Hamilton Zoo is celebrating the successful birth of a litter of African Hunting Dogs. Keeper Mark Menzies says it is a significant achievement as the dogs have been here only a year, and this is mother Zuri's first litter."Zuri is such a good mother and very relaxed for her first time. Watching the male dogs Hosani and Rafiki greeting the pups with such enthusiasm as they would in the wild is a ... more...

Waikato Museum is organising an Indian Cultural Day in conjunction with the local Indian community to celebrate the vibrant culture and complement the Gandhi exhibition currently on show. The Saturday, 3 July programme includes classical dances, several demonstrations including aryuvedic medicine, henna, sari and turban tying, scheduled Gandhi exhibition tours, a lecture on Gandhi and a movie. ... more...

Hamilton City Libraries has joined other New Zealand Libraries to buy a great new selection of electronic resources, called EPIC. Reference services team leader Jeff Downs says it's a comprehensive information tool of use to all library users. "There are approximately 16,000 full text titles available, along with tens of thousands of biographies, newswires, photographs and graphics, and much... more...

An upgrade to the Hamilton City Libraries computer system means a number of the electronic services will not be available for four days [14-17 June]. Advisory and education team leader Fiona Johnson says that core services of issuing and returning items are not affected. "You will still be able to take out items and return them, but as the computerised search engine will be inactive I would ... more...

Seven schools, two community houses and one kindergarten are amongst the 22 successful recipients of Hamilton City Council's Envirofund. Research into best practice restoration of Hamilton's gullies and a study into long-tailed bats are also on the list of funded projects. Each year Council has $50,000 to distribute amongst individuals, schools and community groups for projects that that enc... more...