Whangārei is the venue for this year's National Orchid Judging Seminar, Orchid Show and AGM this weekend. The Whangārei Orchid Society is to host the annual New Zealand National Judging Seminar and the Orchid Council Annual General Meeting. It will be 10 years since this event was last held in Whangārei. The Whangārei Orchid Society will also be staging an orchid show alongside these two events at the Badminton Hall in Porowini Ave. The show is open from 10am until 4pm tomorrow, Saturday and from 9am to 3pm on Sunday. Entry is by gold coin donation.
Heavy rain coming
A ridge of high pressure over the country is expected to bring rain - and it may be heavy - to Northland over the weekend. The ridge will move south eastwards on Saturday as a complex low approaches the North Island from the Tasman Sea. A front associated with this low is expected to move southwards over the North Island during the weekend, bringing rain and east to northeast winds to much of the North Island. MetService said rainfall accumulations could approach warning levels - 100mm in 24 hours - about Northland on Saturday, then about Northland, Auckland, Coromandel Peninsula and the Bay of Plenty on Sunday.
Lotto winner
A Northland Lotto player is almost $22,000 richer after winning Lotto Second Division on Wednesday. Seven Lotto tickets from around the country each won $21,973 with Lotto Second Division with one of the tickets sold online at MyLotto to a person from Northland.
