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Artists in holiday expo

Four Waipā artists with decades of experience between them – three from the Te Awamutu area and one from Cambridge – are taking part in a school holidays art exhibition at Te Awamutu’s Burchell Pavilion,…

Three Waters claim withdrawn

Waipā District Council has pulled a sentence from a Three Waters reform media release it sent out last week and admitted the sentence was wrong. The release claimed people who do not take part in…

Waipā author fills a gap

Imagine living on a wild and windy bird sanctuary in New Zealand. Cambridge author Libby Kirkby-McLeod did too, so she wrote about it putting Eugene, his brother Miles and his parents on the island for…

Dry July for community board

Te Awamutu Community Board’s monthly meeting for July has been cancelled – because of a lack of business. Council has minimised meetings in July over the past two years to provide elected members and staff…

Bureau under the pump

Te Awamutu’s Citizens Advice Bureau volunteers are doing double shifts to meet the demands of advice seekers. “The last two years for us have just been crazy, we never stopped,” said Manager Jessica Brown. The…

Struggle continues, says charity

Te Awamutu food charity Kai For All say many are continuing to struggle in the wake of the Covid pandemic. “It has gotten worse, things have become much more bereaved,” said the organisation’s founder and…

Meating demand

Te Awamutu’s award-winning butchery Magills has more than trebled its capacity while providing the meat in some of the country’s best known brands. The butchery recently opened a new $2 million plus facility, which neighbours…

Express delivery

The weather that dumped heavy rain at the official opening of the Waikato Expressway Hamilton section on Tuesday appears to have delayed the public from using it. Around 250 hundred guests, including The News’ senior…

Dental care strain emphasised

A new paper calling for a rethink of dental hygiene for children has been released days after The News revealed Te Awamutu’s Community Board had accused the Government of “subverting” science over fluoride use. The…

Live streaming: by choice

There appears to be little or no interest in compelling local bodies to live stream all their meetings. Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta has signalled she is comfortable with the current arrangement which leaves the…

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