Francis Joseph Krippner celebrated his 90th birthday at the start of this month Aware of her dad’s mortality, Maree Smith asked The News to share some of the wealth of local history that her father…
Francis Joseph Krippner celebrated his 90th birthday at the start of this month Aware of her dad’s mortality, Maree Smith asked The News to share some of the wealth of local history that her father…
Tainui Group Holdings has today launched a new brand identity. The brand was launched by chair Hinerangi Raumati-Tu’ua at the Tārangawaewae Marae poukai at Ngāruawāhia and follows an extensive consultation and design process. Mrs Raumati-Tu’ua…
Work has started on Te Awamutu’s skatepark upgrade in Rewi Street. Waipā District Council’s contractor Fluhler Contracting Limited, alongside Acid NZ who helped develop the skatepark design, began work on the six-month construction programme at…
School librarians say they’re the answer to a declining nationwide literacy rate. Former School Library Association of New Zealand president Glenys Bichan, who is library manager at Cambridge High School, says nearly a quarter of…
On February 24 journalist Benjamin Wilson reported that two iwi were mourning the sale of land at Rangiaowhia. They didn’t have the means to match the selling price. Today, The News exclusively reveals a remarkable…
The incoming Waipā Networks chief executive knows if you asked several people on the streets of Te Awamutu or Cambridge what the company does, most would struggle to answer. Sean Horgan is unfazed by that…
It’s 7.50am in Ukraine and Lisette Reymer’s eyes are blood-shot; her body language oozes fatigue. The Waipā-raised Newshub reporter and Daniel Pannett, a Methven camera operator, have spent three weeks covering the Russian invasion of…
The amount of legislation that is being thrown at council could soon be ‘overwhelming’, Waipā District councillor Lou Brown says. “We are getting a massive amount of legislation thrown at us with very short submission…
Waipā council has approved several new street names in the district. The road in a new subdivision at 93 Whitmore Street in Kihikihi will be called Te Koko Lane. Developer Papamoa TA Ltd Partnership consulted…
Kihikihi residents are counting down the days until their town clock ticks for the first time in five years. The restoration work on the Kihikihi War Memorial Clock is expected to be completed by March…
