Regional council leader Russ Rimmington is still at the helm despite a demand from eight of his councillors to stand down. The next couple of weeks will determine the future of the veteran politician, a…
Regional council leader Russ Rimmington is still at the helm despite a demand from eight of his councillors to stand down. The next couple of weeks will determine the future of the veteran politician, a…
The company behind a sand quarry on the banks of the Waikato River and close to Mount Maungatautari has applied for a resource consent. The application comes at least five years after significant mining began…
Attempts to collect more than $21,600 in unpaid rates on three Te Awamutu properties could land the mortgage-free Waipā landowner in court. Finance manager Jolanda Hechter told the Finance and Corporate committee this week staff…
The Ode of Remembrance is a staple of Anzac Day and is recited weekly by the Returned and Services Association (RSA). For Te Awamutu RSA, it is personalised as much as possible. “When The…
There is a saying in the Navy ‘a life less ordinary’ and for Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) Commander Julie Fitzell, this couldn’t be closer to the truth. In response to a recent article written…
WE SAY …. Arrangements which smack of an old boys’ network influence are not something the Waipā District Council – particularly its media shy senior economic development manager – should be a party to. For…
Waipā District councillor Andrew Brown says a Treaty of Waitangi workshop was eye-opening, uncomfortable – but very necessary Brown said though he was aware of some of the subject matter, it was only now, at…
Pukeatua Memorial Church have had the first glimpse of their replacement cross, made by Menz Shed. On Monday Margaret Main, chairperson of Pukeatua Memorial Church, visited Menz Shed to inspect the cross. Main said although…
The Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari education centre can be “game changing,” says lead educator Tali Jellyman. Jellyman gave The News an update on the sanctuary’s new education centre, about a month into the construction. The site…
On Saturday 9 April at exactly 10.36am the skies of Te Awamutu hummed with the sound of heritage aircraft as a Supermarine Spitfire, two T-6C Texans and a Grumman Avenger flew over our town. During…
