Luck, timing, and a deadly virus: How Hawke's Bay's teaching shortage solved itself
4 Feb, 2021 09:42 PM
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Covid-19 has caused huge upheaval for education in Hawke's Bay, but it's also eased one of its biggest problems. Shannon Johnstone reports.
Teacher Richard Fenwick knew he and his family wanted to come back from
Zimbabwe to Hawke's Bay.
Life, and the timing of a deadly virus, nearly got in his way over the course of a chaotic seven-day journey to get home.
Hastings Girls' High School teacher Richard Fenwick returned to Hawke's Bay from Zimbabwe where his family lived for seven years. Photo / Warren Buckland