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From beneficiary to business owner: Levis story 6 Feb, 2021 08:00 PM 4 minutes to read Levi Menzies has started his own business after spending years on the sickness benefit. Photo / George Novak There were times Id go in there bawling my eyes out and say I cant accomplish this, its too hard. Those are the words Levi Menzies uses to describe his journey off the sickness benefit and into work - with the help of the Ministry for Social Development. The 27-year-old, who said he ...

Beneficiary finds plum job in the trades 6 Feb, 2021 08:00 PM 4 minutes to read Daisylee Rogers has taken up a plumber, gas fitter and drain layer apprenticeship. Photo / Andrew Warner Daisylee Rogers has taken up a plumber, gas fitter and drain layer apprenticeship. Photo / Andrew Warner Daisylee Rogers apprenticeship journey began with a letter to a potential employer after she was made redundant because of Covid. The jobless former draftsperson for the building industry wrote to B...

The commissioners who will take over the dysfunctional Tauranga City Council are expected to be announced on Thursday.

Feb 1, 2021 The Dickinson-Iron District Health Department on Tuesday morning will accept new appointments for COVID-19 vaccinations for those within Phase 1B Priority One and Two groups. The Phase 1B Priority One group includes those age 65 and older. The Phase 1B Priority Two group is first responders, educators, corrections staff and child protective service workers. Scheduling will start at 8 a.m. Tuesday. A link also will be posted on didhd.org at the same time so individuals can schedule t...

Vaccine approval and administration are the next steps in the fight against COVID-19. As with nearly everything about this pandemic, guidance and action plans vary by jurisdiction, and...

Uncertainty for Tauranga workers as Trustpower considers selling retail business 28 Jan, 2021 05:00 PM 6 minutes to read More than 450 Tauranga workers face months of uncertainty as major city employer Trustpower considers selling its retail business. Trustpower announced a strategic review of its retail electricity, gas and broadband business yesterday. The announcement also put a question mark over the future of "TECT cheque" rebates from the Tauranga Energy Consumer Trust, ...

Credit Associated Press Some spots in Iowa and Nebraska are digging out from more than a foot of snow. The National Weather Service reports 5.7 inches fell at the Sioux Gateway Airport. Current reports show Norfolk, Nebraska with the highest total in Siouxland with more than 7 inches. But, some area only received very little snow.   Several schools started late or canceled all together, including Sioux City and South Sioux City. Some services locally are impacted with garbage collection delay...

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Highlights The IGLA missile system were gifted to Sri Lanka by India in 2007 and as a goodwill gesture, the annual life extension checks are taken by Indian air force. As part of a high-level defense engagement with Sri Lanka, India earlier this month provided the country with 341 Indra Radar spares worth Lankan Rupees 200 million. The spares will be used to provide support to the 4 Indra MK-11 air surveillance radars gifted to India by Sri Lankan Air Force in 2011. Indra MK II radar is a mobil...

MP SPEAKS | 12th Malaysia Plan our first illegitimate 5-year plan? Modified15 Jan 2021, 4:54 am A - MP SPEAKS | Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin should allow Parliament to reconvene on March 8 as scheduled as Parliament had continued to function for 35 years through four prime ministers from 1977 to 2012 although there were simultaneously four proclamations of emergency during the period. Yesterday, I said that the five priorities which Muhyiddin listed in his new year message as the basis for a...