Waipā District Council’s monthly public excluded workshop sessions are now under the Ombudsman’s spotlight. The News recently requested details under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act (LGOIMA) about the meetings held throughout the…
The first tangible steps towards Kihikihi’s $8 million walking and cycling path, Te Ara Rimu, are underway – but the town’s residents and ratepayers’ association won’t be drawn on whether or not they are steps…
An inaugural open day has served up a winner – and the community appears to be rallying around the idea of adding a potential new Special Olympics sporting code in Te Awamutu. With a membership…
A plan to hike rates in the central business district to fund some Te Awamutu Business Chamber activities better have business support or it has wasted a lot of time, Waipā deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk…
Bus stats down School holidays saw a dip in regional bus statistics in both Te Awamutu and Cambridge last month. There were 8900 patrons on the Te Awamutu 24 service, down from 10,480 the previous…
Wāipa-Waikato MPs were all re-elected on Saturday with increased majorities but it was Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke who caused the biggest shock on the night in the Hauraki Waikato Māori seat. Now the country’s youngest MP and…
Waipā councillors say they are part of the solution to the district’s worst-ever residents’ survey. At an open council workshop last week, acting Strategic Planning and Policy committee chair Mike Montgomerie said it was important…
John Patrick O’Brien’s body lay unclaimed in Waikato Hospital’s morgue for two months until the Cambridge RSA stepped in and found a resting place at Hautapu for the Vietnam veteran. Six months on senior writer…
Christmas spirit is already ‘building’ in Te Awamutu. An inaugural Te Awamutu Business Chamber initiative which will see 30 wooden Christmas trees placed outside Alexandra St shops is underway, and Operation Christmas Hamper co-ordinators are…
All creatures great and small were welcome at a mid-week blessing of the pets service at Te Awamutu’s St John’s Anglican Church last week – and three pooches took up the invite. The oldest among…
