Posts by Hamilton Press
2849 days ago

Poll: Would you participate in online voting?

Kelley Tantau Reporter from Hamilton Press

Hi neighbours! In 2016, Hamilton City Council decided against trialing online voting for local elections. If given the chance, do you think HCC should take up the offer and test out online voting in the city? Would you vote virtually? Do you think it would increase voter turnout?
Vote in our poll and share your thoughts below!
*Please write NFP if you do not want your comments published*

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Would you participate in online voting?
  • 85.5% Yes - I would participate in online voting
    85.5% Complete
  • 10.8% No - I would not vote online
    10.8% Complete
  • 3.6% Undecided
    3.6% Complete
166 votes
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13 hours ago

Mayor’s use of poo emoji costs ratepayers over $4k

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

South Waikato mayor Gary Petley will make a public apology, and has sworn off social media after admitting he got it wrong when an online dispute turned sour.

A code of conduct complaint was made by Putāruru ward councillor Zed Latinovic in January after Petley reacted to comments made about council expenditure on Facebook by using the ‘poo emoji’.

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1 day ago

🧩😏 Riddle me this, Neighbours…

The Riddler from The Neighbourly Riddler

I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?

Do you think you know the answer?

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3 days ago

Some Choice News!

Kia pai from Sharing the Good Stuff

DOC is rolling out a new tool to help figure out what to tackle first when it comes to protecting our threatened species and the things putting them at risk.

Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, we’re a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.

For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.

Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature — and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?

We hope this brings a smile!

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