There are different rules regarding profits from public gaming machines and club machines. Public gaming machines are required by law to invest a percentage of the income back into the community. The clubs don’t have to, but many do. Councillor Bryan Ferguson opened the debate at the October 2020 district council meeting, saying the council’s sinking lid policy on gaming machines was driving money out of the town. “So the whole community loses anyway,” Ferguson said. “The money that the majority of the people spend on gambling in our district is their own money, full stop. “And we can’t control or even try to control what the total financial loss of our community is through gaming. That’s a bit of a fallacy that really bugs me, saying it reflects the social demand for pokie and gaming machines in our district.
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13th annual Shamrock Shiver Charity Plunge
Plunging into 2021 By Daniela Hurtado | January 1, 2021 at 8:43 PM EST - Updated January 1 at 8:43 PM
BRADENTON BEACH, Fla. (WWSB) -The 13th annual Shamrock Shiver Charity Plunge at Bradenton Beach was held on Friday. The event is put on by Clancy’s Irish Sports Pub and Grill aiming to give back to the community.
Every year they choose charities to help through generous donations made through the event.
The charities benefitting from plunge donations this year are the Blessing Bag Project, Feeding Empty Little Tummies, Healthy Teens Coalition of Manatee County, Inc., and Parenting Matters Charities. (All are based in Manatee County).@mysuncoastpic.twitter.com/TW4Xr0NE8Z Daniela Hurtado (@DaniCHurtado ) January 1, 2021
How-to-surf tips from Whangamatā junior girl ripper
26 Dec, 2020 01:27 AM
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EYE TO THE LIP: Whangamata s Pia Rogers surfed her way to the finals in the 2020 Scholastics Surfing Championship in Kaikoura. Photo / Cory / NZ Surfing Magazine.
EYE TO THE LIP: Whangamata s Pia Rogers surfed her way to the finals in the 2020 Scholastics Surfing Championship in Kaikoura. Photo / Cory / NZ Surfing Magazine.
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Whangamatā 14-year-old Pia Rogers is building a solid reputation in the waves with her performances on New Zealand s junior competition circuit.
The Hauraki-Coromandel Post asked her about the competition experience and sought some tips for youngsters keen to have a go at surfing themselves.
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The Wishing Tree at Palmerston North Hospital. Donated gifts are collected by Salvation Army and gifted to families in need. The Kmart Wishing Tree Appeal has become the longest and largest gift giving appeal for Christmas in New Zealand. The Salvation Army helps distribute the donated presents. “The staff here at MidCentral are very generous. They just pile up the parcels. Most of it is not from the public, but from the staff. Every time they open the doors, somebody brings something,” Pigott said. She was pleased the Fitzherbert Lions’ Club and Pub Charity gifted a new and bigger tree to the hospital this year as the old one was disintegrating. However, it has arrived just as Pigott intends to depart.