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Te Puke Christmas Float Parade a real hit
9 Dec, 2020 07:00 PM
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Stuart Whitaker is editor of the Te Puke Timesstuart.whitaker@nzme.co.nz
If Te Puke needed a feel-good event as the year comes to an end, the town got it with this year s Seeka Christmas Float Parade on Saturday.
The parade was organised by EPIC Te Puke and marketing manager Rebecca Larsen says all the signs were there early that it was going to be a good event. I think before it even kicked off, the atmosphere behind the scenes was really cheerful, she says. Everyone was in good spirits. I just noticed it as I was walking around. The kids were practising their singing and people were just smiling and walking around happy so you could tell it was going to be a positive and good event and it was, with no hiccups.
Jenny Utting wins Te Puke Citizen of the Year award
7 Dec, 2020 01:32 AM
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Jenny Utting has received the Lorna Treloar Memorial Te Puke Citizen of the Year award for 2020.
Jenny Utting has received the Lorna Treloar Memorial Te Puke Citizen of the Year award for 2020.
Bay of Plenty Times
Jenny Utting says, modestly, that everything she has done for the community, she has done because she loves Te Puke.
Jenny last week received the 2020 Lorna Treloar Memorial Te Puke Citizen of the Year award from Wendy Ellis of Creative Te Puke Forum. It s a bit of a thrill, and a big surprise, she says.