"The Te Ngae road in Rotorua has been the subject of major roadworks for more than nine months. It is chaotic, full of road signs, diversions, dust and traffic snarl ups. However, in the midst
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Phil writes: "Last Thursday, Point Chevalier Rd. Just to be clear: that's a huge pile of crap, with a fridge on top of it and a sofa on top of the fridge, and more crap on top of the sofa. He stopped in the median strip with hazards on, to do some shopping at the dairy. Just one single tie-down."
Back in the day
An amusing incident (says the New Zealand Times) occurred in connection with Mr Buchanan's banquet at Carterton last Saturday, when a conscientious doorkeeper refused admittance to Mr Scobie Mackenzie, M.H.R., who arrived on the scene unarmed with a ticket of admission. Mr Mackenzie is alleged to have said — "Don't you know who I am? I am Mr Scobie Mackenzie, and I have come to speak at this banquet." The doorkeeper's reply was shortly as follows — "Well, I don't know you from a bar of soap, and you don't get in without a ticket." Somebody came to the rescue just then, and the senior member for Dunedin city was passed in. (The Press, December 8, 1897 Via Second Glance History https://secondglancehistory.com)
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