'No advertising material please'

Stickers with this message are available through Council's City Strategy Team. A North Shore City and Envision NZ report identified that households with a sticker on their letterbox receive approximately 70% less unwanted advertising than those without one.

From the follow up survey sent to people who requested a Hamilton City Council sticker, it was foundmore than two thirds of the respondents saw a significant reduction of more than 50% of the amount of advertising material they were receiving.

Contact us now for a free sticker.

Hamilton Distributors

There are two distributors of commercial circulars in Hamilton as well as subscription newspapers that distribute circulars (tucked in the papers) on behalf of some advertisers.

PMP Distributors distribute a number of catalogues as well as community newspapers. 

• contact details are:
  0800 936 666, ext 3113 (catalogues) or
  3111 (community newspapers)

Reach Media distribute a number of catalogues

• contact details are:
  0800 7322487

Residents not wishing to receive circulars can display:

• no advertising material sticker if the wish to receive only addressed mail, or a
• no circulars sticker to receive only addressed mail and community newspapers
• addressed mail only for only mail which is addressed, which will exclude circulars and community newspapers

If commercial circulars are received despite one of the above stickers being displayed then residents are advised to phone the 0800 numbers above, or the distributer for the newspaper or unwanted circular as appropriate.

Contact

Strategy and Research
Level 2 Council Offices
Garden Place
Hamilton City Council
Private Bag 3010
Hamilton 3240
Phone: 838 6537
Fax: 838 6464

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