Pukeatua Memorial Church have had the first glimpse of their replacement cross, made by Menz Shed. On Monday Margaret Main, chairperson of Pukeatua Memorial Church, visited Menz Shed to inspect the cross. Main said although…
Pukeatua Memorial Church have had the first glimpse of their replacement cross, made by Menz Shed. On Monday Margaret Main, chairperson of Pukeatua Memorial Church, visited Menz Shed to inspect the cross. Main said although…
The Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari education centre can be “game changing,” says lead educator Tali Jellyman. Jellyman gave The News an update on the sanctuary’s new education centre, about a month into the construction. The site…
On Saturday 9 April at exactly 10.36am the skies of Te Awamutu hummed with the sound of heritage aircraft as a Supermarine Spitfire, two T-6C Texans and a Grumman Avenger flew over our town. During…
Eager minds are being introduced to rongoā, or Māori herbal medicine, using the flora on Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari. Rongoā rākau – an introduction to Māori herbal medicine, is taught by Maungatautari volunteer Ringi Morgan-Fifield. While…
Seventeen community organisations waited with bated breath yesterday as the funds that they had applied for were allocated. The Te Awamutu Community Board received 17 requests for funding from community groups, totalling $68,358.72. Applications for…
Waipā residents’ use of buses continues to lag behind the heady pre Covid days, figures released by Waikato Regional Council show. The council hopes the half price bus fares introduced by the government from April…
Restrictions beehives are to be removed from the draft Waipā Animal Nuisance Bylaw. And people wanting to keep beehives at or above the second storey of a building can also do so provided the building…
Cambridge economist Peter Nicholl has received an international award for his work as governor of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Nicholl, who writes a regular column for The News, received the Central Banking…
A request for further information has paused progress on Global Contracting Solutions’ (GCS) plans to build a waste to energy plant on Te Awamutu’s Racecourse Road. GCS applied for consent in December 2021, however their…
Hundreds of people packed the Cambridge Raceway stands to farewell publican Richard Bright and extend their sympathies to the families of the other men who died with him in the March 20 boating tragedy off…
