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By: Simon Gundry , Gundry's Grumbles

Simon Gundry is a Devonport and North Shore identity, and character, who is known for calling a spade a spade. He is a director of contracting company Gill & Gundry, is an enthusiastic sailor (past crew-member of Ceramco New Zealand, Lion New Zealand and Shockwave) and is a life member of the North Shore Rugby Football Club. He has been writing this thought-provoking column for Channel ever since the very first issue (nine years ago this year).

What a year…

Well, what a year it’s been.  Now it’s Christmas time 2020. Who would have thought...

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issue 116 december 2020

I told you so...

Back in October 2019, in my column, I wrote that if anything happened to our Harbour Bridge it would be...

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issue 114 october-november 2020

Lockdown – it proved that I never want to retire

So, I’d told the Editor in Chief Aidan Bennett – who is in fact the Henry Luce of the North Shore, and...

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issue 112 august 2020

Loving my beautiful bubble of Devonport

I knew that one day, the Chinese scientists would have a remedy for the problems we have been having on Lake Road...

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issue 108 april 2020

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