1:15 pm today

Dads on parental leave

From Afternoons, 1:15 pm today

Here in Aotearoa men represent around just two percent of those claiming paid parental leave. However a Taranaki father is keen to see that change. Callum Williamson is taking leave from his general manager role at Conductive Education Taranaki to look after his two children aged three, and ten months. For the next three months he will be writing about his experiences and he hopes to encourage more Kiwi dads to take the plunge.

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