A Kerikeri boy has gone from having no nana to having two stand-in nanas to choose from.
When 9-year-old Harry Fox didn't have anyone to take to his school's annual grandparents day his mum, Nicola George, put a plea on Facebook to "borrow someone else's for a morning". The response was immediate and heart-warming.
The first person to answer the call was Barbara Nock, better known as Nana Nock, who has four sons, 13 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren, so she's an expert on talking to boys.
The pair met on Friday and Harry, who is in Year 5 at Riverview School, already thought of her as part of the family, Mrs George said.
However, on Saturday Nana Nock received news that she had to go to Palmerston North for a funeral, so her golfing friend Jos Archer - now known as Nana Jos - offered to step in as Harry's stand-in, stand-in nana.