By Benjamin Wilson Billie Brown-Wahanui and Oksana Voznyuk, video called their families to celebrate their achievements after being recognised in the Waipā Youth Awards. Wahanui received the Community Service Award, while Voznyuk received the Multi-Achiever…
Te Awamutu’s Mahoe Medical will establish a second regional practice as part of a mega facility to serve Waipā. It will be part of a $150 million all-purpose medical facility in Cambridge’s northern suburbs. The…
Some creative DIY has brought a laugh to the Te Awamutu community. Ethan Udy decided to so some of his own repair work when he found the Short St sign broken into three pieces. He…
By Ricky Lam The Halloween industry has been given the spooks by Covid. The American trick or treat craze introduced to New Zealand via commercial promotions more than a quarter of a century ago has…
By Luke East At around this time 110 years ago it was officially announced that the Te Awamutu Post Office, which was then under construction on the corner of Sloane and Alexandra Streets, would…
The regional council believes rook numbers have fallen from about 50 to 40 in the region over the past year. Introduced from Britain to control insects more than 150 years ago, the bird soon wore…
Updated with Waikato DHB comments received after we went to press (see at end): A Waipā district councillor says she and other councillors were told to keep quiet for more than a day when Covid…
Mayor hospitalised Waipā mayor Jim Mylchreest had a 24-hour stint in Waikato Hospital on an antibiotic drip last week when his chest infection worsened. Mylchreest said yesterday he had a high fever which settled down…
A Waipā nurse vaccinator on Covid’s front line says she’s convinced mobile vans going into Waikato’s far flung rural areas is the answer to reaching the 90 per cent fully vaccinated target. Michelle Edge, who works for Waikato…
Ōtorohanga Mayor Max Baxter deserves high praise for breaking a Covid mould. Since the arrival of Covid, the government, health boards and local bodies have staged managed information releases where and when they want. Mayor…
