Heather Keats

Heather Keats, local, Anna Mason and Sophie Bolton (deceased) – all three were founding members of Freelance Mum UK. The death of my best friend inspired freelance Mum New Zealand Hub. “I met Sophie in the usual place that Mums make friends, the park! I was new to the area and slowly sidled up to a group of women chatting away when Sophie turned around and, in a bid, to help me join in, asked me if I liked running. Apparently – the way she tells it – I simply said, ‘No’.

Watch: Here's the Christmas Day weather forecast. Credits: Video - Newshub; Image - Getty Images Summer is misfiring. Multiple false starts and washouts have left us all a little weary. And it's not just the cost of living crisis threatening to spoil Christmas this year, the weather could also play its part. But as we lament the poor start to summer, is it really that unusual? Or are we just quick to forget how it has been in the past?