Waipā staff painted a brutal picture this week of the pressure they are under to produce an Annual Plan by June 30. At the council’s Audit and Risk committee on Monday, staff revealed eight new…
Waipā staff painted a brutal picture this week of the pressure they are under to produce an Annual Plan by June 30. At the council’s Audit and Risk committee on Monday, staff revealed eight new…
Organisers of Sunday’s Ecology Expo at Te Awamutu Museum are delighted with the uptake from the community. The expo was the second Tui & Tama Eco Expo held at the museum to coincide with Children’s…
Meghan Hawkes looks at some the headlines in Waipa in 1937. A whirlwind hit the Orakau farm of Mr J Cullen causing extensive damage in just a few minutes. It demolished a milking shed and…
Pirongia’s tower action group will argue it was a case of losing the plot. Late efforts to encourage a rethink of the site for Pirongia’s cell tower have failed – and led to calls for…
Foundation’s help The Child Cancer Foundation is supporting about 1100 families nationwide. “Every week this year, three Kiwi families will be told the heartbreaking news that their child has cancer,” said chief executive Monica Briggs. “We don’t receive any…
Just over $100,000 allocated by Waipā District Council to a Covid recovery fund will be returned unspent to council coffers where the community needs caused by the changing financial landscape is greater. The council approved…
Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan has confirmed her council has no intention of selling its shares in Hamilton Airport but could be in the market to buy more. Speaking to The News’ sister publication Waikato Business…
Waipā councillors have extended an olive branch to opponents of the Te Awamutu War Memorial Park upgrades after an impassioned plea from community board chair Ange Holt. Fighting back tears, Holt told the Strategic, Planning…
It has been 551 days since Waikato Hospital doctors discovered a golf-ball-sized tumour ballooning inside Fionnlagh Adams’ brain. At risk of death from the pressure building in her skull, the four-year-old was rushed to Starship…
Elizabeth Harvey and Karen Payne always know they have got their exhibits right when they see people standing in front of a case and talking about the contents. “That’s what we want; to stimulate conversation…
