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What’s Wrong With Waikato Drivers?
What is it with motorists in the Waikato and drink driving? So far 42 people have died on Waikato roads this year in 36 crashes, of those crashes 15 involved alcohol...
Waikato Needs To Find Money
The Waikato Councils will be on their own for now to come up with the money to fund a two-year trial of a Waikato to Auckland Silver Fern train service. Auckland...
Trucks Discharge Criticised
Dirty and dangerous discharges of effluent from stock trucks appear to be on the increase in the Waikato and the Waikato regional council has written to trucking...
Hamilton Underground For RWC?
Running commuter trains between Auckland to Hamilton during the RWC 2011 is still on the cards - and there’s talk now of whether the grotty underground...
Waikato Rail Survey
Hamilton’s regional council, Environment Waikato is now going to do some research into demand for a Waikato-Auckland commuter rail link. It’s commissioned...
How 3 Teenagers Died
Dodgy tyres and alcohol are thought to have played a part in how three teenagers died in a two car collision on SH2 at Maramarua between the Pink Pig cafe and the...
$98m Waikato Road Approved
NZTA has approved funding of projects related to the Waikato Expressway. It’s the construction of two sections of Hamilton city’s Ring Road, which incorporates...
Bus Behaviour Worries Hamilton
Bad behaviour by school kids on Hamilton buses is worrying the local regional council. Bus use has boomed in Hamilton over the past five years with annual patronage...
Not Familia With Speed Limits
“I was late for work!” That’s the excuse a 19-year-old driving a 1994 model Familia gave police officers when they finally caught up with him on...
Waikato Rail Campaign Continues
The Campaign for Better Transport group continues this weekend with its campaign for a Waikato-Auckland commuter rail service. This weekend, it’s asking...
Waikato Rail Petition Presented To MP
11,500 people signed the petition for a Waikato-Auckland rail service. The CBT group’s Jon Reeves presented it today to Labour list MP Sue Moroney at a ceremony...
Waikato Rail Petitioners Successful But Told To Leave
Campaigners for a Waikato-Auckland commuter rail link say they got strong public support as they collected signatures around Hamilton for their petition over the...
Bid For Waikato Commuter Rail Service Increases
The battle to get a Waikato to Auckland commuter rail service is still alive. The Campaign For Better Transport is out this weekend in the Waikato region gathering...
Waikato-Auckland Rail Link Deemed “Not Viable”
The proposal for a Waikato to Auckland daily commuter service remains stalled. KiwiRail chairman, Jim Bolger, says the Hamilton City Council has come to the conclusion...
Hamilton Gets Multi-Million Dollar Roading Present
A Hamilton to Auckland rail service link didn’t make it this year but Hamilton’s roading system has been given a multi-million dollar Christmas boost. NZTA and...
Kiwirail Mothball Provincial Line -More Closures Ahead?
KiwiRail has decided to mothball the rail line between Taranaki and the Waikato. Which way now for rail to Hamilton? As a consequence of the closure, milk product...
How Rail Can Compete With Domestic Airlines
Hamilton's Go buses: But where are the trains? As the Waikato rail plan disappears into a disturbing cone of silence, a Sydney group this morning put forward...
Hamilton Shows Up Auckland City Council (Surprise!)
While Auckland City increases its draconian parking powers to introduce night time restrictions in in the inner city, Hamilton City shows a refreshing attitude to...
Hamilton’s Secret Underground Rail Station (+Photos)
Is this an outtake from those underground train scenes in The Matrix or something from a zombie movie at the scene of where flesh-eating creatures have been living...
Newspaper’s Silly Rant About Trains
Thank goodness newspapers no longer hold much of a sway in communities. Papers’ waning relevancy in today’s digital age was painfully obvious with Friday’s...
Last Push for the Hamilton Rail Service
Maybe we should all hire a train for the night of the 23rd to get to Hamilton to help get the Hamilton rail service over the last piece of line! The Hamilton City...
Update on Hamilton to Auckland trains
Further to last night’s post about bringing back a Hamilton to Auckland train service: The Hamilton City Council Works and Services general manager Chris Allen...
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