Some important dates and changes over the holidays.
Refuse and recycling collections over the festive season will occur one day later than usual.
Residents will need to put their refuse and recycling out one day later than usual for the weeks starting Monday 26 December and Monday 2 January.
By Monday 9 January, services will return to normal.
Council offices are open until 3pm on 23 December and reopen on 4 January.
There is a close-down period for the Council's consents teams.
From 20 December to 10 January, Building and Resource Consents are closed.
From 24 December to 16 January, Land Information Memoranda (LIM) and Development Contribution reconsiderations are closed.
This statutory close-down period means that application processing clocks will stop. If you want an urgent LIM before Christmas it needs to be in before 12pm on 19 December.
Happy holidays everyone.
Poll: Should the government levy industries that contribute to financial hardship?
As reported in the Post, there’s a $30 million funding gap in financial mentoring. This has led to services closing and mentors stepping in unpaid just to keep helping people in need 🪙💰🪙
One proposed solution? Small levies on industries that profit from financial hardship — like banks, casinos, and similar companies.
So we want to hear what you think:
Should the government ask these industries to contribute?
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59.9% Yes, supporting people is important!
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25.7% No, individuals should take responsibility
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14.4% ... It is complicated
Poll: Are you a Te Huia fan?
All three Hamilton MPs appear to be united behind the retention of the Te Huia passenger rail service between Hamilton and Auckland, as well as potentially expanding it to Tauranga.
But whether Hamilton East’s Ryan Hamilton, Hamilton West’s Tama Potaka and soon-to-be Labour list MP Georgie Dansey have the combined power to shunt transport minister Chris Bishop and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon onto their line of thinking remains to be seen.
Are you a Te Huia fan? Tell us more in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).
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82.7% Yes
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17.3% No
Wild weather in the Waikato
The Waikato really copped it over the weekend, with wild weather leaving a hefty clean-up bill that may run into the millions.
While things are looking calmer in the days ahead, there are still plenty of slips and flooded roads across the district — so if you’re heading out, take it easy and stay alert.
We want to know: How did you and your whānau get on over the weekend?
Want to see what recovery will look like from here? The Waikato Times has the latest.
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