Te Awamutu’s service clubs and organisations are being asked to help “zhuzh up” the Ōhaupō Rd sign at the town’s northern entrance.
“It does need a little bit of a zhuzh up,” said Te Awamutu and Kihikihi Community Board chair Ange Holt at last month’s board meeting after similar discussions at the two previous board meetings.
Welcome to Te Awamutu sign
A faded sign carrying the moto “For home and country” is all that remains of the town’s Women’s Institute, the Waikato having three institutes in Hamilton and one in Te Pahu. Another sign is completely lost, with no clue of what group it commemorates, leaving a blank white plaque behind.
Jill Taylor
In a throw away comment at the June meeting board member Jill Taylor suggested Te Awamutu College students could get involved.
In July’s meeting Holt said the sign looked very dated.
“I am not quite sure where to go with that at the minute,” Holt added in August. “So, if anyone’s got any bright ideas, that we could do something to make it a little bit more attractive without having to spend a lot of money there.”
Holt said feedback she had read on Facebook reacting to previous stories suggested the community did not want the sign replaced.
“I just said it needed a bit of love and attention,” she said.
“There’s a bit that’s sort of come off it. I’m not sure what was there. There are some roses under it, so when the roses are out it looks a bit nicer. The Lions emblem has been replaced, and that’s quite nice and new, but a couple of the others have got very worn, and one of them you can’t even really read it.”
John Wood
Board member John Wood asked, “If we do that sign up, is it possible to put the RSA sign up there? The RSA does put a lot of work back into the community.”
Holt will approach Waipā District Council to seek permission to improve the sign.
After the meeting, Holt told The News such projects were hard work.
“It’s hard when you haven’t really got a budget.”
Holt said she would welcome help the town’s service clubs and organisations.
