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Mia's winning dish, an Egyptian vegetable koshari. Photo: Supplied Mia North says the only downside to winning a national cooking competition is that orders to cook for her friends are coming in thick and fast.

It is just as well so many people think they can remedy what ails the Southern District Health Board, because the organisation has a plethora of things wrong with it.

Te Akau Shark will clash with his stablemate Melody Belle in tomorrow's Foxbridge Plate at Te Rapa. Photo: Race Images Glamour stablemates Te Akau Shark and Melody Belle will square off in what shapes as an exciting start to the season's feature thoroughbred races at Te Rapa tomorrow.

Trainer Matt Purvis is hoping for more luck in the running for his stable at Addington tonight than he has received recently.

Firstly, I need to start this week's column with some important news.

Celebrating the success of Papakaio School are Room 5 - year 5 and 6 pupils - and principal Gary Shirley yesterday. PHOTO: HAMISH MACLEAN Papakaio School principal Gary Shirley sums up the strength of his rural North Otago school in three words.

Ben Smith runs the ball up for the All Blacks against the Wallabies in Perth last weekend. Photo: Getty Wallabies legend David Campese believes head coach Steve Hansen's decision to move All Blacks veteran Ben Smith fullback could be a big mistake.

1puutin1le.jpg The letter from the alleged Christchurch gunman sent from Paremoremo jail. Photo: NZ Herald/Supplied Corrections has confirmed another inmate - detained in Christchurch - has been able to send a letter containing extremist views. 

1omoar.jpg A dramatic photo taken in Oamaru this morning shows what look like a face and a separate eye in seawater crashing against the breakwater in the town's harbour.

Ross Taylor leaves after being dismissed. Photo: Getty Images New Zealand lost their last five wickets for 44 runs two hand Sri Lanka the advantage early on day two of the firs test in Galle.

megan_woods_herald.jpg Christchurch Regeneration Minister Megan Woods. Photo: NZ Herald The Government will spend as much as another $300 million to help 1000 Canterbury homeowners caught in a legal quagmire over shoddy quake repairs.

Great Southern Television CEO Philip Smith. Photo: Mountain Scene Shooting is set to start in Queenstown next month on a $7 million crime drama, One Lane Bridge, that’ll provide a shot in the arm for the local film industry.

Emergency services were called to a crash at the intersection of State Highways 6 and 8B, near Cromwell, this afternoon.

The bach at the centre of the bust in Tutukaka. Photo via NZ Herald Police officers who discovered a meth lab in a Northland holiday home "were trespassers from the moment they stepped on the property", a lawyer says.

Bryce Raimon Wilson. Photo: NZ Police Police have concerns for a Gore man last seen near a dairy in the town yesterday.

gettyimages-1168084039.jpg Steve Hansen: "Well, they're not playing, so you can say they've been dropped." Photo: Getty On the face of it, the dropping of Owen Franks, Ben Smith and Rieko Ioane before the most important Bledisloe Cup test in four years must qualify as one of the most dramatic reactions to a loss ever made by All Blacks coach Steve Hansen.

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This week, Paul Dwyer talks with Otago coach Ben Herring ahead of  Saturday's Ranfurly Shield challenge against Southland at Forsyth Barr Stadium.