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Hazardous driving conditions today due to weather File photo   The MetService have issued a Severe Weather Watch and Severe Thunderstorm Watch this morning with heavy rain expected for eastern Bay of Plenty, Buller and northern Westland.     “A slow moving trough continues to bring heavy rain and slow moving thunderstorms to Bay of Plenty east of Kawerau this morning,” says a MetService spokesperson.   “Localised downpours with rainfall rates of 25 to 40 mm per hour are expected, or possibly more in thunderstorms.” Rainfall of this intensity can cause surface and/or flash flooding...

Attacks on kiwi prompts DOC warning to dog owners Kiwi. Photo: Bay Conservation.   Kiwi recently killed on the Coromandel Peninsula by dogs has prompted the Department of Conservation – DOC - to urge owners to take extreme care when in the birds' habitat.   Three dead endangered Coromandel brown kiwi have been discovered at Tairua, Whenuakite and Matarangi in the last few months.   DOC biodiversity ranger Mailee Stanbury said at one stage five dogs were seen roaming the Whenuakite block.     ''Obey the signs and if an area says don't bring in dogs then please be respectful of those sig...

Holiday home prices skyrocket in Waihi Beach File photo.   House prices in some of New Zealand's holiday hotspots have jumped more than 50 per cent in a year, according to the Real Estate Institute. The strongest median increase came in the Bank's Peninsula township of Akaroa where prices were up 58 per cent year-on-year to $830,000 for the three months to November, compared to $525,000 in the same period last year. The Western Bay of Plenty township of Waihi Beach was second with an increase of 50 percent from $700,000 to $1,050,000. Sales volumes for Waihi Beach also increased significantl...

Posted on 20-12-2020 22:42 | By Roman Tomson In more than 40 years of working at many levels within industry I recall many occasions that staff were financially rewarded for increasing productivity. However, throughout my working life I have NEVER seen an increase in productivity that can be directly attributed to a wage rise. The only beneficiary of this wage rise will be the Government through a higher income tax take and increased income from GST - you know, a new tax which isn’t really a new tax, so no promises have been broken. Raising minimum wage DOES increase the cost of living.