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00:03Hi there, I'm David Farrier.
00:05New Zealand is a proud nation, but we're also young.
00:09We have a lot to learn from an older generation who were here before internet superhighways
00:14or even just normal highways.
00:17Today I'm going to meet a woman who, through her actions, has, well, gained the respect.
00:31Hi, don't park on the driveway please.
00:33Sorry, what?
00:34You'll leave oil patches.
00:36Oh.
00:37I told production, go and park on the road please.
00:39On the road?
00:39Right.
00:39Yes, you'll leave oil patches.
00:41And when you come in, come round the back door, will you?
00:44Okay.
00:44Okay.
00:45Alright, thank you Mary.
00:49Today I meet a woman, that woman, who through her actions has gained the respect of an entire
00:55community.
00:58We'll just park on the street.
01:20Hello, come in.
01:22Hi everyone.
01:23Welcome.
01:24Where did you park?
01:26On the street.
01:27Oh, she just parked on the driveway.
01:28Come on guys.
01:29Got all your different men here.
01:31Cup of tea?
01:32I'm good, thank you.
01:33We'll do a cup of tea.
01:33We'll do a cup of tea.
01:34Come and start the day here.
01:36Okay.
01:36Your friend here is having a cup of tea, so that's one.
01:39We've got a cup of tea here.
01:40No.
01:40Over there.
01:41Yep.
01:42Alright, so that's two, three.
01:44I'll have a cup of tea.
01:45It's a good cup of tea.
01:46Alright.
01:46Alright.
01:47Meet Mary Ledbetter, local mover and shaker of this small town.
01:51Yeah, they're all demanding cups of tea, so yeah, I knew that would happen.
01:54So, have you got three there, have you?
01:56I've got three, yeah.
01:56Oh, that's the Portugal stuff, so that's good.
01:57I'll go with that.
01:59And, yeah, put some straw in there.
02:01I don't know about the milk, whether you've...
02:03Yeah.
02:04Is that enough?
02:05Yeah.
02:06Alright, everything okay?
02:07Yeah, good, thank you, Mary.
02:08Okay, we've got the biscuits, biscuits in there.
02:10There we go.
02:11Okay, I'll take these in.
02:12Oh, I'm glad we've got the Portugal stuff.
02:14That's really...
02:16Oh, of course that would have been...
02:18Never mind, you put that on the table over there.
02:21Thank you, David.
02:22Oh, the biscuits.
02:23Look at those.
02:25Anzac biscuits, straight from the oven.
02:27You shouldn't have.
02:27Oh, don't worry, we didn't.
02:29Yeah, we keep all our biscuits in the oven,
02:31because the pantry door is stuffed.
02:40So, Mary, do you want to introduce yourself?
02:43Okay, just to you.
02:44Just...
02:44Yeah.
02:45Alright.
02:45Hello, my name is Mary Ledbetter.
02:48I am 63 years young, and I live here in this house,
02:52as I have done for many years.
02:54I've also lived, though, in Australia for three weeks,
02:57as I went over there for my sister's wedding.
03:00What do you see as your main role in the community?
03:04Well, I wear many hats.
03:06I'm a member of the Hillside Hat Collectors Club.
03:08We have 36 hats all up, 12 of which are mine.
03:12This is my prize hat.
03:14Not actually wearable.
03:16I'm also the president of the Lady Walkers,
03:18which is a social walking group for mature ladies who like to walk.
03:23Is there anything else you do?
03:26I suppose I see myself as a bit of a quality control for the community.
03:29I think a lot of people complain.
03:32And I don't think complaining gets you anywhere.
03:34So what I do is I criticize.
03:37Okay?
03:38So I'll criticize in the form of a phone call, or in writing,
03:42or even just gently drop into conversation a criticism.
03:46And what good does that do?
03:48Well, criticizing slowly wears them down, you see.
03:52Oh, that'll be Brian, putting the bins out.
03:56Brian!
03:58Quiet!
04:00Now, you've moved Mitzi.
04:02Oh, I just... yeah.
04:03What happened to her?
04:06Well, she was on the chair.
04:07Now I see she's down here on the ground.
04:09I mean...
04:10Right, love?
04:11It's all right.
04:13What happened to her?
04:14Oh, originally?
04:14Well, yes, unfortunately, she lost her leg.
04:17And so that's...
04:18Well, it was Brian.
04:20It was 1988, and he was driving down the driveway on his way to
04:23Gorillas in the Mist, the 8 o'clock session.
04:25And I heard a crack, and a meow, of course.
04:29Went out.
04:30He'd already driven off.
04:31And I just had to pick up the pieces, literally.
04:34And so...
04:34Oh, I see half the tail's gone now, too.
04:36Did you...?
04:37Brian, have you done something with Mitzi's tail?
04:40No.
04:41What's where's the fur missing from there?
04:43You've shoved a bit of coat hanger up there, have you?
04:46No, no, dear.
04:47I think it's...
04:48Well, that's not natural.
04:49No, that ain't.
04:51I'll have to take her to the vet, I think.
04:53Can you just place her in her basket?
04:56Will do.
04:58Are you having some trouble with the table here, Mary?
05:01This is as far as we've got with it.
05:02And the reason...
05:06Excuse me.
05:06It's all right, love.
05:08The plate bounced.
05:09It's a bouncer.
05:10Good.
05:11Let them be first.
05:12Just put them down and just walk away.
05:15Just stand by the cupboard.
05:16Yes, ma'am.
05:17All I'm hearing is noise.
05:19And I'm sure they're picking it up here.
05:22Brian's no good with his hands.
05:24In fact, this will be good for your cameras.
05:25Brian, actually come through.
05:26I want to show them your hands.
05:28Look at these hands.
05:29Look at these.
05:29Would you call those hands?
05:31They're like giant flesh gloves.
05:33Look at that.
05:34Good to meet you.
05:35Oh, you haven't met, of course, yes.
05:37Like a couple of big cow udders.
05:39Hardly dear.
05:40Well, anyway, he's got no idea what to do with them.
05:43Thanks, Brian.
05:44And so he comes through here and he sort of picks things up
05:46and he sort of displays it, you know, and an hour later he comes through
05:50and I, you know, this is what I've done with it.
05:54So this is the letter I wrote to the furniture store.
05:58Dear Hudson's Furniture Store, I find this so-called kit set table most unsatisfactory.
06:03My husband Brian is no good with his hands and I despair at what to do.
06:07With the table, not him.
06:09Thought I'd point that out.
06:10I've enclosed two photos of Brian to show what I mean.
06:13So that's just of Brian and then it's also one of his hands there.
06:19You know, they used to make things that were built to last
06:21and then they made things that broke.
06:23Now they send you things that are already broken.
06:27Having to build a table that you've already purchased, can you imagine it?
06:31Well, that's what I was faced with and I am horrified.
06:33I was hoping to have this table ready for my husband's birthday bruncheon.
06:37Now this seems impossible.
06:39Expect more criticisms to come your way as Brian, no good with his hands,
06:43and myself, struggle to put this monstrosity together.
06:47Yours sincerely, Mary Ledbetter.
06:49P.S. I've enclosed some Anzac biscuits.
06:51Straight out of the oven.
06:53So that's ready for sending off.
06:56Right.
06:56And we'll go back and forth with correspondence from there and see what happens with that.
07:00And this is the cabinet you keep all your complaint letters in?
07:04Criticisms.
07:05Right.
07:06Criticisms.
07:07So in the top one here, so this is the criticisms.
07:10Okay.
07:10So we've got restaurants, shops, friends, kindergartens.
07:14And in brackets I've got noise.
07:16Now this is the kindergarten across the back here, which is very noisy.
07:19Okay.
07:19Okay.
07:20So that's all day generally.
07:21And also toys come over the fence.
07:23And I criticise the type of toy.
07:25Why has it come over?
07:26And why haven't they come to get it?
07:27And if they have come to get it, why have they come to get it in the middle of the
07:29day
07:30when I'm trying to do other things, you know?
07:31I actually collect a lot of the toys and I take them back and then I've even called the police.
07:36And they come round and sometimes they don't come round and I criticise the police.
07:40I've got a file here.
07:41Police.
07:42Mike is the main policeman who I want to get his own phone number.
07:46He doesn't always answer the 111.
07:49So if I could just get his cell phone, then I can actually get something happening quicker with Mike.
07:53Okay.
07:53And here's Brian.
07:55This is last Christmas actually.
07:57Yep.
07:58He didn't, he didn't set things up properly on Christmas Day.
08:02And, oh, he fell asleep halfway through the day, which I thought was, we hadn't even had Christmas dinner.
08:08He fell asleep before Christmas dinner.
08:11So I criticised him about that.
08:13And then, oh, then he woke up.
08:15And you complain about it?
08:16That's a criticism.
08:17Okay.
08:18So that's, ah, where are we?
08:20Brian, Brian, Brian.
08:21So that's Brian.
08:21Brian.
08:22Okay.
08:23There's your criticisms.
08:25How did you two meet?
08:27Ooh.
08:28Well, that'd be the town dance.
08:30The town dance.
08:31Yeah.
08:31Many moons ago.
08:32First time here.
08:34I remember there was this very handsome man on the dance floor.
08:36And I turned to the person next to me and I said, who's that handsome man?
08:40And, of course, that was Brian.
08:42The man next to me, not the, not the handsome man.
08:45I looked over and the handsome man had actually gone at that point.
08:48But Brian, you were still there, weren't you?
08:50Yeah.
08:51Sitting next to me.
08:51Yes.
08:52In the stool.
08:54And he's always been there.
08:55You know, he's always there, aren't you, Brian?
08:58Yes.
08:59He's like my rock.
09:01He's just simply there.
09:03He doesn't move.
09:04He's an odd shape.
09:05And he's cold to the touch.
09:09I was actually driving past your store today and I noticed a sign displaying the word nuts.
09:15Now, I don't find that very appropriate.
09:17Is that an innuendo?
09:21Right.
09:23I said, well, I thought it might be.
09:25That's fine.
09:26But just to let you know, there was a man there standing next to the sign smiling in a very
09:30cheeky way.
09:30And I think, yes, well, he had one of your uniforms on.
09:33So I'm just wondering if it's a double entendre and whether that's, yes, well, people are, yeah.
09:38I think a lot of people would be offended because right next to the nut sign was the man.
09:43Yeah.
09:44Well, he had something in his trolley that was a bit okay.
09:48No, that's fine.
09:49I'm just letting you know.
09:49It's just a minor criticism.
09:51Otherwise, it's a good store.
09:52Good store.
09:59Oh, it's lovely feeling the breeze out here.
10:01Yeah.
10:03Those pansies.
10:05Beautiful.
10:06It's 9.53 a.m.
10:08And like clockwork, Mary makes her way to the letterbox in anticipation of receiving her daily mail.
10:14Send me mail.
10:16Oh, there's Samir.
10:18Yes, Samir's out by the box every morning.
10:21It's a bit unfortunate.
10:22I think he's waiting for something from back home.
10:24Jakarta or Calcutta or something.
10:26Oh, here we go.
10:29What have we got there?
10:31What's he got?
10:31Oh, he's missed out.
10:33It's a shame.
10:34Samir, nothing from Jakarta or anything today?
10:39What do you mean?
10:40I don't think he understands me.
10:41I feel so sad.
10:42I might get him something from my box.
10:45Here we go.
10:46Come and have something here.
10:48Probably we won't be able to read that, but you can see it from the picture.
10:51It's a little pizza thing there for you from Europe.
10:54Have a look at that.
10:55Okay.
10:58Right.
10:58What have I got?
10:59Dear Ratepayer, addressed to me, a new cycleway will be established over the disused walkway
11:05that leads from Main Street.
11:07Disused walkway?
11:09That's not disused.
11:10I disuse it all the time.
11:12The lady walkers and I walk that path every fortnight.
11:15Construction will begin.
11:16Construction will not begin.
11:18I'm afraid that's a no way.
11:20It's a walkway.
11:21And it's my way or the highway.
11:25Where are you going, Mary?
11:26I'm going to get my hair done.
11:30Brian?
11:31Get the keys.
11:34Hello.
11:36You look fabulous.
11:37No.
11:38Just like a fine French chief.
11:39Come on, pop you in the hot seat.
11:42Oh, look at that.
11:43There's the hot seat.
11:44He always calls it that.
11:46Now, what have we got here?
11:48What can we do for you today?
11:49Just do whatever you can.
11:50I'm going on the radio.
11:51The radio?
11:52I want power.
11:53Okay.
11:53We can do a little power number.
11:54A little bit of a man.
11:55A little bit of a zhush.
11:57Yes, that's it.
11:58That's it.
11:58Okay.
11:59Oh, this is David.
12:01Hi.
12:01Nice to meet you.
12:02How's it going?
12:03Hi.
12:03I'm Alex Turnbull.
12:04No relation to the library.
12:06Don't think you've ever set foot in a library, have you?
12:09Stop it.
12:09You're such a feisty one.
12:12I've often said if I was 40 years older and didn't prefer cooking.
12:15Oh, yes.
12:16He's got a chicken farm.
12:19You just relax there.
12:20I'm going to get Cindy to just give you a little bit of a rinse.
12:23Okay.
12:24Don't you go anywhere stranger.
12:25I'll be back with some coffee and some lemon.
12:28Here.
12:29He's gay.
12:30Oh, he's gay.
12:31Right.
12:32Mary is a regular here at Blows and Wave Salon.
12:35She sees it as the hub of local gossip and sometimes scandal.
12:40How's your son?
12:41Still doing the UFO thing?
12:43What he does in his own time is up to him.
12:46He's got a lot of spare time, hasn't he?
12:48He doesn't have a job.
12:50He's got something wrong with him.
12:52What's wrong with your son again?
12:54He's a narcoleptic.
12:56I think that means he does things with dead people.
12:59What?
12:59Wine ladies.
13:00Thank you, Alex.
13:02Chardonnay, is it?
13:03A bit of salve, actually.
13:05Oh, salve.
13:05It's very nice, that one.
13:07Very nice.
13:07Georgie, can I interest you in a glass?
13:09Oh, none for me, sweetheart.
13:11Oh, you're laying off, dear.
13:12Oh.
13:13She normally has a wine.
13:15Why wouldn't she be having a wine?
13:16I know why she's not having a wine.
13:18She's pregnant.
13:18She's pregnant.
13:19I told you.
13:20Oh.
13:21Offer us some smoked salmon or soft cheese.
13:24Georgina.
13:25Larry.
13:26I'm offering people smoked salmon and soft cheese.
13:29Would you be keen to partake?
13:30No, thank you.
13:31No, didn't think so.
13:33I'm having a lunch date in the park.
13:35Might have some sushi?
13:37No.
13:38No, no raw fish for you.
13:40I told you she's pregnant.
13:42Lunch?
13:42Who with?
13:43The father?
13:44Oh, Alex.
13:45I mean, she doesn't know who the father is.
13:46It could be any number of men.
13:48I can hear you.
13:49Who's the father?
13:50None of your beeswax, Mary.
13:52None of my beeswax?
13:53I wouldn't be having lunch in the park.
13:56Footpath's been turned into a racetrack for bikes.
13:59Not yet.
14:00Yeah.
14:00No.
14:01I thought you would have known that, Mary.
14:02Well, I found out today, but that's not happening yet.
14:04Yeah.
14:04No, it's not.
14:05Yes, it is.
14:05Well, it's already happening.
14:06The sideways opening already.
14:07Already?
14:08Yeah.
14:08No.
14:09Yes.
14:11Get me out of here.
14:12I've got to get out of here and check this out.
14:13Alex, help me out.
14:16Get these rollers out.
14:17I've got to go.
14:18I can't believe that's already happened.
14:19That's the only reason I'm getting my hair done,
14:21is to go and criticise this on the radio.
14:23Mary, you seem pretty worked up about all this.
14:25What's going on?
14:27Well, I'm very worked up, David.
14:29This is my group, the Lady Walkers.
14:31Say hello, girls.
14:32Hello.
14:33I've told them the news, and we're all furious.
14:36Aren't we, ladies?
14:37Yeah.
14:38Well, aren't we there yet, Brian?
14:41Not long, dear.
14:42All right.
14:43Well, slow down.
14:44Surely you have to think of the cyclists.
14:45I mean, they need somewhere to cycle as well, though, don't they?
14:48Oh, no, they don't.
14:49No, they do not.
14:50No.
14:50Well, they can go on the belladrome or whatever it is.
14:53You know.
14:54So, is this the problem path we're on now?
14:57Oh, no.
14:57This is the path that leads to the walking path.
15:00Now, we're not officially walking yet.
15:02You wouldn't want to walk on this path.
15:05Oh, there's our path.
15:06There, ladies.
15:06Look.
15:07Look.
15:08Oh, no.
15:08There's a sign.
15:09There's a sign.
15:11The rumours are true.
15:11Look at that.
15:12No pedestrians.
15:13Well, that's...
15:14What do we do?
15:15This is our path.
15:16We've got to do it.
15:17We've got to walk it.
15:18Come on.
15:18I can't hear it.
15:20It's a council sign.
15:21That says no men.
15:22Look, that's a man on there.
15:23Could be a lady in trousers.
15:25No.
15:25He's got a man's hat on and a beard.
15:28Let's ignore it.
15:29Come on.
15:30Come on.
15:30Let's do it, ladies.
15:32Let's walk the path.
15:35We can't.
15:37It's against the law now.
15:39You call yourselves Lady Walkers?
15:41Yeah.
15:42Well, you'll all receive a criticism from me.
15:50I'm doing it.
15:51I'm walking on the path, David.
15:53Do you just want to walk on the grass, maybe?
15:56Just...
15:56No.
15:56This is a walking path for walkers.
15:59I just...
16:00There's a cyclist, Mary.
16:01Just watch.
16:02Just...
16:03None shall pass.
16:05Oh!
16:07Oh!
16:08Goodness!
16:13You just stuck your stick into my wheel.
16:16Oh, rubbish.
16:16You know how irresponsible that is?
16:18Rubbish.
16:18You stole my walking pole with your bike.
16:20You stuck your stick in my wheel on purpose.
16:22You rode into it.
16:23Now get out!
16:24Why?
16:25Give me back that pole!
16:26How dare you!
16:28Hey!
16:28That's crazy.
16:29Hey!
16:30You...
16:31Excuse me!
16:31Stop that, please!
16:32Dude, let go of her stick!
16:34Oh!
16:34Let go of that right now.
16:35Let go...
16:35Mary.
16:36You're a grown man.
16:37She's an old lady.
16:38I don't care what she's done.
16:39There's no reason for that sort of response.
16:41Pick up your bike and get out of here.
17:01Just stay back there.
17:01Mary.
17:02Just step off the cycleway.
17:03Thank you so much, Mike, for helping me.
17:06Although I would like to criticize you just on one thing.
17:08Okay.
17:09I'm on my lunch break right now.
17:10I would have arrested him.
17:13I...
17:13Oh!
17:14Hello, Georgina!
17:15Oh, Georgina!
17:16Hi, Mary.
17:17Oh!
17:18Look at that.
17:19The girl's five minutes late and you just move on to the next one.
17:22No, no, these are for you.
17:24Woo-hoo!
17:25Georgina!
17:26Is that the father?
17:28Is that the...
17:32Oh, God, a blast.
17:34That's right, I'm due on the radio.
17:36Where's Brian when you need him?
17:38Brian?
17:38Yes.
17:39Oh, there you are.
17:40You're always there, aren't you?
17:41Come on, we've got to go on the radio.
17:44Basically, the walkway down at the park has been turned into a cycleway.
17:50That is outrageous.
17:52Wow.
17:53That is outrageous.
17:54A new cycleway in the park?
17:55Thank you for agreeing, first of all.
17:58And I'd like to say, everyone, there was some notification, but it didn't come out till
18:03today.
18:04I mean, what sort of notice is that?
18:06I've heard of short notice, but that's no notice.
18:08Why didn't they just send me an envelope with a note saying, too late?
18:14We got updated by social media about a month ago.
18:18Are you on Twitter?
18:19How dare you?
18:20I've never done drugs in my life.
18:23Right.
18:23But what do you think is the main influx of cyclists to this town?
18:29This is off the record.
18:31Is this definitely...
18:31Sure, yes.
18:32This is on the air, off the record.
18:34I'd like to...
18:34I would blame a group called the Cork Asians.
18:37Okay?
18:38They're from Jakarta, Indonesia, these...
18:41Calcutta.
18:42You mean the Asians?
18:43Well, yeah, absolutely.
18:44They're part of it.
18:45There's a whole lot of them.
18:47And, you know, all they do is cycle over in these countries.
18:50And you've probably seen this too, David.
18:52There's millions of them, and they're on bikes constantly.
18:55And that's all they're doing is cycling.
18:57But they're demanding that their cycleways are now part of the community.
19:02Which, you know, it's fine over there, but here.
19:04Someone might be agreeing with you here, Mary.
19:06Let's take a caller.
19:07Hello, caller.
19:08Hello.
19:08It's Brian here.
19:10I'm just waiting on time.
19:11Oh, is that...
19:12Oh, okay.
19:12Sorry.
19:13Mary will be finished soon, Brian.
19:15He's always there.
19:16Where is he?
19:16He's just in the car park.
19:17So, she'll be finished later, Brian.
19:20We're just...
19:20You're clogging up the lines.
19:21I'm going to let you go.
19:22Fancy calling.
19:22Listen, Mary.
19:23Okay.
19:25Surely, you can't blame a whole entire race for your issues.
19:29I'm going to have to agree with myself there.
19:31I think it is these Cork, Cork Asians and the other Asians.
19:35So, who do you think should be in charge of this?
19:37Well, the Kiwis.
19:39I think the, you know, the people that have been here since the beginning.
19:42Well, my boss is a Kiwi.
19:44You should meet him.
19:45Yep, you should.
19:46I'd love to meet him.
19:46Anyway, there's some very strong views from Mary there.
19:49One of the few.
19:49Don't forget, join me after the break where I'll be naming a flower and you have to decide
19:54whether it's a real one in Orchid or Kidding.
19:57You're with the Mason.
20:02Hello, Mary.
20:03Samir, what are you doing here?
20:04I'm the producer here.
20:06No.
20:07How do you get on with the language?
20:11We love having you in here, Mary.
20:13And here's a couple of CDs for you.
20:14Oh, well, look at that.
20:16Giving birth and killing horses.
20:18That's lovely.
20:19That's just the sort of thing.
20:20I've made a couple of calls about your cycle way too.
20:23Oh.
20:23I know a couple of Caucasians on the inside.
20:26Oh, do you?
20:27Oh, of course you would.
20:30Don't know what to say about that.
20:31I tell you what, he's doing that because I was very nice to him earlier today.
20:35So that's come back on me, you see.
20:37Samir, that's what we call karma.
20:42Okay, you've done well there.
20:44I'm a little bit embarrassed that you work here.
20:50Hmm.
20:55Now when I think of Mary Ledbetter, I'm reminded of the lyrics of that popular Paul McCartney song.
21:00In this ever-changing world in which we live in, live and let live.
21:05It's a week later and Mary has requested I meet her in the local park.
21:09I just wanted you to know that my voice has been heard.
21:13Just goes to show that if you throw your rattle out of the cot,
21:15once in a while a little thing called compromise can be found.
21:18It's amazing.
21:19You must be pretty happy.
21:21Well, I'll never be truly happy, David, but I imagine this is a similar feeling.
21:25Hmm.
21:29Oh, no.
21:30What?
21:32Oh, was it...
21:34It's just petered out.
21:36Oh.
21:37Well, I'm calling the cops.
21:39Brian?
21:40Call the cops.
21:41Oh, holy hell.
21:42There's bicycles coming past.
21:45Quickly.
21:46Ask Mike what to do.
21:48Back out.
21:49Okay.
21:50Well, I'll try that.
21:50Thank you, Brian.
21:53I'm gonna back out.
21:55Just...
21:55Give me some room.
21:58I'm not happy.
22:08What a lovely card.
22:11Oh, what's this?
22:12Oh, that's just a minor criticism.
22:14Don't worry about that.
22:15Don't look at that today.
22:16It's your birthday today.
22:18Just put it on my birthday page.
22:21Oh, no.
22:22Don't complain.
22:23No one likes a complainer.
22:25No.
22:26Blow out your candle.
22:29Make a wish.
22:36Oh, no!
22:38Brian!
22:50Thank you, New Zealand On Air.
22:52I've just got one minor criticism,
22:53which you won't even notice,
22:54but it's just down the bottom,
22:55if you can see...
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