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There's something about Mary: The Otago woman who lives life in shades of pink

Nicole Mathewson Reporter from Otago News

“Nobody looks at pink and cries.”

This is 68-year-old Mary Keith’s simple explanation for her extraordinary lifestyle.

“What is wrong with all these people wearing black?” she says. “You see black at funerals and people are crying. It is not a happy colour. But pink is.”

Today, she is known as Otago’s pink lady, so much so that an automobile paint company even named a paint colour after her a few years ago – a glittery pink called Mad Mary’s Pink.

But Keith says she is certainly not mad, just happy to make people smile. “If you can leave here and think I have lived my best life and put smiles on faces, then what else matters? Nothing." Read more here.

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The Neighbourhood’s Brainiest: Can YOU Solve Today’s Riddle?

Riddler from The Neighbourly Riddler

You see a boat filled with people.
It has not sunk, but when you look again you don’t see a single person on the boat.
Why?

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Ryman’s Walk in Wednesdays

The Team from Ryman Healthcare

Ryman villages across the country are open every Wednesday in November.

Experience the Ryman lifestyle and learn about our living options, tour our showhomes and discover the wonderful amenities on offer.

Click to find out more information.
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3 hours ago

This week's prize winners!

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

Congrats to the winners of the $100 Grocery vouchers:

Lynette Baker from Palmerston North
Maurice Higgs from Nelson
Rafael Laverde from Miramar
Janet Atkinson from Masterton

If you're a winner, get in touch here before 26th November.

Not a winner this week? There's always next week!

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