On the surface, Gregory the Kiwi is a charming children’s book about an adventurous Te Kūiti kiwi. However, the story behind the story – written by a Te Awamutu couple – reveals it is also…
On the surface, Gregory the Kiwi is a charming children’s book about an adventurous Te Kūiti kiwi. However, the story behind the story – written by a Te Awamutu couple – reveals it is also…
Hato Hone St John and Embracing Hearts are promoting a colour run at Lake Ngā Roto which aims to provide automatic electronic defibrillators in schools and preschool. Te Awamutu Area Committee secretary Tracy Chisholm is…
Fifty Mini drivers will navigate steep mountain passes and potholes and push their vehicles to the limit as they travel 2300km from Paihia to Invercargill to raise funds for children’s charity KidsCan. The event runs…
Hamilton city councillor Andrew Bydder says he will stand for both Waipā and Hamilton councils at the upcoming local body elections. Bydder, a 54-year-old Cambridge architectural designer, has ruled out a bid for Waipā mayor…
Farmer confidence has flipped to its highest level in a decade, according to the latest Federated Farmer survey, having flopped from the worst it has ever been. But the results of the latest national farm…
Waipā is print-ready with water asset plans, Mary Anne Gill reports, but Chris Gardner finds one of their proposed partners is still making its mind up. Waipā District Council has revealed it plans to go…
Financial data presented at an Ōtorohanga District Council elected members workshop shows ratepayers are better off sharing ownership of the district’s water infrastructure with other councils rather than going it alone. But an options analysis…
DairyNZ board chair Tracy Brown says the organisation got it wrong when it asked farmers to chose one of two levy rises. Asking farmers whether they wished to maintain current science and research, at between…
Van Dorsten, 27, manages Tony and Louise Collingwood’s 455-cow 165ha farm at Scown Road, Ōtorohanga. Van Dorsten, who is from Te Awamutu and attended Hamilton Boys’ High School, won $10,523 in prizes at last week’s…
Te Awamutu-Kihikihi Community Board member Jill Taylor is ramping up efforts to improve conditions in New Zealand rest homes. For the past two years, Taylor has directed her concerns to local rest homes, government agencies…
