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Gizzy on Wheels: Local start-up brings back the retro charm of roller skating at YMCA

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Reviving the retro (some might argue it never went out of fashion) skill of roller skating is the aim of local start-up Gizzy on Wheels.

The first session will be at the YMCA in July.

Founder and home-schooled Adriana Hoogland, 18, said she first came up with the idea during the Tairāwhiti Startup weekend at Taiki e! this year.

“I felt there weren’t that many fun activities that children o...


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