18 Dec 2025

Around the motu: RNZ's Libby Kirkby-McLeod in Hamilton

From Nine To Noon, 10:45 am on 18 December 2025
Prime Minister Rt Hon Christopher Luxon and Chair of Te Arataura Tukoroirangi Morgan break ground on the new medical school building site.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Chair of Te Arataura, Tukoroirangi Morgan, break ground on the new University of Waikato medical school building site. Photo: Stephen Barker / The University of Waikato

Libby talks to Kathryn about progress on a new medical school in Waikato and looks back at the big stories of the year including job losses in Tokoroa and Kinleith, and Hamilton becoming an international airport.

Libby Kirkby-McLeod is a senior RNZ reporter based in Hamilton

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