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Sprinkler restrictions as Hamilton on water alert
Friday, 8 January 2010, 11:12 am | Hamilton City Council
Hamilton residents are now permitted to use their sprinkler systems between 6am-8am and 6pm-8pm on alternate days only, after the city reached water alert level 2 today. The change in water alert levels comes after increasing water consumption over the ... More >>
Hamilton Zoo tiger siblings 10th birthday
Thursday, 7 January 2010, 1:57 pm | Hamilton City Council
Hamilton Zoo's sibling Sumatran tigers, Jaka and Mencari, will be celebrating their 10th birthday this Sunday [10 January] with a special 'jungle party'. Held between 12pm-2.30pm, the party will include 'meet the keeper' tiger talks, a performance ... More >>
Sprinkler restrictions introduced in Hamilton
Tuesday, 22 December 2009, 3:26 pm | Hamilton City Council
Hamilton residents are permitted to only use their sprinkler systems between 6am-8am and 6pm-8pm, following the introduction of water alert level 1 in the city today. Hamilton City Council City Waters manager Tim Harty said the water alert level was ... More >>
Enderley cop gets dunked for Christmas
Friday, 11 December 2009, 3:43 pm | Hamilton City Council
Santa in a hot rod and a game of dunk-a-cop may not be part of your traditional Christmas celebration, but they’ll be the centrepieces of this year’s Christmas in Enderley Park event held this Thursday 17 December. A popular but unsung local event, Council’s ... More >>
Hood St bollards to go
Thursday, 10 December 2009, 5:33 pm | Hamilton City Council
From tonight, bollards will no longer be used on Thursday to Saturday nights in the city’s entertainment precinct. Hamilton City Council last night voted to stop the regular closure of Hood and Alexandra Streets with retractable bollards. Councillors ... More >>
Thirteen recipients receive Hamilton Civic Award
Thursday, 10 December 2009, 4:02 pm | Hamilton City Council
A voluntary event manager, a community constable, a zoo volunteer and the president of the Waikato Mounted Rifles Association will be amongst the recipients of the 2009 Hamilton Civic Awards. Regarded as one of the city's highest honours, the awards ... More >>
Plants for Pit Lane
Wednesday, 9 December 2009, 5:15 pm | Hamilton City Council
Thirty-five giant planter boxes have a new home in the V8 Pit Lane on Hamilton’s Mill St. The eco-friendly boxes – made from recycled plastic milk bottles and wood shavings - have been planted with Portuguese Laurel trees. More >>
China school exchange established
Tuesday, 1 December 2009, 3:11 pm | Hamilton City Council
Hamilton has strengthened its sister city relationship with Wuxi in China with the establishment of a school exchange programme. Mayor Bob Simcock and a representative of the Mayor of Wuxi, a city of six million people, have signed an agreement to facilitate ... More >>
Rating breakthrough for Hamilton drinking water
Monday, 30 November 2009, 1:26 pm | Hamilton City Council
One year ahead of schedule, Hamilton City Council has received an ‘Aa’ grading for its drinkingwater supply at Templeview. The new Aa grading at Templeview represents a significant improvement in supply as a result of a recent $1m pipe upgrade. Previously ... More >>
New Claudelands Arena to Open Next Year
Monday, 30 November 2009, 10:40 am | Hamilton City Council
Things are starting to take shape at Claudelands, with the concrete framework for the facility's new indoor arena currently going up and the large roof steel due to be installed early in the new year. Council Event Facilities Manager Mark Christie ... More >>
Active Communities Strategy launched
Friday, 27 November 2009, 2:51 pm | Hamilton City Council
Promoting an active city through strong partnerships underpins the Active Communities Strategy launched in Hamilton today. SPARC board member Nicki Turner is the keynote speaker at the launch of the document which aims to encourage people to live healthy ... More >>
Hamilton Zoo welcomes several new furry faces
Friday, 27 November 2009, 12:28 pm | Hamilton City Council
The arrival of a male serval at Hamilton Zoo this week adds to a growing number of new faces at the facility. The serval named Akida (meaning 'leader'), who will turn three years old on 14 December, arrived at the facility from Wellington Zoo on Wednesday. More >>
Bikers Champion Anti-Violence in Hamilton
Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 5:25 pm | Hamilton City Council
Bikers champion anti-violence in Hamilton 18 NOVEMBER 2009 For Immediate Release Some unlikely spokesmen come to the city on their motorbikes next Thursday 27 November to spread the message that family violence is not OK in Hamilton. They may look super ... More >>
New Property Valuations for City
Friday, 13 November 2009, 9:29 am | Hamilton City Council
Quotable Value has released its new property valuations for Hamilton. The valuations, carried out every three years, are an important part of the process for setting rates for the 2010/11 financial year. For residential property, the average house value ... More >>
Homecoming at Hamilton Zoo for tuatara
Wednesday, 11 November 2009, 1:35 pm | Hamilton City Council
It has been a homecoming of sorts for four juvenile Stanley Island tuatara who arrived back at Hamilton Zoo last week after leaving the facility nine months ago as eggs. The eggs were laid in January by one of Hamilton Zoo’s mature female tuatara, and ... More >>
Celebrating Hamilton's History
Tuesday, 10 November 2009, 1:18 pm | Hamilton City Council
Hamilton families are being offered the chance to win a fabulous 'Never a Dull Moment' family prize pack when they participate in this years New Balance Round the Bridges- with a special bridges quiz included in participants' race packs. Up for grabs is ... More >>
Transgender focus of Waikato Museum workshops
Tuesday, 10 November 2009, 10:16 am | Hamilton City Council
The first of a series of free workshops aimed at improving people’s understanding of the issues faced by trans people will be held at Waikato Museum this Thursday [12 November] The workshops are running alongside the Assume Nothing exhibition which ... More >>
CityHeart parking amnesty to run for four weeks
Thursday, 5 November 2009, 1:35 pm | Hamilton City Council
Council will be distributing flyers on cars in November informing motorists of changes to after-hours parking enforcement in the CityHeart. More >>
15 years of food safety in Hamilton
Wednesday, 28 October 2009, 11:18 am | Hamilton City Council
Seventy-five Hamilton food businesses will be presented with excellence awards during the 2009 Hamilton Food Safety Awards this afternoon. It is the 15th year that Hamilton City Council has held the Food Safety Awards, which aim to recognise and reward businesses ... More >>
Assume Nothing opens at Waikato Museum
Tuesday, 27 October 2009, 12:02 pm | Hamilton City Council
An exhibition providing a rare insight into the extraordinary – yet often very ordinary – worlds of New Zealand’s diverse ‘alternative’ gender communities opens at Waikato Museum this Saturday [31 October]. More >>
