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Minister opens Fonterra’s boiler 

The Minister for Energy and Resources Hon Dr Megan Woods officially opened Fonterra’s wood pellet boiler at its Te Awamutu plant last week. The site has been operating on wood pellets for nearly a year and the…

Petch: now for  Paris in 2024   

A nightmare Olympic start for BMX rider Rebecca Petch, which finished with a strong finish, has spurred her on for Paris in 2024. In her rookie Olympic race Rebecca clipped off her pedal around the…

Scholarship to aid urban forests research

The latest recipient of the $6000 Dr Stella Frances Scholarship says her thesis is a particularly challenging, exciting and novel project that will add to the story of underground life within the human ecosystem, namely…

Affordable housing partnership unveiled

A huge chunk of land in Te Awamutu, already identified as one of the town’s growth cells, may become home to an affordable housing initiative between developers and Crown agency Kāinga Ora. In his report…

Local woman’s history with La Leche league

    The woman who brought La Leche League to New Zealand 54 years ago was an only child who admits she scarcely knew what a baby was before having five of her own. Scots-born…

Big latch-on coming … with prizes

Mums taking part in Te Awamutu’s Virtual Big Latch On, being held via Zoom on August 6, will have the opportunity to win a few great prizes. Te Awamutu La Leche League leader Aisling Osborne…

MP on offensive of ‘Mob money’ 

Waikato MP Tim van de Molen has echoed joined the chorus of complaints over gang links to Government funding. It was “incomprehensible that $2.75 million has been allocated to them instead of to reputable agencies…

A cross to bear 

It’s been 40 years since the two of us were together in central Hamilton, but the circumstances are completely different. Archbishop Philip Richardson, also Bishop of Waikato and Taranaki, and I walk across Victoria St…

Getting Waipā vaccinated

The Covid vaccine roll out has reached Waipā this week as the huge task to vaccinate the community ramped up. The Cambridge Community Marae – Nga Hau E Wha – is the latest community COVID-19…

Train site still months away 

Te Awamutu’s Climax train engine remains at a stand still with council saying that it maybe months before a site for the refurbished train is confirmed. The Waipā District Council says that at the moment…

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