A year ago this Sunday, Susan O’Regan became Waipā’s first female mayor. She will be in Europe for the opening of the New Zealand Liberation Museum – Te Arawhata in Le Quesnoy, France so The…
A year ago this Sunday, Susan O’Regan became Waipā’s first female mayor. She will be in Europe for the opening of the New Zealand Liberation Museum – Te Arawhata in Le Quesnoy, France so The…
A Cambridge school principal has called on the new government to change the legislation around vaping to make it available by prescription only. Speaking at Waipā District Council’s Strategic Planning and Policy committee yesterday, Mike…
New Zealand Post is facing a High Court challenge from a Waipā couple over what they say is an attempt to terminate their mail delivery contract. Danielle (Dani) and Ian Kennedy are familiar to rural…
Waipā District Council is streamlining its public art collection. Today’s Strategic Planning and Policy Committee agreed staff should reduce council’s 104-piece indoor art collection down to 70 works, disposing of 34 items. Museum and heritage…
Pokies in Waipā will continue to be capped at 232 machines and transferred if the operator moves to a new venue. Council’s Strategic Planning and Policy committee confirmed today the 2019 Gambling Policy will be…
The half century story of how a small Te Awamutu music group grew to become one of the jewels in Waipā’s crown has been celebrated at a concert in the town. The ‘50th Celebration Concert’…
Motorists using a black spot intersection in Waipā are now seeing reduced speed limit signs there. Between 2011 and 2021 there were five serious injury crashes and one fatality at the intersection of State Highway…
Growing use of the Ōhaupō Hub has prompted discussions about further development of the site. It’s a move the trust which oversees the Forkert Road facility says reflects community feedback it has received, and one…
Pirongia Playcentre staff are preparing to celebrate the centre’s 50th anniversary – a milestone Michelle Crawford is especially proud to be a part of. On the centre’s leadership team alongside Renee Coutts, Nikita Muller and…
Participants who got their walking and running shoes on at Ōhaupō’s inaugural Walk to Talk 12-hour relay on Saturday clocked up nearly 870 collective kilometres. The event was held to raise funds for I Am…
