It’s that time again! The latest recipients of Jetstar’s Flying Start grant were announced yesterday in the New Zealand Herald as the Avonside Girls High School Dragon Boat team. The girls have held the competition at bay for the past two years, holding on to their national …
Lord have mercy! Someone’s doing something super amazing and COOL for the kids this summer – and parents, totally, super cool for parents. Trust me on that one because Dave and I are freeeakkkking about this festival inside a festival yo! Auckland Kiddie Limits is …
Let me preface this by saying, this is a special kind of book for a special kind of kiwi kid. One that hates to be laced into shoes and stuffed into cars to hustle from here to there, a kid that doesn’t blink at dirty …
I wish my bro was a mummy-blogger. He has the rare ability to translate his IRL personality exactly into the written word. He can be totally caustic and make you want to punch him in the face, but he also speaks truthfully and from the heart …
The New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards celebrates annually the depth and range of talent our home-grown authors can offer kiwi readers. Ethan devours books at a rate that is hard to keep up with, so we were so happy to receive a package containing …
Not many words this week, aside from that I LOVE Christchurch. It’s people and it’s resilience in the face of unimaginable natural adversity and a bureacratic nightmare are astounding. I simply cannot imagine a more wonderful city to host the first ever Around the Table …
I looked outside yesterday and couldn’t help but appreciate the sight of two loads of whites drying on the line, yes the water truck came {FOR THE 5TH TIME} and so we washed. I hate to begrudge people a long, amazing summer, seeing as how …
Let me preface this by saying that I have a smart kid. A really smart kid. Last year at the end of term 3, E was discussing his maths group, after some questions I established three things; He had been sliding down through the maths …
You haven’t missed out the festival ends Sunday the 24th February! For more info visit the organisers website http://www.aucklandnz.com/lantern/programme/sunday Attending this event has been on my to-do list for years and yesterday, late afternoon we headed over to town and got amongst the wonderful crowd. We …
Last month I received a gorgeous wee book in the mail to read and review. I was excited. I love books and LOVED this book in particular as it gave me a chance to go back to those precious long days {and short years} of …