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Local Folk – Don Hawkings Retired Busnessman

10:10 Fri, 01 Feb

Farmer and businessman Don Hawkings recently resigned after 17 years as chairman of Rodney Health Trust. His collaboration with, and subsequent marriage to, trust founder…

Local Folk – Guy Hopper

12:12 Wed, 23 Jan

For most of his 77 years, Guy Hopper has lived on Whangaparaoa Peninsula. He grew up here with his family when the peninsula was farmland,…

Local Folk – Louise Nicholson

10:10 Tue, 01 Jan

Louise Nicholson is passionate about education and science. A former teacher at Mahurangi College, she is now Associate Dean for Research in the Faculty of…

Local Folk – John Kirikiri

11:11 Wed, 12 Dec

Personable, talkative and enthusiastic are fitting descriptions of Rodney’s new deputy mayor. Since taking office just over a month ago, Orewa’s John Kirikiri has been…

Local Folk – David Starr

16:04 Sat, 01 Dec

Thirty years as a topdressing pilot has given David Starr a different perspective on the Warkworth area. The most dramatic change he has seen is…

Local Folk – Wiri Whitaker

16:04 Thu, 01 Nov

Matakana Village has undergone big changes in the last few years but down the road from the upmarket development at the cinema complex, butcher Steven…