“Every time the fire siren goes off, I know she wants to come with me.” Among the hundreds of attendees – many of them families – at Saturday’s Te Awamutu police station open day was…
“Every time the fire siren goes off, I know she wants to come with me.” Among the hundreds of attendees – many of them families – at Saturday’s Te Awamutu police station open day was…
A leading Waipā sports organisation wants the district council to convert its playing fields to artificial turf. Details of Te Awamutu Sports Club’s request to the district council are contained in confidential councillor briefing papers…
Emma Poole’s tenure as FMG’s first female Young Farmer of the Year is nearing its end. Last July, the Pirongia farmer, already the Waikato Bay of Plenty Young Farmer of the Year, became the first…
Health warning lifted for Lake Ngā Roto, and remains in place for Lakes Rotoroa (Hamilton Lake), Waikare, Hakanoa, Rotokauri, Whangape and Kainui. The Public Health warning issued on 7 November 2023 for Lake Ngā Roto…
Winners announced Jane Thompson and Valentina Di Maio of Cambridge won the open and youth categories in the Paua Architects’ sponsored Autumn Festival photography competition. The announcements were made at a launch function in the…
Central Kids Hazelmere Kindergarten’s 40 pint-sized poultry farmers are eagerly awaiting their first servings of scrambled, fried and boiled eggs – and enjoying some fluffy cuddles in the meantime. The students have incubated and hatched…
The level of public excluded discussions by Waipā councillors about the district’s financial woes became more evident this week. In approving a draft annual plan on Tuesday, councillors agreed to put the $33 million Te…
A group from the Waikato Hospital nursing class of 1964, including two from Waipā, recently celebrated their 60th reunion. Lynette Aish (nee Gardiner) and Paula Butterworth (nee Houghton) of Cambridge joined Putāruru’s Judy Osborne (nee…
Waipā District Council is set to be pressed to put a hold on plans to introduce fluoride to water. The council was ordered to prepare to add fluoride to the Cambridge town supply by outgoing…
Chris Rennie and Ōhaupō School could be considered a tried and tested partnership. He became the school’s new principal at the start of term one. With the first flurry now behind him, he chatted last…
