Curious
I am just wondering about traveling. I need to get my wife's 2 kids in the Philippines here with us but until I have steady work I can't afford much at all. Now before Covid19 I had a good job but got retired to save them money and have lived off my savings for a trip there. Back then the flight cost just under $900 return per person but now looking on the cheaper flights the lowest cost is almost $6,000 which I can't afford as I need to take myself, my wife and 3.5 yr old boy there and come back with the other 2 kids an 8 yr old girl and a 12 yr old boy. This now seems impossible for a long while yet and at 61 my time is precious to get this sorted.
Add to this tonight I saw on the news India makes most of the Covid19 injections but it has the worst rate of catching the disease and also the deaths from it. How many other things in the world are so out of balance as before Covid19 came into our lives?
What's your favourite piece of Waikato history?
Car parks inspired a milking shed design that took off around the world and became a piece of Waikato District history.
A hundred-year-old church and gravestones from the 1880s will also feature as the district turns the spotlight on its past for its first Heritage Day on April 20.
Do you think the city needs more affordable housing projects?
An affordable rental development has been left scrambling to secure funding after it was unexpectly turned down by central government.
Bridge Housing Trust plans to build a 42 apartment complex on the corner of Tristram and Liverpool Streets in Hamilton central over two buildings. The land is being donated by Perry Group, which currently owns both sites.
You can help grow the Waikato Community Rugby Fund
Waikato Rugby celebrated 100 years of service to the community in 2021, but due to the pandemic the long-planned celebrations were not held until late 2022.
A highlight was a black-tie event at GloBox Arena at Claudelands where over 300 people enjoyed a wonderful night of reminiscence, remembrance, reconnection and reflection on what our national game means to the Waikato.
Many people put a lot of work into making the evening a massive success by all sorts of measures. One was fundraising $21,000 for the good of the game through auctions and donations, which has recently been transferred to the Waikato Community Rugby Fund at Momentum Waikato.
The Fund grows in perpetuity, with distributed returns only used for the benefit of the amateur community rugby, forever.
Donations to the Waikato Community Rugby Fund are always most welcome, to find out more and donate click the button below.
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