Marking up 50 in fine style

Marking up 50 in fine style

The Te Awamutu Music Federation (TAMF) will mark its half-century this weekend with a 50th Celebration Concert of solos and duets featuring renown pianist Michael Houstoun and collaborative pianist Sarah Watkins. Sunday afternoon’s concert at…

Life and times of Josef Sittauer

It was only a splinter of tawa wood but after five days the tetanus bacteria it introduced into 13-year-old Vincent Sittauer’s bloodstream took his life. It was December 1885 and New Zealand had not been…

It’s when, not if

New Zealand has experienced many more eruptions in our relatively recent history than most of us remember. Many may have memories of the Ruapehu 1995 and 1996 eruptions, some may remember the many eruptions of…

The Importance of Hospitality

It was a real thrill for me to learn how successful the Year 12 and 13 Te Awamutu College food tech and hospo students had been in the regional competitions. As a relief teacher there,…

Planting the corridor

More planting has been carried out in what is being developed into an ecological corridor between Maungatautari and Pirongia. The two maunga have successful pest control and restoration programmes and are separated by a distance…

What you hope for…

As I sit here in my office writing, I can feel the warmth of the sun on my back as the glorious day beams in from the outside. I’m hoping spring has sprung early this…

Jason in running for hort award

Jason Gwynn will represent the arborist sector at the New Zealand Young Horticulturist finals in November. Jason, who grew up in Te Awamutu, is an arborist team leader at Waipa Networks Limited. He decided three…

Faith, education and elections

Kihikihi was now able to support three hotels, five stores, two blacksmiths, one wheelwright, one saddler, two shoemakers, and one nurseryman along with a butchery, bakery and creamery. Faith was also flourishing – the Reverend…

Detecting warning signs

The ability to monitor volcanoes comes from a solid mix of technology, research, time, and experience. Thankfully, here in New Zealand we have these things. Before an eruption occurs – which is where magmatic material…

Council told Local Alcohol Policy should change

Waipā’s elected members have been advised to make changes to the district’s alcohol policy to help reduce alcohol-related harm in the district. Councils with a Local Alcohol Policy must review it every six years alongside…