Queenwood school-run ute now flying more flags than the Beehive on a good day
Eleven flags at last count, one of them a Chiefs one from a season nobody wishes to discuss.
School Gate
PTA factions, pickup-lane warfare at 3:15, and the sausage sizzle scandal that split a town. Every School Gate yarn we have filed, newest first — 63 stories, none of them true.
Te Puke netball mum calls meeting to decide when the meetings are
The agenda has one item. The item is the agenda.
Parnell school apologises for spelling "sausage sizzle" as "sausage sizzle"
Four hundred parents have now read the correction. None of them can find the mistake.
Gate Pa primary bans glitter after incident staff describe as "biblical"
The Year 3 craft afternoon ended at 2.20pm on Thursday. The glitter has not.
South Dunedin mufti day raises $47.20 and one very serious question about whose hoodie that is
The gold coin donation was optional. The Kmart fleece situation was not.
St Andrews mum brings measuring tape to school pickup and won't let it go
She's measured the yellow lines. She's measured the Prados. Nobody asked her to.
Huntly mum deploys measuring tape at school gate, demands zone redrawn by 3.15pm
A 40-metre stretch of footpath is now a jurisdictional matter, per the tape.
Havelock school fundraiser shifts 400 rolls of wrapping paper nobody will ever use
The design is reindeer on a bicycle. It is May. The paper is non-refundable.
St Heliers PTA meeting enters week three as Wellington dad refuses to leave hall
Bloke arrived with a thermos on the 4th. Nobody's had the nerve to ask him to go.
Awapuni school bake sale cupcake priced at $18, PTA insists it's "artisan"
One cupcake. Eighteen dollars. A queue of parents pretending this is normal.
Wellington woman with thermos attends Atawhai school meeting, has not left since Tuesday
She brought her own biscuits. She brought a folder. She brought opinions about the drop-off zone despite living 600km away.
Spreydon primary sock height dispute enters third week, PTA "unrecognisable"
The policy says mid-calf. One mother says mid-calf is a construct. The board says stop emailing.
Hamilton West school PTA meeting now in hour six as thermos parent refuses to leave
She brought her own tea. She brought her own biscuits. She has opinions about the sausage sizzle roster and she is not done.
Ruakura school gala gold-coin crisis enters seventh hour as parents turn on each other
Sources describe a queue for the sausage sizzle that had 'gone feral' by 11.15am.
Hillcrest crossing patroller runs 3pm pickup like a swiss customs official
Denise has been on the lollipop nine years. She has opinions about your Hilux.
Redwood school lollipop lady runs crossing tighter than a bloody airport
Parents at Redwood Primary say Beverley's 3pm shift has cut wait times in half and grown men in utes to tears.
Aro Valley school gala collapses into barter economy after $1 coin shortage
By 11.20am the sausage sizzle was accepting eftpos, IOUs, and one jar of kombucha.
Arrowtown PTA meeting enters seventh hour as Wellington mother refuses to leave
She brought her own oat milk. She brought her own opinions. She brought a two-litre thermos.
Avonside school bake sale cupcake priced at $47, PTA insists it's "for a good cause"
The cause is a shade sail. The cupcake is lemon.
Te Awamutu primary demands socks hit mid-calf — parents demand a life
A three-centimetre sock discrepancy has triggered four PTA emails and one resignation.