Time has been standing still in two Waipā communities – but not for much longer. Waipā District Council staff stopped winding the Kihikihi War Memorial Clock in 2017 as they were no longer able to safely access the…
Time has been standing still in two Waipā communities – but not for much longer. Waipā District Council staff stopped winding the Kihikihi War Memorial Clock in 2017 as they were no longer able to safely access the…
Waipā District Council will make a $15,000 contribution towards a new group which will lobby government to stall its controversial Three Waters Reforms. Councillors debated the source of the funding and whether it was council’s…
When Freeman Court residential manager Tricia Ball rescued yet another resident from one of the many low couches and chairs at the Te Awamutu retirement community, she knew she needed help. So, she asked the…
By Benjamin Wilson A father of three has a long road of recovery ahead of him after a tree branch fell on his car earlier this month. Because of injuries to his neck and spine,…
By Luke East Just over 70 years ago Joe and Tom Hughes opened the Hughes Bros Coal Mine in Pirongia. With much of the nation’s towns still reliant on freight delivered by rail, coal was…
Friendships forged in the heat of a wood-fired anagama kiln in the back-blocks of Roto-o-Rangi are central to an exhibition at Te Awamutu Museum until December 23. ‘Forged in Fire’ tells the story of how…
By Luke East Fundraising for Te Awamutu’s Gathering Place has topped the $1.2 million mark. Two weeks ago the Te Awamutu News reported that the Te Awamutu Presbyterian Church had put a proposal to Waipa…
Riverside Golf Club has appointed one of New Zealand’s longest-serving golf professionals and an old familiar face to two key positions at its new Tīeke course. Richard Ellis will become golf director while well-known Waikato golf identity…
Submissions from Waikato-Tainui, Hamilton City Council, Waipa and Waikato district councils left Parliament’s Environment committee with “a lot to think about.” That was the summing up by committee chair Eugenie Sage after hearing presentations on…
Staff at Waipā District Council found assets they did not realise they had – but more disturbingly found they had routinely listed other “disposed assets” on their annual reports for years. Some old assets dated…
