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Everyday, RTLB who service rural schools head out relatively equipped to face whatever challenges they may encounter; whether this be directly related to our case work or within our liaison capacity… and those of us who have been around a while also know to expect a few curve balls! However, recent conversations with other RTLB colleagues across the motu, has left me pondering this thought, “What if the isolated rural school our neurodiverse student is zoned to, isn’t the sc

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...