Alison Cooper, aged eight, pulls a giant “Goldie” kiwi mascot into her home at New Brighton yesterday. Alison won the 28kg version of the New Zealand Olympic mascot in a national children’s competition organised by the Cobb and Co. hotel chain. More than 1200 children under the age of 12, entered the competition at the Cobb and Co. Caledonian Hotel in Christchurch. The competition entailed forming three-letter words from a slogan. Twenty-six similar “Goldie” mascots were given away nationally as prizes in the competition.
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84Alison Cooper, aged eight, pulls a giant “Goldie” kiwi mascot into her home at New Brighton yesterday. Alison won the 28kg version of the New Zealand Olympic mascot in a national children’s competition organised by the Cobb and Co. hotel chain. More than 1200 children under the age of 12, entered the competition at the Cobb and Co. Caledonian Hotel in Christchurch. The competition entailed forming three-letter words from a slogan. Twenty-six similar “Goldie” mascots were given away nationally as prizes in the competition. Press, 15 August 1984, Page 51
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