by Jarrod Dodd | Sep 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
Applications for BayTrust’s $100,000 Dillon Scholarship fund will open next week and are expected to help dozens of Eastern Bay students with significant physical or intellectual disabilities to undertake tertiary study next year. The unique annual scholarship fund...
by Mahina | Jul 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
Whakatāne District Council operations staff are extremely disappointed following the discovery of a large amount of waste that has been dumped into a sewer manhole in Coastlands. Council staff investigated a sewer blockage last week to find a considerable amount of...
by Mahina | Jun 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
We’re proposing clearer rules about who can do what. New Zealanders have a chance to say what they think about the rules for surgical procedures on animals. The Ministry for Primary Industries is proposing regulations to clarify the rules for significant surgical...
by Mahina | May 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
Been told by a retailer it doesn’t have to fix a faulty product because the item’s “out of warranty”? Don’t believe it, says Consumer NZ. Consumer NZ chief executive Sue Chetwin said it’s frequently contacted by shoppers who’ve been told by a retailer they have...
by Ani Black | Jan 29, 2019 | Karere - Newsfeed, Uncategorized
Major problems in the life industry insurance are leading to consumers being sold poor-value products and paying higher premiums. Consumer NZ chief executive Sue Chetwin said the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) and Reserve Bank review of the industry has found...
by Ani Black | Dec 21, 2018 | Karere - Newsfeed, Uncategorized
The completion of the $2 million redevelopment of the Port Ōhope Reserve was marked by a special blessing ceremony on Friday 21 December. Speaking at the ceremony, Whakatāne Mayor Tony Bonne said the upgrading of the reserve area at the Port Ōhope Wharf had been a...
