: Petrie took 29 wickets for Canterbury last season at an average of just over 34 runs and also provided useful runs with an average of nearly 19 the 21 year old left handed batsman and right arm medium pace bowler has given the chance to prove his allround skills
: 28 year old Joanne Ovens looked remarkable fresh and fit at the line after cycling mountain biking kayaking and running for 2499 km over 22 days to complete the Xerox Challenge she was runner up in the womens section in this unique Cape Reinga to Bluff endurance race
: The brother of test batsman Steve Waugh and named in the Australian 12 to play NZ Waugh top scored with a lively 26 from 33 balls but the 84 run partnership between Wright and Mark Greatbatch sealed the win as Wright scored 59
: 62 year old Alec McClure has successfully defended his world Grand Master Laser title in Toronto the division was open to anyone over 55 and attracted 20 competitors aged up to 67 McClure discarded his worst result a third in heat one to win with a perfect score of 7 wins in 8 race series on Lake Ontario
: The Ocean Racing Club of Victoria Winter Queenscliff Apollo Bay race was won by Apollo II who won by 5 mins 30 secs on corrected time from the Kell Steinman design Zulu skippered by Ian Crisp with Peter Rowsthorns Challenge third a fleet of 64 took part in series race
: Quasimodo 18 metres long and skippered by Gary Graham created a new time for the race covering the distance in 6 hrs 19 mins 51 secs but final points were Apollo II 397 Challenge 380 Zulu 379 Black Magic 379 First Light 367 Chutzpah 366
: The Montagu Island race was sailed in widely varying conditions starting in a pleasant 15 knots nor easterly on Friday evening then with a 25 knot breeze on Saturday night but the race record of 32 hrs 53 mins set by Helsal in 1981 was never threatened
: A 46 seat Hovercraft designed for Lake Te Anau and going under its new name of Hoverskuttle and runs tourist flights around the southern region of the lake providing Shuttle Service for picnickers trampers fishermen and hunters it is powered by two 320 hp Duetz diesels through Hamilton 291 jets with a top speed in excess of 60 knots
: The new Vindex 470 launch runs through the measured quarter mile close to taking the fastest diesel award with a 2 way average of 33 knots it cruises at a very relaxed and economical 20 to 25 knots its true hull length is 44 feet
: Boring machines in 2 main tunnels are moving together at a rate of 1440 feet a week the machines advance nearly 5 feet at a time then wait while the 18 inch thick tunnel linings are fitted before moving on the Eurotunnel will link Waterloo to central London
: For those worried about travelling nearly 150 feet below thw sea bed safety is the priority in case of fire or a bomb on a train the damage would not breach the tunnel and in an emergency passengers can evacuate through links every 1230 feet to the Service Tunnel which runs between the 2 Rail Tunnels
: Angler Peter Hooks of Auckland weighed in his broadbill at 189 kg on 11 April caught on 37 kg line while night fishing on Lady Margaret with skipper Kyn Franks the skipper finished last season with 16 striped marlin and one broadbill swordfish to his credit
: 6 Yellowtail Kingfish in 3 days 3 pinfish and a NZ World Record claim is a good start to the Wangaroa season with David Franks catching a 24 kg fish Lou Yukich 31 kg Steve Angus with 2 at 19 kg David Franks 26 kg and Graham Yukich 37 kg
: Big 3 cylinder 35 and 45 hp engines join the 2 to 15 hp range of outboards in tune with our enviroment they are clean running virtually smell and smoke free quiet and very economical they are the Natural Evolution 4 stroke outboards to help preserve our oceans lakes and rivers
: A 70 kg 155 lb Bass was caught recently aboard Whakatane based charter boat Takapu while Tom Webster from Thames caught a 19 kg 42 lb Kingfish just off Te Puru and at Reef Point Ahipara Kaitaia fisho Ginty Morrogh caught a couple of 13 kg red snapper
: The 7 foot fast taper jig troll power stick has been designed for the King Hit its at home either live baiting off rocks or working big lures down deep for Hapuka Bass or XOS Kingfish it is rated at 15 to 24 kg and carries high grade Aluminium Oxide guides it is the only 24 kg jig rod available
: A 35 lb of Kingfish was landed by Darren McBride his first off the rocks using a 2 kg Kahawai livebait and in Wellington Russell Summers picked up third prize for his 55 point 9 kg yellow fin with his homemade lure from his 16 foot Catz Black Adder
: The jigging and popper casting rod preferred by some of NZs top sportsmen is the fast taper 1 point 98 metre lightweight blank made from Magnesium Graphite it is rated 10 to 15 kg and is in its element for deep water jigging with a 2 speed reel say 12 and 30 to one ratio
: 14 point 6 Dogbolter made up to 14 knots on some occasions with gale winds at their extreme gusting up to 50 knots and giant waves rising up to 9 metres there Atlantic crossing took the 2 crew members 24 days they were completely wet throughout the whole trip
: Throughout the 35 nautical mile trip to Cape Brett the captain gives an entertaining and informative chat the Tiger Lily only goes through the hole in the rock about 70 percent of the time due to bad weather and swells the hole is about 47 feet wide water below being about 90 feet
: The Tiger Lily 3 is a double decker catamaran she is like touring in a large comfortable motor coach it is 22 metres long with a 9 metre beam and is powered by twin 660 hp diesels and can carry 230 passengers at 25 knots even at 20 knots it has a great sensation of speed
: Just when the Bora Bora Club thought they had won the tourament with their tag and release fish on the first day good old Bill landed another marlin a 254 lb Pacific Blue on 50 lb test line which gave him another 339 points
: 102 snapper over 10 lb have been caught since January 1990 with 3 of these taken in the month of September from our local waters of these 102 fish 7 were over 9 kg and 11 were over the magic 10 kg mark with the top weight fish of 12 point 77 kg beaut taken from the Hen and Chicks
: Peter Walling of Tauranga game fishing club landed a 231 pound marlin on 50 lb test nylon giving his team 309 points it took Peter just 40 minutes to land his fish while West Marshal tagged and released a marlin of around 124 lb
: Bill Coombs a mere 81 yrs old from South Australia landed a 592 lb marlin this gave him a huge start on the rest of the field for as well as a point per pound of fish caught his catch scored 100 points for heaviest fish 100 points for being over 500 lb and 44 percent for using 50 lb test line bringing his team score to a 989 point total
: Kelvin Shepard successfully landed a 276 kg Mako this fish assured him a win in the senior section and a great effort from the ladies saw Jackie Alexander with the heaviest Mako and the previous year Kay Blunden landed the best Yellow Fin of 42 kg
: Glenfield Aquatics crashed 6 to 14 to Sockburn of Christchurch Marist Auckland opened their championship with an 11 to 8 win over Sockburn in last nights second round the womens championship asw the days biggest surprise when Harbour City beat Maranui 8 to 6
: Northland who had subsided from 51 without loss to 120 for 7 continued for 65 minutes and an eighth wicket partnership had yielded 107 when Barry Cooper declared 96 ahead of Poverty Bay Coopers unbeaten 69 included a six and 5 fours
: The start of the second race was delayed again by 40 mins for lack of wind Herbert Von Karajans 77 footer steered by Berend Beilken led around the first mark mark by 55 seconds after splitting out to sea but Boomerang had gained the lead by the third mark and finished 37 secs ahead
: 19 year old Australian Jo Anne Faull has had a good record in doubles this year her ranking is 45 but in singles from a high of 61 it has fallen to 175 is expected to arrive tomorrow as replacement for Aucklands injured club player Julie Richardson
: After lunch he spun some of his off breaks sharply in his 18 over to take 4 for 27 and in the final session Northland knocked off the 62 needed to win outright counties declared over night 185 for eight 61 ahead of Midlands whose response had realised 229 for 6 by tea
: Victoria 150 then gained 43 seconds downwind and in spite of not covering on the windward legs and sailing with a jammed wing control in the last tack to finish managed to cross the line 38 seconds ahead to make the score 2 to nil
: The first region contains the 4 principle volcanoes the largest is called Olympus Mons and has a base 550 km across rising to a 80 km wide caldera 25 km above the surrounding plains around much of the base are cliffs up to 6 km high
: Cassini will make 60 orbits about Saturn over 4 years 35 of them taking the probe close to Titan each close pass by Titan will rotate Cassinis orbit slightly more towards a polar orbit which will allow the ring structure to be well studied
: Fellow Canadian David Lee and Englishman David Chapman held third place each with 275 points NZ shooters Tony Clarke and Paul Carmine were lying sixth and eighth Clarke on 272 and Carmine who shot uncharacteristically badly on 258
: Woolley who later shot a maximum 25 fell by the wayside in his first shoot hitting 22 targets he recovered and with 94 hits for the day finished fifth Harman who made 94 hits was unknowingly pressured all the way by Welshman Desmond Davies
: the solar flux was down to 140 on november 2 but it rose rapidly reaching 215 only five days later it dropped back to 186 by 13 november but recovered quickly again rising to 223 by the seventeenth this was the highest flux reading since the middle of october
: Taylor and Te Aute Kaihe who knocked up 56 led a spirited Kaeo bid when the side was faced with scoring 271 to head off Kerikeri it was however eventually all out for 217 Kerikeris total of 270 for 9 wickets was built around two big innings
: Pompallier College was however beaten on the first innings by Maungakaramea which progressed from 71 for 3 wickets to 233 for 7 declared in reply to the colleges 210 and prospered when Kelvin Hucker who resumed at 31 not out was joined by Roger Child
: Kelly a prolific run getter in the grade this summer and the current Northland Cricket Association chairman hit 101 not out while Bennett made 118 Head was the days top scorer with 122 not out while his team totalled 260 for 5
: Cooper 69 not out and Nash 42 not out added 107 in their unbroken eighth wicket stand Cooper hit a six and 5 fours Poverty Bay struggled through to 154 in its second innings with Alex Tait picking up 3 wickets for 18 and Cooper claiming 4 for 27 off 18 overs
: The first days telementry  will be transmitted at 20 wpm CW on 14 point 822 MHz or on SSB on 145 point 948 MHz and will be vitally important to the Command station later after all systems on the RUDAK two transponder have been thoroughly tested then PSK BBS operations will begin
: The next stage was to upload the first part of the BBS on the following date followed on later passes by the second part containing the file and broadcast modules all this required uploading about 80 KBytes of software bringing the total load to around 255 KBytes
: Radios were issued to 6 parties in the field at 0953 hours a message was received from team 3 the lost party was found in the willows operating was fairly quiet with only 47 entries in the log Town Base closed at 1027 hrs Cullen Base closed down at 1030 hours
: The leading Industrial Company in its field ended up about 6 points 2566 after trading in a 20 point range gaines led losers 3 to 2 on volume of about 177 million shares everyone is catching there breathe from Friday said the general manager
: The profit was 681218 the chairman Mr Eion Edgar said the unaudited tax paid profit for the six months ending Sept 30 compared favourably with the 702350 profit in 1989 on which no tax was payable through losses carried forward
: The new softdrink plant upgrade was now capable of producing 1100 cans of soft drink a minute compared with 350 cans per min of the old plant the upgrade would boost production 135 per cent and should provide benifits in employment said the GM
: They reported tax trading results for the year to Aug of 20288 after payments totalling 13734 were deducted from the net income of 33734 and the net income for 1989 was 22789 after other extraordinary items were deducted amounting to 430 the result attributable to shareholders was 19858
: The six cylinder puts out 105 Kilo watts at 4600 rpms compared to the four cylinder engines 75 Kw at 4800 rpm with torque up from 185 Nm to 240 Newton Metres with max torque being produced at 3400 rpm instead of 2800 rpm for the four cylinder version the body weight is up from 1755 to 1875 Kg
: In October the company sold 1744 cars for a 25 per cent share of the new car market while its closest competitor in Oct dropped to 1233 while another company fell away even further to a total of 867 new cars being 12 percent of the market
: The season is due to begin next week and will last for 6 to 8 weeks Nationally Surf Lifesavers rescued 1364 people between Labour Weekend last year and Easter most of them from outside the patrolled areas only 188 people were rescued while swimming between the flags
: All told Ra Ora ran in 37 races of which 18 were group one and 9 group two for 14 placings besides his 9 wins and 1219820 dollar stakes his powerful way of going and great speed suggested he would always be great for 1600 and 2100 metres
: The space shuttle columbia free of fuel leaks that disabled it for 6 months last night roared off its launch pad for a 10 day stargazing mission riding a 225 metre geyser of fire the shuttle looked like a comet as it arched into the night sky from its Kennedy Space Centre launch pad
: Nasa managed to launch 3 shuttles in a short period of time in 1985 before the Challenger disaster in which all astronauts on board died launch of Columbia was delayed 21 mins as Nasa waited for cloud to clear from the space centres launch pad and emergency landing strip
: The 44 year old bowler Ken Walker continued a remarkable run in singles play he has played 102 singles matches at all levels of competition and has lost only 6 of them he was quoted as saying it is his attitude he is digging in more and not giving up
: Bradburn was sad the world 11 lost by only 6 runs he scored a fluent century to provide the backbone of the world elevens 265 for 6 but was overtaken in the race for the man of the match award by David Hooks who swalted 110 in 40 mins getting 6 fours and 12 sixes
: The best tennis player to emerge from Mexico since the seventies 19 year old Luis Herrera is the only teenager in the 285 thousand dollar National Championships starting new years eve Herrera has rocketed up the rankings this year from 535 to 102
: Nikkei index closed up 331 points to 22193 with 350 million shares traded it moved in a range of some 620 points centred fairly even around Tuesdays close winners and losers were fairly evenly matched with 451 higher 467 lower and 131 unchanged
: If Auckland is to cope with just modest tourism growth it will need a new hotel the size of the 286 room Pan Pacific Hotel every year for the next 10 yrs that is the view of a chartered accountant which publishes an annual survey of the NZ hotel industry
: Australia were penalized 17 to 7 at Wembley last Saturday with the penalties for off side play 8 to 1 to Great Britain after viewing and dissecting the video Fulton believes his side was harshly treated as there were at least 15 times GB should have been penalized
: In front of an English Test record crowd of 52274 the Englishmen ended the Kangaroos 12 year reign in the British Isles in which they had accumulated 37 consecutive wins in the enphoria of victory the English League officials hinted they may be prepared to accept Australias challenge
: The last official Christmas New Year Holiday period from Xmas Eve to 7 January 21 people died but 71 were killed on the roads last Dec to bring the 1989 toll to 761 to last night 685 had died this year 23 fewer than 8 Dec 1989 total
: The flow was achieved through a quarter inch choke at a flowing tubing head pressure of 3879 pounds a square inch the zone is one of 5 zones of interest in the well the energy equivalent of the flow has been estimated as equal to 910 barrels of oil
: Young 26 made his first class debut in the 83 to 1984 season and last season scored 586 runs at an average of 53 Young fielded 12 overs in the day night match in Perth but will be wicketkeeping under lights for the first time
: Mangawhai was dismissed for 65 in reply to Omahas 200 for 8 wickets Neil Wylie who scored 40 and took 3 cheap wickets guided Mahurangi home over Kaipara Flats Mahurangi reached 158 for 9 wickets and restricted Kaipara to 133
: Wellsford offspinner Bruce Mutch produced the best bowling figures of the day five for 39 in helping his side beat Tomarata who totalled 165 for 9 and Wellsford led by Mark Chadwick with 55 got to 168 for 6 with an over to spare
: Whangarei Bears softball league won the mens match 13 to 3 and womens 14 to 8 the reserves matches were also won by the bears 10 to nil in the mens clash and 18 to 11 in the womens encounter new outfielder Ross Jenkins featured prominently for the bears major men
: At stumps Bradley was 136 not out and Onerahi Central 197 for 6 wickets Childs knock allowed Maungakaramea to total 225 against City in the third grade despite Childs aggression Greg Yovich still had the impressive figures of six for 33 for City
: Marist with Kevin Salmon hitting 62 knocked up 180 against Onerahi Central number one and seemed to be handily placed but Chris Searle 64 Ian Gunson 35 and Kevin Andrews 20 not out saw Onerahi Central through to 184 for 6 wickets
: Ruawai Rugby led by 16 runs on the first innings 135 to 119 and declared at 146 for 8 wickets in an effort to force a decision Paparoa just held on and was 98 for 8 at stumps in its second innings Larry Berridge and Tony Kennedy were the Ruawai outstanding bowlers
: Starting with the solar flux at 101 and almost no visible sunspots the sun came alive with a rush after 10 march there was a dip on 5 April but the flux has been 125 or higher since 8 April reaching a record high of 147 on the sixteenth
: The drop in the solar fux mentioned last week continued through April 28 when the flux was down to 100 its lowest since late March the curve turned upward on 29 April and the flux was up to 107 by first May and cloudy skies prevented effective observation of the sun
: An amazing effort from Russell Hurring 36 of north Otago in howling gales saw him break the Kepler Challenge mountain run record by more than 13 minutes in Te Anau on Saturday he had no idea he was winning the 67 km event until he reached the Iris Burn hut
: Greg Turners win in the Johnnie Walker Classic may have reaped him 225 thousand dollars but will have shrunk by the time the Australian tax man has his cut 43 percent infact 99400 dollars his caddy will get 10 percent working out to be 12560 NZ dollars
: Last but not least 6280 dollars goes to Turners coach that actually leaves the man who swung the clubs for 4 days of the rich Royal Melbourne tournament with a relatively paltry 87920 dollars or 39 percent of his original deluge still that works out to be about 6280 dollars per hour
: A late goal by Clarke Tamariki gave the New Zealand schoolboys team a 9 to 8 water polo win over Australia in Sydney the Kiwis led until the final quarter when Aust went ahead 7 to 6 the with the score at 8 all captain Tamariki scored
: Frank Nobilo and Simon Owen are in a star studded field for next months 897 thousand dollar Sanctuary Cove Golf Classic on Queenslands Gold Coast the January 17 to 20 tournament also includes Japanese professionals Isao Aoki and Jumbo Ozaki and Americans John Morse and Chris Patton
: Bob Charles overcame gusty winds and rain to pull away from Lee Trevino and George Archer to win the 750 thousand dollar Kaanapali Golf Classic in Hawaii Charles shot even par 70 for a 54 hole total of 4 under par 206 good enough for a 4 stroke win and the 111667 dollar first prize
: February 14 Len Perry doyen of NZ motor cycling turns 79 he is still riding motorbikes and winning against competitors one third his age in 60 years he has won 42 New Zealand titles and represented his country twice in International Tourist Trophy races in the Isle of Man
: Gower made 62 out of 196 and 24 out of 114 for England yet criticised because he seemed out of form and got himself out rather carelessly yet here is a batsmen who has a test batting aggregate of 7763 average 44 with only Geoff Boycott 8114 ahead of him
: The Ohanga One well 4 kms North of the McKee oilfield in Taranaki flowed 20 barrels of condensate and 664214 cubic feet of gas a day Operator NZ Petroleum Company said the well was shut in for final pressure buildup on both the Mangahewa and Lower McKee formations
: After a blistering start of 3 birdies in the first 4 holes Rafferty cooled off to finish on 136 six under par that left the Northern Ireland player one shot clear of his successor who was poised menacingly with a 3 under par 68
: Nick Faldo of Britain followed an ill at ease first round of 72 with a 68 to move within 4 shots of the lead a cluster of five players ended on four under par 138 with American Lee Porter alone on 139 joint first round leader David Russell of England slumped to a seven over par 78
: With 643253 manhours worked currently to date the NZ Refining Company has a target date of April 1991 which is approximately 20 weeks this will demonstrate that it can be a safer place to work by practising and promoting accident prevention
: Seven top 50 players including 3 surprise entries are among the field for the 1991 Womens Tennis Classic in Auckland next month Kiwi Belinda Cordwell ranked 95 on the world ladder has made it into the main draw of both the Nutri Metics Bendon and Fernleaf Classics
: Two of the heaviest fish caught this season are also new club records the first by Steve MacGibbon on the family boat Pisces with a Broadbill of 185 kg using 37 kg line the second by Paul Wright from the Tuturangi with a Blue Marlin of 302 kg
: The first marlin caught in the 89 to 90 season was 82 point 5 kg by Sandy Pierce on a 15 kg line there were 2 new Junior club hammerhead records the first a 108 kg fish caught by Tina Allen the second being 142 point 8 kg landed by Alan Spencer from the boat Anita Rose
: Both played superbly in an unbroken stand of 179 taking Auckland to 339 for 6 wickets after they had come together when the score was 160 in the Shell Trophy match Brown finished on 145 off 209 balls in an innings that included 21 fours and two sixes
: Parore hit 10 fours in his score of 75 from 150 deliveries it was the first time he had passed 50 in a first class match his previous highest score being 45 the partnership also broke the previous record for the seventh wicket of 170
: A Gut feeling as navigator played its part in the triumph of Big Red the 84 foot 35 tonne Ketch Steinlager two in winning all 6 legs of the latest Whitbread round the world yachting classic and so too did an element of luck
: But to Joanne Ovens a 28 year old Physiotherapist the 2294 kilometre course from Cape Reinga to the Bluff was just great it included 1605 km of cycling 460 km of mountain biking 291 km of kayaking and 93 kilometres of running
: With Jones gone Bradburn came back much tidier and then gleeful a he got one to turn to take Marshs inside edge and into stumps Marsh was on 51 from 86 balls Australia 122 with 19 overs still to go there first 16 overs had brought a respectable 47 runs the next 15 produced 79
: After 20 of their 50 overs NZ were 77 for two wickets in pursuit of 263 for 7 wickets which the Aust team had built around a 43 ball 66 run blitzkrieg by their allrounder Simon ODonnell after being put into bat they started briskly
: Julio Cesar Chavez of Mexico retained his world boxing council super lightweight and international boxing federation junior welterweight titles at the weekend when the referee stopped his bout against Kyung Dukahn of South Korea 2 mins 14 secs into round 3
: Fellow Kiwis Claudine Toleafoa ranked 129 and Julie Richardson 143 have not faced so well however the pair are among the first 10 names on the next in list the organisers are not required to assign the 2 wildcards to the main list until early next year
: A 119 point 2 kg striped marlin was weighed in at the Whangarei Deep Sea Anglers Club at Tutukaka by Aucklander Phil Potter after a 2 hour battle 37 nautical miles east of the Poor Knights Island the marlin won him a carved clock being the first of the summer
: British members of parliament voted today by 350 to 215 against a move to restore the death penalty for the murder of a police officer in a second decision they voted by 367 to 182 to reject a proposal for a mandatory death penalty for all murders with the sentence subject to review
: Paul McCartney 48 is getting a place in the Guinness Book of Records for holding the biggest concert in history set during his 10 month world tour with the enviromental group Friends of the Earth the estimated 180 to 184 thousand audience in the Maracana Stadium
: Puckey with 4 wickets for 13 and excellent support from John Stewart bowled Kaikohe out for 73 then McDiarmid scored 38 not out as Kaitaia College Old Boys went through to 74 for 2 wickets they cruised to victory in the Bay of Islands club cricket match
: Australias winning performance gave NZ no cause for optimism after the home side hammered a massive 283 for 5 off England in its 50 overs Dean Jones was the main destroyer hitting the highest ever one day score for Aust of 145 runs Geoff Marsh was also in magnificent form scoring 82
