A group of vets student from students at Massey University in Palmerston North, New Zealand, stripped off to celebrate finishing the halfway of their degrees and raise money for charity at the same time.
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The naked calendar has now become an annual activity for third-year veterinary students at Massey University.
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Photo via Instagram
Around 50 students took part in the event, posing with animals and farming gear. The sales of the calendar will go the Retired Working Dogs charity this year.
According to the official website of the event, the vets-in-training normally celebrate "Half Way Day' by enjoying different activities such as river rafting, skydiving and relaxing spa treatments etc.
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Aimee Alexander, who helped co-ordinate the calendar, said, "People in the class split into their various friend groups for their month group photos."
"Most groups had one person in them that knew a farm in the area that made for some good photos," she added. "My group, for example, went to my partner's farm, and we drove around looking for great New Zealand scenery that would look amazing in the photos.
"Other groups really wanted to incorporate their own pets, so would pose with their dogs or horses on a farm."
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Another student, Hannah Burrows, expressed, "Getting ready for a naked photo, with 50 other people from your class, was certainly an experience."
She said they can do that because they all come to be good friends over the past two odd years of their study, so they can laugh it off and enjoy the shooting.
Tommy Mills, a student who joins the raising activity, agreed that awkward at the start, but he thought it was all worth it for a good cause.
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The calendar is now available online for US$15 (£7.75) from the Barely There Vet Calendar website.
New Zealand women and Argentina men claimed the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens titles to back up their victories in Vancouver last month and extend their leads in the HSBC SVNS 2025 standings after five rounds.
New Zealand beat rivals Australia 26-19 in another epic encounter as Jorja Miller produced two moments of magic to make it three Hong Kong titles in a row for the Black Ferns Sevens. Although she had her team-mates to thank for not only surviving but scoring during her time in the sin bin for a tip tackle.
“We knew we had to come out for finals footie and I’m so proud of the group. We love Hong Kong and the history of it. The crowd and the atmosphere here, it gets us going, it brings out the best rugby.”HSBC Player of the Final Miller said.
Argentina added a third successive title win of the SVNS season with a 12-7 victory over France. Los Pumas Sevens made it 16 games unbeaten as they edged out Olympic champions France to win their maiden Hong Kong Sevens crown and extend their lead at the top of the series table to 12 points, ahead of Fiji.
HSBC Player of the final Marcos Moneta scored the crucial second try in the final and said: 'It’s amazing to win here, it means so much to us as Hong Kong is a really historic tournament. I got my debut here and last year I broke my fibula here before the Olympic Games, so it was a mixture of emotions. My parents decided to be here with me. These are the things I was thinking about at the anthem. It is the perfect day."
Canada claimed the women’s bronze with a 21-17 win over France while Australia beat Fiji 22-21 with a last gasp try from 19-year-old Sidney Harvey to take the men’s bronze.
The results in Hong Kong mean that all eight of the men’s teams and six of the women’s teams have already secured their places in the World Championship. The men’s teams are Argentina, Fiji, Spain, South Africa, France, New Zealand, Australia and Great Britain. The six confirmed women’s teams are New Zealand, Australia, France, USA, Canada and Japan.
New Zealand women and Argentina men continue to lead the current SVNS standings after five rounds, going in to the final regular season round in Singapore on 5-6 April. New Zealand head to the Singapore tournament with an eight-point lead over Australia while Argentina are 12 points ahead of Fiji and in pole position to become HSBC SVNS 2025 league winners.
The pools for HSBC SVNS Singapore were allocated following the Hong Kong final and produced some mouthwatering match-ups. The competition format involves four pools of three teams each, replicating the format used in Cape Town during the second round of HSBC SVNS 2025.
Olympic champions and SVNS leaders New Zealand are in women’s Pool A with Brazil and China. Reigning SVNS champions Australia will face Japan and Spain in Pool B. Pool C sees Olympic medallists Canada and the USA together with Great Britain. France, Fiji and Ireland compete in Pool D.
Men’s SVNS title favourites Argentina are in Pool A with Great Britain and South Africa. Olympic champions France will play Ireland and Kenya in Pool B. Australia, Spain and Uruguay will battle it out in Pool C. While Fiji, New Zealand and the USA are in Pool D.
