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Mousse in the hoose!

Chocolate mousse with caramelised milk, chocolate soil and mandarin There’s a mousse in the kitchen that we all want to eat... we’re going to eat...

House on the hill far from madding crowd

After growing up in a city with a population the size of the whole of New Zealand, you might think a move to rural...

Jim Coe – Glenbrook’s man of steel

It’s been said that one dare not ‘hassle the Hoff’; but one look at the six foot six and around 110 keg frame of...

Locals on the lamb

If children are going growing up in the country, it’s important they grow up knowing how to take care of little lambs, calves, chooks and...

Magic Mick – tricks are his trade

Magic moments can last a lifetime but they can also be responsible for making a living, as JON RAWLINSON discovered when meeting local magician,...

Mother Nature knows best

Some of the most important lessons our children learn aren't always taught in a classroom and, at least one Pukekohe kindergarten is proving that...

Local flyer’s life in the ‘Skylane’

The quickest birds should win any race but, although Dee Bond’s crate (a Cessna Skylane 182R) wasn’t necessarily the fastest through the air recently,...

Counting her chickens before they hatch

Anyone thinking of keeping a few chooks to sell eggs at the gate is unlikely to feather their nest but the pleasure of caring...

Winners August 2017

Winners August 2017 Hunting NZ: R Klatt, Karaka Designer Brands Twin Pack: D Berry, Hunua Go Healthy - Winter Warriors pack: S Wild, Patumahoe Farrah's Mexican prize pack: P...

Of oil and water – the world according to Thomson

If you see Fay at this year’s Franklin Arts Festival, you’ll be one of many to do so, because this local artist appears to pour...