Family tree . . . Holding grandson Isaac Ani (8 months), Ani Noh (left) says he is very happy with his life in Oamaru. With him are (from left) his wife Ramlah Jusoh, daughter-in-law Hani Mohd, son PJ Ani, and grandson Eidyn (2) Ani. PHOTO: RUBY HEYWARD
In 1985, a bright-eyed Ani Noh travelled from his home in Malaysia to take up seasonal work at the Alliance Group Pukeuri meat works.
He was one of the plant’s first halal slaughtermen and one of the first people of the Islamic faith to live in Oamaru.
During the processing season, Mr Noh spent time hunting and fishing and became very close friends with Elton Wilson, who worked in the boiler room at the works, and Eric Smith, a painter.
Buried in books . . . Oamaru Rotary Club volunteers (from left) Sven Thelning, Ele Ludemann (Bookarama chairwoman), Helen Webster and Pauline Cartwright set up for this year s Bookarama in the former Noel Leeming building in Thames St. PHOTO: ASHLEY SMYTH
Books are already rolling in for this year’s Rotary Club of Oamaru Bookarama, and the quality is high, Ele Ludemann says.
The Bookarama chairwoman said they always worried they would not get enough donations.
“But we’re collecting faster than we’re sorting at the moment, which is a good problem to have,” Mrs Ludemann said.
The must-do event on every local book-lover’s’s calendar starts on Tuesday, May 25, at 10am and runs until Sunday, May 30, at 1pm.
Logan Savory17:25, May 03 2021
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A by-election is being held to find a replacement for Mike Mika who resigned from the Invercargill Licensing Trust board. [File photo].
Voting papers for Invercargill Licensing Trust’s by-election are set to be sent out this week. Logan Savory caught up with the five candidates in the running for the vacant seat.
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Louise Evans Louise Evans wants to provide a younger voice around the Invercargill Licensing Trust board table. Evans left Invercargill as a 17-year-old and lived in various parts of the globe before falling in love with her home city when she returned for a visit.