Following a year of limbo, Te Awamutu Grey Power has formed a committee. Last year the local 50 and over lobby group saw its president Hazel Barnes, secretary Meryl Reardon, and treasurer Bernard Westerbaan all…
Following a year of limbo, Te Awamutu Grey Power has formed a committee. Last year the local 50 and over lobby group saw its president Hazel Barnes, secretary Meryl Reardon, and treasurer Bernard Westerbaan all…
Bags of blood, human faeces, pig heads, and dead cats. These are some of the horrors that Waipā residents have left for people like Pare Te Huia to sort, by hand, out of their recycling….
Susan O’Regan is putting her political career on the line with an “all or nothing” run at the Waipā mayoralty. Twelve weeks after she announced she was getting out of local politics to work in…
In my last column about Family Violence I am going to talk about economic abuse. Economic Abuse is simply where an abuser makes it almost impossible to leave by controlling the finances. Often this extends…
Another Waipā District councillor has ruled out a tilt at the mayoralty but has confirmed he will stand for council. Roger Gordon, who is in his first term on the council after a stint on…
A 120-year-old toolbox has disclosed a hidden treasure of old picture posters at the Te Awamutu Menzshed. While restoring the toolbox, Richard Cato discovered a montage of old picture posters inside the lid, under the…
Waipā council has identified five “very high” risks to its operations and 14 risks in total. In her report to the council’s Audit and Risk committee this week, risk advisor Genny Wilson listed inadequate staffing,…
Two mobile baristas are using their coffee-making skills from quite different platforms. Miriam Ellis parks her custom-made cycle coffee cart in Payne Park outside Resthaven in Cambridge while Te Awamutu’s Rebecca Petch plies her trade…
Heavy rainfall has warped the boardwalk that surrounds Lake Ngā Roto, resulting in a decision to close it. The lake and its surrounding areas were flooded by a significant storm last weekend that triggered a…
Waikato Regional Council has unveiled its draft regional public transport priorities for the next 30 years. The plan includes bringing climate change and emission reductions from a footnote to a headline and introduces greater connectivity…
