On a mission to collect rubbish

Carol Jones cleans up the mess left by others. Carol Jones of Matakatia takes to local streets almost every day to prevent the rubbish that is dropped on the ground from blowing onto beaches, or going down the drain and into the sea. When Carol retired three years ago, after 40 years as an anaesthetic technician and nurse, she “did not want to sit around in an armchair”. Her working life was one of service, including nursing in Middlemore Hospital’s spinal unit; becoming a founding member of TASC, which helps increase tetraplegics’ independence; volunteering for the AIDS Foundation in the late...