I should think so, too. Isn't he great? 
Immigrant, aged 101: It would have been 'odd' if they'd thrown me out
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By Keith Perry
Horace Mayes enjoys beautiful scenes of Waiheke Island from his family's clifftop home. Photo / Greg Bowker
First, Horace Mayes got a 100th birthday card from the Prime Minister. Then immigration authorities told him he was being kicked out of the country.
The shocked centenarian only avoided becoming the oldest person to be removed from New Zealand after embarrassed Government ministers performed a dramatic u-turn and allowed him to stay.
Yesterday, Mr Mayes, 101, spoke of his delight at being able to stay in the country he has been visiting for Christmas holidays since 1979.
Until last week, the former research chemist feared he would suffer the indignity of being sent back to Britain "on a technicality" despite having sold his Sussex home.
But immigration officials softened their hardline stance following the intervention of Immigration Minister Clayton Cosgrove, who asked them to take another look at the case.
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