When dairy farmer Rachel Numan started writing Tractor Dave children’s books for her sons, it soon turned into a positive initiative giving back to Kiwi communities nationwide. Tractor Dave is a colourful character having adventures…
The Pirongia Te Aroaro o Kahu Restoration Society will celebrate its 21st birthday on November 4. The organisation, led for many years by Waipā councillor Clare St Pierre, was set up to restore native flora…
The Prime Minister, Sir Joseph Ward, as part of his country tour, arrived at Te Awamutu by early train from Te Kūiti. He and his party were driven to the Commercial Hotel, where they were entertained to breakfast by the Te Awamutu Town Board….
Part of being prepared for volcanic eruptions is understanding what aspects of our lives might be impacted. Many may remember how the Eyjafjallajökull (or “that Icelandic volcano”) eruption shut down airways over Europe in 2010,…
Our lives are punctuated by the changing seasons, so it seems. The hazy days of summer, the mellowing in autumn, hibernation in winter and rebirth in spring. And with those changes come the aches and…
The report of a gun startled William Nabbs Jnr as he made his way through a wire fence near the Mangapiko School on a late afternoon in August 1884. He was out rabbit shooting with…
On October 19 we have the New Zealand Shakeout earthquake drill and tsunami hīkoi, a chance to practice what to do in an earthquake, as well as a tsunami evacuation walk if you are near…
The company planning a Waipā waste to energy plant is talking up Māori links, conservation, sustainability, cleaning up landfills and teaching recycling. But opponents say the proposed Paewira plant for Te Awamutu will poison residents,…
Deputy Mayor Liz Stolwyk is in France as part of a Waipā delegation attending the opening of the New Zealand Liberation Museum. She filed this column from Le Quesnoy for readers of The News. It…
Copious rainfall in the Te Awamutu district led to prolific pasture growth but changeable weather delayed hay making. Progressive settlers were considering using modern machinery to bale hay crops instead of the usual custom of…
