If you are the one people always looks to for help or advice, have highly-tuned problem solving skills and communicate well, then Te Awamutu needs you. Local volunteers operate the Te Awamutu Citizens’ Advice Bureau in Alpha Street from Monday…
If you are the one people always looks to for help or advice, have highly-tuned problem solving skills and communicate well, then Te Awamutu needs you. Local volunteers operate the Te Awamutu Citizens’ Advice Bureau in Alpha Street from Monday…
Mary Anne Gill looks at the life and times of a prominent Waipā family. Pam Eglinton, 88, may have moved from Kihikihi more than 60 years ago but still considers herself a ‘local’ girl. Pam…
Reopening the northern entrance to the country’s largest ecological island on Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari will have huge economic benefits for the Waipā economy. It is already a significant domestic tourism attraction because of its ancient…
When the Hospice Waikato retail managers in Cambridge and Te Awamutu arrived to start the new year raising much-needed funds for palliative care, quite different scenes welcomed them. In Cambridge Justine Webb-Elliott saw lots of…
If you thought it was scorchingly hot in Waipā last week, it sure was – and a Niwa meteorologist says it is going to get hotter. The temperature gauge hit 34.7°C at Niwa’s Lake Karāpiro…
A legal fighting fund to challenge Waipā District Council’s decision to require passports for public venues has raised more than $6000 towards the $10,500 it needs to go to court. Nina Parker, the Cambridge woman…
Janet Pike was given an early Christmas present by the Te Awamutu News this week. Her name was drawn to win a $2000 shopping voucher. The draw was the culmination of a News promotion which…
The printed version of Te Awamutu News incorrectly reported Allan Webb was a trustee of Allan Webb Theatre Trust. Mr Webb advises us he is not a trustee and we acknowledge that. A…
Tireless, accessible and connected… those traits and more are why CommSafe community safety officer and all-round neighbourhood crusader, Mandy Merson, is the Te Awamutu News’ Person of the Year for 2021. The title could have…
One of the three waters scuppered Waipā mayor Jim Mylchreest’s plans to join fellow mayors on the steps of Parliament for a protest earlier this week. Mylchreest has joined forces with Communities For Local Democracy…
