549 days ago

Will you be watching for the results of this clean-up?

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

As promised, albeit seven months later than expected, the owner of Hamilton’s inner city eyesore has started a clean-up.

Te Aroha farmer Andrew Matijasevich said squatters had been moved on and the time was right to get stuck in at 728 - 750 Victoria St. It turned into an unofficial dumping ground after fire destroyed the former Calendar Girls building shortly after he bought the site in 2018.

Will you be watching this clean-up? Tell us your reasons in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).

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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?

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2 days ago

Poll: What do you think of the new police move-on powers?

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

Central Hamilton businesses are welcoming police being given new powers to move on vagrants, with a city retail advocate saying the previous hands-off approach wasn’t working.

On Sunday the Government announced it would grant police powers to order any individual rough sleeping, begging, or displaying disorderly behaviour to move on.

What do you think of the new police move-on powers? Tell us more in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).

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What do you think of the new police move-on powers?
  • 78.6% They're needed
    78.6% Complete
  • 7.1% They won't change much
    7.1% Complete
  • 14.3% I'll wait and see
    14.3% Complete
14 votes
1 hour ago

Chiefs resist rushing Damian McKenzie back for Super Rugby Pacific final

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

The Chiefs are keeping Damian McKenzie on ice, with coach Jono Gibbes resisting the temptation to throw his star playmaker straight back into the fray against the Crusaders in Hamilton on Saturday night.

Having sat out the opening two rounds of the Super Rugby Pacific season on paternity leave following the birth of his first child, son, Louie, in the first week of February, McKenzie has re-joined the franchise for training this week.

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