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Grace Nweke stamps her mark on Australia's netball league with three game winning streak

3 days ago | rnz.co.nz | Penny Miles

Star recruit Grace Nweke is taking the world's best netballers by storm after her seamless first three outings in Australia's Suncorp Super Netball. Nweke's Sydney-based team is on a three-game winning streak with the 23-year-old showing no early nerves as she settles into the toughest competition in the world. And while the Swifts top the ladder, Nweke is second on the league's goal scoring stats.
Wood, hemp sectors want to join wool in new Government construction rules

1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Monique Steele |Stephanie Ockhuysen |Penny Miles

“We have a lot of people employed in and associated with the wool industry. “We’ve got a lot of shearers, and we’re really proud of our wool.”She hoped any extra money in the sector would trickle down through the region’s economy. But other sectors wanted similar commitments from the Government to use their products in construction.
Fly Ferns prepare to tackle world's best anglers in United States

3 weeks ago | rnz.co.nz | Penny Miles

The Fly Ferns are testing their fishing rods and reels as they prepare to tackle the world's best in Idaho Falls later this year. The six dedicated anglers of the New Zealand women's team are clocking up the training hours on the world class waterways of the Central North Island. The team is led by captain Rachel McNae who calls the waters of the Tongariro River and Lake Taupō her home territory.
Grizz Wyllie 'shaped the game in ways that will be felt for generations'

1 month ago | rnz.co.nz | Penny Miles

A former coach who shared the highs and lows of two World Cup campaigns with Grizz Wyllie says their vastly different styles may have been a roadblock to success. Former All Black and coach Alex 'Grizz' Wyllie, who died yesterday aged 80, is being remembered as one of the most rugged coaches in All Black history, who commanded respect with a hard-nosed style. Fellow New Zealand coach John Hart recalls sitting side-by-side on the coaching bench with Wyllie during the team's 1987 World Cup triumph.
Central Districts Field Days: Kiwi ingenuity sees attachable digger arm put through its paces

1 month ago | rnz.co.nz | Penny Miles

New Zealand has a rich history of farming inventions from the milking machine through to electric fencing and aerial topdressing. Now a Kiwi designed attachable digger arm for construction, horticultural and tree work will be put to the test at the Central Districts Field Days. The folding excavator accessory will feature at the country's biggest regional agricultural event which opened in Manawatū on Thursday and will run for three days through to Saturday at Manfeild Park in Feilding.
Caution urged for dairy farmers set for earnings boost

1 month ago | rnz.co.nz | Penny Miles

Fonterra's farmer shareholders will get an improved dividend this year, but they're being advised to spend the extra money carefully. Northland MP and dairy farmer Grant McCallum said the near 25 percent increase will make a significant difference when the interim dividend is paid into farmers' bank accounts next month. The dairy co-operative upped its full-year earnings guidance this week from 40-to-60 cents per share to 55-to-75 cents per share.
Photo finish! Teenager and Olympian come up in dead heat at championships

1 month ago | rnz.co.nz | Penny Miles

A rare dead heat in the 1500 metres at the national athletics championships in Dunedin has seen a tie in the track's blue ribbon event. Olympian Sam Tanner and 15-year-old Sam Ruthe will share the title after this afternoon's heartstopping race at the Caledonian Ground in Dunedin which ended in a photo finish. It will be Tanner's fifth national 1500m crown and Ruthe's first at senior level.
New Zealand's top axeman readying himself for New Zealand Rural Games

1 month ago | rnz.co.nz | Penny Miles

One of the talented contenders with the most on the line at the New Zealand Rural Games is the country's top axeman. King Country woodchopper Jack Jordan achieved the sport's first ever three-peat at last year's Timbersports World Trophy in Italy. Jordan, who manages a 4000 acre sheep and beef farm near Taumarunui, beat Czech opponent Matyas Klima in the final to cut his way to the title in Milan.
Northlanders get a taste for wallaby quesadillas at Field Days

1 month ago | rnz.co.nz | Penny Miles

People who tasted wallaby quesadillas at the recent Northland Field Days are still talking about the rich meaty snack one week on from the event. In past years, possum pâté, goat pies and wasp larvae ice cream have been on offer at the Northland Regional Council's marquee at the annual agricultural event in Dargaville. One taste tester who dived in to try the classic Mexican street food with an Australian twist was Local Democracy Reporter, Susan Botting.
Golf: Former bikie Ryan Peake breaks through for his maiden title at NZ Open

1 month ago | rnz.co.nz | Penny Miles

Australia's Ryan Peake wins the 104th NZ Open golf tournament at Millbrook Resort, in Arrowtown. It was a redemption story for the movies as the burly West Australian former bikie gang member Ryan Peake won his maiden title at the Milbrook Resort. Peake, 31, carded a final round of five-under-66 to finish at 23-under, a shot clear of Australian Jack Thompson, South African Ian Snyman and Kazuki Higa from Japan.