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The team from Queen Charlotte Yacht Club were due to host their biggest event for the year but Covid uncertainty has forced the club to cancel.
News that Auckland was to move into alert level 2, while the rest of New Zealand moved to level 1, came too little, too late for the Queen Charlotte Yacht Club, which was forced to cancel its biggest event of the year. It comes after three new cases were announced in the community on Wednesday. The cases were linked to the student that previously tested positive, announced on Sunday. Despite Auckland moving to level 2, and the rest of New Zealand level 1 at midnight on Wednesday, the club made the decision to cancel the South Island’s largest centreboard regatta in order to give early certainty to competitors.
Lawson s Dry Hills group marketing manager Belinda Jackson said Vinyl in the Vines had received a “huge level of interest”, with more than 500 people ‘interested’ or ‘going’ to the event on its Facebook page. “People are excited about digging out their vinyl and swapping, buying or selling their collections, or just listening to some fantastic playlists. “We ll definitely be going ahead with the event, but its timing may be in question now . People can rest assured we will follow the rules that apply to each [alert] level. If that means a postponement, we will do that, until such a time that the Government dictates we can host it.”
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Local series Lap Of Luxury takes viewers inside some of New Zealand s most exclusive hotels and lodges.
New series Lap Of Luxury lets viewers travel from their armchairs into the plush world of exclusive hotels and lodges around New Zealand. Some of the acclaimed establishments include Treetops Lodge in Rotorua, Wharekauhau in Palliser Bay, Split Apple Retreat in Abel Tasman, Minaret Station in Wanaka, Bay Of Many Coves in Marlborough and many more. Northland’s Kauri Cliffs is one of the best-known prestige lodges in New Zealand and also features in the 10-part series. Owned by the American billionaire Julian Robertson and his late wife Josie, Kauri Cliffs has become synonymous with luxury.
Our government as well as Dubai oil money have funded much of Emirates Team New Zealand, who in 2015 essentially pushed Dean Barker to walk the plank. It would rankle should he wrest the cup as the American Magic helmsman when the Americans seemingly couldn t unearth one of their own. The racing appears fickle. One mistake and the other AC75 sails away over the horizon giving us time to dash out and mow the lawns. How weird it is in a nautical sport that when one boat bellyflops and impales itself on the water, it has no more dash than a cast ewe.