Waipā looks set to become only the second council after Queenstown to use inclusionary zoning to address concerns around housing costs. Inclusionary zoning is a planning tool which compels developers to make a proportion of…
Waipā looks set to become only the second council after Queenstown to use inclusionary zoning to address concerns around housing costs. Inclusionary zoning is a planning tool which compels developers to make a proportion of…
Te Awamutu College students will be to the fore – and looking to make a splash – in an upcoming inaugural National Youth Theatre performance in Hamilton. After nearly two decades holding Auckland-based programmes, the…
Te Awamutu’s Braydon Brown has creatively shared an important message with his peers – don’t get sucked in. And he’s won national recognition for his efforts. The 11-year-old Year 7 Te Awamutu Intermediate School student…
Every step they take… DoC’s kākāpō “policeman” Petrus Hedman will be watching them. The newest arrivals at Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari, four kākāpō from the deep south, will be constantly monitored as they adapt to their…
Pirongia-based steampunk aficionado Paula McWha brightened the lives of a group of youngsters by holding a steampunk workshop for them during the school holidays. The workshop, which drew about 12 youngsters aged 9-13, covered off…
A hang over from the borough council era is challenging emergency services, confusing motorists and even putting taxi drivers wrong. Waipā has a number of roads which start in one place and reappear in another…
The country’s fourth largest gambling operator has taken issue with a Waipā District Council report which suggested community funding from pokie machines was going from the poor to the rich. Grassroots Trust, which operates 70…
Te Awamutu’s Colin Munro has been honoured after reaching an “incredibly special” milestone. He was awarded a Gold Star for 25 years in the fire service and also received an honorary life membership to the…
Waipā District Council is to run its first ever ‘World Café’ bringing together residents, staff and experts to share knowledge, collaborate and generate ideas on complex issues. The initiative is part of Ahu Ake –…
The return of kākāpō to the North Island after a 40 year absence was a triumph for Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari and as well as cooperating iwi. And the pride of Department of Conservation staff and…
