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Local Folk – Bob Murray
Bob Murray began bowling at the age of 43. As a relative youngster, he was welcomed into Manly Bowling Club with open arms by older...
Local Folk – Joy Algie
The last of her generation among the old families on the Mahurangi Pensinsula, Joy Algie, 96, remembers well the most exciting day in her life...
Local Folk – Jane Bissell
Jane Bissell used to sit at the back in class and not seek the limelight. But these days, she finds herself talking to women all...
Local Folk – Jan Yaxley – international speaker
Mother, wife and office manager extraordinaire, but mostly a lover of the quiet family life, Jan Yaxley of Snells Beach has found herself thrown into...
Local Folk – Margaret Willoughby
Margaret Willoughby has heard the words ‘I Do’ more times than most, having married more than a hundred couples on the Hibiscus Coast. As well...
Local Folk – Jim Sonerson – multisport enthusiast
From ice-skating in Australia, to fairground boxing and a silver medal at the World Masters for the marathon – over the years, Jim Sonerson, 75,...
Local Folk – Margaret Christie
In the 59 years that Margaret Christie has lived in Orewa, she has played a key role in organisations as diverse as Centrestage Theatre, St...
Local Folk – Anthony Brogden
It’s been a long road, with many challenges which would have thwarted many a sportsman, but Anthony Brogden, 50, of Warkworth has become the first...
Local Folk – John Gluckman
Dyed-in-the-wool dairy farmer John Gluckman, 57, of Matakana, has an amazing number of unusual achievements to his name. He is believed to be the first...
Local Folk – Berneece Tait
Berneece Tait of Tindalls Bay has been caring for children since the age of 24 when she took on a foster child on her own....
