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Port Waikato
Always wondered what Port Waikato is all about? Worth a day trip to find out. After an ambling, rambling countryside journey through Tuakau you'll pop out the other side, the southern entrance to the Waikato River as it meets the sea.
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The Great Living Legends "Muck In " - Rugby goes Green

Julie Crean (Editor) - Tuesday, August 23, 2011

With the build up of the Rugby World Cup 2011, it's nice to know it's not all about sport during the months of September and October.   Yeah right!  The Great Living Legends Muck In combines the planting of almost 85,000 native trees and the honouring our living Rugby Legends at the same time. Whether you're a tree hugger or a rugby enthusiast, this could be the event for you! 
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School Holiday Antics for Kiwi Tweens

Julie Crean (Editor) - Wednesday, July 06, 2011

School holidays are just around the corner, again.  As our little delights grow older, they seem be less enthralled with 'a trip to the library and a raspberry bun' as they used to.  It's time to think outside the square on behalf of your energy-prone tween, with some "out of the bag" ideas: 
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Corey Bertelsen: The World's Fastest Kiwi on Salt?

Julie Crean (Editor) - Friday, April 02, 2010

If you were to think of the movie 'The World's Fastest Indian', you'd probably recall the name Burt Munro.  Corey Bertelsen wasn't in the movie, nor is he an actor - yet he is our very own modern day land speed record challenger.  Remember his name. 
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Southland Museum: Henry and the enclosureful of Tuatara

Julie Crean (Editor) - Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Not quite the story of 'Harry and his Bucketful of Dinosaurs', here is the blog about 'Henry and the enclosureful of Tuatara'. 
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Ian Ferguson: on Crow Bars, Kayaks and a Spot of Fishing

Julie Crean (Editor) - Friday, March 19, 2010

I amble up to Fergs Kayaks on Tamaki Drive, and I’m greeted by Ian Ferguson wielding a crow bar on the grassy front lawn.

 
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