Stan Gladstone

“Oh I’ve got so many different stories.” Stan’s family moved into Runanga in 1958 from Gladstone (“same name as me!”) just out of Greymouth. His father was an instructor in the army at Burnham, then foreman at the Gladstone mill and then went to the mines at Runanga. He also worked in the Strongman followed by Stan, as well as the coke and coalmine at Ruinui. Stan was a very vigorous protestor when the Government stopped logging in the ‘80’s. “I do a bit of stirring, I’m known for it, you’ve got to show your disapproval to certain things.” He made a ...

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