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…
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…
“I don’t want people to just go home thinking, ‘I watched a nice production’. I’m actually hoping it speaks to our audiences – and even our students – and they all go home both encouraged…
Te Awamutu opshops have rejected criticism of their pricing. In a social media post last Friday, avid opportunity shopper Kelly Case wrote that she was “sad” to see ornaments priced as high as $210, suggesting…
Walking into Barbara Fleck’s house in Te Awamutu, one is met with a key impression – colour. “That’s true,” she says. “…all the rooms have something somewhere.” To a large degree, it’s due to her…
The battle lines are being drawn on plans to build Paewira – a waste to energy plant in Te Awamutu. Waipā District Council opens submissions tomorrow – but a group opposed to it has already…
Flicking through The News late last month, Te Awamutu’s Ian Stratford got quite the surprise. “I didn’t realise there were any left in New Zealand.” But there it was – a photo of Te Awamutu…
The operator of 108 gaming machines at seven venues in Te Awamutu and Cambridge is supporting a cap on the number of pokie machines in Waipā. Limiting the total to 232 would mean Grassroots Trust…
More planting has been carried out in what is being developed into an ecological corridor between Maungatautari and Pirongia. The two maunga have successful pest control and restoration programmes and are separated by a distance…
A new ‘no parking on berms’ section in the draft Public Places Bylaw attracted most interest from submitters to Waipā District Council’s Strategic Planning and Policy committee this week. Opinions were mixed with one saying…
