hello – two big police related stories today. stay tuned …
the first rather worrying news came as a text message later morning from kezia’s school saying there was a police lock down due to an armed police response across the road from the school. that lasted from 11.20 to 3pm.
kezia didn’t seem very phased and it sounded like pupils were emailing and texting each other and friends in other schools (esther heard that way). i got an email from kez saying she was all good.
you can read the story here: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10883339
here’s one of the updates from school. They did great at keeping us all informed
Dear Parents / Caregivers.
AJHS remains in lock down. All students and staff are well, calm and settled.
The Police Operation is not on the school grounds but somewhere in the local neighbourhood. I cannot give you any more information about this.
At this time I cannot say when the school will be released, but will let you know as soon as this happens.
I am aware that the school day ends in an hour.
I believe that Albany Highway is currently closed.
We will be keeping the school in lock down until otherwise directed by the Police.
I understand your frustration and concerns but the Police have the situation under control and the school is in no harm.
We are all well.
Kind regards,
Mike and the team
the other police related thing was me going to Mount Eden Correction Facility (ie prison) to support my friend Phil
he had a parole hearing this morning. he didn’t have a lawyer though so it was just me – needless to say he didn’t get let out! The main reason being that he didn’t have any accommodation available so he’ll have to wait until end of June instead
after the prison thing i drove up the nearby Mount Eden which is a volcano i’ve not been up before. it was really nice
and there was an old lady artist sitting under an umbrella being photogenic
jane had a good day as she went for a long walk with her friend lorraine. they took pearl and lorraine’s dog and it was jolly good.
this evening esther had her new tennis training but kezia missed her zumba class that she was hoping to go to due to the lock down i think. jane went for a speedy run whilst esther was tennis-ing.
