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CHRIS MARSHALL/Stuff Taupō Blue Light chairman senior constable Ross Humphrey and Taupō Police youth aid officer Nicole Flaws are eager to get a youth hub in the town. Taupō Blue Light Ventures has made an ambitious pitch to the Taupō District Council for a youth hub. In a detailed submission on the council’s draft Long Term Plan 2021/31, the registered charity and community policing youth programme suggested a facility on land close to the Taupō Skate Park or as part of adjacent Hickli...

Press Release – JLL Stellar panel of speakers to be hosted by global commercial real estate consultancy, JLL. Powered by data-driven insights, an increasing appetite to address climate change and social injustice and, as we’ve learned this year, a need for agility, our world is changing fast. And therefore so must our two biggest cities. Does New Zealand’s successful COVID response, and our ability to go about our daily business relatively unchanged, give our cities a competitive advantag...

Thursday, 1 April 2021, 3:25 pm Stellar panel of speakers to be hosted by global commercial real estate consultancy, JLL. Powered by data-driven insights, an increasing appetite to address climate change and social injustice and, as we’ve learned this year, a need for agility, our world is changing fast. And therefore so must our two biggest cities. Does New Zealand’s successful COVID response, and our ability to go about our daily business relatively unchanged, give our cities a competit...

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• Source:  A Rotorua district councillor has expressed concern about children growing up in motels next door to gang members and Australias 501 deportees. Rotorua Lakes councillor Merepeka Raukawa-Tait. Source: Local Democracy Reporting By Felix Desmarais, Local Democracy Reporter Rotorua Lakes councillor Merepeka Raukawa-Tait made the comments at a council Strategy, Policy and Fi...

A Rotorua district councillor has expressed concern about children growing up in motels next door to gang members and Australias 501 deportees. Some people in motels are in survival mode, Rotorua Lakes councillor Merepeka Raukawa-Tait says. Photo: LDR / Rotorua Daily Post Rotorua Lakes councillor Merepeka Raukawa-Tait made the comments at a council Strategy, Policy and Finance Committee meeting on Thursday as part of discussions surrounding a draft council plan to address community safety. So-...

Rotorua was ranked second-worst for shoplifting, fourth worst for assault and fifth worst for vehicle theft. “We do have to look at the statistics in Rotorua of the high crime victimisation rate,” said council operations group manager Jocelyn Mikaere.​ “We want to be the safest place to live and raise a family, we don’t think that’s impossible.” She said council has increased City Guardian patrols, introduced temporary alcohol bans in certain hotspots and extended CCTV coverag...

Business closures spiked 130 percent in 2020 - new data Newshub 4/03/2021 © Video - Newshub; Image - Getty Watch: COVID-19s impact on businesses has been laid bare. COVID-19s impact has been laid bare, with new data showing business closures spiked by nearly 130 percent towards the end of 2020.   Between September and November 2020, more than 16,234 businesses closed for good. Thats compared to 7,154 in the same period in 2019. A pause in the wage subsidy and a lack of international tour...

Some signs business resilience is teetering

That’s good news, given the many dire predictions last year as the country wrestled with its response to Covid and the prospect of lockdowns and economic collapse. Berl research for the Greater Wellington Regional Council forecast retail spending to drop by 16.3 per cent in 2021, regional GDP to fall 8.3 per cent and unemployment to move towards 6 per cent and beyond. But the latest statistics from StatsNZ and Dot Loves Data present a much more optimistic picture. Eftpos NZ figures for the...