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Balloons over Waikato 2022

Balloons over Waikato is New Zealand's premier hot air balloon festival. Held annually, in Hamilton, this iconic event it is arguably the most popular event in the city. It attracts balloonists from all over New Zealand and around the world, who come to experience the fun, friendship and warmth this balloon friendly city provides and to demonstrate their skills in a range of competitive activities. Check out the video here: https://vimeo.com/689825750/c4a1761194

Hamilton Chinese Lantern Festival 2021

The 2021 Hamilton Chinese Lantern Festival is presented to you by Waikato Chinese Culture & Art Centre. Associated with Hamilton Central Business Association. Waikato Weekly Chinese Newspaper & New Zealand Huaxing Arts Troupe.Sponsored by SkyCity and NZ Skin Care.

Saturday 27 February

From 6pm @ Garden Place(opposite SkyCity Hamilton)Food Stalls Starts at 4PMFree Event, all agesDragon & Lion DanceMagic ShowLive Cultural PerformancesFood StallsChinese Lanterns

https://www.facebook.com/events/758519091430750/

An Introduction To Low And Slow BBQ By Mile Marker 66 Barbecue

We are a local competitive barbecue team from right here in Flagstaff and we are running a barbecue class mid February. If your looking to learn about solid fuel cooking and American style barbecue then check out the link below for how you can get along, or check out the events tab on our Facebook Mile Marker 66 Barbecue You’ll learn how to cook a competition winning steak then get your own steak to cook and eat. Plus we’re covering pork ribs, spitchcock chicken and have a local butcher coming along to give some hints and tips. https://fb.me/e/d7IeiFQD5

Christmas Tree Concert in Hamilton’s Garden Place

It’s 27 metres tall to the tip of the star. That’s over 6 stories high. It takes a team of 15 people to install the frame and the lighting, fluff the branches and hang the baubles. This tree is huge! The tree dominates Garden Place once again in 2020 and will be a great focal point for the community to gather, watch, perform and celebrate the festive season. The tree will light up for the first time on Saturday 28th November 2020 with a special event that includes the opportunity to sing some favourite Christmas carols. The Christmas Tree continues to light up the December nights right through to New Year. This year we will be celebrating on Saturday 28th November 2020 SOURCE https://youtu.be/OxFpab3Ja8g By Berry & Coffee

Lightshow in Hamilton Gardens by KALEIDO

KALEIDO is the animation creation headed by Paul Cleland and Jasmine Gill. This showcase of kaleidoscopic renewal is set to light up the Hamilton Gardens Italian Renaissance Pavilion come 2021’s Te Ruru Light Festival. With amazing animation sequences set to blow your mind and accompanying reactive sound, supplied by music producer Reuben Gilchrist. This projection will shatter the illusion of three-dimensional space by morphing a solid structure in front of your eyes and stretching the limits of what modern graphic design is capable of.

https://www.facebook.com/113630220558788/photos/a.114127597175717/114122063842937/

Gumdrops Desserts, a local success story in Hamilton

FROM RNZ: A Hamilton woman who has turned her redundancy into a budding dessert business is encouraging others to look beyond job ads for their next chapter. Donna Williams is among the thousands of Air New Zealand staff to have lost their jobs this year. But despite a year of massive challenges, her new business is taking off - proving to be a recipe for success. https://youtu.be/A6LgnoXisPg Donna Williams: GUMDROPS - Our Story 💜❤️💛💚🧡💙 For most people, our little store has been an evening escape, a post (or pre) dinner treat, a place you can come and ALWAYS find something yummy, but to us its been MUCH MORE than that. This is how Gumdrops Desserts came to be. Thank you all for supporting us and thank you to Checkpoint for putting this story together See Less SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/gumdropsdessert/

Hamilton Local Night Bites

See the vendors coming today to Local Night Bites at the University of Waikato Gate 2B for an affordable, family friendly market! Invite your friends, loved ones, and family, and enjoy the evening EFTPOS is available, great parking, and foods that cater to a wide range of dietary requirement. https://youtu.be/q0sii8uzNVA SOURCE

Step Up and Save Lives – New Zealand Blood Service

Hamilton needs more plasma donors, in fact 1300 more plasma donors are needed to meet the demand for plasma products in hospitals! To help Hamilton reach this goal we have teamed up with Vahry and with local businesses to get more people in Hamilton to donate. We’re so proud to have local Hamilton businesses getting involved and giving back to the community but we need more. So if your business (or a business you know) is up for the challenge sign up or share this to Step Up and Save Lives today! https://www.facebook.com/NewZealandBloodService/videos/737330820450582/

Hamilton diverted a massive 24,500kgs from landfill

Ka pai Hamilton! In just two days of the new rubbish and recycling service we've diverted a massive 24,500kgs from landfill! SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/hamiltoncitycouncil/posts/3375359989221979