Poll: What do you think of the patch ban?
Gang patches are now all but gone at the Hamilton shopping centre where officers made one of the nation’s first arrests on the first day of the new rules.
People around Chartwell’s Lynden Court Mall felt there’d been a definite shift in the three weeks since the ban on gang insignia in public places.
What do you think of the patch ban? Tell us your reasons in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).
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68.4% Good idea
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21.1% Won't make much difference
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10.5% Bad idea
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0% Not sure
Poll: Do you set New Year’s resolutions?
🎉 2026 is almost here!
We’re curious ... how do you welcome it?
Do you set resolutions, follow special traditions, or just go with the flow?
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10.3% Yes! New Year, New Me
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20.1% Yes - but I rarely stick to them
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69.6% Nah - not for me
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: Is it ok to regift something that you have been given?
🎁 Holiday Gift Chat!
Do you ever regift?
What’s your take on asking for a receipt if a gift doesn’t fit?
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78.7% Yes! It's better to regift what I don't need
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21.3% No. It's the thought and effort that matters
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