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I have never been a great fan of the scarf. This personal dislike goes back to the early 1980s, when my nana had good intentions of knitting me a scarf, with those bold, bright colours in the pattern. She knitted all seven grandchildren one, including a jersey each. They were knitted in chronological order of age. I was third in line-my brother first, then my female cousin. My jersey was very David Bain-like, I must say. You get the picture? Knitting was the thing to do and m

# The Importance of Partnership in RTLB Practice ## Understanding the Concept of Partnership If you had said to me at work, five to ten years ago, “Do you want to partner up?” I would have taken a step back, blushed, and left wondering whether you wanted my company outside of work! I would have worried and gone home to my wife, saying something like: I need to tell you something, dear. I think I got propositioned at work today. Just letting you know. This is what happened...

Usually, I don’t write a Shitty First Draft (SFD). When things get tough, I usually just try and think things through, not write anything...

" Am I Māori Enough? A Journey of Whakapapa and Identity " Understanding Whakapapa “Hey babe, are you going to wear your new taonga to te...

We all have a story of how we ‘stumbled’ into the RTLB world.  At the beginning of this century, when I started teaching in a Secondary...