CityWatchNZ https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Meeting Saturday 28 March 2026 – Hamilton Residents & Ratepayers Association Incorporated OPINION: Promising Shift in Road Designs for Hamilton City October 2025 Coverage of S&P’s “New Zealand Water Reforms Don’t Guarantee Rating Relief For Local Councils” Report OPEN LETTER: A Ratepayer’s View of the Te Huia Trial Extension Consultation Closes 27 February 2026: “Inquiry into the 2025 Local Elections” Supreme Court rules in favour of landowners in Mt Messenger Bypass dispute OPINION: When Weak Systems Make Rates Higher OPINION: The Cost of Water is Being Set. The Limits are Not OPINION: Feedback on the IAWAI Water Services Strategy (April 2026) Meeting 28 February 2026 – Hamilton Residents & Ratepayers Association Incorporated OPINION: NZ’s $2.5 billion shoddy building bill: how to fix the ‘build now, fix later’ culture OPINION: NZ is slowly slipping on the global corruption index. Is it time for an anti-corruption agency? OPINION: Regional Council Reforms Should Focus on Reducing Bureaucracy not Reducing Democracy Consultation Closes 08 January 2026: “Land Transport (Revenue) Amendment Bill” Community Organises Opposition to the Site Selection of the Wastewater Treatment Plant Proposed for Southern Hamilton Meeting 31 January 2026 – Hamilton Residents & Ratepayers Association Incorporated Q & A: The Single Transferable Vote (STV) System in Local Elections 2025 OPINION: Hamilton’s New Theatre — A Recent History Consultation Closes on 20 January 2026: “Simplifying Local Government” Proposed Reforms of Regional Councils Consultation Closes 08 January 2026: “Building and Construction Sector” Amendment Bills National Emergency Management Agency on Space Weather (2024 Plan and 2025 Exercise) OPINION: A Failure of Education and a Failure of Governance OPINION: The End of Regional Councils? OPINION: Calling the C-word in the Police cover-up scandal Council Performance Information Released by Internal Affairs Hamilton City Election 2025 Events & Opinion Pieces Auckland Election 2025 Events Meeting 1 November 2025 – Hamilton Residents & Ratepayers Association Incorporated Consultation Closes 9 November 2025: Morrinsville Road upgrades, Hamilton Newsroom article: “Ratepayers rout mayors who imposed big rises” OPINION: LGNZ is Confusing Myth and Truth (Part 1) OPINION: Taxpayers’ Union Misrepresented Candidates’ Views with the “Ratepayer Protection Pledge” Campaign OPINION: Safety or Ideology? OPINION: What to keep and what to cut in Hamilton’s Long-Term Plan? Open Invitation for Candidate Opinion Pieces CANDIDATE OPINION: Stuart Aitken CANDIDATE OPINION: Graeme Mead CANDIDATE OPINION: Rachel Afeaki CANDIDATE OPINION: Rachel Karalus OPINION: A Surge of New Voters can Reset Hamilton’s West — Here’s How CANDIDATE OPINION: Rudi du Plooy Meet the Candidates: 10 September 2025 – Hamilton Residents & Ratepayers Association Incorporated CANDIDATE OPINION: Horiana Henderson CANDIDATE OPINION: John McDonald Consultation closes 06 April 2026: Hamilton City Council’s & Waikato District Council’s (IAWAI) Water Services Strategy CANDIDATE OPINION: Lawrence Jensen OPINION: LGNZ is Confusing Myth and Truth (Part 2) OPINION: Why Bother Voting? 2025 Local Government Elections Wellington Water CCO: January-March 2026 Media Coverage