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Weekly tales from The Outpost.

Citrus meringue pie

Citrus meringue pie

A light and deceptively simple dessert that can be made in a range of flavour combinations depending on what’s available and what sounds yum!

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Serendipity

Serendipity

I know we all joke we’re two-degrees of separation from anyone else in New Zealand. But Richard and I have closer links to the land we live on than we could have imagined.

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The spinster Smiths

The spinster Smiths

Lately I’ve been working on my family history. This week I found my long-lost spinster aunts buried in Karori.

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Fencing folly

Fencing folly

Simultaneously the most boring, difficult, and utterly necessary bit of owning a farm.

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