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JOHN BISSET/STUFF Holdens of all shapes and sizes converged on Timaru over Easter weekend for the marque s national show in Timaru. Holden fans have turned out in their thousands to celebrate the Australian marque in Timaru. The South Canterbury town played host to about 150 vehicles from around New Zealand over Easter weekend for the 16th annual Holden New Zealand National show South Canterbury Holden Club president Toni Gilbert said the three-day event was highlighted with about 5000 people attending the car show at the Southern Trust Events Centre on Saturday. JOHN BISSET/Stuff More than 90 Holdens squeezed into the Southern Trust Events Centre in Timaru on Saturday. ....
310120 News. Photo: Bejon Haswell/ Stuff A plantation fire between Mt Dobson and Burkes pass Smoke, shifts, smells and stranded kicked off the big news stories in February with the threat of Covid-19 looming writes Doug Sail in the second of our series looking back on the year that was. A fire fanned by wind and hot temperatures killed livestock, damaged several buildings and burned more than 100 hectares near Burkes Pass. ‘‘The fire spread quickly in low value forestry and tussock,’’ Chris Clarke, Mackenzie District Council emergency operations centre public information manager, said. At the height of the blaze, Fire and Emergency New Zealand had five helicopters, two 20-tonne diggers, three tankers, three firefighting appliances, and a further four firefighting vehicles at the scene along with about 50 personnel. ....