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Check those light fittings 

Te Awamutu residents should check what type of light bulb they have in their homes before the Black Friday Blow Out Street Party tomorrow. Waipā Networks is giving away five free generation Ecobulb LED energy-saving…

Work for Kneebone, Graf

Appointments were to be made to Waikato Regional Council committees today at its first meeting in Hamilton with the two Waipā-King Country constituency members set to pick up a heavy workload. In the agenda, chair…

A fashion leader too …

A social media posting featuring mayor Susan O’Regan standing in her wardrobe resulted in an additional sale for the Waipā retailer where she bought the clothes she is wearing. O’Regan bought a jacket from Ruby…

Celebrating Waipa

Invited guests joined mayor Susan O’Regan, councillors and community board members at the Don Rowlands Centre for the Celebrating Waipa event, formerly known as Friends of Council. They were entertained by the Te Awamutu Intermediate…

A centenary to remember 

The Karāpiro School community came together Friday 11  to celebrate 100 years on the current school site. The school actually opened 137 years ago on a site further down Karāpiro Road, and today is the…

Museum report is bad news 

A new report shows Te Awamutu’s closed museum reaches only 20 per cent of the National Building Standards – and gets a Grade D building rating. The news has raised suggestions the town could even…

It was nice meeting you, Te Awamutu 

Depending on how you read a newspaper, this could likely be the last piece written by me that you’ll ever read. To put things bluntly, I am leaving the Te Awamutu News to focus on…

Dealing with fire works 

Over the last few weeks since Guy Fawkes’ I have had several complaints come through about fireworks and the poor behaviour of some towards them. This is an old story that just never goes away….

Paula’s focus is all rural

Paula Jacobsen’s newest short film aims to showcase the highs and lows of rural Te Awamutu. Paula is a third year Communications and Digital Marketing student at Wintec with a passion for creating short films….

King Country couple take new dealership to Fieldays

Ōtorohanga musicians and entrepreneurs, Allan and Jan Barclay, will be at the National Fieldays later this month to help market the grunty petrol and electric Tuatara ATV, said to be one of the best vehicles…

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