Out and About
Phil Strong, Corren Ngerengere and Ken Morris
Zion Pastor Phil Strong, left, with Waipa District Council community advisor Corren Ngerengere and deputy chief executive Ken Morris at a recent Te Awamutu Business Chamber Business After 5 event at Zion.
What they were reading
The closure of Pirongia’s Five Stags Restaurant and Bar reported in last week’s Te Awamutu News was the best-read story and most visited page on teawamutunews.nz last month.
Our ever-popular News in Brief came in second with Sent to the sheds – our ongoing updates on Menz Shed activities in third. The latest news about the proposed waste-to-energy Paiwera Recycle Plant and Ryan Fleming’s police Week in Review were fourth and fifth.
Teawamutunews.nz home page was the second most popular page, followed by Publications, the pdf version of our newspaper.
Editor Roy Pilott said it was “increasingly obvious’ the Te Awamutu News website were filling an obvious void in between weekly copies of the newspaper. “While we know we have a loyal band of readers who love the look and feel of a ‘real newspaper’, there are others who like our website as well.
Governance group
A project governance group has been established to guide future decision-making on the delivery of water services in the Waipā district. The Local Water Done Well Project Governance Group is made up of mayor Susan O’Regan, deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk, councillors Clare St Pierre and Mike Montgomerie, and staff with subject matter expertise. An iwi representative will also be appointed.
Bridge opens
Good Local Media’s sister publication Waikato Business News reviews the opening of Waikato River’s newest bridge Te Ara Pekapeka last week which was tinged with sadness because of Kingi Tuheitia’s passing only hours earlier. Waipā and Waikato mayors Susan O’Regan and Jacqui Church were among the dignitaries at the opening. More: waikatobusinessnews.nz
Bishop dies
Bishop Denis Browne
The Catholic Hamilton Diocese’s second bishop Denis Browne, 86, has died after a long illness. He served as a priest for 62 years.
Bishop Browne was a regular visitor to Waipā’s two Catholic churches – St Patrick’s in Te Awamutu and St Peter’s in Cambridge – during his service in the diocese from 1994 to 2014.
Musical memories
Rosetown Choristers will perform songs from well-known musicals on Sunday, at the Methodist Church, Bank St, Te Awamutu.
Birthday celebrated
Te Awamutu Library Source: Waipā District Council
Te Awamutu Library’s 150th anniversary was a time to reflect on how far library services had come, Waipā Community Services manager Brad Ward says. Te Awamutu Library was founded in 1874 out of a reading room in the Public Hall on Vaile Street and started with just 17 subscribers in what was then a village of 43 people. The library has moved location or been upgraded nine times since 1874.
Essay competition
Entries for the 2024 Children’s Essay Competition run by the Te Awamutu Rotary Club are open until September 27. The competition is open to schoolchildren as well as those who are home-schooled.
Creative pie
Just over $52,000 is being made available in the latest round of Creative Communities funding for Waipā organisations. Creative New Zealand makes the funds available for councils to distribute in September and March.
