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The Kerepēhi Brass Band. Photo: TERESA MAXWELL

Boogie back in time at Karangahake dance

Post author:Davidda Hikatangata
Post published:December 16, 2025
Post category:News

An evening of music and Christmas carols in the Karangahake Gorge might begin with the Kerepēhi Brass Band at 6:30pm on December 21, but it doesn’t end there.That’s because the…

Author Russell Skeet, left, talks with John Read, fifth generation and director of Read Bros, about his book Beyond Gold. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Historian digs into Thames’ boom and bust era

Post author:Kelley Tantau
Post published:December 16, 2025
Post category:News

A job offer in 2010 set in motion a decade-long journey of research into the life of pioneering timber merchant and ironmonger John Read, a story now chronicled in a…

VALLEY PROFILE Digital Edition 16 December 2025

Post author:Davidda Hikatangata
Post published:December 16, 2025
Post category:News

Digital Edition December 16, 2025

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