Kate Hawkesby: Where has the year gone?

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Oct 30, 2023 · 3m

It’s Halloween tonight, so stand by for trick or treaters coming to a doorbell near you.

Although weather in many parts of the country may keep little trick or treaters at bay, it probably won’t deter teenagers. We’ve had a mixed run of approaches to Halloween over the years. When the kids were really little, they would find some of the costumes frightening and we wondered the merits of tiny children roaming the streets at what should be bath and bedtime, to ask for lollies from strangers. It didn’t feel right so we said no.

Mean parents.

Later on, as they got a bit older and more savvy that…