Just as well Sir Scott Dixon was still checking his emails despite the out of office being on.
In a fitting touch, the six-time Indy Car champion is on holiday in New Zealand, during his off-season, as his Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (KNZM) for services to motorsport was made public in the New Year Honours list.
“For me it’s just a massive honour, not something I would ever expect or even thought was ever going to be a possibility,” Dixon told Stuff.
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“For me it’s just a massive honour, not something I would ever expect or even thought was ever going to be a possibility,” Dixon told Stuff.
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Beard was in hospice care when he died at his ranch in Richmond, Texas, with family members at his side, band representative Bob Merlis said.
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The group are mostly elderly and retired and gather at an old sports building in Hastings to make coffins. “We are at a point where we don’t have the room to make any more,” Treasurer Cherie Hames says. “We are basically at capacity of what we can make on the premises. We have to find new premises.”
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Peters, who is also the minister for rail, said he pitched an alternative plan, to immediately put the harbour crossing to tender, but was outvoted in cabinet. His comments seemed to surprise both Transport Minister Chris Bishop and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon.
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Police claimed the jersey breached the legislation that prohibits the display of gang patches and insignia in public places and charged him. But, when the case was called in court last week no evidence was offered up to support that.
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Beard was in hospice care when he died at his ranch in Richmond, Texas, with family members at his side, band representative Bob Merlis said.
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