16 days ago

What are your thoughts on crime in the city?

The Team Reporter from Hamilton Press

The Kazankiran family is planning to pack up their business of more than a decade and move overseas, claiming Hamilton CBD is too dangerous.

The deciding factor was a masked man who assaulted chef Sureyya Kazankiran as he tried to rob the family’s Alexander St business, Paasha Turkish Cafe and Mezze Bar.

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2 days ago

Are there roads you don't like to drive on in the Waikato?

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

Once a year Jeff Penno removes drawing pins from a wall map pinpointing serious and fatal crashes his crews have attended, and starts again.

It’s a poignant reminder that not all our roads are up to the standard of the Waikato Expressway - which is so safe the Waikato road policing manager doesn’t need to deploy his team there regularly.

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3 hours ago

How do you think these two will go in the AB squad?

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

New Chiefs All Blacks Wallace Sititi and Cortez Ratima were both left in “a state of shock” after their maiden call-ups to the national side on Monday evening.

Unlike those not involved in the Super Rugby Pacific final who had attended a camp last week and were then given a call to confirm their selection, Sititi and Ratima were left to find out their fate at the same time as the rest of the world.

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3 hours ago

Neighbours twice shy of Kāinga Ora plans for CBD apartments

The Team Reporter from Hamilton Press

Plans to turn a CBD apartment block into social housing have neighbours worried after a “horrendous” stint as short-term housing.

There were human faeces left on footpaths and theft, say other residents of Hamilton’s Vialou Street.

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