stuff.co.nz
28 November 2017
The prospect of a whopping rates increase won't be enough to make Hamilton City Council chop money for a new theatre, councillors say.
Mayor Andrew King recently said city rates needed to go up 16.5 per cent, so council's hoping a regional theatre rate will gather some cash from neighbouring councils.
Since Founders Theatre closed in March 2016, Hamilton and the wider Waikato have been missing a major performing arts venue.