• 6 Dec 2022

Crusher Gordon and Mini Crusher Gordon are the new names of our two cranes at the Minden Gully site.

After many rounds of brain storming, involving princesses and marvel characters, the children at Te Puna Kindergarten settled on Crusher Gordon after the late Gordon Burr, who had a very close relationship with the kindergarten. Farmer Burr lived next door and opened up his property to the tamariki to learn about all things farming and growing.

I tapaina e ngā tamariki o te whare kōhungahunga te ingoa o te wakahiki 280 tana te taumaha

Ko Crusher Gordon me Mini Crusher Gordon ngā ingoa hou o ā mātou wakahiki e rua i te wāhi mahi i Minden Gulley.

I muri iho i ngā mahi ōhia manomano maha, me ngā kōrero mō ngā pirinihehe me ngā kiripuaki Marvel, i whakatau ngā tamariki o te Wharekōhungahunga o Te Puna ko Crusher Gordon te ingoa, i whakaingoatia mō Gordon Burr, he tangata i piri tata ki te whare kōhungahunga. I noho tata te kaipāmu, a Burr, ā, i whakatuwherahia tana pāmu ki ngā tamariki kia ako i ngā mahi pāmu me te whakatipu.