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Name that street

Dairy Lane, Waipiko Dve, Willow Rd, and Rose Ave have been approved as street names and Manawanui as the reserve for the Waipiko Landing development in Te Awamutu. Resource consent for the development was granted…

Pirongia’s Five Stags for sale

Pirongia’s pub is up for sale after its owners failed in a final attempt to get their licence back. Nora Fu, sole shareholder of Night Pearl Ltd, shut the Five Stags Restaurant and Bar in…

A matter of convenience

Looking to spend a penny in Waipa? The district’s most popular public toilets are in Victoria Square, Cambridge and Arawata St in Te Awamutu. They are both either across the road or next to information…

Parade success

Te Awamutu has welcomed in Christmas 2024 in style with a massive turnout for its annual Christmas parade on Saturday. And on the day when fans turned out to watch an A-league soccer match in…

Food safety notices issued

Three Waipā food premises have been issued with improvement notices since October and two in Te Awamutu ordered to close because of unsafe food practices. The other in Leamington was allowed to remain open. And…

Maunga sets $42m target

An endowment fund is being launched to fund the ongoing replacement of the world’s largest predator proof fence If the fund reaches its $42 million target it would return $2 million a year, Sanctuary Mountain…

News in brief ….

Pirongia park Skate park concept designs for Pirongia are being finalised following community consultation earlier this year. The adjacent playground has been included in the project which will draw on community fundraising activities and Waipā…

News…. in brief

Health warning escalated Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora have escalated the health risk for Lake Ngā Roto to “extreme” because of high cyanobacteria levels. No water based activities are to be undertaken while the…

Double decker delight

Electric double decker buses were out and about in Waipā last week as drivers trained on them in preparation for their debut on the Cambridge and Te Awamutu routes. Passengers on the Cambridge 20 and…

Having a wine old time

Waipā’s Monavale orchard is toasting success borne out of disaster. Just over two years after a budding crop was almost obliterated by an unseasonable October frost which hit both production and employment, Monavale has reinvented…

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