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with his friend, Tawhiti Museum owner Nigel Ogle, how best to use it. "Without him deciding to do that, this project would never have happened," Mr Ogle said. "You won't get any closer to Ron now." Mr
Surgenor said he had several offers for the attic over the years but refused them all in favour of somewhere local. "Where it's gone is a good place for it." The Tawhiti display took 11 months of building and restoring at a cost of $ 60,000. Mr Ogle said the purpose-built facility is intended to help people get to know South Taranaki's quirkiest famous author.
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outlet. A protest group from within HÄwera who called themselves The
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