Kids in poverty miss start of school year, as siblings share one uniform
Kia ora neighbours, now Auckland Anniversary is out the way, schools are starting to open their gates for the new school year - but the cost of back-to-school supplies means some students won't be there when the first bell goes.
Students will be absent at the beginning of term because they are sharing one uniform, a pair of shoes or a bus pass with their siblings, teachers say.
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AWESOME parenting
Who raised this delinquent? Him and his mate were on great north road soliciting a homeless woman to go buy them vapes from crescent dairy.
The woman did it for them. Just a reminder that if they get caught, they are implementing a woman that would otherwise have been completely innocent if those 2 weren't so desperate for a vape
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