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YOUR CANINE crusader reckons Hawke’s Bay Regional Council (HBRC) chairman Fenton Wilson has proven to be one of the country’s most canny local body leaders after it emerged he spent less than $400 to win a position that pays almost $110,000 a year.
Wilson spent a total of just $353 on his campaign . He reckons his small advertising budget, which didn’t even stretch to putting up billboards, may have actually contributed to the success of his re-election campaign. “People don’t want to see my ugly mug on billboards, simple as that.”
Following twelve years of litigation, a conclusion could be in sight of Waikato’s controversial Plan Change 1 (PC1).
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State-owned social housing provider Kainga Ora is switching to wool carpet for its new homes.
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