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From tobacco to social media: Why regulation has to start somewhere
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1100+ words) don’t think every child will suddenly disappear from social media and I don’t think an age restriction...
Shades of grey? Parents watching locally made sex in the 21st century doco likely to be alarmed
4+ week, 19+ hour ago (557+ words) ‘This is a uniquely confusing time,” says Jo Robertson towards the end of What Happened to Sex? She’s not wrong. What to make of a culture around sexual activity – influenced by online pornography, social media, pop music imagery and even…...
Can a Year 6 class get The Rock to reply? Whangārei pupils put social media to the test
2+ week, 6+ day ago (433+ words) with negative comments online, and Jazz Thornton from Voices of HOPE on how social media could be used...
Glenn Dwight: Remembering Mum, not Alzheimer’s
2+ week, 20+ hour ago (1127+ words) Ardie Savea: "We lost the battle tonight but we haven't lost the war." If you’ve read my articles for The Country before, you’ll know I enjoy writing about the little bits of New Zealand that deserve remembering. Scientists are talking…...
Greens promise to restore and expand previous free school lunches scheme
3+ week, 3+ day ago (296+ words) school lunch programme’s funding removed contracts from local providers and “cost New Zealanders hundreds...million by reducing the average per student meal cost from $8.68 to $3.58. “The cut-price programme doesn’t...
Adults should stop trying to predict who children will become
2+ week, 4+ day ago (667+ words) “I want to be a marine biologist.” “Okay,” I said. “Why not?” “And I want to go to Antarctica.” My daughter is 12 and I have learned not to be too surprised by these announcements. When she was 7, she wanted to…...
'Widespread issue': Schools report dozens of students off sick
4+ week, 1+ day ago (760+ words) the Bay of Plenty Times that 71 pupils were absent from a roll of 313 on Monday. Sixty-nine were away on...
Child poverty experts call for politicians to take 'urgent action"
2+ week, 3+ day ago (485+ words) Government, child poverty numbers rose to 170,000 from 160,000 post-pandemic. The latest figures, for the...for tenants in social homes should return to 25% (from 30%). University of Auckland Professor Emeritus...they cannot afford seven or more items or services from a list of…...
She was given 12 weeks to live. Now she's watching her daughter grow
3+ week, 12+ hour ago (838+ words) diagnosis and in 2024, her mum Lucia passed away from renal cancer. “I want to live for my daughter to...
My message to older people struggling with the cost of living
4+ week, 1+ day ago (866+ words) work with this generation in Whanganui: Sandy Fage from the Whanganui Budget Advisory Service and Michelle...