New Zealand’s best young farmers are preparing to take over Waikato to battle it out at one of the country’s most prestigious farming contests.

The FMG Young Farmer of the Year grand final kicks off in Hamilton on Thursday, July 11 and runs over three days.

The Country's Rowena Duncum explains what to expect from the event.

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New Zealand’s best young farmers are preparing to take over Waikato to battle it out at one of the country’s most prestigious farming contests.
The FMG Young Farmer of the Year grand final kicks off in Hamilton on Thursday, July 11 and runs over three days.
The Country's Rowena Duncum explains what to expect from the event.
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Rowena Duncum: The Country commentator on their year's FMG Young Farmer of the Year final

Another problem for Aratere.

The Interislander ferry's expected to be out of action for a few days after crashing into the dock in Wellington.

More than 100 passengers and 40 crew were on board - none was injured.

Maritime Lawyer Troye Stade told Heather du Plessis-Allan that speaking with the crew, there are concerns generally about how things have gone over the last few months.

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Another problem for Aratere. 
The Interislander ferry's expected to be out of action for a few days after crashing into the dock in Wellington. 
More than 100 passengers and 40 crew were on board - none was injured. 
Maritime Lawyer Troye Stade told Heather du Plessis-Allan that speaking with the crew, there are concerns generally about how things have gone over the last few months. 
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Troye Stade: Maritime Lawyer on the Aratere crashing into a dock in Wellington

Today on the Sports Huddle Heather was joined by Sports Commentators Nicky Styris and Jim Kayes too look at some of the stories coming out of the Olympics.

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Today on the Sports Huddle Heather was joined by Sports Commentators Nicky Styris and Jim Kayes too look at some of the stories coming out of the Olympics. 
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Sports Huddle: The C2 500m trick, Imane Khelif, and the legacy of the Paris Olympics

The knives appear to be out for Auckland Transport.

Wayne Brown's putting forward a proposal to strip AT of its policymaking functions and have elected representatives control it.

It also includes plans to abolish the council’s development agency and its events and economic development agency.

He'll need the backing of councillors, and in the case of AT's control, a law change.

Brown told Heather du Plessis-Allan that he’s sick of being blamed for things he doesn’t control.

He said that AT has had 12 years of complete independence to the point where the council almost seems to be more of a nuisance than an owner, and they’re not listening as much as he’d like.

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The knives appear to be out for Auckland Transport. 
Wayne Brown's putting forward a proposal to strip AT of its policymaking functions and have elected representatives control it. 
It also includes plans to abolish the council’s development agency and its events and economic development agency. 
He'll need the backing of councillors, and in the case of AT's control, a law change. 
Brown told Heather du Plessis-Allan that he’s sick of being blamed for things he doesn’t control. 
He said that AT has had 12 years of complete independence to the point where the council almost seems to be more of a nuisance than an owner, and they’re not listening as much as he’d like. 
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Rowena Duncum: The Country commentator on their year's FMG Young Farmer of the Year final

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