New Zealand’s only facility dedicated to mastitis testing at Waikato Innovation Park is helping dairy farmers reduce cases and costs. Microbiologists at Farm Medix’s Hamilton laboratory analyse milk samples from farms across the country. Through…
New Zealand’s only facility dedicated to mastitis testing at Waikato Innovation Park is helping dairy farmers reduce cases and costs. Microbiologists at Farm Medix’s Hamilton laboratory analyse milk samples from farms across the country. Through…
Frustrations are expected to be aired at a public meeting attended by some of the hikers and hunters who aided the search for an Auckland hiker who disappeared in Pureora Forest on March 23. Experienced…
New Te Awamutu Rotary Club president Kylie Brewer could well be the embodiment of what service clubs today are looking for. She’s a capable, youthful professional, full of energy and ideas she hopes will attract…
A new study has modelled which habitats might be most vulnerable to gold clam infestations – and suggest they are here to stay and finding the country more hospitable because of climate change. It suggests…
Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan is calling on the Department of Conservation to dig deeper into its pockets and help save Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari from closure. O’Regan accompanied sanctuary chief executive Helen Hughes and conservation minister…
Waipā couple Ian and Danny Kennedy have lost their home and livelihood after they failed to secure an injunction to stop New Zealand Post terminating their rural delivery contract. The Kennedys sold their Te Awamutu…
This 40-tonne dam gate, which protects one of three new generators at Karāpiro, was put in place during a precision exercise on the Waikato River dam this week. It marked the completion of another stage…
Tarapipipi Te Waharoa was born in 1805 into a world where the principle of utu was first and foremost in how his people lived. I should note here that the most well-known consequence of utu…
High school students may be asked to design a new sign welcoming motorists to Te Awamutu. Te Awamutu and Kihikihi Community Board member Jill Taylor suggested approaching Year 13 students to the job after chair…
Waikato mayors including Waipā and its King Country neighbours, will be meeting soon to discuss a water services entity. And Ōtorohanga mayor Max Baxter is warning of pitfalls. The water service entity is required by…
