Mary Dunning took this photo at Tawharanui Regional Park while camping. "The ranger assured us that it appeared after the storms and land slips a couple of years ago and he had no idea, until his son pointed it out, that it looks very much like a kiwi.''
Playing the library waiting game
A reader writes: "Libraries, it seems, have been hit by the credit crunch and are now not only charging for people to be in the queue for popular books but also want you to help them name the joyful service. So much for books for free to all, now your income will help you get a popular book. Perhaps those that can afford the book might wish to go and buy it, making the queue shorter. Problem solved. Names of the user-pays idea include, most aptly, Queue Jumper."
Children unswayed by gender neutrality
Chris writes: "The piece about the colouring book for girls and a different one for boys reminded me of a friend who had two small children, a girl and a boy. She was determined to bring them up equally with no gender bias. She gave up the day she realised her son was running around the house pointing a banana at people and shouting 'Bang Bang', and her daughter would not speak to anyone unless they called her 'Princess'."
