The Civil Contractors New Zealand Cable Price National Excavator Operator Competition officially wrapped up this weekend.

The event took place at Manfeild Park during Central Districts Field Days on March 20-21, where top operators faced off to take home the title.

The competition's chief organiser, Greg Lumsden, revealed what makes someone a successful operator in this context. 

"We've got a massive, big Connect 4 game that the two diggers play - so there's two 13-ton diggers on each side and they play Connect 4."

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The Civil Contractors New Zealand Cable Price National Excavator Operator Competition officially wrapped up this weekend.
The event took place at Manfeild Park during Central Districts Field Days on March 20-21, where top operators faced off to take home the title.
The competition's chief organiser, Greg Lumsden, revealed what makes someone a successful operator in this context.&nbsp;
"We've got a massive, big Connect 4 game that the two diggers play - so there's two 13-ton diggers on each side and they play Connect 4."
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Greg Lumsden: National Excavator Operator Competition chief organiser recaps this weekend's event

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Look What You Made Me Do by John Lanchester. This book is marvellous - the premise being that every marriage has its own language which is meaningless to anyone listening in. A new Netflix show called Cheating becomes the talk of the town and appears to contain verbatim words and phrases which were unique to Kate and Jack - but Jack has died and Kate’s left wondering whether their long and faithful marriage was actually something else entirely. How else could the scriptwriter have possibly known? 

Kids, Wait till You Hear This! by Liza Minnelli. This is the memoir of the famous Liza with a z……she writes about growing up with her mother, Judy Garland, who was troubled and difficult and of course immensely talented; and about her career which started when she joined Judy on stage as a very young child and progressed to Broadway when still a teenager, and the subsequent remarkable career, addictions and many marriages. It’s full of famous names. She’s had an extraordinary life, and this is it in her own words. 

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Look What You Made Me Do by John Lanchester. This book is marvellous - the premise being that every marriage has its own language which is meaningless to anyone listening in. A new Netflix show called Cheating becomes the talk of the town and appears to contain verbatim words and phrases which were unique to Kate and Jack - but Jack has died and Kate’s left wondering whether their long and faithful marriage was actually something else entirely. How else could the scriptwriter have possibly known?&nbsp;
Kids, Wait till You Hear This! by Liza Minnelli. This is the memoir of the famous Liza with a z……she writes about growing up with her mother, Judy Garland, who was troubled and difficult and of course immensely talented; and about her career which started when she joined Judy on stage as a very young child and progressed to Broadway when still a teenager, and the subsequent remarkable career, addictions and many marriages. It’s full of famous names. She’s had an extraordinary life, and this is it in her own words.&nbsp;
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Whitcoulls Recommends: Look What You Made Me Do and Kids, Wait till You Hear This!

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The conflict in the Middle East has continued for another week, and there's concerns from industry experts about it impacting tourism.

Intrepid Travel’s chief executive recently confirmed travellers are delaying their plans until the second half of the year in the hope disruption caused by the Iran war will be resolved.

BloggerAtLarge.com writer Megan Singleton says people are concerned about the impact of fuel prices driving up the cost of flights.

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The conflict in the Middle East has continued for another week, and there's concerns from industry experts about it impacting tourism.
Intrepid Travel’s chief executive recently confirmed travellers are delaying their plans until the second half of the year in the hope disruption caused by the Iran war will be resolved.
BloggerAtLarge.com writer Megan Singleton says people are concerned about the impact of fuel prices driving up the cost of flights.
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Megan Singleton: BloggerAtLarge.com writer on whether the conflict in the Middle East is changing people's travel plans

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This week on the Sunday Panel, journalist, TV producer and commentator Irene Gardiner and partner at Freebairn and Hehir lawyers, Liam Hehir, joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more! 

Ocean and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones is proposing rules that would remove minimum legal-size limits for commercial fishers across popular fish species like snapper and trevally. This has sparked some outrage - what do we make of this? 

The Middle East conflict is continuing to drive up fuel prices, and more people are using public transport. Should the Government intervene? And if they should, how should they? 

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This week on the Sunday Panel, journalist, TV producer and commentator Irene Gardiner and&nbsp;partner at Freebairn and Hehir lawyers, Liam Hehir, joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more!&nbsp;
Ocean and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones is proposing rules that would remove minimum legal-size limits for commercial fishers across popular fish species like snapper and trevally. This has sparked some outrage - what do we make of this?&nbsp;
The Middle East conflict is continuing to drive up fuel prices, and more people are using public transport. Should the Government intervene? And if they should, how should they?&nbsp;
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The Sunday Panel: Should the Government intervene in the looming fuel crisis?

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Greg Lumsden: National Excavator Operator Competition chief organiser recaps this weekend's event

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