When you think of Christmas a hospital is hopefully the last thing that comes to mind.
But for thousands of Kiwis that s not the case - they re having to spend the holiday period in the wards.
Now one New Zealand hospital has come up with a simple way to not only spread the festive cheer but also help patients heal.
Seventy-two-year-old Maureen Jennings is a bit of a Christmas dancing queen. She also happens to be a patient in North Shore Hospital - but that s not stopping her getting into the spirit.
Jennings is loving the live carols that have been echoing through the corridors all month after staff put a piano in the foyer.
as a symbol on either side of this debate. but the president is saying it s become a symbol and if he would have approved this pipeline it would have been a symbol for climate policy out of line with what he s trying to do over the last year of his presidency. i think he s actually looking beyond the specifics of what the pipeline would do in either case and looking at this more as part of a legacy. i hope i don t quote karl, but when you bring up that point, it probably will have more of an impact. their answer? they don t have a great answer on this. they go back to this basic idea that simply approving the pipeline would have been out of step with the larger message of the president s on climate. another controversy, that is the decision by the fox business network which you may have heard is having two republican debates on tuesday night to start winnowing the field of candidates who will participate in those debates. we asked you for questions for the panel, and we got a bun
this debate. but the president is saying it s become a symbol and if he would have approved this pipeline it would have been a symbol for climate policy out of line with what he s trying to do over the last year of his presidency. i think he s actually looking beyond the specifics of what the pipeline would do in either case and looking at this more as part of a legacy. i hope i don t quote karl, but when you bring up that point, it probably will have more of an impact. their answer? they don t have a great answer on this. they go back to this basic idea that simply approving the pipeline would have been out of step with the larger message of the president s on climate. another controversy, that is the decision by the fox business network which you may have heard is having two republican debates on tuesday night to start winnowing the field of candidates who will participate in those debates. we asked you for questions for the panel, and we got a bunch on this subject, maureen
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