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				<title>Fiona Mckenzie</title>
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						wow thank you
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				<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2015 20:49:02 +1300</pubDate>
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				<title>Fiona Mckenzie</title>
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						<p>Hi Hilary, <br />No we only moved here at the beginning of the year and Claudia is too young/still at school.  I hear positive things though!</p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2015 13:30:50 +1300</pubDate>
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				<title>Berinthia Binnie</title>
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						<p>Word!</p><p>Congratulations Fiona, thrilled for you! </p><p>Big milestone for Claudia too, everyone gets to that point of differentiation from Mum and Dad and it’s a metamorphosis alright. </p><p>Parents like you make me feel really proud.</p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2015 12:26:57 +1300</pubDate>
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				<title>Rob Stowell</title>
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						Great to hear the job AND family life going well :)
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				<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2015 10:31:35 +1300</pubDate>
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				<title>Fiona Mckenzie</title>
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						Thanks everyone ; really loved being back in the world of the working &ndash; even looking forward to tomorrow. All the more special because I came home to a fed and showered daughter and a cold glass of Verve Cliquot waiting for me. Could get very used to this!
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				<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2015 19:14:14 +1300</pubDate>
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				<title>Goodoh</title>
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						I hear you. Can I tell you though that having a job that's YOURS and filling your head with other things is so liberating. My daughter is now 30 (jeeeez) and lives in her house round the corner, with amazing carers who come and go. We have no services -…
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				<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2015 18:21:35 +1300</pubDate>
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				<title>Hilary Stace</title>
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						Thanks for this Fiona. Just wondering, have you had anything to do with the Enabling Good Lives pilot programme in Christchurch, or is Claudia too young?
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				<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2015 15:46:20 +1300</pubDate>
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				<title>Lilith __</title>
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						<p>Thank you for sharing this Fiona.</p><p>And very best of luck. :-)</p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2015 12:47:03 +1300</pubDate>
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				<title>Rosemary McDonald</title>
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						<p>Luck,  in vast and copious quantities Fiona!</p><p>Someone commented on another site the other day on how good people with disabilities have it in NZ.</p><p>Both barrels they got.</p><p>Great post.</p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2015 09:24:07 +1300</pubDate>
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				<title>Craig Young</title>
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						Damned excellent post, Fiona. Over in Brisbane, my sister Janine is the sole carer for my nephew Jordan, who has osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone syndrome). She has her own home, but it's a constant struggle to insure her deadbeat dad ex- husband  pays his fair share of child support on…
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				<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2015 09:20:22 +1300</pubDate>
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						<p>Discussion from blog post.</p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2015 09:20:22 +1300</pubDate>
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