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Rich get richer under Nats, poor miss out

I think there’ll be a huge sugar hit to housing investors if National ever becomes Govt. If they own a house with a loan of $400,000 at an interest rate of 7 percent, they will get an additional tax rebate of $10,920 each year if they’re on a 39...

Covid deaths per head of population around world an unarguable reality

It is a pity there isn’t a vaccine against stupidity — but if there was, those most in need would no doubt refuse on the grounds of their right to remain so. As the person whose letter to the editor kicked off the latest outburst of Covid-19...

Predators, parenting and privacy: what’s at stake in the encryption debate

by Sisilia Teu, Maxim Institute communications coordinator The internet has become an essential part of contemporary life, connecting billions of people while revolutionising how we interact, work, and access information. Over the years, the web’s...

ETS settings make NZ too reliant on planting trees: climate commission

Two news items last week related to the climate crisis deserve some extra attention, especially the latest report of the Climate Change Commission which was critical of the Emissions Trading Scheme. In effect the commission says that a new path is...

Plenty of entertainment in Saturday sport

Saturday sport produced plenty of entertainment with the start of the Poverty Bay club hockey season adding to the action. Defending premier women’s champion YMP A began their 2023 campaign against clubmates YMP B on the turf at Harry Barker...

Bridge results

Monday, April 24 — Sean Shivnan Pharmacy Championship Pairs 3 North/South East/West Frank Roach, Vicki Nickerson 59.82 Katrina Duncan, Yvonne Waide 57.74 Louise Goodhue, Gretchen Ivess 59.23 Eileen Lee, Ann McCombe 57.74 John Hudson, Vicki Taylor...

On the mats — Indoor bowls news

Dylan Foster and cousin Kayla Trowell were in control, winning the New Zealand local final of the mixed pairs 10-4 against Dylan’s elder brother Matthew Foster and his mum Karyn Foster. Seventeen-year-old Dylan and 16-year-old Kayla were by far...

Plenty of facts to inform discussion on Covid response

The missing parts of the writing process described today by our columnist are research and critical thinking. Being elderly isn’t an excuse for not applying some effort in this regard if you want to use your reckons to claim that politicians...

$1.17m, and more to come: Housing and relief packages benefit from disaster fund

Gisborne and Wairoa have received just $1.17 million of the $22m New Zealand Disaster Fund being managed by the Red Cross but with $18m still unspent, the charity says more is on the way. “Close to $1.5m of the $3.98m spent via the New Zealand...

Feds fear land-use inquiry submissions report will become another 'unactioned chapter'

by Hamish Barwick Improvements in forestry earthworks, including roads and landing sites, and slash management, are vital to avoid another adverse weather event like Cyclone Gabrielle heavily impacting on the Gisborne and Wairoa regions. This is the...

Crews tested in distance races through rough seas

Tairāwhiti waka ama paddlers coped with rough conditions and the possibility of their craft flipping when they contested the long distance nationals off Whitianga last weekend. Horouta Waka Hoe Club paddlers won gold medals in single, two-seat and...

Poverty Bay Kayak Club athletes rebound at nationals

A summer of cyclone setbacks did not stop Poverty Bay Kayak Club athletes excelling at the New Zealand Canoe Sprint Championships at Lake Karapiro. Quaid Thompson reclaimed the open men’s K1 1000-metre title after missing last year’s nationals...

Store lamb prices firm at Matawhero

There was a large yarding of 4255 sheep yarded at Matawhero yesterday, including 4034 store lambs. Prices paid remain steady; there was a premium for shorn lambs and the better male lambs. The average price paid fell by $8 due to the greater numbers...

Locals set for dog trial championships

There will be 15 Poverty Bay competitors in action next week at the North Island Dog Trial Championships on Lochinvar Station at Taupō. They will be running a total of 17 heading dogs and 23 huntaways. “There was still time for competitors to...

Ukraine: what the ‘Global South’ thinks

There is a deep and growing rift between “the West” and “the Rest” about the need to resist and defeat the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This is because it is really a war in defence of sovereignty, which ought to be something every sovereign...

To Waikareiti and back

Back in February, just a few days before Cyclone Gabrielle struck, the Gisborne Canoe and Tramping Club hiked to Lake Waikareiti in Te Urewera. Gillian Ward writes abut the overnight excursion. The damage inflicted by the cyclone led to the closure...