When Prime Minister Rob Muldoon was ‘thinking big’ in the 1970’s, his brobdingnagian ruminations included the construction of the Clyde Dam and the consequent creation of Lake Dunstan. The construction … Read More
You’d be forgiven for never having driven past Rotorua’s Arawa Bowling Club. It’s anonymously located within the irregular trapezoid of land between ‘motel alley’ (Fenton Street) and State Highway 5 … Read More
With some notable past winners no longer eligible for play and several ruled out by COVID travel restrictions, the Burnside U26 Singles remained anyone’s for the taking as 32 of … Read More
Next time you visit New Zealand’s northernmost drivable point, Cape Reinga, you’ll pass through the settlement of Houhora, about 60 kilometres from the cape. And past the Houhora Bowling Club … Read More
It’s hard to imagine anyone having a tougher start to life than Peter Horne. He was born in 1953 with Amniotic Band Syndrome. No need to google it … he … Read More
Left to right : Diane Zidich, Graeme Cross, Sue Lever and Warren McCarthy If you’d been wandering around that future site of Napier’s Bay View Bowling Club a hundred years … Read More
Left to right : Koro Dowie, William Cotter, Benny Dixon Listen to the mainstream media, and you would believe that with the closure of ‘the mill’, Kawerau was about to … Read More
Opotiki is a town on the up. Powered by $89 million from Shane Jones’ Provincial Growth Fund, the town is redeveloping the Opotiki Harbour at the mouth of the Waioeka … Read More
On the eve of Auckland entering Level Three, so too do we get another ‘Unbiased with Miles Davis’ If you enjoy this podcast, remember that you can listen to it … Read More
Note: Joan Brown passed away on the 20th of June 2021, and Athol Brown on the 9th of September 2021. RIPJoan and Athol Brown When it comes to being fans … Read More