Rua Williams News Today

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Caregivers and disabled people have been left to hack their way through a world indifferent—if not outright hostile—to their actual needs and desires.

A First Union delegate says there is huge relief the 80-year-old Whakatāne Mill will continue under new owners.

A worker at one of Whakatānes biggest employers has warned at least half of the 200 people being made redundant will struggle to find work. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visits Whakatāne Mill - a large employer in the town - during the election campaign. Photo: RNZ / Dom Thomas For over 40 years, Rua Williams has worked at the Whakatāne Mill, but soon hell be clocking out for the last time. The First Union delegate will retire now the mill is closing, but hes worried about how his other col...