1483 days ago

Did you hear city council has announced a coronavirus relief package?

The Team Reporter from Hamilton Press

Councillors met via video conference to decide on the $3.43 million package for businesses and ratepayers hit hardest by the lockdown.

It includes a welfare package for community organisations, and an extension of the council's rates rebate scheme to include those who have recently lost their jobs and don't have savings.

Read more about it - and how local projects could help the economy recover after lockdown - here.

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More messages from your neighbours
17 hours ago

Turn downsizing stress into strength

Hilda Ross Retirement Village

Downsizing can open the door to a new stage of your life that is rich in opportunity. However, it can be a daunting prospect. If you are embarking on a new chapter of life, the thought of shedding familiar possessions can feel even more stressful. This can be true even if the life changes are a good thing, such as a move to somewhere you will love to live.

Once you understand why you have this feeling, you can reframe it as creating a new environment that will support your present life while reminding you of your best experiences.

Click read more for the full article.

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1 day ago

Waikato River art

Rosanne from Saint Andrews

Sharing with you my latest painting of the river!
Briefly Abide, acrylic on linen, 40 x 30 cm, by Rosanne Croucher Art.
Available at Inspirit Gallery in Tamahere.

Does anyone know where this spot by the river is?

18 hours ago

Wondering what's the latest on the Sleepyhead development?

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

A massive company town development that would allow bedmaker Sleepyhead to move its workforce out of Auckland to Waikato has hit a snag... over where to put the poo.

The inability to hook up to a fully compliant Huntly wastewater treatment plant could slow progress at Sleepyhead Estate’s major Ohinewai industrial and housing development site, a local councillor warns.

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