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…
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…
A Te Awamutu Community safety officer is warning residents to be alert to a wave of scams. Mandy Merson says scammers are using a variety of tactics to snare people – and take their money…
The second election for a Māori ward member on the Waipā District Council will be at least a four-way race. As this edition went to press Barney Manaia, Gaylene Roberts, Dale-Maree Morgan and Bill Harris…
About 20 motorcyclists and their partners joined residents, RSA members and the clergy at Pukeatua War Memorial Church on Sunday for the 2023 Anzac memorial service. The church is one of just two in New…
From the moment Kihikihi School joined the nationwide programme ‘Garden to Table’ earlier this year, children in the area have been elbow-deep in the messy joy of growing then eating their own produce. The school…
Here’s our winner When the business community gathered at Mystery Creek for the Waipā Networks Business Awards night – back after a Covid enforced absence – Howard Davey from the Waikato University’s business management school…
Rose Town is likely to remain the brand name for Te Awamutu after 60 per cent of the people surveyed said it was still a relevant tag line for the town. But the ‘Who are…
Te Awamutu’s Anzac ceremony on Tuesday attracted a crowd hundreds strong – and it was an inspiring mix of young and old. That would have warmed Peter Watson, the Te Awamutu RSA president who in…
A $6.8 million claim against Waipā District Council and several contractors over a commercial building with weathertightness defects has been settled before it got to a High Court trial. The council’s share of the confidential…
Former Waipā mayor Jim Mylchreest – a firm opponent of the Government’s Three waters proposal – remains unconvinced by the latest iteration of the plan. “I’m in the Chris Luxon camp,” he told The News….
