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Local Folk – Tim Blackbourn
This week marks the end of 13 years of schooling for 88 graduating Year 13 students at Mahurangi College. They officially signed off on December...
Local Folk – Dr Bill Ballantine – Marine biologist
A major redevelopment is on the drawing board for the Leigh Marine Laboratory, at Goat Island. Auckland University plans to make it into one of...
Local Folk – Richad Izard OBE
At a ceremony attended by the Prime Minister in Hamilton recently, Alpha Aviation opened its new manufacturing facility. The plant will produce one of the...
Local Folk – Ken Campbell
Movie audiences around the world are about to learn the story of New Zealander Bert Munro, a man who spent a lifetime perfecting his classic...
Local Folk – Shona McCullagh
Local resident Shona McCullagh’s idea of time-out from her career at home in Leigh is flying to New York one week to talk to a...
Local Folk – Tyrone Vincent
An estimated 130,000 hungry customers pass through the doors of Matakana’s Pop In Patisserie every year. The glass display cabinets offer an ever-changing selection of...
Local Landmark – Big Omaha Wharf
Located off the Leigh Road, Big Omaha Wharf echoes of a time when scows plied the deeper water of Whangateau Harbour and the hammers of...
