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Time to wait in the garden

October 9, 2012May 3, 2014 N8N 1 Comment garden, Kelly Dyer, sowing seeds

Garden writer Kelly Dyer is waiting for her seeds to sprout… Having made a seed-raising frame – instructions and pictures

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Fundraiser cycles through

October 5, 2012October 10, 2012 N8N 0 Comments Christchurch Earthquake appeal, fundraising, Gold Intentionally Homeless, NZ Skeptics, Womens Refuge

Gold has hit Gordonton. The Wellington-based web programmer set off on the first of January to walk the length of

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Old-time carts carry the weight

October 4, 2012May 7, 2014 N8N 0 Comments A & P Show, Hamilton history, Harwood, Innes's Brewery, Perry Rice

Many people think the late-Victorian/Edwardian period romantic. In many ways those times were romantic (as seen now). Thing is though,

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Downton Abbey’s Gordonton connection

September 29, 2012October 1, 2012 Annette Taylor 5 Comments charity Merlin, Downton Abbey, Hugh Bonneville, Scene & Heard, Spring Clean September charity drive. Trade Me Fundraiser, Starship Children's Hospital

It’s me!  Yours truly had a splendid morning with Downton star Hugh Bonneville at Auckland’s Langham Hotel. Out of the

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Young stars shine

September 28, 2012October 1, 2012 N8N 1 Comment gordonton school, Noah's Ark

Gordonton School recently put on a performance of Noah’s Ark – here’s a cracker publicity pic sent in to N8N. 

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Sporty cars put on a show at Woodlands

September 27, 2012 N8N 0 Comments MGB sports car, Woodlands Historic Homestead

Woodlands Historic  Homestead was graced by more than 100 of MG’s iconic sports cars, the MGB, last Sunday. The event

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