The company planning a Waipā waste to energy plant is talking up Māori links, conservation, sustainability, cleaning up landfills and teaching recycling. But opponents say the proposed Paewira plant for Te Awamutu will poison residents,…
The company planning a Waipā waste to energy plant is talking up Māori links, conservation, sustainability, cleaning up landfills and teaching recycling. But opponents say the proposed Paewira plant for Te Awamutu will poison residents,…
An ambitious project is set to tell the “incredible” tale of a nearly 70-year chapter in Te Awamutu’s history. Since 2017, Te Awamutu branch of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists members have been producing…
“We’re apolitical… that means we don’t tell anyone how to vote.” Despite that statement from Bryce McKenzie – one of Groundswell New Zealand’s founders – there were clear agendas expressed when the organisation’s “drive for…
Dakota Frazer will forever be 11. And now, thanks to a gesture of community spirit in Te Awamutu, her mum Nikki has a “forever treasure” to keep her daughter’s memory close. “It’s something I’ll always…
The Te Awamutu-Kihikihi Community Board has allocated $35,000 from the first round of its discretionary funding. The board has $50,000 to distribute in the financial year starting July 1 – and received 29 applications seeking…
It was high time for a dance competition on Saturday. Nearly 30 competitors from north as Orewa, near Auckland, and as far south as Christchurch took to the Ōhaupō School stage to vie for glory…
A Waipā councillor says he is surprised at the number of “really good” pieces of council-owned art in storage. “Art is something that should be enjoyed,” Cr Roger Gordon told the council’s Strategic Planning and…
Community Board members have been told the planned waste to energy plant for Te Awamutu will benefit the community – and also that it is a potential disaster. The conflicting views came in presentations last…
A Te Awamutu businessman says he’s at an impasse after trying to resolve issues with customers of one of his neighbours. Sam Prasad says “hand on heart” he is doing his best to look after…
John Gibbons: June 26, 1927 – September 25, 2023 The passing of renown Kiwi bandsman John Gibbons, whose funeral was in Te Awamutu last weekend, holds particular poignancy for Cambridge. Among the 50 marches he…
