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Give me Shelter – Raising a Roof for a Fiji school
In November 2019 I spent a week in Fiji for a social rugby tournament, where a group of us…
Straight off the Tussock – Farming at Okuku Pass
Jack’s mother Winifred knew the Latin name for every plant in the garden but Bill Blain did most of the…
Straight off the Tussock – Chapter 3
A continuation of a family story, as first told in 2005 – Straight off the Tussock James Fulton, Jack’s grandfather,…
One Big Paddock
Canterbury – and NZ too – ‘just one big paddock’ – Federated Farmers South Canterbury President Jason Grant. What great…
Harold Stone of Ohoka – a life of giving
Memories of Ohoka Rugby Club life member, the late Harold Stone An interview in 2008 Harold Stone grew up…
Pro sport blinkers coronavirus perception
It says something about media coverage of amateur sport that all we hear in the wake of coronavirus is talk…
Straight off the Tussock Chapter 2
HARD LESSONS The Okuku Range is a cluster of hills 900m-1100m high, rising from the northern limit of the Canterbury…