A Dunedin family living on an unemployment benefit say
measures in the Budget announced yesterday were paltry but
some of the proposed pilot schemes had potential.
Pact
staff and clients are set to challenge the thinking of
Dunedin businesses by role-playing real-life scenarios, with
all the ''awkwardness'' included, training co-ordinator Dion
MacLeod says.
A Mosgiel mother has vowed to continue her campaign against
synthetic cannabis, after reporting her son to police for
breaching a bail condition by smoking cannabis.
A 40-year-old female learner driver finished a lesson with
her husband on Sunday by parking the car ''sideways'' in the
driveway of a repeatedly unlucky Dunedin resident, police
say.
The Government's proposal to raise the age for the mandatory
use of a child car restraints in vehicles is set too low and
should include children up to the age of 12, Plunket national
child safety adviser Sue Campbell says.
