Every Monday the Chronicle fires 10 questions at a Whanganui local.
This week Liz Wylie asked Nga Tai O Te Awa CAYAD co-ordinator and men's wellbeing facilitator Jay Rerekura about lockdown songs, dance moves, and how he feels about Santa Claus.
As our first level 1 Q&A respondent, can you
tell us if you have done anything special to celebrate your new freedom?
To be honest, I was just a tiny bit sad. I loved that there were fewer cars on the road, more time with whānau, and things were nice and slow. If there was anything we did to celebrate it was to tautoko local businesses. It was a hard time for them, so it felt great to do the community thing and make sure our pūtea counted locally.
The prime minister did a little dance to celebrate the recovery of our last Covid -19 patient - did you do a dance of your own?
I'm well-known as a professional break dancer, so I broke my toe kicking a chair and broke the seams on my shorts because you know 'Covid-weight'.
Now that we're allowed visitors from out of town again, where would you take your weekend guests to introduce them to the best that Whanganui has to offer?
I would definitely take them upriver for a drive, maybe have a picnic at Pipiriki, catch a ride with one of the local jet boat tour operators to the Bridge to Nowhere and finish off with dinner at one of the many local establishments that provide good kai (probably Georges 'cause they have kina and raw fish).