A discharge into the Mangauika Stream near Pirongia, which supplies treated drinking water to Te Awamutu and Pirongia, has copped Waipā District Council a formal warning from Waikato Regional Council. The stream, which arises from…
A discharge into the Mangauika Stream near Pirongia, which supplies treated drinking water to Te Awamutu and Pirongia, has copped Waipā District Council a formal warning from Waikato Regional Council. The stream, which arises from…
Te Awamutu College school uniforms will be sold at cost price from the school’s uniform shop starting next term. The decision was made by the board so it could support parents and caregivers in an…
Waipā can look forward to a bumper crop of community events as the country moves out of Covid restrictions. A council committee yesterday considered a raft of funding applications from groups planning to hold events…
Nine of the 13 major resource consent applications received by Waipā District Council in the last quarter are on hold pending further information. They include plans to operate a sand quarry in Ōhaupō, extend one…
There are times when writers are rewarded beyond their wildest dreams for going the extra mile. In researching for one of his books while in Britain, Graeme Woodfield was given access to a treasure trove…
A proposed enrolment zone for Te Awamutu College at the start of 2023 makes sense – but it will divide school chums and siblings in some rural communities. College deputy principal Wayne Carter says the…
In the future, a network of shared paths and cycleways could cover much of Te Awamutu and Cambridge – but why? ‘The current system of just relying on cars is not going to cut it’ …
Following a year of limbo, Te Awamutu Grey Power has formed a committee. Last year the local 50 and over lobby group saw its president Hazel Barnes, secretary Meryl Reardon, and treasurer Bernard Westerbaan all…
Bags of blood, human faeces, pig heads, and dead cats. These are some of the horrors that Waipā residents have left for people like Pare Te Huia to sort, by hand, out of their recycling….
Susan O’Regan is putting her political career on the line with an “all or nothing” run at the Waipā mayoralty. Twelve weeks after she announced she was getting out of local politics to work in…
