Childhood story lost for 70 yearsLUKE KIRKEBY/ FAIRFAX NZ Bay View's Helen Moroney with the story found after a Tokoroa flood which she wrote as a nine-year-old. The story,Touring The North Island, was written and illustrated by Hastings Standard Three schoolgirl Helen M Hortop [now Helen Moroney] and the creative arts team was eager to see it reunited. LUKE KIRKEBY/ FAIRFAX NZ Helen Moroney's story she wrote as a schoolgirl in the 1940's. Now in her 80s and married, Helen Moroney is living in Bay View near Napier with husband Toby. LUKE KIRKEBY/ FAIRFAX NZ Pictures tell 100 words in Helen's story.

Source: Stuff August 24, 2017 01:52 UTC