When Rotorua's Issy Walmsley entered a competition to design a mascot, she did not think she stood a chance of winning. But the artsy Mokoia Intermediate pupil, 11, was 'beyond ecstatic' when she got the call from Breakfast with Jono and Ben saying her 'Hit-opotamus' was the winning design. show hosted a competition asking children how they should market the radio station and a boy from the West Coast inspired them to get a mascot. is owned by NZME, publisher of the  Rotorua Daily Post . They then asked kids to design a mascot, putting up a $500 prize.

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