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Aren’t the AIMS games something extraordinary. More than 9000 intermediate school children from across New Zealand competing in over 21 sporting and performance activities cheered on by increasingly weary but reliably supportive parents and teachers who give up an enormous amount of their time coaching, driving, cajoling and generally

Our strong, growing economy puts extra demand on the housing market around the country and especially in our region where our growth is significant. We have a vast number of initiatives to support the need for housing and there have been some meaningful developments in this area  recently.

A growing economy supports more jobs and higher wages. It provides opportunities for families. And it pays for the public services New Zealanders rely on.

The economy remains front and centre of the Government’s busy work programme, and it is delivering results, with our country in good shape.

People should feel safe at home with their family. For most of us, this is the reality. Sadly, for some of us, it is not. For some people home is a place of terror.