Ryenna Wapiti owners Jesse and Tracey Saunders are holding their inaugural open day on-farm near Winton today. Up to 20 wapiti bulls would be offered by private treaty at their Ryenna Wapiti on-farm open day in Dunearn, northwest of Winton. He was targeting selling his bulls to red deer farmers, who could use their bulls as a terminal sire. Mrs Saunders said a reason for launching the open day now was because Tikana Wapiti owners Dave Lawrence and Donna Day were no longer holding a sale. Ryenna Wapiti won three prizes at the 2025 National Velvet and Trophy Antler Competition in Invercargill last month.

The 18-year old Elliott, who was being coached by the legendary Percy Cerutty, had run 4:06.0 for the mile on this day at Olympic Park to break fellow Australian Ron Clarke’s unofficial World Junior record by .8s. Elliott went on to set World Records in the 1500 and mile and win the gold medal in the 1500-meters at the 1960 Olympics, and is considered one of the greatest milers in history. Cerutty had predicted 2-years earlier that Elliott would become a world record holder, but the youngster’s career suffered a temporary setback in a freak accident in late 1955 when a piano crushed his foot! Among the athletes who have participated in the meet are Cheryl Toussaint, Diane Dixon, Sandra Farmer-Patrick, and Dalilah Muhammad. 1979–Maryland sophomore Renaldo Nehemiah ran 7.02 to break his own World Record in the 60-yard hurdles at the CYO meet in College Park,Md.

Former Clutha district mayor Juno Hayes at his Milton home, shortly before receiving his ONZM aged 70, in 2014. PHOTO: LINDA ROBERTSONFamily, friends and fellow political figures have paid tribute to former Clutha district mayor Cyril Edwin "Juno" Hayes following his death on Monday. Mr Hayes died at the Otago Hospice following a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease, he turned 82 last month. Younger brother Sir Richard "Hannibal" Hayes, told the Otago Daily Times yesterday his brother was a man "not easily replaced". After the Clutha District Council was formed, he was deputy mayor for nine years, before becoming mayor for 12 years.

A man was also found dead at the Waitārere Beach Rd address, and the police were not looking for anyone else in relation to the incident. Horowhenua Mayor Bernie Wanden told the Herald police were responding to a “tragic family incident”. Police say the Waitārere Beach shooting is an isolated 'family incident'. Photo / Mark MitchellA local shopkeeper said he was familiar with the couple that lived at the Waitārere Beach Rd address, but he did not know them personally. Wellington man Wal is visiting Waitārere Beach and said the shooting was “bizarre - it’s supposedly a quiet little town”.

One of the world’s most impressive fighter jets has been confirmed for its first visit to New Zealand for Warbirds Over Wanaka this Easter. Event general manager Ed Taylor said having the USAF F-22 Raptor Demo Team performing on all three days of the airshow was a real coup. Warbirds over Wanaka general manager Ed Taylor is over the moon about the USAF F-22 Raptor Demo Team taking part in this year’s show over Easter weekend. Two Raptors would make the trip to New Zealand and would operate out of Christchurch International Airport, he said. At a cost of more than $NZ200 million each, the Raptor is the only US-built fighter not sold to other countries.

A section of Union Rd near Pegler Dr in Howick has been cordoned off by police after a person was found critically injured on the roadside and rushed to hospital. A section of Union Rd near Pegler Dr in Howick has been cordoned off by police after a person was found critically injured on the roadside and rushed to hospital. A person has been found badly hurt on the side of the road in the Auckland suburb of Howick overnight, the Herald understands. Police cordoned off a section of Union Rd, near Pegler Drive, overnight. A St John spokesman said the service was called to a reported medical incident on Union Rd at 10.40pm, sending an ambulance and a rapid response vehicle.

Photo: RNZHorowhenua's mayor says a shooting overnight that left a person dead and three critically hurt was a family harm incident. Police were called to a Waitārere Beach address near Levin at about 12.40am today. "Another young person who was at the address is physically unharmed and they are being given wrap-around support," Grantham said. Horowhenua Mayor Bernie Wanden told RNZ it was a family harm incident and described the shooting as tragic. "As far as I am aware, it is only family members that have been involved in this incident," he said.

I get nervous seeing the headlines about the rise in colorectal cancer cases. Those traditional risk factors are still important, but they are not what’s driving the conversation today. All five of the habits listed below are associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer among younger people in their 20s, 30s and 40s. On the flip side, the nutrient in our diet that protects against colorectal cancer that’s notoriously low in ultra-processed foods? For every 10 grams of fiber you eat per day — about the amount in a cup of beans — there’s a 10 percent lower risk of colorectal cancer.

Youths harass a sea lion at Smaills Beach on Monday evening. Smoking cigarettes and clutching bottles, the group were "getting up in the sea lion’s space" and "disturbing it and then trying to run away". This is the second time within a week a member of the Dunedin public has recorded a close encounter with a sea lion. Over the weekend, female sea lion Mika entered St Kilda shop Takeaways on Marlow and stayed for about half an hour. Doc ranger Moss Thompson managed to de-escalate the situation and lead the sea lion out of the premises by banging a pot and using wooden shields to guide her outside and away from the shop.

Photo: Matthew FairbrotherA Christchurch mountain biker spent 24 hours cycling continuous laps around a McDonald's drive-through to test his endurance. Twenty-one-year-old Matthew Fairbrother clocked up 500 kilometres on the ride on Christmas Day, which he described as a "deliberately absurd" endurance challenge. I basically told myself I'd bike for 24 hours or up until I got kicked out. I started at 5am and then I stopped at 5am and over the whole 24 hours I only spent just under two hours not moving." Physically I knew I could bike for 24 hours non-stop but to do it in the way I did, mentally I've never done anything so tough."

“We are certainly not seeing the extreme inflation experienced in the post-Covid phase, when the CCCI annual growth rate peaked at more than 10% in late 2022. During that period, there were supply chain issues for key materials such as plasterboard and rising wages also drove up costs significantly. “However, although they’re not rising to any huge degree at present, costs haven’t seen significant falls either. “The latest CCCI figures remain relatively controlled, although as the industry starts to recover more clearly in 2026, construction cost growth could pick up again,” he said. “However, a spike similar to the post-Covid phase remains unlikely.”

The August paper said the $56b Rons programme was the “most complex and expensive infrastructure programme in New Zealand’s recent history”. Other major transport projects were also planned, including the second Waitematā Harbour crossing. This meant that over the next two decades, “over a quarter of a trillion dollars” would be invested into land transport, the ministry said. The Ministry of Transport and the NZTA “independently prioritised the Rons programme” with different delivery and investment options. We are building a major transport projects pipeline and will have more to say in due course.”He did not say when that would be.

The two-day Legends tournament tees off on Saturday. In 1997, then-Cromwell Golf Club manager Doug Harradine, a former Otago golf representative, imagined a weekend where friends from different sporting backgrounds could reunite, enjoy each other’s company and still test themselves on the course. The simple but unusual rules require every four-person team to include at least one sporting "legend" — a national or provincial sporting representative, current or former, from any sport. In a statement yesterday Cromwell Golf Club president Peter Williams said 61 teams would hit the fairways on Saturday. Mr Williams said Banks was making one of his final sporting appearances in Otago before shifting north.

Hatem said the fire started in the rangehood of the oven they used at the store. Ibrahim Hatem, 60, is taken to hospital after a harrowing effort to put out the flames at the family business he helped start more than 20 years ago in Pakūranga. Reynolds-Hatem said his father and uncles started the business after they arrived from Syria more than two decades ago. Members of the Hatem family comfort each other after the family business in Pakūranga, East Auckland, is destroyed by fire, with co-owner Ibrahim Hatem (inset) being taken away to hospital after having a medical turn. “As soon as the strike finished, they jumped in their trucks and raced straight over to the fire,” he said.

Police speak to the occupants of a vehicle parked at the BP petrol station in Princes St yesterday after officers had to wake them. Photo: Craig BaxterPolice drove a dozy Dunedin duo home after they fell asleep on a petrol station forecourt. A police spokeswoman said officers were called about 1.35pm yesterday to BP 2go On Princes after reports that two people were unconscious in a vehicle. When officers arrived, they checked on the two people, who were found not to be unresponsive, but simply asleep. A witness said the car the two were in was parked in front of a pump.