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Ready for school

KATE BARBER talks with JANE BURKE from BestStart about what it means to be ‘ready for school’, and how parents and teachers can best support children for this transition. Early Childhood Education & Te Whāriki Te Whāriki, the New Zealand curriculum for Early Childhood Education (ECE), is founded on the following aspirations for children: ‘to […]

A Second Home

‘Finding the best care and learning opportunities for your baby or child is often about finding that special home away from home’, explains SHANNEN HAWKINS, Centre Director at the newly opened Kindercare in Christchurch city centre. Parents of young children can sometimes feel overwhelmed by the daily and weekly juggle, especially when you add paid […]

The Places You’ll Go

Wherever the road takes you, Aotearoa delivers activities and adventure, stunning scenery, culture and history. Here are some great places to explore this summer with the kids. Wellington Wellington is a great city to explore with the kids. The capital is home to the country’s national museum, Te Papa, with exhibitions to captivate everyone, including […]

Bringing Home The Bacon

The Timbs family have been in the butchery trade for 130 years, and, as Chris Timbs explains, they take immense pride in offering the highest quality meats to their customers, in their Edgeware and Bishopdale shops, and also online. Butchery is in Chris Timbs’ blood, and his father’s and grandfather’s… In fact it’s difficult to […]

Angling for Adventure

Whether you’re a seasoned angler yourself, or simply enjoy time outdoors with your kids or grandkids, family fishing is fantastic fun. Whatever region you live in or plan to visit, there are lakes, rivers, back country streams and spring creeks flowing with brown and rainbow trout. Instil or indulge that sense of adventure in your […]

A Big Impression

Grahame Dutton of Duxton Dental introduces us to new scanning technology that takes the goo out of making a good impression – for orthodontic treatment. Until now, getting a mouth guard or model has involved making a good impression (or negative imprint) of hard teeth and soft tissue in the mouth: a process that involves […]