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Nats Moderator Goddess Posts: 7,070	Waiheke Island Memory Mar 15, 2017 18:56:09 GMT andri likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Nats on Mar 15, 2017 18:56:09 GMT Thinking of Wai today Had a wee smile about the fountain of youth when I drove past it yesterday.
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brilliant Full Member Penguins RULE! Posts: 884	Waiheke Island Memory Mar 15, 2017 21:03:54 GMT Nats likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by brilliant on Mar 15, 2017 21:03:54 GMT Fountain of youth .... what is that?
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Nats Moderator Goddess Posts: 7,070	Waiheke Island Memory Mar 15, 2017 23:18:31 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Nats on Mar 15, 2017 23:18:31 GMT Mar 15, 2017 21:03:54 GMT brilliant said: Fountain of youth .... what is that? Surely you must know about it & where it is.
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brilliant Full Member Penguins RULE! Posts: 884	Waiheke Island Memory Mar 16, 2017 1:34:09 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by brilliant on Mar 16, 2017 1:34:09 GMT Ah NO
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brilliant Full Member Penguins RULE! Posts: 884	Waiheke Island Memory Mar 16, 2017 1:34:33 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by brilliant on Mar 16, 2017 1:34:33 GMT Surely I would not bother to ask if I knew.
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Waiheke Island Memory Mar 16, 2017 18:21:47 GMT andri likes this

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Post by Nats on Mar 16, 2017 18:21:47 GMT

Waiheke & I used to rabbit on about this all the time on TM & then on EOTI

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Te Puna Wai Ora (The Spring of Life), is the outlet point for pure untreated artesian water which runs down through the ... Corner of Buick and jackson Street, Petone, Wellington

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brilliant Full Member Penguins RULE! Posts: 884	Waiheke Island Memory Mar 16, 2017 19:27:15 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by brilliant on Mar 16, 2017 19:27:15 GMT Yes I have heard of the Petone spring but not by those names.
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brilliant Full Member Penguins RULE! Posts: 884	Waiheke Island Memory Mar 16, 2017 19:29:13 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by brilliant on Mar 16, 2017 19:29:13 GMT Never seen it though. For those who are interested Te Puna Wai Ora
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brilliant Full Member Penguins RULE! Posts: 884	Waiheke Island Memory Mar 16, 2017 19:30:56 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by brilliant on Mar 16, 2017 19:30:56 GMT Will have to go and have a look next time I am over that way.
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brilliant Full Member Penguins RULE! Posts: 884	Waiheke Island Memory Mar 16, 2017 19:32:51 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by brilliant on Mar 16, 2017 19:32:51 GMT The artist's website - great information - almost better than the Council's LOL www.louisepurvis.com/public-works/te-puna-wai-ora
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Nats Moderator Goddess Posts: 7,070	Waiheke Island Memory Mar 16, 2017 22:16:24 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Nats on Mar 16, 2017 22:16:24 GMT Mar 16, 2017 19:27:15 GMT brilliant said: Yes I have heard of the Petone spring but not by those names. You need to get out more. Heke & I kept our banter going for quite some time re the Fountain of youth
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brilliant Full Member Penguins RULE! Posts: 884	Waiheke Island Memory Mar 17, 2017 3:43:01 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by brilliant on Mar 17, 2017 3:43:01 GMT True but why would I visit Petone just to see water coming out of a fountain - I can see that around here and there are many water bores around - nothing to get too excited about IMO.
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brilliant Full Member Penguins RULE! Posts: 884	Waiheke Island Memory Mar 17, 2017 3:43:45 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by brilliant on Mar 17, 2017 3:43:45 GMT I will only go and see it if I happen to be in the area - I would not bother otherwise.
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andri Senior Member Posts: 3,540	Waiheke Island Memory Mar 18, 2017 6:31:47 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by andri on Mar 18, 2017 6:31:47 GMT RIP WAIHEKE.