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“We’ll keep on fighting. We've still got a few options.” Chairman of the Phar Lap Raceway trustees, owners of the raceway, Kevin Brosnahan said they were “pretty disappointed” by NZTR’s decision. JOHN BISSET/Stuff Phillip Craw, of Oxford, prepares Inheritance for a race. He said between four and five full-time trainers operated at the raceway with other part-timers around the district also used the facility. “We’re lucky we’ve got an excellent caretaker. Trainers say he’s one of the best in the South Island, and he proved it today. One horse broke 1 minute 10 seconds i...

“For me, our organisation has always been there to help and support people and communities in need.” “The bonds in the organisation go very deep, I could not see some members across the country for years, but as soon we do, we immediately click and laugh and enjoy each other’s company.” The Women's Institute was first established in Canada in 1886, and imported to Britain in 1915. The movement arrived in New Zealand in 1921. The South Canterbury region's federated group was formed on June 13, 1930, when representatives from the Gapes Valley, Arundel, Orari, and Woodbury divisio...

Calendar Girls plot to raise money for the Cancer Society. “When the need is there, so are we.” The region's federated group was formed on June 13, 1930, when representatives from the Gapes Valley, Arundel, Orari, and Woodbury divisions gathered at the Parish Hall in Geraldine to discuss merging into a big organisation. At the time, women’s institutes had spread to 40 countries with more than 100 in New Zealand. Younger, who joined the Claremont chapter in 1973, said the group remained as “friendly and supportive” as when she first got on board. “It was a way of meeting the w...

“It was the first time for both of us. JOHN BISSET/Stuff This group of about 125 cyclists raised $130,000 through participating in the 17th annual Central South Island Charity Bike Ride. “There have been Sunday rides, every second week, then weekly after Christmas. “I haven’t done much cycling, it was new to us both, we both had to go and buy bikes. “It was a big challenge! “Doing that amount of kilometres in three days, I’ve got a sore butt and sore neck.” JOHN BISSET/Stuff Trish Roberts celebrates as she nears the end of the Central South Island Bike Ride.