piece of literature so that people could get a general overview of Elsdon‚ and they wrote it for general knowledge of the area. The key information for this piece of literature is that houses in Elsdon are usually snapped up by first time buyers and new families. Porirua City Council (2012) states that the housing prices in Elsdon range from $160‚000 to $280‚000‚ the median sale price is $237‚000 and the more expensive homes in Elsdon range up to $300‚000. The houses being moderately inexpensive produce
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We believe that gradually raising the minimum wage will increase the standards of living of workers‚ reduces poverty‚ reduces inequality and help businesses work efficiently. Raising minimum wage is essential because the cost of living has gone up considerably. The increase in cost of living makes it impossible to raise a family on a minimum wage job. An average minimum wage worker earns about $14‚500 a year leaving way too many families below the poverty line. The poverty rates in America have been
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Why The Drinking Age Limit Should Be Twenty One? Vivian Jones‚ the author of “Underage Drinking”; questions the drinking age limit‚ but also wants to decrease the drinking age limit from twenty one to eighteen. First‚Jones defines underage drinking as a danger to young adults and teenagers that are developing. Second‚ Jones states raising the age limit for drinking is a controversial topic in society. Third‚ Jones acknowledges that drinking underage is banned and as a result this makes more alluring
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Maori - The native population of New Zealand The Maori people is the original population of New Zealand. They came to the island from northern Polynesia by sea more than 1500 years ago. A popular theory suggests that they came in three large immigration waves‚ and that each wave turned into several individual Maori tribes. And even though the tribes are very similar‚ there have been lots of wars and fights between them. In this article I’m going to immerse myself with the Maori history and culture
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EXPLANATION OF KEY TERM “Drinking age prohibition” was counterproductive in the 1850’s and 1920’s. Nothing has changed (Scrivo‚ 1998‚ n.p.). ARTICLE SUMMARY In the article “Why the Drinking Age Should be Lowered: An Opinion Based Upon Research‚” Karen Scrivo from Indiana University in Bloomington supports her rational claim that the state of Indiana should lower the legal drinking age to 18 or 19. Prohibition is counterproductive because it lowers the percentages of young‚ responsible drinkers
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Social Work Theory 23rd March 2011 Critical Commentary by Suzy Atkin In New Zealand we are taught that indigenous identities; tangata whenua are an important focus to our social work practice. Not only because they are the people of the land‚ but because they are the most oppressed and politically neglected in the country. Through colonisation tangata whenua have struggled with their historical‚ political and social ideologies so much so that their values‚ practices and beliefs have been shaped
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laws countrywide started a new dispute while trying to end another. There is speculation that the current minimum drinking age is not working‚ while in prior years‚ information suggests that past minimum drinking ages did not work either. Although there was a warranted change of laws in 1984 to raise the minimum drinking age in the United States‚ speculation that the new government ordinance was not the best choice is apparent. The idea behind the national drinking age being set at 21 has a long
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WHY GOVERNMENT MUST HIRE MORE TEACHERS AND INCREASE THEIR PAY It’s government’s responsibility to explore all possible ways in which it can meet its commitment to Education while still maintaining Macro-Economic stability. The greatest percentages of Ugandans live below the poverty line. The more reason we are struggling with poverty eradication programs. This means the poor live in subsistence Economies‚ eating food that they grow and bartering goods for services. The values of money to them are
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debate since it was raised from 18 to 21 in the mid-1980’s‚ lowering the drinking age is a proposal that is not only sensitive to many Americans‚ but is a widespread issue in our culture (The Debate on Lowering the Drinking Age‚ cbsnews.com). Although many states have tried lowering the drinking age‚ proponents of maintaing the minimum age have kept a strong case. After the ending prohibition‚ the banning of alcohol from 1920-1933‚ almost every state set their minimum drinking age to 21. During the
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A proposal of loyalty program for Air New Zealand Introduction Air New Zealand is the biggest airline operation within New Zealand‚ and offers a fantastic airline service around the world. Our airline offer first class‚ business class and economy class to all customers. However‚ we plan to increase brand awareness‚ market share‚ sales and profit in the future‚ thus we want to launch the loyalty program to increase the number of loyal customers. This report includes loyalty program‚ customers’ demographic
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