Monday, 26 July 2021, 11:29 am
Creative Waikato is calling for applications from groups
and individuals looking for cash to supercharge their next
creative project.
Hamilton’s Creative Communities
Scheme supports community arts initiatives that help grow
and promote creativity in Kirikiriroa.
Applications
are now open, with the funding round closing at 5pm on
Friday 27 August.
Creative Waikato, which administers
the fund on behalf of Hamilton City Council, is seeking
project applications focussing on at least one of the
scheme’s three criteria - access and participation,
diversity, or young people.
In the last funding round
more than 30 local projects received funding - from flax
Smit confirmed all applicants had been informed bar one which had missed out on funding. In spite of his recommendation not to move the discussion into public, the majority of councillors voted to do so in the name of transparency. The decision was split between councillors Marin Glucina, Hamish Daine, Sandra Wallace, and Peter Schulte who were in favour and councillors Thomas Lee, Hans Nelis, Alex Jansen, and deputy mayor Bill Machen who were against. The casting vote fell on committee chair councillor Arama Ngāpō who voted in favour of the shift. And it didn’t take long for things to turn heated.
Luke Kirkeby12:29, Jun 01 2021
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Residential South Waikato rates are now set to increase by an average of 7.6 per cent.
South Waikato urban ratepayers can breathe a slight sigh of relief while farmers will have to tighten their belts. A second day of South Waikato District Council Long Term Plan 2021-31 deliberations has seen the council manage to reduce residential rates from increasing on average by 8 per cent following day one of deliberations to 7.6 in year one of the plan. During public consultation the council anticipated rates would rise by an average of 7.7 per cent. Although good news for many in residential areas, the same can’t be said for South Waikato farmers.
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The Boon Hamilton Street Art Festival has “literally changed the face of Hamilton” says Paul Bradley – such as when the Hamilton Central Library was treated to a dynamic makeover courtesy of artist Christie Wright.
A tenfold increase in funding for the arts sector is needed if Hamilton is to become the fun, attractive place its residents want it to be. A delegation of arts advocates converged on the Hamilton City Council’s long term plan hearings on Tuesday where, led by Hamilton Arts Trust chairman Paul Bradley, they asked for an annual budget allocation of $1 million that – in the right hands – would be used to transform the city.