Napier-Taupō Rd: Father of SH5 crash victim rejects band-aid speed limit proposal
2 May, 2021 06:00 PM
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Bruce Sanders believes lowering the speed limit on the Napier-Taupō road is a band aid solution to a bigger issue. Photo / File
Bruce Sanders believes lowering the speed limit on the Napier-Taupō road is a band aid solution to a bigger issue. Photo / File
The father of a young woman who died on the road between Napier and Taupō believes a proposal to lower speed limits on the road is a band aid fix for a major problem . Truck driver Bruce Sanders daughter Maja Sanders, 20, and her partner Josh van Hooijdonk, 19, died in a two-vehicle crash on State Highway 5 near Te Pohue a year ago.
Try fair trade for a day, Napier Trade Aid shop says
29 Apr, 2021 12:22 AM
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Napier Trade Aid assistant manager Evelyn Henson (left) and manager Maureen Kennedy encourage shoppers to sign the anti-slavery petition.
Napier Trade Aid assistant manager Evelyn Henson (left) and manager Maureen Kennedy encourage shoppers to sign the anti-slavery petition.
Hawkes Bay Today
by Brenda Vowden
Napier Trade Aid is urging shoppers to try fair trade for a day and join the worldwide movement celebrating World Fair Trade Day. And it just happens to be right in time for Mother s Day.
World Fair Trade Day began globally in 1989, with New Zealand adopting the policy 15 years later. On Saturday, May 8, the Hastings St store will offer samples of fair trade tea, coffee, chocolate and ginger beer.
Standoff over seven-day eviction notice for disabled man at Kāinga Ora house nears two months
25 Apr, 2021 10:31 PM
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Bronnie Edwards said she is the uncertainty and dealing with WIT and Kāinga Ora is wearing her down. Photo / Paul Taylor
Bronnie Edwards said she is the uncertainty and dealing with WIT and Kāinga Ora is wearing her down. Photo / Paul Taylor
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Louise Gould
A disabled Hawke s Bay man is facing a tense wait for a second Tenancy Tribunal hearing to determine whether he can stay in his Kāinga Ora home in Napier.