ON THE MOVE: The 'Orange Avenger' cycles next to traffic towards Wellington.

Rising up from the magma of Tuesday's earthquake is Captain Electric - an orange-clad superhero here to look out for the people of Wellington.

A recent addition to Wellington's roads, the mystery cyclist had been spotted biking into Wellington city in an orange jumpsuit and silver cape emblazoned with an orange lightning bolt.

However, the mystery was soon solved when Captain Electric stepped forward to reveal herself.

The self-made superhero said she had formed out of the magma from Tuesday's earthquake centred near Opunake, and was now in Wellington to bring happiness to the citizens.

While Captain Electric would not confirm rumours that she was early childhood teacher Karen O'Leary of Adelaide Early Childhood Centre in Newtown, she said they were "very good friends".

"There are a lot of people who do bad stuff, so I'm here to remind everyone that it's important to have a bit of fun as well.

"There are too many grumpy people in the world, so I'm here to help people look beyond that."

Captain Electric contacted Electric Bikes New Zealand earlier this week with a proposal to bring a bit of joy to the city and the charges at the early childhood centre by becoming her "true self" and stepping into costume.

"First off I tried to fly around but that didn't work too well in Wellington's wind, so instead I thought an electric bike would do the trick."

Captain Electric has been riding her electric bike in from Korokoro each day since receiving it earlier this week, and was looking forward to meeting the children at the Newtown childcare centre when they return from school holidays on Monday.

"I understand Karen has got big plans for when I meet them on Monday, so hopefully they'll be pretty excited.

"If five out of five children come away wanting to be superheroes, then we have done our job."

Contact Kerry McBride

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