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Charlie
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In the late 1990s a rooster called Charlie, a Red Island Rhode who lived at the bottom of Mako Street became the centre of a heated wrangle, when neighbours complained of his early morning antics. His elderly owner Bert Saunders stood firm and the matter occupied much council time and many centimetres of opinion. Innocent Charlie became a symbol for the fight to maintain Waiheke's semi-rural lifestyle. Eventually Bert and Charlie won and rooster rights were established. After Bert died Charlie was relocated to Awaawaroa.