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Council reviews numbers

Waipā could reduce from 11 to eight the number of elected councillors sitting around the debating table. The move, subject to public feedback is understood to have gathered momentum under mayor Susan O’Regan in a…

Park mooted for Kaipaka

Te Awamutu’s Kaipaka pā site could soon be commemorated by a small recreation park at the end of Christie Avenue. Te Awamutu and Kihikihi Community Board is seeking support from landowners and mana whenua. Community…

Faith, family and farming

Alan Empson QSM has been celebrated as a skilled leader, a man of faith, a pioneering farmer and a treasured family man. St John’s Church in Te Awamutu was where he was farewelled last Friday…

Ban booze from supermarkets?

Waipā supermarkets should be banned from selling alcohol, according to Te Awamutu and Kihikihi Community Board member Jill Taylor. Taylor was responding to a proposal during a Local Alcohol Policy workshop last week to either…

Goodbye to ‘Grizzly’ Mills

Richard Paul Mills might have died at home alone and unclaimed by family, but there was no way the Returned and Services Association (RSA) was going to let him go that way. So, the call…

Tribute to controversial councillor

When it came to local body matters, he was a gamekeeper turned poacher. James Parlane, who died in a two-vehicle crash near Ōhaupō last Friday, was a former lawyer and Waipa District councillor who frequently…

News …… in brief

Five die in crash Five people have died following a head-on crash on State Highway 3/Ōhaupō Road last night. Emergency services were called to the scene just before 4:45pm. Police say three occupants of one…

Council critic in fatal crash

When it came to local body matters, he was a gamekeeper turned poacher. James Parlane, who died in a two-vehicle crash near Ōhaupō last Friday, was a former lawyer and Waipā district councillor who frequently…

News ….. in brief

27 May 10.42am Police have named the man who died following a crash on SH3, Ōhaupō on Friday as James Charles Parlane, 61, of Te Awamutu. Parlane is a former Waipa councillor who stood unsucessfully…

Scammers hack invoices

Police are urging King Country people to check bank details provided on invoices they receive by email after an Ōtorohanga business lost $11,000 to a scam. Hackers gained access to the business’s computer systems and…

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