STOKE SCHOOL PICKUP LANE NOW FEATURES UTE WITH SEVEN FLAGS, INCLUDING ONE NO-ONE CAN IDENTIFY
The Hilux occupies two parks and an opinion. Other parents are furious but smiling.
School Gate
PTA politics, sausage sizzle scandals, and pickup lane warfare.
SUMNER SCHOOL LOST PROPERTY BIN DECLARED ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE, PARENTS TOLD NOT TO DIG
The bin holds 47 jerseys, one shoe, and a lunchbox last seen in Year 3.
ONERAHI SCHOOL CAR PARK NOW OPERATING UNDER PEACEKEEPING ROSTER AT 3PM
Two mums haven't made eye contact since the term two bake sale. A third is mediating from a Hilux.
GLADSTONE SCHOOL NEWSLETTER PROMISES "SAUSAGE SIZZLE" — PARENTS NOT SURE WHAT THE QUOTE MARKS MEAN
Some reckon it's a typo. Others reckon the PTA knows something.
TARADALE PRIMARY MUFTI DAY RAISES $187 AND ONE PARENT'S BLOOD PRESSURE
Gold coin donation. Silver-level passive aggression. Bronze-medal parenting from three dads at the gate.
NEWTOWN SCHOOL BAKE SALE CUPCAKE PRICED AT $48 — PTA INSISTS "IT'S FOR THE TURF"
A single vanilla cupcake on a paper doily is now worth more than a tank of petrol and a flat white combined.
NEWMARKET CROSSING WARDEN RUNS PICKUP LANE LIKE A PRISON YARD, PARENTS QUIETLY OBSESSED
She's stopped a Range Rover with one raised palm. The Range Rover apologised.
DEVONPORT MOTHER PRODUCES MEASURING TAPE AT SCHOOL GATE, INSISTS ZONE BOUNDARY RUNS THROUGH NEIGHBOUR'S HEDGE
Forty-two metres of grievance, settled in the rain outside Devonport Primary.
ROSLYN PTA TREASURER UNCOVERS $3.50 DISCREPANCY, CALLS EMERGENCY MEETING
The shortfall is roughly one sausage and a juice box. The principle, treasurer says, is the principle.
HAMILTON EAST NETBALL MUM CALLS MEETING TO DISCUSS WHEN TO HOLD THE NEXT MEETING
Calendar invite went out at 6.04am. The agenda is the agenda.
PONSONBY PTA SPLIT DOWN MIDDLE OVER SAUSAGE SIZZLE ONION PLACEMENT
Two-hour meeting. No vote reached. The barbecue is on Saturday.
KARORI PRIMARY APP SENDS 47 NOTIFICATIONS ABOUT MUFTI DAY, PARENT'S PHONE GIVES UP
Forty-six were reminders. The forty-seventh corrected reminder twelve.