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A mate of the Hound recently attended the annual conference of Rural Contactors NZ, held in Blenheim in late June.
He reckoned the conference was great and an added bonus was the free coffee cart put on by RCNZ for attendees. However, this old mutt’s mate had to take a second look at what he was drinking: the coffee cups were emblazoned with sponsor Round-Up’s logo
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