The Te Awamutu community is being asked to help preserve its history by supporting a pre-sales format to bring a unique publishing project to fruition. Sandra Metcalfe and Alan Hall – both members of the…
The Te Awamutu community is being asked to help preserve its history by supporting a pre-sales format to bring a unique publishing project to fruition. Sandra Metcalfe and Alan Hall – both members of the…
Andrew Flay is not sure why his farm was selected for a visit from Australian High Commissioner Harinder Sidhu, but he made certain she had a real ‘down on the farm’ experience. Sidhu, who was…
Pirongia’s Five Stags is losing its licence from May 19. The announcement was made on the Waipā District Council website this week. The News understood the licence for the Five Stags in Pirongia was about…
From the outskirts of New Jersey to Chicago. Last year’s highly successful Te Awamutu College stage production of the Addams Family has provided impetus for the establishment of a new Te Awamutu Youth Theatre. The…
Billie Brown-Wahanui, formerly of Te Awamutu College, recently graduated from Waikato University with a Bachelor of Communication which she puts to good use in her role as marketing and campaign coordinator at Houston Technology. She…
Update 19 February 3pm – Waipā District Council media release An application for a renewal of an on-licence at the Five Stags Restaurant and Bar in Pirongia has been declined. The failed bid to renew…
Waipā District Council has taken another step forward with its work at Te Awamutu’s War Memorial Park. Early stages have been met with stiff opposition – what do you think of this plan? Let us…
Waipā District Libraries launched its annual Heritage Month last week with a talk on New Zealanders who have Scottish and Irish blood coursing through their veins. ‘Southern Celts’ was hosted at Cambridge Library by Celine…
Waipā property prices increased 129.3 per cent in a decade making it the 10th best district in the country, figures from realestate.co.nz show. Nationally, the average asking price was up by 77.5 per cent, increasing…
The decision to “call in” the application to build a waste to energy plant in Te Awamutu has been welcomed by a lobby group opposed to it. “We believe that calling-in the application is a…
