Archive | March, 2012

Gourmet dinners by celeb chef Emett at New Zealand PGA Pro-Am sets the stage for great event

Mountain Scene Queenstown reports Kiwi celebrity chef Josh Emett is cooking up two $225-a-head dinners at The Hills golf course Clubhouse restaurant near Arrowtown. The Waikato-raised Michelin chef … will present six-course dinners on the first two nights of the NZ PGA Pro-Am golf tournament on March 29 and 30. His business partner in the local restaurant Fleur Caulton [...]

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New Zealand’s Wairakei Golf Course + Sanctuary is now home to kiwi chicks.

The Professional Golf Association of New Zealand reports the good news. A unique predator-free sanctuary developed within the confines of the privately owned 18-hole Wairakei Golf Course, near Taupo, is now home to two young kiwi chicks. In a report last March, Consultant for the project, Rotorua ecologist and Xcluder Fence General Manager, Tim Day explained: [...]

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New Zealand PGA Pro-Am Open at The Hills appears on firm ground for the future

Simon Plumb writes big news for stuff.co.nz and the entire golfing world: “Thirty-two days from the inaugural NZ PGA Pro-Am – March 29 to April 1 – Michael Hill is not only attempting to host a new golf tournament, he’s attempting to move the goalposts of New Zealand sport. “Hill’s opening gambit of a one-hour [...]

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