The Hits - Waikato 98.6FM

29/11/2023

29/11/2023

📢SAVE THE DATE:
Join us for a magical time to come meet Santa Claus, right by the Christmas Tree in Garden Place on December 9th 11am-1pm with Hamilton Christmas Meet Santa At The Tree 🎅🎄❄

21/11/2023

📢The Hits Toy Run 2023 Bus Timetable Announcement 🚍🚌🙌🧸🧩 🪀

Bus collection points below!🚍Huge thanks to Flex Fitness Morrinsville Ltd St Josephs Morrinsville Matamata isite Goodwood School Cambridge New Zealand Isite
St Patrick's Te Awamutu Te Awamutu isite Curious Cubs City Early Learning Centre Hamilton West School St Columba's Catholic Primary School Marian Catholic School Hamilton Hamilton Christmas First Credit Union Lugtons Real Estate Speedy Signs Hamilton New World Rototuna

HUGE thank you to our sponsors for making this possible 💛
Vinnies Hamilton NZ
New World Rototuna
Go Bus New Zealand
Speedy Signs Hamilton
Lugtons Real Estate
New World Rototuna
Enterprise Motor Group Hamilton
Forlongs
First Credit Union

17/11/2023

The Hits presents the First Credit Union Christmas Parade December 3 thanks to Hamilton Christmas! 🎄❄🤶

Join us for the festival fantasy, with over 70 floats and groups parading down Anglesea Street, including our Hits Toy Run bus and of course a special appearance from Santa himself! 🎅

Get the details https://www.thehits.co.nz/whats-on/waikato/the-hits-presents-the-first-credit-union-christmas-parade/

17/11/2023

The Hits Toy Run with Vinnies Hamilton NZ is back for 2023! 🙌🧸🧩 🪀
Start collecting your new or previously loved toys to donate to the drop off points below, bus collection points to be announced Monday! 🚍

HUGE thank you to our sponsors for making this possible 💛
Vinnies Hamilton NZ
Go Bus New Zealand
Speedy Signs Hamilton
Lugtons Real Estate
New World Rototuna
Enterprise Motor Group Hamilton
Forlongs
First Credit Union

16/11/2023

Want good hair and good music? This is for you!

Tell us what songs you love (or hate) and go in the draw to a limited-edition ghd Glide Gift Set! Enter now: https://access.itsmystation.com/s3/rate-the-hits

16/11/2023

The Hits Waikato Toy Run is back for 2023 and we need YOUR help! 🧸🧩 🪀💛

Not every kid gets a toy on Christmas Day but thanks to the efforts of Vinnies Hamilton NZ and our amazing sponsors, hundreds of Waikato kids will receive toys this Christmas; toys donated by you!

So start collecting your new or previously loved toys as W/c 27th November The Hits Toy Run will be coming to a town near you! Drop off locations and Timetable to be announced 🚍

HUGE thank you to our sponsors for making this possible

Vinnies Hamilton NZ
Go Bus New Zealand
Speedy Signs Hamilton
Lugtons Real Estate
New World Rototuna
Enterprise Motor Group Hamilton
Forlongs
First Credit Union

15/11/2023

The Hits Presents The Hamilton Christmas Tree Concert, November 25 6-9pm at Garden Place!🎄❄🎅 With special guest appearances from enchanted characters, face-painting, delicious food trucks and more! Plus finish the evening with illuminating the biggest Christmas Tree in all of New Zealand! 🎄

For more info https://www.thehits.co.nz/whats-on/waikato/the-hits-presents-the-christmas-tree-lighting-concert/

15/11/2023

If you're planning on travelling north today avoid the following route.

Northbound traffic is being diverted via Great South Rd.

14/11/2023

Are you committing Christmas Treason like Blair....? 🎅
❄Do you celebrate Christmas too early?
🎄Tree up in November?
🎶Already listening to Christmas music?

Thanks to our mates at New World Rototuna we've got a $100 Voucher up for grabs! Nominate someone below or share your own treason for the season to go into the draw!
(Disclaimer: This May or May Not be Blair's actual tree:) Have a Happy AI Christmas🤣)

13/11/2023

How good is this!!!!!!

Welcome news for summer! ☀️🚗🚛🛻🚐🚙

Get the full story 🔗 tinyurl.com/sh25anzh

13/11/2023

THIS IS AMAZING NEWS!!!

What a gift a for the Coromandel this Christmas.

Well done team!!!

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency has confirmed that State Highway 25A between Kōpū and Hikuai will be re-open to traffic in time for Christmas – a full three months earlier than anticipated.

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency Regional Manager of Infrastructure Delivery for Waikato/Bay of Plenty, Jo Wilton says the route will re-open by 20 December 2023, now that the decking is complete on the new 124 metre bridge, which spans the abyss that severed the highway in late January.

“Our team has done an amazing job, not only constructing the new bridge in record time, but at the same time we’ve invested an additional $25m to enable multiple crews to clear slips, replace the original undersized culvert, and undertake crucial road maintenance work along the rest of the length of SH25A to ensure the whole corridor is up to scratch, safe and more resilient.

“Getting this maintenance work completed now also means we can avoid further work and disruption for drivers during the busy summer period,” Ms Wilton says.

07/11/2023

Summer is around the corner, so you know what that means... The Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon New Zealand is back!
Kids will swim, bike and run as an individual or in a team of two – and earn a Champions Medal! It’s a fun and rewarding day out for everyone.

Entries are open now at try.weetbix.co.nz so get in quick 🚲🏊‍♀️🎽

02/11/2023

Want to a $250 Chemist Warehouse New Zealand voucher?! Tell us what music you love to get in the draw!! 😍🎶⬇️

Rate The Hits now:
https://access.itsmystation.com/s3/rate-the-hits

30/10/2023

The Coromandel has been drenched again, please take extreme care if you are traveling over the next 24 hours.

Weather causing issues on both sides of the peninsula.

26/10/2023

The Hits Friday Faves playlist on iHeartRadio makes every day feel like the best day of the week! 😍🙌 thehits.co.nz/FridayFavesPlaylist

24/10/2023

The road is expected to be closed for several hours.

21/10/2023

Heading away this long weekend?! We've got you covered with the perfect road trip playlist on iHeartRadio to keep the kids entertained! thehits.co.nz/KidsRoadTripPlaylist

20/10/2023

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Off to the big dance 🥳

16/10/2023

Start practicing 🙆‍♂️, we have a qualifying round in Hamilton💦
Do you know a 'manu' specialist🙆‍♂️👏😉

Prepare for a water spectacle like no other, as the Manu World Championships hits New Zealand this summer! The Z Manu World Championships will be a grand...

15/10/2023

The Hits Waikato Presents ‘Under Pressure’ with Budget Tyres! Blair’s tyre has developed a little leak!!
Guess the current pressure below and you’re in to win a brand-new set of Hankook Tyres ahead of the long weekend all thanks to our mates at Budget Tyres Hamilton!
Plus listen out with Blair on The Hits Day Show everyday this week to win spot prizes thanks to Budget Tyres 🚗🛣🚘

WINNER - A massive congratulations Nicky Ayton your guess of 27 psi was correct and you were drawn as the winner of the Hankook tyres from Budget Tyres:)

15/10/2023

The Hits Pay It Forward is here with your chance to a share of $15K! 💰

All you have to do is listen out for the cue to call from 8AM and 4PM weekdays and you could be in to win! Find out more at thehits.co.nz/PayItForward

13/10/2023

Lace up your running shoes!!And get ready to embark on an epic adventure underground and overground through the breathtaking landscapes of Waitomo at the Waitomo Trail Run 2023 Nov 4! Tell us your running buddies below to win a Family Pass!👟🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️💨

11/10/2023

Want to a share of $15K?! 🤑 Make sure you're listening to The Hits next week! 💰⏩ thehits.co.nz/PayItFoward

07/10/2023

In search of the perfect workout playlist?! We've got you sorted with the new Playlist feature on iHeartRadio! 🙌

Listen to The Hits Workout Mix now! thehits.co.nz/WorkoutMix

06/10/2023

04/10/2023

The Hits Fridge and Cash with Kitchen Things is here!! Snap your fridge pic at the Waikato Home & Garden Show at the Kitchen Things Site 441 Hall 4 and upload below to go into the draw to win a COOL Hits Samsung Fridge Freezer and $500 dollars COLD hard cash! 🏡 🌼💵

04/10/2023

1 of 2 $250 My Food Bag vouchers just by telling us what music you love most! ➡️ https://access.itsmystation.com/s3/rate-the-hits

04/10/2023

The moment Juanita & her daughter Tylah won Taylor Swift tickets has got us tearing up! 🥹💖 Congratulations to both of them - they're going to have a blast in Sydney!

02/10/2023

Congratulations to Juanita from Tauranga who won the trip to see Taylor Swift live in Sydney! 🎉🎉🎉

She is taking her daughter Tylah with her and we're sure they're going to have an absolute blast! Woohoo! 😍🙌

01/10/2023

National Youth Theatre's Production of Disney's The Little Mermaid JR is coming to Clarence St Theatre from this Friday! Tell us who you think is mermazing to win a double pass 🥰🧜‍♀️🌊

01/10/2023

Discover nature on your doorstep these School Holidays when you download the Nature in the City App! Download the App and show us your photo enjoying nature in the city below to be into win Annual Family Zoo Passes and spot prizes thanks to our mates at Hamilton City Council !🌳🌄🌅

https://hamilton.govt.nz/strategies-plans-and-projects/projects/nature-in-the-city/

6AM - 9AM - Jono & Ben
9AM - 3PM - Blair
3PM - 7PM - Drive
7PM - 12AM - Brin

29/09/2023

The Waikato Home & Garden Show is back next week October 5 - 8 at GLOBOX Arena & Events Centre, Claudelands! Fun for the whole family, with live entertainment, children's zone, food trucks and more! Enter below to be into win a Double Pass! 🏡🍃🙌

28/09/2023

The Hits Presents Emma Memma’s Twirly Tour! 💃🎶🦋

Coming to New Zealand this December with her friends Elvin Melvin, BB Butterfly and Waffles The Wombat!

Listen out each day from Monday 9th of Oct as we have your chance to win a family pass!

Get all the details at thehits.co.nz/EmmaMemma

28/09/2023

Happy Fri-YAY! 🥳🎉

All day long The Hits Friday Faves is serving up nothing but fantastic tracks to make your Friday truly special.

thehits.co.nz/FridayFaves

27/09/2023

The Hits Fridge and Cash with Kitchen Things is coming to the Waikato Home & Garden Show Oct 5-8 at GLOBOX Arena & Events Centre, Claudelands! Up for grabs a COOL Hits Samsung Fridge Freezer and $500 dollars COLD hard cash! Catch the Hits team 11- 1 daily at Kitchen Things Site 441 Hall 4 to enter! Plus listen out with Blair on The Hits Day Show next week for your chance to win tickets! 🏡 🌼💵

26/09/2023

Dancing In The Shadows of Motown is coming to Clarence St Theatre this Saturday! We've got tickets up for grabs for you and 5 mates to head along! Tell us who you'd take below to go into the draw 🎵🎹🎼

25/09/2023

This Tuesday ONLY we're playing a Taylor Swift song EVERY HOUR from 6AM to 6PM!

Listen to The Hits all day because we're giving you even more chances to get in the draw 💖 thehits.co.nz/TaylorSwift

PS. Recognise any of these songs? 👀😘