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Two services mark Armistice Day

Sombre services were held earlier this week in Pukeatua and Te Awamutu to mark Armistice Day – the day in 1918 that ended World War 1. The area’s commemorations started with a service on Sunday…

News …. in brief

November 13 4pm The owner of an American Bulldog which attacked a miniature poodle in Sherwin Park, Te Awamutu has been convicted under the Dog Control Act for owning a dog that made an attack…

McKenzie Centre celebrates 40th

Long-serving McKenzie Centre director Trisha Benge teared up as she reflected on the 27 years, she had worked at the Waikato early intervention facility. Speaking at the centre’s 40th anniversary celebrations at Hamilton West School…

Service groups invited to sign up

The last remnants of Te Awamutu Women’s Institute will be swept away when its faded plaque is removed from a dilapidated sign at the Ōhaupō Road entrance to the town. Te Awamutu and Kihikihi Community…

Boost for health programmes

Three central North Island primary health organisations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Waikato University to tackle New Zealand’s health workforce shortages. In putting pen to paper, chief executives from Pinnacle, Hauraki and National…

Dirty rats help protect pests

Thieves stole four predator traps from Te Awamutu and District Memorial Garden towards the end of last month. The thefts are the latest in a long line of activities disrupting the work of four volunteers…

Bollard for bench trade rejected

Waipa District Council is being asked not to spend thousands of dollars replacing around a dozen wooden benches at Te Awamutu and District War Memorial Park  – and put money into bollards instead. But the…

Wartime nurse has links to Waipā

As RSAs around the country prepare to mark Armistice Day on November 11, one 105-year-old with links to Te Awamutu will be sifting through her own wartime memories. Armistice Day relates to the ending of…

Dog complaints on ‘par’ with 2023

Wandering and barking dogs continue to test Waipā’s animal control team. In the three months from July 1, the council fielded 1115 calls on behalf of the team with 580 of them relating to animal…

Armistice day remembered

Armistice Day plans across the region are in place to mark November 11 – the day on which guns fell silent in 1918 at the end of World War 1. Te Awamutu RSA will begin…

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