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This is going to become an issue of "how" for us, because the Government will ban plastic bags at some stage, it has said.

A sole parent has been told to pay back a Working for Families overpayment - with interest. She had no idea she owed the IRD the money after WINZ overpaid her. Why should she pay interest for their mistake?

Wallabies are a pest, affecting our native species and farmers pasture. The Otago Regional Council has launched an inquiry following two wallaby sighting son the outskirts of Dunedin. Previously it was thought they were contained in South Canterbury. The question is how did these wallabies manage to stray so far outside the containment area?

Analysis by ASB has found somewhere between 11 and 21 per cent of New Zealand residential property has been bought by foreign buyers. This is quite a hike up from Statistics New Zealand's estimate of three per cent. ASB economist Mark Smith explains how his analysis could be vastly different from that of Statistics New Zealand and if he's right - how has this affected house prices?

Fill 'er up before Sunday as that's when the Auckland regional fuel tax comes into affect. The A.A. predicts freight and transport companies will swiftly re-route their re-fuelling routes to try to avoid the tax. And economist Brad Olsen says the tax won't stop at fuel. He says we'll all start paying more for our groceries and other goods as the tax is passed on.

On the day of that awful car crash just outside Waverley, Six dead now, including a baby.

The cost of living in Auckland and Wellington has gone down according to figures in the Mercer Cities survey. Hong Kong is the world's most expensive city for expatriates. Tokyo and Zurich come second and third positions, Singapore fourth. What the Panelists Paula Penfold and Allan Blackman want to talk about. A farmer is fighting to keep 150-year grazing rights in a UNESCO declared area of the Haast River valley. The area has been grazed by cattle for 150 years. The rights are under dispute for the first time after public were given a say on the matter. Brett Cummings is president of the West Coast Commercial Gold Miners' Association and he organised dozens to turn out to support the Cowan family farmers in a meeting. The Horowhenua District Council has offically acknowleged the name of one of it's towns in official documents. Levin has been referred to as Taitoko/Levin. The owner of the Delux Diner in New Plymouth has returned a bad deed with a good one. The cafe's tip jar was stolen however the thieves later apologised and gave the money back. Chere Bailey then offered one of the girls a job. The Fortune Theatre in Dunedin has closed down, as we know, and props are being offered for sale. One of them is a coffin. In west Otago, a bloke named Brendon Stuart had the bright idea of making money for charity by selling off Tapanui's old street signs.

On the day of that awful car crash just outside waverley, six dead now, including a baby. Fill 'er up before Sunday as that's when the Auckland regional fuel tax comes into affect. The A.A. predicts freight and transport companies will swiftly re-route their re-fuelling routes to try to avoid the tax. And economist Brad Olsen says the tax won't stop at fuel. He says we'll all start paying more for our groceries and other goods as the tax is passed on. Analysis by ASB has found somewhere between 11 and 21 per cent of New Zealand residential property has been bought by foreign buyers. This is quite a hike up from Statistics New Zealand's estimate of three per cent. ASB economist Mark Smith explains how his analysis could be vastly different from that of Statistics New Zealand and if he's right - how has this affected house prices? Wallabies are a pest, affecting our native species and farmers pasture. The Otago Regional Council has launched an inquiry following two wallaby sighting son the outskirts of Dunedin. Previously it was thought they were contained in South Canterbury. The question is how did these wallabies manage to stray so far outside the containment area? This is going to become an issue of "how" for us, because the Government will ban plastic bags at some stage, it has said.

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