Gifts swiped from Hamilton family's home
By NICOLA BRENNAN - Waikato Times
A Chartwell family who went Christmas light gazing returned home to find their house burgled and their Christmas presents missing.
Grant money hit by crunch
By BEN STANLEY - Waikato Times
Waikato community trusts are feeling the pinch from the economic downturn and warn there will be less money to give out in grants next year.
Waikato braces as dairy farm income tumbles
By KARLA AKUHATA - Waikato Times
The Waikato is to suffer a $780 million blow as last summer's drought and falling milk prices combine to knock $120,000, or one fifth, off the average dairy farm's income.
Christmas cheer on way after cancer drug U-turn
By FLORENCE KERR - Waikato Times
Cambridge breast cancer sufferer Tania Aoake says she can expect a better Christmas after the Government yesterday confirmed it would expand Herceptin funding from nine weeks to 12 months.
City groups make most of freedom to march
By JEFF NEEMS - Waikato Times
About 300 marchers travelled their own "path to freedom" through Hamilton yesterday, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Health board rejects pool appeal
All Blacks lure for season sales
By EVAN PEGDEN - Waikato Times
Waikato Rugby took a hit on its season memberships last year in the aftermath of the World Cup quarterfinal exit by the All Blacks but it is hoping it will be the All Blacks who create record sales for 2009.
Waikato golfers favourites for title
Shoppers win in retail war
By NIKKI PRESTON - Waikato Times
Hamilton retailers are slashing prices by up to 60 per cent in a desperate attempt to shift excess stock before Christmas.
- Gifts swiped from Hamilton family's home
- Elderly woman dies during heart surgery
- Bridge fall mystery
- Liquor sellers hit in sting
- Out-of-character blast at consultation with iwi
- City puts brakes on control over buses
- Helmet takes hit
- Waikato braces as dairy farm income tumbles
- Health board rejects pool appeal
- Shoppers win in retail war
BAH HUMBUG: Hamilton mother Karamia Kara is looking at a lean Christmas for her children, from left, Harmony Bourke, 12, Kaydin Edwards (15 months), Karamia Kara, Danikah Wilson, four, and Harold Wilson (7)
City groups make most of freedom to march
About 300 marchers travelled their own "path to freedom" through Hamilton yesterday, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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All Blacks lure for season sales
Waikato Rugby took a hit on its season memberships last year in the aftermath of the World Cup quarterfinal exit by the All Blacks but it is hoping it will be the All Blacks who create record sales for 2009.
Combining faith and business
Business Edge International is opening a faith-based business incubator in the city on Friday.
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Forging a life of purpose
From the outside, it's hard to see the signs of Aaron Fleming's hard knocks life.