88% of Over 9,000 Punjab Farmers Who Died by Suicide in 18 Years Were Debt-Ridden: Study
The Panjab Agriculture University study examined deaths by suicide among farmers between 2000 and 2018 in six districts of the state.
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The Panjab Agriculture University study examined deaths by suicide among farmers between 2000 and 2018 in six districts of the state.
The $22.2 million cultural centre, years in the making, is described as a new heart for the fast-growing Selwyn district.
ALDEN WILLIAMS/STUFF Selwyn deputy mayor Malcolm Lyall discusses how students living in Prebbleton have to pay more to get the bus to Lincoln High than if they went to school in Christchurch. If Canterbury mum Claire Thomason sent her son to an out-of-zone high school in Christchurch, she would pay less in bus fares each day – despite it being almost double the distance. A change to the public transport fare zones in the mid-2000s placed Prebbleton in zone one, making it cheaper for people to travel to central Christchurch than to other towns in their district of Selwyn.
In 1980, he bought his parent’s sheep farm and remained there until his death. “He’s kind of one of those pillars of the community and I think he’ll be remembered as someone with a fantastic laugh, a fantastic smile, just somebody who loved his community and would do anything to help somebody that needed help,” Cutler said. Supplied Roger Parsons was a pillar of the Hororata community and served in the volunteer fire brigade for decades. “He’s going to be so missed by so many people. He’s left a big hole for everyone.” Parsons was a fundamental figure for the town’s vo...