9 Oct 2025

Around the motu: Jonathan McKenzie in Hamilton

From Nine To Noon, 10:45 am on 9 October 2025
Workers on Ngāruawāhia Rail Bridge

Photo: Supplied / Waikato Times

Johnathon discusses the background to the recent boil water notice, upgrades to Ngāruawāhia's rail bridge to stop people leaping into the river,  the regional theatre to open in the new year, a museum opens in Huntly 4 years after the first sod is turned, and fine dining in six seater restaurant in Kākahi, near Taumarunui. 

Jonathan McKenzie is editor of the Waikato Times