A stable at the Foxton Racecourse was engulfed in flames last night, the second fire there in three days.

A Dannevirke man has been told by a local health board his stomach pain may have been caused by a hysterectomy - the surgical removal of a woman's uterus.

Taranaki wrestled the Ranfurly Shield away from Southland in a double dose of disappointment for the Stags.