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Returning kiwi icon is MotoFest draw-card

Hampton Downs Motorsport Park

Mike Pero MotoFest 2019 will be the homecoming for Taihape-born Kiwi international Simon Crafar. Crafer will the headline act at the second annual Mike Pero MotoFest extravaganza at Hampton Downs over the weekend of March 2-3.

The jam-packed weekend will be a unique Kiwi festival of motorcycling, with speed, power, poise, balance, daring and high-octane expression by the bucket-load.

MotoFest will run with the same format that was introduced last time around and will again include the popular Kawasaki Trail Ride, Motul Trials Challenge, Star Insurance Bike Show, Alpine Stars Dinner event, Shoei Classic, as well as the national championship superbike racing.

For the first time, ACC’s Shiny Side Up Bike Fest will also be running in conjunction with MotoFest.
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The school is asking for resource consent to knock down most of the earthquake-prone Cherrington House as part of plans to build a larger, safer administration block.

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|get up close to an 11-month-old tiger cub|, a porcupine, a tuatara or the siamangs could be the perfect Christmas stocking fillers.

The Hamilton Zoo already offers encounters with macaws, tigers, ring-tailed lemurs and rhinos, however soon the others will be on offer.

Would you like to do this? Tell us your reasons in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).

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Would you like to do this?
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Poll: Have you ever had someone steal your fruit or veg?

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

Greedy thieves have plundered a Hamilton community garden leaving angry growers without their own spuds to boil on Christmas Day.

Two women laden with produce from “all over the garden” were confronted last week by Fairfield Project gardens co-ordinator Graeme Richer.

Have you ever had someone steal your fruit or veg? Tell us about it in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).

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Have you ever had someone steal your fruit or veg?
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  • 52.9% No
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