YWCA: #WomenCrushWednesday – Meleane Burgess
It’s amazing to see so many incredible women put their hands up and run for Hamilton City Council this [...]
YWCA: #WomenCrushWednesday – Kesh Naidoo-Rauf
Local elections are fast approaching, with enrollment closing in just over 2 weeks and voting papers sent out 5 [...]
YWCA: #WomenCrushWednesday – Maxine van Oosten
With our annual Suffrage Event approaching where women candidates have the chance to speak to small groups of people [...]
YWCA: #WomenCrushWednesday – Jennifer Nickel
We have many amazing women running in our local elections this year, but so often our regional councils are [...]
Upcoming Events
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Meet The Candidates – Creative Waikato
September 23 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm -
What Could Hamilton Look Like in the Future – Hosted by The University of Waikato
September 26 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm -
Pukete Neighbourhood House Mayor and West Ward Candidate Debate
September 26 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm -
Meet the Mayoral Candidates – Hosted by Hamilton West MP Tim Macindoe
September 27 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Affordable housing – the ultimate oxymoron
Hamilton housing third-most unaffordable in the country, says new [...]
3 promises
Benedict Cumberbatch said “There's so much in the 21st [...]
All aboard!
It took me fifteen minutes to get to work. [...]
A lone voice on Council?
After election, watch and listen initially to see where [...]
Signs of hope? Young voters and local democracy
This opinion piece was first published on August 14 [...]
The electoral system is why you can’t have a nice Council
part/1 It may seem curious that no matter how [...]
Water Water everywhere
Sometime around 1800 a (now) famous poet penned the [...]
Hamilton’s CBD not bold enough
Sundial in Garden Place, 1979. Hamilton City Libraries. [...]
Council polling day in cross hairs for young Hamilton voters
This opinion piece was first published on August 12 [...]
Silence from some
The Politics in the Tron survey asked current councillors [...]
So you wanna be a councillor?
This article was first published in the April [...]
Who can vote?
Every three years, we as the residents of the [...]
Learning on Council
If you are a fan of lifelong learning you [...]
Avoid “Voter’s Regret”
I’ve always agreed with Edgar Allen Poe when he [...]
Seed Waikato: An aspiration to increase youth engagement
Seed Waikato is a movement with a dream to [...]
Should I stay or should I go?
This article was first published in the July 2019 [...]
Who to choose?
The election buzz is definitely in full swing now [...]
