Mouldy goods and poo-smeared clothes dumped at Rotorua charity stores
12 Jan, 2021 05:16 PM
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Rotorua s Habitat for Humanity ReStore. Photo / Google Maps
Broken, stained or mouldy items including fridges and mattresses are being dumped outside Rotorua charity stores daily - with the cost falling back on those trying to help. Store workers have shared horror stories including finding poo smeared throughout a bag of donated clothes and clothes covered in mould after being dumped in the rain.
Rotorua s Habitat for Humanity ReStore volunteer Andrew Boyd said the store was seeing broken, stained, ripped or mouldy items dumped outside their doors every day.
Leading Questions: Just Water CEO Tony Falkenstein s worst job
12 Jan, 2021 05:31 PM
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Just Life Group chief executive Tony Falkenstein at the Just Water warehouse. Photo / Brett Phibbs Entrepreneur Tony Falkenstein is back from his lost decade and driving his latest company, Just Life Group, toward $100 million turnover. He looks back at 2020, and earlier, and forward to the New Year.
What was the first job you ever had?
My first part-time job was as an 8-year-old, delivering the Herald. The Herald bag was strung over the bar of my bike, and I was hardly able to reach the pedals. For older customers, I had to get off my bike, and deliver the paper to their front door.
Bay of Plenty Times Year in Review: December 2020
11 Jan, 2021 07:00 PM
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern cries during the Whakaari White Island commemorations in Whakatane. Photo / File
Bay of Plenty Times
The Bay of Plenty Times is looking back at the stories of 2020. This is what made headlines in December.
December 1:
Half the organisations facing charges over the deadly Whakaari/White Island eruption that claimed 22 lives have come forward, forgoing name suppression ahead of the first court appearance.
WorkSafe NZ has laid criminal charges against 10 organisations and three individuals following the catastrophic eruption on December 9 last year.
December 2:
All Blacks legend Richie McCaw admits there is a lot of places around the country he is yet to explore but is keen to keep trying new things.
Mouldy sofas, urine-covered goods among items being dumped at Tauranga charity stores
12 Jan, 2021 05:15 PM
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Doing Good Foundation worker Lynette Hogan-Sorter with unsaleable dumped goods. Photo / George Novak
Stained and ripped mattresses, mouldy sofas and urine-stained items are among items dumped on the doorsteps of Tauranga charity stores - with the cost falling back on those trying to help. Stores across the city reported seeing a spike in the dumping of broken or unusable goods outside their stores over the holiday period, with offenders choosing to strike when no one was around.
Manager at Tauranga s Doing Good Foundation store Shelly Rey said stained and ripped mattresses and mouldy sofas were just some of the things workers found dumped outside their store after the holiday period, but also on a regular basis.