After a challenging winter, berry growers across South Canterbury are preparing for the busy holiday season. Some fear there might be shortages, others are confident they will have plenty to go around. … We are starting out on a really heavy and major crop of raspberries and strawberries. It looks very encouraging.”He said the orchard’s regular strawberry plant suppliers, in the North Island, were hit by flooding earlier this year, which affected availability. Malone added that they had been impacted by the “very wet” growing season in the North Island, which affected the availability of new strawberry plants nationwide.

Emerging Hurricanes loose forward Peter Lakai aims to hit the ground running when pre-season training resumes in January. Lakai had welcome news soon after the Hurricanes started their pre-season at the end of November when he had the cast removed after he suffered a scaphoid injury. Lakai came into the Hurricanes in 2023 after significantly contributing to Wellington's 2022 Bunnings NPC and Ranfurly Shield success. He's the best player in the world but he's a better man off it [the field] as well. Lakai has also enjoyed the benefits of the Hurricanes' training facility in Trentham, which shares the New Zealand Campus of Innovation and Sport premises.

Cradling a bouquet of deep-fried chicken, Laing Le Wong from Singapore, 32, had a "KFC-themed wedding of my dreams". After meeting on a dating app and having their first date at KFC, Le Wong and her now husband, Xie Peng, tied the knot in November with a finger-lickn' good celebration. READ MORE: Optical illusion in Wales family Christmas portrait has royal fans dividedKFC fan Le Wong wanted a KFC-themed wedding. Once KFC Singapore found out about Le Wong's disability, a local manager decided to do more than just send a gift. "I had the KFC-themed wedding of my dreams!!!"

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Today $94 bln was bid for $37 bln available, so again well supported. The UST 10yr yield is firmer on secondary markets at 4.27% and up +4 bps from yesterday at this time. The Australian 10 year bond yield is now at 4.36% and up +1 bp from yesterday. That all means our TWI-5 starts today just on 70.3, +10 bps higher than yesterday at this time. The bitcoin price starts today at US$41,753 and down a sharpish -4.7% from this time yesterday.

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Julian Platt praised the police response to the massacre at Al Noor Mosque but said the attack on Linwood Islamic Centre could have been disrupted. Police deployment to Al Noor Mosque was quick and actions taken were appropriate, Platt told the Coroners Court. The call gave police access to information about the Linwood attack as early as 1.45pm, he said. A senior police tactical expert last week told the inquest it would be "idealistic" to think police could have stopped the Linwood attack. "Based on this assessment, it appears an opportunity to pre-empt or disrupt the Linwood attack was a possibility, although the timings appear tight."

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Last week Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown kicked off what is always the most important thing a Council does every three years – update its ‘Long term plan’. So – perhaps surprisingly – it has been quite refreshing seeing Mayor Brown really fight for Auckland to get a better deal from ‘Wellington’. As Transport Minister, Local Government Minister and Minister for Auckland, it is clear that the relationship between the two Browns (presumably unrelated) will be critical. Fundamentally the big question for the government will be the extent to which they are willing to devolve meaningful power to Auckland Council, and work with them in genuine partnership. On the one hand, it was a National-led government that created Auckland Council in the first place and eventually funded things like rail electrification and the CRL.

Bettle & Associates enters a new era this month, with founder George Bettle ceasing operational responsibilities after 22 years. Bettle & Associates was founded by Bettle in 2001 after the purchase of what was Grey Worldwide’s Waikato office. “It was a lovely and quite emotional evening for me,” says Bettle. Will, Adam and I started working on the succession and exit plan nearly three years ago – and these days Bettle and Associates is theirs. For me, I wanted to leave while I still loved the job and was still doing some of the best work of my career.

A driveway dispute between two elderly Dunedin neighbours reached boiling point when one entered the other's home and beat him with a bat. Senior Sergeant Anthony Bond, of Dunedin, said police were called to an address in Saddleview Pl in Fairfield at 10.20am yesterday after a man was assaulted in his own home. The 82-year-old man was at home when his neighbour, a 74-year-old man entered his home and attacked him using a bat. The assault was due to an ongoing dispute between the two men over their shared driveway, Snr Sgt Bond said. The 74-year-old was arrested and charged with aggravated burglary and will appear in court this morning.

Claims by a Whatu Ora staffer have attracted the attention of conspiracy groups in NZ and around the world. And they’re demanding attention from someone they thought was on their side. T hey didn’t all love him. This was the guy, after all, who stood in lockstep with their bete noire, ...

Video / NZ HeraldA knife-wielding Dunedin man caused chaos when he allegedly threatened multiple people, pulled a window off its hinges and demanded money from a pedestrian in Dunedin last week. Senior Sergeant Anthony Bond, of Dunedin, this morning revealed more about what led up to the arrest of a 35-year-old man in Maryhill on Friday. Bond said police received a report that a person was walking around the streets armed with a knife and was in Mitchell Ave at 11.20am. Police take a man into custody after the incident in Mitchell Ave. Photo / Gregor RichardsonThe man allegedly went to an address on the street and demanded money from a woman, Bond said. The man then confronted another man and tried to throw a knife sharpener he picked up at him.