Recognising and responding to people experiencing a mental health crisis or challenge is a skill every New Zealander should have, says Pirongia mental health expert Sarah Keelty. She is team lead at Manaaki Raatonga aa…
Recognising and responding to people experiencing a mental health crisis or challenge is a skill every New Zealander should have, says Pirongia mental health expert Sarah Keelty. She is team lead at Manaaki Raatonga aa…
Members of the Te Awamutu Community Menz Shed are mourning the loss in April of two long-standing members of their organisation. David ‘Taffy’ Francis, and Erick Saunders were Menz Shed members for some years. Taffy…
A series of free meetings tomorrow and Saturday signals an important stage in the launch of a book chronicling seven years of research into Te Awamutu’s historically rich architecture. It will bring the public up…
They have been around for millions of years, often don’t live long enough to celebrate a second birthday – and without human help they will die out. So the opening of a new wing at…
It’s the show where you can buy everything from items for the home to sheep. And, if you like, take a jetboat ride. The three day Waipā Home and Leisure Show at Karāpiro is a…
Steph O’Sullivan has returned to her Waikato roots with confirmation this week she will be Waipā’s new chief executive from late August. O’Sullivan was born and brought up in Tokoroa where her grandfather Bernie O’Sullivan…
Community board chairs Ange Holt and Jo Davies-Colley have been brutally honest in an assessment of their own performances tabled in a paper to Waipā councillors this week. It has been a chaotic six months…
Kiwifruit appeal An Environment Court appeal by an Ōhaupō lifestyler over a decision to allow a kiwifruit grower to add vertical black screens and planting next door to his Parallel Road property could be dropped…
The wait is over, Waipa now has its very own Home and Leisure Show, and the Good Local Media team is buzzing with excitement after months of preparation. Advertising director Janine Davy – who came…
One person has died at the scene following a crash on Flat Road in Kihikihi. Police were alerted to the crash involving a single motorcycle at around 7.45pm yesterday (Saturday 4 May). Serious Crash Unit…
