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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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Rockets fire over Orini

February 4, 2013May 20, 2013 Annette Taylor 1 Comment Big Red, Craig Packard. Orini rockets, NZ Rocket Association's National Rocket Day, rocket day

New Zealand’s top rocketeers converged on Kneebone Rd, Orini on Sunday for the NZ Rocket Association’s National Rocket Day. Open

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Nocturnal visitor caught on film

February 4, 2013February 5, 2013 Annette Taylor 0 Comments gordonton pests, nocturnal animals, possum

After our recent run-in with ferrets, we’d noticed some suspicious scat out on the path.  N8N’s technical expert rigged an

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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 mathematics of sunflowers

January 31, 2013February 4, 2013 Annette Taylor 2 Comments summer scenes, Sunflowers, Tahuna

On the road near Tahuna this field of sunflowers caught our eye. How could we not stop and snap? Here’s

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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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