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Waikato Times, 2 Sep 2026

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The Waikato Times delivers the latest updates from Waikato, New Zealand, covering news, sports, business and more. Known for its regional focus, the Waikato Times provides in-depth coverage and insights into stories shaping the Waikato community. Read the Waikato Times online with PressReader.

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ArticleA sign of the times

Noth­ing says “Wel­come to Hamilton” quite like a dumped three-seater sofa, trimmed in mouldy grey velour. Spooked by a “hor­ri­fy­ing” bill, Hamilton city lead­ers have scrapped a project to replace the city’s decrepit wel­come signs. And in a sign...

A sign of the times

ArticleFoot­age of drown­ing in river played at cor­oner’s inquest

A small white shape can be seen on the screen before it sud­denly dis­ap­pears – and then a shout of “he’s going under” can be heard. Infra-red and thermal cam­era foot­age from the police Eagle heli­copter show­ing the demise of Ben­jamin Hale, who...

Foot­age of drown­ing in river played at cor­oner’s inquest

Article‘Dis­hon­est’ cop makes up breath-test res­ult

A police officer inven­ted an evid­en­tial breath-test read­ing after fail­ing to carry out the required test, an Inde­pend­ent Police Con­duct Author­ity report has found. The now former Waikato-based police officer fab­ric­ated the evid­en­tial...

‘Dis­hon­est’ cop makes up breath-test res­ult

ArticleTELEGRAPH CROSSWORD

Across 1 Broth (4) 3 Basil, say (4) 6 Con­fed­er­ate gen­eral (3) 9 Vital sign (5,8) 10 Log­ging (8) 12 Pause from work (4) 13 Tit for ____ (3) 15 Gift (6) 18 Fool­ish chat­terer (6) 19 Sticky stuff (3) 21 Prin­cipal (4) 22 Popeye’s girl (5,3)

TELEGRAPH CROSSWORD

ArticleYESTERDAY ’S SOLUTION

Across: 7 Writ, 8 Sew, 9 Tell (Ritz hotel), 10 Banana, 11 Denote, 12 Poe, 13 Desire, 14 Nobody, 16 Length, 19 Sis­ter, 21 Apt, 22 Strict, 24 Annual, 25 Once, 26 Eat, 27 Seem. Down: 1 Cre­ate, 2 Steal­ing, 3 Escape, 4 Sweden, 5 Stun, 6 Elated, 15...

YESTERDAY ’S SOLUTION