Like the other main centres in New Zealand, the boundaries of what is now the Dunedin City Council was once made up of a plethora of borough councils : our … Read More
Erin and Alex chat about the upcoming Champion of Champions events and then talk to Margaret O’Connor, Karen Hema and Anthony Ouellet. They also talk about whether it’s time to … Read More
Mention the Riccarton Racecourse, and New Zealand’s premier gallops event, the New Zealand Cup, probably comes to mind. As does the whole of the ‘Show Week’ extravaganza at the racecourse … Read More
Don Stephens is one of those guys that’s packed a heap of life experience into his 71, going on 72 years. But what’s more surprising is that Don is visually-impaired, … Read More
If you could bet on lawn bowls in New Zealand, laying a sneaky $10 on Jack Bonner to pick up a medal in the 2030 Commonwealth Games mightn’t be a … Read More
Barry Chapman has been a member of the Beckenham Bowling Club in Christchurch since 1963. That’s a heck of a long time ago. New Zealand was a very different place … Read More
Mention the Kaikoura Bowling Club and the first question that likely comes to mind is ‘What happened to the club during the Kaikoura Earthquake?’ “Well, the short answer is … … Read More
73-year old Bill Brown is typical of the way bowlers take up playing bowls … and typical of the way bowlers join a bowling club. So typical in fact, that … Read More
The Rangitikei is probably not an area of New Zealand that makes a lot of Kiwis’ bucket lists. Yet State Highway 1 which chases the Rangitikei River from the Central … Read More
There’s an old saying in lawn bowls : ‘if you haven’t got a bowling green, you haven’t got a bowling club’. And that’s exactly what the Kihikihi Bowling Club, a … Read More
