Posts by Central Leader
1064 days ago

Waiheke marina opponents told to pay $250,000 in court costs

Josephine Franks Reporter from Central Leader

Kia ora neighbours, a group that has been campaigning against a Waiheke marina for years has been hit with a massive bill for court costs.
The judge said the high costs reflected the "poor manner of participation", but the campaigners say the bill is unfair and could put other groups off going to the Environment Court. Read more here.

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More messages from your neighbours
2 minutes ago

BLOCKHOUSE BAY MARKET

Angela from Blockhouse Bay

Hi ALL PLEASE COME AND SUPPORT OUR MARKET! WE HAVE BEEN OUT OF OUR USUAL VENUE AT THE BHB COMMUNITY CENTRE DUE TO LATE AND PROLONGED REFURBISHMENT BY THE COUNCIL. PLEASE SUPPORT LOCAL PEOPLE AND KIWI MADE SO WE CAN KEEP UP AND RUNNING UNTIL BUILDING AND ROADWORKS ARE COMPLETED. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE!

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3 days ago

Poll: Does the building consent process need to change?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

We definitely need homes that are fit to live in but there are often frustrations when it comes to getting consent to modify your own home.
Do you think changes need made to the current process for building consent? Share your thoughts below.

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

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Does the building consent process need to change?
  • 91.7% Yes
    91.7% Complete
  • 8% No
    8% Complete
  • 0.3% Other - I'll share below!
    0.3% Complete
979 votes
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3 hours ago

Chicken Gizzards!

Sunita from Royal Oak

Kia ora Neighbours

I purchased a pack of chicken gizzards from Pak n Save, Royal Oak on Fri 19 April 2024. The net weight of the packet was 1.280Kg. Up on cleaning the gizzards before cooking, I removed 330g of inedible portions. I consider this as fraud because the store charged me for 1.280Kg of gizzards but sold me 950g for the price (photos attached-inedible bits circled in blue).

I took up with matter with Pak n Save, Regional Office and they forwarded my complaint to the Royal Oak store for investigation. The Royal Oak Pak n Save have advised that they are discussing the matter with their supplier, Tegel. During the communication, it was stated by the store that in the week beginning 15 April, they sold 104 packets of chicken gizzards and have not had any other complaints.

If anyone else has purchased Chicken Gizzard from Pak n Save, Royal Oak, have discovered inedible bits in the packet and think that this practice needs to stop as it is resulting in customers being overcharged, please raise the issue with Pak n Save, Royal Oak.

Thank you!
Sunita

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