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Reay Neben - January 15, 2017

Last month I told readers we had decided to sell our house but felt really torn about leaving the property we had lived in...

Brian Neben - January 1, 2017

After living at our present property for 21 years, Reay and I decided we needed to downsize and move into something with less land...

Reay Neben - December 15, 2016

What a difference four weeks makes. In our case, we made a major decision this month that it was time to sell our home. Just...

Brian Neben - December 1, 2016

By the time you read this I will have attended the Tuakau Settlers annual luncheon held in the Tuakau War Memorial Hall. I have been...

Brian Neben - November 1, 2016

At the time of writing my column I’m sitting here waiting for some fine, windless weather. We know spring is here but I’m waiting...

Ditch Keeling - November 1, 2016

The very wet start to spring this year has even outdone that of last year and many blocks have been too wet to work...

Reay Neben - October 15, 2016

What a month this has been with so much going on but the rain was certainly the most dominant player. Our property is saturated and...

Brian Neben - October 1, 2016

Firstly, I must say a big thank you to all those who contacted me concerning the loss of my foal. I was overwhelmed by...

Reay Neben - September 15, 2016

Spring is here and a huge hurray for that. I really don’t enjoy the winter with short days and wet weather making it difficult...

Reay Neben - August 4, 2016

Hasn’t the past few weeks delivered a lot of rain and its fair share of woes? A couple of weeks ago I was heading out...

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