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CoreLogic: Tauranga house prices stopping people moving to city for jobs 8 Feb, 2021 05:00 PM 5 minutes to read House prices in Tauranga are making it increasingly difficult to attract people to the city. Photo / File House prices in Tauranga are making it increasingly difficult to attract people to the city. Photo / File "A worse economic effect than the pandemic" is predicted for Tauranga with house prices deterring people from moving to the city for work. That's according to Nigel Tutt, the chief executive of Tauranga's economic development organisation, Priority One. It ...
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Mouldy goods and poo-smeared clothes dumped at Rotorua charity stores 12 Jan, 2021 05:16 PM 5 minutes to read Rotorua's Habitat for Humanity ReStore. Photo / Google Maps Broken, stained or mouldy items including fridges and mattresses are being dumped outside Rotorua charity stores daily - with the cost falling back on those trying to help. Store workers have shared horror stories including finding poo smeared throughout a bag of donated clothes and clothes covered in mould after being dumped in the rain. Rotorua's Habitat for Humanity ReStore volunteer Andrew Boyd said the...
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Mouldy sofas, urine-covered goods among items being dumped at Tauranga charity stores 12 Jan, 2021 05:15 PM 4 minutes to read Doing Good Foundation worker Lynette Hogan-Sorter with unsaleable dumped goods. Photo / George Novak Stained and ripped mattresses, mouldy sofas and urine-stained items are among items dumped on the doorsteps of Tauranga charity stores - with the cost falling back on those trying to help. Stores across the city reported seeing a spike in the dumping of broken or unusable goods outside their stores over the holiday period, with offenders choosing to st...