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Monday 1 May 2017 | Published in Local

On a sun-soaked afternoon a crowd of over 150 gathered at the Rarotonga Bowling club greens on ANZAC Day afternoon last week.

On a sun-soaked afternoon a crowd of over 150 gathered at the Rarotonga Bowling club greens on ANZAC Day afternoon last week.

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