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SUPPORT IMPORTANT: Tania Kiwara shows off the Badge of Respect.

News

Easy money sparks elder abuse

Two weeks ago we discussed the example of a couple, aged 32, buying their first home - a $500,000 house.

Business

Finance: Avoid stranglehold of servicing debt

If you are one of the 110,000 employees on Novopay and you've been affected by its performance, then trying to square up your taxes at the end of the year may be a bit of an effort.

Business

Finance: Help for Novopay taxpayers

Many people will relate to the experience of opening an unusually large power bill during the chilly winter months.

News

Winter proves hard on the wallet

A proposal to start up a full Surf Life Saving service at Waipatiki Beach has been deemed too costly and will be downgraded to a trial version to kick off this coming summer season.

News

Full life saving service too costly for beach

Hastings District Council's Lawrence Yule has been labelled the "jack-in-the-box mayor" by one of two people challenging him for the top job at the October local government elections.

News

Three way mayoral fight

Marylin Robertson talks openly about her battle with depression and the traumatic events that left her in despair.

Rural

Tragedy unleashes strength

Sixteen people have been arrested in a drug operation which involved 35 officers and netted 170 cannabis plants, 3.5kg of dried cannabis and $3000.

News

Burglaries linked to drugs

It is always good to lead the newspaper with a successful operation by police, and you don't get more successful than the one carried out this week.

Opinion

Editorial: Drug raids good for community

Financial security is something most people aspire to achieve.

Business

Liz Koh: Security brings peace of mind

At-risk Hawke's Bay women are struggling to stay warm with constantly rising power prices.

News

Power prices hitting women

At fault drivers are being held to account by the New Zealand Transport Agency, with invoices for damage to roads totalling over $1 million last year.

News

Crash drivers billed over $100k

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of previewing Irrational Games' highly anticipated Bioshock Infinite.

Entertainment

Game Review: Bioshock Infinite

The Budget could give more than 300 Flaxmere families their own home, with a multi-million dollar marae-based housing project in Flaxmere tipped to be part of the Government's new focus on social housing.

News

Focus on housing 'an erosion of democracy'- critic

Budget 2013 will not go down in history as the most exciting one ever delivered.

Opinion

Editorial: Budget may benefit housing

Last year Rick Powdrell received $127 a head for his lambs. The current return has nose-dived to $85.

Rural

Our uncertain future

A simple but effective stocking policy has earned Paparoa farmers Janine and Ken Hames recognition in this year's Ballance Farm Environment Awards.

Rural

Slow and steady wins farm race

Former Waipukurau lawyer Hugh Hamilton has been struck off the roll of barristers and solicitors after admitting deceiving a client over the use of $62,000.

News

Ex-mayor taken off lawyers' roll

The Primary Industries ministerial portfolio is a large, challenging one. For Horowhenua farmer and Otaki MP Nathan Guy the first few weeks on the job have been hectic, with the most severe drought since the 1940s striking the North Island and parts of the South, reports Felicity Wolfe

Rural

The farming Cabinet: Who you need to know

Kelt Capital has paid its debt to Inland Revenue but still faces liquidation and owner Sam Kelt faces bankruptcy proceedings.

News

Kelt pays debt but heat on

Interest rate swaps have become a hot topic with a Commerce Commission investigation and an inquiry by Parliament's Primary Production Select Committee.

Rural

Ups and downs of swaps

This week we are going to review the most important things you can do to build a savings nest-egg.

Business

Oily Rag: Build a nest egg for tomorrow

Kiwis love their pets. However, although our furry friends provide great companionship, they can set us back a small fortune in veterinary bills when sickness or injury strikes.

Business

Pet insurance softens the blow

The first wave of changes to the way child support is calculated are coming into effect on April 1 next year.

Business

Finance: Changes to child support

A Hastings woman sentenced to jail after stealing $660,000 from her employer has been labelled a "determined thief" driven by greed.

News

Hastings woman jailed for workplace deceit

Interest rate swaps have become a hot topic with a Commerce Commission investigation and an inquiry by Parliament's Primary Production Select Committee.

Rural

Lifting the lid on interest rate swaps

A huge nationwide Child Support debt made up mainly of penalties and interest has sparked claims by a Napier-based former MP that it is a "ruthless" scheme forcing people to shirk responsibilities to growing youngsters.

News

Penalty plea over child cash

As national house prices soar to new highs, Hawke's Bay is being hailed as a great market for first- home buyers because of its cheap properties.

Property

Bay still a haven for first home buyers

Melissa McCarthy has made quite a name for herself in recent years by playing characters who aren't exactly glamorous.

Entertainment

Movie Review: Identity Thief (+trailer)

Newly formed lobby group Transparent Hawke's Bay has hired a Wellington law firm to delay the proposed Ruataniwha dam until the project's financial and economic impact on the region's ratepayers is known.

News

Lobby group hires lawyers over dam

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