It’s 7.50am in Ukraine and Lisette Reymer’s eyes are blood-shot; her body language oozes fatigue. The Waipā-raised Newshub reporter and Daniel Pannett, a Methven camera operator, have spent three weeks covering the Russian invasion of…
It’s 7.50am in Ukraine and Lisette Reymer’s eyes are blood-shot; her body language oozes fatigue. The Waipā-raised Newshub reporter and Daniel Pannett, a Methven camera operator, have spent three weeks covering the Russian invasion of…
The amount of legislation that is being thrown at council could soon be ‘overwhelming’, Waipā District councillor Lou Brown says. “We are getting a massive amount of legislation thrown at us with very short submission…
Waipā council has approved several new street names in the district. The road in a new subdivision at 93 Whitmore Street in Kihikihi will be called Te Koko Lane. Developer Papamoa TA Ltd Partnership consulted…
Kihikihi residents are counting down the days until their town clock ticks for the first time in five years. The restoration work on the Kihikihi War Memorial Clock is expected to be completed by March…
Waipā’s Sanctuary Mountain has won the Wintec-sponsored social and environmental Sustainability Award at the annual Waikato Chamber of Commerce Business awards. Volunteer co-ordinator Lian Buckett, speaking at the Lions Trash n Treasure market in Cambridge…
The Te Awamutu Light Operatic Society have concluded auditions for their latest musical. Tell Me a Story tells the tale of a grandmother and grandchild who celebrate the joys of reading together. It is the…
Former Te Pahu farmer George Clark has celebrated his 100th birthday with family, including his daughter, former Prime Minister Helen Clark, in Waihi Beach where he retired to in 1987. For his birthday on March…
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,…
