Since I last blogged life has been busy on the campaign trail, with candidates' meetings at Miramar, Kilbirnie and Evans Bay. Thanks to the Strathmore, Miramar, Kilbirnie, Hataitai and Roseneath residents' associations for organising them, and thanks to the many people who turned up - particularly on one of the few fine weekends in living memory!
Saturday also saw the Wellington Lion Hunt for mayoral and other council candidates, hunting the city for Amazing Race-type clues. The highlight for me was catching a no. 3 bus to the Basin Reserve with the Wellington Lions' Leo the Lion mascot - the bus driver said "No animals, please", and then took an on-board photo to show his mates! Fortunately for Leo, our bus wasn't taking him to the zoo...
And the result of the race? Well, the yellow t-shirt team was the overall winner, thanks to excellent teamwork from Anne, Liz, Paula, Pam, Lainey and Ellen. The prize was a framed signed Wellington Lions jersey, and all participants - Jack Yan, Celia Wade-Brown, Andy Foster and me - agreed to donate it to Mary Potter Hospice so that they could use it for fund-raising.
You can read more about the Lion Hunt at http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=27791, and thanks to Mynzeye (the organisers), the WRFU, Sir Michael Fowler for starting us off - and Leo the Lion. I think he enjoyed the bus trip!
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