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FREE please take home with you and enjoy Issue 36 Hamilton February The Hamilton & Waikato Lifestyle Magazine for those in the Prime of their lives! Mike Moore “One of the Mystery Revealed as Historic Venue for Great New Zealanders” New Garden Opens Annual Festival also inside Art, Trivia, History, Cars, Recipes, Humour, Prizes, Crossword, Events, Gardening, Entertainment, Health, Advice, News, Brain-Teasers, Shows and Much More! Ebbett Holden’s Exclusive Bulk Purchase ON NOW! Ebbett Holden Hamilton | 204-208 Anglesea Street, Hamilton | P. 07 838 0949 | ebbettholdenhamilton.co.nz Ebbett Holden – BIGGEST EVER Hamilton BULK BUY With the recent announcement that Holden will cease production of the Holden Commodore in 2020, coupled with expected new vehicle price rises across New Zealand’s motor industry, Ebbett Holden have proactively sourced another of their now famous Bulk Buys. Karl Nation, Dealer Principal of Ebbett Holden Hamilton gives us the details; “We are super excited to secure this purchase, “These 192 cars are only 6 months old and “We have secured a wide range of Commodore’s, which represents a fantastic opportunity to our many have travelled less than 10,000km, they including Liftback’s, Sportswagon’s, 4 cylinder, clients, with sale prices at least $17,000 less than will be re-sold with the balance of the 3 Year / 6 cylinder and all-wheel drive.” the equivalent new vehicle retail pricing. 100,000km warranty, and on top of this Ebbett Holden will include a free 2 Year mechanical To secure your feature packed Commodore “Once we heard the news that General Motors protection plan, meaning a total of up to at these not to be repeated prices, contact one were ceasing the production of the Holden 5 Years or 175,000km piece of mind motoring. of our experienced sales specialists today!! Commodore we reached out to our supply chain and have managed to secure close to 200 Holden Commodore units. Ebbett Holden Hamilton 204-208 Anglesea Street, Hamilton 3204 P. 07 838 0949 ebbettholdenhamilton.co.nz Ebbett Holden’s Exclusive Bulk Purchase - ON NOW! 2 Disclaimer The views expressed in the articles and advertising Welcome to are those of the contributors and do not necessarily refl ect the views of Prime Hamilton and Prime Tauranga. Prime Hamilton and Prime Tauranga reserve the right to accept, edit or reject editorial and advertising material. All endeavours will be made to ensure accuracy at time of publication. Neither Prime Hamilton and Prime Tauranga accept responsibility for omissions or consequences that may arise from information published. For any queries regarding information that is published in Prime Hamilton and Prime Tauranga, contact names and information pertaining to that article is usually printed or supplied. Prime Hamilton and Prime Tauranga are happy to hear feedback regarding publications but will not accept abusive or derogatory correspondence to any staff or persons connected. Contact Romano Manuel – 022 045 4892, romano@ manuelmedianz.com, www.manuelmedianz.com Issue 36 PRIME HAMILTON | PRIME TAURANGA February 2020 This month our features include a special message from Labour MP Jamie Strange on safe communities, and articles on the 75th Anniversary From the Editors of the Holocaust and David Attenborough’s thoughts on getting older Most of the northern Waikato is currently – at 93! We also have a special feature from The Conversation on a experiencing extreme drought conditions and review of Prime Minister Jacinda Adern’s time in offi ce – so far. All these, plus our regular features including Prime Walks, Historically Speaking, Hamilton has moved to water alert level two Recipes and Homegrown Harvest! We also feature the latest Hamilton for the fi rst time this summer. Hamiltonians Gardens addition – the fantastic Surrealist Garden. are using 25 million litres more water each Our prize give-away this month are double tickets to the Harmonic than during the winter months! So, in Resonators & The Nukes’ shows in Hamilton and Putaruru. Email spite the heat of the day, we hope you [email protected] to enter!' are enjoying the beautiful summer evenings we have been blessed with. Romano and Lisa Financial freedom A happy retirement Visit WealthMorning.com/Event Your journey starts here to sign up for our live Auckland event on February 20 3 Hamilton’s Summer of Events Boosts City Economy Hamilton Mayor Paula Southgate says the HSBC New Zealand Rugby Sevens kicked off a spectacular series of summer events for the city. Mayor Southgate said major events like the Largely staged within the magical setting of Hamilton “We have top-class facilities in our city and HSBC New Zealand Rugby Sevens add huge Gardens, plus around the city’s CBD, the festival is these are enabling us to attract more and more vibrancy to the city but provide much more one of the region’s most popular annual events, events which is good for all of us economically than “just a feel-good factor”. drawing more and more people from outside of and culturally.” the region. And amid all of this came the news that “When the Sevens was held here for the fi rst Hamilton has been selected as one of the host cities “Last year Hamilton was the number one time in 2018, analysis showed more than $3.3 for the Women’s Cricket World Cup 2021 – including summer destination on Bookabach driven by million extra cash was pumped into the city featuring a semi-fi nal decider at Seddon Park. city events and it would great to see that again.” – and that’s huge,” Southgate said. “Whether you’re a sports fan, an arts fan or both “There was a 47 per cent increase in spending – it’s pretty clear the place to be this summer will our CBD during the event compared to the be Hamilton,” Southgate said. same weekend the previous year. Those numbers make a big diff erence to retailers, moteliers, restauranteurs and other businesses so I’m delighted to see there are lots more summer events scheduled.” As well as the HSBC New Zealand Sevens, thousands of car fans converged on Claudelands in Hamilton over Auckland Anniversary weekend for the 4 & Rotary Nationals. The city also hosted the Black Caps v India T20 match and the White Ferns v South Africa. The same four teams will be in action again in early February. The city is also to host the Investec Super Rugby clashes between the Gallagher Chiefs and the reigning champions Crusaders, the iconic New Zealand band Six60 at Mystery Creek, as well as a $US15,000 World Tennis Tour event at the Waikato Tennis Centre. On 19 February the annual Hamilton Gardens Arts festival launches its vibrant outdoor festival. 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A steep stairway takes you into the upper gorge where you wander through groves of nīkau and pūriri before arriving at the lookout platform and a well deserved break. The tiered waterfall drops 153 metres off a steep escarpment formed by the Okauia fault line. It is impressive at all times but particularly in windy conditions when the falls are swept sideways. Wet conditions also create small waterfalls that drip off moss covered rock walls beside the track. For the fi t and keen, a rugged trail continues another 45 minutes to the top of the FACILITIES: Toilets near the car park. waterfall which has great views over the Waikato countryside. Allow 45min (2km) one-way to lower lookout. CONTACT: [email protected], www.outdoorkid.co.nz TIME: ACCESSIBILITY: Boardwalks, dirt paths, rocks, roots and uneven steps. HOW TO GET THERE: 10min from Matamata or 25min south of Te Aroha on Goodwin Road off Old Te Aroha Road.