Te Awamutu’s Pekerau School has taken its first step towards correcting its name to Pekapekarau School. The decision to move towards a name change was given the green light at a hui held via zoom on October 21. The next step is…
Te Awamutu’s Pekerau School has taken its first step towards correcting its name to Pekapekarau School. The decision to move towards a name change was given the green light at a hui held via zoom on October 21. The next step is…
A radical approach to boosting use of public transport by centralising funding and decision-making has been floated in an independent review of Waikato Regional Council’s service. The review recommends investigating having one organisation contracted and…
Safety issues at the George Street public carpark and the level of action by the district council are worrying the Te Awamutu Community Board. In her report to the board on Tuesday, board chair Angela…
The Te Awamutu Presbyterian Church has offered to sell part of its land in Mutu Street to Waipā District Council to help fund its new church. Te Awamutu Community Board member Jill Taylor made the…
By Constable Ryan Fleming Like many groups, Covid-19 has had an impact on the team at Operation Christmas Hampers. This time each year we are busy out on the streets getting donations of food, Christmas…
Te Awamutu remains among Waikato centres continuing to operate daily Covid testing sites. Ōtorohanga, Hamilton and Te Kuiti also have pop-up and dedicated testing sites operating as they report new cases daily. But in Cambridge…
A new housing policy which allows Waipā towns to have three homes of up to three storeys high built without a resource consent is a recipe for creating slum situations, says mayor Jim Mylchreest. It…
A Waipā-based charitable trust that works alongside disabled people so they can develop their skills and abilities has applauded sweeping changes in the disability sector. The government last week announced it would move disability funding…
Welfare committees in Waipā, Waitomo and Ōtorohanga have been very active and supportive of residents during the latest Covid lockdown, says Waipā District Council Emergency Management operations manager David Simes. Food parcels and kai distribution were…
By Luke East After weeks of click and collect, Waipā retailers were permitted to open their doors again yesterday. Bev Cooper, of Murray Hunt Furnishings, was relieved and glad that the company’s three stories were…
