Hamilton will host a unique ANZAC Day this year as it recreates the famous Belgium Menin Gate ceremony and incorporates the presence of a visiting delegation from Ieper (pronounced ee-per), Belgium. The city's 10am civic ANZAC Day ceremony held at Memorial Park, Memorial Drive will follow the same format as the extended Menin Gate ceremony and incorporate several distinctive factors to make the c... more...

Hamilton's ANZAC Day celebrations continue to take shape as the visiting delegation from Ieper, Belgium arrives in the city tomorrow [Saturday, 21 April]. The four-person delegation comprises Mayor of Ieper Luc Dehaene, Chairman of the Last Post Association Benoit Mottrie and two buglers from the Last Post Association, Mr Raf Decombel and Mr Rik Vandekerckhove. Hamilton mayor Michael Redman will ... more...

Two descendants of a local soldier who fell in the Battle of Passchendaele will accompany Hamilton mayor Michael Redman and Mayor of Ieper Luc Dehaene in laying the Civic ANZAC Day wreath at Hamilton's 10am Civic ANZAC Day ceremony. Sarah (12 years old) and Barclay (nine years old) Kneepkens are the great great niece and nephew of Charles Richard Tarrant, 17835, who was working for the Waikato Da... more...

At its Council meeting on 11 April, Council resolved to give the new two lane divided road (whose working title was Rototuna Minor Arterial) the official name of Borman Road. In the February edition of City News, the public were invited to submit suggestions for a new name for the Rototuna Minor Arterial. All suggestions were considered by Council in arriving at their decision. General manager W... more...

The first 14 schools in Hamilton to get 40kph zones will be selected as part of the programme to have all primary and intermediate schools in the city with 40kph zones.   The initial scheme is in partnership with Land Transport New Zealand (LTNZ) and will be implemented in the next financial year 2007/08.   Transport committee chairman Dave Macpherson says that while it is Council’s ... more...

Land Transport New Zealand (LTNZ) has given Hamilton’s local roads a big tick for the quality of roading maintenance.   The periodic review (previous review was in May 1996) focused on roads and improvements in Hamilton that have been funded by LTNZ.   The review concluded that Council has made very good progress since the last review, and that maintenance costs have fallen in real t... more...

Hamilton City Council last night unanimously agreed the appointment of an acting chief executive position, which will follow the departure of current CEO Tony Marryatt on 11 May 2007.   General Manager Environmental Services Graeme Fleming will fill the role until the appointment of a permanent CEO.   An executive search is currently underway to find Mr Marryatt’s replacement. It is... more...

Hamilton City Councillor Peter Bos (MBE (Mil) ED) was officially awarded two significant honours for his service in East Timor at a private ceremony held at Council yesterday [10 April]. Hamilton mayor Michael Redman presented Cr Bos with the New Zealand Operational Service Medal and the East Timor Medal on behalf of the NZ Defence Force. Cr Bos' close family, friends and army colleagues were pre... more...

Waikato Museum is hosting a trio of exhibitions focussed on WW1 in recognition of ANZAC Day on 25 April. Postscript: Letters from the Permanent Collection opens on 14 April and is a major social history exhibition based on the theme of correspondence. Sponsored by Tompkins Wake Lawyers, Postscript offers Waikato Museum patrons the opportunity to immerse themselves in history from the 1860s throu... more...

New kerbing work to prepare the street circuit for the V8 Supercars event next year gets underway this week on the Hamilton circuit. The kerbing works are among the first taking place on the 3.4km Frankton circuit in preparation for the seven year race. The kerbing works will take place in 3 locations - on the corner of Mill and Tristram Sts, at the corner of Tristram St and Norton Rd, and at th... more...