Tauwhare, Hamilton

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112 days ago

ArtHouse dinner plates

Chrissie from Hamilton East

I bought these plates from Briscoes. I have loved them, but now it's time for a change.
I have 10 dinner plates. $4 per plate, 10 plates for $30.
I also have 5 bread and butter plates $2 each

Price: $4

112 days ago

Live stronger for longer

ACC New Zealand

Stay active and keep doing the things you love.
Join a strength and balance class near you. With classes to suit every pace and ability, and trained instructors to guide you through, it’s a great way to keep healthy and make new friends. So you can live stronger for longer, and keep living the … View more
Stay active and keep doing the things you love.
Join a strength and balance class near you. With classes to suit every pace and ability, and trained instructors to guide you through, it’s a great way to keep healthy and make new friends. So you can live stronger for longer, and keep living the life you want. Find a class near you today.
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112 days ago

Tamahere 2025-2075

Charles Fletcher from Tamahere Community Committee

We are seeking community input for future plans for Tamahere. A community plan is being developed to set a strategy and plan for the next 50 years, in 10 year steps.

What will our community look like? What do we want it to look like?

The Southern Links state highway connection between the … View more
We are seeking community input for future plans for Tamahere. A community plan is being developed to set a strategy and plan for the next 50 years, in 10 year steps.

What will our community look like? What do we want it to look like?

The Southern Links state highway connection between the SH1 Expressway and SH3 is likely to be built in +/- 10 years, what will this mean for the community? Will land north of Southern Links become part of Hamilton City? Will land south of Southern Links become part of Waipa District? What do you want?

We would like to know your views! Please email tamaherecommunity@gmail.com

113 days ago

Create, Paint & Plant: A Fun Family DIY Project

The Team from Resene ColorShop Cambridge

Get creative with your child (or grandchild) with this simple-to-make two-in-one DIY project – that repurposes fence palings as handy shelving finished in Resene Waterborne Woodsman Whero and turns one plant into 12 new ones to display on it. Find out how to make and finish your shelving and pots… View moreGet creative with your child (or grandchild) with this simple-to-make two-in-one DIY project – that repurposes fence palings as handy shelving finished in Resene Waterborne Woodsman Whero and turns one plant into 12 new ones to display on it. Find out how to make and finish your shelving and pots with these easy step by step instructions.

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113 days ago

Waikato Interfaith Council: upcoming "Sacred Sounds Concert"

todd from EarthDiverse

The Waikato Interfaith Council is pleased to announce an upcoming concert entitled "Sacred Sounds: A Celebration of Music from Diverse Faith Traditions" on Sunday 7 Sep 2025, 4:00-6:00pm, location: 5 Higgins Rd, Dinsdale, Hamilton, New Zealand. Family Friendly and free! Open to all. … View moreThe Waikato Interfaith Council is pleased to announce an upcoming concert entitled "Sacred Sounds: A Celebration of Music from Diverse Faith Traditions" on Sunday 7 Sep 2025, 4:00-6:00pm, location: 5 Higgins Rd, Dinsdale, Hamilton, New Zealand. Family Friendly and free! Open to all. Hope to see you there!

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120 days ago

How's the roll at your local primary?

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

Bulging primary school rolls have driven council to investigate fast tracking consenting for new school builds.

Details of the fast track probe, and the pressure facing schools across the city, were outlined in an agenda for a Hamilton City Council’s Strategic Growth and District Plan … View more
Bulging primary school rolls have driven council to investigate fast tracking consenting for new school builds.

Details of the fast track probe, and the pressure facing schools across the city, were outlined in an agenda for a Hamilton City Council’s Strategic Growth and District Plan Committee meeting.

How's the roll at your local primary? Tell us in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).

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122 days ago

Dollars and ‘sense’ set to play key part in Hamilton election

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

ANALYSIS: Hamilton is set for a heavily-populated and feisty election contest for the city’s mayoralty and council seats this year.

Fifty-two individual candidates are standing for the mayoralty (12 contenders), a dozen general ward seats (42), and two Māori ward seats (six), the latest … View more
ANALYSIS: Hamilton is set for a heavily-populated and feisty election contest for the city’s mayoralty and council seats this year.

Fifty-two individual candidates are standing for the mayoralty (12 contenders), a dozen general ward seats (42), and two Māori ward seats (six), the latest nominations show.

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114 days ago

Have you ever tried indoor bowls?

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

Last year, Pixie Blake thought indoor bowls was like ten-pin bowling.

Now the nine-year-old is Waikato’s youngest titleholder in the sport, after a victory alongside team mates who are several decades older.

Have you ever tried indoor bowls? Tell us more in the comments (adding NFP if you … View more
Last year, Pixie Blake thought indoor bowls was like ten-pin bowling.

Now the nine-year-old is Waikato’s youngest titleholder in the sport, after a victory alongside team mates who are several decades older.

Have you ever tried indoor bowls? Tell us more in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).

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124 days ago

Poll: What are the living costs that are having the biggest (and perhaps surprising) impact on your wallet?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

Butter, power bills, and those sneaky surcharges on your card ... it feels like everything’s creeping up in price lately. We’ve seen the headlines, but we want to hear it from you.

Overall, Most Kiwis say they’re ‘not prospering’. But, according to Retirement Commission data, some … View more
Butter, power bills, and those sneaky surcharges on your card ... it feels like everything’s creeping up in price lately. We’ve seen the headlines, but we want to hear it from you.

Overall, Most Kiwis say they’re ‘not prospering’. But, according to Retirement Commission data, some members of our community (women, Māori, and Pacific people) are experiencing worsening financial positions at elevated rates.

Stats NZ tells us that food prices have jumped 4.6% since this time last year, with meat and dairy doing most of the damage. This jump is hitting us all, but groceries are just one part of the picture.

When basic costs keep climbing, the old cost-saving tricks — like bulk-buying or stockpiling on sale — don’t always work. Who can afford to spend more upfront when every dollar already has a job?

We want to know: What costs have caught you off guard the most? What are the expenses that feel impossible to juggle right now?
Share your thoughts below!

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What are the living costs that are having the biggest (and perhaps surprising) impact on your wallet?
  • 43.5% Grocery bills
    43.5% Complete
  • 33% Utilities
    33% Complete
  • 1% Your treats (the ones that keep you human day to day, and are ESSENTIAL!)
    1% Complete
  • 0.1% Education
    0.1% Complete
  • 7.6% Healthcare
    7.6% Complete
  • 1.3% Travel (public transport/petrol)
    1.3% Complete
  • 7.9% Rent or mortgage
    7.9% Complete
  • 1.5% Social costs: birthday gifts and occasions
    1.5% Complete
  • 4.1% Other - share below!
    4.1% Complete
2582 votes
115 days ago

Poll: Have you ever tried making your own pizzas?

Libby Reporter from Waikato Local

For two years, while Hood Street’s Craft sat dormant, owner Carl Bloxam was quietly perfecting pizza recipes with his kids.

After countless trials and a few failures, Bloxam has emerged with something new: Octavo.

Have you ever tried making your own pizzas? Tell us more in the comments … View more
For two years, while Hood Street’s Craft sat dormant, owner Carl Bloxam was quietly perfecting pizza recipes with his kids.

After countless trials and a few failures, Bloxam has emerged with something new: Octavo.

Have you ever tried making your own pizzas? Tell us more in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).

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Have you ever tried making your own pizzas?
  • 70.6% Yes
    70.6% Complete
  • 29.4% No
    29.4% Complete
17 votes
115 days ago

Last chance to enter!

Resene

Don't forget to enter a Bright Spot in your home, workplace or community for a chance to win one of ten amazing prizes! Whether it's a colourful fence, a mural in your office or a place in the community that makes you smile - we'd love to see it.

Share a Bright Spot today for a … View more
Don't forget to enter a Bright Spot in your home, workplace or community for a chance to win one of ten amazing prizes! Whether it's a colourful fence, a mural in your office or a place in the community that makes you smile - we'd love to see it.

Share a Bright Spot today for a chance to win one of ten prize packs worth $500.

And make sure you check out the entries so far too.
Enter now

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116 days ago

Ryman Village Open Days

The Team from Ryman Healthcare

Friday 15 August, and Saturday, 16 August, 10 am - 2 pm.

Come and experience the warmth of our Ryman village communities. We'd love to show you around.

Discover our lifestyle and care options, tour our show homes and explore our premium amenities.
Find out more

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116 days ago

Learning to swim at 29

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

Reporter Avina Vidyadharan is learning to swim - follow along to see how it goes.

Heels, hips, hands, and head—above water, and I am swimming. Sounds easy, right?
Well, try telling that to my 29-year-old limbs, which apparently missed the memo on how to do a very basic (Kiwi) thing.

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116 days ago

Women reshaping philanthropy

The Team from Momentum Waikato

Eleanor Cater of our peak body Community Foundations of Aotearoa NZ penned this engaging column below for The Post in Wellington, and then republished it on the CFANZ site.

"It’s a demographic shift where women will eventually become the main drivers and decision makers around family … View more
Eleanor Cater of our peak body Community Foundations of Aotearoa NZ penned this engaging column below for The Post in Wellington, and then republished it on the CFANZ site.

"It’s a demographic shift where women will eventually become the main drivers and decision makers around family wealth, transforming wealth management, including estate planning and philanthropy.

This has been coined the ‘horizontal wealth transfer’, a term somewhat patriarchal and simplistic in its nature as it doesn’t take into account women as co-owners of family wealth, non-nuclear families, or individual economic independence. Nevertheless, it’s a term that is sticking - and it’s easy to see why."

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116 days ago

Did you know about this Groundhog Day election situation?

Libby Reporter from Waikato Local

It’s deja-vu all over again for the people of the Waikato District as the same two candidates for mayor in 2022’s election go head to head once again.

However, the district’s citizens need to up their game in terms of voter numbers after one of the worst turnouts in the country for the … View more
It’s deja-vu all over again for the people of the Waikato District as the same two candidates for mayor in 2022’s election go head to head once again.

However, the district’s citizens need to up their game in terms of voter numbers after one of the worst turnouts in the country for the last election in 2022.

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