Plans to knock down a former bank in Anglia Square to make way for office space and new apartments has raised questions over whether what it should be used for.
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The clean-up has begun in Manawatū after the second dump of torrential rain within three days left properties damaged, roads and bridges washed out, and nerves frayed.
The last bank to phase them out is Bank of New Zealand, which will not accept them from July. Rush had been a customer of Westpac for over 30 years and joined them because of how accommodating” they were at the time. Rush and her partner John Heron, 74, were convinced banks were culling cheques for their own convenience, and didn t care about rural customers. This was enforced by the reduction of opening hours at rural branches. As the sole manager of her farm, Rush said she did not have time to travel to her nearest bank, which was only open for four hours, three days a week.