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The Learning Editor

April 30, 2012/by Theresa Sjoquist

Example lighter boating column for Whangarei Leader

When I arrived in Whangarei in August 1992 on a dismasted yacht, I decided that having suffered many mishaps on the boat, each one more severe than the last, that after a dismasting the next event would likely not be survivable, and I left the boat. I took a job near the Town Basin in […]

The Quarry – Famous New Zealand Arts Resource Centre

November 8, 2011/by Theresa Sjoquist

The Quarry Arts Centre based in Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand, was founded by Yvonne Rust, and is famous for its Summer Do. Whangarei’s Arts Resource Centre since 1980 The Quarry Arts Centre in Whangarei was begun against all odds, during the economic recession of 1980, by Yvonne Rust, QSM. At the time, New Zealand was […]