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If it goes ahead, the upgrade should make Hamilton a much more pleasant place to begin, end, or stop off on a journey. It will include a 24-hour seated waiting area with security monitoring; secure parking for bikes and scooters; improved ticketing facilities, public address system and “wayfinding signage”. Perhaps most importantly, there will fully accessible, electronically adjustable toilets and handbasins to cater for people with those needs. In recent times a lack of Waka Kotahi funding for Hamilton projects has led to much frustration around the council table over the city gettin...

April 27th, 2021 in Featured. Closed Ethiopia Habtemariam says she’s ready to use her newfound autonomy [as chairman/CEO of Motown Records] to fully execute the vision she had for Motown when she arrived. She has spent the last several months staffing up, and, she says, “creating a blueprint” for the label’s future as a global force in recorded music. (Billboard magazine) Billboard Motown’s Ethiopia Habtemariam Is Ready to Fully Execute Her Vision: ‘Stay Tuned When Ethiopia Habtemariam was appointed chairman/CEO of Motown Records in March, she became the third ...

Since overseeing Motown’s move from New York to Los Angeles as the label’s president in 2014, Habtemariam, 41, has led entrepreneurial ventures such as the label’s 2015 alliance with Atlanta-based Quality Control, which has yielded hits by Lil Baby, Lil Yachty, Migos, City Girls and Layton Greene. Motown is also home to Blacksmith Recordings (Ted When, Vince Staples) and Since the 1980s (Asiahn, Njomza) as well as Erykah Badu, Kem, Tiana Major9 and Nigerian star Tiwa Savage. During Habtemariam’s almost seven years at the label, Motown has logged 28 top 40 songs on the Billboard Hot 10...

When Ethiopia Habtemariam was appointed chairman/CEO of Motown Records in March, she became the third woman — and only the second one of color — ever to hold the title at a major label. Her ground-breaking appointment also signaled a full-circle moment for Motown: It is once again a stand-alone label, with Habtemariam reporting directly to Universal Music Group (UMG) chairman/ CEO Lucian Grainge. (Previously, she reported to Capitol Music Group chairman/CEO Steve Barnett, who retired at the end of 2020.) Founded by Berry Gordy in 1959, Motown achieved unprecedented mainstream success ...

Earlier this month, the council voted eight to four against a move to establish Māori wards in time for the 2022 elections. Days later, however, in a rare move, Hamilton Mayor Paula Southgate and five councillors put forward a motion to redebate the issue. Southgate said the decision delaying the creation of Māori wards for at least three years had caused pain and division in the community. One of the council’s five Maangai Māori, Hemi Rau, resigned from his position following the initial vote. Christel Yardley/Stuff A packed public gallery inside Hamilton City Council's debating chamb...