An art auction and three course dinner have been set up to raise money for the modification of Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari’s predator fence, so that kākāpō may be relocated to the maunga. The maunga’s conservation…
An art auction and three course dinner have been set up to raise money for the modification of Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari’s predator fence, so that kākāpō may be relocated to the maunga. The maunga’s conservation…
The Violence Free Waipā team took to Cambridge’s streets last Friday to mark Pink Shirt Day, an annual event held to quell rising levels of bullying. New Zealand has supported Pink Shirt Day since 2009,…
Efforts are being made to revive Grey Power’s Te Awamutu branch – but a full committee is needed to make it happen. The branch has been in limbo since last year when key executives announced…
Herawana Tupaea is back on the road again with a mobile vaccination team hoping to prevent Waipā residents from getting influenza, measles and whooping cough. The Waikato District Health Board vaccine kaimanāki (team lead) knows…
Mary Anne Gill talks to whānau and friends and tells the story of Margaret Evelyn, a victim of last week’s storm in Cambridge, which claimed two octogenarians. Margaret Evelyn was on her way back from…
The water tower is gone, but the future of the land it sat on in Kihikihi is still to be determined. Bill Harris, chairperson of Ngāti Apakura Runanga Trust, says the land the tower was…
A joint initiative designed to improve the quality of Waipā peat lakes is a step in the right direction, but there is no quick fix for damage already been done, says a Fish and Game…
Linda Bannister is the next Rosebank Art Centre artist displaying her work at the Te Awamutu Library’s current series of art exhibitions. She is displaying and selling 21 of her works at the library until…
Local Government New Zealand has pledged to involve community newspapers in a campaign to attract more candidates and voters to this year’s local body elections. LGNZ announced last week it wanted to make the country…
Te Awamutu Creative Fibre – who make products from fibre and encourage the learning of fibre related skills – are launching a pop-up shop next week. “We do anything with fibre,” said member Annette Whittle….
