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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

Bidding wars erupt over iconic royals’ photos including Diana

Bidding wars erupt over iconic royals’ photos including Diana

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Make Lemonade

Tāmaki  Makaurau - A bidding war has erupted over the sale of epic and legendary royals’ photos, one of New Zealand’s leading auction houses, Webb’s, says.

Webb’s is running an extensive online auction of photographs of the royal family in New Zealand, including those of Princess Diana.

The sought-after images are a treasure-trove of imagery used in print media documentation of early royal tours.  The auction closes 8pm tomorrow.

Launched over Queen’s Birthday weekend, the auction has seen frenetic bidding wars erupt over these iconic photographs, Webb’s operations manager Christine Kearney says.

More than 700 photographs are presented in more than 400 lots. They include dozens of photographs of Princess Diana at her stunning, crowd-winning best, taken during the 1983 royal visit.

The auction poetically closes tomorrow on the 100th birthday of the late Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh. Additionally, stunning portraits of the Queen and the Duke, taken outside of New Zealand, are also available.

Webb’s head of art Charles Ninow says the prices are skyrocketing as they have a number of keen  bidders who want to secure the photos.

“The sale of images of Sir Edmund Hillary last year saw prices go as high as $20,000 for a photograph. The way this sale is going, it could end up the biggest sale of photography in New Zealand’s history.”

"This pictorial archive is a treasure-trove, documenting royal tours from the early days of Queen Elizabeth’s reign, through to 1990. These are photographs taken by the finest New Zealand press photographers of the day."

The auction presents a fantastic affordable opportunity for Royal and Aotearoa history fans to acquire their own piece of history, Webbs says.

The images capture an historic cross-section of New Zealand society over the decades. They show both the glamourous and human sides of the royal family.

The royal tour photos include the royal couple in 1953-54 and again in 1956, the Queen Mother in 1958, the royal couple in 1963, the Queen Mother in 1966, the royal Family (Queen Elizabeth, Prince Phillip, Prince Charles, Princess Anne) in 1970 and again in 1974, the Queen and Prince Phillip in 1977, Princess Anne in 1979, the Queen and Prince Charles in 1981, Prince Charles and Princess Diana in 1983, the Queen and Prince Phillip in 1986 and again in 1990. More images here: https://we.tl/t-Iqbb14cG98.

For further information contact Christine Kearney 027 9295604 or Webb’s media specialist Make Lemonade  editor-in-chief Kip Brook on 0275 030188

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Make Lemonade
kip Brook

Kip Brook has more than 25 years’ international and national news media experience. He was appointed to London in 1997 to be New Zealand media’s UK-Europe Bureau Chief Correspondent. Kip has covered NZ Prime Minister overseas tours, world leaders’ summits, major disasters, All Black tours, NZ cricket team tours, Olympic Games and many international events. He has won three NZ journalist of the year media awards.

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