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10<br />
Tuesday <strong>February</strong> <strong>26</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
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NURSES ANITA van der<br />
Velden and Jane Yellowlees<br />
will soon be Rotorua-bound<br />
in a couple of classic Morris<br />
Minors.<br />
On April 15, the two will be<br />
travelling 850km in Myrtle, a<br />
67-year-old convertible, and<br />
Audrey, a 60-year-old saloon,<br />
to raise money for the New<br />
Zealand Spinal Trust.<br />
Burwood Spinal Unit registered<br />
nurse Ms Yellowlees will<br />
be at the wheel of Myrtle with<br />
her colleague Mrs van der<br />
Velden navigating.<br />
“We will be hurtling along<br />
with the wind in our hair,”<br />
said Mrs van der Velden.<br />
Mrs van der Velden’s husband<br />
is going to be driving<br />
Audrey, with their teenage son<br />
Metin as navigator.<br />
Knowing that she owned a<br />
“lovely Morris Minor,” Mrs<br />
van der Velden invited her<br />
colleague Ms Yellowlees to a<br />
classic car rally.<br />
Mrs van der Velden has<br />
worked at the spinal unit for<br />
nearly 20 years and Ms Yellowlees<br />
for six years.<br />
“Jane flippantly said she<br />
might drive her car, Myrtle,<br />
to the Morris Minor convention<br />
in Rotorua and I casually<br />
replied: ‘I will be your navigator’.”<br />
ROADIE: (From left) – Burwood Spinal Unit registered nurses Anita van der Velden and<br />
Jane Yellowlees, with Brian and Metin van der Velden. Their journey begins on April 15,<br />
leaving from Pukeko Junction, south of Amberley, and returning April 25.<br />
PHOTO: LEO MCCONCHIE <br />
“We are paying for the trip<br />
ourselves but hope to spread<br />
the word about the wonderful<br />
work the people of the<br />
New Zealand Spinal Trust<br />
are achieving and raise some<br />
much-needed funds in the<br />
process.”<br />
Mrs van der Velden said<br />
when she told her husband<br />
about their plans he wanted<br />
to go too. “But our two Morris<br />
Minors, Shrek and Monty,<br />
weren’t really up to it.”<br />
“I said to Brian: ‘Well we<br />
have got some money set aside<br />
to paint the house – why don’t<br />
we buy another Morrie instead?’<br />
And so we got Audrey.”<br />
Mrs van der Velden said her<br />
uncle, who passed away a few<br />
years ago, spent many years in<br />
a wheelchair after sustaining a<br />
T4 level injury at work.<br />
“He was always helping<br />
others and is an inspiration<br />
to me. Compared to the<br />
challenges he faced, and the<br />
challenges that many with a<br />
spinal cord injury still face<br />
every day, any small hiccups<br />
along our little trip will be just<br />
a wee bump in the road.”<br />
•If you would like to learn<br />
more visit https://www.<br />
facebook.com/Audrey-<br />
and-Myrtles-North-Island-<br />
Hurle-2393381254281502/<br />
or if you would like to<br />
make a donation visit<br />
https://nzspinaltrust.org.<br />
nz/campaigns/morris/<br />
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