Maraetai

That's from John.

"Morning, lads," says Dave from Maraetai, "uh, heading to Puke tomorrow with three early 20s sons.

We all played junior footy in Counties, saw the shield last weekend in Beachlands.

Can't wait to support these young players in their week of glory."

It is 6.24 here on Sport Nation.

Dave from Maraetai

has been thinking.

He says, one, they got shafted on a few decisions.

So yeah, just started importing pre-designed eyewear.

pitched it to my parents on a powerpoint literally sat them down on my old computer and showed them through a powerpoint this is what I'm thinking of buying this is what I'm thinking of doing let me choose my logo out of these and yeah I just started going to markets like not even proper markets there was like one at Beechlands and Maraetai and you know during the how it cop that sort of thing But then the Instagram just kind of started growing and people started to be a little bit more interested.

People were reaching out for like gifting for bigger brands.

And I still was importing pre-designed sunnies.

You, you mentioned about the, uh, the new development on, on Waiheke Island, and you mentioned about the waste issue out there, and it got me thinking.

Um, spent an incredible amount of time at, at Maraetai as a kid.

It's just across the, uh, the, the water from, from Waiheke.

And that whole area, that whole sort of e- east of Auckland, has really no waste water.

That it's always been sort of when it rains at Maraetai and Beachlands, you can't swim in the ocean there.

It's full of sea lice.

You get eaten to pieces.