A poignant tribute was on display when a snapshot of the creativity present at Enrich Plus Te Awamutu opened to the public last Friday. The organisation’s first photo exhibition, Looking Back on Autumn, featured the…
A poignant tribute was on display when a snapshot of the creativity present at Enrich Plus Te Awamutu opened to the public last Friday. The organisation’s first photo exhibition, Looking Back on Autumn, featured the…
It was a bullseye for Pirongia on Sunday when the town’s annual craft day returned after a Covid enforced absence. For the first time since 2019 more than 160 stall holders and crowds flocked to…
Community board leader Ange Holt has called for planned changes at Te Awamutu’s Memorial Park to be put on hold. Her call was made in a report to the Te Awamutu-Kihikihi Community Board meeting last…
A public excluded item on the Te Ara Wai Museum project in Te Awamutu should have been held in public, Waipā councillor Roger Gordon told the council meeting this week. Earlier this year, ratepayers were…
The long-term Southern Links roading plan will unlock fertile Waikato land and open up commercial opportunities for the Waikato and Waipā districts. The project will link State Highway 1C from Kahikatea Drive in Hamilton to…
Detailed design work is set to begin on Te Ara Wai, a New Zealand land wars museum planned for Te Awamutu. But this next stage of work will be funded by the government and not…
Government authorities took their eyes off the ball when they allowed single use vapes into the country, a leading e-waste operator says. Award winning Waipā-based Urban Miners has saved tonnes of e-waste from landfill in…
The success of Sanctuary Mountain’s conservation efforts has been underlined with the arrival of another six kākāpō from the South Island The bird were released last week, a move enabled by Ngāi Tahu and welcomed…
French Rotary exchange student Louise Zakrzewski and her Kihikihi-based host parents Carol and Ross Turner planned a bit of competitive banter for the All Blacks v France Rugby World Cup opener. They draped their respective…
Unity proved the foundation of a day on which organisers marked the 40th anniversary of the Maniapoto Secondary Schools’ Cultural Festival last Friday at Te Kuiti High School. Three Te Awamutu schools – Te Awamutu…
