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Stratford District Council Long Term Plan: Future of Māori ward hot topic at marae meeting

It was another small group in attendance at Stratford District Council’s final Long Term Plan (LTP) consultation meeting this week. Seven members of the...

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Tauranga City Council Long-Term Plan: Tauranga homeowners face 7 per cent rates rise

Tauranga’s median rates rise for residential properties is 7 per cent after the governing commission signed off on the city council’s Long-Term Plan. This...

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Western Bay of Plenty council faces big byelections bill amid representation review

A death and a trio of resignations within months have left a small council’s community facing up to $83,600 in byelection bills to fill the empty seats....

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Letters: A leg up for first home buyers; landlords back in the firing line

A leg up for first home buyers Pauline Sommerville’s letter highlights the inequity that first home buyers suffer, whilst investors will have the advantage...

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Taranaki's smallest council holds meeting 60km away from council chambers

It was a longer commute than normal for most of Stratford District Council’s elected members when they attended a council meeting earlier this month. While...

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in the lakes, and that information on safety is available at its lakehead car park in wasdale. ben longton says he wouldn't have fallen if there had been signs or a fence and he says he owes his life to rescue volunteers. mark mcalindon, bbc news. the distributor of two of the uk's most popular vape brands says it is well—equipped to survive the ban on disposables products. elfbar and lost mary have already launched reusable versions of their popular disposable vapes. the company behind both brands said it was "addressing demand" for a tool to help smokers quit. but councils have warned the government that it shouldn't let producers exploit loopholes in the ban. with more on this is our business reporter, esyllt carr, who joins me from the newsroom. tell us about this. that ban on disposable _ tell us about this. that ban on disposable vapes _ tell us about this. that ban on disposable vapes was - tell us about this. that ban on i disposable vapes was announced earlier this year and is due to come

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and there is a usb port at the end of the vape which means that it becomes rechargeable. some groups including as you said the local government association which represents councils in england are critical of this, saying it doesn't necessarily bring the kind of benefits that the ban was designed to address. they said the definition of disposable needs to be made clearer to prevent companies finding what they call loopholes in the legislation. they give the example of that usb port to an otherwise similar product, something they feel is really designed to bypass the restrictions. that is a view echoed by some environmental groups who have questioned whether these alternatives will make enough of a difference. elfbar, a spokesperson for elfbar, said they are continuing to diversify their product lines by providing viable alternatives to single—use devices and addressing the demand for a harm reduction tool which is assisting millions of people to quit smoking.

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most popular vape brands says it is well—equipped to survive the ban on disposables products. elfbar and lost mary have already launched reusable versions of their popular disposable vapes. the company behind both brands said it was "addressing demand" for a tool to help smokers quit. but councils have warned the government that it shouldn't let producers exploit "loopholes" in the ban. more than 50,000 people have been taking part in this year's london marathon — setting a new record for the event. runners from kenya won the men and women's races, while two athletes from switzerland won the wheelchair races. let's go live to our sports reporter matt graveling who is at the finish line of the london marathon. i have been tracking some of this online and i have seen you talk to people across the finish line. can you tell us some of the reactions there. ., , , , , ., there. honestly, it is humbling to be here. there. honestly, it is humbling to be here- it _ there. honestly, it is humbling to be here- it is _ there. honestly, it is humbling to be here. it is a _ there. honestly, it is humbling to be here. it is a privilege - there. honestly, it is humbling to be here. it is a privilege to - there. honestly, it is humbling to be here. it is a privilege to be - be here. it is a privilege to be stood at the finish line of what is the biggest london marathon ever,

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most popular vape brands says it is well—equipped to survive the ban on disposables products. elfbar and lost mary have already launched reusable versions of their popular disposable vapes. the company behind both brands said it was "addressing demand" for a tool to help smokers quit. but councils have warned the government that it shouldn't let producers exploit loopholes in the ban. our business reporter, esyllt carr, has more on this. that ban on disposable vapes was announced earlier this year and is due to come in across the uk from next april. and now we're sort of getting some indication on how some of those companies behind the products are planning to respond. and elfbar and lost mary together make up nearly half the british market. and one of their main distributors in the uk is a company called green fun alliance. now, their accounts show that sales almost tripled to more than £117 million up to the end ofjanuary, in the year to the end of january 2023. and that really reflects the huge

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surge in popularity in disposable vapes in recent years. but crucially, the accounts do also note that the forthcoming ban will have a detrimental effect on sales and profitability. now, they add in these documents that they've been preparing for this and that they're well—equipped to pivot the business to the exclusive sale of non—disposable vapes and related products. and, in fact, they have already started selling reusable versions of some of their most popular disposable vapes. and the main difference seems to be that the liquid that contains the nicotine comes in a replaceable pod, and there is a usb port at the end of the vape, which means that it becomes rechargeable. now, some groups — including, as you said, the local government association, which represents councils in england — are critical of this, saying it doesn't necessarily bring the kind of benefits that the ban was designed to address. they say this definition of "disposable" really needs to be made clearer to prevent companies finding what they call "loopholes" in the legislation.

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