Mr Loo with (from left) Miff Macdiarmid (R&R Sport,
which donated the bike), Nicky Rennie (More FM Dunedin
breakfast co-host), Leane Turnbull and Lucy (1) Loo, Damian
Newell (More FM Dunedin breakfast co-host), and Isaac (4,
obscured), Cliff, Hannah (2), Joseph (three months) and
Andrea Hamilton. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery.
George Loo (82) astride a new Giant Trail Glide 2 bicycle
he won yesterday through a More FM Dunedin promotion to find
the person the station believes is the best
Otago Daily
Times delivery person in Dunedin.
Mr Loo has been involved in delivering the ODT for at
least 30 years, according to his family, after he started
helping his oldest son with his paper round in Dunedin.
Mr Loo, who has five children and 17 grandchildren, took over
sole responsibility for delivering the papers 12 years ago,
after most of his offspring had also been paper delivery
people.
"George never misses a day - frequently rising at 4am to make
sure he is on time," his daughter-in-law Leane Turnbull told
More FM. "George can be seen before dawn with his really
ancient bike riding around Fitzroy, Surrey and Richmond Sts
in South Dunedin."
More FM Dunedin's Nicky Rennie said it was a "fabulous
promotion" that "gave hundreds of grateful Dunedin ODT
readers the chance to thank the delivery people who, let's be
honest, have the toughest conditions in the country".
"The fact George is 82 and still delivering the ODT is
testimony to the character of the people in Dunedin."
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