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Act has declared its class prejudice by advocating for the cancellation of the free lunch in schools programme even though the benefits are clear and recognised and the programme helps poor kids' nutrition and education.

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Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …

Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …

“Christchurch really needs more quality second-hand book stores.” ALDEN WILLIAMS/Stuff Paul Edwards wants Book Barn to become part of a book destination in east Christchurch. Ling had long wanted to open a bookstore and eventually found an empty shop on Ferry Rd. The neighbouring shop was also empty, so he asked his friend Paul Edwards, who runs the Chertsey Book Barn south of Rakaia, if he wanted to open next door. “The opportunity was there. He thought it would be a good mix. We are...

Second-hand bookstores defeat Covid © Provided by Newsroom Back from the lockdown brink, many Kiwi second hand bookshops are flourishing — at least while the domestic tourist boom continues. Matteo Di Maio reports Lockdown. An almost total absence of overseas tourists. A fragile industry at the best of times. And yet, Kiwi second-hand bookstore owners say, business is booming. Sales are currently above pre-Covid levels, said Rachel Pope, the owner of   books in central Hamilton. “It’s...