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A Waipā farming leader says the hit dairy farmers are taking because of a reduced milk payout will hurt communities like Te Awamutu and Cambridge hard. Ōhaupō dairy farmer Andrew Reymer says incomes down on…

Old garage, new centre?

Te Awamutu and Kihikihi Community Board chair Ange Holt has taken the case for finding a ‘holme’ for a community space a step further. Waipā District Council’s Finance and Corporate committee today considered a recommendation…

Fluoride legal action rejected

Waipā District Council will not join legal action seeking a review of a government directive around fluoride. In July 2022, Council was directed by the Ministry of Health to add fluoride to the Cambridge water…

We can’t get no satisfaction

Welcome to Waipā: Home of the Sceptics, for we are champions no more. That’s been confirmed in the latest annual Waipā residents’ survey with 54 per cent of the respondents described as sceptics and a…

What residents told Waipā District Council

We take a snapshot of comments from the district council’s residents’ survey. The guys who do the parks and gardens do a wonderful job. I am confident in my local council’s ability to look after…

Youth group on the build

A Te Awamutu youth group aimed at helping intermediate-aged attendees establish the building blocks “friendship and connection” has had something else built for it. Te Awamutu Menzshed members have answered the call from the group’s…

Sign of the times…

The placement on Saturday of a waka-shaped carved lintel at the Kihikihi whare of the Te Awamutu Māori Women’s Welfare League (MWWL) marked the end of a long journey. The lintel has the name Te…

We’ve got slices of the pie…

Two Te Awamutu entrants in the 2023 Bakels New Zealand Supreme Pie Awards have secured respective slices of success. The competition attracted almost 500 pie makers nationwide across 11 categories. Both Red Kitchen HQ owner…

Council keeps mum on payments

Waipā District Council has declined to say how many consultants and contractors it uses and how much it costs the council. The request came from an activist group which supports lower taxes, less waste and…

62 building consents caught in engineering sign-offs

At least 62 Waipā building consents have been caught up in allegedly fraudulent engineering sign-offs. Waipā District Council is one of more than 40 councils impacted by the actions of Jonathan Beau Hall of Kodiak…

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