A move to give the Director General of Health the power to determine whether fluoride goes into water supplies has the potential to create divisions in Waikato. Only Hamilton City and Waikato District fluoridate all…
A move to give the Director General of Health the power to determine whether fluoride goes into water supplies has the potential to create divisions in Waikato. Only Hamilton City and Waikato District fluoridate all…
Waipā residents are being given a host of opportunities to discuss the district’s 10-year plan proposals. The Waipā District Council has unveiled plans to find $2 billion of spending over that time and use ratepayer…
Hours after the News reported last week it could find no Māori who had been elected to the Waipā District Council, Sue Milner put the record straight. The former three term district councillor, who now…
Waipā District Council has acknowledged it could have done a better job of explaining proposed changes the district’s long-term plan. The council wants to short circuit changes to zoning where land has been set aside…
The Balloons over Waikato returned to Waipā after a Covid enforced absence to enthral hundreds in Te Awamutu’s Albert Park Friday 19. A five day event culminated in what has become a traditional fireworks display…
Sam Shaw qualified for the repechage in under 16 single scull after finishing fifth in his heat at this week’s Maadi Cup competitions at Lake Karapiro. The Te Awamutu College student featured on the front…
The Memorial Park concept plan has a new look following public consultation. Waipā district councillors looked at a plan this week which has major changes compared to the draft proposal which sparked outrage last year….
Waipā District councillors are considering reducing their numbers – and after largely shutting up shop on their opinion of Māori wards, backed a plan to go to the public on the issue yesterday. But one…
My name is Blair Voorend and I’m the new reporter for Te Awamutu News. After working for the New Zealand Herald in Hawke’s Bay for the past two years I have moved back to the…
By Blair Voorend Plans to spruce up Te Awamutu’s railway station are moving ahead but with repeated issues of vandalism its not going to be as people hoped. Te Awamutu Community Board member Gary…
