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Local Folk – Sue Turner

10:10 Wed, 07 May

Sue Turner may not actually live at Silverdale Rugby Club, but she admits it often seems that way. The club has been her “second home”…

Local Folk – Tony Gibbs

15:03 Thu, 01 May

As a young man, Tony Gibbs craved adventure. He went to sea, but ended up making waves as one of NZ’s most respected corporate chiefs….

History – The house that Harold built

11:11 Wed, 16 Apr

When I consider the rigmarole involved in building a house these days, I think of how simple it was in my grandfather’s day.  It was…

History – Crowning glory for Warkworth

11:11 Wed, 02 Apr

On the day George V was crowned King of the United Kingdom and the overseas dominions, the children of the Rodney district assembled at Warkworth…

Local Folk – Cliff Taylor – author

15:03 Tue, 01 Apr

Cliff Taylor went from a Kaipara farm to an African war zone, and from the Auckland Star to the BBC World Service in London. Now…

History – Gum-digging at Snells Beach

11:11 Wed, 05 Mar

In 1904 Messrs J Clayden and J Parkinson discovered a substantial deposit of kauri gum on the low tide mark at Snells Beach. For three…