Some unusual items arrive at the Te Awamutu Menzshed for repair. Few would be more interesting – or more a challenge – than an Antique Auguste Reidemeister French Tricycle horse, made in France in the…
Some unusual items arrive at the Te Awamutu Menzshed for repair. Few would be more interesting – or more a challenge – than an Antique Auguste Reidemeister French Tricycle horse, made in France in the…
Twelve-year-old Te Awamutu Intermediate student, Lucas Sloan, has been praised by the community for his gardening prowess and business initiative. Last week Lucas enlisted the help of his Mum, Racheal Simmonds, to make a Facebook…
An award-winning food producer says Kaipaki, where she lives and runs Well & Truly Artisan Pantry, is the “best kept secret around”. Sue Loder has won the bountiful table category in the NZI Rural Women…
Organisers of the 2022 Cambridge Autumn Festival Short Story Competition hope this year’s theme of ‘Carpe Diem’, or ‘seize the day’, will inspire writers to enter. The nationwide competition is now open. Cambridge Autumn Festival…
By Luke East One hundred and 10 years ago the Consul-General of Egypt died – he was Sir Eldon Gorst, a man with Te Awamutu connections – the son of Sir John Gorst, the former…
Mayor off sick Waipā deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk has been covering for mayor Jim Mylchreest the past few days while he has been on sick leave. The News understands Mylchreest, who in August announced he…
Closed circuit television cameras in Te Awamutu will be replaced with new more powerful cameras which police and neighbourhood support group CommSafe will use to monitor “unsavoury after-hours activity”. And in neighbouring Kihikihi, two new…
Waikato’s Covid outbreak is slowly growing with more cases detected in Te Awamutu. All the Waipā cases are linked to the current Waikato outbreak. Two locations of interest in Te Awamutu have been listed by…
17 October 2021 – 1.30pm – A COVID-19 case has been confirmed in Kihikihi today. The confirmed case follows two positive COVID-19 detections in wastewater samples taken from Te Awamutu on Tuesday and Wednesday last…
By Luke East Church-leaders are concerned about the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on those who are already isolated and vulnerable. Te Awamutu’s churches are some of those most active in providing support to those in need, but…
