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Street view: What do you think was the best part of 2016?

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Street view: What do you think was the best part of 2016?

Street view: What do you think was the best part of 2016?

Street view: What do you think was the best part of 2016?

Linda Raiti
Linda Raiti

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My birthday yesterday, I had a fantastic day. I went to Bayfair in Tauranga with my friends.

LINDA RAITI, 50s

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Cory Waititi
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The Olympics sticks out in my mind, we got some gold medals and did well in the rowing and pole vaulting.

CORY WAITITI, 39

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Graham Waitere
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I just think the best part was that New Zealand is financially stable.

GRAHAM WAITERE, 60

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Jacky James
Jacky James

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Rotorua's growth and development I think has been one of the exciting things about 2016, with things like Crankworx and businesses growing.

JACKY JAMES, 43

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Peter Walden
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I think watching the tulips grow and coming out in spring, that was beautiful, but the highlight was Eliza McCartney getting bronze in Rio. What an inspiration for young New Zealanders.

PETER WALDEN, 82

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