A better connection between RSA and its community is the goal for Te Awamutu’s new club president. Pete Watson has taken over the role of president from new life-member and district councillor Lou Brown and…
A better connection between RSA and its community is the goal for Te Awamutu’s new club president. Pete Watson has taken over the role of president from new life-member and district councillor Lou Brown and…
Six months after work was finished last year to save a 105-year-old steam engine, it still sits in a warehouse as frustration grows around finding it a new home. It took 15 years and $250,000…
Community groups have partnered to deliver free counselling in Te Awamutu schools. The move is in response to a growing number of children struggling with emotions, behavioural challenges, and family trauma, senior leader of Zion,…
The return of racing to the airways this month as part of a new sports radio network leaves Cambridge’s Florence Shearman feeling vindicated in her efforts to bring racing back to the fans. Radio Sport…
Blair Voorend takes readers through Waipā new water treatment plant. With water a big issue talked about around the country, in Waipā the Water Treatment Plant on Parallel Road is close to completion. But many…
Ōtorohanga District Council has made significant changes with its newly adopted Long Term Plan– and is now in new-look chambers. Last week the council celebrated the opening of its refurbished chambers with mana whenua, staff…
The potential for trafficking vulnerable girls is heightened in countries facing the dual dangers of abject poverty combined with the absence of a welfare safety net, says Helen Clark, particularly in a pandemic-stressed environment. The…
The award winning Te Awamutu plant has been honoured again at Fonterra’s Best Site Cup Awards. The plant, which supplies 10 per cent of butter in the Greater China region was awarded the Greater China…
Glenn Jackson says the drum therapy groups he runs around the Waikato “from primary schools to Henry Bennett” are making a significant difference in people’s lives, particularly those with disabilities. But it was in a…
Waipā ratepayers will see a 4.6 per cent increase in their rates when they get their first instalment in the post this month. Over 10 years, the average rates’ increase will be 2.2 per cent…
