2 Nov 2023

Around the motu: Libby Kirkby McLeod in Hamilton

From Nine To Noon, 10:45 am on 2 November 2023
Water is pumped from a property in Kaiaua

Photo: RNZ

RNZ Waikato reporter, Libby Kirkby McLeod

The general election might be behind us, but voters in East Hamilton face a by-election as local councillor Ryan Hamilton leaves to become an MP.

There's a St John's ambulance staff member onsite at Waikato Hospital's Emergency Department every weekday to try to reduce the wait time of arriving patients.

And action is underway to keep several low-lying Firth of Thames settlements above water for the next 100 years.

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