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Cyber stars Waipā District Council has been recognised for its outstanding cybersecurity efforts, taking out the ‘Best in Cyber Security’ award at the Association of…

Reserve could be used for housing

Reserve land at 48 Goodfellow Street in Te Awamutu could be rezoned and sold by Waipā District Council for housing. But just how much the…

Leader of the gang takes a bow

They’re making a song and dance about Erika Ballantine. The 17-year-old Te Awamutu College student took home the 2024 Waikato Scout and Guide Gang Show…

Treading water to one council?

Forming a multi council-controlled organisation for water services is the first step to creating a unitary authority in the Waikato. That’s the view of Waipā…

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Now ear this

Waipā boxer Floyd Masson took to social media to show off a cauliflower ear after his points loss to Polish boxer  Mateusz Masternak last weekend….

Bowlers ride to the rescue

Bowlers have raised $1100 for Te Awamutu’s Riding for the Disabled organisation. Kihikihi Bowling Club’s latest tournament was a departure from the norm, in that…

Scoring in the eighties

Two Cambridge women point to technology as the major reason they are still playing golf after 60 and 40 years respectively. Gaye Bezzant, 87, and…

Volunteers rally around school

The Targa Rally can be a win-win for motor sport fans and the local communities who host it, says Maihiihi Primary School deputy principal Katie…

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A time of stress and hope

Summer has always been a season of hope for me. Especially now as I am learning how to build, prepare and plant a vegetable garden….

The death of Malcolm Patterson

Malcolm Patterson and his mate had arrived at Huntly from Mercer by the 11.30 train on a June morning in 1910.  They were looking for…

When ash and roads don’t mix

There have been flight cancellations in Indonesia recently following the eruption of Lewotobi Laki-laki, reminding us that volcanoes can impact areas far away from the…

We say …. The Courier: another last post

In the 1970s at the South Waikato News in Tokoroa, Brian Burmester was a leading light in the New Zealand Community Newspaper Association of which…