‘More than a business’: The Auckland institution closing after 42 yearsThe Spinoff Daily, Tuesday December 10
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“At the large wooden counter towards the back of the store, Derrol Lamb measured two meters of cream poly cotton from a roll of fabric. Once out, he deftly ran big silver scissors along the weave and then folded it up into a bundle. Last Friday morning, Geoff’s Emporium was humming. In front of Lamb, customers lined up with rolls of fabric, tubes of buttons and spools of thread. At the other counter in the middle of the store a woman and her daughter waited to buy some bundles of tinsel for 25 cents each. ‘I don’t want to tell the customers that the shop is closing,’ said the shop assistant, pressing numbers into the till. ‘We know,’ said the woman. She looked down at her daughter. ‘It’s our favourite shop.’ This must have been a familiar phrase. ‘It’s everyone’s favourite shop,’ said the staffer.”
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Freezers, pasteurisers and funding woes: A day at a human milk bank in Christchurch The small town cinemas holding on at the edge of the world The Spinoff’s best NZ books of 2024
The Year in Review at Q Theatre in Auckland After a sold-out night in Wellington, senior writer Anna Rawhiti-Connell will again take a running jump backward into the year’s biggest headlines, political dramas and Spinoff yarns at Q Theatre tomorrow, December 11. Award-winning writer and podcaster Dr Emma Wehipeihana and Spinoff alum Hayden Donnell will join her live on stage. Come along for a night of easy laughs to wrap up this crazy year.
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‘More than a business’: The Auckland institution closing after 42 years
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