Michelle DC

[Michelle DC @Mich_Cooke]

5/5 This is what the leaders told my uni class when we visited for the day in the summer of 2008/09. Things may have changed since then, but those details have stuck in my mind. It didn't seem like they had any choice...

[Michelle DC @Mich_Cooke]

1/5 Gloriavale leaders told me they decide who marries who. This is how they described it works... a young man will approach the group of leaders (all older men) and tell them he'd like to marry.

[Michelle DC @Mich_Cooke]

4/5 They then move out of their family room which they share with their parents and siblings (usually a curtain separates the children's beds from the parent's), and into their own room.

[Michelle DC @Mich_Cooke]

@AaronIncognito @AnkeRichter From what I was told he wasn't too involved in the new community living there - kept to himself. He's actually left since I wrote those stories... Apparently the same person who dropped him off there years ago picked him up and offered him somewhere else to stay.

[Michelle DC @Mich_Cooke]

Kia ora @EducationGovtNZ, will year 3 children who share classrooms with year 4 students (and are therefore also asked to wear masks) also be supplied with 50 free masks 😷? They need protection & their families need support in obtaining masks too.

[Michelle DC @Mich_Cooke]

@JohnJCampbell @Breakfaston1 Great news John. You're an amazing host but you really shine in the field. So many stories need to be told, and they need you to tell them.

[Alison Leversha @AlisonLeversha]

New from kidshealth. A poster with QR code for an easy link to a range of resources for parents & children about COVID. Nga mihi @Katlinko @StarshipFDN NZ Paediatric Society @minhealthnz

[Michelle DC @Mich_Cooke]

@maybeitsmaybz So cute!

[Michelle DC @Mich_Cooke]

Happy ending for this one🏠😃

https://t.co/pIgff7dUB0

[Michelle DC @Mich_Cooke]

"What I really want is for them to be safe, well and stay alive... I want so much for them and I want so much from everybody else" - @whaeapower of @aunties_the on what she really wants for Christmas.

https://t.co/kzFhb97KLv

[Michelle DC @Mich_Cooke]

@fizzanddumpling Hey, can you please follow me - I'd like to send you a message about a story I'm working on. Thanks.

[Michelle DC @Mich_Cooke]

What an amazing young woman.

https://t.co/MvswIpk4pK

[Michelle DC @Mich_Cooke]

"Anyone else using this just so they can sound like they're in a meeting so their other family members don't disturb them?"

Turns out hundreds of thousands of people are using an old council Zoom meeting to avoid their families, workmates and chores😂

https://t.co/PRKhxfGCsP

[Michelle DC @Mich_Cooke]

Locked down entertainment: Fun things to do with children at home https://t.co/9dk3slL3b8

[Michelle DC @Mich_Cooke]

@maybeitsmaybz Congratulations Mabel!!! Been thinking of you. So so gorgeous!

[Michelle DC @Mich_Cooke]

"I have got all of the nature I could want, but I am still in the heart of Auckland."

The story about an intentional community living in the bush, surrounded by city at the former Centrepoint site.

[RNZ @radionz]

Down the road from one of the country's largest malls and across the highway from a big shopping complex is the old Centrepoint site, which has become the new home of a colourful and vibrant community.

https://t.co/4bNfuhXdTG

[Michelle DC @Mich_Cooke]

@JohnJCampbell @maddireidy Just seen this. We are well JC. Hope you and your family are also. x