9 Apr 2025

Around the motu: Libby Kirkby-McLeod in Hamilton

From Nine To Noon, 10:45 am on 9 April 2025

A 182-hectare solar farm will be built near Te Aroha. (File image) Photo: RNZ/Sally Round

Construction has begun on the country’s biggest solar farm, Waikato University starts a new pharmacy course, a Waikato Medical Fund fills funding gaps, and water restrictions end in Hamilton and Waipa.

Libby Kirkby-McLeod is a RNZ Waikato Reporter.

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