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Letters: Alcohol damage, delivery, Samoa, Trevor Mallard and 6 May, 2021 09:00 PM 8 minutes to read Richie Hardcore says it s time to call time on the harm caused to New Zealand by alcohol abuse. Photo / Supplied Richie Hardcore says it s time to call time on the harm caused to New Zealand by alcohol abuse. Photo / Supplied NZ Herald Tolerating harm for how much longer? I was horrified to read from Richie Hardcore (NZ Herald, May 4) that up to 30,000 Kiwi children have been born with alcohol-related brain damage over the last 10 years. Imagine if 57 of our tamariki were suffering brain injuries weekly due to post-natal child abuse - surely it wouldn t be tolerated? ....
Significant challenges on Tauranga s horizon as population set to boom by 71,000 3 May, 2021 06:00 PM 5 minutes to read Barry Muir has lived here since 1948, and remembers a completely different Tauranga. Significant challenges have been forecast for Tauranga and the Western Bay district with the area s total population expected to grow to nearly 270,000 in the next 27 years. In 2018, the Census estimated 142,100 people lived in Tauranga City and 53,300 in the Western Bay of Plenty. Collectively, these populations were expected to grow by 20,000 in the next two years. But new projections obtained by the Bay of Plenty Times from Statistics New Zealand reveal Tauranga s population is predicted to soar 57,000 to reach 199,100 and Western Bay s by 14,700 to reach 68,000 by 2048 making a total of 267,100. ....