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 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…
Community heroes Alex Phillips and Selina Heke have kept the Kihikihi Rugby Sports Club alive, says junior delegate Tawhiri Gavin. Alex became the club’s chair more than a decade ago, but he returned to his…
Waipā Mayor Jim Mylchreest told the district council last week a company called Ergozyme NZ might have the answer to Lake Ngaroto’s toxic pollution – but who are they? Benjamin Wilson finds out. Ergozyme…
Co-founder Margaret Kirk celebrated the opening of the Kihikihi Community Hub last week. Kirk said their debut was constructive, and people who attended wanted to share their resources and ideas. The Hub hosted Jessica Brown…
