Mittens the cat receives the key to Wellington city

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Wellington’s friendliest cat, named Mittens, has been given the highest honour in the city.

Mittens has been given the keys to the city.

Mittens is a local celebrity. She is famous for strolling through the busy CBD and making himself at home in shops, cafes and even peoples’ cars.

A Facebook page set up in his honour has more than 40,000 members.

Last Friday, Mittens was awarded a certificate and a tiny key for his collar by Wellington Mayor Andy Foster.

The award ceremony was originally planned for March but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown.

Previous holders of keys to the city include triple-centurion cricketer Brendon McCullum, Sir Peter Jackson and Sir Richard Taylor.

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Shem Banbury - Kiwi Kids News Editor

Shem Banbury is the Editor of Kiwi Kids News and is the Deputy Principal at Mount Maunganui Intermediate. In his spare time, he likes to train and compete in triathlons, play cricket and spend time with his family.

13 Responses

anonymous says:

May 29, 2020 at 9:12 am

I think that this is a cool article. And the cat is really cute.❤️❤️
miss loop says:

May 29, 2020 at 9:48 am

awwwww shes so cute
cat lover says:

May 29, 2020 at 10:29 am

I want more things like this to happen :))
Gemma says:

May 29, 2020 at 11:08 am

Goooo mittens!!!!!

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kiki says:

May 29, 2020 at 11:09 am

Aww Look how cute the cat is and super COOL I love how anemals think about what they are doing it makes me HUG THEM SO BADY I’m never getting over about CATS
Georgia says:

May 29, 2020 at 11:25 am

That’s amazing!!!!!!!

+Mittens is CUTE!
on one. says:

May 29, 2020 at 11:35 am

good job mittens the cat
mitch says:

May 29, 2020 at 11:38 am

hi i’m Mitch how do you get onto the catch up shout outs?, our class would really love to get a shout out.
Huhu says:

June 2, 2020 at 4:47 pm

How come a cat gets the key and not me? #huhurules
Hannah says:

June 2, 2020 at 5:24 pm

OMG, my sister LOVES cats, she won’t believe this
doomcow08 says:

June 3, 2020 at 9:38 am

mittens for mayor
Te whaia says:

June 10, 2020 at 11:18 am

omg i love cats what cat is so cute 🙂
Anonymous says:

June 12, 2020 at 10:52 am

This is rather confusing it’s says She is a local celebrity but it also said makes himself home in….. what’s the cats gender?