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Victoria Carter: How Prince Philip taught me compassion 13 May, 2021 11:41 PM 5 minutes to read Victoria Carter receives her Gold Award from the Duke of Edinburgh, circa 1981. Photo / Supplied NZ Herald OPINION: The Duke of Edinburgh taught me compassion. When he died I thought about his wonderful contribution with the Duke of Edinburgh Award. A programme designed to give young people experiences outside the classroom to become committed, responsible and fulfilled citizens of the world. My community service was teaching Sunday school to under 6 s for a few years. When I reached Gold level and needed to do a week-long tramp I found that in its place I could do a longer stint of community service. I chose the nearby Ravensthorpe psychiatric hospital and I approached the superintendent to help out as a nurse aide. ....
Letters: Ihumātao, Laura Fergusson Trust, savings and police chases 21 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM 9 minutes to read NZ Herald Righting a wrong National and Act have strongly denounced the Government s purchase of the contested land at Ihumātao. They say that it will open up a can of worms for more Treaty claims on, private, land in the future. This piece of land was confiscated by the British settler government from the original owners in 1863, despite that iwi not being in rebellion against the Crown at the time. Mr Seymour and Mr Mitchell, would do well to ponder that fact, while pontificating about the need to respect the sanctity of private property. ....