127 days ago

Are you up with the recycling changes to come?

The Team Reporter from Hamilton Press

If you’ll be chucking plastic into your recycling bin next month, there’s a change you need to be aware of.

From February 1, Hamilton is cutting down on the types of plastic taken for recycling, and will no longer accept “hard to recycle” types 3,4, 6 and 7 - and “bin cops” will be out issuing warnings.

It’s part of Aotearoa’s new standardised kerbside recycling strategy, under which all councils will only be accepting 1, 2, and 5 in kerbside recycling bins.

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8 hours ago

Do you think Nawton's FIFO supermarket should be able to sell alcohol?

The Team Reporter from Hamilton Press

A liquor licence that would help sustain new supermarket FIFO after it threw a lifeline to a hard scrabble Hamilton suburb is being blocked by city leaders.

Plans to sell beer and wine at Nawton’s brand new Fresh In Fresh Out (FIFO) supermarket have hit speed bumps with two city councillors among those raising concerns over the community’s vulnerability to alcohol harm.

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1 day ago

Woman dies after cancer X-ray reminder missed

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

A friend of a woman who died of cancer may receive an apology after Te Whatu Ora Waikato didn’t follow up on x-rays looking for the cancer that killed her.

The recommendation, released on Monday, came after the friend filed a complaint with the Health and Disability Commissioner in August 2020.

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18 hours ago

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