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Mahurangi Matters, 3 February 2025 – Off the Record

Mahurangi Matters

February 3, 2025 2:34pm

Mahurangi Matters


Feb 3, 2025 2:34pm

In stitches

An unwitting sign writer for Vector gave motorists driving south on the main road through Hill Street a good laugh last week.

The electronic display board at the notorious Warkworth junction was advising drivers of upcoming works and a detour.

However, in thanking them for their forbearance, the hapless scribe conjured troubling images of potential accidents and ambulances, when they made a quite spectacular misspelling of ‘patience’ …

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