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Quick pogacsa
500 grams flour (all purpose) 10 grams (1 teaspoon) baking powder 250 grams margarine 450 grams sour cream 400 grams grated cheese 1 teaspoon salt (consider the saltiness of the cheese) CRUMBLE dry...
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Businesses share a biscuit
EASTERN Bay businesses are being asked to enjoy a guide biscuit with their cuppa and help empower Kiwi girls. This week saw the start of a new fundraising drive by GirlGuiding New Zealand, New...
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New home for Bodo family
OLD AND NEW: Anita, Benedek “Benne” and Bence Bodo are enjoying their new life in Opotiki. Insert, a few of the beer bottle caps which decorate the Bodo home. THE Bodo family ooze warmth and...
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Amazon adventure
Above: Left, Vicki Hunter photographs an iguana on the Galapagos Islands; centre, Vicki and Doug at Machu Picchu; right, llama and alpaca herders in Peru live in small, stone buildings. A lone condor...
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Brass band trumpets A-grade success
SUCCESS: Above, Eastern Bay of Plenty Brass, now proudly one of the country’s 10 A grade bands, photographed outside the Napier Municipal Theatre. Photos supplied IT has taken 102 years but Eastern Bay...
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Taking that big step to school
MAKING FRIENDS: Leo Patterson, right, plays with his Playcentre buddy, Ryan Mitchell, with trucks in the sandpit. EASTERN Bay Playcentre Association parents and caregivers explore the trials and...
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Ukulele festival
IN FINE VOICE: Opotiki Ukulele Orchestra practise for the first Opotiki Ukulele Festival, to be held in January. Photos supplied. A VISIT to Opotiki by former resident Kiri Hata, resulted in the...
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Fundraising for a cuddle cot
CUDDLE COT: Whakatane Hospital’s maternity ward is fundraising for a cuddle cot so when a baby dies its parents can have it at home for longer before burial.Photo supplied EASTERN Bay Z Energy service...
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Magpie causes motorbike crash
HUNTING GROUND: Looking peaceful in this week’s spring weather, this intersection, between State Highway 2 and Waimana Valley Road, is reported to be the hunting ground of a crazed magpie. Photo Sven...
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Trailer piggy back gains required height
Photo Louis Klaassen D4454-24 CHURCHILL Street residents were entertained last week by the sight of two relocatable houses arriving at a property on their street. The homes, trucked overnight from...
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Never-ending fun at Light Party
SHOW: Ronald McDonald pleases the crowd with his entertaining show. D4472-063 QUEUES to fun activities were never-ending at Monday night’s Light Party. Light Party committee member Lori Fretwell said...
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Cup fever in Whakatane
Photos Louis Klaassen D4477-04, -07 BEING 2800 kilometres from Melbourne did not stop a group of Whakatane women dressing in their favourite frocks and fascinators to celebrate the Melbourne Cup at Top...
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Celebrity works the crowd for charity
BIZARRE: Deborah Eves and Judith Read model two “bizarre bras”, created by Maggie McKenzie from Hospice Shop treasures. Photo Paula Massey D4466-262 LAST weekend’s Annual Charity Fashion Parade and...
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State highway project revised
ROAD BARRIERS: Wire ropes will be hung on these barrier posts as part of the revised $2.5 milion safety improvement plan for State Highway 30, between Awakeri and the Kawerau turn-off.D4396-12 AFTER...
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NEW Zealand Customs has deployed 14 new FirstDefenders – mobile devices that enhance border protection. Customs minister Nicky Wagner said the device used a laser to analyse substances, often without...
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Tuhoe marae wins another design award
BOTH WORLDS: The new contemporary wharemate at Tanatana Marae in Waimana sits alongside the traditional meeting house. Photo supplied THE architect behind the contemporary-styled wharemate at Tanatana...
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Stabbed man listed as ‘serious’
Photo Sven Carlsson OB1787-01 A MAN is in a serious condition in Whakatane Hospital after being stabbed in Opotiki last night. Opotiki police are investigating the domestic incident, understood to have...
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Surfers in form for final event
Photo Matthew Beames EASTERN Bay surfers competed in the final event of the New Zealand Pro Series at Hawke’s Bay on Sunday. Pictured is Ohope’s Jared Gebert in action. He finished second in the...
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Spotlight home – Opportunity knocks so close to town
TWO-TONED BRICK: This solid brick house in a handy location is a great find. Photos Louis Klaassen D4476-03 series A SOLID brick and tile home on an 840 square metre section this close to town doesn’t...
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Lifesaving equipment stolen from Kawerau emergency service
BURGLARY: Kawerau’s Emergency Medical Care station manager Rebecca Couchman with a crash bag similar to one stolen in a burglary during the early hours of this morning and the damaged storeroom door....
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