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NZ Herald
2 days ago
- Sport
- NZ Herald
Hawke's Bay vets dominate interprovincial badminton ties in Gisborne
The Eastland Super Veterans badminton team who competed against Hawke's Bay and Bay of Plenty (2) in North Island Division 3 ties in Gisborne were (back from left) Alan Ledger, Ron Prebble, Kevin Lee, Darryl Miller, Paul Roia, (front from left) Ra Leach, Sheree Gray, Ruth Ledger and Linda White. Hawke's Bay dominated the opening ties of the North Island Inter-Association Super Veterans (60 years and over) badminton series in Gisborne recently. They beat Eastland 7 matches to 2 and Bay of Plenty (2) 9-0 to kick off their Division 3 campaign in style. Eastland also lost 6-3
NZ Herald
24-07-2025
- Business
- NZ Herald
On The Up: Wild Game from Camberley in Hastings claims best ham award again at NZ pork industry's big night out
But it wasn't the first acclaim for Wild Game, which won both awards two years ago. 'This means so much to small businesses like mine,' Hamilton told the organisers. 'I've been lucky enough to win this before, so to take it out again must show it's a quality product. I'm incredibly proud – it's hard to put into words how much this means.' Wild Game's Old School Pressed Ham, which sells for $30 a kilogram, won the national Supreme Ham Award for a second time. Wild Game also received gold medal recognition for two products in the streaky bacon category, for its Bushman's Streaky Bacon and Old School Streaky Bacon. The judging process spanned three days and brought together a panel of experienced butchers and culinary experts, who evaluated entries from across the country, all crafted using 100% New Zealand-born and raised pork. Products were judged across eight bacon and three ham categories, with gold, silver, and bronze medals awarded, and each category's top-scoring product earning the title of Category Champion. The category champions were then in the running for the Supreme Bacon and Supreme Ham titles. Culinary judge Ginny Grant said the standard was exceptionally high this year, making for a very close competition. 'From an aesthetic point of view, the ham really had that 'wow' factor when it was presented to the judges,' she said, with particular acclaim for the Hawke's Bay product. 'A pressed ham is more of a traditional style, and not only did it look amazing, but it was also incredibly moreish, with great depth of flavour and impressive balance. You could tell it had been made with a lot of care.' Technical judge Brian Everton, of Cabernet Foods, highlighted the innovation and skill behind both winning products. 'What really made both supreme winners stand out this year was just how innovative they were. Both the ham and bacon were quite different, and you could tell a lot of thought had gone into making them unique. 'That creativity really helped elevate them. From a technical point of view, they're not easy products to make either, so it's clear the producers put a lot of care and attention into getting them just right, and it's paid off.' The public cast 5400 votes for the People's Choice Award, which went to Christchurch firm Peter Timbs Meats. Doug Laing is a senior reporter based in Napier with Hawke's Bay Today, and has 52 years of journalism experience, 42 of them in Hawke's Bay, in news gathering, including breaking news, sports, local events, issues, and personalities.
NZ Herald
24-07-2025
- Entertainment
- NZ Herald
On The Up: Hawke's Bay dance crew shine in 45C heat at Dubai dance competition
Members of the Rezpect Dance Academy hold their medals proudly at the World Supremacy Battlegrounds World Championships in Dubai. Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech. On The Up: Hawke's Bay dance crew shine in 45C heat at Dubai dance competition Members of the Rezpect Dance Academy hold their medals proudly at the World Supremacy Battlegrounds World Championships in Dubai. A Hawke's Bay dance crew have battled through 45C heat to stand on the dais at an international dance competition. Rezpect Dance Academy, based in Hastings, went to Dubai to represent New Zealand at the World Supremacy Battlegrounds Dance Championships, the first official hip-hop dance competition to be held in the Emirate. Director at Rezpect, Olivia Morrell, said her team represented Aotearoa with pride and delivered massive results on the world stage, with the crew's six entries scoring two silver medals and one bronze, propelling New Zealand to second place in the overall medal tally at the event. 'We are incredibly proud of the way our young people represented both on and off the stage,' Morrell said.
NZ Herald
23-07-2025
- Sport
- NZ Herald
Cricket: A Hawke's Bay loyal's big international moment
The biggest highlight for Schaw was his dismissal of Guyanese star and IPL Rajasthan Royals player Shimron Hetmyer against the home team and eventual winners Guyana Amazon Warriors. 'I'd like to say I set him up,' Schaw said after arriving home in Central Hawke's Bay on Tuesday. 'But he skied one and got caught (by Hawke's Bay player Will Clark) on the boundary.' Hetmyer was out for 12, as Guyana scored 158-6 and then dismissed CD for 92 in just 14.2 overs, but Schaw was able to still smile. 'A week later I was watching him (on TV) hit Australia all around the park,' he said, referencing left-hander Hetmyer's 38 off 19 balls for West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica. In that innings, Hetmyer became just the 13th player to score 1000 runs in T20 internationals. Schaw said other teams in the tournament flew in and out between other professional commitments, but the Stags trained together and arrived and left almost entirely as one team. 'It probably helped us,' he said. 'We were together. We wanted to win.' Four years ago Schaw broke the record for the most matches for Hawke's Bay and has now passed 100. Despite his century of games for Hawke's Bay across three formats, it took a 114-runs innings on his Plunket Shield debutto elevate him into contracted player reckoning. Looking forward to a break in Tikokino, and helping father Colin in their stock-buying business, Schaw said; 'I'm sort of taking each day as it comes along. 'This time last year I didn't have a contract, and didn't think I was going to get one.' Doug Laing is a senior reporter based in Napier with Hawke's Bay Today, and has 52 years of journalism experience, 42 of them in Hawke's Bay, in news gathering, including breaking news, sports, local events, issues, and personalities.
NZ Herald
07-07-2025
- Business
- NZ Herald
Finalists announced for Hawke's Bay Export Awards 2025
The Ziwi pet food team after the company was named Hawke's Bay Exporter of the Year at the 2024 awards ceremony. In a time of substantial global volatility, awards organisers say there's no better time to commend and recognise Hawke's Bay's exporters for their world-class products. ExportNZ said it is proud to recognise exporters who continue to innovate and succeed globally after the finalists for this year's ExportNZ ASB Hawke's Bay
