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The grumpy merino
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The Grumpy Merino

Words — Nick Ainge Roy

In many ways, the Reeds are typical high-country farmers on a typical high-country farm. On their land, which ranges from irrigated flats and rolling hills to rugged mountain faces, they run an old-school combination of sheep and beef: hardy merinos and sturdy, black-coated Angus cattle.
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Okay, Then

Though there’s technically absolutely nothing wrong with writing ‘okay’ as ‘OK’ it’s an abbreviation that grinds many a folk’s grammatical gears – including this writer’s (though not as much as BBQ).
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A School With Heart

Baradene College of the Sacred Heart, located on Victoria Avenue in historic Remuera, has a century-old tradition of high-quality education for young women in a supportive, faith-based environment.
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Handmade Smiles

Hunched over his well-lit workbench dotted with fiddly-looking brushes and hand tools, horseshoe-shaped stone moulds, pastes, and a microscope, Shinichiro Tsuji could easily be mistaken for a Wētā Workshop sculptor. But Shin’s steady hands aren’t whittling intricate Middle-earth special effects; they’re making teeth instead.
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