A Friedensreich Hundertwasser designed waste to energy incineration plant in Te Awamutu could become a tourist attraction, claims Alastair Brickell. Brickell, who runs Stargazers Bed and Breakfast in Whitianga, was behind one of eight submissions…
A Friedensreich Hundertwasser designed waste to energy incineration plant in Te Awamutu could become a tourist attraction, claims Alastair Brickell. Brickell, who runs Stargazers Bed and Breakfast in Whitianga, was behind one of eight submissions…
Haven Komene learned to dive bomb with his older cousins at Arapuni on the Waikato River and he put that experience to good use at the Manu world champs superqualifier in Hamilton on the weekend….
Waipā’s northern neighbours are wooing the council in an apparent effort to get the local authority to join their water services company. Discussions were held behind closed doors in Te Awamutu yesterday (Wednesday) between Hamilton,…
Wednesday it is Waipā councillors rubber stamped a staff recommendation around meeting days at a council meeting last week – put to them and verbally approved in a workshop last year. The public was aware…
Horse racing in the Waikato is a $505 million industry employing more than 6200 people and it is about to undergo radical change, reports senior writer Mary Anne Gill. When Andrew ‘Butch’ Castles says…
Te Awamutu-Kihikihi Community Board chair Ange Holt has endorsed a $500 repair and maintenance plan for 70-year-old seats at Te Awamutu and District War Memorial Park. Te Awamutu War Memorial Maintenance Committee member Marc Dawson…
I was speaking to someone who had recently travelled. “Do you know where your forebears are from?” she asked me. “I think there’s Welsh way back in the bloodline,” I said. “Have you ever been…
There have been plenty of harrowing and emotional stories coming out of the LA fires disaster. Videos of people reuniting with, or helping, pets really pull the heartstrings, bringing forward thoughts of how I would…
Merger on cards? Waikato Chamber of Commerce has ramped up calls for local body mergers saying rocketing rate rises and central government pressure is hitting ratepayers in the pocket. The region’s 12 councils for 536,200…
Tom Roa has cast a vote of confidence in the refreshed compilation of the Waitangi Tribunal. He did not have his warrant renewed this month when Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka announced a new line…
