Extra Rental Standards To Cost $7000 Per House
Papers obtained last week under the Official Information Act show that up to $7000 of extra spending may be required for each of the...
OPINION: Bring Our Free School Buses Back!
Dear BOP Regional Council
Rental Property Child Hospitalisation Claim Contradicted
Housing Minister Phil Twyford justified the launch of costly new rental property standards in February by saying “6000 children are admitted each year for ‘housing-sensitive hospitalisations’” but, when questioned, two Ministries provided contradictory data that undermined the Minister’s claim.
Potential new housing development in Papamoa for those in need
Nobody in our community wants to see people sleeping in cars or unable to find permanent accommodation – that is not the New Zealand,...
Press Release: They’re Just Paintings at The Incubator Creative Hub Gallery
Shortly after retiring early, Paul McDonald a lifelong artist, suffered a brain aneurysm.
To say that the first year after the aneurysm was truly horrible would...
The Crisis The Housing Minister Created
A report yesterday of a woman, 86, moving because of a 73 percent rent hike illustrates the crisis created by Housing Minister Phil Twyford, Tenancies War spokesman Mike Butler said today.
The urban agenda: what will New Zealand’s new government bring for towns and cities?
By a long term past resident of Maungatapu - Dr Jenny McArthur, PhD, B.Eng(Civil)Hons, B.Comm., UCL
Almost 90% of New Zealand’s population is urbanised. Getting...
From Mayor Greg…
Among the many visitors I have received since becoming Mayor were a considerable number of cycling advocates, people who advocate the benefits of cycling...
KiwiCamp Planned for This Summer
Western Bay of Plenty District Council is planning to put the new KiwiCamp facility at the Seaforth Road carpark near Bowentown in time for the 2019/20 summer season, subject to appropriate consents being obtained.
War on tooth decay in the Bay
Free dental care was provided in the Eastern Bay township of Taneatua recently in a New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) exercise with the Bay...