Waipā District Council has scooped up yet another major award for its first spatial plan – this time against competitors from across the ditch. Ahu Ake – Waipā Community Spatial Plan has won the Community…
Waipā District Council has scooped up yet another major award for its first spatial plan – this time against competitors from across the ditch. Ahu Ake – Waipā Community Spatial Plan has won the Community…
Waipā farmers finally have a free solution to complete an accurate and approved farm environment plan which shows their farm terrain down to the nearest metre. Three-dimensional mapping data known as LiDar (Light Detection and…
An audit of the district’s art has taken place with a view to assessing what is worth keeping and what can be officially removed from Waipā District Council’s collection. More than 120 paintings, prints, sculptures…
Residential properties in Waipā have increased in value by an average of 46 per cent according to independent revaluations. It means the capital value of the average Waipā residential property is now $959,000 up from…
A second allocation of 25 kiwi in as many weeks made the trip from Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari and were welcomed in the capital – where they’ll be released into the Wellington hillside – on Tuesday….
A “disgusting act” Waipā District Council staff have labelled incredibly disappointing has left Te Awamutu CommSafe community safety officer Mandy Merson stunned. Nails were found superglued, point up, on play equipment at Kihikihi’s newly-minted John Rochfort…
Māori have been excluded from decision making in the council chamber for months, says a candidate for the Waipā by election. Bill Harris says he urged mayor Susan O’Regan to reconsider her decision to put…
A community rallying around one of its own is likely why Te Awamutu’s Darrell and Nicola Liddington aren’t “standing here looking absolutely broken right now”. Having already had their doors shut for a month as…
Learning Links Childcare Centre in Te Awamutu participated in a pilot community waste minimisation programme which resulted in 1244 fewer full nappies going into landfill. Given a full nappy can weigh anything between 1-2kgs, that…
Social media posts suggesting there is a chronic bullying problem at two of Te Awamutu’s biggest schools are inflaming a situation which is being dealt with, says one of the country’s longest serving secondary principals….
