Rotorua school app sends 47 mufti day notifications, parents learn gold coin costs $2
One dad turned his phone off at notification 31 and missed his actual job. Reckons the app owes him a day's wage.
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.
Paraparaumu ute arrives at school drop-off flying seven flags, parents request un observers
What we know: the Hilux has more flags than the Beehive. What we don't know: which country it represents.
Mount Victoria PTA treasurer launches full audit over missing $3.50
The sausage sizzle float was short by the price of one sausage. The treasurer has cleared her Thursday.
Island Bay mum enters PTA meeting at 6pm, still there at midnight with thermos half-full
The agenda had four items. She has tabled eleven.
Linwood reading log stoush goes to the board
One parent ticked the box. Another parent disputes the tick.
Mt Eden primary fundraiser moves 400 rolls of wrapping paper nobody asked for
The PTA calls it a record year. The garages of Mt Eden tell a different story.
Henderson primary pickup lane now operating on 14-second stop window, parents timed
One mother brought a stopwatch. The deputy principal brought a clipboard. Neither is backing down.
Papamoa primary sock height ruling sparks PTA civil war — two mums no longer speaking at pilates
The board says mid-calf. Some parents say ankle. A WhatsApp group called 'Sock Chat' has 47 unread messages.
Takapuna primary bans glitter after art class incident described as 'biblical'
Three weeks on, the staffroom carpet still sparkles. So does the principal.
Bishopdale school gala runs out of $1 coins by 10.17am, PTA treasurer 'taking a moment' in the staff carpark
The sausage sizzle still had snags. The lucky dip still had prizes. Nobody had change.
Mosgiel principal's newsletter poem about 'certain parents' runs to four stanzas
Page two of the term three update is, the principal admits, a response to the pickup lane.
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.
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.