Home team win bowls

Home team win bowls

Kihikihi won the triples tournament held at home last week. Twenty eight teams contested the Edward’s and Hardy-sponsored event held in perfect winter conditions – fine and sunny with only a light breeze. The first…

Art on show at wānanga

Around 40 Māori curators from museums, galleries, archives and museums gathered at O-Tāwhao Marae in Te Awamutu over the weekend for their annual hui aimed at networking, sharing knowledge and discussing how to grow Māori…

News …. in brief

i-Site grants Te Awamutu and Cambridge i-Sites have been given grants of $30,000 each by Waipā District Council in the 2024-2025 financial year to help recover from the loss of the council’s funding. The decision…

Waipa farmers in awards heaven

Pirongia farmer Kirwyn Ellis is the New Zealand dairy trainee of the year and Ngāhinapōuri’s Logan and Sian Dawson runners up in the share farmer of the year competition. They were presented with their awards…

Visitor’s claim win

Kihikihi Bowling Club started its “Winter Programme” last week with a very successful Presidents’ Birthday tournament. President Dave Barnett sponsored the event and playing conditions were perfect with a full field of entries and $1000…

Life changing and life saving

Recognising and responding to people experiencing a mental health crisis or challenge is a skill every New Zealander should have, says Pirongia mental health expert Sarah Keelty. She is team lead at Manaaki Raatonga aa…

Bound to be good

Marcus and son Samuel Gower with Warwick and Cam Emmett got the opportunity to do the Outward Bound Leaps and Bounds eight day course through a generous scholarship from Outward Bound Trust and the Te…

Waipā star Kango for it

Waikato interest in the biggest event of Cambridge Raceway’s calendar tomorrow has been boosted following a late withdrawal. Kango, trained at Cambridge Raceway by Arna Donnelly, is a  late starter in the feature race following…

Central wins in Kihikihi

A Cambridge Central combination won a successful tournament at Kihikihi last week. Skip Laurie Roycroft, with Ron Greenwood and Dennis Wilcock , secured first prize with four wins, 22 ends and 49 points. They headed…

Shakespeare is coming to town…

Te Awamutu College will host the Waikato Regional Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival on April 5. It is  the second time the college has hosted the festival as…