Te Awamutu Golf Club pennants teams are striving to go one better in 2025 in the Waikato Pennants competition this year. The club’s Handicap Matchplay teams have won their respective competition three years in a…
Te Awamutu Golf Club pennants teams are striving to go one better in 2025 in the Waikato Pennants competition this year. The club’s Handicap Matchplay teams have won their respective competition three years in a…
Recently I read an article in The Australian newspaper about the cost of an aging population. It made the oft-repeated point that the burden of supporting the elderly is falling on the next generation. It…
When Emily Ahier was born at Pirongia in May 1911 it was around one month before her father, Aubin, died. Aubin and his wife, Julia, now had eight daughters and one son but Aubin’s grip…
Ngāhinapōuri’s Dean ‘Weka’ Fullerton was part of the New Zealand polo team beaten 11-9 by England at Mystery Creek Polo Club recently. The curtain raiser saw match John Paul Clarkin Bayleys team beat Kit Brooks’…
Antifluoride campaigner and local body politician Kane Titchener is celebrating New Zealand First’s call for a referendum to review the move to put decisions over fluoride into the Ministry of Health’s court. Winston Peters accepted…
I wonder how many of us applied for annual leave on the Friday, taking advantage of the Waitangi holiday to turn it into a long Waitangi Weekend. I suggest that if we’re honest, that will…
One of the leading lights behind the restoration of Kihikihi’s Alpha Hotel has come out in favour of a waste to energy plant in Te Awamutu. Bill Harris is Hamilton based but is a member…
Misinformation is not new. Sometimes confusion reigns and wrong information is innocently shared. Sometimes tabloids make clickbait headlines that are wildly misleading, so you visit their website, and they make money. Now we also have…
True Islam New Zealand held their first Holy Qur’an Exhibition in Te Awamutu at the Burchell Pavilion on Saturday. The Auckland-based organisation has run these events for 12 years and two or three held across…
Longtime volunteer Zelda Nortje has taken over the reins of Lovings Arms, which has supported thousands of parents and caregivers across the Waikato. Since 2014, the Te Awamutu-based charity helped more than 6000 babies and…
