Press Release – Federated Farmers Wheels are turning in the drive to get seat belts on school buses. A petition on the topic that gained more than 6,500 signatures in four weeks was presented to National MP Jacqui Dean on the steps of Parliament this afternoon by its organiser, Philippa …
Wheels are turning in the drive to get seat belts on school buses.
A petition on the topic that gained more than 6,500 signatures in four weeks was presented to National MP Jacqui Dean on the steps of Parliament this afternoon by its organiser, Philippa Cameron, and Federated Farmers of NZ Vice-President Karen Williams.
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A petition to get seatbelts on school buses has amassed 6500 signatures.
Instigator Philippa Cameron, who is based at Otematata Station with her family, makes a 64km round trip twice a day to drive daughter Flora to and from school in Kurow. She is unhappy with the prospect of her 5-year-old making the trip without any type of restraint.
She started the petition because she made no headway when broaching the subject with Ritchies Coachlines, which provides the school bus run, nor with the Ministry of Transport.
Mrs Cameron said she was “very happy” with the number of signatures collected.
“When it comes to petitions, it doesn’t actually matter how many signatures you have. What you’re really wanting is a politician to pick it up, because it means nothing unless somebody presents it to parliament.”
At home . . . Philippa Cameron in her kitchen, where she spends a lot of her time. PHOTO: SUPPLIED/LOTTIE HEDLEY
When Philippa Cameron started her Instagram page What’s for Smoko about three years ago, she never expected it to take off the way it did, or for it to land her a book deal.
She started her Instagram page after moving to Otematata Station with her husband, Joe, five and a-half years ago, and found herself having to feed the farm workers. She now has more than 17,000 followers and counting
“At the time I didn’t have a large repertoire of recipes up my sleeve, and so I thought of it more as a way for people in a similar situation to mine to share and find recipes. I did not see this coming, obviously. ”