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Oh hi 2018

January 30, 2018January 30, 2018 N8N 0 Comments Cornerstone Alpaca Stud, DC dog rescue, New year welcome

Here’s to another year. Don’t they go fast? Number 8 Network is back in the saddle and feeling feisty –

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Summer ice bowl a stunner

January 25, 2018June 29, 2020 Annette Taylor 2 Comments Flower ice bowl, frozen bowl, How to make an ice bowl, ice bowl stunner, making ice bowl with flowers, summer ice bowl with flowers

a summer fruit salad in one of these stunners. 

Ice bowls are magical; the best blooms of summer – roses, marigolds, pansies and violets – frozen within a sparkling bowl of ice that you can eat from.

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Hamilton's first library
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Scandal and rivalry in libraries of old

January 24, 2018June 9, 2020 N8N 0 Comments earliest library in the Waikato, Early libraries in NZ, Gordonton library, history of New Zealand's libraries, history of Waikato libraries, Hukanui Public Library, Perry Rice libraries

Alan Sharp looks into the earliest days of Waikato libraries. He uncovers local rivalries, bureaucratic bungling, a fire, and scandal.

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Home Range magazine Summer 2018

January 10, 2018September 12, 2018 N8N 0 Comments Horsham Downs School, Steve Dunsmore

  Steve Dunsmore says there are many highlights being principal at Horsham Downs Primary School. But one came quickly to

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The Gordonton Book Box
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Three cheers for the book box!

January 10, 2018June 19, 2020 N8N 0 Comments Book Box, free books in the waikato, Gordonton Village free books, Little libraries Waikato, Marian Riddell Calligraphy, The Gordonton Book Box

The Gordonton Book Box is full of wonderful reading – historic novels, cooking books, autobiographies, music CDs – you never know what you’ll find!

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Cornerstone alpacas
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Hey baby!

December 31, 2017December 31, 2017 N8N 0 Comments baby alpacas gordonton, Cornerstone Alpaca Stud

What a cutie!  Happy birthday to the newest addition at Cornerstone Alpaca Stud – this little fella is just hours

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