Newly-elected Waipā Māori ward councillor Dale-Maree Morgan has been appointed to a number of external organisations, committees, groups and council advisory groups. In addition to being on the Maungatautari Reserve committee, Morgan will represent the…
Emery Cooper has been a regular at McKenzie Centre in Hamilton for nearly a year and her progress has given parents Kathleen and Stefan hope for their daughter’s future. Born in October 2020, Emery is…
Te Awamutu’s 2023 Daffodil Day total is $5114. As The News went to print, Daffodil Day co-ordinator Kathy Keighley said final totals were still being collated. But she was “immensely grateful” for everyone who’d helped…
Just seven of 30 politicians who responded to a Good Local Media poll said they were comfortable with a three-year term for councils. Twenty thought going to four years was a better option, three were…
Tenants in Waipā District Council’s pensioner housing units will see a modest rental increase from next month. The rental increases were received at Tuesday’s council meeting, following an independent rates assessment based on market rental…
Te Awamutu College’s senior premier netball team, pictured, capped off an impressive season with a premiere finals’ performance on Saturday. The side won the Paperplus Te Awamutu Netball Centre premier grade final, beating Fraser Tech…
Waipā chief executive Garry Dyet will be able to settle legal claims up to $50,000 – $40,000 more than currently – under changes approved by the council this week. Dyet can also approve up to…
Aotearoa’s free school lunch programme – Ka Ora, Ka Ako – is being gobbled up by Waipā school students. And some of the principals whose schools receive the lunches have told The News they want…
Ninety Waipā residents were sworn in on Friday as New Zealand residents in the second of two citizenship ceremonies held this year. Nearly a third were from South Africa prompting mayor Susan O’Regan to enlist…
Former Waipa Networks Trust chair Craig Sanders is no longer a trustee. Sanders – who led the trust for nine years – told The News on Monday it was because he had moved to Dunedin…
