Stats reveal the trend in Whanganui smoking rates
29 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Recent price rises have made smoking less affordable than ever and there is help at hand for those wishing to quit.
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Liz Wylie is a reporter for the Whanganui Chronicleliz.wylie@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron
Data from the Whanganui Regional Health Network indicates a drop in Whanganui s smoking rate over the past three years. In 2017, 21 per cent of its client base smoked but that was down to 19 per cent in 2020.
The data is drawn from the 13 WRHN general practices and includes an age range of 15 to 74 years. There are 8272 smokers within that group.
Collins is proposing a law change that would give the Government power to rezone council land, making room for 30 years worth of growth in housing supply, both through intensification - or focusing on compact urban growth - and building on land that has never been used, referred to as greenfield development. The appeals process would be suspended so district plans could be completed as quickly as possible, Collins said. Requirements for infrastructure to be built prior to zoning would also be suspended.
She said it would be a nationwide equivalent of the emergency powers put in place to get houses built in Christchurch following the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes.
West Auckland traffic congestion and what is planned to cure it
22 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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The photos of traffic on SH16 taken by Michelle Johnson and emailed to Transport Minister Michael Wood. Photo / Supplied
Just before Christmas Michelle Johnson decided she had had enough of the traffic congestion in Kumeū, where every day 36,000 vehicles snake their way through the town. Over two days she took photos of bumper-to-bumper traffic at a standstill outside Kumeū on State Highway 16 heading into Auckland city and emailed them to Transport Minister Michael Wood.
What should have been a 26-minute drive from her home in Huapai to work at Avondale took 1h 45m during the morning rush and 1h 20m later in the morning.