Marilyn Yeates remembers it clearly. It was July 1977 and part of the original Pirongia School became redundant for school purposes. So, a community meeting of about 60 people was held to discuss repurposing the…
Marilyn Yeates remembers it clearly. It was July 1977 and part of the original Pirongia School became redundant for school purposes. So, a community meeting of about 60 people was held to discuss repurposing the…
The frustration in Shane Walsh’s voice is patently obvious. With less than a week to go a proposed Business Improvement District rate in the Te Awamutu central business district looks dead in the water unless…
Te Awamutu RSA marked Armistice Day on Saturday, with RSA committee member and Waipā District councillor Lou Brown dedicating his address to those who lost their lives in war, and to those who returned. A…
Waipā tops Waipā District is the hospitality capital of the Waikato and the third most hospitable district in New Zealand, according to Airbnb. The online accommodation marketplace has released a list of the towns and…
All things going to plan, Waipā’s Armistice commemorations should go like clockwork this weekend. Perfect weather conditions are predicted and event organisers in both Te Awamutu and Cambridge have arranged a series of events at…
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…
