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Hood loves his eye-catching, two-door, left-hand-drive 1958 Ford Custom – the
body is all beautiful two-tone paintwork and gleaming chrome -it looks very
much as a 1950’s cruiser should, but you can instantly tell by the look and the
sound of this...
Words: Judy McAuliffe
Images: supplied
It popped up on my Facebook feed and I was intrigued by the name. Several messages and a few days later, I find myself on the road. I turn off a short stetch of gravel road...
Did you know that there are more than 12 different businesses located in Somerset House? We didn't, and we're pretty sure you'll be as surprised as we were to discover who they all are.
Somerset House, on the...
words: Leanne Gichard
images: Supplied
To say that Jan Cochrane is passionate about sport in Mid Canterbury would be an understatement. Her enthusiasm is contagious, and her passion is evident when you mention sport. Jan is no passive observer. Having been...
2021 was a year of massive change for 42-year-old Erin Keefe. It was the year she decided to reclaim her sense of self, to love herself, so she could be a better mother and partner. This bubbly mum-of-two tells...
Husband, father, grandfather, Chris Coughlan is a character. At 55, he’s a man who loves his family, loves a good yarn, loves his mates (no hugging involved) and loves his food and drink – maybe a little too much....
Escape the mundane and the boring to wind down and discover Methven’s latest wellness destination.
If you think you’ve got a pretty good vision of what a world-class thermal pools facility looks like, multiply that several times over, because our...
Every month we recognise an Unsung Hero
Send your entries to: office@spiritmagazine.co.nz
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This month’s Unsung Hero – Joc O’Connor
For the last 25 years Joc has been contributing to different sports, coaching rugby, soccer and cricket.
He prepared, marked and rolled the...
Photographer: Chris from Focus CS Photography
Even though they’d met a year earlier when Dillon was the new kid in year 11 at Geraldine High School, it wasn't until after they had left school that Olivia and Dillon sparked up...
BRAIDED RIVERS COMMUNITY TRUST
Into the future
Over the past couple of years, some big decisions have been made and undertaken by the (previously) Ashburton Licensing Trust (ALT), the most obvious change being a change to the BRAIDED RIVERS COMMUNITY TRUST...
words: Leanne Gichard
images: Leanne Gichard & supplied
Mahu Maireriki doesn’t just talk the talk, he walks it. Having been, in his own words, “A ward of the state in Australia at age 11”, he knows all too well how hard...
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