Volunteer awareness Te Awamutu Citizens’ Advice Bureau is observing Volunteer Awareness Week, which runs to Saturday, by celebrating the work of its team. “We’re a small team of 25 at the Te Awamutu CAB, and…
Volunteer awareness Te Awamutu Citizens’ Advice Bureau is observing Volunteer Awareness Week, which runs to Saturday, by celebrating the work of its team. “We’re a small team of 25 at the Te Awamutu CAB, and…
A decision to close Ōtorohanga’s caravan park and holiday camp on June 30 has come as news to some residents. Ōtorohanga District Council said this week the lease expired a year ago, June 30, 2023….
The 56th edition of Fieldays wrapped up on Saturday with the traditional townies’ day. More than 1100 exhibitors and thousands of visitors spent four days at Mystery Creek in the Waipā district. Guests included prime…
Allison Surtees has good reason to look forward to a fortnightly trip from Te Awamutu to Hamilton. It’s there she joins with other members of the Waikato Kōrero Club – an organisation which supports her…
A 44 per cent drop in income from building consents issued in Waipā paints a stark picture of the state of the construction industry, figures released to the council’s Finance and Corporate committee this week…
Packed buses outside the door, phone call after phone call and no accommodation available in Te Awamutu. That is how i-Site manager Roz Liddell is describing the information centre’s Fieldays experience. The national agricultural event…
Deane Mark wanted to be just his workmate, now his daughter wants to be just like him. Mark, 48, applied to be a volunteer firefighter 30 years ago when he worked at Erg Automotive in…
Volunteering is in Ian Campbell’s blood. The 60-year-old spends up to 25 hours per week volunteering for the good of his community: about 20 hours as chief fire officer of Te Awamutu Volunteer Fire Brigade…
Te Awamutu local Corban George-Potterton has won the Riding for the Disabled (RDA) Young Volunteer of the Year Award for 2023 from a pool of 48 RDA groups across New Zealand. He is a Riding…
Just after sunrise every day, millions of sparrows, starlings and pigeons leave their roosting spot at Lake Rotopiko near Ōhaupō having created carnage. National Wetland Trust co chair Don Scarlet explained to Rotary International president…
