Polo tournament
The Novartis Savile Cup for polo begins today at Pukemarama, a private farm, near Palmerston North. The tournament features New Zealand's top club teams and the finals will be held on Sunday. The cup, which is currently held by Cambridge, was first presented in 1890.
Manukau planning
The annual plan committee of the Manukau City Council is holding a meeting in the Totara Room, Manukau Civic Centre, at 5 pm.
Flyers, Flyovers
Just a reminder that Stagecoach has launched several new services. Flyer buses replace the Express service, travelling to the Civic Centre non-stop between Mt Albert Rd and the top of Queen Street via Ian McKinnon Drive. The Flyovers now operate every 10 minutes, taking the Dominion Rd flyover into the central city. For details call Rideline, (09) 366-6400.
Rowing championships
The Rob and Sonia Waddells of the future will be putting their backs into it at the New Zealand rowing championships, which start today at Lake Ruataniwha, near Twizel. While Olympic gold-medal winner Rob is not competing, his wife and fellow Olympian, Sonia, is a favourite in several events. The tournament finishes on Saturday at the man-made lake, which was formed by a 640m dam built across the Ohau River.
Education council
The Auckland College of Education's council will meet at 3 pm tomorrow in Conference Room 1, 60 Epsom Ave.
Land meetings
As part of the Government review of the Public Works Act, Land Information New Zealand is holding hui and public meetings. The Auckland public meeting will be held at 4.30 pm today at the Copthorne Harbour City Hotel. The hui will be held tomorrow at 10 am on Orakei Marae.
Off-ramp detours
The Shelly Beach Rd off-ramp south to the Hobson St on-ramp will be closed from 10.30 pm until 5 am tomorrow.
Tourism results
The country's largest tourism company, Tourism Holdings, will announce its half-year result today. A drop in profit is predicted due to a slump in the Australian side of its business. The profit forecast for the year to June has been revised down from $21 million to between $14 million and $16 million. .
Also today ...
Borley Rectory, the most haunted house in England, burned down in 1939 to end years of goosebumps and ghost stories. The legend went that a monk and nun living in the Suffolk monastery during the 13th century fell in love and were caught eloping. The monk was hanged and the nun was walled up alive within the building. After the fire, skeletal remains were discovered in the rubble and were properly buried.
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