Come and meet some more of the locals at Tuivale, the setting for my Men in Kilt’s series.

Andrea owns and operates the second hand shop, the Tuivale Community Centre. She started it one summer after an extended period of no rain and some of the locals had lost crops due to the drought conditions. In order to make things better and easier, she set up the second hand shop and with the funds raised is given to those in the community in need. She also is in charge of the food bank, and she knows the locals who need the most help.

Her daughter, Genie – or Gen owns and operates the Nailed It Beauty Salon. She studied hard to gain her beauticians degree despite being mostly deaf. She is very proficient at her job and well liked by the locals.

Dr Jason Partridge has become part of the furniture, and has been a family doctor for most of the Tuivale community. He runs the Tuivale Health Centre with his wife Patricia who is the receptionist. The nurse at the clinic is Matilda Shaw and handles any of the medical emergency’s that come in. Gerry Stone is the physio, and moved to Tuivale three years ago to take up the physiotherapy position.

Tuivale Community Chemist is run by Roger Flaxmore, but he is close to retiring and looking
to head north to Tauranga to retire in the next couple of years.