Following yesterday's photo of the guy asleep on the rubbish truck in West Auckland, here's one of a worker enjoying a break in his improvised easy chair on the North Shore.
Cool teacher in hot classroom
Alasdair Maclean of Pakuranga recalls his school days: "Due to population expansion in the fifties, the old school had many prefab buildings. These were not of the standard seen around schools today. They had no lining in the ceiling, the floor was in sections that did not always line up and they were extremely hot in summer and bitterly cold in winter. They were heated by a pot-belly stove in the corner.
"Back then, every teacher was graded by an inspector. On one visit, when it had been raining, the inspector found Pat teaching us while holding up an umbrella. This was his way of protesting.
"On another very cold day, the students had stoked up the pot-belly stove until it was glowing red hot. The inevitable happened and the prefab caught fire. Pat very calmly filed the students outside, did a roll call, counted heads and, just to make sure, called the roll again.