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Hummingbird look-alike in Gordonton (almost)

January 20, 2012January 23, 2012 N8N 5 Comments Convolvulus hawk moth

Gary Workman has a knack of finding things. The Gordonton grader driver was working near Otorohanga on Monday and spotted

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Cracker carrot cake

January 14, 2012September 20, 2014 N8N 0 Comments Carrot cake, Terene Parker

A carrot cake, smothered in cream-cheese icing is always demanded of Horsham Down’s Terene Parker when she gets together with

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More happy reading

January 12, 2012January 15, 2012 N8N 4 Comments summer reading

‘Tis still the season when one can get immersed in a good book or three. Here are a few more

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Confessions of a gardening ninny

January 9, 2012May 22, 2014 N8N 4 Comments Judy McDonald, organic gardening, tomato blight

In this first, exclusive N8N column, Judy McDonald comes clean about her organic garden. Which is, by the way, an

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The sight, sound and smell of stock

January 9, 2012May 24, 2021 N8N 0 Comments Hamilton, hamilton central libraries, Historic photographs, Horse bazaar Ward St, Perry Rice

The ‘rural servicing centre’ has moved around Hamilton over the years as the town expanded and industries waxed and waned.

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A right bird chase

January 8, 2012 N8N 0 Comments

N8N has just returned from the metropolis that is Auckland; we weren’t there for the shopping or cafes, but to

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