Poll: Are you a pie fan?
As our Olympians compete in Paris, there’s been a medal race a bit closer to home... involving pies.
Two Hamilton bakeries that have competed for nearly a decade won silver medals in the 2024 Bakels Supreme Pie Awards - in one case for a vegetarian offering.
Are you a pie fan? Which bakeries and flavours do you rate and why? Let us know in the comments (add NFP if you don't want them used in print).
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67.7% Yes
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9.7% No
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22.6% I'm ambivalent
Poll: Are our Kiwi summer holidays helping us recharge, or holding the economy back? ☀️🥝
There’s growing debate about whether New Zealand’s extended Christmas break (and the slowdown that comes with it) affects productivity.
Tracy Watkins has weighed in ... now it’s your turn. What’s your take? 🤔
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72.7% We work hard, we deserve a break!
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16.2% Hmm, maybe?
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11.1% Yes!
The city's new mayor is setting out his plan
Hamilton City Council is pledging to cut costs and avoid “gold plating” infrastructure as part of a new strategy to limit rates increases, but Mayor Tim Macindoe says central government support may be needed to meet a new national rates cap.
Macindoe said Wellington needed to be “a little more nuanced” and take population growth into account.
Principal defends $17k overseas trip as research
A Hamilton principal whose $17,000 trip to Hawaii and Alaska was highlighted in an report on questionable school spending says he was doing doctoral work on how streaming affects students.
Fairfield College principal Richard Crawford is defending the trip, saying it was his first sabbatical in his 19-year career as a principal and contributed to learning he’d be applying to both his school, and potentially others, through his research.
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