The country’s sole carillonist, Timothy Hurd, has been playing the bells - 74 of them, totalling 70 tonnes - for about 40 years.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360806791/govt-spends-10m-fix-national-war-memorial-bells-fires-only-person-who-can-play