21 days ago

Poll: Do you think a historic heritage area in Claudelands should shrink?

Libby Reporter from Waikato Local

A second lot of legal action may be coming over designated historic heritage areas in Hamilton.

State housing agency Kāinga Ora has appealed to the Environment Court to shrink the size of the Claudelands area, saying it would get in the way of its work.

Now the Guardians of Claudelands community group is looking at legal action in response.

Do you think a historic heritage area in Claudelands should shrink?

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Do you think a historic heritage area in Claudelands should shrink?
  • 10.3% Yes
    10.3% Complete
  • 79.5% No
    79.5% Complete
  • 10.3% What's a historic heritage area?
    10.3% Complete
39 votes
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26 minutes ago

Your Will can support your community forever

The Team from Momentum Waikato

Writing your Will is one of the few moments in life when you can choose to commit to giving significant financial support to the things you really care about in your community and across the world. Your decisions about what will happen to your money and assets after you are gone are an opportunity to make a real difference.

That’s the central proposition of The Bequest Report, newly published by financial advisors JBWere New Zealand.

Their research points to a curious anomaly of Kiwis’ generosity – our giving to charities over our lifetimes is relatively high by international standards, and yet the number of charitable ‘gifts in Wills’ is quite low here, when compared to bequest rates in equivalent countries.

This matters, because with the Baby Boomers beginning to pass away, the Western world is at the start of the largest-ever inter-generational transfer of wealth.

The Bequest Report is therefore intended to be a ‘call to action’, for all New Zealanders to leave a portion of their estates to charitable organisations, so that our society as a whole benefits from this moment in history.

What are the key researched facts in the Report that confirm this development?

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1 day ago

Poll: Are domestic flights with Air NZ out of your budget?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

A Tauranga man has filed a complaint with the Commerce Commission, claiming that due to dynamic pricing, it’s cheaper for him to fly to Los Angeles than to book a flight for his daughter from Tauranga to Wellington.

Do you think their pricing needs addressed to encourage more people to fly?

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Are domestic flights with Air NZ out of your budget?
  • 95.6% Yes, it's too expensive
    95.6% Complete
  • 3.8% No, it's reasonable
    3.8% Complete
  • 0.6% Other - I'll share below
    0.6% Complete
702 votes
1 hour ago

This week's prize draw!

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

This week's winners receive a $100 Pharmacy voucher - we know you've been eyeing the giftware in there!

The winners are:
Sophy Stowers from Mangere

Weibin Qin from Lower Hutt

Jacob Blair from Alexandra

Rodger Mortleman from Whitianga

Get in touch with us here if you're a winner on this list!

Not a winner? There's always next week!

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