Ukulele players from around the region gathered outside Te Awamutu Library last Saturday to enjoy a few hours’ strumming and a variety of open mic performances. The ukulele jam in Selwyn Park was timed to…
Ukulele players from around the region gathered outside Te Awamutu Library last Saturday to enjoy a few hours’ strumming and a variety of open mic performances. The ukulele jam in Selwyn Park was timed to…
Waipā dog registration fees have been set for the year, but one district councillor wants to know why rural dog owners do not get a discount for neutering their dogs. The council’s full schedule of…
Enrich Group’s relationship with the Hamilton City Cadet Unit was to the fore again with chief executive Karen Scott a guest at the unit’s pass out graduation. Karen, Hamilton mayor Paula Southgate and the unit’s…
Dog owners have been advised to be vigilant after algal bloom (cyanobacteria) was found in the north-western area of Lake Ngā Roto. Waipā District Council’s customer and community services group manager Sally Sheedy said while…
The environment is at no risk from the workings of an illegal quarry at Maungatautari, a Waikato Regional Council incident response officer has told the man who alerted the council to its existence. In an…
Previously ‘public excluded’ reports and information from Waipā District Council could be released following a decision this week by councillors. Legal counsel Diana Aquilina told the council if somebody made a request for a previously…
Civil Defence staff are exploring the role marae could play in emergencies. “There has been an expectation that most, mainly rural marae would be stood up as a Civil Defence Centre or a Community Led…
A Te Awamutu opportunity shop is “angry and frustrated” at people who have dumped domestic rubbish in front of their store. “If it is left there, it gets wet, and the smell comes right through…
Hazel Barnes is back – after spending the first five months of this year battling health issues, the 83-year-old Waipā councillor has returned to council for the last time. She hopes to conclude her remaining…
Waikato regional councillors have been told to shut up and not comment on any recent council decisions as its former chair heads to court to try and get his $161,000 a year job back. The…
