r* JIA w 4 w«MWMb ' il3L^, JHw InWMfr \w Ijf jT Jffil ‘*t w||iSw % Wb’ ■ i®? s « ' ' ■ -’---‘V' : - ' ‘ ■" ’< fl! i Naomi James - adventure story of the decade Dame Naomi James’ epic record-breaking round-the-world solo voyage put the New Zealand farmer's daughter firmly into the pages of history. Now Dame Naomi has written her own account of her incredible adventure. This week we begin a three-part adaptation of ‘At One With the Sea’’ - due to be launched in New Zealand later this week - together with an exclusive feature by Dame Naomi on how life has changed since the triumphant day last June when she reached the English coast after safely negotiating more than 30,000 miles of the world’s most treacherous water. ■■■■■ The day the children took ■ over television At 12 years old Wendy Parsons Wellington must be i the youngest person ever to I have worked as a television L ~ floor manager. In fact, Wendy Kk and the re st of the team putMfe ting TVls ‘'Good Day” show together earlier this month have probably earned themselves a place in the GuinHHHKBMmEwMMHBMHHBMKHHKb ness Book of records. Happy Hands Winner! A glorious two-weeks Pacific cruise on the P & O “Sea Princess” lies ahead for the woman who has won our Happy Hands contest. The contest in which we asked you to match the hands and faces of 10 well-known New Zealanders certainly aroused a lot of interest - and provided some surprises, too. Singer of substance Passing through Auckland recently with | I his all but 20 stone frame squeezed eye- I it catchingly into black pantaloons, knee I ’W ' iRsI ■ high black boots, pearl pink shirt and a | flowing black cape. Demis Roussos - I known throughout Europe as the “Greek I God - told staff writer Robyn Langwell I HjgLKW 8 I how he gained his wealth and weight. I , K I “I was a chemist I W. %! shop junkie” ... f / A handbag full of tablets, tablets hidden in her bra - a young housewife tells the hor- J rifying story of how she became addicted to legal drugs. IN THIS WEEK’S ISSUE
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