Life in New Zealand

… said the council must not repeat Island Bay’s mistakes by looking after pedestrians. Dominion Post, 1/11/17

The countryside might be beautiful, but the Road Code forbids steering at the scenery. Sunday Star-Times, 5/11/17

Try to avoid adding a lot of liquid to a smoothie bowl or it will turn into a smoothie.

Bite, 30/10/17

Remodel Inside, Outside & Your Own Backside

1day.co.nz, 20/10/17 Others wanted to get rid of the “rubbish shops”, have the mall rebuilt, add a movie theatre and pet shop, have clean toilets and get rid of litter and glue sniffers.

Press, 8/9/17

Westpac leads way on family violence

Hawke’s Bay Today, 3/10/17

“They come here and are busting to go to the toilet. I just want to say how delighted and relieved we are as we have been waiting for this for ages.”

Press, 29/9/17

viciousness of the class battle and holding up to ridicule the manufactured strife of party.”

Neil Galbreath (Greytown) ‘WONDER’ REVIEW REVIEWED

Years 5 and 6 pupils of Bayfield School in Herne

Bay, Auckland, were moved to respond to the review of Wonder ( Film, December 9).

We are writing to complain about your review of Wonder, which we would have given at least four stars. You didn’t seem to get why certain things happened and clearly haven’t read the book.

Ashton Smith and William Taylor

We went to Wonder with 120 other kids and we all loved it and some of us even cried.

Fynn Mangan and Sam Baird

Your review is harsh and is targeting the wrong audience because the movie and the book are for kids.

Dallas Kingi

We know how hard it is to write a review (because we’ve done it ourselves) and we understand that you didn’t like this movie that much. We think most people would rate Wonder at least three stars.

We recommend that if you write another movie review, you should read the book (if there is one).

Gus Dallow and Leo Baldwin

The film doesn’t do a great job compared with the book. It lacks major plot resolutions and seems a bit childish and cheesy.

The producers don’t seem to have thought through who would watch it. Some of the casting choices were not ideal.

Its message was still strong and the story inspiring, but it was a two-star attempt to live up to the book.

Charlotte Baker