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GOING STRONG 30 YEARS ON

Mike – who describes himself as an ‘old-codger-not-yet-trawling-through-TradeMe-for-Zimmer-frames’ – works from his Kinloch home and is responsible for the final preparation of the magazine’s pages before they’re sent to the Auckland printers. It’s a monthly ritual, he says, that keeps life interesting, even if a little hectic.

Yes, he acknowledges, the technology that makes this all happen so seamlessly is completely unlike anything he could have imagined when he started his graphics training in the UK – many, many years ago. Bizarrely, despite the odds,

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