New Year Honours: World champion freediver William Trubridge made Member of NZ Order of Merit
30 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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Hawke s Bay s freediving world record holder William Trubridge is on the New Year Honours list for his services to the extreme sport. Photo / Supplied
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Louise Gould
If good things really do come in threes, keep an eye out for a Trubridge on next year s New Year Honours list. World champion free diver William Trubridge has been made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to the extreme sport.
He said it was an incredible feeling to make it on to the order that his father David Trubridge already sits on.
Rotorua: Nightlights in the Redwoods, jet boats on Lake Rotoiti
20 Dec, 2020 12:00 AM
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NZ Herald
Sarah Daniell rediscovers a true gem in Rotorua, a place steeped in natural beauty and cultural riches
Flying into Rotorua, the plane bounces gently then hovers, like a dragonfly, over the shimmering lakes and primordial landscape. It s like a richly drawn scene from a storybook of ancient myths. I have only ever driven here, from the south and the north, and this new perspective is almost shocking in its beauty.
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We ve fled the relentless churn of the city. On that weekend in late October, Rotorua is once again, able to welcome manuhiri from Auckland. The clouds have lifted.
Business digest: Tauranga s Bayfair Shopping Centre wins in accessibility awards
20 Dec, 2020 10:01 PM
13 minutes to read
Bay of Plenty Times
For the fourth year in a row, Bayfair Shopping Centre has been awarded for having the most inclusive business practices in 2019/2020. The shopping centre also took out the New Build-Commercial category 2019/2020 for its development at the Tauranga City Accessibility Awards.
Bayfair Shopping Centre has promoted social responsibility through a strategy to become more accessible by incorporating core values in all its social events and initiatives.
The goal is to raise awareness of accessibility issues within the wider community.
As part of its $115 million development project, the centre took the opportunity to install a fire evacuation visual alert system throughout the centre, mount Braille wayfinding signage across all amenities and update the store directory to include Braille for people with hearing and visual impa
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