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We’ll feature the photos, which must be high resolution Jpeg images, on Coast and Country News’ Country Camera page and each will be in to win a Zoaties prize pack. The $20 prize contains eight packs of Zoaties, two of each flavour: Peanut Brownie, Tangy Cranberry, Oat Cookie and Lemon Poppy. Zoaties are made from oats, sweetened with brown rice malt, stuck together
with tahini, blended with nuts and baked. Being biscuit-like they are a crumblier, drier product than Frooze Balls but are still delicious. Thanks to Alive Foods, Coast and Country News has two boxes of Zoaties to give away. To be in to win, send your high resolution Jpeg images to Kathy@sunmedia.co.nz with Country Camera in the subject line or post to Kathy, Coast & Country News, PO Box 240 Tauranga. Each valid entry requires caption details including first name, surname, age (for children), plus postal address and phone number.
Writing a caption for a photograph of a half-round hay barn with the message ‘Just Married Finally!’ boldly painted on it has won Don Roberts of Te Kuiti the Country Funnies book prize for December.
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them safety”. Geoff commissioned awardwinning political columnist, editorial cartoonist, film maker and dramatist Tom Scott to edit the manuscript for his book. “It was terrific, full of amazing yarns, tall and true, mad and moving. All I have “She always wondered if he was ever going done is assist Geoff to tell it in to get past half round to it” is the winning his own unique voice. Joining caption from Don Roberts of Te Kuiti. the dots. Deleting the dots. Adding dots,” says Tom in the forward to the book.
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The caption: “She always wondered if he was ever going to get past half round to it” has earned Don a copy of the book ‘Tiny Owl on the Ramshackle Farm’ written and illustrated by Lotte Wotherspoon and published by Clay Press. This month’s Country Funnies image clearly illustrates the ingenuity of farmers – in this case creating a swimming pool out of hay bales and a plastic liner. Write a caption for this photo and be in to win a copy of the book ‘Havana Coffee Works’ by Geoff Marsland with Tom Scott, published by Phantom House. photo and Caption this ok prize. This could be described as a “coffee bo table book” – it’s big, with beautiful be in to win a full page images and it’s impeccably designed. It’s also a hugely entertaining The book read – well would you expect anything ‘Havana less from its collaborators? Coffee Works’ is the Country Mad bugger Funnies prize There’s Geoff, the man who describes for February. himself as “a mad bugger” who once designed and made women’s clothes under the label “nuclear free clothing” and sold them on a nudist beach. Later in 1989 he and a friend imported an espresso machine and opened a café “with a frontage on sleazy Cuba St and a frontage on even sleazier Vivian St” called the Havana Midnight Express. He also admits to gluing cups and saucers together “just so I could throw them in the air, terrifying customers, before I caught
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Coffee culture
Tracing Geoff ’s story from boyhood to coffee baron, it’s funny, crazy and touching. Not only has Geoff helped create a coffee culture in New Zealand, his company has also enhanced the lives of coffee producers around the world. Today Havana roasts seven tonnes of coffee a week, and business is expanding by 20 per cent per annum. “We source beautiful rebel coffees, organic coffees and coffees that are ethically traded,” writes Geoff. Yet, he says, in some ways Havana is still a cottage industry. Thanks to Phantom House, Coast & Country News has a copy of ‘Havana Coffee Works’ to give away. To be in to win email captions for the photo and send along with your name and address, with Country Funnies as the subject, to: elaine@thesun.co.nz Or put these details on the back of an envelope and post to: Country Funnies, PO Box 240, Tauranga 3140 to arrive no later than February 19.