In the late 1960s teenager Ross Fleet was finishing his high school years in New Plymouth and looking at life ahead. He gave farming a go, then joined the.
50 years a fireman - still the best career
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Nicholas Jones is an investigative reporter at the New Zealand Herald nicholas.jones@nzherald.co.nz@nickjonesnzer
Mike Ringo Harwood has worked 50 years in the busiest fire station in the country, battling more than 1000 fires and hauling equipment up and down countless high-rises. Seventy-two this month, he retains the fitness that made him Mr November in the 1991 firefighters charity calendar, and he cuts off a retirement question before it s finished. Nup, I ve never thought about it. It will come down to when I know that I can t do the job. I ve seen some people struggling, and I ve thought, Jeez, if I ever get like that I m out of here .