Public input is being sought over a proposed $8 billion investment in Waikato’s land transport system. The Regional Transport Committee plan sets out how the region’s land transport system will be developed over the next…
Public input is being sought over a proposed $8 billion investment in Waikato’s land transport system. The Regional Transport Committee plan sets out how the region’s land transport system will be developed over the next…
Kane Rangitonga says help is still needed for people suffering from the Covid-19 fallout. As much as Covid-19 continues to negatively impact many in Te Awamutu, it is also making the community stronger, says Kainga…
Fonterra has been accused of creating ghost farms – including one in Waipā where nitrate-heavy water is dumped. Buxton Farm has been used to soak up waste water from the nearby Hautapu dairy plant since…
Waikato Regional Council leader Russ Rimmington says his decision to force through a $50,000 a year grant to the Rural Support Trust was right. Mr Rimmington used his casting vote to push the proposal through….
Three Cambridge women – two of them raising their own grandchildren – are opening a pop-up store in their town this week to raise funds for Linda Roil’s Kids in Need Waikato. The outlet will…
The Waipa Networks Business Awards format has been confirmed. Cambridge Business Chamber chief Kelly Bouzaid said a reshaping of the awards categories will better reflect business issues and strategies during 2020. Any business, of any…
A Te Awamutu Wharekura welcomed 10 new students with a powhiri this week. Te Wharekura o Ngā Purapura o Te Aroha has been on its site adjacent to Te Wānanga o Aotearoa in Factory Rd…
Courts issues fines to the value of almost $1.2 million as penalties for pollution inside Waikato Regional Council boundaries during 2020. The council too 21 environmental prosecutions resulting in 42 convictions against 23 polluters. Regional…
The story of a fabulous old waka, unfinished and buried for years in a King Country paddock, is one that members of the Ōtorohanga Historical Society think more people should hear. The team is embarking…
A close brush with Covid-19 has turned Kihikihi’s Dave Owen – better known as ‘Space Dave’ – into a vocal champion of Covid-19 contact tracing. Dave owns the Te Awamutu Space Centre in the heart…
