Gordonton’s Zealong Tea Estate has been visited by royalty –  King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau’u of Tonga were shown around the estate and then treated to a five-course meal.  The royal couple were gifted some premium New Zealand-grown tea to take with them.     A visitor to Cornerstone Alpacas fell in love with

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The Pick of the Crop has to be about sunshine and flowers, after all the rain and cold we’ve been having. How about this stunner of a sunset from Clandon Daffodils –     The flowers are blooming at Woodlands –     With all the cold we’ve been having the best dressed locals wear

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