Te Awamutu’s kapa haka festival Te Rā Whakamana Rangatahi was a “great success”. “And that success was based on kotahitanga, unity,” said Te Wharekura o Ngā Purapura o te Aroha principal Jade Tapine. His wharekura…
Te Awamutu’s kapa haka festival Te Rā Whakamana Rangatahi was a “great success”. “And that success was based on kotahitanga, unity,” said Te Wharekura o Ngā Purapura o te Aroha principal Jade Tapine. His wharekura…
Waipā deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk is in for a $22,850 pay rise to $66,835 a year while other returning councillors also get significant pay increases. Pironga-Kakepuku ward member Clare St Pierre’s salary goes up $19,241…
The honeymoon is well and truly over for the newly elected Waipā council with confirmation the “perfect storm” chief executive Garry Dyet predicted during the election campaign has landed with a thud. The warning of…
Fresh repairs completed on a Te Awamutu road have been partially undone due to an unexpectedly warm weather. Puniu Road is causing frustration for council, contractors, and residents because unexpected warm weather melted the bitumen…
Former Te Awamutu College student Morgan Ellis is on a two week internship in the United States. Ellis has been working remotely from New Zealand as an artist and repertoire intern for Artist Partner Group…
Hamilton Airport says passenger numbers have bounced back to pre-pandemic levels ahead of the first post-pandemic summer. Numbers varied greatly during the pandemic and the April-June 2021 quarter, when international borders were closed, saw a…
Six Waipā residents have put in 15 per cent of the 434 official information requests to the council in the last year, taking up more than eight weeks’ staff time. The most prolific requester, with…
A robotic kayak invented by Waipā engineer Jeffrey To is on course to capture what’s going on in Waikato’s lakes. Ngā Roto near Te Awamutu has koi carp aplenty, some sunken objects including a 55m…
The Kihikihi town clock’s recent timekeeping troubles were caused by “malicious” intent, and are not related to council’s recent restoration work. “Unfortunately, some people have been maliciously interfering with the power supply to the clock,…
Operation Christmas Hampers will easily reach its goal of giving away 200 Christmas hampers this year. “If Christmas is about giving, supporting people, and having a festive time, this just kind of ticks all the…
