Sign In / RegisterLocal Landmark – Dacre Cottage – Weiti
Sat, 1 Mar 2008
Pete Townend and son Bryn, aged 11, at Dacre Cottage. In the background, is the red barn that is being converted to a museum. The...
/Local FolkLocal Folk – David Green – retired farmer
Sat, 1 Mar 2008
David Green has lived in Greens Road, Matakana, all his life; long enough to have seen snow on Mount Tamahunga, a flood that inundated the...
/Local FolkLocal Folk – Anzac Paratene
Wed, 6 Feb 2008
Anzac Paratene, who was named after the day on which he was born, spent a large part of his working life – from 1969 to...
/Local FolkLocal Folk – Don Hawkings Retired Busnessman
Fri, 1 Feb 2008
Farmer and businessman Don Hawkings recently resigned after 17 years as chairman of Rodney Health Trust. His collaboration with, and subsequent marriage to, trust founder...
/Local FolkLocal Folk – Guy Hopper
Wed, 23 Jan 2008
For most of his 77 years, Guy Hopper has lived on Whangaparaoa Peninsula. He grew up here with his family when the peninsula was farmland,...
/Local FolkLocal Folk – Louise Nicholson
Tue, 1 Jan 2008
Louise Nicholson is passionate about education and science. A former teacher at Mahurangi College, she is now Associate Dean for Research in the Faculty of...
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