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Alcohol laws 'breach Homeless for a Treaty' p4 night p5 CourierEast & Bays Your Place, Your Paper Wednesday, July 12, 2017 Supermarket’s special trolley SHANI WILLIAMS ‘‘We hope other An east Auckland supermarket organisations follow has been praised for supporting their lead’’ customers with special needs by Erin Gough adopting a unique shopping trol- ley. New World at Eastridge Shop- ‘‘The whole supermarket ping Centre in Orakei is the first experience was an extremely of New Zealand’s major super- stressful dash and grab - most of market chains to offer the Caro- the time I did not even look at line’s Cart. what I was buying. The Caroline’s Cart is a ‘‘Now my daughter can be specialised shopping trolley that involved in the shopping experi- features a large, front-facing seat ence, which she loves,’’ Radford with a built-in harness, designed said. to accommodate a person up to Radford said she wished all 115 kilograms. This means supermarkets had the cart avail- parents and caretakers can trans- able. fer a wheelchair-user into the Alabama resident Drew Ann cart, regardless of their age, so Long invented the Caroline’s Cart they can go about their shopping for her daughter Caroline. without having to manoeuvre Caroline, who suffers from both a shopping trolley and a Rett syndrome, had outgrown the wheelchair. child’s seat in the traditional New Zealand Human Rights shopping cart and Long was eager Commission human rights to find something that would help advisor Erin Gough said the Caro- her include her daughter in her line’s Cart would make a huge dif- errands. ference for people with mobility Long said she could not believe issues, their families and their the Caroline’s Cart was available carers. Drew Ann Long was having a hard time taking her daughter on errands - so she invented the Caroline’s Cart. SUPPLIED in New Zealand. ‘‘We hope other organisations ‘‘I have never even heard of follow their lead,’’ she said. Caroline’s Cart has been a ‘‘life- wheelchair and a shopping cart at ‘‘I would be terrified my daugh- Auckland - it is very humbling to For Orakei resident Kran saver’’ during trips to the super- the same time - so I had to pay a ter would have a seizure sitting in know that my invention is chang- Radford and her 30-year-old market. caregiver to sit in a hot car with the car, without me there,’’ she ing lives on the opposite side of daughter with mobility issues the ‘‘I was unable to push a my daughter,’’ Radford said. said. the world,’’ Long said. Greater security for Cup SAM HEWAT was keen to show-off the Cup, it smashed the Cup so severely, had to ensure security was its many feared it was beyond repair. There is no chance the America’s number one priority. Nathan was sentenced to 18 Cup will be damaged while on ‘‘It’s very, very tight security, months in jail and the Cup was New Zealand soil this time round, in a purpose-built cabinet that has restored to its original condition says the yacht club responsible a direct link to central police over three months in England free for its safekeeping. amongst other things,’’ Porter of charge. The Auld Mug will be kept on said. Porter assured that wouldn’t display at the Royal New Zealand Security has been a top pri- happen again with a cabinet for Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) and ority ever since the Cup was the Cup that was practically plans are already underway to notoriously taken to with a sledge- bullet-proof and bomb-proof. allow the public to view the oldest hammer back in 1996. After Team Porter said there would be trophy in international sport. New Zealand won it for the first specific times during certain days Team New Zealand’s Peter Burling holds the Cup aloft during the America’s Cup RNZYS general manager time in 1995, Benjamin Nathan of the week where the public welcome home parade. LAWRNCE SMITH/STUFF Hayden Porter said while the club broke into the RNZYS and would be able to view the Cup. There’sfull-onfunthisschoolholidaysatWestfieldNewmarket, withMontyincentrerunningaseriesofNZ-themedevents for 5 –10 year olds. Kids can make a pukeko puppet, or a boat in a jar to take home. AT WESTFIELD NEWMARKET CREATE A PUPPET 11am – 2pm, Thursday 13 – Saturday 15 July BUILD A BOAT WESTFIELD KIDS 11am – 2pm, Thursday 20 – Saturday 22 July NEWMARKET Visit montysworld.co.nz for more information. 2 EAST & BAYS COURIER, JULY 12, 2017 stuff.co.nz YOUR PAPER, YOUR PLACE 1. CIRCUS This newspaper is subject to NZ Press Tighten your seatbelts and prepare Council procedures. to be dazzled. 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