Volcanologist Dr Janine Krippner has made an explosive discovery. Century old views of Mount Ngāuruhoe on the Central Plateau in eruption held by the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington are a smouldering sham. Krippner, a…
Volcanologist Dr Janine Krippner has made an explosive discovery. Century old views of Mount Ngāuruhoe on the Central Plateau in eruption held by the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington are a smouldering sham. Krippner, a…
Restoration of the stained glass windows at St Paul’s Church in Rangiaowhia are among six projects to get funding from Waipā District Council’s Heritage Fund. The $20,000 is $40,000 shy of what is needed to…
It took around 700 bread rolls and sausages, bucketloads of goodwill and who knows how much in the way of sauce to make New Zealand’s longest hotdog in Te Awamutu on Monday. The mammoth effort…
An appeal not to gut their discretionary grant allocation will be part of the Te Awamutu-Kihikihi Community Board’s submission on Waipā District Council’s long term plan. Member Jill Taylor warned at the board’s latest meeting…
Recognising and responding to people experiencing a mental health crisis or challenge is a skill every New Zealander should have, says Pirongia mental health expert Sarah Keelty. She is team lead at Manaaki Raatonga aa…
Members of the Te Awamutu Community Menz Shed are mourning the loss in April of two long-standing members of their organisation. David ‘Taffy’ Francis, and Erick Saunders were Menz Shed members for some years. Taffy…
A series of free meetings tomorrow and Saturday signals an important stage in the launch of a book chronicling seven years of research into Te Awamutu’s historically rich architecture. It will bring the public up…
They have been around for millions of years, often don’t live long enough to celebrate a second birthday – and without human help they will die out. So the opening of a new wing at…
It’s the show where you can buy everything from items for the home to sheep. And, if you like, take a jetboat ride. The three day Waipā Home and Leisure Show at Karāpiro is a…
Steph O’Sullivan has returned to her Waikato roots with confirmation this week she will be Waipā’s new chief executive from late August. O’Sullivan was born and brought up in Tokoroa where her grandfather Bernie O’Sullivan…
