
Poll: How are the traffic islands near you?
Work starts this month on a $300,000 “spruce up” to pour concrete over of 17 “difficult to maintain” traffic island sites with lawns or gardens around Hamilton.
The project is said to be primarily aimed at better safety for staff and the public - but the move will also generate annual savings, the city council said.
How are the traffic islands near you? Tell us about it in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).

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0% Good
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0% OK
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0% I don't notice
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0% In a bad state

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Fire bosses looking at fourth city station
Call-out rates for Hamilton’s three fire stations have leapt with city fire bosses now looking at adding a fourth station to keep up with the city’s “fast-growing” population and industrial growth.
Firefighters have been receiving an average of eight call-outs a day, up from six four years ago - a rise that was discussed with city councillors during a briefing from Fire and Emergency NZ’s Hamilton assistant commander Matt Leonard and senior adviser risk reduction George Jensen.


Poll: Do you think we need another major player in the supermarket sector?
This is not a drill. Nicola Willis is on a mission. The finance minister and still relatively new “economic growth” minister has lobbed a huge bomb into the groceries sector: the threat of de-mergers.
In ordinary parlance, Woolies and Foodstuffs might be compelled to sell of some of their supermarket brands or split up their wholesale and retail operations.
Do you think we need another major player in the supermarket sector? Tell us your reasons in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).

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82.4% Yes
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11.8% No
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5.9% Not sure