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More soldiers’ stories shared

The names of 58 soldiers who gave their lives are inscribed around the sides of the Te Awamutu First World War Memorial. Ten were remembered…

Remembering them

Four more fallen WWI soldiers noted on the Kihikihi cenotaph have been at the Kihikihi Town Hall. New Zealand Society of Genealogists Te Awamutu branch…

Soil production hits pause

Rising fuel costs and State Highway 3 freight disruptions have temporarily paused New Zealand production of an award-winning living soil and delayed its nationwide expansion….

It’s a dairy monopoly

Dairy Women’s Network has brought the country’s dairy story to the coffee table with a new twist on the Monopoly board game. The launch of…

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Mixed bag for Te Awamutu and Pirongia

It was a mixed bag for Waipā senior club rugby sides on Saturday. Read more

Lauding Les at ninety

He’s a founding member, patron and current player of the Te Awamutu Squash Club – and on Saturday members and family gathered at his “second…

Waipā dominance continues

It was another high scoring weekend for the Waipā club rugby teams. Highlights included Pirongia scoring 219 unanswered points across 1A and 1B divisions, while…

Rugby and remembrance

Anzac Day was commemorated on and off the rugby pitch across the Waipā district on Saturday. A small remembrance was run by Te Awamutu RSA…

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Governance on the ground

Recent councillor engagement across the Waikato and King Country has reinforced a simple but increasingly urgent point: if we are serious about good decision-making, we…

Being an ambassador

This week I had the pleasure of meeting a couple who were new to Te Awamutu. They had been riding their bikes all over town,…

The farmer did it

Meghan Hawkes continues her look back in time to recount the news making headlines in 1938. Te Awamutu was the thriving centre of a prosperous…

What’s triggered from space?

When researching large submarine landslides below our oceans, an alien example caught my attention. About 51 million years ago a meteorite hit the continental shelf…