Long-standing Te Awamutu Community Board member Gary Derbyshire has stood down to concentrate on his business interests. Derbyshire, 65, said his real estate business was experiencing unprecedented growth and he recently expanded the commercial side…
The Te Awamutu and Cambridge i-Sites will continue to receive funding from Waipā District Council for another 18 months but will have to define their promotional roles to avoid clashing with Hamilton and Waikato Tourism….
By Ricky Lam Demand for help from Te Awamutu’s foodbank continues to rise at a time when donations have fallen. “We have had a sharp rise in the number of people seeking food from the…
Wāipa District Council is hoping to make the two community advisor roles, which were established last year as part of a Covid recovery package, a more permanent arrangement. Gina Scott and Corren Ngerengere started in…
Waipā council staff have assured the Te Awamutu Community Board that median strips full of “ugly” weeds at Te Awamutu’s eastern entrance will soon be gone. Te Awamutu Community Board chair Angela Holt complained the…
Te Awamutu’s Pekerau School has taken its first step towards correcting its name to Pekapekarau School. The decision to move towards a name change was given the green light at a hui held via zoom on October 21. The next step is…
A radical approach to boosting use of public transport by centralising funding and decision-making has been floated in an independent review of Waikato Regional Council’s service. The review recommends investigating having one organisation contracted and…
Safety issues at the George Street public carpark and the level of action by the district council are worrying the Te Awamutu Community Board. In her report to the board on Tuesday, board chair Angela…
The Te Awamutu Presbyterian Church has offered to sell part of its land in Mutu Street to Waipā District Council to help fund its new church. Te Awamutu Community Board member Jill Taylor made the…
By Constable Ryan Fleming Like many groups, Covid-19 has had an impact on the team at Operation Christmas Hampers. This time each year we are busy out on the streets getting donations of food, Christmas…
