A national conversation about local, regional and national decision making and service provision is needed before any discussion about amalgamation, a Waikato local body leader has told The News. Waikato Regional Council chair Pamela Storey…
A national conversation about local, regional and national decision making and service provision is needed before any discussion about amalgamation, a Waikato local body leader has told The News. Waikato Regional Council chair Pamela Storey…
It was a case of no pain, no gain, when a six month roading project started to provide Ōhaupō with a crossing an appropriate parking. Retailers who felt that pain are now celebrating the gain….
To the uninitiated, they are rocks compared to normal golf balls. We are talking about range balls – thousands of them are placed on tees on driving ranges around the country every day by club…
Waipā councillors appeared to be closer – if not close – to naming a successor for chief executive Garry Dyet this week. They met at Karāpiro yesterday (Wednesday) after this edition went to press –…
Here’s how the last week looked for Te Awamutu police. Monday – Police served multiple trespass notices on a recidivist shoplifter on behalf of fed up retailers. Five warrants to arrest were issued in the…
Flagpoles in Te Awamutu have a friend in the Menzshed. Having restored to glory the pole on Anzac Green in the centre of Te Awamutu just over 12 months ago, the blokes have now done…
The attention of many of us undoubtedly has been drawn to the turmoil and conflict in the Middle East in recent times. Finger pointing and recriminations are rife in the accompanying rhetoric of words. The…
Meghan Hawkes looks back on Waipa news in 1921. A new Te Awamutu venture was to begin producing dried milk. Dried milk, whether with or without its cream, was a highly concentrated food, and it…
Weather warnings can be like Tacos. Living in the United States, a country that has a hurricane, and a tornado, and a winter storm season, I experienced my fair share of weather watches and warnings….
Te Awamutu’s commemoration of Anzac Day starts tomorrow with Poppy Day. The annual appeal being marked this year on April 19 will see the sale of poppies swell funds for New Zealand’s Returned Servicemen Association…
