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Keeping busy with the Home Guard

February 8, 2013September 26, 2014 N8N 5 Comments Bill Waring, Home Guard, meat trade history, Waikato history

The horn on a Morris Oxford is great for sending Morse Code, recalls Bill Waring in his reminiscences on the early

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Volunteers praised

February 1, 2013May 20, 2013 N8N 2 Comments Arthur Riddell, community work, Gordonton District Committee, Gordonton domain, volunteers, Woodlands Historic Homestead

Long-time Gordonton resident Arthur Riddell reflects on the work of volunteers and their value to the community. The current upgrading

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The land of milk and honey

January 28, 2013May 22, 2014 N8N 0 Comments Horsham Downs beekeepers, Stephanie Lynch, Sweetree Honey

Stephanie Lynch from Sweetree Honey was puddling along Gordonton Rd recently, and spied the following visage – a fully laden

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Harriers fly the nest

January 24, 2013January 24, 2013 N8N 0 Comments Gordonton harriers, Harrier hawks

Remember this little fella?   He was in a nest, beside a drain on a Gordonton farm – just a

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Local artist turns tables

January 22, 2013 N8N 6 Comments Annette Taylor, cartoon, cartoon reporter, Gordonton artist Chris Smith

Local artist Chris Smith penned this image of Number 8 Network’s Annette Taylor hard at work at the Gordonton Market. 

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Swamp clearing 1900’s style

January 18, 2013September 3, 2018 N8N 5 Comments Chapman flax farms, history, Perry Rice, Piako swamp, SC Smith, Waikato history

Hamilton Libraries Perry Rice starts the new year with a look at farm life from a century ago. Far from

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