It just seems crazy : Disappointment as Rotorua Museum reopening delayed
20 Apr, 2021 06:00 PM
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Rotorua s iconic museum won t reopen to the public until 2025. Photo / File
The delayed reopening of one of Rotorua s most beloved and iconic buildings has been met with disappointment and the fear a generation of children will miss out on visiting the city s historic taonga. Te Whare Taonga o Te Arawa Rotorua Museum was closed in November 2016 after being damaged in the 7.8 magnitude Kaikoura earthquake.
The museum, in the Bath House building at Government Gardens, was initially expected to open next year, with more than $50 million raised for the strengthening and restoration from multiple government and charity sources.
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Under a Memorandum of Understanding, Amazon will get an extra 5 percent from the Screen Production Grant in addition to the 20 percent grant the production already qualifies for.
Amazon plans to spend about $650m on season one of the television series, making it eligible for a rebate of over $160m.
Economic Development Minister Stuart Nash said the deal was fantastic . The world s most innovative company has decided to come to this country and they could have gone to anywhere in the world, spend $650 million, grow our film industry, we re able to leverage off some of their really innovative technologies and ideas, where is the downside?
Press Release – New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union The National Party need to take a good hard look at themselves, following their Economic Development spokespersons endorsement of Kiwi taxpayers stumping up for welfare for the American multi billion dollar corporation, Amazon. Responding to …
The National Party need to take a good hard look at themselves, following their Economic Development spokesperson’s endorsement of Kiwi taxpayers stumping up for welfare for the American multi billion dollar corporation, Amazon.
Responding to Todd McClay’s media release, Jordan Williams, the
Taxpayers’ Union’s Executive Director, said:
“Without any hint of irony, Mr McClay welcomes the corporate welfare, claims that the previous National Government did it better, then bizarrely says the Government shouldn’t ‘creating a bidding war’ for films companies to shoot in New Zealand.”
Sample survey shows 21 per cent in Rotorua s emergency housing are out-of-towners
16 Apr, 2021 07:00 PM
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Rotorua MP Todd McClay says the Ministry of Social Development owes Rotorua some answers. Photo / Andrew Warner
Rotorua MP Todd McClay says the Ministry of Social Development owes Rotorua some answers. Photo / Andrew Warner
New sample survey figures show 21 per cent of those living in Rotorua s emergency housing are not from the city, prompting Rotorua MP Todd McClay to tell the Government we told you so . The Ministry of Social Development sample survey counted a third of people getting emergency housing payments, but the exact number of out of towners cannot be counted because it is too time consuming, the ministry says.
Economic Development Minister Stuart Nash told
RNZ on Friday that he hadn’t seen Treasury advice on the subsidy regime.
Stuff
National wants the Government to release its advice on film subsidies. However, Tourism NZ, MBIE, and the Film Commission all advised on the project. Their advice, released to
Stuff under the Official Information Act, was all supportive. National’s Economic Development spokesperson Todd McClay said Nash needed to release all advice on the benefits of the arrangement to the economy, although it’s not clear whether any advice exists that has not already been provided to
Stuff under the OIA.