Hamilton Press Releases

Help is at hand for charities and community groups looking for fundraising ideas this year – staff at two Domino’s Pizza stores in Hamilton are ready and waiting to help out with weekly Doughraisers.

Staff at Domino’s Pizza Rototuna have their work cut out for them this week as they attempt to turn out more than 3000 pizzas in just seven days.

Hamilton, 3 July 2011. St John’s College Hockey is learning that home is where the heart is when it comes to their school hockey development. Up until 2010, the school had struggled to field a hockey team to compete competitively in the Waikato secondary schools’ competition, and the solution came from a surprise quarter.

Minister of Health, Tony Ryall says patients covering New Plymouth to Gisborne to Hamilton will have a more convenient service that’s closer to home with the new Positron Emission and Computed Tomography Centre (PET-CT) in Hamilton.

Three Hamilton men were each fined $2500 today in the Taupo District Court for hunting offences committed at the time of the fatal shooting of Rosemary Ives at a DOC campground near Turangi last October.

15 February marks the opening of “healex”, the newest natural health practice in Hillcrest, Hamilton, offering naturopathic consultations, herbal medicine, Bach Flower consultations and natural healing. Naturopathic treatment is intended to assist and stimulate the body’s own ability to heal itself. Naturopathy is both a system of natural medicine, and a way of life. Educating the client is a big part of the healing process.

The Hamilton Live Music Trust and Hamilton City Live will be throwing a free gig at the Band Rotunda in Ferrybank Park at 2pm on Saturday 15th January 2011.

All Whites and Phoenix players will be visiting fans in Garden Place at 9.45am, Saturday 10 July, before a 2pm pre-session match against Brisbane Roar at Waikato Stadium.

Hamilton Zoo’s white rhino calf will keep his nickname ‘Bunty’.

Smokefreerockquest 2010 national final will be held at Hamilton’s Founders Theatre on September 11.

V8 Supercars Australia is to run Hamilton’s ITM400 from next year, with continued sponsorship from the Council.

Hamilton City Council is encouraging Hamilton residents and businesses to switch off for Earth Hour this Saturday 27 March 2010.

Hamilton is hosting its third annual V8 Supercar Streetrace.

A man has been arrested in relation to violent incidents in Hamilton’s CBD.

The NBR World Corporate Golf Challenge will feature five Regional Finals in New Zealand, starting 1st March.

On the 13-14th of March, Boys Day Out Mystery Creek, Hamilton will be filled with Big Boys Toys, Hot Cars, Hot Bikes Wakeboarding, Jet skis, Paintball, Live Bands, Gamer Lounge, Helicopters, Tui Beer Garden and virtually every testosterone charged activity a man can shake his fists at.