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Council's Leadership Applauded As $150M Hamilton Project Moves To Next Steps
Thursday, 9 April 2020, 3:46 pm | Hamilton City Council
A commitment to maintaining momentum and supporting a post-COVID-19 local and regional economic recovery has seen Hamilton City Council enter the final procurement phase of a $150M milestone project. The NZ Construction Sector Accord has congratulated ... More >>
Emergency Food And Crisis Support Receives First Of Council Funding
Thursday, 9 April 2020, 11:47 am | Hamilton City Council
Community groups providing emergency food and crisis services are among the first organisations to receive funding support from Hamilton City Council. Late last month, Council announced it would contribute $1M to support essential city welfare services ... More >>
City Seeks Government Support To Go Greener
Wednesday, 8 April 2020, 9:39 am | Hamilton City Council
Hamilton City Council will pitch a suite of environmental initiatives to the Government as part of its plan to help the city recover from COVID-19. Major infrastructure programmes will include specific proposals to replant gullies, build extensive separated ... More >>
Be Kind And Courteous On Busy River Paths
Tuesday, 7 April 2020, 3:41 pm | Hamilton City Council
Hamilton’s popular river paths are busier than ever as more people exercise locally, but not everyone is remembering to share with care. The run of good weather and COVID-19 rules on exercising close to home are encouraging more people to get out onto the ... More >>
Waikato Museum Calls On Its Social Media Community To Create A Virtual Exhibition
Tuesday, 7 April 2020, 2:26 pm | Hamilton City Council
Waikato Museum has launched a new social media initiative, calling on its online community to create a virtual exhibition by sharing photos of their favourite items on social media sites using the hashtag #mywaikatomuseum. Waikato Museum Director ... More >>
Easter Kerbside Service Changes
Tuesday, 7 April 2020, 10:54 am | Hamilton City Council
Hamilton’s kerbside rubbish will be collected a day later than usual due to the Easter long weekend. Normal collection days will resume Monday 20 April. Kerbside collections during COVID-19 lockdown Recycling collections have stopped ... More >>
Bin It, Don’t Flush It Key Message To Keep Staff Safe
Monday, 6 April 2020, 4:43 pm | Hamilton City Council
All Hamiltonians have a part to play in helping to keep themselves and others safe during the Alert Level 4 period. This extends to helping ease the pressure on our City Waters staff having to respond to blockages within our wastewater network. Since ... More >>
Hamilton Self-isolation Site Set Up For Freedom Campers
Friday, 3 April 2020, 9:20 am | Hamilton City Council
Porritt Stadium has been set up as a COVID-19 self-isolation site for freedom campers at the request of the Waikato Civil Defence Emergency Management Group. The stadium carpark is already a designated freedom camping site for certified self-contained ... More >>
Money To Move Quickly Into Community
Thursday, 2 April 2020, 1:32 pm | Hamilton City Council
Community groups which apply for assistance from the Waikato Community Funders Group should know within a maximum three days if they have been successful. Last week Hamilton City Council announced it would contribute $1 million to the new ... More >>
Keep Dogs On A Lead, Help Prevent The Spread Of COVID-19
Thursday, 2 April 2020, 1:21 pm | Hamilton City Council
Getting out for a walk and some fresh air is necessary during Alert Level 4, but Hamilton City Council’s Animal Education and Control has an important message for all dog owners – keep your dog on a lead at all times. “This goes for all parks ... More >>
Helpline Set Up To Help Struggling Waikato People
Wednesday, 1 April 2020, 12:52 pm | Hamilton City Council
Freephone 0800 800 405 has been established for Waikato people struggling to get food, groceries, medication or other household goods and services. The freephone service established by the Waikato Civil Defence and Emergency Management Group is ... More >>
City Announces 12-point Recovery Plan
Friday, 27 March 2020, 5:19 pm | Hamilton City Council
Hamilton City Council has announced a sweeping 12-point plan to help the city withstand the economic and social ravages expected from COVID-19. The Council approved phase one of the programme today, costed at $3.4M. Phase two is still to come and will ... More >>
Council To Livestream Virtual Meeting
Friday, 27 March 2020, 11:39 am | Hamilton City Council
Hamilton City Council’s first meeting in which Elected Members are taking part remotely will be livestreamed to the public. The Extraordinary Meeting at 1pm today (Friday 27 March) is the Council’s first under new legislation which came into ... More >>
Library EServices Open A Window To New Worlds
Thursday, 26 March 2020, 3:18 pm | Hamilton City Council
The doors may be shut due to COVID-19 but Hamilton City Libraries has plenty of online services to keep people busy. The libraries’ eCollection has more than 31,500 items, including eAudiobooks and eBooks, newspapers and magazines. Hamilton City ... More >>
Chief Executive Gets Temporary Council Delegations
Wednesday, 25 March 2020, 2:35 pm | Hamilton City Council
Hamilton City Council has temporarily passed decision-making powers to its chief executive Richard Briggs while the Council remains in lock-down. Councillors today unanimously agreed to extend the chief executive’s delegations so he can ... More >>
Council’s Non-essential Services To Cease
Tuesday, 24 March 2020, 5:05 pm | Hamilton City Council
Following Government guidance, Hamilton City Council has confirmed several new changes to its services while the country is at COVID-19 Alert Level 4. Chief Executive Richard Briggs says the Government’s message has been extremely clear and now we all must ... More >>
Last ‘live’ Council Meeting Tomorrow
Tuesday, 24 March 2020, 1:20 pm | Hamilton City Council
At least seven Hamilton City Councillors will physically meet under urgency tomorrow before New Zealand goes into lock-down. The rest will tune in remotely to an extraordinary Council meeting, brought forward from Thursday. By Thursday, physical meetings across ... More >>
Essential Services Safe, Playgrounds To Close
Monday, 23 March 2020, 7:39 pm | Hamilton City Council
Hamiltonians will continue to have access to the essential services Hamilton City Council provides but its playgrounds and remaining customer-facing sites will close following the move to COVID-19 Alert Level 3 and 4. Alert Level 3 is in place from ... More >>
Council Closes All Community Facilities As A Precaution
Saturday, 21 March 2020, 1:51 pm | Hamilton City Council
Hamilton City Council community facilities will be closed effective Sunday 22 March as a precaution to slow the spread of COVID-19. The Government has put limits on the number of people who can gather in a space and is urging the practice of ‘physical ... More >>
Working-from-home Test A Success
Friday, 20 March 2020, 4:20 pm | Hamilton City Council
Hamilton City Council has successfully tested a key component of its business continuity plans in preparation for further potential impacts of COVID-19. Today (Friday 20 March) saw more than 30% of the Council’s 1000+ staff performing ... More >>
