A Waipā district councillor finally got the bus figures he has been asking for in more than a year, but the answer was not what he expected. Roger Gordon told Waikato Regional Council’s Future Proof…
A Waipā district councillor finally got the bus figures he has been asking for in more than a year, but the answer was not what he expected. Roger Gordon told Waikato Regional Council’s Future Proof…
Waipā District Council museums and heritage director Anne Blyth says the new digital library of Waipā’s art is an accessible way of looking at our past. There are nearly 100 pieces of art in the…
Te Awamutu’s “Space Dave” has complete faith that Nasa and other space agencies can deal with a rogue asteroid heading towards Earth. He says we should treat the emergence as a planetary emergency drill. Astronomers…
Two of the luckiest men alive climbed unscathed from a pile of twisted wreckage after their Tiger Moth aircraft crashed on a hillside near Te Awamutu. The men came to grief during a flight from Te Kūiti to…
Chris Gardner continues our series of reviews of submissions and reports on the proposed Te Awamutu waste to energy plant. Nearly two thirds of submissions on the proposed Paewira Waste to Energy Plant in Racecourse…
I am an avid reader. When we moved to Te Awamutu, I was delighted to discover that for a small town, it has a great library. Since we have been here, the services provided by…
Two former international rugby fullbacks, Christian Cullen and Glenn Metcalfe, spoke at a Te Awamutu Sports fundraiser breakfast auction on Sunday. The event was held to raise funds for the senior rugby trip to the…
Measuring deformation is an important part of the volcano monitoring toolbox. Deformation is a change in the ground surface or shape, whether that’s up (inflation), down (deflation), or sideways. Understanding what the cause could be,…
Dairy farmer Andrew Reymer was full of praise for firefighters – but less for New Zealand Rail – after fire broke out beside a track bordering his property this week. Eighteen firefighters and five appliances…
Waipā, Ōtorohanga and Waitomo district councils have agreed to share regulatory services staff in the latest hint Waikato local authorities are thinking “bigger picture”. The three councils signed an over-arching regulatory shared services agreement last…
