Hospice Waikato Run for Life
Join together with your family, friends and colleagues to exercise, celebrate life, pay tribute to loved ones and remember those who are no longer here with us. We know you’ll have a great morning enjoying a 5km
or 10km fun run or walk which will help Hospice Waikato with every step. Everyone is welcome – corporate groups, school groups or community groups, as well as individuals and their dogs!
10km Run/Walk $15 entry fee
Starts at 8am sharp at the Rhododendron Garden, Hamilton Gardens. Ends back at the Rhododendron Lawn.
5km Run/Walk $10 entry fee
Starts from the Rhododendron Lawn immediately after the 10km event. Ends back at the Rhododendron Lawn.
Click here to register now!
Children under 9 years of age are free if accompanied by a paying adult.
Online registrations close Thursday 2 March. If the event is not sold out registrations can also be made on the morning of the event prior to 7.30am. A $5 late registration fee will apply.
No refund will be issued if you choose to withdraw your entry; your entry fee will be treated as a donation to Hospice Waikato.
Say goodbye to tyre waste
About 40% of the 6.5 million tyres Kiwis use every year are recycled, repurposed, or used as tyre-derived fuel. But the rest end up in landfills, stockpiled or dumped.
The good news is now there’s an easy solution to all that tyre waste. It’s called Tyrewise and is New Zealand’s first national tyre recycling scheme.
Tyrewise ensures that tyres in Aotearoa New Zealand are recycled or repurposed properly, saving millions from going to the landfill.
Find out more about the scheme online.
Poll: Does the building consent process need to change?
We definitely need homes that are fit to live in but there are often frustrations when it comes to getting consent to modify your own home.
Do you think changes need made to the current process for building consent? Share your thoughts below.
Type 'Not For Print' if you wish your comments to be excluded from the Conversations column of your local paper.
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91.8% Yes
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7.8% No
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0.5% Other - I'll share below!
What's your favourite piece of Waikato history?
Car parks inspired a milking shed design that took off around the world and became a piece of Waikato District history.
A hundred-year-old church and gravestones from the 1880s will also feature as the district turns the spotlight on its past for its first Heritage Day on April 20.