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Fairytale landscape to explore
Despite dire forecasts of rain an optimistic crowd of walkers set off for the Ohaaki Wetlands.

Reporoa’s new Anzac tribute
Anzac Day commemorations in Reporoa will be particularly poignant this year with the public unveiling of a memorial wall of photographs and the release of a book.

100 years of Reporoa Rugby Club
It’s been so long since the Reporoa Rugby Club started there is speculation over exactly where the first field used to be.
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