Wel Networks Ltd has secured an 18-year sponsorship at Waikato Stadium. Working in conjunction with the Stadiums Management Board Wel Networks will be the naming rights sponsor of the original east stand.Stadiums Management Board chairman councillor Peter Bos says he applauds Wel Networks' generosity and for hanging in while a workable agreement could be forged."Wel Networks was promised by the il... more...

Security monitoring of the inner city has increased considerably with a new monitoring facility and trained staff to keep on eye on the camera network every night.Waikato Security Services is operating the station for Hamilton City Council and the Crime Prevention Trust, and will work closely with Hamilton Police.Crime Prevention Trust chair Peter Bos says this new monitoring service will have two... more...

News that a $15 million speciality goat milk factory is to be built in Hamilton has delighted the Council's Economic Development Committee.Committee Chairman Ewan Wilson says the Dairy Goat Co-operative had other choices when it came to building the new factory, but the fact that Hamilton was chosen is further proof that the city's economic development strategy is starting to pay dividends."Often ... more...

Hamilton City Council has decided to raise parking meter fees from 80 cents per hour to $1.20 per hour from February next year.The decision forms part of a wider Central Business District strategy on parking.The increase in parking fees follows comparisons between Hamilton and other metropolitan centres that indicate that Hamilton meter fees are among the lowest. Auckland fees are $4 per hour, Wel... more...

The Waikato Museum of Art and History is to ring with the sound of Christmas music on Sunday, December 15 at 3pm, with a Renaissance Singers performance.Education services team leader Kirsty Glengarry says the choir is extremely good, and enhanced by one of Hamilton's rising stars, Sarah McOnie (mezzo soprano)."Sarah won Waikato Singer of the Year, is a University of Waikato Honours student, and g... more...

Parking wardens will be operating new extended hours for Friday night and Saturday afternoon, (starting Friday, 13 December) to increase the safety of people using taxis and buses.Parking enforcement manager Roger Meyrick says Council resolved in May to extend parking hours as cars were being illegally parked in taxi and bus stands, creating a safety issue."At the moment people looking for a taxi ... more...

Wairere Drive's scheduled resurfacing work has been completed five days ahead of schedule due to fine weather and Council's commitment to reduce the impact on traffic.Council roads and traffic contracts supervisor Martyn Smith says the work was given until Sunday, 8 December to be completed, based on past weather patterns and the scale of the job."Excellent weather has been a defining element in g... more...

Winners in Hamilton's Civic Trust Awards have been released ahead of the official ceremony being held on Wednesday, 11 December 2002, at 2pm in Council Chambers.Trust President Maurice Boswell, says the awards began in 1975 and recognise improvements to Hamilton's environment."There are a lot of individuals, organisations and groups that contribute to make Hamilton a great place in which to live, ... more...