Well, welcome to our readers here in New Zealand, & around the world, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger, but first that Cyclone Vaianu is approaching on the North Island in New Zealand as residents in the Whanganui-Manawatu region are being urged to get ready for several gales, & lengthy periods of heavy rain with a strong wind being in place for the region from 4am Sunday on the 12th of April until 1am on Monday, April 13th as the region braces cyclone Vaianu as officials warn of intense breezes, heavy rain & power outages, even though with the cyclone expected to come in at 6pm for which is expected from the north as the greater impact will be on those eastern districts, but Met Service urged people to keep an eye on for forecasts as watches, & warnings are going to be updated according to the Whanganui Chronicle newspaper headline article that I saw.
And secondly that Toyota hasn't wasted any time in establishing themselves in the Supercar scene because they are moving forward, & are in a big hurry as the new closed park regs have been introduced, while Chaz Mostert reveals that he's married to a Kiwi wife so there is plenty of New Zealand support there that is going to be marred by rain which is set to lash Taupo from the 12th of April in the evening, until April 13th, while for 'Woody' who is Toyota's highest placed driver in the championship, it is a return to an extremely happy hunting ground on the weekend of April 10th to 12th, with Taupo the scene of Ryan Wood's equal-best finish of the rookie season the year before, with a fine run to 4th in the season opener, but last year he scored his first podium at the venue, climbing up alongside his childhood friend Matt Payne & in summer that he claimed the Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy with both wins in CTFROT as the 22 year old from Wellington is eager to put on a show in front of his home crowd, but is wary of tyre management on Taupo's ultra abrasive-surface, meanwhile the focus is on the weather comes as Cyclone Vaianu tracks south towards New Zealand, having passed to the west of Fiji (Who were without power recently, especially their homes when the cyclone had struck across the nation), with Taupo's only wet race to date was the first ever race also the year before, which was convincingly won by BJR's Andre Heimgartner, who will also be at the helm of a Supra for Brad Jones Racing that weekend as I saw it on the Whanganui Chronicle newspaper sports news section.
And thirdly that next year's edition of the Auld Mug will have some American involvement after all as they announced that American Racing Challenger Team USA has submitted a late bid for that had been confirmed as a late entry & will represent the Sail Newport club, because I thought that the 2027 event held in the city of Napoli in Italy, would be the first time an America's Cup regatta would be contested without a representative of the United States involved in racing, while early in the cycle that twice Auld Mug challengers American Magic confirmed that they won't be returning, then appeared to be some chance that Riptide Racing announced their goal of being able to get into a position to enter a bid, but when the deadline for late entries arrived, the team opted out, but however, a different entry has come late to the party to the US, one will have a familiar look to it as its fronted by Karel Komarek & Chris Welch, & led by decorated American yachtsperson Ken Read as chief executive as the new American entry had obtained the AC75 Patriot, & both AC40s from American Magic in order to start their bid as the announcement came in the aftermath of ACP confirmed late challenges had entered when they deadline had been expired on the 3rd of April, while they hadn't been confirmed whether the exact number of late entries, & is expected that at least one more team is still to be confirmed, then for the American outfit that they haven't yet announced any members of their crew & is unclear exactly when they'll join the fleet, with the first preliminary regatta scheduled in Caligari, Italy in the month of May this year also according to the Whanganui Chronicle newspaper sports news article that I saw.
And lastly that New Zealand is set to abolish greyhound racing, as part of its clamp down due to a new legislation being accepted on April 3rd according to Parliament who passed an amendment act as they triggered a war on greyhound racing from August 1st with the crack down first signalled by racing minister Winston Peters, meanwhile that the landmark sports venue of Spriggens Park Hatrick Raceway here in Whanganui is up for sale ahead of greyhound racing being outlawed altogether with about 20 people would lose their jobs following the clamp down for it is about to be enforced, with all of the staff, including the members, participants, & trainers are really upset, & infuriated with Whanganui Greyhound Racing Club chief executive Vanessa Trass who said that the club would host races as scheduled on July 31st before the crack down begins starting from the 1st of August as they club first hosted races at Hatrick Raceway since the 1980's, but in August 2022, Greyhound Racing New Zealand voted to renovate Hatrick Raceway following a lack of maintenance which led to an increase in injuries, & deaths of racing dogs relating to animal cruelty also as I saw it on the Whanganui Chronicle newspaper article section.
So that is my 704th blog of the year 2026 (MMXXVI) & my 56th of this year, viva Ukraine.
P.S. And the entertainment world, especially in our country of New Zealand as Jurassic Park, & Hunt for the Wilder People star Sam Neill has recently passed away as a result of a terminal illness recently, so all thoughts, prayers, & heartfelt condolences go to the Neill whanau for a journey of him throughout his beautiful life that he thrived the film & TV scene as I saw on a front page of the Listener as of July 26th.
Sam Neill
1948 - 2026
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