A Pirongia youngster is furious Waipā District Council has yet to build a new playground for over five-year-olds in the village. Ruby Webb, 11, who with her sister Amy, 10 cut the ribbon at the…
A Pirongia youngster is furious Waipā District Council has yet to build a new playground for over five-year-olds in the village. Ruby Webb, 11, who with her sister Amy, 10 cut the ribbon at the…
Waipā has a growing reputation for holding world-class events, and council is stepping up to help. Applications open today for a share of Council’s $150,000 District Promotions Fund. The fund supports events that drive economic…
A photograph of a young heifer cooling off in a water trough has taken out the People’s Choice Award for the Cambridge Autumn Festival photo competition. Approximately 230 people voted, with the winning image gaining…
Waipā’s rating revaluations will be in the post in the last week of May. The revised date comes after two false starts from council’s independent property provider which saw revaluations delayed twice. Deputy chief executive…
Waipā’s Heritage Fund, which has distributed more than $650,000 over a decade to organisations throughout the district, is in for its first significant shake up since its establishment in 2012. The fund has an annual…
Artists linked to Te Awamutu’s disability provider Enrich Plus and others from around the region have a new space to market their work. Last Friday saw the opening of what is being called the Waipā…
Waipā district councillor Marcus Gower has been told he’s not a member of the Te Awamutu Museum Board Trust – and hasn’t been for four years. Gower learned he wasn’t a council representative on the…
When the world championship of marbles rolls off in England tomorrow – Good Friday – there will be a Te Awamutu flavour to it. The Te Awamutu Menzshed has made two crowns to be used…
Cambridge: Water Tower, Courthouse (Former), Monavale Homestead, Legal Chambers (Former), Trecarne Stables, Trecarne House, Band Rotundas – Cambridge and Leamington, Valmai Gazebo/Conservatory, Valmai House, Arnold House, Salvation Army Hall, Oddfellows Lodge (Former), Town Hall, World…
Te Awamutu News has pipped its Cambridge sister publication in the website stats for March thanks to a story about the Alpha Hotel in Kihikihi. It is a first for the newspaper – Cambridge News’…