Home based care - Kidstart Spaces available for full time care
I am an Educator with 18 years' experience working with children.
I Live in Gracefield, Lower Hutt close to Woburn station (easy for parents to drop and catch a train).
The kids under my care will be engaged in a number of outdoor and home based activities that educate and entertain.
I take the children to play groups, library story time, parks, walk to the riverbank to feed the ducks and many outings organised by Kidstart.
There is plenty of space for the kids to explore and play in and around the house. Many toys to keep them entertained through the day. A few of them are puzzles, books, kitchen set, water trough, dress ups, slides , bikes etc.
We have a very friendly golden retriever at home. She enjoys the company of kids and vice-versa.
2 full time spaces are available for home-based childcare. (for above two and under two). Part-time care can be considered.
References available on request. P.M if interested.
Poll: Do you think NZ should ban social media for youth?
The Australian Prime Minister has expressed plans to ban social media use for children.
This would make it illegal for under 16-year-olds to have accounts on platforms including TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and X.
Social media platforms would be tasked with ensuring children have no access (under-age children and their parents wouldn’t be penalised for breaching the age limit)
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scumbags
There are some really awful people around at the moment. This is what happened on Sunday.
We live in Hinemoa Street opposite the Waiwhetu Stream. At around 3.40 in the afternoon I was looking out my window and saw a car pull up and start to feed the geese and ducks out the window. Then The passenger an asian man jumped out and threw himself onto a goose. he picked it up and put it the boot of the car.
I immediately ran over and stood in front of his car to stop him moving I also called my husband to help. A lovely man was riding his bike and saw it and stopped to help me. The driver tried to drive into me but I didnt move. He tried telling us it was his pet. These are wild geese.
They had a cage in the boot and some wire all ready to catch the poor bird like they have done it before. My husband took the bird from the car and released it. I then moved out of the way and after lots of abuse from the driver they drove off threatening to come back and get more.
No one should be allowed to take these beautiful birds and certainly not like this. they are all starting to have wee babies at the moment the whole thing was so upsetting to me. Another neighbour further down the road also saw it all happen.
Please keep a look out for this car and if you see them by the stream go over and watch them lets all stop this happening.
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