Hamilton City Council
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Hamilton is in the midst of high growth as it emerges as a sophisticated metropolitan city. The city is young, passionate, ambitious and is carving a distinctive and vibrant future for itself. At the forefront of science, industry, education, and commerce, its energy is reflected in its people, its 24 hour culture, iconic events, and creativity. Hamilton is real, honest, relaxed, and down to earth, a rich blend of history, many cultures, and endless opportunity.
HAMILTON — The Founders Theatre will be pumped this Saturday (12 June) as 14 shortlisted school bands compete to become the region’s Smokefreerockquest winner, securing them the opportunity to represent Hamilton at September’s National Final.
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HAMILTON — Hamilton Police are commending the actions of staff at a City high school who tried to de-escalate and incident where a knife had been drawn and were quick minded enough to record the details of a fleeing vehicle.
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HAMILTON — Hamilton Zoo’s male rhino calf will keep his nickname ‘Bunty’ after a campaign run by a local radio announcer won strong public support.
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HAMILTON — Not for Profit organisations in Hamilton are urged to get their applications in by 11 June to be in the running for this year’s $15,000 Community Media Grant.
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HAMILTON — Thirteen finalists have been announced in New Zealand's most ingenious art award, the 2010 Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award.
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HAMILTON — A diverse range of musical performances will be held at Hamilton City Libraries this month as part of NZ Music Month celebration Soundz Like Hamilton.
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HAMILTON — Hamilton youth are in for a treat come this September 11 with news that Smokefreerockquest - New Zealand’s only live, nationwide, youth, original music competition - will hold its national final in the city for the next three years.
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HAMILTON — Local teenagers have until this Friday to enter Hamilton Central Library’s ‘Lib Sync’ lip-syncing competition, which will be held later this month in celebration of New Zealand Music Month and Youth Week.
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HAMILTON — Australian and international motorsport leader, V8 Supercars Australia, is to run Hamilton’s ITM400 from next year.
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HAMILTON — Hamilton Zoo staff are calling on the help of the public to find a suitable name for the newest member of its Southern white rhinoceros herd.
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HAMILTON — Waikato Museum and ArtsPost visitors will be able to experience the sights and sounds of war during an Anzac Day programme next Sunday [25 April].
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HAMILTON — Cricket fans – here’s a rare chance to secure your own patch of Hamilton’s SeddonPark.
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HAMILTON — Waikato Museum visitors will have the chance to learn the secrets of the second most successful Guinness World Record breaker of the last decade, when two shows are held at the facility next Wednesday [14 April].
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HAMILTON — A baby white rhinoceros recently born at Hamilton Zoo had a rough start to life but is now making good progress.
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HAMILTON — All water restrictions have been lifted in Hamilton and the Waikato District today following a sustained decrease in daily water consumption levels.
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HAMILTON — Hamilton City Council’s Proposed 2010/11 Annual Plan is now open for public submissions, with residents invited to learn more about the proposed plan during the Your City Expo this Saturday [27 March].
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HAMILTON — An exhibition showcasing art works created by local artists using “recycled or found objects” will soon go on display at ArtsPost.
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HAMILTON — A piece of Hamilton’s history will be celebrated this Sunday [7 March] when a civic ceremony is held to mark the completion of the PS Rangiriri restoration project.
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HAMILTON — A sustained decrease in the amount of water being consumed throughout Hamilton has seen the city’s water alert levels reduced to alert level 1 today.
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HAMILTON — With seven free family events organised across Hamilton this weekend, this year’s 10th annual Children’s Day will be the biggest yet for the city.
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HAMILTON — Families are invited to ‘take a walk on the wild side’ at Hamilton Zoo this Sunday [7 March] for its Family Fun Day.
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HAMILTON — A play about women written and performed by women, for women, with proceeds to go to Women’s Refuge will be held at Waikato Museum to mark International Women’s Day.
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HAMILTON — Hamilton City Council has adopted a new system for listing candidates on voting papers, ahead of the local body elections on 9 October 2010.
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HAMILTON — Hamilton City Council has approved a $435,000 contract to restore the Bryce Street to London Street section of the riverbank and walkway, washed away by major flooding in 2008.
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HAMILTON — Construction of the much-awaited Hydrotherapy Pool will begin this Thursday 25 February at Hamilton City Council’s public pool complex, Waterworld.
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HAMILTON — A chimpanzee in Malaysia left such an impression on Hamilton Zoo volunteer host Kim White that she is fundraising to return to the country to help improve its quality of life.
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HAMILTON — The public are being advised to keep their dogs out of Hamilton Lake (Lake Rotoroa) and avoid all contact with the water due to a potentially toxic bloom of blue-green algae.
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HAMILTON — An exhibition featuring 1,111 origami dolphins that were hand-folded by members of the Raglan community opens at Waikato Museum this Friday [29 January].
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HAMILTON — Local artist Shang-Poh Yu took out the People's Choice award at Saturday's launch of Adopt-a-Box – Hamilton City Council's new community art programme.
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HAMILTON — An exhibition that explores traditional Maori facial tattooing opens at Waikato Museum this Saturday [30 January].
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HAMILTON — Water supplies are returning to normal after a lightning strike damaged the city’s water treatment plant early today.
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HAMILTON — A lightening strike at the city’s water treatment plant has affected water supply in parts of the city.
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HAMILTON — Entries are now open for the Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award 2010 – an award that challenges artists to use their creativity and ingenuity to transform the difficult medium of no.8 wire into works of art.
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HAMILTON — The city's dull traffic signal boxes are set to get a colourful makeover, with the launch of a new community art initiative – Adopt-a-Box on 23 January.
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HAMILTON — Kids – make some pocket money at the city’s first Toy Trade Fair in Garden Place next Sunday (24 January).
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HAMILTON — Hamilton residents are now permitted to use their sprinkler systems between 6am-8am and 6pm-8pm on alternate days only, after the city reached water alert level 2 today.
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HAMILTON — Hamilton Zoo's sibling Sumatran tigers, Jaka and Mencari, will be celebrating their 10th birthday this Sunday [10 January] with a special 'jungle party'.
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HAMILTON — Hamilton will host the All Blacks for a week during the Rugby World Cup 2011 The All Blacks will stay and train in Hamilton, and the rest of the time will be hosted by Auckland and Wellington.
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HAMILTON — Santa in a hot rod and a game of dunk-a-cop may not be part of your traditional Christmas celebration, but they'll be the centrepieces of this year's Christmas in Enderley Park event held on Thursday 17 December.
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HAMILTON — Environment Waikato is asking people in Hamilton to keep a particular watch out for tui as Christmas approaches because if they are still in the city they may actually be breeding within the urban area.
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HAMILTON — Four of New Zealand’s top musical acts will feature in the Waikato Times Hamilton Gardens Art Festival in February, with a percentage of the proceeds from ticket sales going towards Hamilton Zoo’s native Hochstetter’s frog colony.
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HAMILTON — Hamilton has strengthened its sister city relationship with Wuxi in China with the establishment of a school exchange programme.
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HAMILTON — One year ahead of schedule, Hamilton City Council has received an 'Aa' grading for its drinking-water supply at Templeview.
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HAMILTON — Things are starting to take shape at Claudelands, with the concrete framework for the facility's new indoor arena currently going up and the large roof steel due to be installed early in the new year.
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HAMILTON — The arrival of a male serval at Hamilton Zoo this week adds to a growing number of new faces at the facility.
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HAMILTON — Residents are invited to try their hand at building bridges, throwing grenades and 'pinning the moustache on the gentleman' during the first of a two-part series of fun days at Waikato Museum this Saturday [28 November] from 11am-4pm.
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HAMILTON — Advocate for victims of sexual abuse, Louise Nicholas comes to Hamilton this Friday 20 November to launch a book which tells the true story of women and gangs in New Zealand.
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HAMILTON — Some unlikely spokesmen come to the city on their motorbikes next Thursday 27 November to spread the message that family violence is not OK in Hamilton.
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HAMILTON — A joint committee of Hamilton City and Waikato District Councillors will oversee a number of adjustments to Hamilton’s boundaries in the east and northwest.
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HAMILTON — It has been a homecoming of sorts for four juvenile Stanley Island tuatara who arrived back at Hamilton Zoo last week after leaving the facility nine months ago as eggs.
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HAMILTON — The first of a series of free workshops aimed at improving people's understanding of the issues faced by trans people will be held at Waikato Museum this Thursday [12 November].
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MORRINSVILLE — On 11 November Te Ara Hou, the innovative social services village situated on Morrinsville Road, celebrates 10 years of working together to address social issues in Hamilton.
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HAMILTON — Council will be distributing flyers on cars in November informing motorists of changes to after-hours parking enforcement in the CityHeart.
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HAMILTON — A new website that was driven, designed and developed by local youth for local youth is now live at www.htwnyouth.co.nz.
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HAMILTON — Seventy-five Hamilton food businesses will be presented with excellence awards during the 2009 Hamilton Food Safety Awards this afternoon.
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WAIKATO — The Waikato Region Civil Defence Emergency Management Group has issued an urgent warning for residents on the West Coast to move to higher ground due to a tsunami warning.
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HAMILTON — Work to repair slip damage to a section of the Waikato River pathway in Hamilton, is set to begin in early Summer.
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HAMILTON — Hamilton City Council contractors are to remove a private deck encroaching on publicland at 1156 Victoria St, Hamilton.
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HAMILTON — Dressing up their shop in 'all black' has seen Hamilton's Lone Star win a signed All Blacks jersey and an encounter with a New Zealand rugby legend in the build-up to tomorrow's big test match between the All Blacks and Springboks.
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HAMILTON — One person’s rubbish is another person’s art – an artwork resembling the contents of an upturned wastepaper bin has been announced as the winner of the Trust Waikato National Contemporary Art Award 2009.
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HAMILTON — Hamilton City Council has purchased the Downtown Plaza car park for the strategically important role it will play in the revitalisation of the central city.
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HAMILTON — Hamilton City Council today welcomed a $938 million investment in the region's roads.
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WAIKATO — Forty-three finalists have been selected from amongst 283 entries for the Trust Waikato National Contemporary Art Award 2009.
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HAMILTON — The Hamilton Central Business Association will take its last formal establishment step this week before taking up its role as the Business Improvement District (BID) for the central city.
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HAMILTON — The hatching of two kea chicks at Hamilton Zoo was caught on camera last Thursday [13 August] as part of a project between the facility and the Kea Conservation Trust.
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HAMILTON — Hamilton residents will have a chance to 'escape into another world' next week as part of Library Week 2009.
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HAMILTON — Hamilton Mayor Bob Simcock has come out in support of local government amalgamation, but not the model proposed by former Mayor Margaret Evans.
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HAMILTON — Nominations are now open for Hamilton's Recognyz Youth Awards '09.
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HAMILTON — New Zealand's first pair of endangered fishing cats has taken up residence at Hamilton Zoo.
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HAMILTON — Hamilton's newest piece of public art will be unveiled next Tuesday 21 July.
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HAMILTON — Hamilton Mayor Bob Simcock says he is asking Council staff to withdraw infringement notices issued to people who occupied roofs in an unsafe manner during the V8 supercar event in the city this year.
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HAMILTON — Hamilton City Council welcomes another great mind to the city on Thursday 9 July.
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HAMILTON — Foster Construction Ltd has been awarded the main contract for construction of Claudelands Arena.
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HAMILTON — Hamilton Zoo has welcomed a new addition to its zebra herd, with the recent birth of a female foal.
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HAMILTON — Hamilton City Council is urging Hamiltonians to do their bit to help the city to 'Breathe Easy' following the announcement that Hamilton has exceeded the National Environmental Standard for Air Quality (NESAQ) for the month of June.
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HAMILTON — A siamang couple will live out their retirement years at Hamilton Zoo, after relocating to the facility from Auckland Zoo today.
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HAMILTON — Council has decided to retain its existing Prostitution Bylaw largely unchanged after undertaking a review required of Council under section 158 of the Local Government Act 2002.
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HAMILTON — Hamilton Police are appealing for information from the public in relation to a bank robbery that took place in the City minutes ago.
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HAMILTON — Protection of the historically significant vessel the PS Rangiriri received a boost today as the New Zealand Lottery Grants Board announced a $181,000 grant towards the project.
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HAMILTON — The Bader community are set to take matters into their own hands this weekend (13-14 June) as they stage a community clean up in partnership with Hamilton City Council, Te Whare Kokonga, Housing New Zealand, New Zealand Police and Work and Income.
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HAMILTON — This week and next the Wheel of Risk will be nearby selected intersections in Hamilton.
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HAMILTON — Arbor Day this year will be celebrated in Hamilton on Friday 5 June, which is also World Environment Day, with a community planting of over two and a half thousand trees at Claudelands Park.
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HAMILTON — Council has today finalised its year council community plan after deliberating to consider public submissions and set the level of rates from 1 July 2009.
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HAMILTON — The region's promising young authors have been recognised as part of the New Zealand Post Book Awards' Waikato and King Country Short Story Competition.
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HAMILTON — Popular demand has led to the extension of the Da Vinci Machines exhibition at Waikato Museum.
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HAMILTON — Following a record number of entries, fourteen finalists were announced today for New Zealand's most ingenious fine art award the 2009 Fieldays No 8 Wire National Art Award.
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HAMILTON — Moesha, a female white rhinoceros who Hamilton Zoo staff were once concerned would never reproduce, has given birth to a baby boy.
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HAMILTON — Local design buffs will be thinking twice about what they throw out in the rubbish, as entries open for ReStyle 09.
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HAMILTON — Hamilton Central Library will be far from its quiet self later this month, when alternative rock/metal band Chuganaut performs as part of its New Zealand Music Month initiative 'Soundz Like Hamilton'.
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HAMILTON — Following an extensive tender and vendor proposal evaluation process, Foster Construction Ltd has been nominated as the preferred contractor for the proposed Claudelands Arena build.
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HAMILTON — Physical works got underway today on new car park and wetlands facilities at Claudelands.
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HAMILTON — Improvements to three intersections along Mill Street are aimed to maximise the capacity of Mill Street, lower congestion at intersections and improve road safety and cycle facilities.
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HAMILTON — Chimpanzee Lucifer will be flashing his 'pearly whites' for Hamilton Zoo visitors in no time, after successfully undergoing dental surgery yesterday.
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HAMILTON — The Waikato Civil Defence Emergency Management Group has appointed Paul Blewman as Hamilton’s Civil Defence Emergency Management Local Controller for the Waikato Valley Emergency Operating Area.
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HAMILTON — Jump onto your browser and check out the new high resolution satellite imaging of Hamilton on Google Maps.
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HAMILTON — The upcoming 2009 Hamilton 400 V8 Supercars Street Race is just a few days away.
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HAMILTON — Gauging local and regional interest in the re-introduction of commuter rail services from the Waikato to Auckland is the thrust of a special public workshop at 5.30pm, 16 April, Council’s Reception Lounge.
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Hamilton City Council last night voted in favour of committing up to $300,000 to build a slipway at Horotiu in order to retain the Waipa Delta for the city.
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HAMILTON — Retailers and restaurants on the south end of Victoria Street are getting together this Easter to celebrate the revitalised streetscape that is being revealed as construction workers finish up and move out.
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HAMILTON — Hamiltonians are less stressed, can visit doctors more easily and are finding themselves using Facebook and public transport more and more each day according to New Zealand's latest Quality of Life survey.
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