Hobson Pledge s Don Brash to speak against Tauranga Māori wards
26 Jan, 2021 06:29 PM
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Hobson s Pledge spokesman Don Brash will speak at a public meeting in Tauranga on Friday, despite resistance from some parts of the community. Photo / File
A Tauranga meeting with Hobson s Pledge spokesman Don Brash as one of the headline speakers has been organised in a bid to gather more signatures for a petition against Māori wards. However, the meeting on Friday could face opposition from protesters as resistance to the petition swells.
The public meeting is expected to be held at the Tauranga Yacht and Power Boat Club and will discuss the issue of Māori wards. Brash, Hobson s Pledge spokeswoman Casey Costello and former New Conservative member Elliot Ikilei will be speaking.
Bay News: Women on the water in Bay of Islands Sailing Week
20 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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The only all-women crew entered in Bay of Islands Sailing Week. Team Yeah The Girls is headed by skipper Robyn Caundle (top) with teammates (clockwise) Kerry Caundle, Elly Warren, Beth Ross, Kate Harvey and Lindsay Howard (centre). Photo / Lissa Reyden
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BAY NEWS BITES - Bay of Islands Sailing Week starts on Tuesday.
Women are still a relatively rare breed among the sailing community which is why their considerable endeavours are recognised.
New Zealander Dame Naomi James is high profile in this country and the number of
The former Scruples and DeVinchies nightclub, West Bay An actress who became one of the most recognised TV mums had some special links with Dorset. Lynda Bellingham, who died aged 66 of cancer on October 19 2014, touched many lives in the area. She visited west Dorset on many occasions and her husband Michael Pattemore once ran the West Bay nightclub Scruples. Lynda, star of the Oxo gravy adverts and a presenter on Loose Women, is buried just over the county border in Crewkerne, Somerset. She visited Lyme Regis in 2012 to do some filming and one of the places she visited was Alice’s Bear Shop.
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Team ‘Yeah The Girls’, headed up by skipper Robyn Caundle (top), with team-mates (clockwise) Kerry Caundle, Elly Warren, Beth Ross, Kate Harvey, Lyndsay Hayward (centre).
Team ‘Yeah The Girls’, headed up by skipper Robyn Caundle (top), with team-mates (clockwise) Kerry Caundle, Elly Warren, Beth Ross, Kate Harvey, Lyndsay Hayward (centre).
It’s the new normal to see female sailors in just about every position on racing keelers these days, and each year at CRC Bay of Islands Sailing Week, more women and girls are seen comfortably taking up positions from bow to stern.
Robyn Caundle’s Team ‘Yeah The Girls’ racing Young 88 Rascal Tom in the WOW division in Tauranga.