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Kerre McIvor: Kids need free school lunches, they can t learn when they re hungry
15 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Some tips that might help encourage an empty lunchbox.
OPINION: I have long been a supporter of children being fed at school. Perhaps it was because I grew up on a diet of books and television programmes set in England where school lunches were the norm. Or, more likely, it was because my mum, who was a school teacher, used to head off to work every morning with four or five sandwiches and a bag of fruit in her bag to give to the kids who came to school hungry.
Act Party calls for Government to scrap unfair road tax applied to marine fuel
14 May, 2021 01:40 AM
3 minutes to read
The Act Party wants boat-users to be able to claim refunds on fuel taxes, majority of which are used for road and rail projects. Photo / Dean Purcell
The Act Party wants boat-users to be able to claim refunds on fuel taxes, majority of which are used for road and rail projects. Photo / Dean Purcell
The Act Party wants road taxes slashed from recreational marine fuel, with Auckland boaties forking out 95c in tax per litre the majority to fund road and rail projects.