Bargain Hunters at the Bookarama

Rotary Bookarama

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November 18th 2007
The highlight of the Reefton Rotary calendar is Bookarama and Market Day. This year it fell on November 17 and it was a great success. Far more than a mere used book sale, Bookarama is a day full of activities. There were various "sporting" activites: wine barrel rolling, tug of war, and the horizontal bungy. The ambulance service had a static display and worked with the local volunteer fire dept ... read more

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more