Collector seeks rare bottles
Simon-Peter Svensson has been stuck under floorboards in his quests to collect old and rare bottles over the past two decades.
The Rangiora man says while the bottles primarily represent history they are also attractive.
Svensson's passion was sparked when he was about 10 years old by his brother-in-law who also collected bottles and the hobby soon spread through the family.
Now, with a private museum collection of more than 500 bottles on display, by appointment, in a 40 foot shipping container, Svensson is particularly eager to get his hands on more Temuka Brewery bottles from the early 1900s, made of stone. Continue reading here.
Poll: Should drivers retake the theory test every 10 years?
Drivers get where they need to go, but sometimes it seems that we are all abiding by different road rules (for example, the varying ways drivers indicate around a roundabout).
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48.1% Yes
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50% No
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