Hand-reared chick Sirocco became a kākāpō 'spokesbird' for several years. Photo: Jake Osborne, DOC
Hamilton will need around 500 additional hotel rooms in the next five years in order to keep up with demand for big events like the recently announced relocation of the Homegrown music festival to the city, Hamilton's young people have been weighing in on the government’s budget, Kakapo have been heard booming in the North Island for the first time in over a century, and Te Kōwhai is going to have a new unique subdivision; a residential airpark.
Libby Kirkby-McLeod is a RNZ Waikato Reporter.
