Poll: Do you think direct flights to Hamilton will bring more tourists?
Goodbye Auckland Airport, big smoke traffic jams, motorway gauntlets, possible congestion charges and wasted time - and hello to the Mighty Waikato.
That’s the message being beamed to potential tourists across the ditch in the wake of Jetstar announcing the return of international flights to Hamilton Airport - and it’s getting the thumbs up from the region’s tourism players and politicians.
Do you think direct flights to Hamilton will bring more tourists? Tell us your reasons in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).
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64.3% Yes
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23.8% Maybe
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11.9% No
Poll: Have you ever had copper/building materials stolen?
Julie Guest woke at midnight to the sound of copper being stripped off her church - and startled the perpetrator.
The exhausted vicar was sleeping on-site at St John’s Church, Te Awamutu, amid a string of thefts in her patch, “trying to be the policeman as well as the priest”.
Have you ever had copper/building materials stolen? Tell us about it in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).
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0% Yes
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0% No
Worst Xmas ever?
There's a a lot of planning that goes into Christmas day and sometimes things just don't go to plan. But it can be a good thing - a family mishap or hilarious memory that you can laugh about in Christmases to come.
Whether you burnt the dinner or were stranded at an airport...
Share your Christmas mishaps below!