Offshore service

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  • Published 20111206
  • ISBN: 9781921758232
  • Extent: 232 pp
  • Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

‘WHAT DO YOU call a Kiwi with a harem?’ Bernie asked over the intercom, hardly pausing for a response. ‘A shepherd.’

‘Good one, Bern,’ Anton said. He pulled up gently on the collective and we rose further above the small lagoon and scruffy trees on the way to the coast. I leaned forward and could see the sand, tiger-striped with the low tide.

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