Hamilton, New Zealand News

Waikato District Health Board member and Hamilton councillor Ewan Wilson is pushing for a binding referendum on fluoridation of the city's water.

Hamilton house sales for May 2013 highest on record since 2007 a The number of homes sold in Hamilton during May 2013 was the highest on record since March 2007.

A student in Hamilton, New Zealand, Rosemarie is currently studying for a post graduate degree in Social Science at the University of Waikato.

New Zealand-based dairy biotechnology company, Quantec Ltd, announced today that it has signed a distribution and supply agreement with a major Japanese specialty ingredients company, Kanematsu Chemicals Corporation.

Two things bothered me about the Hamilton City Council's announcement last week, of a new leadership group to finally do something worthwhile with the Waikato River.

A multi-agency investigation is to look at the future of the Awakino Gorge - but the trucking industry says the work has already been done, good recommendations made, and another investigation is a waste of time and money.

According to Hamilton's Deputy Mayor, Gordon Chesterman, there is "a lack of clear proof" of the benefits of fluoridation as well as a continuing drop in support for it.

Dean O'Brien's ''Mr Yipadee'' kids character has been asked to perform at the Glastonbury Music Festival, after topping the UK iTunes Children's album charts earlier this year.

Group controller Lee Hazlewood speaks at the official opening of a significantly enhanced Waikato l Civil Defence regional emergency management facility in Hamilton.

A man's plan to dispose of what was believed to be methamphetamine came unstuck after he blocked the toilet while trying to flush a set of electronic scales.

Waikato DHB's Population Health service is collaborating with Smokefree coalitions CHANCES and TOAST to promote World Smokefree Day through a range of Waikato-wide activities today .

Hamilton is the largest inland city of New Zealand and connects with the Waikato River which is the country's longest river.

A new investigational device - the Helio System - being developed for use with the Sapien XT Transcatheter Heart Valve was successfully deployed in all four patients in a small, first-in-human feasibility study of its use in high-risk aortic insufficiency reported at EuroPCR 2013.

A new investigational device - the Helio System - being developed for use with the Sapien XT Transcatheter Heart Valve was successfully deployed in all four patients in a small, first-in-human feasibility study of its use in high-risk aortic insufficiency reported at EuroPCR 2013.