Foodbank sees results of budgeting plan
Tauranga Community Foodbank says a budgeting programme has helped cut the number of regular clients seeking help by 15 per cent.
Co-ordinator Nick Goodwin said the organisation had been working with Tauranga Budget Advice. Read More
Budget 2016: Low and no interest loans more available
Initiatives to give no an low interest loans to low income earners and get young people off benefits has been welcomed by the Tauranga Advisory Service. Read More
Ideas to address Tauranga’s ‘hidden homeless’ epidemic
About 140 people are currently living without basic shelter within walking distances of one of the region’s most vulnerable schools, it was revealed at a community meeting last night. Read More
Community Leaders, Social Agencies Call for Urgency on ‘Housing Crisis’
Bay community leaders and social agencies are calling on the Government to take urgent steps to tackle the district’s “housing crisis” in the lead up to this week’s Budget announcement. Read More
Adult Kids Putting Pressure on Over 50s Saving for Retirement
Keith Ardren
Some Bay baby boomers are heading into retirement crippled with mortgage debt or without their own home, experts say. High wage earners aged in their 50s were also seeking financial advice due to “peer pressure to keep up with Joe Blogs down the road” and “the ongoing funding of adult children”. There is the peer pressure to keep up with Joe Blogs down the road, he has got that car or that trip overseas. Read More
Truck shop cops $50k fine
Truck shop Flexi Buy has been fined $50,000 by the Auckland District Court with a further $3408 awarded in damages to affected customers, in the first conviction of a mobile trader since the Commerce Commission’s investigation into the industry last year. Read More
City booms but wages low
Aerial of Tauranga City.
Economic growth in Tauranga has outstripped the national average on almost every indicator a new report shows. However, incomes have continued to lag behind — with one business leader saying “our low wage reputation is not really something we should be proud of”. Read More
Papamoa Homes Fast-tracked
Bluehaven Management chief executive Bill Miller.
Papamoa will be host to more than 350 new homes as the Government fast-tracks two key developments to meet the city’s ballooning population.
Help at hand as school expenses mount
Back to school uniform purchase. Ashleigh Keach, 13, Karla Keach, and Brooke Keach, 10. Photo/George Novak
Renters face tough times with prices up 8 per cent
The average rent in the Bay has soared by more than 8 per cent over the past 12 months and industry leaders say it has been created by “the perfect storm” as demand continues to outstrip supply.