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Big late bite: Local snatches Snapper Bonanza crown on final day
9+ hour, 35+ min ago (464+ words) The winner of $30,000, for the heaviest fish caught at the Far North's 90 Mile Beach Snapper Bonanza winner was Harley Ra, from Kait'ia It took until the last day, but local knowledge finally proved the winner in the 90 Mile Beach Snapper…...
Kaitāia rodeo bull escape sparks fresh call from animal welfare group for the sport to be banned
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (679+ words) An animal welfare group says the escape of an 800kg bull at a Kait'ia rodeo highlights the urgent need for the sport to be banned. A bull named Thunder broke through a fence at the Far North rodeo in Kait'ia on…...
Far North Rodeo crowd scatters as 800kg bull breaks fence
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (560+ words) An escapee bull from a Kait'ia rodeo prompted some people to question why the sport was still allowed. An errant 800kg bull named Thunder struck panic when he ran through the crowd at a Far North Rodeo event. A video shared…...
Stock auctioneer, show commentator and former rodeo competitor ‘Clarky’ made rodeo life member
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (448+ words) New Poverty Bay A&P Association life member Neville Clark has had a second life membership come his way, from the New Zealand Rodeo Association. Here he is, pictured with his wife Jody. Hard on the heels of his life…...