After at least 50 years of involvement with the blind community in Northland local identity George Phiskie well and truly earned the honour of cutting the cake to celebrate the Blind Foundation's 125th anniversary in New Zealand.
That anniversary falls today and yesterday local committee and clients along with key people from the national organisation were at the Blind Foundation's Whangarei centre to mark the occasion and open an exhibition of photos highlighting the organisation's history.
![George Phiskie.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/FTGLB4RR2LLU47XVFTJS2CE2I4.jpg?auth=8fec99e58f2949a7297e42ca2cc703bcdc926977ca742a0a8093139b01303ebe&width=16&height=12&quality=70&smart=true)
That exhibition and the Blind Foundation centre in Kamo Rd will be open to the public and clients from 11am to 2pm today and tomorrow.
"I was a child of the foundation, since I was 9 years old," Mr Phiskie said as he cut the cake.