Caution around driveways
Police are asking people to pay extra attention to driveway safety, after a number of incidents recently involving children being harmed.
Driveways can be extremely dangerous, and people need to do everything they can to ensure they keep themselves and others safe, especially where children are present.
Children move around quickly, and often won’t be seen as you are reversing down your driveway.
Always check your driveway before driving in or out, and make sure you know the whereabouts of any children.
Please use your reversing camera if your vehicle has one installed.
Alternatively, ensure all children not in the vehicle with you are accounted for.
If another adult is at the property, make them responsible for ensuring children are well clear of any moving vehicles.
If there are no other adults present, have a ‘safe spot’ for children to stand and wait for the vehicle to stop moving.
This should be somewhere in view of the driver.
Check your blind spots often, and if you can no longer see a child, stop your vehicle and move them somewhere safe before you continue driving.
If your driveway is close to the children’s play area, consider a fence or gates to separate the play area from the driveway.
You should also take the time to speak to your children about the dangers of moving vehicles and remind them that just because they can see the driver, doesn’t mean the driver can always see them.
Taking those extra few seconds to make sure our tamariki are in a safe space when you drive in and out of your driveway can help prevent so much heartache and trauma.
Remember they don’t understand the potential consequences.
WE ARE BECOMMING COMMUNISTIC WHATEVER YOUR VIEW WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A FAIR DEMOCRATIC PROCESS
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So desperate are Christopher Luxon and the National Party to ignore their supporters, they are returning the Treaty Principles Bill from the Justice Committee over a month early.
The committee lead by National MP, James Meager, has today tabled its report on the Bill – a report not due until May!
This decision makes further mockery of all those hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders who submitted on the Bill, not to mention the democratic process.
Be under no illusion, it’s the National Party MPs on the committee – on the instructions from their leadership – that will have used their majority vote to rush this process. Other political parties are up in arms – we even have Labour MP Duncan Webb saying it’s not right that Hobson’s Pledge supporters are having their submissions and views ignored!
Labour is right. It is completely wrong that tens of thousands of submissions are being ignored. The committee hasn't run out of time. They still have around 40 more days to process and engage the public’s view. But instead, they are rushing it through and ignoring proper parliamentary process.
Their strategy is as clear as it is disingenuous. By reporting the Bill back today, it means Parliament will have a second reading next week – just before Easter. Then, after next week, the MPs go on a three week break. Christopher Luxon and National will be hoping that it can be all done and dusted, and that by the time they are back in Parliament we will all have forgotten about that unpleasant Bill.
Alas! Unfortunately for the Prime Minister we will not be allowing that to happen. We are not going to forget how National in particular has sold out its values and supporters.
Whether at second reading next week, the upcoming local body elections and the referenda around Maori wards, or the next general election, their dismissal of the will of their voters will come back to haunt them. We will not forget and Hobson’s Pledge will keep advocating for equal rights and citizenship, and remind people which MPs and parties have delivered on these fundamental principles.
We already know that Luxon is at odds with many in his caucus. We know from our private conversations with various National MPs that many support the Treaty Principles Bill or at the very least, are not happy that Luxon said that National would not vote for the Bill at second reading. As you can imagine, it’s an insult to the Parliament, the select committee process, and every New Zealander, to say you will reject a Bill regardless of what people say, write, or think about it.
National is ignoring hundreds of thousands of New Zealand voters. Don’t forget, the polling still shows strong support for the Bill despite Luxon’s and the mainstream media’s efforts to undermine it.
You might want to take a moment today to email your local member of parliament, particularly if they are a National MP, and ask why the process is being rushed, as well as asking that they represent you and vote for the Treaty Principles Bill next week.
Local Water Done Well
Join Mayor Drysdale and Mayor Denyer from Western Bay of Plenty District Council as they hit the Wairoa River to talk water.
And hear how they reckon working together to deliver your water services might be a good idea.
If you didn’t know, we’re making decisions on the future of water services delivery – there are three options, and we want to know what you think.
Consultation closes on Friday 28 April. Find out more 👉letstalk.tauranga.govt.nz/localwaterdonewell
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Poll: Is your nearest emergency department up to scratch?
Concerns have been raised about Nelson Hospital with complaints of lack of staffing and excessive wait times. Do you have confidence in your local emergency department?
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36.1% Yes, it serves us well
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63.1% No, I have concerns
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0.8% Other - I'll share below
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