The late Sally Uerata’s contribution to the Pirongia Heritage and Information Centre was recognised with a posthumous presentation to her whānau. Uerata, who died on December 6 last year, was a foundation member of the…
The late Sally Uerata’s contribution to the Pirongia Heritage and Information Centre was recognised with a posthumous presentation to her whānau. Uerata, who died on December 6 last year, was a foundation member of the…
“Send him down to the Shed” is the theme for this year’s Menz Shed week being held throughout New Zealand in early September. Activities are being organised by sheds in the Waikato to promote the…
One hundred and fifty years of Te Awamatu Library history, of stories told and minds expanded, were celebrated at the facility last week. The Te Awamutu Library Sesquicentennial kicked off last Friday night with a…
Waipa Māori ward councillor Dale-Maree Morgan made an impassioned plea supporting Māori wards ahead of her colleagues’ decision to retain them this week. The decision will spark a binding poll at next year’s local body…
Supporters of the Cancer Society’s annual appeal this year, may well have bought a daffodil from Waikeria Prison. Around 200 bulbs were planted and harvested by prisoners, which were then donated to the street appeal,…
Kaumatua Tom Roa blessed the opening of Hospice Waikato’s new retail store in Te Awamutu so that those at the end of their life could also be blessed. Roa, an ahonuku/associate professor in the University…
The company behind the application to build a waste-to-energy Paiwera Recycle Plant near the Mangapiko Stream in Te Awamutu has joined objectors in welcoming the news the decision will be made by a board of…
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…
Waipā councillors today voted to support Māori wards. The decision means voters will be polled at next year’s local body elections on whether to continue with having an at large Waipā Māori ward in the…
23 August 3.10pm Update: the boy has been found. 23 August 2.35pm A teenage boy runaway described as “shy” has been missing since last night, after attempting to ride his bicycle from Piopio to Te…
