Rose gardens praised

International rosarians Michael Marriott and Paul Zimmerman were quite taken by Te Awamutu when they dropped in with 20 international rose fans last week. Both offered fulsome praise for the town’s rose beds at the…

Pirongia School called in a couple of trailblazers for last week’s second running of the school’s Young Farmer Competition. Principal Kelly Bicknell invited 2023 Young Farmer of the Year winner Emma Poole and her husband…

Sunday’s Remembrance Day service at the Pukeatua War Memorial Church was made particularly special with the blessing of a new bell and two new brass shell casings. The shell casings were donated by the Hauraki…

Te Awamutu RSA marked Armistice Day on Saturday, with RSA committee member and Waipā District councillor Lou Brown dedicating his address to those who lost their lives in war, and to those who returned. A…

All things going to plan, Waipā’s Armistice commemorations should go like clockwork this weekend. Perfect weather conditions are predicted and event organisers in both Te Awamutu and Cambridge have arranged a series of events at…

There is a good reason Te Awamutu is called ‘Rose Town’ as senior writer Viv Posselt found when she took her notebook and camera to the 59th annual rose show last week and saw some…

Two of the world’s top rosarians will visit Te Awamutu next month, adding a never before international sheen to the town during its peak rose season. Global rose expert Michael Marriott and US-based specialist Paul…

John Gibbons: June 26, 1927 – September 25, 2023 The passing of renown Kiwi bandsman John Gibbons, whose funeral was in Te Awamutu last weekend, holds particular poignancy for Cambridge. Among the 50 marches he…

The half century story of how a small Te Awamutu music group grew to become one of the jewels in Waipā’s crown has been celebrated at a concert in the town. The ‘50th Celebration Concert’…

Award-winning scientist and founder of Hill Laboratories, Dr Roger Hill, may have taken on a test too far when trying to convince Cambridge University of the Third Age (U3A) members that analytical chemistry was riveting…