The April edition of an international fashion magazine embraces where we're at by offering 40 tips on fabulous frugality. Residents of the Hokianga having been in the groove for some time - proving that necessity is always the mother of invention. the microwave as letterbox is a rural kiwi icon but its the added touch of the washing machine as outdoor cubbyholewhich gives this Pawarenga inbox its panache.
Somewhere over the rainbow there is a magic jungle - all the animals are friends, flower lovers and they never dream of eating each other - who would they play with? the skies are always blue and the water tastes sweet. Wear a pair of Outpost magic gumboots and they will take you right there.
In all the time I have been in Rawene I have never seen Mrs McGrath wearing the same outfit twice. There is only one other woman I have known to also have achieved such a feat and she can be spotted on the front rows of the recent Paris shows. Whereas, here in Rawene, Mrs McGrath confessed she has three wardrobes and couldn't downsize if she waspaid to. This felt hat was bought in 1989 in Amsterdam.