Participants are lacing up to ‘walk the talk’ in Ōhaupō this weekend. A 12-hour charity walk and run on Saturday – Walk to Talk – will raise funds for I Am Hope, a charity founded…
Participants are lacing up to ‘walk the talk’ in Ōhaupō this weekend. A 12-hour charity walk and run on Saturday – Walk to Talk – will raise funds for I Am Hope, a charity founded…
Kihikihi School is helping students grow some foundational food preparation skills. Principal Sunny West told The News the school adopted the Garden to Table initiative at the start of the year, and staff and students…
A double decker electric bus will operate on a return service from Kihikihi through Te Awamutu and onto Hamilton from January 1 next year. The news was in a report tabled by Waikato Regional Council’s…
A major infrastructure upgrade in Waipā has been announced this week. The region is to get a new Transpower-owned 220Kv national grid substation and a local network 33kV substation owned by Waipā Networks. The aim…
The Pirongia Ward Committee allocated $19,000 in discretionary funds last week. The committee had almost $29,000 in its uncommitted funds to allocate, and 19 applicants sought a total of $48,733.39. This was the first of…
Work is set to kick off on the highly anticipated signalised pedestrian crossing in Ōhaupō in the coming months. Waipā District Council awarded the contract for the project to Base Civil Ltd at yesterday’s Service…
The Pirongia Ward Committee has $29,000 of discretionary funding to allocate for the 2023/24 financial year, and was to begin the process of deciding who gets what last night. But some of those wanting a…
Waipā daffodil growers Clive Denton and Robin Hill were thrilled to be back ‘home’ at the weekend in the Cambridge Town Hall to show off their prize-winning flowers. The last time they were in the…
The Te Awamutu Music Federation (TAMF) will mark its half-century this weekend with a 50th Celebration Concert of solos and duets featuring renown pianist Michael Houstoun and collaborative pianist Sarah Watkins. Sunday afternoon’s concert at…
Long-standing Te Awamutu and Kihikihi Daffodil Day co-ordinator Kathy Keighley has resigned, saying the time is right for “new blood” in the role. “I’ve absolutely loved it,” she told The News last week, confirming she had…
