When Size Does Matter

Being more diminutive in height than the average person, size has had a quite an impact on my life.

Whilst my mother saved many pennies when buying material to make my dresses, I know a lot of extra effort had to go into making my off the peg pants/trousers the right fit. As I was one of thirteen children, time was a limited commodity for mum.

In my youth I was severely traumatised by being too short for the upper grade school netball teams, I never noticed it so much in my primary school years. Of course it was my short parents fault. How dare they pass on their genetics. Randy Newman's song didn't help my cause at all. And for the rest of my natural born days I will be required to hem most purchases either leg and/or arm. I certainly was one person delighted with the advent of capris', irrespective of the opinion of fashionistas. I think they may class them in the same category as crocs. I love my crocs.

Coming from a 'small' town we know it's about quality not quantity, but we like to 'think big'. Not in the same way as the late Sir Robert Muldoon, but in a way where we recognise the potential of our place and set plans for the future. One of those plan's is Opotiki's Harbour Development Project(note link on blog site). That development coupled with the possibility of a aquaculture project will definitely affect the size of our town. Not only are we excited about these opportunities, Mayor John Forbes has advised that economic leaders from across the Bay of Plenty rated our developments as a priority for government support.
As we all know, having support from neighbours is a good thing.

When size matters in Opotiki, it can come in several differing forms. Be it long term District Plans, the Big 3 competition, growing super sized kumara and blooming large interesting fungi.