Among the hardest hit will be Gorge Road [19 per cent or $387 increase]; Nightcaps [18 per cent or $430 increase]; Stewart Island [18 per cent or $344; Orepuki [17 per cent or $197]; Tuatapere [17 per cent or $431]; Ohai [17 per cent or $387] and Tokanui [17 per cent or $330]. At the other end of the scale, Thornbury faces an average four per cent, or $64 increase, Browns a five per cent increase [$88], and Woodlands a 6 per cent increase [$98]. Ohai resident Asha Carr said she believed the council was tone deaf to propose such high hikes for many people, given some were already struggling financially and with stress due to losing jobs during Covid.
New smartbanking hub trial begins in Martinborough.
A “glorified ATM machine” is not going to cut it as a provincial mayor rallies leaders to make rural bank branches mandatory. South Wairarapa Mayor Alex Beijen wanted social responsibility to provide banking facilities in rural areas to be part of the Reserve Bank’s licence to operate. He is rallying mayors across New Zealand to sign onto a petition to the Prime Minister to intervene. “Over the past 10 years, we in the South Wairarapa have experienced a full withdrawal of banking branches from our district. An area of nearly 3000 sq/km without a single banking employee.”
MetService is warning of thunderstorms in many parts of the country, and the risk of "large, damaging hail and possibly a small tornado" in eastern parts of the North Island.
MetService is warning of thunderstorms in many parts of the country, and the risk of "large, damaging hail and possibly a small tornado" in eastern parts of the North Island.
MetService is warning of thunderstorms in many parts of the country, and the risk of "large, damaging hail and possibly a small tornado" in eastern parts of the North Island.