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With land currently as scarce as hen’s teeth, Frame Homes has been working hard to secure land around the wider Franklin region to ensure they can continue to offer high quality house & land packages that they have become synonymous for. · Frame Homes have plenty of exciting projects coming up this year in Paerata Rise, Pukekohe, Tuakau & Kingseat. All of these thriving residential developments offer a great lifestyle, being within a stone’s…

Hasn’t the summer been glorious and weather amazing! We do hope you have had the opportunity to enjoy this time with family and friends. · NEW BUSINESSES TO PAPAKURA Wow we have had seven businesses open up in town and we welcome Ahua Beauty Loft on the corner of Broadway and O Shannessey Street Buy your own Car in Averill Street Remax Rural Urban on the Corner of Beach and Great South Roads Rentronics on the Great South Road…

December was a solid close to a strong year for the New Zealand property market. House prices were considerably higher than December 2020, demand and sales activity remained firm, and there was a welcome increase in new listings through November and into December. · Median prices for residential property across New Zealand increased annually by 21.5%, from $745,000 in December 2020 to $905,000 in December 2021. Though year-on-year growth…

Since 2010 Ian Buchanan has been offering his clients the benefits of his vast business experience in dealing in both rural lifestyle and urban residential property sales. Ian is well known for his exuberance, passion, and the energy that he always brings to the table. With robust negotiating skills, strong ethical values, confidence and courage, Ian offers property sellers and buyers the utmost in commitment and professionalism. · The desire…

By John Fergusson ‘John, come and make up a four.’ My mother called from downstairs. In our Victorian vicarage in a sleepy English village, I was already cozy in bed. My parents had planned a game of bridge with friends, and one hadn’t showed. ‘I don’t know how.’ I loved card games, but bridge was for adults—I was only twelve. · That didn’t wash. Mother stalked up the stairs and grabbed my arm. ‘You’ll pick it up. You can be dummy.’ ‘Gee,…

There’s never been a better time to get into your new home. Start your journey now with Navigation Homes, you won’t be disappointed. · We have quality House & Land packages available now in Paerata Rise and Tuakau. Getting a jump on the housing market could help you buy sooner, smarter and keep some cash in your pocket. “The advantage of starting early is you can get all your ducks in a row,” · Those “ducks” might include a lower mortgage…

Over the last year or so, I’ve read a lot of books (or more accurately, listened to a lot of books on Audible) on the US political situation – some by partisan authors like Adam Schiff, the Democratic congressman who chairs the House Intelligence Committee and who led those who argued for the impeachment of Donald Trump over his attempt to blackmail Ukraine into helping him win the 2020 election; some by authors who might be expected to support…

We have kissed goodbye to 2021 and are we ready to roll on to a better and brighter 2022, events are still being hampered by Covid 19. The latest one as this was written is the annual Repco Beach Hop at Whangamata. · The Whangamata Beach Hop Rock’n’Roll Festival Committee early December to discuss how Repco Beach Hop 22, scheduled for 23rd - 27th March 2022, can operate under the Covid Protection Framework commonly known as the Traffic Light…

Last October, Free to Be Church, a group of NZ Church leaders, announced that they would be challenging the NZ government in the courts regarding religious freedom and COVID restrictions. With the implementation of the traffic light regime, things have become worse and the need to address this matter more pressing. “The government has not made the process easy so far,” says spokesperson Logan Hagoort. “Our lawyers reached out to the Hon. Chris…

Today Jacinda Ardern had her booster shot and warned us all to do the same. If I was charitable I might say that she must be unaware of figures from overseas including Denmark, the UK, Israel, and USA which call the effectiveness of the booster into question. Even the CEO of Pfizer admitted to the media this week that his shot was all but ineffective. More than this, is she also unaware that boosters carry a greatly elevated risk of adverse…