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Māori Touch NZ and Rotorua Touch Association have cancelled December’s 2021 Māori Touch Nationals scheduled to take place in the sulphur city.
Māori Touch chair Terama Broughton-Winterburn says alert level restrictions made it impossible for all players, referees, whānau and volunteers to be involved.
Shearing Sports NZ is also closing the gates, with its events shorn from the West Otago A and P Show.
The November 21 show at the Tapanui Racing Club and Showgrounds complex will include just equestrian events, sheepdog trials and farm fencing, all limited to competitors only.
Shearing Sports spokesperson Dough Laing says nine of the 16 mainly A and P show competitions on the pre-Christmas shearing calendar have now been cancelled, and the 125th anniversary Golden Bay A and P Show in Takaka on January 15 has also been axed.
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