Dame Lisa Carrington won't be competing as expected at this weekend's Canoe Sprint World Cup, New Zealand Rugby's announced its new CEO, and the White Ferns and Black Caps spending time in England.
Friday funnies
07/05/2026 | 15 mins.
Friday funnies
Around the motu: Ian Allen in Marlborough
07/05/2026 | 10 mins.
Borrowing for Picton's ferry terminal, support for Marlborough based Sounds Air, a community fundraiser in the Waihopai Valley also hopes to tackle pests and a group of outdoors access advocates are using a paper road to text access to conservation land.
Book review: Death of an Ordinary Man by Sarah Perry
07/05/2026 | 5 mins.
Susanna Andrew of Unity Books Wellington reviews Death of an Ordinary Man by Sarah Perry
Abe's Bagels sold for undisclosed sum
07/05/2026 | 5 mins.
Abe's Bagels, which will mark 30 years in business in December, has just been sold to Australian food producing behemoth George Weston Foods - which owns other familiar brands including Ploughmans, Tip Top Bakery, Burgen, Big Ben pies and Golden Crumpets.
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