Waikato Hospital, Hamilton

161 days ago

Poll: How do you feel about the revaluation and its impact on your house?

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

A revaluation shaved $215,000 off the capital value of the Smiths’ home and has them worried it could drag down the price they eventually sell for.

Homes around the city were recently revalued for rating purposes and Hamilton City Council announced … View more
A revaluation shaved $215,000 off the capital value of the Smiths’ home and has them worried it could drag down the price they eventually sell for.

Homes around the city were recently revalued for rating purposes and Hamilton City Council announced an average drop of 12% between September 2021 and September 2024, following house price drops over the same period.

How do you feel about the revaluation? Tell us your reasons in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).

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How do you feel about the revaluation and its impact on your house?
  • 13% I'm worried
    13% Complete
  • 56.5% I'll have a look but I'm not too bothered
    56.5% Complete
  • 30.4% I don't pay any attention
    30.4% Complete
23 votes
161 days ago

Poll: Will you try out the improved walkway now it's open again?

Libby Reporter from Waikato Local

Two years, and $2.1 million later, Putāruru’s popular Blue Spring/Te Waihou Walkway is now fully open to the public.

What was first billed as storm and landslip repairs, which would take about a year, and less than $1 million to fix, turned into a full repair, maintenance, and upgrade job … View more
Two years, and $2.1 million later, Putāruru’s popular Blue Spring/Te Waihou Walkway is now fully open to the public.

What was first billed as storm and landslip repairs, which would take about a year, and less than $1 million to fix, turned into a full repair, maintenance, and upgrade job which the South Waikato District Council says “shouldn’t need shutting again for the foreseeable future”.

Will you try out the improved walkway now it's open again? Tell us your reasons in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).

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Will you try out the improved walkway now it's open again?
  • 0% Yes
    0% Complete
  • 0% Maybe
    0% Complete
  • 0% No
    0% Complete
0 votes
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162 days ago

Living the Dream Kiwi Bikers (book)

Cordwainer from Melville

Living the Dream Kiwi Bikers

George Lockyer. David Bateman Limited, New Zealand, 2015.

Hardback, large landscape format, 248 pages, colour illustrated.
Excellent condition.

George Lockyer talks to more than 50 Kiwi bikers about life on the road on two wheels.

Price: $10

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162 days ago

TE RATAKA a Tama Hungoingoi - Diary of A Wimpy Kid Maori edition (book)

Cordwainer from Melville

TE RATAKA a Tama Hungoingoi (Diary of A Wimpy Kid Maori edition)

Jeff Kinney. 2019. Paperback, 224 pages, excellent condition.

NB text is all in Maori.

In this brilliant translation of Jeff Kinney's bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Heni Jacob, twelve year old hero Greg Heffley … View more
TE RATAKA a Tama Hungoingoi (Diary of A Wimpy Kid Maori edition)

Jeff Kinney. 2019. Paperback, 224 pages, excellent condition.

NB text is all in Maori.

In this brilliant translation of Jeff Kinney's bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Heni Jacob, twelve year old hero Greg Heffley is the Tama Hungoingoi (Wimpy Kid) of the title.

Price: $10

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162 days ago

Do you think this should be a priority?

Libby Reporter from Waikato Local

A new $500 million-plus wastewater treatment plant south of Hamilton has made it onto a national priority list, raising the mayor’s hopes that it could be developed faster.

The Southern Metro Wastewater Treatment Plant would be southwest of Hamilton and serve both the city and the Waipā.

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A new $500 million-plus wastewater treatment plant south of Hamilton has made it onto a national priority list, raising the mayor’s hopes that it could be developed faster.

The Southern Metro Wastewater Treatment Plant would be southwest of Hamilton and serve both the city and the Waipā.

Do you think this should be a priority? Tell us your reasons in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).

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162 days ago

Childrens Art Classes

Arts for Health from Arts for Health Community Trust

Looking for a creative way to start your day? Explore your creativity with our adult art classes – choose from Watercolour, Acrylic Painting, or Arts Therapy classes. Whether you're building skills or supporting your wellbeing, there's a class for you.

Term enrolments now open at … View more
Looking for a creative way to start your day? Explore your creativity with our adult art classes – choose from Watercolour, Acrylic Painting, or Arts Therapy classes. Whether you're building skills or supporting your wellbeing, there's a class for you.

Term enrolments now open at www.artsforhealth.co.nz...

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162 days ago

What do you reckon our chances are against the French?

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

ANALYSIS: In a first test of the year that could conceivably not have featured any debutants, the All Blacks could well now run two in the loose forwards alone, as Wallace Sititi’s injury puts Scott Robertson’s best-laid plans up in smoke for the series against France.

Sititi, last year’s … View more
ANALYSIS: In a first test of the year that could conceivably not have featured any debutants, the All Blacks could well now run two in the loose forwards alone, as Wallace Sititi’s injury puts Scott Robertson’s best-laid plans up in smoke for the series against France.

Sititi, last year’s World Breakthrough Player of the Year as well as All Blacks Player of the Year, was last week ruled out of the three-test series due to a high-ankle injury that requires surgery.

What do you reckon our chances are against the French? Tell us your reasons in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).

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162 days ago

Quiz Night

Arts for Health from Arts for Health Community Trust

Put your thinking caps on and join us for a one-night-only Quiz Night Fundraiser – a fun evening of trivia, prizes, and community spirit, all in support of our creative community spaces.

Details:
When: Thursday 17 July, 6pm–8:30pm
Where: Biddy Mulligans, 17b Hood Street, Hamilton
Cost: … View more
Put your thinking caps on and join us for a one-night-only Quiz Night Fundraiser – a fun evening of trivia, prizes, and community spirit, all in support of our creative community spaces.

Details:
When: Thursday 17 July, 6pm–8:30pm
Where: Biddy Mulligans, 17b Hood Street, Hamilton
Cost: $15 per person (teams of 4–6, or join solo and we’ll match you up)

On the night:
Team prize for 1st place
Spot prizes and raffles
Drinks and food available to purchase

It’s a great way to support a good cause and have a blast while you're at it. July 17 will be here before you know it – book your spot now -www.artsforhealth.co.nz

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162 days ago

Poll: Did you want a liquor store here?

Libby Reporter from Waikato Local

Plans to open a new bottle store in Hamilton’s Nawton Shopping Centre have been blocked, with red flags raised over alcohol-related harm and the applicant’s track record.

Deol Enterprises 2012 Limited had applied for an off-licence to operate from the former Smugglers Nawton site – the … View more
Plans to open a new bottle store in Hamilton’s Nawton Shopping Centre have been blocked, with red flags raised over alcohol-related harm and the applicant’s track record.

Deol Enterprises 2012 Limited had applied for an off-licence to operate from the former Smugglers Nawton site – the same premises where a liquor licence was declined in 2023.

Did you want a liquor store here? Tell us your reasons in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).

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Did you want a liquor store here?
  • 18.2% Yes
    18.2% Complete
  • 9.1% Don't mind either way
    9.1% Complete
  • 72.7% No
    72.7% Complete
22 votes
162 days ago

Poll: Have you seen this Flagstaff fixture?

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

The man behind a shipping container art ‘eyesore’ in Flagstaff vows that he hasn’t given up his battle to build there.

Owner David Yzendoorn says he’s been “put in a straitjacket” by council regulations, and he’s ready to go to the Supreme Court to be allowed to build a home.

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The man behind a shipping container art ‘eyesore’ in Flagstaff vows that he hasn’t given up his battle to build there.

Owner David Yzendoorn says he’s been “put in a straitjacket” by council regulations, and he’s ready to go to the Supreme Court to be allowed to build a home.

Have you seen this Flagstaff fixture? Tell us more in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).

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Have you seen this Flagstaff fixture?
  • 18.8% Yes
    18.8% Complete
  • 81.3% No
    81.3% Complete
16 votes
166 days ago

Pak'nSave supermarkets plead guilty to misleading prices

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

Two Pak’nSave supermarkets have admitted breaching the Fair Trading Act by misleading consumers with inaccurate pricing.

The Commerce Commission filed criminal charges in March against Pak’nSave Silverdale, Auckland, and Pak’nSave Mill Street in Hamilton for alleged inaccurate pricing and … View more
Two Pak’nSave supermarkets have admitted breaching the Fair Trading Act by misleading consumers with inaccurate pricing.

The Commerce Commission filed criminal charges in March against Pak’nSave Silverdale, Auckland, and Pak’nSave Mill Street in Hamilton for alleged inaccurate pricing and misleading specials that may have breached the Fair Trading Act.

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164 days ago

Quiz Night

Arts for Health from Arts for Health Community Trust

Put your thinking caps on and join us for a one-night-only Quiz Night Fundraiser – a fun evening of trivia, prizes, and community spirit, all in support of our creative community spaces.

Details:
When: Thursday 17 July, 6pm–8:30pm
Where: Biddy Mulligans, 17b Hood Street, Hamilton
Cost: … View more
Put your thinking caps on and join us for a one-night-only Quiz Night Fundraiser – a fun evening of trivia, prizes, and community spirit, all in support of our creative community spaces.

Details:
When: Thursday 17 July, 6pm–8:30pm
Where: Biddy Mulligans, 17b Hood Street, Hamilton
Cost: $15 per person (teams of 4–6, or join solo and we’ll match you up)

On the night:
Team prize for 1st place
Spot prizes and raffles
Drinks and food available to purchase

It’s a great way to support a good cause and have a blast while you're at it. July 17 will be here before you know it – book your spot now -www.artsforhealth.co.nz

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168 days ago

New role for former principal

Libby Reporter from Waikato Local

A former Hamilton secondary school principal is the University of Waikato’s new chancellor.

Susan Hassall, the former Hamilton Boys’ High School headmaster has been elected to the titular role leading the university and will start on July 1.

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166 days ago

Poll: Will you check your new valuation?

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

Hamilton house values have dropped an average 12% in new city council figures to be released on Thursday.

Residents will be able to check the latest valuation of their biggest asset online but they’ll have to wait a while yet to see how their individual rating valuations (RVs) affect how much … View more
Hamilton house values have dropped an average 12% in new city council figures to be released on Thursday.

Residents will be able to check the latest valuation of their biggest asset online but they’ll have to wait a while yet to see how their individual rating valuations (RVs) affect how much they’ll pay in rates and how various suburbs have fared.

Will you check your new valuation? Tell us your reasons in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).

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Will you check your new valuation?
  • 61.5% Yes, definitely want to know
    61.5% Complete
  • 7.7% Maybe
    7.7% Complete
  • 30.8% No, doesn't make much difference to me
    30.8% Complete
26 votes
168 days ago

Poll: Do you think this is the right decision?

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

Plans to build up to 60 new state-owned homes in Endeavour Ave in Flagstaff, and another 47 in Melville, have been canned and the land could be sold as the Government continues its “reset” of Kāinga Ora.

Minister of Housing Chris Bishop and Kāinga Ora chief executive Matt Crockett last … View more
Plans to build up to 60 new state-owned homes in Endeavour Ave in Flagstaff, and another 47 in Melville, have been canned and the land could be sold as the Government continues its “reset” of Kāinga Ora.

Minister of Housing Chris Bishop and Kāinga Ora chief executive Matt Crockett last week announced the state housing provider would ditch plans for 212 state housing projects around the country, cancelling plans for up to 3500 new homes.

Do you think this is the right decision? Tell us your reasons in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).

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Do you think this is the right decision?
  • 59.5% Yes
    59.5% Complete
  • 19% Not sure
    19% Complete
  • 21.4% No
    21.4% Complete
42 votes
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