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Exhibition Celebrates Personal Treasures
Wednesday, 9 December 2020, 11:24 am | Hamilton City Council
A new exhibition inspired by a social media initiative launched during this year’s lockdown opens at Waikato Museum on 12 December. When public venues had to close their doors due to COVID-19 restrictions, Waikato Museum called on its online community ... More >>
Civic Honour Awarded For Couple’s Taitua Arboretum Legacy
Tuesday, 8 December 2020, 6:19 pm | Hamilton City Council
The immense legacy of environmental champions and philanthropists Bunny and John Mortimer was recognised today (Tuesday 8 December) with the awarding of the Hamilton Kirikiriroa Medal. The Mortimers founded Taitua Arboretum in 1972 on their property ... More >>
Council Confirms Founders Preference
Tuesday, 8 December 2020, 4:02 pm | Hamilton City Council
Hamilton City Council has today confirmed its preference is to demolish the Founders Theatre building and create a new multi-purpose park. At today’s Council meeting (December 8), Elected Members decided to progress the $3.6M project to demolish the ... More >>
Council Adopts Hamilton Gardens Management Plan
Tuesday, 8 December 2020, 3:28 pm | Hamilton City Council
Passionate community feedback has shaped a new management plan for Hamilton Gardens, which was today (8 December) adopted by Hamilton City Council. Council’s adoption of the plan follows two rounds of community engagement on the draft plan – in 2019 ... More >>
City Events Get A Tasty Boost
Tuesday, 8 December 2020, 2:31 pm | Hamilton City Council
Future events held in Hamilton’s central city will be able to include food trucks, food carts and mobile shops after a change to the city’s Public Places Policy today (December 8). Earlier this year Hamilton City Council sought public views on proposals ... More >>
Draft Long-Term Plan Budget Released
Thursday, 3 December 2020, 12:29 pm | Hamilton City Council
Hamilton City Council Elected Members will next week consider a staff recommendation to consult with the community on a proposed starting point of a 4.9% average general rates increase and four targeted rates to fund specific projects. ... More >>
Environment And Community Spaces Led Conversation At Peacocke Open Day
Wednesday, 2 December 2020, 5:34 pm | Hamilton City Council
Protecting the environment and having great community facilities were the talking points at an open day for the new Peacocke neighbourhood last night. The event, hosted by Hamilton City Council, gave Hamiltonians the opportunity to ask questions and ... More >>
New Strategy Focuses On Nurturing Nature
Wednesday, 2 December 2020, 4:48 pm | Hamilton City Council
Hamilton could be teeming with native birds, animals and insects and flourishing with native trees and plants, with cool, clear gully streams swimming with native fish. The city could also be full of people who care for and are nourished by nature. ... More >>
Hamilton Leading The Way In Wastewater Carbon Footprint Calculation
Friday, 27 November 2020, 3:44 pm | Hamilton City Council
Hamilton City Council is leading the way when it comes to calculating the carbon emissions generated by wastewater treatment. Since 2019, Council has been working with engineering consultancy Beca to model the carbon footprint and energy use at ... More >>
Majority Of Feedback Favours New Park On Founders Site
Friday, 20 November 2020, 4:44 pm | Hamilton City Council
Creating a multi-purpose park on the Founders Theatre site has captured the imagination of the Hamilton community. In October and November 2020, Hamilton City Council asked the public for feedback on three options for the site: option 1: remove the theatre ... More >>
Partnership In Action Wins Social Impact Award
Thursday, 19 November 2020, 2:29 pm | Hamilton City Council
A fast-tracked project which re-opened a section of Hamilton’s river path and provided work for 50 people after the COVID-19 lockdown has won Hamilton City Council the 2020 Infrastructure New Zealand Excellence in Social Impact Award. The award ... More >>
Zoo-Waiwhakareke Shared Entry Project Takes Next Step
Wednesday, 18 November 2020, 4:23 pm | Hamilton City Council
Work on an eye-catching new shared entrance for Hamilton Zoo and Waiwhakareke Natural Heritage Park will begin early next year. Hamilton City Council’s Community Committee yesterday (17 November) delegated authority to Chief Executive Richard Briggs to ... More >>
Strategy Aims To Kick Off ‘Courageous Conversations’
Tuesday, 17 November 2020, 5:04 pm | Hamilton City Council
A public consultation process aimed at enhancing the city’s relationship with Maori was approved by Hamilton City Council today. He Pou Manawa Ora – Pillars of Wellbeing is a strategic document that will focus Council’s work on delivering ... More >>
Rototuna Village Reaches Exciting New Phase
Tuesday, 17 November 2020, 12:58 pm | Hamilton City Council
A two-year co-design partnership between Hamilton City Council and the community has revealed an exciting vision for the Rototuna village. The project is entering an exciting phase where this vision can now be seen in concepts being developed for ... More >>
Section Of River Path Temporarily Closed For Major Project
Friday, 13 November 2020, 4:10 pm | Hamilton City Council
A section of the river path in central Hamilton will be closed from Monday (16 November) as work begins on replacement of the central city jetty and Ferrybank wall. River path users will be able to detour onto the cobblestone path that runs between Grantham ... More >>
Hamilton Hosts New Zealand’s First 3D-printed Concrete Demonstration
Friday, 13 November 2020, 3:21 pm | Hamilton City Council
Hamilton is hosting New Zealand’s first demonstration of a robot 3D-printing a commercial-scale concrete object. Hamilton City Council is working with local technology company QOROX on the creation of a park bench built using 3D-printed concrete, in ... More >>
Māori All Blacks To Play Moana Pasifika At FMG Stadium Waikato
Thursday, 12 November 2020, 3:28 pm | Hamilton City Council
The first weekend of December will be massive for international sport in Hamilton with the announcement today of a Māori All Blacks v Moana Pasifika rugby match at FMG Stadium Waikato. The game on Saturday December 5 will kick off at 7.05pm and ... More >>
Giant Trade Show Secured For Hamilton
Thursday, 12 November 2020, 2:24 pm | Hamilton City Council
Hamilton City Council’s events arm, H3, is bringing New Zealand’s biggest business-to-business show back to Hamilton next year. Foodstuffs NZ has confirmed it will bring its massive Foodstuff Fresh & Grocery Expo to the Claudelands Events Centre in mid-May ... More >>
More Than 1 Million Kilograms Of Food Scraps Diverted From Landfill
Monday, 9 November 2020, 4:00 pm | Hamilton City Council
Hamilton’s new kerbside rubbish and recycling service is more than nine weeks old and we’re already starting to reap the benefits of our city’s biggest service change in 20 years. Since the switch from black bags to bins, Hamiltonians have been ... More >>
Give Feedback On Changes To Hamilton’s Stormwater Bylaw
Wednesday, 4 November 2020, 4:12 pm | Hamilton City Council
Hamilton City Council is seeking community feedback on proposed changes to its Stormwater Bylaw. The Hamilton Stormwater Bylaw, developed in 2015, helps protect our city’s streams and the Waikato River by setting out responsibilities ... More >>
