Poll: Have you noticed a change on Ulster St recently?
Following the end of large-scale emergency housing contracts, moteliers on Hamilton’s Ulster Street are contending with a legacy of reputational damage, sharply reduced occupancy rates, and intense competition that has dragged room prices back nearly a decade.
Emergency housing grants, introduced in 2016 as a way to shelter the country’s most vulnerable on a short term or transitional basis, fundamentally reshaped Ulster Street.
Have you noticed a change on Ulster St recently? Tell us your reasons in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).
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52.2% Yes
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47.8% No
From rugged campsite to 7.5ha resort
Grant Kilby has always loved camping. His mum was director of health at the YMCA, and he would attend YMCA camps in the school holidays. “I think it was mandatory that I was there,” he jokes.
He went on camping holidays with his parents, and later, took his own kids.
“Camping’s been in my blood.”
Poll: When do you shop the sales?
Bargain hunters made the most of Boxing Day sales at Centre Place and The Base in Hamilton on Friday.
However, a marketing expert believes Boxing Day sales, long a staple of Kiwi life post-Christmas, is on the outer as Black Friday becomes more popular.
When do you shop the sales? Tell us more in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).
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0% Black Friday
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0% Boxing Day
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0% I don't
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