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60 years started in orchard

60 years started in orchard

Ken and Marge Hinton spent their working life orcharding, so it was perhaps fitting that they met in an orchard.

'So I danced with Molly instead'

'So I danced with Molly instead'

Sometimes life throws you an unexpected curve ball.

Great expectations for 150th celebrations

More than 10,000 people are expected to attend two-day gala events to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Brighton district, near Dunedin, later this month.

Couple's young love lasted

Couple's young love lasted

Lindsay and Joyce McCall, who met as teenagers at a Saturday night dance, yesterday celebrated 60 years of marriage.

Queen's card a highlight

Queen's card a highlight

It is not every day that cards from Queen Elizabeth, Prime Minister John Key and Governor-General Sir Anand Satyanand turn up in your letterbox.

Tonsils at heart of 60-year marriage

Tonsils at heart of 60-year marriage

A bout of tonsilitis brought North Otago couple Ron and Ruth McNally together - and they are still together after 60 years.

Field improvements to be unveiled at 25th opening

Field improvements to be unveiled at 25th opening

The bubbles will be ready at the opening of the lifts for the 25th season at the Remarkables Skifield near Queenstown on Saturday.

Organisation celebrating St John's 125th birthday

St John Waitaki will celebrate St John's 125th anniversary with a function in Kurow next month.

Celebrating 65 peaceful years

Celebrating 65 peaceful years

"One war's finished and another has started."

Tram pursuit ended in love

Tram pursuit ended in love

It may not have been love at first sight, but when 18-year-old Cecil Turner spotted 15-year-old Dawn Fullerton he thought she was "a bit of all right".

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