Speaking of pick of the crop, the spring harvest is off to a great start at Zealong Tea – And congrats to Carley Bryan, Jayden Bryan and Jay Gardiner from Orini Combined School. The three competed in the Thames valley champs 2018 at Patetonga. Jayden Bryan walked away with 2nd place
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Number 8 Network has been busy lately – a new issue of Home Range magazine will be sent out next week in all good rural letterboxes! But here are some pics that warmed our heart. First up, a big Happy Birthday to the Mandarin Tree. Claudia Aalderink says it’s been a glorious four years of
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…in which N8N shares some highlights from around these parts. Just look at this absolute stunner of a photo from Garden Graphix’s Anthony Skinner, taken from his studio. We think these are mammatus clouds. Could be. Here’s The Mandarin’s Tree’s Claudia Aalderink out and about, on her way to or in Wellington for the long weekend.
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Steve Dunsmore says there are many highlights being principal at Horsham Downs Primary School. But one came quickly to mind when he talked with Home Range magazine. “One stand-out moment was seeing a little girl who was terrified about starting school. “She used to come into my office every morning to get a lick
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A bomb scare at Horsham Downs School made for a long day but there was relief that it all ended with everyone safe and sound. “It’s now time for everyone to take a well-earned rest and recalibrate to return in two weeks to the same Horsham Downs School that we know and love,” board chairman
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After 20 years at Horsham Downs Primary, office administrator Chris Savill is heading for Tauranga. She told Stuff’s Libby Wilson that it had been great watching the school grow – from 106 when she started to today’s 355. She started as office secretary but moved to more back-office work covering finances, payroll, property, purchasing, and
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