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The Elvis Collector
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| Waves of Success - Tom Smithers By Rhonda Bartle
Lure of the waves
Pull into Tom Smithers' busy office on... Read More |
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| Wall Gives Life To Old Toys By Virginia Winder
Old toys never die in Eltham; they just get set in c... Read More |
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| The Time Traveller's Guide to the 1880s By Rhonda Bartle
When the Lonely Planet Travel Guide to New Zealand too... Read More |
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| Jackie's Song finds place in Taranaki By Virginia Winder
One of Don McGlashan's haunting songs is set in south T... Read More |
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| Arthur Fryer story collector By Sorrel Hoskin
People like to tell Arthur Fryer stories. Instead of a... Read More |
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| Fun Ho! Toys Go On Forever ... By Virginia Winder
The children on the footpath watch in horror as thei... Read More |
| | Toys evoke memories of Kiwiana past |
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| Ian Stevenson - Museum Keeper By Rhonda Bartle
You know when you first meet him he's... Read More |
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| Living History - Livingston Baker By Rhonda Bartle
A unique man
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| Midge Marsden Tunes In By Virginia Winder
When Midge Marsden first began learning music he use... Read More |
| | Howling On The Harmonica | Breakaway Days Of Midge |
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| The Splendid Ngaere Gardens By Rhonda Bartle
On the beautiful Ngāere Lake: Mabel Walker and chi... Read More |
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| Book, Book, Book - the fabulous, famous Opera House 24hr Booksale By Rhonda Bartle
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In the early 1980s, the Regent Theatr... Read More |
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| Preserving the Past for the Future By Rhonda Bartle
A renewed sense of history
In 1977, when the Stratfor... Read More |
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| Dance Band Man - Errol Taylor By Rhonda Bartle
A man who knows his stuff
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Not everyone has a pyramid in their back yard – but Fr... Read More |
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| From treasure to tragedy - the sad tale of Blanche Halcombe By Sorrel Hoskin
On 12 February 1961 fire fighters broke into a New Ply... Read More |
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| Flickering dreams - Garnet Saunders and the New Plymouth theatre industry by Sorrel Hoskin
A black and white movie flickers silently on a large s... Read More |
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| Eltham Town Hall Has Good Friends By Virginia Winder
A restful silence. A whiff of grease paint; a waft o... Read More |
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| Eltham toymaker 'a genius' By Virginia Winder
Inventive toymaker Gunnar Berger came to Eltham on a... Read More |
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| A Grand Day Out at Pembroke School By Rhonda Bartle
It's a great day, a proud day, a sunny day not to be m... Read More |
| | Talking of Pembroke - the Bayly Bunch | Old Rules for Teachers |
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| Came A Hot Friday In Eltham By Virginia Winder
Getting extras for a race-meeting scene in Came A Hot F... Read More |
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| Ian Whittaker and a museum at Mokau By Sorrel Hoskin
Ian Whittaker's mind soaks up history like a sponge ab... Read More |
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| White Hart has a colourful past By Belinda Feek
Concrete piles poke through the floor, walls peel away ... Read More |
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| Dame Malvina Major - From Gumboots to Glory By Virginia Winder
The career of Taranaki's opera diva began with a gat... Read More |
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| Remembering The Best Years By Virginia Winder
The Waitara freezing works played a pivotal role in ... Read More |
| | Songs From Sampson And The 'Toys' |
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| Grinding on the Walkway By Rhonda Bartle
Hot wheels
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| Inglewood's Greatest Show On Earth By Virginia Winder
Step right up, roll right up, and head to The Greate... Read More |
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| Mune Taps Into Taranaki's Past By Virginia Winder
Kiwi film all-rounder Ian Mune has written the first... Read More |
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| Whangamomona Republic Day 2005 By Rhonda Bartle
On Whangamomona Republic Day, January 2005, the dawn y... Read More |
| | To be a president |
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| Whitebaiting wonderland By Sorrel Hoskin
Drive north on State Highway 3 to the seaside village ... Read More |
| | So what are whitebait? | Frittering it away |
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| The Pub is The Hub By Rhonda Bartle
Heart of the community: the Whangamomona Pub
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| The little loo block flushed with success By Sorrel Hoskin
New Plymouth Women's Rest Rooms - a little bit of to... Read More |
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| The Garden Guerrillas of Goodson Dell By Rhonda Bartle
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| Savage Days Savage for 45 years
Keith Jackson has been a member of Savagery for 45 yea... Read More |
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| One man's dream - the Bowl of Brooklands
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A glimpse at the main stage through the tr... Read More |
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| Pukekura Park - A Place That Steals Hearts
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New Plymouth has a park for a heart.
One that h... Read More |
| | Jack Goodwin Revives Pukekura Park | Park Plays Many Leading Roles | Pukekura Park Timeline | Fuller Tells Tales of a Nightlife and a Knife |
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