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Manawatu Conversations 18-04-2023 - Episode 257 - Remai Hehir Part 3 of 3


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Remai Hehir Part 3 of 3. Married in 1948, stopped teaching. Glen Oroua School. Class of 48 and then 40 children. Coping with the big age range. Getting married. Farming in Taikorea. Had 12 children, the last 2 were twins born 11 weeks early and one died. A daughter dying after falling out of a car. Family links to Taikorea School. Activities on a sheep farm in Remai’s childhood, scrub cutting scheme. Raising a large family, jobs for children. Now many in the family farming along Taikorea Road.
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