Sleepless in Hamilton for V48 Hour Film Festival competitors
Hundreds of dedicated film makers spent a sleepless weekend participating in the V48 Hour Film Festival. The festival, now in...
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Child Cancer buskers set the beat for Hamilton Music Month
Collingwood Street’s tiny Dora’s café in central Hamilton is usually crowded – but Music Month saw the entertainment spilling onto...
Hamilton councillors discuss public excluded meeting policy
Hamilton City Council’s CEO Barry Harris is investigating how it is decided which items are discussed in meetings with the...
Space shuttle astronauts spread word in Waikato
For most Kiwi kids growing up to be an astronaut is a distant dream. So the six-member crew of the...
City plans for future without a census
Hamilton City Council has turned to Waikato University to plan the city’s needs, following the cancellation of the 2011 census...
Podcast with Bomber Bradbury May 23
James Ireland speaks to Martyn "Bomber" Bradbury about religion in New Zealand politics, Treasury's inaccurate forecasts and the possible backlash...
Four Dio girls cycle way into national squads
Waikato Diocesan School has produced four national-level cyclists. Robin Hacker-Cary, 16, and Maxyna Cottam, 15, have been selected for the U17...
Raglan Museum staff working toward opening of exhibition
This mystery photo, found in a tidy-up at the Raglan Community House, has been given to the Museum Society. Does...
Cost of flight training takes off following Budget changes
A Hamilton flight training provider welcomes changes in the Budget that will allow them to provide a better quality service...
Polo Crosse Nationals hard fought for competition
New Zealand Polo Crosse Nationals were held in the weekend at the Taumarunui sports grounds. Nationals is one of the...
Community patrollers keen to recruit volunteers to help police
North Hamilton Community Patrollers work hard to keep the streets of Hamilton safe but need more volunteers and support to...
Fears doctors’ bills may cause cash-strapped ill to stay at home
Waikato families concerned about the cost of doctors’ bills this winter are being urged to consider seeing their nurse or...
Avalanche City hits No 1 on music charts
A Wintec graduate has hit the big time with a No 1 on every major music chart in New Zealand....
Hamilton Poetry Slam
The inaugural Hamilton Poetry Slam took place on 26 April 2011 at the foyer of Lido cinema in Hamilton CBD....
Hamilton volunteers fly to Christchurch as part of Neighbourhood Muck-In campaign
Hamilton woman Wendy Sutton is prepared to get her hands dirty and stuck in to whatever is thrown her way....
Nut allergies see Waikato schools enforce ban on lunch boxes
St Joseph’s Catholic School is one of many Waikato schools to turn their grounds into a “nut free” zone. The...
Hamilton kick boxers battle it out in Storm Warning competition
Kick-boxers will chase national titles this weekend in Hamilton in a full-contact competition dubbed as “real fighters against real fighters”....
Hamilton youngster Reeve Brady takes A.Y.D.C to hip-hop world champs
A boy who sacrificed a trip to a world hip-hop competition in the United States last year so his sister...
Newborn babies get free hearing screening
More than 500 babies have been screened for hearing loss in Te Awamutu since the Waikato District Health Board’s newborn...
Podcast with Bomber Bradbury May 16
James Ireland talks to Wintec’s Editor in Residence Martyn “Bomber” Bradbury about the 2011 budget, New Zealand’s economic growth and...