Waipā’s Sanctuary Mountain has won the Wintec-sponsored social and environmental Sustainability Award at the annual Waikato Chamber of Commerce Business awards. Volunteer co-ordinator Lian Buckett, speaking at the Lions Trash n Treasure market in Cambridge…
The Te Awamutu Light Operatic Society have concluded auditions for their latest musical. Tell Me a Story tells the tale of a grandmother and grandchild who celebrate the joys of reading together. It is the…
Former Te Pahu farmer George Clark has celebrated his 100th birthday with family, including his daughter, former Prime Minister Helen Clark, in Waihi Beach where he retired to in 1987. For his birthday on March…
Te Awamutu Community Board chair Ange Holt has undertaken to ensure any information released about a survey which invites residents to consider Te Awamutu’s future will be approved by her board. She made the commitment…
Te Awamutu College would have started teaching lessons in its hall had modular classrooms not arrived on site at the end of 2021. “Gone are the days where a teacher will have a classroom for…
Waipā council’s workplace has split into bubbles to manage the district’s business continuity risk during the Omicron wave. But council managers still expect and have planned for a 50 per cent absentee rate, Genny Wilson,…
Waipā mayor Jim Mylchreest says releasing the council’s proposed fees and charges for consultation gives the public a “great opportunity” to feedback. “We’ve got to make sure all these fees can be backed up in…
Youths nabbed after car stolen A car stolen from the forecourt of Mobil Service Station in Queen Street, Cambridge on the weekend set off a series of events which resulted in the arrest of eight…
Win one of Cathy O’Shea’s Irish Apple Pies for St Patrick’s Day. Send your best Irish story to [email protected] It’s that time of year well known Waikato real estate agent and Irish historian Cathy O’Shea…
For five years, Waka Kotahi’s unwillingness to move a speed reduction sign has maintained a source of frustration. In 2017, Waipā District councillor Susan O’Regan contacted Waka Kotahi (then named the Land Transport Agency) to…
