Twizel — People living in semi-rural areas in the Mackenzie Basin should take yesterday’s fire near Lake Ōhau as a warning about how quickly fire can spread and threaten homes, the area’s most senior Fire and Emergency officer says.

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Twizel — Police have today confirmed that a girl who died in a farm vehicle accident near Twizel about midday on Sunday (16 September) was seven-year-old Katie Jane Lamb.

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Twizel — • Moriarty leads SI championship race • Tyre problems afflict front runners • High attrition on the high plains Slick pit work and savvy tyre choices were the key to victory at the Twizel 250 offroad endurance race on Saturday.

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Twizel — The North Island rules the 2011 Mickey Thompson New Zealand Offroad Racing Championship: after three regional rounds in the north, Nick Hall of Pukekohe is back on top of the points table in his agile class five race car.

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Twizel — The final afternoon at the 2011 BankLink New Zealand Rowing Championships produced some fantastic racing - with the main events of the afternoon, the Premier eights for men and women - being won by Southern RPC.

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Twizel —   Southern RPC showed real class in straight fours at the 2011 BankLink New Zealand Rowing Championships at Lake Ruataniwha today - taking the two top titles.

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Twizel — New Zealand's finest rowers produced some great racing today on the first finals day of the 2011 BankLink New Zealand Rowing Championships at Lake Ruataniwha, Twizel.

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Twizel — Rowing's lightweight women stole the limelight today at the 2011 BankLink New Zealand Rowing Championships with all of the top athletes making it through to what should be an exceptional final on Friday morning.

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Twizel — With the weather having dominated and decimated racing at the Aon Maadi Cup during the week, there was some relief when the A finals got underway on Saturday morning on calm waters - though under a very ominous sky.

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Twizel — More than 300 runners and bikers from around New Zealand and Australia did hard labour in Twizel over Labour Weekend.

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Twizel — A new event has been added to the mix for Twizels popular Hard Labour Weekend line up (25-27 October).

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Twizel — Mahé Drysdale made his clearest statement yet that he intends to be New Zealand's single sculler this year on the international regatta circuit with an emphatic win in a time nearly six seconds faster than Rob Waddell in today's Premier Single Sculls semi finals at the BankLink New Zealand Rowing Championships.

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Twizel — Repechages in the Premier events brought no surprises this afternoon at the BankLink New Zealand Rowing Championships at Lake Ruantaniwha.

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Twizel — Police are warning motorists about high winds on SH 8 between Lake Tekapo and Twizel.

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Twizel — The Men’s Elite Single Sculls final on Saturday remains the pick of the bunch for the two finals days at the BankLink New Zealand Rowing Championships at Lake Ruataniwha this week. Saturday’s final will almost certainly be a two horse race – with world number one Mahe Drysdale and young charger Nathan Cohen the protagonists.

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Twizel — The first day of the BankLink New Zealand Rowing Championships passed without any major surprises, with New Zealand’s top scullers and rowers all progressing safely. Halberg Award winner Mahé Drysdale has something to think about in at least three of the six events he is racing in.

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Twizel — One of New Zealand’s oldest sporting events promises a classic battle between two great athletes. The BankLink New Zealand Rowing Championships – an event which can trace its origins back to 1887 - take place at Lake Ruantaniwha near Twizel between February 20th and 24th and promise a potentially classic race between the world’s fastest single sculler and a young pretender to his throne.

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