Answers to your rubbish questions in this issue of Te Kowhai News
Te Kowhai News September issue will be landing in letterboxes this week.
Featuring the eloquent Molly Penn on the cover. Sanjeev Nand answers your rubbish questions, Barbara Kuriger MP, weighs in on rural regulation changes, and more memories and old school photos from David Hockin, by Shirley Warner. And not forgetting our awesome regular contributors: Heather from Handsome Hounds, Louise Hopkins with Seconds Please, Ruth Smart with News from the Pews, Noel Smith from the District Council, Brenna Barber with a Word on the Herd and Heritage Stories from Graham McBride. Great photos from Te Kowhai School , Whatawhata School, Gumboots and Grasshoppers and Te Kowhai Kindergarten.
Poll: Do you think NZ should ban social media for youth?
The Australian Prime Minister has expressed plans to ban social media use for children.
This would make it illegal for under 16-year-olds to have accounts on platforms including TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and X.
Social media platforms would be tasked with ensuring children have no access (under-age children and their parents wouldn’t be penalised for breaching the age limit)
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Do you think NZ should follow suit? Vote in our poll and share your thoughts below.
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84% Yes
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14.7% No
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1.3% Other - I'll share below
What would you do if it was your job to fix Hamilton's CBD?
More alcohol restrictions, more lighting, busking rule changes and a whole lot of lobbying - these are some ways Hamilton leaders want to sort out the CBD.
Crime and anti-social behaviour in the area has been in the spotlight after recent news of a man defecating in the street near a city pub and another who flipped tables out the back of a bar after being found scrounging cigarette butts and asked to leave.
What would you do if it was your job to fix Hamilton's CBD? Tell us your reasons in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).
Neighbour drags bodies from car after fatal collision with train
A neighbour has described the horrifying scene he came across when a train and car collided in Hamilton on Wednesday morning.
The man and his partner, who didn’t want to be named, live four houses back from the Peachgrove Rd rail crossing where the incident occurred at around 4.30am.
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