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Former mayor dies Alan Livingston, Waipa mayor for four terms and Waikato Regional Council chair for one, has died aged 74. Mayor Mike Pettit said…

Running at forty

What started as a homegrown event for local shearers now stands at the heart of Te Kūiti’s identity more than 40 years on. Today the…

Bones to pick

Mōkau has put on another masterclass for bone carvers at the latest Firstgas Mōkau Bone carving Symposium over Easter weekend. Around 60 novice to expert…

Memories of Lion tamer

Former Ngāhinapōuri and Tamahere resident Ross McMillan remembers his late older brother Don fondly. Not just the man who scored an 80 metre try against…

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Sports take down Old Boys

Southland Stags stalwart Joe Walsh was welcomed to Te Awamutu Sports with a 26-15 debut win against Hamilton Old Boys on Good Friday. The former…

Melville opts out

Melville has become the second Waikato premier rugby club to withdraw from the senior competition in recent years. But as Matamata, which opted out a…

Hopes high for Sports

The three Te Awamutu Sports rugby teams are ready for a big Waikato Club Rugby season. “The club is tracking well heading into the 2026…

Wins for Pirongia, Ohaupo

It was a largely successful day for Waipā sides in the Waikato Club Rugby division 1A and 1B competitions on Saturday. The trio of clubs…

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Destination confirmed

Watching the recent NASA liftoff stirred something familiar. Not space travel, but the thrill of going somewhere new and the question of what it will…

Ancient tsunamis

A lot of work goes into understanding ancient tsunamis and their impacts. The Storegga Slide is a giant submarine landslide that occurred thousands of years…

Burns on Burns Street

I hope everyone managed to get a break over the Easter weekend. Starting with a few recent good catches: Cambridge staff last week found and…

New beginnings and hope

On March 26, the new Archbishop of Canterbury was installed. In 1400 years of Christian faith in England and after 105 men, Dame Sarah Mulally…