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Poland-born Ania Biazik used libraries to learn English when she moved here in late-2004. Photo: KELLEY TANTAU

Kiwi journey began at library for new manager

Post author:Geoff Sanders
Post published:May 25, 2021
Post category:May 2021

To learn English, Ania Biazik turned to the one place she knew best: the library.She was working as a volunteer in Auckland and had to skimp on lunches to be…

Josh Dennis, left, Lilly-Anne Sands-Gage, Jacob Kidd, and Liam Corbett with the burnt grass left behind. Photo: KELLEY TANTAU Inset: Moanataiari School’s security camera caught the moment an unknown flying object crash-landed on the school field. Photo: SUPPLIED

Fiery object hits school

Post author:Geoff Sanders
Post published:May 24, 2021
Post category:May 2021

At 9:19pm on a Friday night, something mysterious happened at Moanataiari School.Footage captured on surveillance cameras showed an object falling from the sky, ablaze.It crash-landed on the school’s field and…

The Twentymans team, rear: Rochelle Scott, left, Phillipa Godwin, Nick Collingwood; front: Amba Catran, left, Adrian Catran and Julie Catran. Absent: Max Hetherington, Kate Jones and Brodie Campbell. Photo: KELLEY TANTAU

‘Funerals are for the living’ at Twentymans

Post author:Geoff Sanders
Post published:May 17, 2021
Post category:May 2021

ADVERTORIAL Adrian Catran cannot recall a type of death he hasn’t seen.Working at Twentymans, a funeral home in Thames for more than three decades, has equated to around 10,000 deceased…

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