1327 days ago

Poll: Will you vote in this year's general election?

The Team Reporter from Hamilton Press

The elections aren't far away, but only about half of our city's young voters are enrolled.

Across the country, a youth voter bloc the size of Hamilton is still not enrolled.

Read more here. Will you be voting?

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Will you vote in this year's general election?
  • 96% Yes, I want to have my say.
    96% Complete
  • 2.7% No, I'm not interested in politics.
    2.7% Complete
  • 1.3% Other - explain in the comments.
    1.3% Complete
75 votes
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11 days ago

What do you think of this new cycleway?

The Team Reporter from Hamilton Press

People are being warned not to park on a newly built cycleway in west Hamilton if they don’t want to be fined.

Construction is underway on a revamped protected cycleway on Rifle Range Road to help link Dinsdale, Frankton to Maeroa and Forest Lake.

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1 day ago

What's your favourite piece of Waikato history?

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

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.

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5 days ago

Have you seen a fire engine go over a raised platform?

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

Traffic calming measures are delaying response times for fire crews and putting lives at risk, a group of frontline Hamilton firefighters say.

Last month Hamilton City Council slammed the brakes on a number of not-yet contracted roading projects that would have installed more raised platforms and in-lane bus stops across the city after a “tsunami” of push-back from the public.

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