Diana Wichtel on life at the mercy of a mutating virus
5 Mar, 2021 05:00 PM
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Once I was considered mad by my family for insisting on sanitising my hands and everything else in my immediate vicinity when out in public. Now the people who refuse to sanitise because of socialism or something tend to be the mad ones. Photo / Andrew Warner
Once I was considered mad by my family for insisting on sanitising my hands and everything else in my immediate vicinity when out in public. Now the people who refuse to sanitise because of socialism or something tend to be the mad ones. Photo / Andrew Warner
Happy birthday Norm! Taupō veteran turns 100 today
3 Mar, 2021 08:34 PM
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Returned serviceman and former art teacher Norm Fraser, who turns 100 on March 4, 2021, pictured at St John s Wood in Taupō with some of his artworks. Photo / Laurilee McMichael
Returned serviceman and former art teacher Norm Fraser, who turns 100 on March 4, 2021, pictured at St John s Wood in Taupō with some of his artworks. Photo / Laurilee McMichael
Laurilee McMichael is editor of the Taupo & Turangi Weekenderlaurilee.mcmichael@nzme.co.nzTaupoWeekender
He s never drunk and he s never smoked. He s always kept mind and body active. He survived three years service in World War II and untold classrooms of rowdy students. And today, Norm Fraser is 100.
The meatworks mentor: Veteran boner retiring after 50 years at Whakatu
4 Mar, 2021 02:11 AM
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Kawe Ropiha says his last days of his 50 years at the meatworks have been the same as any others. Photo / Paul Taylor
Kawe Ropiha says his last days of his 50 years at the meatworks have been the same as any others. Photo / Paul Taylor
Veteran meatworkers mentor Kawe Ropiha might be heading into retirement after 50 years, but the advice he s got for those replacing him is still razor sharp. The 70-year-old will have his last day on the seam line at Silver Fern Farms Pacific processing plant in Whakatu on Friday, where he has worked since the plant was built in 1973.