Kihikihi’s new walking and cycling pathway ‘Te Ara Rimu’ is one step closer to getting underway after gaining clear support from the local community and stakeholders. Community engagement around the $7.2m pathway, which is partly…
Kihikihi’s new walking and cycling pathway ‘Te Ara Rimu’ is one step closer to getting underway after gaining clear support from the local community and stakeholders. Community engagement around the $7.2m pathway, which is partly…
It was just over 100 years in the making. Past friends and residents gathered at the Monavale Hall, between Te Awamutu and Cambridge, in mid-April to celebrate the centenary of a building which cost all…
Formal ceremonies, and cucumber sandwiches, marked Waipā’s contribution to the coronation of King Charles on Saturday. Mayor Susan O’Regan was tasked with helping plant two European lime trees in te Awamutu and Cambridge on a…
All four candidates for the vacant Waipā Māori ward support the Government’s Affordable Water policy saying Aotearoa’s waterways need protecting. The News asked Bill Harris, Barney Manaia, Dale-Maree Morgan and Gaylene Roberts a series of…
Three artists from Enrich Plus’ Te Awamutu Supported Activities programme watched in delight yesterday as Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan hung their masterpiece in her newly decorated office. The ceremony came after The News went to…
In the centre of the Abbey, on the site where every monarch since William The Conqueror has been crowned, his golden tunic glittering as the world’s media watched – King Charles III was crowned by…
Ngāhinapōuri residents have unveiled plans for a 4.3km community driven and organised walking and cycling trail aimed at creating a sense of connection and identity for the Waipā village. The walkway will help protect and…
If you spot a kindness rock in Taumarunui’s Manson’s Gardens, don’t throw it away. Chances are it’s one of the many rocks Enrich Plus’ Supported Activities clients from Taumarunui have painted for a Kindness Rock…
Development activity across Waipā appears to have slowed down this year with only 30 subdivision consent and 46 land use applications in the first three months. Deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk, who chairs the council’s Strategic…
Waipā has an immediate shortfall of 560 houses while there are 87 families considered at risk and with severe and persistent housing needs. The facts have been laid bare in a report from Waikato Housing…
