Waipā district councillors have gone back to Zoom meetings – which has advantages and disadvantages for viewers. The council has been broadcasting meetings online since the first Covid lockdown in 2020 – but the view…
Waipā district councillors have gone back to Zoom meetings – which has advantages and disadvantages for viewers. The council has been broadcasting meetings online since the first Covid lockdown in 2020 – but the view…
Freshchoice stores in Te Awamutu and Cambridge came to the support of the Cancer Society in its time of need. When Lockdown conditions scuppered the annual Daffodil Day appeal last week Richard and wife Jane…
Rural New Zealand is keeping New Zealand afloat, yet the government continues to strip services away from rural heartland communities like Cambridge and Te Awamutu. That’s a big concern for Waipā mayor Jim Mylchreest who…
Businesses have prepared for the lockdown situation, but the focus is on small businesses to prevent them from going under. That is the message from Te Awamutu Chamber of Commerce chief executive Kerrianne Krelle as…
Te Awamutu’s community constable Ryan Fleming quipped over the weekend that it seemed as if every day was Sunday. And a Level 4 lockdown look through the main streets of Ōhaupo, Ōtorohanga, Kihikihi and…
Taranaki-King Country MP Barbara Kuriger says she understands why mayors like Waipā’s Jim Mylchreest are coming out against the government’s Three Waters Review. She just wishes more councils would do likewise rather than sit back…
“This is the cool thing about animals, they love you unconditionally and they’re always there but right now humans require them more.” “Animals are cool.” A Waipā dairy farmer has compared the Covid 19 Delta…
Joanne Bell of Te Awamutu is a true neighbourhood champion, and she has the certificate to prove it. Joanne was recently named Waikato champion of the year at the Neighbourhood Support Awards. “I feel very…
A group of volunteers working in Te Awamutu and Cambridge have this year diverted 8.5 tonnes of e-waste from Waipā’s landfills. Urban Miners, a not-for-profit enterprise recycles, or diverts for reuse, domestic and business e-waste…
Plans to spruce up Te Awamutu’s railway station have been derailed by continued vandalism of the station platform. Te Awamutu Community Board member Gary Derbyshire said the shelter had now been removed. He and a…
