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Category: Karapiro Hydro
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KWTJubilee – putting up the marquee. It was going to be a masterpiece but then it began to rain – cold rain – so just a snippet.
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Kevin Dean and David Soar from Harcourts, Caroline Webbons KWT Jubilee committee member, Spencer Hickford from Farmlands and Benjamin Hemi Event Coordinator with Waipa District Council. Our sponsors also include Rotary Club of Cambridge and J. Swap Contractors Ltd.
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As I work on the KWTJubilee some related gems have been turning up – this selection of photos from the Karapiro Hydro Dam construction in the 1940s from a local family album. Roll over each image and read the captions from the back of each snap (52mm (approx.) square contact prints – a Box Brownie…
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This is a digitized version of CENTENARY 100 Years of Education in the Taotaoroa Whitehall Karapiro Districts. 1885 — 1985 researched and complied by Phyllis Jeans, typed by Lesley Sewell and published in October 1985.
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During June and July we will hold working bees (at Karapiro School) to bring together stories and photos – especially, though not exclusively, about the last 25 years. Using the 1985 Centennial book as the basis we intend producing a Second Edition with updated material. We have yet to decide what form this will take…
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The registration form is here. For more information visit our website.
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The under 14 girls age group start their swim at 9.03am this morning – at Lake Karapiro, Waikato, New Zealand, today, Thursday the 25th of March 2010. Teams races begin at 1pm.
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Just after 11 o’clock on Saturday the 5th of October 1985 this table cloth was used for the centennial cake cutting celebrating 100 years of education in Whitehall, Karapiro and Taotaoroa districts. In September 2010 the same cloth – with updated embroidery – will serve a similar purpose at the Karapiro, Whitehall, Taotaoroa and Karapiro…
Michael Jeans 