Te Awamutu police are hoping to be inundated with people at their station on Saturday. They are hosting an open day from 9am to noon. Community Constable Ryan Fleming said the day would also feature…
Te Awamutu police are hoping to be inundated with people at their station on Saturday. They are hosting an open day from 9am to noon. Community Constable Ryan Fleming said the day would also feature…
This week our country officially moves into the season we call autumn. In the church year, we are in the season called Lent. It’s a bit of a weird name for those not used to…
Meghan Hawkes looks at some the headlines in Waipa in 1937. A whirlwind hit the Orakau farm of Mr J Cullen causing extensive damage in just a few minutes. It demolished a milking shed and…
Andrew Johnstone is known to Good Local Media readers as the subject of a Costa Botes documentary When the Cows Come Home. He has also come out on the side of a planned incinerator for…
I love that volcanoes never cease to amaze me. I spent a few days last week just southeast of Ruapehu assisting two PhD students with their fieldwork. One is working to understand a set of…
We are often challenged in how we interact with and relate to matters of interest and issues of importance, Often with matters of mere interest it’s simply a quick and easy reaction to and/or with…
Two weeks ago a man died in mysterious circumstances. A brave man, only 47 years old, who had fought for years to provide an alternative view in a country where alternative views are actively discouraged….
Magma is complicated enough. When water enters the scene and mixes with it, things can go haywire. There are different ways to classify eruption styles. One of these ways is through whether water is involved,…
Mary Ryburn put her headache down to an attack of biliousness. It was the end of August 1899 and 54 year old Mary, along with the rest of her Paterangi family, had eaten some tinned…
The Te Awamutu and Kihikihi Community Board have identified the need to complement the work of council staff by organising some additional rubbish collection in and around the parks and streets of Te Awamutu. The…
