First 42 lots of 250-section subdivision hits market in Hāwera stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Jane Matthews05:00, May 01 2021
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Taranaki has the lowest level of “housing poverty” in the country. That hasn’t stopped the number of people needing emergency housing doubling in one year. (File photo)
At a point when a mother and son had nowhere else to go, New Plymouth s Jo Massey gave up her lounge and shed for months on end, so they had a roof over their heads. Massey offered the pair a place to sleep because she knew them, but she is one of the many doing their bit to alleviate the pain the lack of public, transitional and emergency housing is causing hundreds families in Taranaki.
Mayor Phil Nixon: South Taranaki is the centre of the universe
19 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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South Taranaki Mayor Phil Nixon says lots is happening in the district. Photo / Bevan Conley
Laurel Stowell is a reporter for the Whanganui Chroniclelaurel.stowell@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron
Laurel Stowell talks to South Taranaki Mayor Phil Nixon about his first 18 months in the job and why he lives in the centre of the universe . Phil Nixon gets up at 5.30am. If he has a lot on it s 4am.
For nearly 20 years he had two jobs - a dairy farm and electrical work at the Kapuni lactose plant.
New jobs programme launches in South Taranaki stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.