Families shattered by Christchurch school closures

Andrew Smith hoisted daughter Serenity into air after the school bell today, a mural of her young, smiling face painted on a playground wall behind her. It's the same Phillipstown School playground in Christchurch that Mr Smith once enjoyed in the 1970s - along with most of his extended whanau. Three of his children have kept the family tradition alive, including Down's Syndrome ...