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In case of emergency

As promised, this week I’ll speak to what you can do when you are unable to get home in Civil Defence emergency. Most likely you will be at work; therefore each business ought to have…

Build and be damned

We Say This is the new view from on high of rural Waipā. These shade covers block views at ground level – and for that reason residents across the district are up in arms as…

Education centre opens on maunga

“Education has always been a core purpose,” Jim Mylchreest says of Maungatautari Sanctuary Mountain. So it was fitting that at the opening of the $846,000 Manu Korokii Education Centre on the maunga last week the…

Our very own storm trooper

A Waipā student is using spare time ahead of her Wintec classes resuming by helping collect donations for victims of the Auckland floods. Charlotte Peake and her sister Mikaela are collecting items daily to deliver…

Masson gets title shot 

A Te Awamutu born boxer is to fight for title vacated by Joseph Parker’s last opponent. Brisbane based southpaw Floyd Masson fights Italian Fabio Turchi  – also a southpaw – for the vacant IBO World…

Dealing with an emergency

I’m back in the hotseat after my annual Leave. I was one of the lucky ones in that when I went to the Coromandel the weather was fantastic. But while I was away it did…

Tales from the passed: Harry Bosanko

Harry’s Last Day Eleven year old Harry Bosanko was having a hard time of it. The night before, his mother, Fanny had reprimanded him for being naughty and the next day was not much better….

Beale up sticks for pro career

One of the best hockey players Waipā has produced has secured a professional contract with a leading Dutch club. Jackson Beale, 18, will make his debut for Hockey Club (HC) Houten sometime in the next…

Sanctuary Mountain’s big day

About 100 supporters, sponsors and iwi marked the opening of Sanctuary Mountain’s new education centre this morning. Manu Korokii Education Centre has been 20 years in the making and opens a new chapter in teaching…

Museum gems protected

Most objects in Te Awamutu Museum’s collection are safe in climate-controlled storage following the sudden decision to evacuate the museum’s Roche Street building three months ago. Uenuku, a taonga of Tainui and the most valuable…

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