Several young Te Awamutu dancers competing at the Te Kūiti Winter Show national dancing competitions met with considerable success. Elaine North had a series of triumphs, including first for Highland dance and tap dance under 11 years;…
Several young Te Awamutu dancers competing at the Te Kūiti Winter Show national dancing competitions met with considerable success. Elaine North had a series of triumphs, including first for Highland dance and tap dance under 11 years;…
Elevate, Ōtorohanga District Council’s development board, has appointed a project team to focus on improving security for businesses. The project team will now work through the options with businesses, Elevate’s economic development manager Michelle Hollands…
If you want an example of how sensational headlines can be about geology, the East African Rift is a prime example. A few years ago, photos of a large crack made the rounds, making it…
Ōtorohanga residents concerned about what is going on at their Ballance St fire station can rest easy. It is quite simply undergoing a refurbishment, one that seems to have people in a pickle about parking….
Hautapu commemorated Anzac Day in style at Cambridge Memorial Park on Friday, drubbing Melville 90-10 in the Waikato club rugby premiership. It was also a great tribute to club man David Morris as he scored…
Ōtorohanga residents showed support for their fallen by showing up in numbers for both the dawn and mid-morning services, which were addressed by Ōtorohanga RSA president Shona Martin. Meanwhile the Te Awamutu, Cambridge and Te…
Timothy “Tim” Smith, 51, believes teamwork has been the secret to his loyalty and two decades’ service to Foodstuffs. “My motto in life is it’s amazing what you can achieve if you work as a…
Kihikihi’s Anzac Day commemoration departed from the norm this year when those attending were invited to attend a presentation afterwards that told the stories of three men listed on the cenotaph. Event organiser Adan Te…
Pukeatua’s tiny War Memorial Church marked Anzac Day on Sunday with a ceremony led for the most part by members of the Patriots Defence Force Motorcycle Club. The deviation from the norm was to mark…
Waipa historian Val Millington has a unique way of making the world wars seem real to students at Ōhaupō Primary School. The school lost 25 students in the two world wars so she gets 25…
