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What’s in a name?

Jeff takes Helga Hagatha van Hoggett for walks with the goats, one of which is named Wilda V Cuddlington.

To my eternal shame, I once played a prank on a pig. I was at the family farm of my friend Lexi in Kaikohe.

We had gone to stay with her mother, whom we called Mum Toki, for Christmas. We cooked the Christmas lunch,

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