613 days ago

Curious about the top salary at your local council?

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

Hamilton City Council has more staffers earning in excess of $100,000 a year than any other council across Waikato - and the region’s highest paid council mandarin.

The Waikato Times filed an Official Information Act request with all 11 district, regional and city councils asking how much their top five earners were paid, how many staff pulled in more than $100,000 a year and what their lowest salaries were.

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5 days ago

Poll: Are you a Te Huia fan?

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

All three Hamilton MPs appear to be united behind the retention of the Te Huia passenger rail service between Hamilton and Auckland, as well as potentially expanding it to Tauranga.

But whether Hamilton East’s Ryan Hamilton, Hamilton West’s Tama Potaka and soon-to-be Labour list MP Georgie Dansey have the combined power to shunt transport minister Chris Bishop and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon onto their line of thinking remains to be seen.

Are you a Te Huia fan? Tell us more in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).

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Are you a Te Huia fan?
  • 86.3% Yes
    86.3% Complete
  • 13.7% No
    13.7% Complete
51 votes
3 days ago

One size fits all rates cap model ‘unworkable’, says Waipā DC

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

Waipā District Council says the government’s “one size fits all” proposal to cap rate rises could disproportionately harm fast-growing councils such as Waipā.

On Wednesday, Strategic Planning and Policy committee members debated the council’s submission on the proposed rates cap model.

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1 day ago

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