A 120-year-old toolbox has disclosed a hidden treasure of old picture posters at the Te Awamutu Menzshed. While restoring the toolbox, Richard Cato discovered a montage of old picture posters inside the lid, under the…
A 120-year-old toolbox has disclosed a hidden treasure of old picture posters at the Te Awamutu Menzshed. While restoring the toolbox, Richard Cato discovered a montage of old picture posters inside the lid, under the…
Waipā council has identified five “very high” risks to its operations and 14 risks in total. In her report to the council’s Audit and Risk committee this week, risk advisor Genny Wilson listed inadequate staffing,…
Two mobile baristas are using their coffee-making skills from quite different platforms. Miriam Ellis parks her custom-made cycle coffee cart in Payne Park outside Resthaven in Cambridge while Te Awamutu’s Rebecca Petch plies her trade…
Heavy rainfall has warped the boardwalk that surrounds Lake Ngā Roto, resulting in a decision to close it. The lake and its surrounding areas were flooded by a significant storm last weekend that triggered a…
Waikato Regional Council has unveiled its draft regional public transport priorities for the next 30 years. The plan includes bringing climate change and emission reductions from a footnote to a headline and introduces greater connectivity…
Kihikihi residents and business owners have been targeted by thieves who rip external gas water heaters from outside walls. They took three Rinnai Infinity external heaters from different sites on Saturday night. “They are just…
A Te Awamutu-born leader is about to take the helm of one of New Zealand’s largest non-government organisations (NGO). Shelley Campbell, 55, who affiliates to Ngāti Hine and Ngāpuhi, is one of Waipā’s top achievers….
It could be another two months before the Kihikihi War Memorial Clock is tick tock. Restoration and automation work began on the clock late last year, after Waipā District Council stopped winding the clock in…
The Ministry of Education wants to introduce an enrolment zone for Te Awamutu College to prevent overcrowding and cap an ever-growing roll. The plans of hundreds of students from Kio Kio, Ōtorohanga, Waitomo and Maihiihi…
How traffic from Waipā heads north – and returns home – is about the change. Good Local editor Roy Pilott gets an early look at the Hamilton section of the Waikato Expressway which will open…
