Students from four primary schools – Ōhaupō, Rukuhia, Kaipaki and Tamahere – joined residents of Hamilton’s Bupa Foxbridge Village to find out more about Waikato’s waterways. Using environmental “eDNA” technology with AquaWatch’s Waka monitoring equipment,…
Waipā’s new chief executive was greeted with a powhiri at Karāpiro on Monday, and it was down to business the following day with her first council meeting. Tokoroa born Stephanie O’Sullivan accepted the challenge of…
Power upgrade Te Awamutu’s ageing electricity infrastructure is to have its capacity increased to keep the network reliable. Waipā Networks will lay new 11kV underground cables along Racecourse Road between Mangapiko Street and Factory Road…
5 September 11am Kiingi Tuheitia’s youngest child and only daughter was announced as the new monarch of the Kiingitanga on Thursday morning. Te Puhi Ariki Ngawai Hono i te Pō Paki is the eighth Māori…
Lucy Ryan is confident Hamilton Gardens will continue to be popular with Waipā residents despite the city council’s decision to introduce an entry fee for out of towners. The gardens’ director estimates about a third…
Te Awamutu Business Chamber needs to fill two board vacancies at this month’s annual meeting later this month. The vacancies were created after board members Rachel Cooper resigned earlier in the year and Mark Derbyshire…
Waipa District Council staff are asking for retrospective permission for the creation of 10 steel panels to be installed on five cycling and walking bridges in and around Te Awamutu Memorial Park. The panels cost…
Ten heads are better than seven. That’s Te Awamutu and Kihikihi Community Board’s response to Waipā District Council’s proposal to reduce the number of general ward councillors from 10 to seven. Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan…
Out and About Zion Pastor Phil Strong, left, with Waipa District Council community advisor Corren Ngerengere and deputy chief executive Ken Morris at a recent Te Awamutu Business Chamber Business After 5 event at Zion….
The opening of Hamilton’s sixth bridge fell on the day of Kīngi Tuheitia’s passing, Roy Pilott reports. “As you know, things have changed – but the plan was set, and it’s left for us to…
