Barton Rural School committee member Janelle Brickle prepares for the school’s maze fundraiser from Monday to Saturday. A maize field will help Barton Rural School raise money after its major fundraiser was cancelled last year because of Covid-19. Barton Rural School home and school committee member Janelle Brickle said the idea for The A’maize’n Maze came about after it had to cancel its annual Spring Fair in September, following a country-wide, excluding Auckland, shift back to Covid-19 alert level 2. READ MORE:* Abundant scarecrows but no fair for Barton Rural School* Scarecrows disappear from outside Barton Rural School* Makikihi School's sunflower maze tipped as novel fundraiser following theft“We were just stoked with the offer, we’ve never tried anything like this before.”She said about 30 parents of pupils at the school will be helping out at the maze over the week. “It’s quite exciting.”JOHN BISSET/Stuff Lachie, 9, left, Taylor, 6, and Ollie, 8, Brickle have fun in the maize maze.

Source: Stuff January 23, 2021 22:52 UTC