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Local Folk – Grattan Guinness – Businessman

15:03 Sat, 01 Jul

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 Folk – Sharley Haddon – Horsewoman

15:03 Thu, 01 Jun

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 Folk – Clive Nicholls

15:03 Mon, 01 May

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 Folk – Dave Kellian – Fisherman

15:03 Sat, 29 Apr

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 Folk – Anthony Morris

14:02 Wed, 01 Mar

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,…

Local Folk – Ngaire Rathe – Omaha identity

15:03 Wed, 01 Feb

One person who qualifies more than most as a ‘local folk’ is the matriarch of the Rathe family. Born at the Warkworth District Hospital, Ngaire…