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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2018
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Smile machine hits the streets Emily Ireland Greytown’s elderly and disabled will be able to feel the breeze against their skin as they take a ride on the community’s new whip – a trishaw. Months of hard work and fundraising paid off last week for the Greytown Lions Club as the new mode of transport was officially launched in town. It was inspired by an initiative started in Denmark back in 2012, ‘Cycling Without Age’, and the purchase of the purpose-built trishaw gives Greytown the credentials of being the first communitybased Cycling Without Age chapter in New Zealand. Greytown Lions Club member John 2015CIVIC HONDA SEDAN 2.0 L Rhodes, the driver of the project, said 2015 HONDA LN CIVIC SEDANLN2.0 L One local owner, ABS, alloy wheels, leather seatsthere and were two pilots trained to take One local owner, ABS, alloy wheels, leather seats and steering wheel, reversing camera, only 6,000kmspassengers in the trishaw – himself and steering wheel, reversing camera, only 6,000kms 95 McKenzie. WAS $31,995 $27,9John W 95 WAS $31,995 $27,9 Several more are lined up for training. NOW NO At last week’s launch, Rhodes piloted 2013 COMMODORE HOLDEN COMMODORE the “maiden voyage” taking 2013 HOLDEN V8 SS-V V8 SS-V 6.0L, ABS, alarm, alloy wheels, leather passengers South Wairarapa 6.0L, ABS, alarm, alloy wheels, leather seats, navigation system, reverse camera Mayor Viv Napier and former seats, navigation system, reverse camera Greytown Mayor Richard 95 WAS $51,995 9,9 $4 W NO WAS $51,995 NOW $49,995 Harding around Greytown’s shopping precinct. 2012CIVIC HONDA CIVIC EURO “We feel vindicated because it was a 2012 HONDA EURO L 1.8 L L 1.8 L ABS, alloy wheels, cruise control, leather seats, difficult idea to sell at first, but it gained ABS, alloy wheels, cruise control, leather seats, reversing camera, traction control, climate air momentum,” Rhodes said. reversing camera, traction control, climate air The trishaw cost $16,000 – a $19,995 W 95 WAS $22,995 $19,9 NOW NO considerable amount of money raised Greytown Lions member John Rhodes takesWAS $22,995
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by the Greytown Lions Club over a few months. The idea was floated by the Lions in the middle of this year after they were lent a trishaw free of charge by Dan Mikkelsen of Bicycle Junction in Wellington. Chief Pilot John McKenzie said the idea behind fundraising for the trishaw was to reintroduce the elderly back into the community “so they felt the wind in their hair and could experience the environment they remember from their youth”. “I call it the smile machine,” he said. “I took a couple of ladies out for a ride and I think they smiled the entire time they were out there. “We also had truckies coming down the main road, tooting us as they went on.” He said the project made him “feel good as the pilot”. One trip he described involved an elderly woman passenger who “wanted to see the roses” in town. “So we stopped and smelled the roses – then I picked her a rose and gave it to her and we rode on down the street. “She just smiled from the time we left to the time we got back again.” The trishaw services elderly and disabled residents based in Arbor House Continued on page 4
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