“I talked to my friends [and] we came to Mr van Oostveen and wondered if we did some fundraising and made some cakes and people could sell it.” Reuben, who is from Levin, also delivered phonebooks and raised more than $1000 in the first couple of weeks. He said it was important to treat others as he would like to be treated. Liam’s father Sam and mother Andy were amazed at what Reuben had done. “It’s hard to believe that it’s come from someone so young,” Andy said. Sam said it was even more special because it was someone they had never met before Liam’s diagnosis.
Number One Shoes says it is deeply concerned about Wylie’s alleged offending. As a student teacher in 2020, Wylie had a placement at Freyberg High School in term 2. Principal Peter Brooks said the Education Ministry’s trauma team and police were at the school on Tuesday. It was possible students at the school had been contacted by Wylie, or one of his aliases, on social media asking for pictures of shoes. Brooks said the students felt violated that Wylie had been in their class, potentially looking at their shoes and taking pictures. The school was also wondering how Wylie made it on to the teachers’ college course at Massey University.
Number One Shoes says it is deeply concerned about Wylie’s alleged offending. As a student teacher in 2020, Wylie had a placement at Freyberg High School in term 2. Principal Peter Brooks said the Education Ministry’s trauma team and police were at the school on Tuesday. It was possible students at the school had been contacted by Wylie, or one of his aliases, on social media asking for pictures of shoes. Brooks said the students felt violated that Wylie had been in their class, potentially looking at their shoes and taking pictures. The school was also wondering how Wylie made it on to the teachers’ college course at Massey University.