Golden ticket - Boston Herald

Golden ticket
Boston Herald
By Sylvia Huia LONDON — No tickets for the 2012 Olympics? Don't despair: You don't need one to enjoy the games and the party atmosphere in London this summer. Although most sporting events take place in ticketed Olympic venues, there is plenty to see ...

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Putting Maori stories into print - The Daily Post

Putting Maori stories into print
The Daily Post
WORD PERFECT: Robyn Bargh started Huia Publishers to share and promote Maori stories. PHOTO/FILE The desire of a Te Arawa woman to see Maori stories shared and promoted led to a flourishing enterprise which 20 years later is still going strong.

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Pair clip record - Stuff.co.nz


3News NZ
Pair clip record
Stuff.co.nz
Te Kuiti shearer Stacey Te Huia and Sam Welch, of Waikaretu, shore 1341 ewes in nine hours to break the previous two-stand record of 1335 set by Southland shearers Darin Forde and Wayne Ingram at Blackmount's Wairaki Station in 1996. Te Huia and Welch ...
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Darwin heat has Brumbies pack at a loss - The Canberra Times

Darwin heat has Brumbies pack at a loss
The Canberra Times
Hegarty played eight games last season while Stephen Moore and Huia Edmonds were injured. ''I wanted to come out and prove a point. I'm physical enough and I can play Super Rugby,'' Hegarty said. ''I was pretty happy with how I played against the Force ...

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Why shearing is a sport - The Southland Times

Why shearing is a sport
The Southland Times
I thought hard before making the suggestion, because my prime motivation was to highlight the athleticism of world record holders, Ivan Scott and Kerri-Jo Te Huia, as well as our work with the New Zealand Shearing Contractors Association.

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New course aims to supply 200 Maori immersion teachers by 2020 - TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views


TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views
New course aims to supply 200 Maori immersion teachers by 2020
TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views
A new four-year Maori immersion teaching degree at Massey University will help to fill a critical shortage of expert Te Reo teachers and help halt the decline of the language, says Associate Professor Huia Tomlins Jahnke who led the development of the ...

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Shearing their way to Olympic glory? - The Ashburton Guardian


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Shearing their way to Olympic glory?
The Ashburton Guardian
People like Ivan Scott, Kerri-Jo Huia and our World Championships team are athletes who take it to another level," she said. Competitive shearers clip up to 700 sheep over an eight-hour-period, in a feat that's been likened to running two marathons ...
Call to make shearing an Olympic sport Land

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