Author: Alice Parminter

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Staff, students and volunteers clamber aboard Thomas the Tank Engine as Moanataiari School welcomes its trusty engine back to the playground. Photo: ALICE PARMINTER

Back on track

A beloved and well-missed figure has been formally welcomed back to Moanataiari School after years of deterioration. May 7 saw the children of Moanataiari School come together for a ceremony…

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Gordon Clark has spent a lifetime creating lifelike taxidermied animals of all kinds. Photo: ALICE PARMINTER

The man behind the moa

Former taxidermist Gordon Clark has a photo album stuffed to the brim with images of his life’s work.The 92-year-old now resides at Bupa Tararu Rest Home, but for more than…

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