All the trimmings! OUR VERY KIWI CHRISTMAS
Kerre McIvor: Kai, kids & kayaks!
There have been quite a few Christmas Days in NewstalkZB host Kerre McIvor’s life, but she thinks this one will be her most memorable because she is living with her daughter Kate, son-in-law Ranko and her two grandchildren, Bart and Dora.
“We are living in our new home as a blended, multi-generational family and that will make Christmas very special,” she says. “We’ll get my mum up from Hamilton, then we will have four generations under one roof and that will be the icing on top of the Christmas cake.”
Kerre, 56, has already bought a kayak for the kids to enjoy on the water, but mostly she just wants to spend time with her beloved grandkids.
“I want to play in the backyard with their new toys, just enjoying time with them, going at their pace,” she tells. “I don’t care about expensive presents or lavish feasts – it’s about the people on Christmas Day. He tangata, he tangata, he tangata.”
A family tradition on Christmas is all about the tree. “We tend to make a big deal about going to select the Christmas tree, then Kate always decorates it to her favourite Christmas carols.
