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Just some of Oxfam's 42 volunteers - Credit: Courtesy of Peter Bentley Stevenage's Oxfam store is marking it's golden anniversary, having been placed in Middle Row since 1971. The building where the store is situated is more than 200 years old, and is Grade-II listed. Oxfam's Stevenage store has been located in Middle Row for 50 years - Credit: Peter Bentley In the 1860s and 1870s, the building was a beer house called the Baker’s Arms. It has since then had a variety of uses including a second-hand furniture shop and the showroom for the Stevenage Electrical Company.   The Oxfam shop was...

Retired police officer speaks out over emergency housing 'destruction' 13 May, 2021 06:10 PM 7 minutes to read Retired Rotorua policeman Phil Spackman is speaking out about living near emergency housing providers. Photo / Andrew Warner Retired Rotorua policeman Phil Spackman is speaking out about living near emergency housing providers. Photo / Andrew Warner Being attacked by an unregistered dog running out of an emergency housing motel was the last straw for retired Rotorua policeman Phil Spackman, who says "Rotorua has been trashed". Spackman, a former senior sergeant who ...

Rotorua councillor Reynold Macpherson facing three new code of conduct complaints 30 Apr, 2021 06:41 AM 8 minutes to read Rotorua Lakes councillor Reynold Macpherson. Photo / Andrew Warner Controversial Rotorua councillor Reynold Macpherson is facing three new code of conduct complaints, including one from the council chief executive. The new complaints relate to three of his social media posts on the Rotorua Residents and Ratepayers Facebook page. The first was about a wastewater leak near Ngongotahā on March 2 - the same post mayor Steve Chadwick demanded Macpherson apologise for at a Marc...

Updated: Apr 26 2021, 10:53 ET MARJORIE Taylor Greene has slammed stimulus check payments saying the "real goal" of the federal aid to make Americans "permanently dependent" on the government. The congresswoman took to Twitter to share her thoughts about the relief payments and said the government must "stop paying people not to work in our country." 10 10 Credit: Twitter/Marjorie Taylor Greene Greene shared an image of what appears to be a notice left on the window of a restaurant, titled "Please Be Patient." While unclear where the notice was posted and when, it reads: "We appreciate our em...