Around the motu : Georgina Campbell

A pub has come to the rescue of Chocolate Fish Cafe, which has been forced to close for months after a suspicious fire at Shelly Bay seven weeks ago. Georgina has the latest, including an update on the asbestos removal after the fire. Also the human face of a strained health system. An 81-year-old woman on an operating wait list for the past year sat hungry and cold for two and a half hours expecting hernia surgery only to be told it was cancelled because the hospital was too busy. And the $1.25 billion Transmission Gully project remains unfinished, despite the motorway out of Wellington opening more than 15 months ago.