Breaking news A proposal to launch a kerbside rubbish collection service has been binned by Waipā District Council due to the cost. Information provided by staff estimated the cost of setting up a wheelie bin…
Breaking news A proposal to launch a kerbside rubbish collection service has been binned by Waipā District Council due to the cost. Information provided by staff estimated the cost of setting up a wheelie bin…
Geoff and Johanna Fitzgerald are inviting 600 hikers to walk for a cause across their Wharepuhunga sheep and beef farm. The couple, who have farmed the 450ha Duncan Road property for 24 years, have has…
When women get together, and the subject turns to health, chances are one of the things they mention is how they hate going to the doctor for cervical screening. Some are so embarrassed by the…
“Farmers aren’t making money, and the Rural Support Trust is busier than ever,” Federated Farmers Waikato president Keith Holmes says. Waikato Rural Support Trust Chair Neil Bateup confirmed calls to the trust in September were…
A sombre gathering at Te Awamutu’s Anzac Green last Saturday marked the 107th anniversary of a battle said to represent one of New Zealand’s darkest days in World War One. The battle at the small…
A war of words has broken out in Te Awamutu over the town’s war memorials which include the names of the fallen from the Waipā District and the King Country. Te Awamutu War Memorial Maintenance…
Visitor records have tumbled at Waipā community facilities in Te Awamutu and Cambridge. For the first time more than 400,000 people visited the Te Awamutu Events Centre and Perry Aquatic Centre in Cambridge in a…
A debut project aimed at giving Lake Rotopiko’s roosting pest birds the heave-ho has come to an end. By making the Ōhaupō lake a less attractive stopover, millions of birds – mostly starlings and sparrows…
Te Awamutu Grey Power is asking Waipā District Council to embrace its Age Friendly Policy with quarterly meetings for seniors. Te Awamutu Grey Power is asking Waipā District Council to embrace its Age Friendly Policy…
Five go burgling Three more incidents where a group of five thieves in a stolen vehicle carried out a burglary in Waipā have been reported by police. The incidents were at the Spark shop in…
