A new place to be.
My name is Peter, am 59 and I am looking for a new abode. I have lived in many different settings from rental and lease arrangements including doing part payment plus helping with property maintenance, house sitting, in caravans, wwoofing and living in alternative, sometimes organic on or off the grid small communities. I am opening myself to what is coming my way and invite you if you have space for me to live to contact me. I work in the support worker industry here in Tauranga and used to run a health retreat for many years in NZ offering counseling, life coaching and other alternative therapies. The kind of accommodation must be where I still have a level of independence while enjoying a social and interactive time with others. I am willing to look as part rental payment to help support people with illness, disability, depression, anxiety and some addiction. I am available to meet you now so if you have a space for me to settle in for a while and perhaps like the idea of someone sharing a home, lifestyle property or other setting please contact me at 02041741215 and please leave a message if I do not answer.
Poll: Does the building consent process need to change?
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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91.5% Yes
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8.1% No
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0.4% Other - I'll share below!
Lest we forget...
On this ANZAC Day, let's take a moment to remember and honor the brave men and women who have served and continue to serve our country.
Tell us who are you honouring today. Whether it's a story from the battlefield or a memory of a family member who fought in the war, we'd love you to share your stories below.
Unelected commissioners recommend they stay in power
Interesting responses to my post. Two in particular piqued my interest. Suzanne Williams and her comments about whinging about everything-Suzanne it is not about whinging. It is more about raising concerns about an undemocratic regime forced on us and then seeing the commissioners wanting to keep their sinecure. Greg Reardon "I vote to keep the commissioners"-Greg the point is that you do not have a vote. Look I get it-democracy is imperfect. Some of our previously elected councillors were rubbish-ego driven and feeding from the trough (not unlike our commissioners). But it is what we have got. It is better to have an imperfect democracy than an unelected and unaccountable cartel of commissioners who say "we know what is good for you".