Poll: Should Hamilton have a fund for de-sexing stray cats?
Hamilton City Council has a $100,000 plan to stop stray moggies from breeding.
City councillors voted for an annual grant to de-sex stray or abandoned cats around the city.
It has won praise from SPCA chief executive Andrea Midgen: "It's a real top of the cliff strategic move by the Hamilton City Council - it's just amazing."
Paws 4 Life's Rachael Maher said the group had taken 1500 cats and kittens off the streets in the past year.
Read more here.
Do you think it's a good plan?
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76.5% Yes, there are too many stray cats around Hamilton.
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23.5% No, the ratepayer shouldn't fund this.
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
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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100% I don't
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