189 days ago

🚗 Passing through Tirau? Visit our SPCA Op Shop inside the big ram 🐏

The Team from SPCA Hamilton - Centre & Op Shops

Heading on a road trip or driving down SH1 for the weekend? Make a stop in Tirau and check out the iconic iron sheepdog, sheep, and ram buildings!

Our SPCA Op Shop is right inside the iron ram 🐏 Pop in for a browse — we’ve got warm jackets, good reads, and cosy preloved finds 🧥 Every purchase helps animals in need 💙

📍 61-63 Main Road, Tirau 3410
🕘 Mon–Fri 9am–5pm | Sat–Sun 9am–4pm

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4 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?
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1 day 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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10 hours ago

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