Te Awamutu Community Board’s monthly meeting for July has been cancelled – because of a lack of business. Council has minimised meetings in July over the past two years to provide elected members and staff…
Te Awamutu Community Board’s monthly meeting for July has been cancelled – because of a lack of business. Council has minimised meetings in July over the past two years to provide elected members and staff…
Te Awamutu’s Citizens Advice Bureau volunteers are doing double shifts to meet the demands of advice seekers. “The last two years for us have just been crazy, we never stopped,” said Manager Jessica Brown. The…
Te Awamutu food charity Kai For All say many are continuing to struggle in the wake of the Covid pandemic. “It has gotten worse, things have become much more bereaved,” said the organisation’s founder and…
Te Awamutu’s award-winning butchery Magills has more than trebled its capacity while providing the meat in some of the country’s best known brands. The butchery recently opened a new $2 million plus facility, which neighbours…
The weather that dumped heavy rain at the official opening of the Waikato Expressway Hamilton section on Tuesday appears to have delayed the public from using it. Around 250 hundred guests, including The News’ senior…
A new paper calling for a rethink of dental hygiene for children has been released days after The News revealed Te Awamutu’s Community Board had accused the Government of “subverting” science over fluoride use. The…
There appears to be little or no interest in compelling local bodies to live stream all their meetings. Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta has signalled she is comfortable with the current arrangement which leaves the…
Seven Te Awamutu artists have made the annual IHC Art Awards semi-final. The work of Hannah MacFarlane, Julie Tate, Stevie Cook, Andrea Meddings, Pauline Beuno, Sarah Griffin and Kathleen Bayer will be considered for the…
A general review of housing in the district has been delayed by six months because of a heavy workload at Waipā District Council. Known internally as Draft Plan Change 21, the scope of work includes…
Waipā’s population has cracked 60,000 for the first time in its 33-year history, up from 48,200 a decade ago. But whether that growth continues depends on what council policy advisor David Totman calls a “rogue…
