Site visit
The Environmental Protection Authority hearing of a bid by Global Contracting Solutions to build a waste to energy incinerator in Te Awamutu has started. A site visit was scheduled yesterday – the second day of a three-week hearing.
John Bishop dies
John Bishop
John Bishop, a man with years of association with Waipā District Council and groups including Cambridge Rotary and the Friends of Cambridge Resthaven, has died.
His funeral service will be held at Mighty River Domain’s Don Rowlands Centre at 1.30pm on Monday.
In the frame
A photographic exhibition by Professor Tom Roa – a regular columnist in The News and Dr Rodrigo Hill developed from the research project ‘Te Nehenehenui – The Ancient Enduring Beauty in the Great Forest of the King Country’ will open at Waikato University on Friday next week.
Peace rose planting
A ‘Peace Rose Planting’ commemoration service at the Sunken Cross in Te Awamutu’s War Memorial Park will take place at 10am on Tuesday. The service has been organised by Waipā councillor Lou Brown in conjunction with the Te Awamutu Rose Society on behalf of both the council and the Te Awamutu RSA. Specially-grown roses have been donated for the occasion, and members of the Te Awamutu Rose Society will be in attendance.
Curtain up
The cast of High School Spoofical which runs from Tuesday 24th June to Thursday 26th June at 7pm
The curtain is going up on Te Awamutu Intermediate’s production of High School Spoofical — a parody of the classic Disney high school musicals. Its latest stage production, involving 85 students, will run from next Tuesday to Thursday. The production is directed by mother and daughter duo Tracy and Paige Ellis, choreography is by Maddy Hogan and musical direction by Sue Germann.
Party pooper
Jetstar arrives in Hamilton. Photo: Mary Anne Gill
An Air NZ plane stole the limelight from Jetstar when it left Hamilton Airport for Christchurch 14 minutes later than it should have on Monday. The ATR 72- 600 was parked in front of the terminal when the Jetstar Airbus from Sydney landed at 11.07am, spoiling the shot of Hamilton’s first international flight for 13 years for hundreds gathered in the upstairs viewing area.
See: In and out … international flights return.
Schools on stage
Eleven Waikato school groups including one from Cambridge Middle School will take to the stage at the Claudelands Arena for Showquest 2025 next Thursday (June 26).The event is billed as the country’s biggest student performing arts competition.
Dissolution ahead?
Memorie Brooky, left, and Tash Couzner in the new information centre at Hamilton Airport. Photo: Mary Anne Gill
Riverside Adventures is manning a new information centre at Hamilton Airport and is providing visitor information and brochures.
