Northland ex-serviceman recalls East Timor, Solomons peacekeeping stints
25 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Whangārei s Manu Tuhoro served in East Timor and the Solomon Islands before quitting the New Zealand Army.
Photo / Tania Whyte
Whangārei s Manu Tuhoro served in East Timor and the Solomon Islands before quitting the New Zealand Army.
Photo / Tania Whyte
Imran Ali is a reporter for the Northern Advocateimran.ali@nzme.co.nznorthernadvocat
Manu Tuhoro had never heard of East Timor until he was selected to be among the first batch of Kiwi soldiers to provide peacekeeping on the island country more than two decades ago.
Northland news in brief: Sandcastle comp on again; and stolen sick puppy returned
13 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Jaime Smith and Tracy Meredith of Kerikeri build a space rocket for a previous Paihia sandcastle competition. Photo / file
Northern Advocate
Two popular summer events the beach dig and the sandcastle competition will return to Paihia later this month. The beach dig, in which kids search the sand for prizes, will be held from 10am on Saturday, January 23, opposite Paihia s Stone Church, while the sandcastle competition will be held along the length of the beach from noon the following Saturday. Judging will start at 2pm with prizegiving at 2.30pm. Bay of Islands Rotary is organising the beach dig and putting on a sausage sizzle while the Sandpit Bar is sponsoring the sandcastle challenge. The free events were part of the long-running Paihia Summer Festival which came to an end in 2018 after funding fizzled out.