News in Brief
Cemetery land sale
Waipa District Council will sell 5880m² of unused land at Puahue Cemetery, east of Kihikihi, and keep 1202m² to meet future burial needs. The proposed sale, expected to return $500,000 would take up to a year to complete. Ngāti Hikairo oppose any sale of cemetery land due to its tapu status.
Plan boost
An interim Environment Court decision released last week has been welcomed as “good news” for 2800 farmers in the Waikato Regional Council catchment by its chief executive Chris McLay. The decision, related to amendments to the Resource Management Act, supports the use of permitted activities for some activities covered by the council’s Plan Change 1 proposal which aims to improve Waikato and Waipā river water quality.
Travel winner
Te Awamutu’s Tania Wheeler has picked up the award as New Zealand’s highest volume consultant at an awards dinner in Sydney. The event attracted more than 250 travel industry leaders. Wheeler’s House of Travel outlet also placed second to its Hamilton branch in the highest volume sales race. House of Travel was the only network nominated for awards.
Film screening
The Regent Theatre Te Awamutu will host a screening of sports documentary No Tears on the Field and a Q&A session with director Lisa Burd and Southern Rugby Club (Hāwera) player Kate Thomson, in mid-March. The 93 minute documentary shines a light on the determination and resilience of women striving to break barriers in New Zealand rugby.
Pair attacked
Police are asking for help to identify three men who attacked two people who had earlier taken exception to a car being driven to perform burnouts in Marychurch Rd, Mātangi, on Saturday night. The two were taken to hospital and police have called the attacked cowardly.
Online data
News in brief was the most popular post on the Te Awamutu News website while the home page was top, digital statistics for last month show. The second most popular page were our e-Editions and our next top posts were the online only stories of Barbara Kuriger’s inspection of the St Valentine’s Day storm damage, damage to the Department of Conservation’s Pirongia tracks and State of Emergency extended.
