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Osborne and the lawyer

May 12, 2012November 23, 2015 N8N 2 Comments osborne the pukeko

Our friendly pukeko received the following correspondence recently: Dear Number 8 Network It has come to our knowledge through a

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All go for Gordonton artist

November 9, 2011July 1, 2020 Annette Taylor 0 Comments Gordonton artist, Habitat for Humanity, jacquie haselden, Waikato artists, Woodlands Historic Homestead

Gordonton artist Jacquie Haselden really shouldn’t be talking to me.  She’s dashed back from next door’s Woodlands Homestead, where she works part time. 

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Osborne and the oil spill

October 27, 2011November 23, 2015 N8N 0 Comments Daniel Mills, oil spill cartoon, osborne, Rena cartoon

Our favourite pukeko hatches a diabolical plan.      

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Osborne and the All Black supporter

September 24, 2011November 23, 2015 Annette Taylor 7 Comments emperor penguin, osborne

Osborne finds it difficult sharing paddock space with an Emperor penguin.

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Osborne and the missing penguin

September 13, 2011November 23, 2015 N8N 0 Comments cartoon pukeko, Daniel Mills, osborne

Osborne learns about the disappearance of a certain celebrity penguin.      

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Osborne gets cold feet

August 15, 2011November 23, 2015 N8N 0 Comments

Out standing in his field, and in this weather too…  

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