Suburb Spotlight: Should Greerton change its name? Prominent figure thinks yes
2 May, 2021 06:00 PM
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A view up Chadwick St in the suburb of Greerton. Photo / George Novak
A prominent Greerton figure is calling for the Tauranga suburb s name to be changed but not everyone agrees. Greerton is named after Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Greer, a commander of the British forces during the Tauranga Campaign in early 1864.
The campaign was a six-month-long armed conflict as part of the wars fought between the Māori and British over land.
In Wilson s view: Colonel Greer tried to wipe out our people. Why would we want to continue with a name honouring those people that dishonoured tangata whenua of Tauranga Moana?
Suburb Spotlight: Should Greerton change its name? Prominent figure thinks yes
2 May, 2021 06:00 PM
8 minutes to read
A view up Chadwick St in the suburb of Greerton. Photo / George Novak
A prominent Greerton figure is calling for the suburb s name to be changed but not everyone agrees. Greerton is named after Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Greer, a commander of the British forces during the Tauranga Campaign in early 1864.
The campaign was a six-month-long armed conflict as part of the wars fought between the Māori and British over land.
In Wilson s view: Colonel Greer tried to wipe out our people. Why would we want to continue with a name honouring those people that dishonoured tangata whenua of Tauranga Moana?
Emergency housing motels no place for kids, says Tauranga dad after seven month in one-bedroom unit
19 Apr, 2021 06:00 PM
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Dad of two Wayne Reid living in emergency housing at the RSA.
A motel is no place for kids, says a father of two who has been living in one as emergency housing for seven months. Wayne Reid lives in a one-bedroom unit at the Returned and Services Association in Greerton. His two boys live with him most of the time. The unit has a double and single bed.
He said his children were growing up unable to pop outside and kick a ball around, needing to stay quiet to avoid bothering other residents and confined to the unit when it rains.
Tie debate: Why some Tauranga professionals still wear them, and others don t miss them
10 Feb, 2021 05:00 AM
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Tauranga chartered accountant Neil Fullerton does not miss wearing a tie. Photo / George Novak
Is time up for the compulsory necktie at work? That s one of the debates that has sprung from clashes between Waiariki MP Rawiri Waititi and Speaker of the House Trevor Mallard over appropriate neckwear for Parliament this week.
On Tuesday, Mallard ejected Waititi from the House after the Maori Party co-leader wore a traditional hei-tiki in place of a Western-style tie, saying it was a matter of cultural identity and that many New Zealanders would consider it a tie.
Foreigners get $2.09m in treatment from Lakes hospitals, DHB writes off debts
10 Jan, 2021 11:44 PM
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Foreigners have received just over $204.4 million worth of hospital treatment in the past five years. Photo / Getty Images
Rotorua Daily Post
New Zealand needs to stop being a soft touch when it comes to non-residents unpaid hospital bills, a Rotorua health sector leader says. Foreigners have received just over $204.4 million worth of hospital treatment in New Zealand in the past five years, with taxpayers left to foot the bill for about a third of that between July 2015 and June 2020, excluding GST.
That s according to data provided by all bar one of New Zealand s 20 district health boards.