South Waikato grandmothers take on litterLUKE KIRKEBY/ STUFF Lesley Fitzgerald and Jenny Oliphant pick up rubbish along Arapuni RdA couple of South Waikato grandmothers have picked a fight with a powerful foe - roadside rubbish. Fed up with seeing litter dumped along the rural Arapuni Rd between Putaruru and Arapuni Village, where they live, Jenny Oliphan and Lesley Fitzgerald have dived in to the scrap. They've been spending mornings taking to the berm with rubbish bags and nabbers. "Recently the two of us picked up enough rubbish from 600 metres to fill five large black rubbish bags," Lesley said. Lesley said while she doesn't have a magic solution to the problem she'll continue to get out and do her bit.

Source: Stuff March 20, 2018 20:40 UTC