Lockdown dare – sticky date pudding with butterscotch sauce
Dare ya to make this! Sticky date pudding and butterscotch sauce. A gastronomical delight.
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Author: Annette Taylor
Working the land in the 1930s
Wonderful old vintage tractors photographed while working the land in Puketaha in the 1930s – and the men who kept them going. An exclusive photo-story for N8N.
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‘Biggest of all NZ spiders’ turns up in Gordonton
Golly gee, a banded tunnelweb, one of the biggest of all NZ spiders, dropped by to visit us on our firewood pile in Gordonton. A real charmer.
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The birdman of Komakarau
Meet Bill Smith, who rescues injured, wild birds at his Komakarau property in rural Waikato. Annette Taylor meets some of his recent patients.
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Head-on crash on Gordonton Rd, occupants walk home for nice cup of tea
IT WAS A dark and not terrible stormy night, but thick fog was blanketing Gordonton Rd when two vehicles collided head-on back in the 1940s. Check out the historic pic!
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Memories of Komakorau School
Komakorau was the best school Alan Manning ever attended. All that is left now are the stone steps, in a Waikato paddock. We take a trip back in time.
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