Spring really has sprung. You can always tell because the alpacas at Cornerstone Alpaca Stud take their first dip for the year.  Look at these bathing beauties!     Futher proof is this glorious pic from Garden Graphix – the spectacular Magnolia Iolanthe.   And students at Orini Combined School are getting stuck into the

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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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