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news Supercars test for NZ Toyota 86 champion motorsport.com 10 hrs ago © Edge Photographics Shane van Gisbergen, Triple Eight Race Engineering The winner of the Toyota 86 series in New Zealand will score a Supercars test with powerhouse squad Triple Eight. The prize is being facilitated by the Tony Quinn Foundation, run by Quinn himself and a number of other NZ motor racing industry players such as Steve Horne, John Gordon, Greg Murphy and Josie Spillane. Quinn is both heavily active on t...

17:16, Jun 29 2021 HAMILTON CITY COUNCIL Hamilton City Councils Hamilton Organic centre will be managed by EnviroWaste from Thursday onwards. Hamilton City Council’s waste and recycling contractor EnviroWaste will take over operation at the Hamilton Organic centre in Frankton this week, as part of the kerbside collection contract. The change means the centre must close at midday on Wednesday, and will reopen at 10am on Thursday – an hour later than usual, to give EnviroWaste time to set up...

Press Release – Ruapehu District Council The opening of the Reuse Shop at the Taumarunui Transfer Station/Resource Recovery Centre got off to a flying start over the weekend. Rachel and Mark Adams were very happy with their stuffed possum find at Taumarunui’s new Transfer Station/Resource Recovery Centre reuse shop that opened on Saturday Sustainability Educator Emily Jasmine said that the bad weather wasn’t enough to keep a steady stream of people away eager to check the new shop out and...

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Tuesday, 15 June 2021, 11:08 am The Tāmaki Makaurau – Auckland Conservation Board (ACB) is disappointed with the news that an application for a resource consent for a new Class 1 landfill in the Wayby Valley, north of Auckland, has been approved. The majority of the Hearing Panel, charged by the Auckland Council with hearing the evidence and submissions, were satisfied, subject to some amendments, that the effects on the environment of the construction and operation of the new landfill are a...

Mike Mather05:00, Jun 02 2021 SUPPLIED Hamilton chef Jared Robert Lammas was jailed for four years and five months with no chance of parole when he appeared in the Hamilton District Court on Monday on sex offence charges. A 38-year-old Hamilton chef who molested three boys under the age of 12 also sexually groomed a 14-year-old boy for months before having sex with him on numerous occasions. Jared Robert Lammas, of Hampton Downs, was jailed for four years and five months when he appeared in th...

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The future of a controversial organic composting site in North Taranaki is in doubt after the consents it needs to continue operating were not renewed.

Toyota’s FT60 has a busy test schedule ahead for prospective drivers. Picture Bruce Jenkins TGRNZ has already run a successful test day in the South Island at the Mike Pero Motorsport Park, Ruapuna which attracted some of the best young single seater drivers in New Zealand as well as Ben Taylor from Australia. With testing dates every month for the next five months at the North Waikato track, there is a great opportunity for more Kiwis to test the car as well as Australian drivers. The first...

Dump decision delayed as protesters go to Parliament Fight the Tip’s Michelle Carmichael and Sue Crockett’s presentation was screened live from the Environmental Select Committee. The long-awaited news on whether Waste Management (WM) will be allowed to build a vast new regional landfill in the Dome Valley was again delayed last week, as the hearing panel grappled to come to a decision. The five independent commissioners were originally set to make their announcement 15 working days after t...