Papanui High School Writing Books for Children Nightclass
Papanui High School is offering a course for those who are wanting to learn how to write books for children and young adults. This course will cover writing for all ages from children's picture books through to the young adult/teenage market and will look at plotting, characters, techniques and publishing and self publishing. This course is being taught by Michele McConnochie. Michele is the author of a trilogy for children and has written over 300 features for newspapers and run her own publishing company. She now teaches writing, and volunteers for the New Zealand Society of authors. This course is being held on Wednesday night 7-9 pm for 6 weeks at a cost of $112. For further information and enrolment please visit our website www.papanui.school.nz... or email Barbara Roper rpb@papanui.school.nz or telephone our office on 033520701.
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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Do you think NZ should follow suit? Vote in our poll and share your thoughts below.
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85.5% Yes
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13.4% No
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1.2% Other - I'll share below
What's your favourite recipe for courgettes?
Kia ora neighbours. If you've got a family recipe for courgettes, we'd love to see it and maybe publish it in our magazine. Send your recipe to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz, and if we use it in the mag, you will receive a free copy of our January 2025 issue.
Railing planters
To gain extra growing space, make and hang these easy-to-build planters on almost any wooden fence or deck railing. Use Resene FX Blackboard Paint so you can easily identify what plants are in each. Find out how to create your own with these easy step by step instructions.
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