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Rubbish: no change expected

Waipā councillors were expected to defer a proposal to change the district’s kerbside refuse service when they discussed it at their Long Term Plan workshop…

Walk for a cause call

Geoff and Johanna Fitzgerald are inviting 600 hikers to walk for a cause across their Wharepuhunga sheep and beef farm. The couple, who have farmed…

Do it yourself test is a home run

When women get together, and the subject turns to health, chances are one of the things they mention is how they hate going to the…

Viability ‘destroyed’

“Farmers aren’t making money, and the Rural Support Trust is busier than ever,” Federated Farmers Waikato president Keith Holmes says. Waikato Rural Support Trust Chair…

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Kihikihi bowlers are back, jack

September heralded the start of the “new season”  and the traditional opening day at the  Kihikihi Bowling Club was held with the first jack of…

Groups get Tū Manawa funding

Six Waipā organisations and a programme delivered in the district by Waikato Rugby Union secured Tū Manawa funding with the help of Sport Waikato. The…

Ice breaker at Ngā Roto

Scouts Aotearoa national commissioner Raani Kelderman called it a fantastic ice breaker. More than 200 scouts and kaiārahi (leaders) from 14 scout groups in the…

Medals and mishaps

September 6 11am Ngāhinapōuri’s Nicole Murray, 31, has withdrawn from her final Para cycling race at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games tonight due to illness….

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Helping with restoration

As we come out of winter and into spring, a reminder to landowners that that both the Waikato Regional Council and the Waikato River Authority…

Hay stackers and power lines

The abundance of hay in the Te Awamutu district led to those moving hay stackers taking dangerous risks.  One man had a narrow escape when…

Then came Hurricane Milton

“When it comes up it’s already too late” I hear as I listen to US news focused on Hurricane Milton as it moves towards Florida,…

More blessed to give

I always enjoy scrolling through old photos. It helps me recapture special moments spent with people and in places I love. Recently, I came across…