Roosting pest birds at Lake Rotopiko near Ōhaupō are being given another incentive to move on and take their messy poo with them. Collaborative efforts involving Te Awamutu Rotary Club and the New Zealand Wetlands…
Roosting pest birds at Lake Rotopiko near Ōhaupō are being given another incentive to move on and take their messy poo with them. Collaborative efforts involving Te Awamutu Rotary Club and the New Zealand Wetlands…
Pixie Stockman walks smiling from a health and wellbeing assessment at Kihikihi’s community hub. She consulted Te Kotahi Oranga Health and Wellness Centre student nurse Natasha To’o during the student-assisted clinic’s first visit to the…
Waitomo Caves choir will host its first open day for this year at the end of the month at the Ōtorohanga Baptist church. And it is hoping to make up the needed balance of voices,…
An active King Country huntaway named Puzzle injured his carpal (wrist) joint at work and had to have a plate put in. But being very engergetic he broke the plate so he was facing either…
Scammers have been active in Waipā and the King Country in recent weeks. Our sister paper the King Country News reported that a Te Kūiti woman was recently conned into providing bank details to a…
“They’ve got her,” said the celebratory text message. It was sent by community constable Ryan Fleming to CommSafe community safety officer Mandy Merson at the climax of a half hour drama that played out over…
A controversial change to crop protection structures and shelterbelts in Waipā will have its own District Plan consultation following a flurry of complaints about kiwifruit shelters. Lobbying from landowners, industry groups and an appeal by…
Despite global and national economic pressures continuing to impact Waipā, the region is still performing better across some measures than many others in New Zealand, says leading economist Brad Olsen. Business growth is stronger here…
Intermediate bands Stone Cold Riot and Pants on Fire Brigade celebrated several successes last week in Band Slam – a year 7-8 competition for young musicians. The Te Awamutu Intermediate School bands were among a…
Four Te Awamutu Lions Club members spent an afternoon last week sorting and bagging piles of old cash – all of it obsolete currency and all intended for a good purpose. They were playing their…
