John Sollett News Today

ANDY JACKSON/Stuff Graeme Phillips, 79, is about to be recognised for 50 years of service to the Pātea volunteer Fire Brigade. Graeme Phillips’ dedication to duty with the Pātea Volunteer Fire Brigade once saw him disrupt the town’s TV reception. Before fire pagers were introduced, the only way to call out volunteers was the fire siren on the station at the far end of town, but up the other end where he lived, it was hard to hear if there was a northerly blowing, he said. So Phillips,...