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…
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 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…
Waipā District Council has forced the sale of a Cambridge property owned by a person who had not paid any rates since September 2016. Council is owed nearly $32,000 and took a rating sale by…
Forgotten World Adventures – which runs railcarts over the disused railway line between Taumarunui and Stratford – seems to be bucking the trend for visitor numbers. The tourism company has recorded better than expected advanced…
Waipā posties Danny and Ian Kennedy asked a private investigator to help prove NZ Post had broken their contract to deliver “all mail” in the RD3 Tamahere postal district. The private investigator followed a white…
