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Jenny steps down

December 3, 2014May 24, 2021 Annette Taylor 1 Comment Anexa Animal Health's Jenny Smith, Jenny and Chris Smith, Jenny Smith

Gordonton’s Jenny Smith can stay in bed all week if she likes. For almost 30 years, she has walked, cycled or driven to what is now Anexa Animal Health, and dispensed reliably good cheer.

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School letterbox for the birds

November 26, 2014December 1, 2014 Annette Taylor 3 Comments birds nesting in letterboxes, Christine Jeffery Puketaha School, Puketaha School

Mr and Mrs Starling, of Puketaha, are doing their best to start a family – in the school letter box.

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A year at school…

November 20, 2014June 10, 2020 Annette Taylor 1 Comment A year at Puketaha School, Geoff Booth Puketaha School, Puketaha School gets new principal, rural schools in the Waikato

Geoff Booth talks to Annette Taylor about his first year as principal at Puketaha School. It’s been a good one, he says.

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The Room 3 Newsroom

October 28, 2014November 10, 2014 Annette Taylor 6 Comments Ag day in the Waikato, Gordonton School calf club day, The Room 3 Newsroom, young reporters at Gordonton School

Gordonton School held its Calf Club day on Friday, and in addition to the usual suspects (calves, lambs and goats)

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Mystery shop to open soon
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What’s all that hammering?

October 19, 2014October 19, 2014 Annette Taylor 0 Comments claudia aalderink, gordonton art, new art shop in Gordonton, the Mandarin Tree, Waikato galleries

SOMETHING new and exciting is brewing in the middle of Gordonton.  Keen-eyed people will have noticed a certain amount of

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Hedgehog on grass
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Helping hedgehogs

October 18, 2014October 19, 2014 Annette Taylor 2 Comments looking after a sick hedgehog, Looking after hedgehogs, What to feed hedgehogs

Would you, could you, look after my hedgehog, Lisa from Auckland asked. She was a member of Hedgehog Rescue NZ,

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