May 25 2021 BROOK SABIN Tens of thousands of us would have headed to Sydney this year for a holiday. Here's why a staycation in Auckland is better. The City of Sails is also the City of Astoundingly Diverse Scenery, making its walks more of a pleasure than an exercise in endurance. Although if you’re up for a challenge, the City of Volcanoes, as Auckland is also known, won’t disappoint. Tāmaki Drive, Cornwall Park and those 50-plus volcanoes are all excellent choices for a wander, but you’ll find some of the city’s most picturesque – and peaceful – walks in...

Deaths of nearly 50 Dumfries and Galloway care home residents linked to coronavirus New data from the Crown Office shows there have been at least 3,400 care home deaths linked to Covid-19 across Scotland since March 2020 Thorney Croft Care Home, Stranraer. (Image: Google Maps) Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice....

Thursday, 15 April 2021, 4:18 pm Annie Gong. International artist Annie Gong – a one woman orchestra – is due to arrive in Hastings tomorrow, to play at the Lighting of the Osmanthus Gardens lantern festival on Friday and Saturday. Based in New Zealand but playing internationally until COVID-19 grounded her last year, China-born Gong has spent the last 12 months thrilling Kiwi audiences with her blend of Chinese fusion, classical pieces, and rock music, on piano accordion. Festival organiser, Hastings District councillor Kevin Watkins, said Gong, who started playing the instrument at age...

RNZ The Japanese Coast Guard has called off its full-time search for Gulf Livestock 1, the live export ship that went missing in a typhoon in the East China Sea. North Shore ward councillor Richard Hills said he called the council’s executive team on Wednesday night to demand an end to the practice. “We have double confirmed with Auckland Council’s chief officer that it won't be happening again,” Hills said. “Slaughter is part of a farming practice, but it’s done humanely. Export, even for breeding, is not good for cattle.” Auckland Council is the biggest urban farmer in the...