At the 2006 Food Safety Awards today [25 October], 29 Hamilton food businesses received Excellence awards for the safe handling of food. The twelfth annual Food Safety Awards were held at the Waikato Stadium this morning with Andrew McKenzie, executive director of the New Zealand Food Safety Authority, as guest speaker. In addition to the Excellence awards, 11 Hamilton food businesses received ... more...

A Council committee is to consider a more commercial focus for a proposed indoor events arena at Claudelands that would provide a venue for music concerts and an increased income stream. The Community and Leisure Committee meets on Wednesday to make its recommendation to Council on the Claudelands project. The project has been re-evaluated to focus on concerts, conferences, exhibitions and event... more...

A date has been confirmed for hearings relating to the application for resource consent for Hamilton to host the V8 Supercars event commencing 2008. Hamilton City Council and Waikato District Council have jointly lodged for resource consent as the application relates to the event area as well as to three remote car-parking areas. The hearing will commence on Monday 6 November at 9am in the Counc... more...

Hamilton Central Library will be closed for seven days from 30 October to 5 November to enable re-carpeting to take place. Upon re-opening on 6 November, access to the library will be restricted to levels one and three while level two undergoes re-carpeting. Hamilton Libraries director Faye Clark says that Central Library is mindful of the impact of the temporary closure on patrons and encourage... more...