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Commonly described as "a man with his head in the clouds, or "the most looked-at man in Gisborne," Atu Hohepa is neither a dreamer or a male model, but he is the operator of the giant crane on the Post Office site and, if anyone is a little envious of his job, take a look at how he gets up there; there are no elevators up to this office, so it's certainly not for the faint hearted.

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At his controls in the steel monster.

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Atu (left) and the man he looks down at all day long, his dogman, Peter Brooks.