Mount Everest challenge: Runner takes on Mauao 40 times in 21 hours
7 May, 2021 09:55 PM
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Mount Maunganui resident Luca Ahumada-Percoco ran up Mauao 152 times in 50 days, including 40 times in a 21 hour stretch. Photo / Supplied
Mount Maunganui resident Luca Ahumada-Percoco ran up Mauao 152 times in 50 days, including 40 times in a 21 hour stretch. Photo / Supplied
Many a Mount Maunganui resident has climbed the local maunga and enjoyed the scenic views from the top. Very few will have run to the top 152 times in 50 days, including 40 times in one day alone.
That is the impressive feat which Argentinian Luca Ahumada-Percoco achieved recently.
The 27-year-old moved to New Zealand from Argentina a year ago and has fallen in love with the country, as well as the opportunities for adventure it provides.
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Artificial grass, i-Site to be installed in Mount Maunganui urban space
14 Dec, 2020 04:37 AM
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A rendering of how the i-Site will look on the new green mat. Graphic / Supplied
Kristin Dunne, chief executive of Tourism Bay of Plenty. Photo / File A 220517gn07bop.JPG
By Samantha Motion A Mount Maunganui urban space, sometimes likened to a concrete jungle, is about to get a bit greener.
A 140sq m artificial grass mat will be installed in Te Papa O Ngā Manu Porotakataka this week as it becomes the new summer home of Tourism Bay of Plenty s satellite i-Site.
And if the community likes the turf idea, we could see more of it.