Long-serving volunteer reader Sue Lance with Leo Pumipi 8, Sienna Jade Froggatt 8, Tahlya Leota-Morris 8, and Ngaamo Hadfield 10 at Tawhero School.
Photo/Lewis Gardner
One of the first things visitors to Tawhero School in Whanganui see is a big poster of a delighted little girl being read to.
The child in the photo is Mercedes Brooks, now a Year 10 high school student and the reader is Sue Lance, still loving her work as
a volunteer reader at the school after 20 years.
"I still love coming here to read with the children every week," she says.
"It is extremely rewarding and I have lots of nice chats while I'm here."
Lance's long-time friends, Gaynor Mullholland and Julie Dickson, surprised her with bouquets to mark her 20 years of volunteering at the school.