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CRANKWORX 2025: TWO STOPS, AFFORDABLE PASSES AND SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR FANS
CRANKWORX 2025: TWO STOPS, AFFORDABLE PASSES AND SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR FANS

NEW ZEALAND | November 20, 2024 – Festival passes for the highly anticipated Crankworx Summer Series Christchurch and Crankworx Rotorua 2025 are officially on sale, with updates to both festivals designed to give back to fans, delivering the ultimate experience in mountain biking.

Whittaker’s takes action to manage challenges in global cocoa supply
Whittaker’s takes action to manage challenges in global cocoa supply

While Whittaker’s has to date sourced only Ghanaian cocoa beans to make its chocolate, it is now supplementing this with cocoa beans that meet its quality and ethical standards from other parts of Africa. Whittaker’s Chocolate Lovers will see changes to its packaging to reflect the cocoa origin change from next month.​ 

New Zealand Fish & Game sees call to remove advocacy as misguided
New Zealand Fish & Game sees call to remove advocacy as misguided

Fish & Game manages trout, salmon, and game birds and helps New Zealanders to connect with nature and experience the many benefits fishing and hunting offers.  A call to completely remove Fish & Game’s advocacy function is misguided and fails to understand the role the organisation plays, says Fish & Game New Zealand chief executive Corina Jordan. 

Recreational Fishing Nets Big Gains for Region - Hydro Canal Fishery Contributes $13.6 Million to Mackenzie Basin Economy
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New research shows that recreational freshwater fishing contributes millions of dollars to the Mackenzie Basin and that local businesses and communities land the gains. Central South Island Fish & Game Council (CSIFGC) today released the results of a groundbreaking economic impact assessment conducted in partnership with the University of Otago and Meridian Energy. 

Urban BBQ Festival | Hastings
Urban BBQ Festival | Hastings

BBQ lovers are in for more meaty goodness in November when the Urban BBQ Festival returns to Tomoana Showgrounds, Hastings. Once again the Demo Stage hosts a full afternoon of demonstrations that will take your pitmaster skills to the next level. Butterfly a leg of lamb, serve some smokey cocktails and cheese, master ribs and brisket, and get that crackling crispy on a homemade porchetta.

Whittaker’s indulges fruit lovers with two new Artisan Collection flavours
Whittaker’s indulges fruit lovers with two new Artisan Collection flavours

Whittaker’s is delighted to bring back two fruit lovers’ favourites, Raspberry & New Zealand Strawberry 100g, and Gisborne Orange & Hazelnut 100g, now showcasing local ingredients, as part of its core New Zealand Artisan Collection.  

Ready, steady, fish! Freshwater season licenses now on sale
Ready, steady, fish! Freshwater season licenses now on sale

Fishing licences are on sale today as anticipation builds for the upcoming season. “Spring is on its way, and today marks a key date in the diary for keen anglers,” said Fish & Game New Zealand chief executive Corina Jordan. “With the season starting on October 1, it’s a good idea for anglers to get in early and grab their licence so they can focus on sorting their gear and planning trips with friends.

Spawning monitoring – measuring to manage 
Spawning monitoring – measuring to manage 

Fish & Game staff throughout the country are busy conducting spawning surveys for trout and salmon to ensure there are sustainable fisheries for the future and to check up on stream and river health. Fish & Game New Zealand chief executive Corina Jordan said there were a range of ways to monitor spawning, from using fish traps to walking up a stream and counting. 

Featured Artist - Catherine Macdonald
Featured Artist - Catherine Macdonald

New Zealand artist Catherine Macdonald creates drawings & prints, makes & illustrates objects & furniture, and writes, illustrates & publishes books.

Artwork - Just as they fall (Catherine MacDonald)

Featured Artist - Kimbra Taylor
Featured Artist - Kimbra Taylor

Kimbra has a Diploma in Visual Communications from the Wellington School of Design and a teacher's certificate.

“I worked in an advertising agency as an illustrator and visualiser, The Evening Post as an illustrator and then became a freelance illustrator. I worked with Thomas Nelson publishing firm and illustrated many children's books. One of the paintings from a book I illustrated was given to the author for her birthday. I felt very honoured and delighted to be able to share this with her as a gift.” Kimbra shares

NZ shearers 2-0 up in series against Wales

NZ shearers 2-0 up in series against Wales

Tony Cutting
Shearing Sports NZ

The CP Wool New Zealand shearing team has taken an unbeatable 2-0 lead to give the country the chance for a first shearing test series win in Wales in eight years.

The Kiwi team of Rowland Smith, of Maraekakaho, near Hastings, and north Wairarapa farmer David Buick, of Pongaroa, beat the Welsh team of Lloyd Rees and Aled Jones comfortably in two tests at the weekend.

The tourists won by 3.55pts at the Cothi Shears on Friday, and by a resounding 11.5pts at the Lampeter Shears on Saturday.

The tests, of 20 lambs each were dominated by Smith, who in the first test was the best individual, 8.5pts clear of best-performing Welsh shearer Rees, and who repeated the achievement 24 hours later as the New Zealanders finished 1-2.

Earlier in the tour New Zealand were beaten at the Lochearnhead Shears by eventual World champions Scotland but beat England at the Great Yorkshire Show.

New Zealand has now won seven test matches in a row against Wales, the latest successes five victories to previous tour pairing Buick and Invercargill shearer Nathan Stratford, over Welsh World Championships pairing Richard and Alun Lloyd Jones in Corwen last July and in four tests against Rees and Aled Jones in New Zealand earlier this year.

The tour is expected to get tougher at the Royal Welsh Show on Wednesday, with a new Welsh team to be named, possibly including Richard Jones, who beat Smith by 0.15pts to win the World title in France on July 7. The last test will be at Corwen next Saturday.  

Results from the Shearing Sports New Zealand CP Wool test series against Wales:

First test at Cothi Shears on Friday, July 19 (20 sheep): New Zealand 117pts (Rowland Smith 14min, 51.1pts; David Buick 15min 38sec, 65.9pts,) beat Wales 120.55pts (Lloyd Rees 15min 25sec, 59.6pts; Aled Jones 16min 27sec, 60.95pts) by 3.55pts.

Second test at Lampeter Shears on Saturday, July 20 (20 sheep): New Zealand 112.65pts (Rowland Smith 13min 59sec, 54.7pts; David Buick 14min 13sec, 57.95pts) beat Wales 124.15pts (Lloyd Rees 13min 31sec, 58.3pts; Aled Jones 16min 42sec, 65.85pts) by 11.5pts.

-Shearing Sports NZ

Tony Cutting
Shearing Sports NZ
Tony Cutting

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