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February 14, 2025
Belmont Primary principal signs off... p6-7
Revamped TGS swimming pool nearly ready... p14
Interview: Paddy StaffordBush moves on... p22-23
Dog and owner beat quick retreat from deadly reptile A close encounter with a highly poisonous sea snake left the Devonport owners of terrier-cross Archie fearing the worst. When Archie got home after coming across the blue-lipped sea krait on the rocky shore at the foot of Maungauika during his
regular walk from Torpedo Bay, owners Derek Parker and Susan McSweeney thought an emergency trip to the vet was needed. “He had a nick below his eye and was very out of sorts,” Susan said. However, a call from a Department of
Conservation (DoC) reptile expert ruled out a bite in stark terms. “She said if Archie had been bitten he would be dead by now,” Derek said. Archie and Derek encountered the snake, To page 2
Ladies (and others) in Red run up maunga
Dress code... Local members of the Hash House Harriers network of running groups hosted visitors from other parts of New Zealand and further afield for a ‘Red Dress Run’ which took them up Takarunga last Wednesday. Story, more photos, page 32.
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