1643 days ago

Poll: Do you support a sugar tax?

Brittany Keogh Reporter from East & Bays Courier

Hi neighbours, an international report has ranked NZ's child obesity rate second-worst in the OECD with 39 per cent of Kiwi kids overweight or obese. Unicef is now calling for the Government to introduce a sugar tax to curb the problem. Would you support this? What do you think needs to be done about child obesity? Read the full story here: www.stuff.co.nz...

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Do you support a sugar tax?
  • 39.7% Yes
    39.7% Complete
  • 17.2% No, the Government shouldn't police people's eating habits
    17.2% Complete
  • 41.1% No, education would be more effective than a tx
    41.1% Complete
  • 2% Other (I'll tell you in the comments)
    2% Complete
151 votes
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1 day ago

Poll: Could we live without public bins?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

Many public rubbish bins are being removed by councils due to the large costs of regularly emptying them. Do you think we can adapt and live without them?

Type 'Not For Print' if you wish your comments to be excluded from the We Say You Say column of your local paper.

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Could we live without public bins?
  • 11.8% Yes
    11.8% Complete
  • 87.7% No
    87.7% Complete
  • 0.5% Other - I'll share below
    0.5% Complete
1579 votes
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1 hour ago

Books, Bagels & Banter

Karen Ross from St Andrew's Church Epsom

WATCH THIS SPACE Next week we’ll be announcing our exciting line-up of speakers for Books, Bagels & Banter so check in then to meet the speakers and for ticketing details.
A huge thank you to members of the St Andrew’s community who have donated books, given their time to sort these and so much more. We still have a large number of books to sort so if you can spare an hour or two on Wednesday, please come to the Church hall
between 9am and 12 noon.
We also need volunteers on the weekend of the event, particularly people to sell books - if you can lend a hand, message us or let Karen know at the office.
St Andrew’s is well-known for its hospitality and we wish to extend this to everyone who attends the opening night on Friday 24th May. If you are able to make a donation to help cover some of the expenses please contact the office – any amount will be gratefully received.

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