Sponsors sought for seats
More sponsors are sought to join generous locals providing seats at Tamahere Park.
Some Tamahere family names already grace park furniture in the piazza by the Tamahere shops and playground.
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Hot Topics
Issues that impact widely or deeply on the Tamahere community.
Airport Rd underpass build to start
Construction of an underpass of State Highway 21 / Airport Road in Tamahere will begin in March.<.strong>
The underpass will provide a safe connection under SH21, not only for Tamahere residents but for the thousands of walkers and cyclists who are expected to use Te Awa River Ride each month.
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River ride through Tamahere all go
Work is set to start on the latest Tamahere section of the Te Awa River Cycle Ride this month and be finished by September.
There are two sections – the $2.5 million Mangaonua Gully section, between Hillcrest and the Hamilton Gardens to Riverglade Dr, Tamahere.
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Business school pops up in Waikato
Budding entrepreneurs living or working in the Waikato district will have the opportunity to attend a free, 10-day business course this March.
PopUp Business School Aotearoa will be held in the Waikato from 8-19 March, delivering 20 workshops designed to equip participants with the tools they need to start their own business.
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Covid slows restaurant liquor licence
Covid-19 pressures on key players have slowed the liquor licence applications for the new restaurant, bar and bottle store in central Tamahere.
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Views on animal keeping sought
The Waikato District Council is seeking feedback on its proposed Keeping of Animals Bylaw.
Some of the changes include the length of time you can have a lamb on your property.
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New push on plastic
Recycling right is not easy. For a start you need super hero vision to read those squidgy recycling numbers on the bottom of plastic packaging.
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Speed zone lost in translation
For years the NZ Transport Agency turned a deaf ear to repeated pleas from Tamahere locals for a cut in speed on Airport Rd/SH 21 where local traffic is busiest.
Or so thought Tamahere people frustrated that NZTA wasn’t taking its own advice on safe speeds in an increasingly built up area.
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Corkery sings Jet Park’s praises
Broadcaster Pam Corkery is back from Australia, in quarantine at the Jet Park Hamilton Airport Hotel … and loving every minute of it.
Corkery has a regular slot on RNZ’s First Up programme, reporting her take on things Australian but recently she reported in from Tamahere.
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Defence staff join Jet Park
Jet Park Hotel Hamilton Airport, one of three Managed Isolation Facilities in the Waikato, will get some of the 57 extra New Zealand Defence Force personnel assigned to the region this week.
The additional staff will mean 74 Defence Force personnel will now be serving in the region .
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