Johnny Green with two of his egg cups. Photo: Givealittle
At the Easter of 1939, on the cusp of WW2 and when Aucklander Johnny Green was just nine years old, his mother gifted him an egg cup.
It featured three ceramic chicks, contained a single chocolate egg, and it meant the absolute world to him.
Johnny kept it with him always, even when he joined the British Army, and made the six-week voyage to New Zealand.
He now has a collection of more than 11,000 cups which he proudly displays at Sunday markets around Tamaki Makaurau to raise money for Hospice. https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/johnnys-mobile-egg-cup-world-supporting-hospice
Johnny Green's egg cups on display at an Auckland market. Photo: RNZ
