152 days ago

Poll: Do you think there should be speed cameras on the expressway?

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

Police are cracking down on Waikato Expressway speedsters in a move that a prominent road safety campaigner has slammed as “overkill”.

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Do you think there should be speed cameras on the expressway?
  • 60.9% Yes
    60.9% Complete
  • 37.5% No
    37.5% Complete
  • 1% Not sure
    1% Complete
  • 0.5% Other - explain in comments
    0.5% Complete
192 votes
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14 days ago

The latest on city finances

The Team Reporter from Hamilton Press

Hamilton’s projected deficit has worsened, while development is on a “downward trajectory” not seen since the Global Financial Crisis.

Those findings were in a report to Tuesday’s finance and monitoring committee hui, as the cash-strapped council battles a range of issues and is consulting on a 19.9% rates rise for 2024-25.

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2 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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1 hour ago

Beer and wine sales at new FIFO supermarket face objections

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

A liquor licence that would help sustain new supermarket FIFO after it threw a lifeline to a hard scrabble Hamilton suburb is being blocked by city leaders.
Plans to sell beer and wine at Nawton’s brand new Fresh In Fresh Out (FIFO) supermarket have hit speed bumps with two city councillors among those raising concerns over the community's vulnerability to alcohol harm.

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