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Now the water rules have teeth - TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2010
KAITAIA'S WATER consumption has finally begun to fall, but as of late last week was still higher than the district council's target of 2,500 cubic metres per day.
Prohibited water uses have been declared in Kaitaia, Opononi and Omapere, as the Far North District Council moves to keep pace with the Far North's worsening drought conditions.
The council has prohibited commercial car washing facilities, both automated and `do it yourself,' truck washing facilities, waterblasting, the watering of lawns and gardens (except with grey water), washing private cars, windows, houses, decks and pathways with anything other than a bucket, and filling, re-filling or topping up swimming pools and spa pools.
Failure to comply with the prohibitions could result in enforced restrictions to business and residential water supplies, and/or incur a fine of up to $20,000 upon conviction.
The bans come into force today in Kaitaia, wi...
Another fight with immigration - TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2010
SUPER CAREGIVER Juliet Garcia (left) and Switzer Residential Care general manager Jackie Simkins - seeking a solution to an immigration edict.
Kaitaia rest home Switzer Residential Care has had battles with Immigration in the past, and has now embarked upon another on behalf of a Filipino woman with skills "as rare as hen's teeth" who faces expulsion from New Zealand despite efforts to keep her working at the home.
Switzer general manager Jackie Simkins is battling to get Juliet Garcia permission to remain in this country, but entry rules are not overcome easily, and her fate may rely on Immigration Minister Kate Wilkinson granting a dispensation allowing her to stay.
Mrs Garcia has been a Switzer employee for two years, Mrs Simkins saying her exceptional ability to care for the home's 72 residents has made her a valued member of the 85 staff.
The residents are aged from 65 to 102, Mrs Simkins telling The Northland Age that Mrs Garcia ...
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