CELEBRITIES GEAR UP FOR THEIR FIRST MOVE IN LEVEL 2
With Ricardo Simich
With Level 2 within sight, hopefully in two weeks, excitement is mounting about getting back to a new normal. What’s the first thing you will do when you get out of lockdown? We posed to some well-known faces and myriad getting-back-to-life dreams emerged.
Newshub’s Samantha Hayes, mum to 7-month old Marlow, says it will all be about family for her:
“I can’t wait to see my sister and her family here in Auckland again and give them all a huge hug — or just sit down for a cuppa at a safe distance. I haven’t seen my niece and nephew for ages so it’ll be great to hang out with them and hear all their news,” says Hayes.
“Then when the time comes when domestic travel is safe, I’d love to see my brother’s family in Wellington and Mum and Dad and my Aunty Sonia in Otago. Mum’s really missing Marlow and I can’t wait for the day they’ll be reunited and he’ll get to finally meet Sonia,” she adds.
Her co-host at 6pm, Mike McRoberts, feels incredibly lucky that some of his colleagues are among his best friends.
“They’ve all done such an amazing job covering this huge story with no chance to unwind. When we finally get out of lockdown, I’ll be looking forward to a good old-fashioned catch up with lots of laughter and banter, and the chance to reflect on what we’ve all been through, McRoberts says. Newstalk ZB and Q+A host Jack Tame can’t wait to visit his nephew, who has started walking properly in the time we’ve been in lockdown.
“I miss him very much,” says Tame.
The Project’s Jeremy Corbett says he will be happily staying inside. “Everybody will be far too excited. Running around hugging and rejoicing. Yuck. I’ll wait a couple of weeks till they’ve calmed down,” says Corbett.
Shortland Street’s Michael Galvin is prepared for the best of restaurant protein.
“I will be heading to Tony’s Steakhouse on Wellesley St. I’ve always meant to go and saw they were selling vouchers during lockdown so I bought one,” says Galvin.
His co-star Ngahuia Piripi and her partner, former Ferndale alumnus Teone Kahu, both can’t wait for a drink with their friends and family and be able to extend the bubble and get to the gym. Piripi is excited to get back to her Shortland Street family and resume making the show we all know and love.
“The show must go on for Shorty, which hasn’t been off air during its 28-year run,” says Piripi.
Former A Place to Call Home star Craig Hall, will soon be celebrating the premiere of his new show, Head High on Three, but is hoping a special visit will be possible in Level 2.
“My 80-year-old ma has been in hospital since a week before