A Medium artillery gun will be in officially presented to the city at Hamilton's Memorial Park Cenotaph this Saturday, [2 December] in recognition of the New Zealand Artillery and the Army. The artillery have has had a presence in Hamilton for 88 years, beginning with the formation of Waikato artillery battery on 19 March 1911. This original G Battery served in Gallipoli, France and Belgium. T... more...

White Ribbon Day will again be recognised by Hamilton city on Saturday, 25 November with the distribution of white ribbons. White Ribbon Day is an international initiative for the elimination of family violence. Hamilton mayor Michael Redman says initiatives such as White Ribbon Day serve an important function in raising awareness of social issues that impact directly on the quality of life and ... more...

Hamilton City Council has received approval of its resource consent application to host the New Zealand round of the V8 Supercar Championship in the city as an annual street race from 2008 to 2014. The streetrace has been a highly sought after event by other New Zealand cities due to the significant economic return, wide reaching media profile and excitement and vibrancy it delivers to its host c... more...

A Versus Research opinion poll conducted last week has shown an overwhelming number of Hamilton residents support city buses being run by the city. The random telephone survey of 790 people has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.49 per cent. In answer to the question: who should be responsible for bus services in the city? 71 per cent of respondents said Hamilton City Council, 9 percent said s... more...

Local balloonist Andrew Parker this week launched his new Hamilton branded balloon as part of celebrations around the World Rally Championships coming to the city. The balloon has been sponsored by Hamilton City Council as part of its events strategy and is designed to deliver high impact leverage of the Hamilton brand for the city. Pilot, Andrew Parker has been an extreme ballooning enthusiast ... more...

Hood Street is the official starting point for Propecia Rally New Zealand as opening celebrations begin at 4pm tomorrow [Thursday, 16 November 2006]. Rally cars will be on public display from 4pm with street entertainment and a big screen playing World Rally Championship footage. World Rally Championship drivers and teams will be signing autographs and meeting rally fans along Hood Street from 5p... more...

The Roger's Rose Garden at Hamilton Gardens will receive a prestigious international award at a special ceremony taking place next week. The event, which is open to the public, takes place on Sunday 19 November at 11.30am at the Victor Jack Pavilion in the Roger's Rose Garden. The award is made by the World Federation of Rose Societies to exceptional rose gardens from a historical, educational ... more...

Hamilton residents responded enthusiastically to Council's October offer of two free rides on the local bus network. 6,780 free rides were taken on Hamilton buses during the month. The promotion was designed to encourage ongoing use of public transport and to thank Hamiltonians who are already using the bus service. Coupons were issued city wide in the October edition of City News. Hamilton cit... more...

The three yearly general revaluation of Hamilton city, released today has shown substantial increases in property values. The revaluation carried out by Quotable Value New Zealand Limited office has shown that the capital value (land plus improvements) of the city has increased from $12.4 billion in September 2003 to $21.8 billion in September 2006. Hamilton Mayor Michael Redman says that the i... more...

The first stage of installation of a memorial 5.5 inch Medium artillery gun will take place at Memorial Park at 8am on Saturday, 4 November. The gun will remain under cover until its official unveiling at a public dedication ceremony on Saturday, 2 December. The impetus behind the gun's installation is to recognise the strong history of past and present members of the Royal New Zealand Artillery... more...

1 November 2006 Immediate release Recent publicity regarding the relationship between the S.P.C.A and Hamilton City Council has concerned Councillor John Gower, given the long-standing cooperative relationship the organisations have historically enjoyed. Mr Gower says that recent media attention focusing on the difficulties that the SPCA are experiencing has neglected to acknowledge Councils ... more...