A tour of a park has brought up questions from about the future of a Te Awamutu landmark. Waipā District Council hosted a tour of Te Awamutu’s Memorial Park on Saturday and about 50 residents…
A tour of a park has brought up questions from about the future of a Te Awamutu landmark. Waipā District Council hosted a tour of Te Awamutu’s Memorial Park on Saturday and about 50 residents…
Long-standing Te Awamutu lawyer Richard Swarbrick swapped the trappings of his job last weekend for a spin at his second love – model trains. He joined the Greater Waikato Railway Modellers at their open day…
Reuben and Deb Connolly have been named winners of the region’s Share Farmer of the Year category at the Waikato Dairy Industry Awards. The other big winners were Christopher Gerard Vila, who became the 2021…
Double sculls combination Jenna Markgraaf and Brylee Deacon provided the highlight for Waipā schools at the 2021 Maadi Cup competition on Lake Karapiro. The U17 Double Sculls from Cambridge High collected the sole Waipā gold…
By Peter Carr Sometimes writing about the ’oldies’ brings with it a feeling the folk of more advanced years do not care what others think, but prefer to take life as it comes. Possibly they…
Waipa District Council is set to start the new water connection between Kihikihi and Te Awamutu. The connection will see a new 4.8km watermain built in the road reserve along Park, Golf and Flat roads,…
A move to give the Director General of Health the power to determine whether fluoride goes into water supplies has the potential to create divisions in Waikato. Only Hamilton City and Waikato District fluoridate all…
Waipā residents are being given a host of opportunities to discuss the district’s 10-year plan proposals. The Waipā District Council has unveiled plans to find $2 billion of spending over that time and use ratepayer…
Hours after the News reported last week it could find no Māori who had been elected to the Waipā District Council, Sue Milner put the record straight. The former three term district councillor, who now…
Waipā District Council has acknowledged it could have done a better job of explaining proposed changes the district’s long-term plan. The council wants to short circuit changes to zoning where land has been set aside…
