Women s Super Rugby: Chiefs upstage Blues in historic clash
1 May, 2021 06:30 AM
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The Chiefs celebrate victory over the Blues. Photo / Photosport
Chiefs 39
Blues 12
Blues captain Eloise Blackwell says her side s defeat to the Chiefs in the maiden New Zealand women s Super Rugby match at Eden Park proves the female game deserves proper investment.
The Chiefs comfortably upstaged the Blues, putting away their neighbours 39-12, but in many ways the result was secondary to giving women in this country a Super Rugby platform to aspire to. It s been pretty surreal, such a special occasion, and definitely long overdue, Blackwell said.
Athenree Homestead back to former glory
29 Apr, 2021 01:22 AM
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TECT chairman Bill Holland cuts the ribbon to open the final stage of the Athenree Homestead to complete the restoration.
TECT chairman Bill Holland cuts the ribbon to open the final stage of the Athenree Homestead to complete the restoration.
Bay of Plenty Times
By: Chris Steel
The historical landmark Athenree Homestead has risen from the ruins and is finally back to how it was 140 years ago when it was first built by Irish settlers Hugh and Adela Stewart in 1879.
Forty years ago concerned residents in the area formed a trust to restore the home to its original state.
Rugby: Silver Lake deal one step closer as unions vote in favour of private equity at historic NZ Rugby AGM
29 Apr, 2021 12:00 AM
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Cheree Kinnear explains the key points in the Silver Lake buy-in.
Liam Napier is a sports writer for NZMELiam.Napier@nzherald.co.nz
New Zealand Rugby s 26 provincial unions have voted unanimously in favour of the proposed Silver Lake deal.
Representatives from the provincial unions gathered in Wellington on Thursday at
NZ Rugby s 129th annual general meeting, where they voted via voice unanimously in favour of selling a 12.5 per cent stake in NZ Rugby s commercial rights to US technology investment giants Silver Lake for $387.5 million.
Cats are very beautiful to look at; their poses are so elegant it looks as if they were the subjects of great masters paintings. One cat in Russia takes this to another level by actually being a subject of many famous paintings done by the greatest artists of all time. The beautiful, plump, ginger tabby with an awesome name, Zarathustra, sneaks comfortably into paintings and fits right in. If I fits, I sits or lays, in whatever the artist portrays, said he.
Zarathustra s partner, a human named Svetlana Petrova, masterfully Photoshops him in into countless iconic paintings, ranging from the well-known works of Vincent van Gogh, Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt, J. Vermeer, Frida Kahlo, Diego Velazquez, and many others who have painted their way into art history. Zarathustra has become quite famous for his appearances in these famous works, and has had an exhibition in the UK. His photos were also shared by some museums on the internet.