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Local Folk – Dr Bill Ballantine – Marine biologist

14:02 Tue, 01 Nov

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

14:02 Sat, 01 Oct

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

14:02 Thu, 01 Sep

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

14:02 Mon, 01 Aug

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

13:01 Wed, 01 Jun

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

16:04 Sat, 01 Jan

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…