A freshly-shorn sheep with pastel-coloured wool is on the loose in central Auckland after escaping from a rural-themed beer launch in Ponsonby.
The animal was getting a makeover from shearer Neil Fagan - nephew of shearing legend...
Sheep on loose in Ponsonby after escaping from Moa beer launch party
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Waikato road reopens, water conservation requested after massive landslip
Te Kuiti residents are being asked to conserve water after a massive slip of saturated farmland closed a road southeast of the town and inundated part of its water catchment.
Mangaokewa Rd is now open, following removal of debris...
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Armed robbery in Te Kuiti, police seeking information
A club in Te Kuiti was robbed yesterday by two people armed with a rifle, and police are appealing to the public for information.
The two men entered the Waitomo Club armed with a rifle just before midnight yesterday, pointing it...
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Local Focus: Kitten season off to an early start
It's not officially kitten season yet but already the Waikato SPCA have received their first two litters.
On Wednesday morning Waikato SPCA Animal Attendant, Cameron Hall picked up a ginger cat and a litter of three.
"These guys...
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Double fatal crash near Te Kuiti closes SH3, two others injured
Police are dealing with a crash which has claimed the lives of two people and injured two others near Te Kuiti.
Emergency services today confirmed two people died.
St John also confirmed two others suffered moderate injuries and...
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Mum, daughter killed near Te Kuiti named
Waikato police have released the names of the King Country mother and daughter killed in a crash near Te Kuiti yesterday.
They were Gaylene Bell, 34, and her daughter Chanelle King, 17.
Family of King have expressed their shock...
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Road toll increasing with nine lives claimed in horror weekend crashes
One of the grimmest weekends on New Zealand roads claimed the lives of nine people.
The deaths have brought the road toll to 292 for 2017, up 41 on the same time last year. Another 10 people have been injured or seriously injured.
A...
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Te Kuiti crash kills Gaylene Bell and Chanelle King
The mother and daughter who were killed in a head-on crash have been remembered as amazing family women.
Gaylene Bell, 34, and Chanelle King, 17, died in Te Kuiti on Sunday afternoon. They were on the way home from Bell's cleaning...
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Woman badly hurt after car crashes into stream
A woman received multiple injuries when the car she was driving crashed into a stream near Te Kuiti today.
The 45-year-old Masterton woman crashed her car through a fence, into a paddock and down into a stream a few miles south of...
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Perseverance pays off for Te Kuiti shearer Grainger
Te Kuiti shearer Mark Grainger gained another reward for perseverance when he successfully defended the Stratford A and P Show's Open title against former World champion Gavin Mutch on Saturday.
Now in his ninth season in the top...
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Woman cheats death after car flips, plunges into Waikato stream
A woman who survived a horror car crash says she thought her life was about to end and she would drown in a deep stream trapped in her flipped, sunken vehicle.
Author and academic Karin Speedy, 45, has tweeted about her nightmare...
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Shearing: French Connection as siblings pair up for speedshear champs
An international shearing competition with a difference will take place as 2019 World Championships hosts France make another move on the international stage in Te Kuiti tomorrow night.
Competing in special male and female teams...
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Shearing: Paerata Abraham claims big prize in emotional speedshear
Wairarapa shearer Paerata Abraham has capped an emotional night of speed shearing in Te Kuiti by beating the organiser and celebrating with a haka tribute to fellow shearer Beau St George, who died in a road crash in France last April.
From...
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Te Kuiti shearer Kerri-Jo Te Huia hits record target early
Te Kuiti shearer Kerri-Jo Te Huia has made an assured start to her record bid in a woolshed east of Eketahuna with a tally of 101 in the two hours.
Shearing at Otapawa Station and targeting a record for the most ewes shorn by a woman...
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Welsh shearers have rare win at Taihape show
After just four days in the country and in sweltering heat two Welsh shearers beat the two Kiwis chosen to compete against them at the Taihape A & P Show on January 27.
It was a smaller show than usual this year, Shearing Sports...
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Te Kuiti man injured after quad bike rolls on farm
A Te Kuiti man was injured after his quad bike rolled on a farm near the town.
The 42-year-old was stabilised at the scene by the Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter's on-board intensive care paramedic after they were called to the...
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Driver killed, three in hospital after Te Kuiti crash overnight
One person has died after a car rolled west of Te Kuiti before dawn this morning.
Emergency services were called to the single-car crash at Oparure Rd, between Boddie and Gadsby Rds, at 4:18am.
The driver was trapped in the vehicle...
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Police abandon pursuit of alleged drunk mum with nine kids in car
Nine children, one as young as 3 months old, were in a vehicle being driven by an alleged drunk woman who repeatedly fled police in Hamilton.
Officers deemed it too dangerous to begin a pursuit of the vehicle after noticing how...
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Wellington woman injured after crashing into bank
A woman was seriously injured after crashing her car into a bank south of Te Kuiti.
The 68-year-old from Wellington suffered various head, limb and abdominal injuries in yesterday's crash.
The Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter landed...
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Te Kuiti's $7.3 million Lotto mystery
Excitement is building in the tiny King Country town of Te Kuiti after a $7.3 million Lotto ticket was sold.
While nobody knows who the lucky winner is, everybody is wanting to know who it is, say locals in Te Kuiti (population 4221).
A...
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