Kerre McIvor: Kids need free school lunches, they can t learn when they re hungry
15 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Some tips that might help encourage an empty lunchbox.
OPINION: I have long been a supporter of children being fed at school. Perhaps it was because I grew up on a diet of books and television programmes set in England where school lunches were the norm. Or, more likely, it was because my mum, who was a school teacher, used to head off to work every morning with four or five sandwiches and a bag of fruit in her bag to give to the kids who came to school hungry.
You can t fake it with horses : the new world of equine-assisted learning
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Joanna Wane on using horsepower to break down barriers without words. After two years away, Hayley Ryan was at the end of a long trip home from Ireland and at the end of her tether when she finally cleared Covid quarantine and arrived at her mother s place in North Canterbury.
Exhausted after what had been a hugely stressful few months, she headed out to the back paddock to see the horses. Quietly, they gathered around her, close enough to feel the warm huff of their breath.
Cold-case mystery: The murder of Kiwi Paula Brown on girls night out - we miss her so much
14 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Paul Brown disappeared from the Sydney s bustling Oxford Street on May 4, 1996, after becoming separated from her friends. Her body was found 8 days later. Photo / Chadwick McCartney
Paul Brown disappeared from the Sydney s bustling Oxford Street on May 4, 1996, after becoming separated from her friends. Her body was found 8 days later. Photo / Chadwick McCartney
By: Fleur Guthrie
On the back of Norma Brown s bedroom door hangs a beautiful maroon velvet jacket, adorned with diamanté buttons. As she tenderly gathers it in her hands and strokes the fabric, the retired widow can t believe it s been 25 years this month since her beloved daughter Paula last wore it, while on a girls night out in Sydney, Australia.