Councils, district health board meeting catering costs $225,000 in two years
12 Jan, 2021 03:56 AM
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Two Bay of Plenty councils and Lakes District Health Board have spent just over $225,000 on catering for meetings in two years. Photo / Getty Images
Two Bay of Plenty councils and Lakes District Health Board have spent just over $225,000 on catering for meetings in two years.
Information obtained by Local Democracy Reporting reveals that in the 2019/2020 financial year, Rotorua Lakes Council, Bay of Plenty Regional Council and Lakes District Health Board spent just over $87,000 on food and beverage catering for meetings.
That was made up of just over $5000 by the health board, just over $22,000 by the regional council and just over $60,000 by Rotorua Lakes Council.
Foreigners get $2.09m in treatment from Lakes hospitals, DHB writes off debts
10 Jan, 2021 11:44 PM
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Foreigners have received just over $204.4 million worth of hospital treatment in the past five years. Photo / Getty Images
Rotorua Daily Post
New Zealand needs to stop being a soft touch when it comes to non-residents unpaid hospital bills, a Rotorua health sector leader says. Foreigners have received just over $204.4 million worth of hospital treatment in New Zealand in the past five years, with taxpayers left to foot the bill for about a third of that between July 2015 and June 2020, excluding GST.
That s according to data provided by all bar one of New Zealand s 20 district health boards.
Bay of Plenty first-time offenders mostly caught for violence or dangerous behaviour post-lockdown
8 Jan, 2021 11:00 PM
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A total of 732 first-time offenders were caught in the Bay of Plenty between May and August this year. Photo / Getty Images
A total of 732 first-time offenders were caught in the Bay of Plenty between May and August this year. Photo / Getty Images
A large number of Bay of Plenty first-time offenders acted out in violence post-lockdown with one social agency leader saying anger often came as a result of increased fear. Police figures provided to NZME under the Official Information Act revealed Bay of Plenty first-time offenders in the four-month period post-lockdown were mostly charged for acts intended to cause injury or dangerous or negligent acts endangering other people.
Eru George farewelled: Mourners pay tribute to Te Arawa kaumātua
30 Dec, 2020 02:59 AM
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Eru George s coffin is carried out of Mokai Marae. Photo / Andrew Warner
A gentleman, a leader with immense knowledge and a snappy dresser - to know Eru George is to know a man considered among his people as a real treasure . It was a farewell fitting for the humble Te Arawa kaumātua as hundreds of people gathered at Mokai Marae, between Rotorua and Taupō, to remember the 71-year-old.
George died at his home on Monday after a long illness.
He wore many hats during his lifetime but was perhaps best remembered as the Māori adviser for the Lakes District Health Board and for his work negotiating with the Crown that led to Te Arawa s Treaty of Waitangi settlement in 2008 and his work post-settlement.
Te Arawa kaumātua Eru George dies
29 Dec, 2020 01:18 AM
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Te Arawa kaumātua Eru George has died. Photo / Supplied
Rotorua Daily Post
George died at his home on Tapsell Rd, surrounded by whānau, about 11am on Monday.
Whānau spokesman Willie Te Aho said George was a man who walked his talk when it came to being a good Christian and upholding his Māori values. That augured well in terms of the work he did in the community, Te Aho said.
Advertisement Not only in terms of the work he did with his marae, his hapū, his iwi but also the wider community as well. He ll be sadly missed because of that aroha and manaakitanga.