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WELLINGTON, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- The opening reception of New Zealand Chinese Language Week 2022 was held on Monday evening at the Grand Hall of Parliament Buildings in Wellington.

During this week, New Zealand will host a series of traditional Chinese cultural activities.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern extended her congratulations to the event in a video speech starting with greetings in Chinese.

"Since 2014, New Zealand Chinese language week has helped promote and encourage Chinese language learning here in New Zealand," she said.

Ardern encouraged more New Zealanders to learn the Chinese language. "Our country is home to more than 240,000 Chinese New Zealanders who all play a significant role in contributing to our diverse culture. Communicating with someone in their language let you see things from a different perspective. So even if it is as simple as learning a new greeting, I encourage you to give Chinese a go this week."

Chinese Ambassador to New Zealand Wang Xiaolong said that the rising popularity of the Chinese language in the wider New Zealand society is a reflection of the ever closer relations between the two countries.

"This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of our diplomatic relations," Wang said, noting that over the past 50 years, both sides have been open and inclusive enough to appreciate and learn from each other, in that process promoting practical cooperation for mutual benefits and win-win outcomes.

"From what we have seen today eight years after its inauguration, New Zealand Chinese Language Week has grown into a signature brand of the multi-layered and multi-faceted people-to-people links between our two countries, which have underpinned the growth of our overall friendship, culminating in the evolving comprehensive strategic partnership between our two countries," Wang said.

Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives Adrian Rurawhe, Minister for Diversity, Inclusion and Ethnic Communities Priyanca Radhakrishnan and Ambassador Wang presented the 2022 Youth Ambassadors and Mandarin Superstars with honorary certificates together.

The New Zealand Chinese Language Week was first held in 2014. It is another language week held in New Zealand after the Maori Language Week and the Pacific Island Language Week.

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If the following combinations of result occur, Rovanper wins the title in New Zealand.

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Internal pain points, change-adaptability, enhanced performance capability and the overlaying of certain planning provisions: these are the bewildering, often-enraging spectres of government gobbledegook that haunt official documents.

Now, the New Zealand government is attempting to drawing a thick red line through the worst offenders, with a new law demanding bureaucrats use simple, comprehensible language to communicate with the public.

The controversial bill passed its second reading last month, after colourful parliamentary debate, but still faces a final vote before becoming law.

I wandered lonely as a cloud, That floats on high oer vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils, MP Sarah Pallett quoted in the House. Beautiful, she continued. Basically: I was feeling sad. I went for a walk. I saw a lot of beautiful daffodils, and they cheered me right up good old Wordsworth. But that is the place for flowery, inaccessible language in poetry and literature, and not in government legislation.

The Plain Language Bill will require government communications to the public be clear, concise, well-organised, and audience-appropriate. For the countrys anti-gibberish brigade, its a victory: they say clear language is a matter of social justice and a democratic right.

People living in New Zealand have a right to understand what the government is asking them to do, and what their rights are, what theyre entitled to from government, says MP Rachel Boyack, who presented the bill.

Advocates say theres vast room for improvement in New Zealand government communications. By way of example, the country has an annual plain language award which includes a best sentence transformation trophy. This offering, from the governments statistics department, recently took the prize:

Over the year we tested the innovation readiness and change-adaptability of the organisation, made significant changes to our prioritisation and investment approaches, moved to activity based working and seen teams across Stats respond by making time to focus on tackling customer and internal pain points.

It became:

We tested how ready our organisation was to innovate and make changes. We also changed our approach to setting priorities and to investing, and moved to a flexible working style for our staff. In response, staff focused on solving their own, and customers, irritations.

Another effort came from the NZ Transport Authority:

Where it has been identified and is possible to update this it has been undertaken ensuring future band allocation is correct.

Transformed to:

Where possible, weve identified and updated affected sub-models to make sure theyre assigned the correct levy band going forward.

Bad sentences are more than an aesthetic concern, says Lynda Harris, who launched the awards and directs plain language consultancy Write Ltd. Government communications decide the most intimate and important parts of peoples lives: their immigration status, divorce papers, entitlements to welfare payments or ability to build a home. When people send in letters of that nature, they describe their frustration tears, anger, because theyve just tried to get a thing done, she says.

When governments communicate in ways that people dont understand, it can lead to people not engaging with services that are available to them, losing trust in government and not being able to participate fully in society, says Boyack. Those most affected are people who speak English as a second language, have not attended university, have disabilities, or are elderly.

The bill is not universally supported. Advocates say some parts lack clear-enough definitions. New Zealands opposition argue it will add further layers of bureaucracy and cost, in the form of plain-language-monitoring officials, without actually improving communication with the public. Let me speak with extremely plain language, said National MP Chris Bishop. This bill is the stupidest bill to come before parliament in this term. National will repeal it.

Labours lawmakers argue that ultimately, it will pay off via higher tax compliance, less time spent by call centres and staff dealing with a bewildered public, and increased trust in government.

Can clearer sentences really achieve all that? Possibly not. But advocates say plain language is a boon for accountability as well as comprehension. The language is a vehicle. Its just a means to an end, says Harris: it should tell people what happened, who was responsible, and what can be done.

In an ideal world, that would mean an end to artefacts such as mistakes were made: a sentence structure where errors float unencumbered by responsible parties, leaned upon by politicians and bureaucracies to obscure responsibility. One political commentator has called it the past exonerative tense and it crops up reliably in the phrasing associated with police shootings: The officers encountered a male suspect at which time an officer-involved shooting occurred, reads one Los Angeles Police Department example gathered by the Washington Post.

Language is not an objective view of reality, says linguist Dr Andreea Calude. We all use language to try and frame the kind of scene that were describing in the way that suits us. Plain language may leave a little less room for manoeuvre, she says but simpler sentences arent an automatic pathway to transparency.

I dont think plain language can really solve that problem. As long as humans are creative and playful and inventive, I think theyll find ways around it.

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New Zealand hopes to banish jargon with plain language law - The Guardian

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New Zealand has added another 19 individuals to its sanctions regime over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

In a statement this afternoon, Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta confirmed they included Federal Ministers, non-permanent members of Russia's Security Council, relatives of Putin, and Chechen Republic President Ramzan Kadyrov.

Those listed were part of a network of influence around Putin, and had used their positions to threaten Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, Mahuta said.

She also criticised the referendums over whether to join Russia, held by Russia in occupied areas of Ukraine as a breach of the fundamental rules of international law. Some media reports suggested armed Russian soldiers were going door to door to collect votes.

The Russia Sanctions Act allows the government to freeze assets, instate travel bans or prohibit financial dealings. To date, New Zealand has imposed sanctions on more than a thousand individuals and entities.

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Gerald OBrien lived a very public life he was a New Zealand MP, anti-war activist and president of the World Peace Council, but not even those closest to him knew of his secret, all-consuming lifelong art project, which resulted in a vast and complex imaginary world.

Hidden in the late politicians basement were OBriens hand-painted and written imaginings, obsessively created from the time he was a toddler through to his years in parliament and beyond.

Until OBriens family began clearing out his Wellington house after his death in 2017, his intricate work had been concealed from the world including his wife of 60 years, Fausta.

The whole thing is a mystery and nobody knew anything about it, his nephew Lucien Rizos tells The Guardian. How complete a picture he created overall, from such an early age, is sort of incomprehensible.

Inside the many chaotic drawers and boxes of OBriens basement, Rizos unearthed cut-outs of 700 or more characters, all meticulously painted, with individual outfits and facial features.

Each were given names or titles some, such as King Charles III of Escotia and Fidel Bistro, were influenced by the real world; others, including H.R.H Prince Jupiter Squashyspeck and Katesmart Bigglesbum, were more inventive. As OBrien aged, so too did his project, and while his style retained an artistic consistency, his rendering became more sophisticated and the stories more elaborate.

The continuation of the magnificent illustrations go way into his adulthood, Rizos says, something written on the back in 1974 would then be crossed out in 1993 so he was still referring to these figures.

OBrien also created maps of fictional countries such as Escotia, Andamia and Gaston; copious hand-written newspapers reporting events, with communiqus over battles, politics and monarchies; history books recording major occasions, and lists of army personnel and administrative leaders that would undergo revisions as the wars and elections of a state evolved.

OBrien was born in Wellington in 1924 and grew up in a world blighted by war. Unsurprisingly, his imaginary world was heavily focused on battles and armies, but he later became an ardent pacifist and vocal critic of the Vietnam war. He held many roles during his long life he had been a radar operator in the airforce, a businessman, a city councillor, a politician, and eventually the president of the World Peace Council.

He was a man of many interests and talents, Rizos notes, and was, from an early age, enamoured of politics. He joined the Labour party in his early 20s and in 1969 was elected to parliament as the MP for Wellingtons Island Bay electorate a position he held until 1978.

Rizos spent an enormous amount of time with OBrien during his final years, discussing his life and the decisions that led to his career in politics. At one point, OBrien mentioned to Rizos a comic book character he had encountered as a child called Geraldi Rebel of the Hills a sort of cowboy Robin Hood who set him on the path of wanting to do good and getting into politics.

Later, when Rizos was sifting through the secret cut-out figurines, he came across one that looked uncannily like his uncle, named Anthony Geraldi Rebelly.

I talked to him for a year about all sorts of things, but [the imaginary world] never came up and it pisses me off that I didnt know, he says. He didnt say knowing he was dying youre going to find this.

OBrien and Fausta, who now lives in full-time care after she suffered a significant stroke following her husbands death, were like parents to Rizos. OBrien was a giant and highly cultured, responsible for introducing Rizos to music, art and books. Rizos, who last year retired as a violinist with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra after 46 years, is also a documentary photographer. So, when he came across the copious documents, paintings and booklets, in OBriens home, he felt compelled to preserve them.

As the country went into lockdown, he began the arduous task of scanning every single piece of paper he could find. Two-and-a-half years later, he had a collection of 65 booklets compiled into a catalogue titled Everything.

The catalogue is separated into three categories OBriens imagined world, his political life including details of the political scandals that shook his career, and finally his more general public life, including letters, business cards and photographs and will be exhibited for the first time in October at Victoria University of Wellingtons Adam Art Gallery.

I see it as a very human project, Rizos says of his uncles collection. This is humanity and all its faults as well.

Rizos is reluctant to theorise why OBrien created his imaginary hidden world, but believes he was ambivalent about it staying hidden after his death. Knowing he was dying from Parkinsons disease, OBrien asked Rizos to buy him a shredding machine to get rid of everything that he didnt want anybody to read. Had he wanted his imagined world destroyed, he would have requested it, Rizos concludes.

The catalogue could be viewed as a continuation of OBriens unfulfilled dream of writing an autobiography, while also preserving an interesting piece of New Zealand history, Rizos says.

Ultimately, however, it is a grieving nephews solitary labour of love. I was going back to that house again and again, reliving memories while it was empty for two years and I think grief sustained the effort, he says.

But it couldnt have been done without the gift, the treasure he left me, to get to grips with who he was. It almost feels like a message from the grave.

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Welcome to Sportstars coverage of the third ODI between India A and New Zealand A from the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

NZ A 178 all out in 38.3 overs

Raja Bawa clears the tail with two quick wickets and India A records a 106-run win for a 3-0 series whitewash.

NZ A 177/8 in 37 overs

Kuldeep to Van Beek, OUT! Thats plumb in front. Kuldeep simply lands the ball on length and gets the ball to skid through to the pads.

NZ A 176/7 in 36 overs

Raj Bawa to Rippon, OUT! A sensational piece of fielding from Abhimanyu Easwaran! He steams in from short cover to take a catch with a full-length dive off Raj Bawas bowling. NZ is seven down now.

NZ A 154/6 in 34 overs

Rishi Dhawan goes short and Cleaver pumps the ball over fine leg for SIX. Dhawan to Cleaver, OUT! Straight up in the air and an easy catch for KS Bharat at cover. Cleaver falls after a stoic knock and India A inches closer towards the finish line.

NZ A 121/5 in 29 overs

Rahul Tripathi to Tom Bruce, OUT! Sixth List A wicket for Tripathi with his medium pace as skipper Tom Bruce falls cheaply.

NZ A 104/4 in 24 overs

Kuldeep to O Donnell, OUT! Kuldeep wafts one in and beats Robert O Donnells sweep to crash into the pads. Loud appeal and the umpire raises his finger,

NZ A 100/3 in 22 overs

FIFTY for opener Dane Cleaver. He reaches the mark with a SIX and continues to launch boundaries at regular intervals.

NZ A 73/3 in 17 overs

Raj Bawa to Chapman, OUT! Edged and taken by Sanju Samson. Chapman perishes after getting a start and Robert O Donnell walks in at 5.

NZ A 56/2 in 11 overs

Rahul Chahar to Rachin Ravindra, OUT! Cleans him up by hitting the top of off. Ravindra falls cheaply as Mark Chapman enters at 4.

NZ A 52/1 in 10 overs

Rahul Chahar is into the attack. Chahar to Bowes, OUT! Bowes sweeps one straight to the square-leg fielder. Abhimanyu Easwaran takes the catch as India finds its first breakthrough.

NZ A 35/0 in 6 overs

Cleaver, who has been promoted to open alongside, Bowes, has got the chase up to a good start with three boundaries inside the first six overs.

NZ A 13/0 in 2 overs

Kuldeep Sen from the opposite. Sen hits the deck hard and gets one to spring up from the deck to Bowes who flails for a moment as he leaps up. Sen overpitches and Bowes punches it through cover for FOUR.

NZ A 6/0 in 1 over

Back for the chase: Shardul Thakur takes the new ball as NZ A openers Chad Bowes and Dane Cleaver walk out to the centre. Shardul skims through a neat over as Bowes and Cleaver start things off with a couple of singles.

IND A 284 all out in 49.3 overs

Rippon to Chahar, OUT! Rocks back to pull the short ball over the fence but Chahar finds the deep mid-wicket fielder. Kuldeep Sen, OUT! A sensational partnership catch at the long-on boundary wraps the Indian innings.

IND A 283/8 in 49 overs

FIFTY off 32 balls for Shardul Thakur! What a knock this has been. He has belted anything on length and back of a length. Duffy to Kuldeep, OUT! Shardul is run out at the non-strikers. He perishes soon after reaching his half-century.

IND A 277/7 in 48 overs

Short from Van Beek and Shardul pummels it over square-leg for another SIX. Length and Shardul wallops the ball over deep mid-wicket for another SIX! Van Beek hits the slot and Shardul carves the ball over mid-off for FOUR.

IND A 258/7 in 47 overs

250 up for India as Shardul slams a SIX over wide long-off.

IND A 245/7 in 46 overs

Van Beek to Dhawan, OUT! Dhawan is found short of his crease as he attempts a second run. Needless from the batter as India loses its seventh wicket. Kuldeep Yadav is the new batter in.

IND A 234/6 in 45 overs

Shardul Thakur and Rishi Dhawan have put on 28 runs for the seventh wicket so far. Five overs to go and IND would want to push towards something above 270.

IND A 206/6 in 40 overs

Duffy to Raj Bawa, OUT! A quick bumper from Duffy and Raj Bawa pulls it down to the deep mid-wicket fielder. India loses it sixth wicket as Shardul Thakur walks in.

IND A 198/5 in 36 overs

Duffy to Samson, OUT! Duffy traps him in front for 54. Samson tries to play across the line as the ball skids on to hit his pad. Huge wicket for New Zealand as Samson fails to convert his knock into a big one. Raj Angad Bawa in at 7.

IND A 191/4 in 34 overs

FIFTY for captain Sanju Samson off just 61 deliveries. The skipper has steadied the ship with a mature knock comprising a four and two sixes. Can he make it a big one this afternoon?

IND A 179/4 in 32 overs

Fisher to Bharat, OUT! Chipped straight to the cover fielder. Matt Fisher gets his second and India has lost two wickets in quick succession. Rishi Dhawan is in at 6. He gets off the mark with a FOUR past cover.

IND A 164/3 in 29 overs

FIFTY for Tilak Varma. Ravindra to Tilak, OUT! Miscues the slog-sweep and Van Beek takes a fine catch at mid-wicekt. An excellent knock comes to an end as New Zealand break a 99-run stand. KS Bharat in at 5.

IND A 156/2 in 26 overs

150 up for India A as Tilak slog-sweeps Rachin again over deep mid-wicket for SIX. Samson and Tilak have deftly switched gears and move towards their respective half-centuries.

IND A 145/2 in 25 overs

India A dealing in sixes at the momentum. Tilak Varma launches the first ball of Rachin Ravindra over extra cover for SIX.

IND A 131/2 in 23 overs

Rippon wafts one in and Samson steps out to smash a massive SIX over long-on and moves into the thirties.

IND A 122/2 in 22 overs

Van Beek comes around the wicket and fends one short to Samson who smacks it over mid-wicket for SIX.

IND A 105/2 in 19 overs

100 up for India A with Samson stepping out to hit Rippon to the long-on fence for FOUR - first boundary in five overs for IND.

IND A 85/2 in 15 overs

Samson and Tilak have been watchful in their early stand together. Michael Rippon into the attack. The odd ball is stopping for the spinner on the track and Samson waits late on a length ball that nearly slid underneath his bat.

IND A 73/2 in 12 overs

Walker to Tripathi, OUT! Tripathi attempts to sweep and is trapped plumb in front as Walker tosses the ball fuller up to the stumps. He is distraught as he walks back. Tilak Varma in at 4.

IND A 56/1 in 9 overs

Matt Fisher to Abhimanyu Easwaran, OUT! Easwaran is caught behind while trying to play another upper-cut off Fisher. Falls after a breezy 39. Skipper Sanju Samson is in at 3.

IND A 39/0 in 7 overs

Matt Fisher replaces Jacob Duffy. He starts with the short stuff to Easwaran. Easwaran cuts Fisher over point for FOUR. FOUR more as Fisher gives room for another cut over cover. Easwaran lofts the ball over extra cover this time and gets his third FOUR in the over.

IND A 18/0 in 4 overs

Logan Van Beek has hit a terrific length first up, five dots on the trot. A touch fuller this time and Easwaran drives beautifully through cover for FOUR.

IND A 14/0 in 3 overs

Short from Duffy and Tripathi swivels to pull him behind square leg for FOUR. Width on offer and Tripathi cuts the ball through backward point for two runs.

IND A 6/0 in 2 over

Maiden for Logan Van Beek as he maintains a tight line around the stumps against Tripathi.

Logan Van Beek from the opposite end

IND A 6/0 in 1 over

Duffy starts with a couple of wide deliveries. He rushes one onto Easwarans pads and hits him high on the knee roll. Easwaran finishes the over in style with a crisp drive through cover for FOUR.

And here we go. Abhimanyu Easwaran and Rahul Tripathi open for India. Jacob Duffy takes the new ball.

Playing XI

India A XI:Abhimanyu Easwaran, Rahul Tripathi, Sanju Samson (c/wk), KS Bharat, Tilak Varma, Rishi Dhawan, Raj Angad Bawa, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Rahul Chahar, Kuldeep Sen

New Zealand A XI: Rachin Ravindra, Chad Bowes, Mark Chapman, Dane Cleaver (wk), Tom Bruce (c), Robert O Donnell, Michael Rippon, Logan Van Beek, Joe Walker, Jacob Duffy, Matt Fisher

8:38AM IST

Live visuals have Kuldeep Sen, Umran Malik and Shardul Thakur bowling on the side-strip. Seems like India A is going all-out once again after the first match.

8:12AM IST

India A skipper Sanju Samson and head coach VVS Laxman are the first to enter the field. They have a good look at the pitch and have a quick chat before proceeding to the warm-ups.

2nd ODI Recap

India A beat New Zealand A with a tricky four-wicket triumph in the second unofficial One-Day at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday.

Kuldeep Yadav's hat-trick and a chase, replete with thrills and spills, ensured Sanju Samson's men took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.

Chasing New Zealand's 219-run total - a marginal improvement from the first match - India A was off to a blazing start with Prithvi Shaw's quickfire half-century. A middle-order collapse meant that the lower-order all-rounders Shardul Thakur (25 n.o.) and Rishi Dhawan (22 n.o.) had to intercept and save the day.

Ravindra, Carter fifties help NZ cross 200

After crumbling to 27 for five inside the PowerPlay in the previous match, NZ skipper Robert O Donnell remained confident as he chose to bat on a fresh strip. Sanju Samson's side fielded three changes with Kuldeep Sen - the wrecker-in-chief in the first match - being replaced by all-rounder Raj Bawa. Rahul Chahar and Tilak Varma also received a place in the XI.

In Sen's absence, Umran Malik was promoted from first-change to open the attack alongside Shardul Thakur. Featuring in just his third List A match, Umran showed signs of improvement when he began his spell with a maiden. Kiwi opener Chad Bowes struck three boundaries inside the first six overs but eventually slashed one to Tilak at point off Umran for 15. Skipper Samson took to spin in the ninth over with leggie Rahul Chahar. Chahar struck almost instantly as he dismissed Dane Cleaver for 9.

The situation opened doors for another collapse before Joe Carter and Rachin Ravindra salvaged a response. While Carter dropped anchor, Rachin took on the bowlers with occasional boundaries across the square. The southpaw breezed to his fifty in 53 balls as New Zealand crossed the 100-run mark in 21 overs. However, India struck back in the space of three balls in the next over.

New Zealand undermined Dhawan's uncanny lines and paid the price. Dhawan cramped up Rachin on 61 when he attempted to cut and found Ruturaj Gaikwad at point. Skipper Robert O Donnell fell for a two-ball duck as he dragged one onto the stumps with Dhawan completing a double-wicket maiden.

Meanwhile, Carter trudged at the other end as he lost Tom Bruce (10) and Sean Solia (28) to Bawa and Kuldeep within the next 10 overs. Carter struck his first boundary - a six - to move into the 40s. With wickets tumbling at the other end, Carter loosened up to hit two more maximums against Kuldeep before Chahar eventually dismissed him for 72.

Kuldeep, Umran impress

Umran was effective in the brief spells during the middle phase as he registered figures of 8-1-34-1. He was conscious of keeping the ball away from the shorter lengths and proved to be difficult for the batters to deal with.

With Shardul proving ineffective in his second and third spells, Samson resorted to Kuldeep towards the death. The left-armer deceived Logan Van Beek with a slower delivery that took the leading edge to Shaw at cover. Joe Walker was caught behind by Samson as Kuldeep went full and straight to find the outside-edge next ball. The 27-year-old Kuldeep, who has been in and out of the national side in limited-overs, capped off a hat-trick as he skid the ball through length to trap Jacob Duffy and bundled New Zealand with the last ball of his spell (4/51).

Ballistic Shaw

With two packed stands of raucous spectators in sight, Shaw and Gaikwad put on a blitzkrieg that dazed the New Zealand bowlers after the lunch break. Shaw sped off the blocks with a swivel-pull for four in the first over from Duffy. Gaikwad got into the act in the second over when he flicked Van Beek through mid-on for four. The pair raced to a 50-run stand in 37 balls with Shaw acing a one-handed six over mid-wicket against Solia.

The Mumbai batter pummeled every bowler that came along and notched up his fifty off just 26 balls with another six. New Zealand received a breather when it dismissed Gaikwad for 31 but that did not deter Shaw, who upped the ante with Rajat Patidar. Shaw, who racked up two centuries in the Duleep Trophy over the last two weeks, looked set for a List A century before being caught flailing on 77 off 48 deliveries and triggered concerns in the Indian camp.

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Tuesday, 27 September 2022, 12:44 pmPress Release: Hamilton City Council

Hamilton has hit the bullseye yet again, with thesuccessful hosting of the TAB New Zealand Darts Masters atGLOBOX Arena, Claudelands last month clinching the eventsreturn in 2023.

Keen darts fans packed ClaudelandsGLOBOX Arena on Friday, 26 August and Saturday, 27 August2022 for the New Zealand leg of the World Series of Darts.It was the second time the TAB New Zealand Darts Masters hadtaken place in Hamilton following the hugely-popular 2019debut, with its return to the city delayed by two years dueto the Covid-19 pandemic.

Professional DartsCorporation Chief Executive Matthew Porter says it wasfantastic to lock in the events return to GLOBOX Arenafor 4-5 August 2023 hot off the back of this yearssuccessful event.

The past twoevents weve held in Hamilton have been world class withgreat crowds, so we cant wait to return to GLOBOX Arena,Claudelands again in August next year. It is going to beanother unmissable event in the WorldSeries.

This is a fantasticopportunity for fans to see the worlds top darts playerslocking horns with their local favourites. The sport is ingreat shape in New Zealand, and the DPNZ circuit isproducing exciting young talent, illustrated by theperformance of Kayden Milne on debut this year.

TheWorld Series of Darts continues to break new groundglobally, and we look forward to the sports continuedgrowth in 2023.

Hamilton Mayor Paula Southgate saidthe city can be incredibly proud of securing the prestigiousevent for the third time.

Herein Hamilton we pride ourselves on being great hosts andwere fortunate to have amazing event venues like GLOBOXArena, Claudelands and an experienced H3 team that canattract these top quality events to our city, shesaid.

The TAB New ZealandDarts Masters is a brilliant event loads of fun andfabulous entertainment. Im thrilled its coming backfor a third time next year and I encourage everyone to dressup, head along and experience it forthemselves.

The tournament, featuring global starssuch as 2022 champion Gerwyn Price, showcases domesticdarting talent through TV coverage show on Sky NZ andworldwide.

Adam Crothers, Sky's Head of SportPartnerships said: "High performance darts has a strong anddevoted following and we're delighted to be able to offerfans the NZ Darts Masters live from our home turf as part ofa wider PDC line-up which brings the best of the besttogether in thrilling competition.

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The New Zealand womens rugby side completed preparations, and are now all set for the invited guests at the 2021 Rugby World Cup.

Hosting the postponed 2021 edition, the world champion Black Ferns played Japan on Saturday in what was a double-header fixture on Eden Park. Opening the day of two International clashes, New Zealand were emphatic in their team play and execution, and the side ran in 15 tries to win 95-12 over the Sakura.

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Being the current holders, New Zealand has added pressure of not being ranked as World Rugby number one. England is firmly in control of that position, and looks assured as the number one contender to leave New Zealand with the crown alongside European front-runner France. So this Saturdays effort would have pleased fans and saw top points scorer Portia Woodman (see main photo) stake a new mark against her remarkable record [7 tries].

With inbound air traffic filling Kiwi skies ahead of the October 8 kick-off, where the New Zealand womens rugby team will be the most courteous of hosts yet, within their group they are very much ready and set to reclaim the trophy on their home patch. And many see that as the key advantage. In a way, it could neutralize the power of the opposition, with the cheers from Black Ferns fans leveling their sad performances of nine months ago.

At that time, England and France were dominant in dispatching the Kiwi women. So the threat from Europe is front and center on the minds of the other 10 nations competing in New Zealand. How can those highly effective teams be combated? A task that will test every sides processes and player depth.

It was why this final match for the Black Ferns had some benefits even though, the opposition was no comparison with the mighty Red Roses. This match versus Japan may have proved only a warm-up for an emphatically more difficult task ahead.

Since Wayne Smith was introduced to the Black Ferns side, they have shown a vast improvement. The performance levels are matched by a more positive and motivated group of women whose ambition is to represent their nation and their families during the five-week tournament.

Despite the ease at which the New Zealand womens rugby side demolished Japan, England too has had some high-scoring warm-up games. Their most recent was a 73-7 victory over Wales in Bristol showed the form of the tournament favourite.

How Simon Middleton and his squad have done their own preparations will tell over the next 10 days. Arriving and acclimatizing to the conditions is important, whereas the New Zealand womens rugby players are naturally familiar with their grounds. Especially Eden Park.

The fortress again proved all too much for the Wallabies to register a prolonged threat to the All Blacks. And the Black Ferns repeated the dose, and have as good a record on the hallowed ground. A place where they open the Rugby World Cup on October 8 versus Australia.

That first day holds a total of three clashes which will be highly entertaining for each of the six International sides fanbase. South Africa v France, Fiji v England, and New Zealand v Australia. That is a fantastic fixture list, by any fans imagination.

Hosted by a Southern Hemisphere nation for the very first time, it will be a great environment as a fan expereince, as well as for touring sides to enjoy the New Zealand rugby community.Though for all the inbound teams, this is no sightseeing tour.

From the list of qualified teams, one side will go unbeaten through pool play and will ultimately raise the Rugby World Cup.

Within these pools, the draw has brought together two sides that might be seeded first and second. England v France is played in the second round and will determine who will be assured of a quarter-final position. Earning that reward is primary to all sides and going through pool play unbeaten is the optimum goal.

That is unless France can repel the unbeaten side [25 matches in succession]. It will take a ready and well-practiced Les Bleuets to unseat the Red Roses.

Alongside that pool C match, Canada v United States is important too. If the Canadian women can reach their quarter-final place undefeated, it will give them the confidence to meet the knockout stages full of confidence. With eight sides progressing to the playoffs, it is imperative to be on song. They have hosted both Wales and Italy in the last month, so the North American teams form should be good enough to see them lead the charge toward a maiden World Cup.

While it appears there are few others to threaten the top sides hopes, nothing can ever be certain. As in 2014, when New Zealand was beaten by Ireland. That emitted the multi-time World Champions in that tournament; mind you, the 2021 editions has returned to a more reasonable format.

The two top teams in each pool, together with the two best-third-placed teams, will qualify for the quarter-finals, a stage that returns to the womens Rugby World Cup for the 2021 tournament. In saying that, even in a quarter-final, your opposition is just as motivated as any of the top seeds. So dont count out an upset or two happening.

The only thing affirmed is that across the three venues, each team will be out to play an entertaining style of rugby that will hold the attention of global sports fans. And the winning side will have to display all their credentials to find themselves atop all the 12 competing sides.

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Tuesday, 27 September 2022, 6:48 amPress Release: Starboard Maritime Intelligence

ALEXANDRA, NELSON (New Zealand), September 27 2022 StarboardMaritime Intelligence and SnapGroup are preparing for a global roadshow of theirvessel monitoring technology. The New Zealand ownedcompanies are bringing together their hardware,communication and software solutions which enable effectiveand efficient fisheries management by harnessing new sensortechnologies.

The partnership between the twocompanies makes perfect sense, not only do our technologiesalign perfectly to create a world leading fisheriesmonitoring tool, but our total ethos and why we do what wedo are also very similar. For two New Zealand companies tobe able to do this life changing work together isamazing, says Chris Rodley, CEO and Founder SnapGroup

The expansion into vessel monitoring systems(VMS) is a natural progression that can supportStarboards existing customers. The company's automaticidentification systems (AIS) based platform is currentlyused across New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific bygovernment agencies and regional fisheries managementorganisations.

The Starboard platform is anemerging technology leader in this market and we have provenour ability to turn vessel position data into insightful andeffective tools for those managing fisheries, says TrentFulcher, CEO Starboard Maritime Intelligence.

SnapGroup has been innovating in the vessel monitoring andsensor technology market since 2007. We are making vesselmonitoring while at sea more accessible with cost-effectivesolutions such as solar powered monitoring units. We are nowfocused on the future possibilities that cameras and edgecomputing will bring to the sustainable management offisheries, says Ali Kennard, PinPoint EarthLead.

With the new systems we are developing, wewill be able to use our technology not only to track vesselsand record what is happening, but using AI to identify redflags and send notifications instantly to those who need toknow, says Kennard.

The technology companies arelooking for pilot partners to implement their existingvessel monitoring solutions and enable them to prototype newtechnologies in a real-world setting.

Thispartnership allows us to offer a cost-effective yettransformative alternative to traditional vessel monitoringsystems. We want to be there for our customers as theycontinue to expand into the future of fisheriestechnology, says Fulcher.

The roadshow kicks offwith the pair exhibiting and presenting at INFOFISH WorldTuna Trade Exhibition and Conference being held 11-13October inBangkok.

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Women's shoes are seen during the "Pink Shoes into the Vatican" event Sept. 18 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Courtesy of Luc Powell)

Hundreds of Catholic women in New Zealand contributed to a provocative public art protest on Sept. 18 calling for equality of women in the church. The event took place in Auckland, the nation's largest city, and Wellington, its capital.

Called "Pink Shoes into the Vatican," the event consisted of an installation of hundreds of pairs of shoes donated by women around the country that were lined up on the streets leading up to both cities' cathedrals.

Tied to each pair of shoes was a label from its owner describing their contribution to or aspirations for the church. Many of these were heartfelt expressions of sadness and anger or pleas for change. A promotional video released ahead of the event showed some of the shoes and their labels.

Women's shoes are seen during the "Pink Shoes into the Vatican" event Sept. 18 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Courtesy of Luc Powell)

The installation was supported and received by church officials in the two cities in markedly different ways. In Auckland there was a surprisingly positive response. In Wellington, things were a bit different.

The event was staged by a group called "Be the Change, Catholic Church, Aotearoa" (Aotearoa is the Maori name for New Zealand). It was formed in 2020, first in Auckland, then in Wellington, by Catholic women who are agitating for gender equality in the church.

Jo Ayers is a founding member of Be the Change in Auckland and one of the organizers of "Pink Shoes into the Vatican." She has master's degrees in anthropology and liturgy, the latter from University of Notre Dame in Indiana in the United States and teaches at theological colleges in New Zealand. She's unapologetic about the Pink Shoes event being deliberately provocative.

"I have a friend who talks about us being in a ministry of irritation," she told NCR. "We held the 'Pink Shoes' event to keep the topic talked about. It's to make people aware there are members of the church, there are women who recognize the church really needs change and have already done some work on what those changes might be."

"We're hoping to reach people in the church, but I'm also interested in people who are on the margins or who've left the church," she said. "There's lots of Catholic women who've said they've had enough and quit."

The inspiration for the name of Sunday's installation was the "Pink Smoke Over the Vatican" protest held in Rome during the 2013 conclave that elected Pope Francis. It was orchestrated by the U.S. groupWomen's Ordination Conference. During the conclave, participants in that event lit pink smoke flares to rival the white smoke that would signal the election of a new pope.

Fr. Chris Denham, dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Auckland, greets participants at the "Pink Shoes into the Vatican" event in that city on Sept. 18 (Courtesy of Luc Powell)

"Pink Shoes into the Vatican" was timed to be held the day before Women's Suffrage Day in New Zealand. Women were granted the right to vote there on Sept. 19, 1893, making it the first country where women could vote in parliamentary elections.

In Auckland, Jo Ayers and other organizers laid out the shoes along the streets leading from the Suffrage Memorial to St Patrick's Cathedral. There they received from Fr. Chris Denham, the cathedral's dean, a letter of support from Bishop Stephen Lowe, who was away from the diocese. Ayers described the atmosphere as festive and not confrontational.

"It was positive, it wasn't acrimonious or aggressive," said Ayers. "Onlookers were very interested and a lot of people asked us about it. It's women's suffrage anniversary and we're saying through our event that even though women can run New Zealand we've had women as prime minister, governor general, and chief justice in the church we're second class and we're saying to the church it's time for change."

In Wellington, the placement of shoes started at Parliament House and finished at Sacred Heart Cathedral just a few blocks away. Cecily McNeill is founder of Be the Change in Wellington and one of the organizers of the "Pink Shoes" event there. She said she's been active in the church all her life, leading church music and being involved in social justice groups. She has a theology degree and for nine years was editor of the archdiocesan newspaper. She says that religious and clergy were notably absent from the "Pink Shoes" event except for one priest who was sympathetic.

"There was only one priest there, an elderly Marist, and he made a couple of points," McNeill told NCR. She said the priest compared the treatment of women in the church to the treatment of slaves.

Cecily McNeill, founder of the "Be the Change" in Wellington, during the event in that city on Sept. 18 (Courtesy of John Murphy, CathNews New Zealand)

"You go into any church before Mass and there are lots of women preparing for the liturgy or doing the music, and you don't see many men doing that sort of stuff," said McNeill. "And of course not many women get paid for that sort of work."

McNeill said that Wellington Cardinal John Dew initially had been supportive of the "Pink Shoes" event. But when it came close to the time of staging it he was away from the archdiocese and the women had to work with Coadjutor Archbishop Paul Martin. When they asked Martin if they could advertise the event through Wellington parishes he refused, McNeill said.

In an email that McNeill shared with NCR, Martin said the event had "more of a focus of making a statement and furthering a particular point of view, rather than for building up of the Church community."

NCR approached Martin for further explanation of why he refused the women's request and he replied saying that apart from his letter to McNeill, he had "no further comment to make regarding this."

In contrast, Lowe in Auckland apologized in his letter to "Pink Shoes" organizers for not being able to join their event. He called it a "hikoi," a Maori word indicating a "journey with a purpose."

Lowe also referenced the New Testament's account that Mary Magdalene was the first person to see the risen Jesus, and when she announced this to the disciples they didn't believe her.

"Perhaps this is a poignant reminder that the Twelve and their successors can get it very wrong," wrote Lowe. "May we have the courage not to get stuck in the structures that are not necessarily of God."

Lowe also thanked the organizers for a pair of women's shoes they'd given him at an earlier meeting.

"They remain in my office and are certainly a talking point," he said. "They also remind me that I too need to be the change. Together may we be docile to the movement of the Holy Spirit who is active in all the people of God as She invites the Church ever more forth on the way to the Kingdom of God."

Ayers said she was delighted at Lowe's response, and pleasantly surprised by his use of the female pronoun "She" for the Holy Spirit.

Jo Ayers, founding member of "Be the Change" in Auckland, speaking during the event in that city on Sept. 18 (Courtesy of Luc Powell)

"He's making a big theological statement there, he's on board," said Ayers. "You can't gender God. God is male and female. We attempt to describe God but we can't. And using the female pronoun jolts people into recognizing that our traditional view of God as an old man, or young man, or whatever, we've just got to push out from that."

Ayers said she was greatly encouraged by the "Pink Shoes" event and Lowe's support. She said she plans to invite the bishop to attend her Sunday worship community.

In Wellington, McNeill is not so sanguine about changes for women in the church.

"It's almost 60 years since Vatican II started and not much has changed," she said. "In fact I think we've gone backwards. There's a lot that came through in Vatican II but that's been lost. I have hope because it would be beyond me as a Christian not to have hope, but I'm not terribly optimistic."

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