478 days ago

Poll: Do you think more jobs being available will help?

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

Streeties have been defecating in public, throwing fire crackers and pulling up floorboards hunting for cigarette butts, but a local politician says them getting a job is the answer.

Hamilton East MP Ryan Hamilton was among Hamilton leaders the Waikato Times spoke to in the aftermath of revelations of increasing feral behaviour in the city’s CBD, and he said with lower inflation and economic indicators starting to turn the corner, businesses would need staff.

Do you think more jobs being available will help? Do you think more jobs being available will help?

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Do you think more jobs being available will help?
  • 18.4% Yes
    18.4% Complete
  • 24.5% Maybe
    24.5% Complete
  • 57.1% No
    57.1% Complete
49 votes
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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?
  • 85.7% Yes
    85.7% Complete
  • 14.3% No
    14.3% Complete
49 votes
2 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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