There’ve been a couple of surprises in the Open shearing and woolhandling finals at the Taumarunui Jamboree Shears yesterday. The big upset came in the shearing final when Mark Grainger, of Te Kuiti, ...

Te Kuiti shearer Mark Grainger (seen here in April), whose win in the Stratford A and P Show Open final on Saturday was just his sixth win in over 70 Open finals. Photo / Doug Laing SSNZ Te Kuiti ...

Mark Grainger, aiming to emulate father's success at 2016 Golden Shears. PHOTO/PETE NIKOLAISON Te Kuiti shearer Mark Grainger took possibly his best step forward towards emulating his father's 1985 ...

From the ground, the engine sounds like a mad hornet. Up, and up, and up — and up! For a moment, the WWII-era biplane — painted an iconic shade of red — seems to hang motionless, glittering in the sun ...

A local man wants to start a new helicopter tour business.Not everyone is on board.A crowd of skeptical beachside residents gathered to watch the helicopter take off and land along Highway A1A in Cape ...

A man who caused almost €4m of damage when he burned down a pub "for a laugh" while drunk has been given a five-year suspended sentence by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. A young chef, who caused ...

Mark Grainger has received a six-month extension of his permit to operate helicopter tours of the Space Coast from Port Canaveral. But he's not totally in the clear yet to be a permanent tenant of the ...

Te Kuiti shearer Mark Grainger gained another reward for perseverance when he successfully defended the Stratford A and P Show’s Open title against former World champion Gavin Mutch on Saturday. Now ...