119 days ago

Been watching this Hamilton East site near the bridge?

The Team Reporter from Hamilton Press

A four-storey apartment block is coming to a prominent Hamilton East site with a history stretching back to pre-European settlement.

Number 1 Puutikitiki Street is across from a former Ngaati Parekiranga pā which was later the site of the first Waikato European settlement. The section itself was more recently the site of a 1920s house which often hosted Hamilton’s underground art scene.

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13 hours ago

Daily riddle time!

Riddles from The Neighbourly Riddler

What is full of holes but still holds water?

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5 days ago

Share your most delicious (but affordable!) go-to meal...

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

Winter is knocking at the door and the cost of living has already made itself at home. So let's help each other out by sharing your meal ideas that don't break the bank.

Comment below with your go-to meals that are delicious and affordable.

Type 'Not For Print' if you wish your comments to be excluded from the Conversations column of your local paper.

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2 hours ago

Would you use an electric fence to keep pets in - or out of - your property?

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

Oakley was a dog who loved to jump fences.

Her owner Sean Preston, whose property backs onto a park in Auckland, was concerned Oakley was scaling the fence and disappearing for hours at a time.

Preston fixed the problem with the help of Waikato-based, global innovation company Gallagher Group.

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