School's ban on dreadlocks, braids sparks complaints
A Gisborne school's ban on dreadlocks and braids has been labelled straight racist by a local woman, who plans to lodge a complaint with the Human Rights
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A Gisborne school's ban on dreadlocks and braids has been labelled straight racist by a local woman, who plans to lodge a complaint with the Human Rights
Jason and Victoria Roebuck's new home is defective. A court will decide if it is a tear-down and whether the firm that built it is hiding assets.
Kotare Village, north of Wairoa, promised to be a ‘living model of life-affirming community’. Kotare Village, nestled in a fertile, picturesque valley in northern Hawke’s Bay, was supposed to be an eco-village for settlers and families “sharing a dream of a regenerative future through independent village living, local economies and co-evolution”. But that dream has ended in bitter argument, claims of deceit and misrepresentation, unhappy residents and court action. The village was an idea hatched by Bob Corker and his wife Kay Baxter, well known for forming the Koanga Institute, a...