With out-of-town class
From young hippie campers
To “Golden Princess” cruisers
At the busy harbour
Traffic flows smoothly
Bridge-borne, road-borne
Water-borne, rail . . .
A tour coach returns from Waituhi
The steam
train awaits
While the boat-launching ramp
Has queues both ways
As locals keep watch
With a knowing eye
And silently rejoice
In Gizzy’s style
There’s Amy and Stu —
The Gizzy-hard crew
Showing they ain’t new kids
On “The Block” show
At “Snackisfaction Cafe”
Hang the usual crew
Of pensioner hippies
There’s Cryp, Butch and Api
Lionel and wheelchair Moses too
Then reporter Murray and taxi Dave
The NZ Herald “Weekend”
Is being dissected
In revolutionary style
With music in the air
Braunias does Marvellous Lizzie —
He’s earned his cred
Paid Israel Folau dues —
The Rachel Stewart
Wades into Steve
Matt and Paul write up Deborah Hill
Cone
Whose gone missing in action —
Soul searching in psychology —
The revolution’s just begun
There’s pundit young Audrey
And reliable Fran O’Sullivan
But Emmerson’s Leaning
On his ram-rod pen —
Skull ring wickedly gleaming
Page two shows Waikanae Beach
Groomed for holiday-makers
Where childhood magic
Is still eternally renewed
South at unique “Mahia”
Peter Beck scans aloft
“Just getting started” —
There’s some Burt Munro
And Rob Brittain in there
North at welcoming Tolaga Bay
Cook’s Cove and Tupaia’s Cove
Are where our Treaty’s
Foundation was laid
So if Jacinda inherits
David Lange’s wit
May “God Defend New Zealand”
Or she will do it . . .
Wade Robert Grave
