 Another
beautiful sunny day for the Annual Haumoana
Market Day, a fundraiser for the Haumoana School.
This year I decided I would invite people to
help me paint my car - it is art in the park
after all. At 10am I along with Russell Fairbrother
(local MP) and Marty Hantz (Principal of Haumoana
School) officially opened the Market Day by
welcoming people to the Kingdom of Haumoana.
 I
covered up all the parts
of my car that I didn't
want painted (lights,
indicators, windows etc)
and then invited passer-bys
to paint my car. Most
adults were shocked that
I would let kids paint
my car and thought that
it must be a wreck. When
I explained that it was
a perfectly good Subaru
Wagon with a WOF and Rego
and that I was going to
drive it around they thought
it must just wash off.
Wrong again - it is painted
with housepaint test pots.
In contrast most kids
were eager to be able
to put their mark on a
perfectly good car. I
will slowly paint over
the car adding my own
work and creating layer
on glorious layer. Most
people found it hard to
accept that I didn't want
a one colour gloss, shiny
smooth paint job. That
I liked having the texture
and all the different
colours - I call it the
Multi-colour Chunder Thundermobile.
It's not the first car
I have beautified, check
out my Mona
Laser.
 As
well as enticing people to get creative on
my car I was also handing out licences
and free educational fact sheets such as "How
to spot a Tyrannosaurus in your garden",
"How
to avoid having your socks abducted by Aliens"
and "King
Andy the Sockodile Hunter".
 On
the day I wore my latest
royal robe - the Soctopus
Coat. I explained to people
that when they put their
socks in the wash, the
washing machine occasionally
created a black hole on
the spin cycle and sucked
a random sock down it.
That is why there are
so many orphaned socks
in the world. For some
reason the black hole
releases the socks under
my bed - sometimes many
years before they actually
go missing. I collect
these orphaned socks and
attach them to my coat.
I also accept orphaned
socks from people who
want them to go to a good
home. If you would like
to add your orphaned socks
to my coat simply post
them to me with a note
from where they come from.
 Post
To: King Andy the Sockodile Hunter, 1 Grove
Road, Haumoana, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
The market day attracted over 20,000 people
to the coastal resort of Haumoana, and created
around $23,000 dollars for the local school
- not bad for a community event.
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