Budget 2021 will be delivered on Thursday 20 May, Finance Minister Grant Robertson announced today. “My focus continues to be on making sure spending is targeted at the areas and people that need it the most. “We will manage the books carefully including ensuring we are getting value for money .
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Morena ki a tatau, Tena tatau i nga kaupapa hauora, E tuitui nei i a tatau i tēnei ata, Ka nui te mihi ki a koutou katoa. When we were re-elected with a clear mandate for change, our Government made three promises: To keep New Zealanders safe from COVID-19 To .
Litter problem shown up by clean-up
On the clean team: Jade Donnelly with Imogen, Isla and Macie at Mount Martha beach.
Picture: Supplied
A GRAPHIC illustration of the amount of litter on beaches was highlighted when a Beach Patrol event at Mount Martha collected 151 kilograms in one hour.
“After many months of no organised clean ups due to COVID-19, it was fantastic to have about 100 volunteers come out for a morning of beach litter blitz, craft, a talk by Dolphin Research Institute and lots of great prizes from local businesses,” Waste Wise Mornington Peninsula’s Birte Molier said.
A feature of the event was a mini-container deposit scheme which prompted Boomerang Alliance to ask people to write to their MPs to push the case for a scheme that works because “we can’t do litter cleans forever.”
Auckland Airbnb hosts told to ignore Covid alert levels or face fines
28 Feb, 2021 09:28 PM
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Airbnb s cancellation policies are incentivising bad behaviour, says host. Photo / Yuriko Nakao, Getty Images
Thomas Bywater is a writer and digital producer for Herald Travelthomas.bywater@nzherald.co.nz@ThomasBywater
With just 9 hours notice, Auckland went back into Covid Alert Level 3 restrictions on Sunday morning, affecting many New Zealanders travel plans.
However hosts on a leading accommodation booking website say they are being given an unwelcome choice: ignore Covid-19 alert levels or be hit with fines.
Currently users of Airbnb are charged for last minute cancellations, by hosts or guests. In spite of guests unable to travel to Auckland, these no-fault cancellations result in guests or hosts forfeiting booking fees upwards of $140.
A salute to The Big O
WESLEY Orbison, Roy Orbison’s eldest son is very proud to fully endorse and present this amazing live concert experience remembering his father as we relive the sound & all the magical hits of Music Legend Roy Orbison in an International production starring The sensational Voice From Down Under John Stephan.
This is the only show of it’s kind in the world and is officially endorsed & presented by Roy Orbison’s eldest son Wesley Orbison. Featuring spoken word from Wesley with a very personal narrative of Roy’s intriguing yet tragic life.
Superstar Roy Orbison was one of the world’s greatest and most successful Rock n Roll Music Legends of all time.