Kaeden Cresswell has been named the 2023 dux of Te Awamutu College. The 18-year-old took the top spot with first in subject for chemistry, economics and business studies, earth and space science and physics. Kaeden…
Kaeden Cresswell has been named the 2023 dux of Te Awamutu College. The 18-year-old took the top spot with first in subject for chemistry, economics and business studies, earth and space science and physics. Kaeden…
Te Awamutu’s Glenn Anderson is to be honoured for achieving 25 years in the fire service – and will be awarded his Gold Star at a celebratory gathering on Saturday. His quarter of a century’s…
The value of building consents in Waipā plunged 96 per cent to $69.4 million in the first quarter of the district council’s financial year. The most significant of the consents granted from July 1 to…
There is a good reason Te Awamutu is called ‘Rose Town’ as senior writer Viv Posselt found when she took her notebook and camera to the 59th annual rose show last week and saw some…
The road to some of Waikato’s premier tourist attractions starts with a weed-infested roundabout which Waka Kotahi says it doesn’t have a budget to clean up. And one local body politician says the mess is…
It was Pirongia’s turn to tell the council what its vision for the village is and Jeremy Smith was there to listen in and take photos for The News. Pirongia residents got their first chance…
At 90, David Francis – Taffy to all who meet him – is the oldest contributor to Te Awamutu’s newest book. He is one of 10 members of the Te Awamutu Menzshed whose stories are…
There’s no arguing – Te Awamutu College are the Waikato secondary school junior debate competition champions. The team, called ‘AtTAC’em’, (pronounced ‘attack ‘em’), made up of Saraiah Hongara, Anna Swney, Yasmeen Ibrahim and Eva Watton…
A Waipā councillor who lashed out in an expletive laden social media post after his house was hit with “rocks and marbles” has described his fear as the incident unfolded. Gower awoke just before midnight…
The proposed $33 million Te Ara Wai land wars museum in Te Awamutu would create 20 jobs and generate $1.985 million a year, a Waipā District Council-commissioned report shows. The News obtained the Economic impact…
