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Furry Family Members Ready And Waiting

Thursday, 1 September 2022, 12:09 pm | Hamilton City Council

Hamilton City Council is putting the call out to all those looking for a pawesome new furry family member. Every year Council helps find homes for more than 250 animals. With a recent increase in puppy litters being surrendered to the Animal Education ... More >>

Council Calls For Feedback On Changes To Housing Rules

Friday, 19 August 2022, 10:49 am | Hamilton City Council

Hamilton City Council is calling for public feedback on a proposal which aims to provide more housing, and higher density housing, across the city. The move comes in response to a central government direction, supported by both major political ... More >>

Government Underwrites Council’s Costs To Respond To Reform

Thursday, 18 August 2022, 11:21 pm | Hamilton City Council

Hamilton City Council will receive up to $1.459 million from Government to reimburse Council’s costs in responding to the Three Waters Reform over the next year. Council unanimously agreed to enter a contract with Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) ... More >>

Emissions Must Peak By 2025, Says Hamilton City Council

Thursday, 18 August 2022, 4:27 pm | Hamilton City Council

In a chamber packed with climate action supporters, Hamilton City Council has committed to an 82% reduction in the city’s emissions by 2050, in a climate change strategy approved by Council today (18 August). The strategy, Our Climate Future: Te Pae Tawhiti ... More >>

Final Infrastructure Operations Committee Wraps Up

Tuesday, 9 August 2022, 5:34 pm | Hamilton City Council

Hamilton City Council’s Infrastructure Operations Committee met for the final time today (Tuesday 9 August) before local government elections are held in October. Discussing several issues around parking, speed management plans, and updates on ... More >>

A Warm Welcome For International Students

Monday, 8 August 2022, 10:27 am | Hamilton City Council

Last Friday, Hamilton Kirikiriroa and the University of Waikato welcomed more than 100 international students from over 18 countries after two years of travel restrictions and other hurdles. Talent of the Pacific Academy and Fairfield Intermediate School, ... More >>

‘Red Handed’ Artwork Wins $20,000 National Contemporary Art Award

Saturday, 6 August 2022, 5:37 am | Hamilton City Council

05 August Multimedia artist Emma Hercus has won the prestigious $20,000 National Contemporary Art Award for a “majestically layered” assemblage work titled Red handed . The winning work was selected by Reuben Paterson, one of the country’s ... More >>

Hamilton Says No To Blanket Approach To Housing Intensification

Thursday, 4 August 2022, 12:53 pm | Hamilton City Council

Government’s blanket approach for housing intensification isn’t right for Hamilton – that’s the blunt message from the city’s Mayor and Councillors. Hamilton City Council is on a mission to build a beautiful river city, and Councillors at ... More >>

Emissions Down At Hamilton City Council

Tuesday, 2 August 2022, 7:04 pm | Hamilton City Council

Hamilton City Council’s emissions are down 11% from the 2018/2019 baseline, the end-of-year Climate Change Action Plan Monitoring Report has found. The report was brought to the Environment Committee today (Tuesday 2 August), and summarises Council's ... More >>

Smart, Simple, Search-driven: Council Launches New Website

Friday, 29 July 2022, 9:15 am | Hamilton City Council

We google everything these days, because a good search engine saves time and usually knows exactly what we want. That’s the rationale for the simple, stripped-back look of Hamilton City Council’s new website. The new site has been redesigned from ... More >>

Hamilton Welcomes Kmart To Ruakura Superhub

Thursday, 21 July 2022, 1:13 pm | Hamilton City Council

Hamilton City Council is welcoming the announcement that Kmart will be relocating its North Island distribution centre to the city. Tainui Group Holdings announced today Kmart will lease an approximate nine hectare site at the Ruakura Superhub, ... More >>

Council Requests Government Withdraw Reform Legislation

Wednesday, 20 July 2022, 6:36 pm | Hamilton City Council

Hamilton City Council cannot support Government’s Three Waters Reform and has called for the legislation enabling the reform to be withdrawn. In a unanimous decision at today’s meeting, Council approved a submission to the Parliamentary select committee ... More >>

One Year To Go – FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 Celebrations Kick Off In Hamilton Kirikiriroa

Wednesday, 20 July 2022, 5:01 pm | Hamilton City Council

Hamilton Kirikiriroa led the country’s one-year countdown to the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 with a unity-themed pre-dawn lighting ceremony at Waikato Stadium. The ceremony centred around the venue’s distinctive Whatanoa Gateway with a cultural ... More >>

Hamilton Celebrates Waikato Expressway Opening

Friday, 15 July 2022, 9:30 am | Hamilton City Council

Road users were treated to a great end to the week with the much-anticipated opening of the Hamilton Section of the Waikato Expressway overnight on Thursday 14 July. On Tuesday, around 250 guests joined Kiingi Tuuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII ... More >>

Huge Transport Milestone Celebrated With Completion Of Ring Road

Friday, 8 July 2022, 3:19 pm | Hamilton City Council

Today (Friday 8 July) the final piece in the Hamilton Ring Road was officially opened to traffic. This final stage includes the Wairere Drive extension, from Cambridge Road to Cobham Drive, and the Cobham Drive interchange – at the intersection of ... More >>

Council Report Paints Clear Picture For Candidates

Friday, 8 July 2022, 11:46 am | Hamilton City Council

A week out from nominations opening for Hamilton City Council elections, Chief Executive Lance Vervoort has set the scene for would-be candidates. Council released its Pre-Election Report today (8 July), which puts in no uncertain terms what the role of being an ... More >>

Civic Honour Awarded To Rocky Horror Creator Richard O’Brien

Thursday, 7 July 2022, 2:04 pm | Hamilton City Council

He inspired the country’s favourite Transylvania statue and taught a generation of theatre lovers to eloquently jump to the left, and step to the right. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2207/b6bded072d012eb6be79.jpeg" ... More >>

Magical Playground Coming To Claudelands Park

Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 5:32 pm | Hamilton City Council

New Zealand’s first inclusive playground is another step closer to coming to Hamilton Kirikiriroa. Last week, Hamilton City Council approved the location of Claudelands park alongside the concept designs and staging plan for the ‘magical’ playground ... More >>

Magical Playground Coming To Claudelands Park

Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 2:54 pm | Hamilton City Council

New Zealand’s first inclusive playground is another step closer to coming to Hamilton Kirikiriroa. Last week, Hamilton City Council approved the location of Claudelands park alongside the concept designs and staging plan for the ‘magical’ playground ... More >>

Hamilton Kirikiriroa To Host FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 Play-Off Tournament

Tuesday, 5 July 2022, 7:10 am | Hamilton City Council

Hamilton Kirikiriroa will be one of the first cities to get a slice of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 action, after it was confirmed as a co-host for an inaugural Play-Off Tournament in February 2023. With just over one year to go until the ninth ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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