Music off pat

Music off pat

Kihikihi’s ukulele club’s Irish eyes were smiling ahead of St Patrick’s Day last week. Members Maureen and Ken Jamieson, Kahu Walker and Sally Marx were among those to join in the Irish theme for the…

Birthday on the runway

Kenzie Pivott was up early on Sunday for her birthday. But there was another reason for the Te Awamutu 12-year-old to be ready for a big day – it was starting with a run around…

Titchener pushes for hold on fluoride

Waipā District Council is set to be pressed to put a hold on plans to introduce fluoride to water. The council was ordered to prepare to add fluoride to the Cambridge town supply by outgoing…

Cellphone tower up: council told to rethink its planning

Pirongia’s tower action group will argue it was a case of losing the plot. Late efforts to encourage a rethink of the site for Pirongia’s cell tower have failed – and led to calls for…

St John gets grassroots bonus

Two new ambulances are ready to support Waikato communities  – and one of them is based in Te Awamutu. The ambulances have come thanks to funding from the Grassroots Trust, a long-time supporter of Hato…

Going to the next stage

From the outskirts of New Jersey to Chicago. Last year’s highly successful Te Awamutu College stage production of the Addams Family has provided impetus for the establishment of a new Te Awamutu Youth Theatre. The…

Opponents back ‘call in’

The decision to “call in” the application to build a waste to energy plant in Te Awamutu has been welcomed by a lobby group opposed to it. “We believe that calling-in the application is a…

Too hot to handle?

Update Thursday 8 February 2.40pm The country’s stance on waste to energy plants could become standardised as a result of a Waipā District Council decision, the company behind an application for one in Te Awamutu…

Tower group’s Penny option

Pirongia’s Tower Action Group has suggested the “easy option” has been selected to put up a cell tower in the village. Mobile tower Infrastructure company Connexa caught the community off guard last month by announcing…

Recycling – it’s all for one

The bad news is that your milk bottle tops, and millions of other blue caps, are going to landfill. The good news is that a standardised kerbside recycling programme launched across the country this week…