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Paewira backers object to costs

Global Contracting Solutions has filed an objection with Waipā District Council against the cost of its resource consent application to build a waste to energy plant in Te Awamutu. The application will be heard by…

Masson, Nyika next?

An all-kiwi cruiserweight boxing clash between Te Awamutu’s Floyd Masson and David Nyika is being talk up following Masson’s latest win. Masson scored a unanimous eight round points decision win over Nigerian Austine Nnamdi in…

Town split over cycleway

Kihikihi’s $8-million-dollar cycle way has split the community between lovers and haters. While cyclists are lining up to ride the cycleway and loving the experience, Te Awamutu-Kihikihi Community Board chair Ange Holt recently told the…

Catastrophic events

Aotearoa has not experienced a catastrophe. Cyclone Gabrielle and the Christchurch and Kaikōura earthquakes were disasters that impacted many lives, but they were not catastrophes. A catastrophe is much worse – on the staggering scale…

A councillor’s demise

Robert Bruce was preparing on the morning of June 7, 1894, to attend to his duties as a Raglan county councillor. This was routine for the 41-year-old Scotsman who in his public capacity was also…

A feral litter problem

2025 is the year of the cat in Kihikihi. The town’s resident Bernard Westerbaan is calling on Waipā District Council to pass a bylaw to manage a stray cat problem in the area. Westerbaan told…

Did we make bad plans?

I’m often asked about the progress of our joint-venture housing project planned for the corner of Racecourse and Ōhaupō Roads. This social housing project we’ve undertaken with Community Housing Provider Habitat for Humanity is one…

Site visits up

Visits to Te Awamutu News website continue to soar. There was a 227 per cent increase in numbers last month over the same period last year and thousands ahead of January. The best read online…

News … in brief

In Business Waikato Business News’ March edition is out this week and features the first students studying for a Master of Pharmacy practice degree at Waikato University. Rukuhia couple Graeme Burton and Val Glenn have…

Rangiaowhia artwork donated

Updated 3 March 2025 Hamilton artist Richard Lewer created a ‘What they didn’t teach me at school’ exhibition held at the New Zealand Portrait Gallery in Wellington last year. One of the pieces in the…

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