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File Pic cropped to L plate. A_250512WCSMdriver1 – learner driver.Meet driving insurtcor and WHS studnent for pix with Mas’ story.WHS entrance in front of admin block. Meet Jack Kennedy and young girl there..25 May 2012 Wanganui Chronicle Photograph by Stuart Munro WGG 29May12 – NEARLY THERE: Wanganui High School student Shea-lee Phillips has her L plate ready. One more practical session with driving instructor Jack Kennedy (standing) and she hopes to take the final test next month. PHOTO\/STUART MUNRO 250512WCSMDRIVER1 WTA 20Apr13 - WGM 07Oct13 – EDUCATING DRIVERS: Driving school owner Jack Kennedy with a successful student. BTS 21Dec13 – LEARNER DRIVERS: Parents need to take responsibility. WGP 19May15 – HAPPY: Jack Kennedy pictured with a successful student back in 2012. NZH 03Dec15 - WAG 28Dec15 – RE-EDUCATE: Drivers who don’t indicate at roundabouts correctly. PHOTO\/FILE NZH 11Jun16 – It’s important that younger drivers – particularly L- and P-platers – focus their full attention on driving. Picture \/ Stuart Munro NZH 11Jun16 - BTG 03Nov16 – LEARNERS: Is 16 too young an age to start driving?PHOTO\/FILE RGP 05Nov16 – DRIVER ERROR: People have entered their personal details into a suspicious website. NAG 05Nov16 – DRIVER ERROR: People have entered their personal details into a suspicious website. NZH 05Nov16 – Admiral’s app to help new drivers get cheaper car insurance may have backfired. RGP 24Feb21 - BTG 24Feb21 - RGP 27Feb21 – We owe it to ourselves and each other to improve our knowledge of the road rules even after getting a licence. BTG 27Feb21 – We owe it to ourselves and each other to improve our knowledge of the road rules even after getting a licence. BTG 17Dec21 – Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency announced driver testing services will return to Cambridge and Matamata next year. Photo \/ Stuart Munro <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"File Pic cropped to L plate. A_250512WCSMdriver1 – learner driver.Meet driving insurtcor and WHS studnent for pix with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267499,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[694,19552,266,17551,111,43,139,69,5256,5257,61],"class_list":["post-267498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-announces","tag-driver","tag-government","tag-licensing","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-overhaul","tag-significant","tag-to"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}