Bream Bay resident Yvonne Judge has been voted Northland winner of the New Zealand Kiwi Battler Awards, which allowed her to donate $10,000 to a charity of her choice. And she chose the Whangarei SPCA.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/northland/whangarei-leader/4218963/Community-minded-Kiwi-battler-wins-big-for-SPCA

The 'Ruakaka rascal' has done it again, winning yet another award for her support of the local community...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/northland/whangarei-leader/70124228/scavengers-founder-wins-another-accolade

She was a member of New Zealand’s first all-girl rock band, and now runs an incredible junk shop in a Ruakaka car wrecker’s yard. Steve Braunias meets Yvonne Judge.

Read the full article and watch the video here:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11608017

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