Obituary Herbert Farrant, President New Zealand Military Historical Society, pays tribute to Delysse Storey, who died last week. Te Awamutu’s Delysse Storey understood, through personal interest and study the historic importance of the phrase “Lest…
Obituary Herbert Farrant, President New Zealand Military Historical Society, pays tribute to Delysse Storey, who died last week. Te Awamutu’s Delysse Storey understood, through personal interest and study the historic importance of the phrase “Lest…
Update Friday 14 October John Wood has pipped Norris Hall to the fifth spot on the Te Awamutu Community Board when returning officer Warwick Lampp posted the final results today. Wood secured 1823 votes to…
Takena Stirling will be the first to represent Māori on Waipā’s newest ward. The 38-year-old commercial lawyer and soon to be councillor picked up more than half of the Māori ward’s 552 votes when voting…
The national commemoration of the New Zealand Land Wars is being acknowledged with flags on display throughout Te Awamutu. “We are highlighting that on October 28 we will have commemorations for the Land Wars, and…
Susan O’Regan thought she knew what was in the Waipā mayor’s office – after all she has been in there many times in the past few years catching up with Jim Mylchreest. But when she…
A record frost is likely to trigger a national berry shortage – and have longer term effects. Temperatures reached negative 2.9 degrees at the Hamilton Airport last Friday, but at Waipā’s Monavale Blueberries the temperatures…
When the call to Susan O’Regan came at 1.30pm on Saturday from Waipā chief executive Garry Dyet that she had been elected mayor, her first reaction was relief. Read: Susan O’Regan elected mayor Focus on…
In mid 2020 I got a Facebook friend request from veteran Kiwi filmmaker Costa Botes. Why is he friending me I wondered? Later after a screening at the 2022 NZ International Film Festival, Costa explained…
John Wood will join the Te Awamutu Community Board after provisional votes saw him oust provisional member Norris Hall today. Special votes are yet to come. Wood, a semi-retired drainlayer/plumber, has links with Pirongia having…
Susan O’Regan has beaten incumbent Jim Mylchreest to be the new Waipā mayor. The 50-year-old Kakepuku farmer becomes the district’s first female mayor and only the fifth since the district’s establishment in 1989. It was…
