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Site visits up

Visits to Te Awamutu News website continue to soar. There was a 227 per cent increase in numbers last month over the same period last year and thousands ahead of January. The best read online…

News … in brief

In Business Waikato Business News’ March edition is out this week and features the first students studying for a Master of Pharmacy practice degree at Waikato University. Rukuhia couple Graeme Burton and Val Glenn have…

Rangiaowhia artwork donated

Updated 3 March 2025 Hamilton artist Richard Lewer created a ‘What they didn’t teach me at school’ exhibition held at the New Zealand Portrait Gallery in Wellington last year. One of the pieces in the…

Gordon figures out bus stats

A Waipā district councillor finally got the bus figures he has been asking for in more than a year, but the answer was not what he expected. Roger Gordon told Waikato Regional Council’s Future Proof…

It’s on the tip of your … finger

Waipā District Council museums and heritage director Anne Blyth says the new digital library of Waipā’s art is an accessible way of looking at our past. There are nearly 100 pieces of art in the…

Why ‘Space Dave’ backs Nasa

Te Awamutu’s “Space Dave” has complete faith that Nasa and other space agencies can deal with a rogue asteroid heading towards Earth. He says we should treat the emergence as a planetary emergency drill. Astronomers…

Air and health prime concerns

Chris Gardner continues our series of reviews of submissions and reports on the proposed Te Awamutu waste to energy plant. Nearly two thirds of submissions on the proposed Paewira Waste to Energy Plant in Racecourse…

Firefighters deal to Ōhaupō blaze

Dairy farmer Andrew Reymer was full of praise for firefighters – but less for New Zealand Rail – after fire broke out beside a track bordering his property this week. Eighteen firefighters and five appliances…

Council trio make sharing deal

Waipā, Ōtorohanga and Waitomo district councils have agreed to share regulatory services staff in the latest hint Waikato local authorities are thinking “bigger picture”. The three councils signed an over-arching regulatory shared services agreement last…

News in brief

School closes Ōtorohanga College turned to online learning for two days last week as authorities investigated a brawl that started after a car full of young people drove onto school grounds. College board co-chair Duncan…

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