January 2019
(Issue #214)

Your Personal Money Shoppers

Counties Home Loans and Insurance Take the Mystery out of Money

p. 2People in Business

with Counties Home Loans & Insurance

Renovation and Extensions are our Business!

p. 6People in Business

with Smith & Sons Renovations & Extensions Franklin

Guthrie Bowron

Now Open in Pukekohe

p. 8People in Business

with Guthrie Bowron Pukekohe

Keeping the Government on Their Toes

An Interview with Judith Collins

p. 10Current Affairs

Drury’s Demolition Darlings

Jacob Demolition, where Everything Old is New Again

p. 14People in Business

with Jacob Demolition

Hauraki Gulf

Island Hopping, New Zealand Style (Part III)

p. 17Travel

by Lucy Mullinger

Cold Cases, Four Decades On

Unsolved Mysteries of New Zealand (Part III)

p. 21Mysteries

by Lucy Mullinger

Roxy – If Only Dogs Could Talk…

p. 24Pet of the Month

Sponsored by Counties Customs & Cargo

The Banks Are Ripping Us Off! (Part I)

p. 26Opinion

by Don Brash

Rebel Roundup is Back!

Saturday 16 Feb 2019 at Pukekohe Park Raceway

p. 28Motoring

by Greg Stokes

‘Down the Bay’ by Philip Simpson

p. 30Books

Affordable Family Living

Navigation Homes' New Showhome Sets the Standard for New Family Homes

p. 32People in Business

with Navigation Homes

Letters to the Editor

January 2019

p. 34Letters to the Editor

The Real Treasure! Ghost Ship Reveals

Top Secret: U-Boat 196 (Part III)

p. 36Mysteries

by David Child-Dennis

1080: Protecting The Environment? (Part III)

p. 40Environment

by Shelley Hedges

Our National Shame

Child Health

p. 45Health

by Lucy Mullinger

‘The Way We Were: Port Waikato’ by Glennis Paton

A 'little project' takes on a life of its own

p. 48Books

by Rebecca Glover

Helping to Shape the Future of Franklin

Andrea Fulljames: Franklin Local Board Chair

p. 50Profiles

by Kerry Monaghan

Anti-Money Laundering and Other Inconvenient Facts

p. 53Columns

by James Heard, Barfoot & Thompson

Orion Street is a rising star

p. 53Columns

with Papakura Local Board

Happy New Year from Papakura Business Association

p. 54Columns

by Tracy Shackleton, Papakura Business Association

Community Focus For Local Law Firm

p. 57People in Business

with Conveyancing Shop