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Alya Mexted is Te Awamutu Rowing Club’s inaugural winner of a best coach trophy awarded in honour of club stalwart Clive Steenson. Steenson was described as the “backbone” of Te Awamutu Rowing Club for more…

Four passionate Māori candidates have put their names forward to be a Waipā district councillor, but they are struggling to get constituents to the polls. When The News went to press only 176 people –…

Morag Carter says the bar has been set high by the cast and crew of Te Awamutu College’s The Addams Family – School Edition. With the show’s run – which featured a host of outstanding…

Waipā Networks Trust chair Sarah Matthews is heading to Canada on an overseas manager exchange programme. Matthews, who was finance manager at Waipā District Council until July 2021 and is now group manager Finance and…

Only 53 people – 2.2 per cent of the roll – has voted this week in the Waipā Māori ward election. Voting to replace Takena Stirling opened a fortnight ago with four candidates – Barney…

The future of Waipā, and Waikato, football is likely already safe in the hands of Cambridge’s Liam Weston – and they’re about to get safer. In his fourth year as a referee, Liam, 17, –…

As soon as they were on the farm, these Pirongia School students were ‘racing’ to learn from the industry’s best. Hosted by reigning Waikato Bay of Plenty FMG Young Farmer of the Year Emma Poole…

An opportunity to look back has shored up Te Awamutu Community Menzshed members’ resolve as they now look forward to the future. That was the word following a luncheon at the shed last week during…

Pak ‘n Save Te Awamutu is not among stores trialling body cameras for its staff to combat rising retail crime, a Foodstuffs spokesperson has confirmed. Amid reports at least one Pak ‘n Save store in…

A meeting called by concerned Te Awamutu College parents amid reports of bullying at the school has highlighted key priorities organisers now say they want addressed. A written report summarising the points raised at the…