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Okonomiyaki for all!

November 15, 2021November 17, 2021 Annette Taylor 1 Comment Annette Taylor, country cooking, Iris Riddell, Japanese cooking, Japanese pancake, okonomiyaki

Now we are out of lockdown, it will be nice having friends round for food.  Especially if we can get them to do the cooking. 

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Inside Fukushima’s nuclear plant

August 21, 2018June 16, 2020 N8N 0 Comments Fukushima, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant, Futaba and Okuma, Iris Riddell, Japan nuclear tour, Kia Ora Fukushima, Touring Fukushima Power plant

Gordonton’s Iris Riddell toured inside the disabled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant recently. She shares the experience of being inside the with our readers.

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Whitikahu calls Fukushima

March 9, 2018March 17, 2018 Annette Taylor 8 Comments Fukushima and Whitikahu call, Iris Riddell, Matt clarke, Odaka School and Whitikahu, Room One Whitikahu School, Whitikahu School

Whitikahu Primary, NZ, meet Odaka Elementary, Japan. In the first of its kind, a video chat was held for students

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Gordonton goes to Fukushima

March 20, 2017June 30, 2020 N8N 10 Comments community in Waikato, community involvement, Iris Riddell, Living in Fukushima, Living in Japan, Minamisoma, Teaching English in Japan

That’s that then. The daughter is now on her way to Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, after a spot of training in

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80 grand years for Gordonton’s Church

February 17, 2014July 21, 2020 Iris Riddell 3 Comments 80th anniversary St Mary's Church, Gordonton, History of St Mary's Church, Iris Riddell, Reverend David Smithson, St Mary's Gordonton, the vicar at St Mary’s

St Mary’s Church is 80 years old. The beautiful old double-brick structure, built in 1934, celebrated its special day. Iris Riddell reports.

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One last run for Tiago

September 2, 2013September 2, 2013 Annette Taylor 7 Comments Fund raising Tiago Pinheiro, Iris Riddell, Taupo half-marathon fundraiser

GORDONTON’S Iris Riddell has one more half marathon to complete for Tiago Pinheiro. The Taupo Times reporter and co-founder of

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