Hamilton regional news, weather and current affairs.
Proposed Hamilton Riverside Casino ltd. development has been put on hold following a successful appeal against the operating incense.
Prime Minister Helen Clark vows to shorten Bay of Plenty Hospital waiting lists while addressing Grey Powers AGM in Tauranga. comments: Helen Clark, PM; John Jefferson, National Grey Power President.
A Hamilton man has been arrested after the alleged rape of a woman outside the Hillcrest Tavern earlier this year.
Nearly 60,000 New Zealanders are state housing tenants. A new government policy stating low income earners will pay no more than one quarter of their income on rent. comments: Stan Wyeth, HNZ Tenant; Karen Morrison-Hume, Anglican Social Services.
Meningitis Epidemic warning, as the number of reported cases has doubled since last year, babies and the old are particularly venerable.
Luxury apartment in Mount Maunganui was guttered by fire this morning after a hooligan lights fires.
Rebel leader George Speight fails to gain the support of Fiji’s ruling council of chiefs, among calls for apartheid. comments: George Speight, Teresia Taiawa, Pacific Studies Lecturer.
A Coromandel nursery has been given the all clear by the Environmental Risk Authority to import a new genus of an indoor plant to NZ.
Parliament is currently debating a proposal to rename ‘Waitangi Day’. United party leader Peter Dunn has put forward a Private Members bill seeking to rename it ‘Aotearoa NZ Day’.
More cyclists are killed on Tauranga roads per year than any other city in New Zealand. comments: Iris Thomas, Cycle Action Group; Sally Fraser, Tauranga Cyclist.
Financial News: WestPac Trust is lifting it’s floating lending rate to 8.8%.
Waikato District Councils ‘State of the Environment’ report, ‘Our Place - A Profile’ has won a national award. comments: Mark Buttmore, Waikato District Council.
The High court has put a stop to Riverside Casino plans, saying the casino control authority was biased. Representatives of churches and concerned citizens took the developers of Riverside Casino to court in an effort to have the license overturned earlier this year.
New look Team New Zealand. interview: Cameron Appleton, Team NZ Helmsman, Mike Drummond, Team NZ Designer.
Weather update.
Hydro Transformer being transported by road to the Huntly Power Station. comments: Dave Carr, Transport Co-ordinator:
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