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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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Dog love: meet Whiskey

November 26, 2014November 27, 2014 N8N 1 Comment Cherie Baker, DC Rescue Dogs, dog adoption, finding a dog in the waikato, finding Waikato dogs

Here’s a special girl.  Her name is Whiskey, and she was found abandoned on the side of the road in

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Gypsies grace Gordonton

November 23, 2014November 24, 2014 Ciaran Warner 0 Comments Denise ‘Mouse’ Hayes, Gypsy fair Hamilton, Kathleena Reid, New Zealand gypsies, the Original Gypsy Fair

N8N roving reporter Ciaran Warner finds out about life on the road. GYPSY TRAVELLERS Kathleena Reid and Denise ‘Mouse’ Hayes

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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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Baby morepork safe and well

November 18, 2014August 10, 2015 N8N 0 Comments Bill Smith and morepork, Bill Smith bird rescue, bird rescue Gordonton

Bill Smith, the Birdman of Gordonton, is hitting the news following the rescue of a storm-drenched baby morepork in Hamilton.

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Bill remembers: early days indeed

November 18, 2014November 18, 2014 N8N 2 Comments Bill Waring, early days of the Waikato meat industry, history of meat retailing in Hamilton

Well prior to the Mad Butcher’s radio marketing, Bill Waring was a star of the airwaves. We continue with our

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