It’s day 1 of Lockdown and Journalist & Business woman Billie Jo Hohepa-Ropiha is having to do what she never dreamed of ever doing and that is being a teacher to her kids. She goes back to her roots of growing up in Moerewa and teaches them

The effects of Covid-19 and the pressures of being a new Teacher has Billie doubting her own abilities and the enormity of the job. The crisis situation has her in a state of panic and questioning whether the “children” are even taking this whole

New teacher and part time mum Billie, imparts what she reckons is one of the best lessons in life. Maybe it will make next year’s School Curriculum ok or maybe not, just watch and you decide. For us the jury’s still out on that call.

Like every new position there’s always going to be one day that you’re late to work. But when work is in your back yard and your employees are your tamariki, then there’s just no excuses for Billie who is unashamedly late!

With four boys and two girls in the whare 24/7, the cupboards are getting a right royal hammering, so what’s a mother to do? We’ll brave the supermarket aisles and fill the cupboards… of course Lockdown styles!

Merlin gives the latest update on the global effects of Covid-19 and our wannabe teacher is more interested in her half plucked eyelashes and hairy armpits. But it raises an important question, should beauty salons be deemed an essential business?

Hanita and her two little helpers create a mouth-watering hakari of hangi and fried bread. Follow her easy step-by-step process to make a lockdown kai in the same amount of time it takes to watch two movies on NetflHanita and her two little helpers

Having finally come to grips with her new role as the sole provider of her children’s education, teacher wannabe Billie Jo arrives to class only to fine her students have abandoned her for the distance learning lessons provided in the Government’s