Napier outfall repair complete - replacement challenges loom
4 Feb, 2021 11:03 PM
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A boat works on the Napier city wastewater outfall off the Awatoto coast. Photo / Paul Taylor
A boat works on the Napier city wastewater outfall off the Awatoto coast. Photo / Paul Taylor
Hawkes Bay Today
Contractors employed by the Napier City Council have completed repairs to the leaking underwater Awatoto wastewater outfall pipe in a four-month project which originally was planned for just one month.
The weather-dependant project, for which the council set a budget of $500,000, began in September, with hopes it would be complete by the end of October.
The Spinoff: Why are school uniforms so expensive?
2 Feb, 2021 10:19 PM
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Why do school uniforms cost so much? The Spinoff s Dylan Reeve investigates. Photo / Tina Tiller
Why do school uniforms cost so much? The Spinoff s Dylan Reeve investigates. Photo / Tina Tiller
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This story originally appeared on The Spinoff and has been republished with permission.
Incensed by yet another sky-high school uniform bill, father-of-three Dylan Reeve tries to get to the bottom of the school uniform racket.
For New Zealand parents, the end of January tends to mark the end of one nightmare – the seemingly endless summer school holidays – and the beginning of another: new uniform-stationery-and-shoes season.