My AccountLocal Folk – Helen Phibbs – Philanthropist
Tue, 1 Aug 2006
It would be hard to overstate the debt of gratitude Warkworth owes to the late Henry Phibbs and his wife Helen, now aged 92. Thanks...
/Local FolkLocal Folk – Grattan Guinness – Businessman
Sat, 1 Jul 2006
From the mud and sawdust of the old Leigh Sawmill, the Guinness family has built a business with an international reputation for hospitality, entertainment and...
/Local FolkLocal Folk – Sharley Haddon – Horsewoman
Thu, 1 Jun 2006
When Pakiri resident Sharley Haddon started her horse riding business more than 20 years ago, a woman running a rural business was still a novelty....
/Local FolkLocal Folk – Clive Nicholls
Mon, 1 May 2006
Some people spend their whole lives in one line of work, maybe two. Then, there are others such as Clive Nicholls, of Matakana. His list...
/Local FolkLocal Folk – Dave Kellian – Fisherman
Sat, 29 Apr 2006
There are lots of reasons not to become a fisherman if you listen to Dave Kellian, of Whangaripo. He says inequitable quota systems, competition from...
/Local FolkLocal Folk – Anthony Morris
Wed, 1 Mar 2006
In November 2004 life changed dramatically for the founder of arguably NZ’s most famous pottery works, Morris and James, of Matakana. Anthony James, then 65,...
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