Community Board chair Ange Holt fears public apathy could stifle conversation around reviewing the town’s identity. Holt raised the idea – reported exclusively in the News – of reviewing the present Rose Town moniker last…
Community Board chair Ange Holt fears public apathy could stifle conversation around reviewing the town’s identity. Holt raised the idea – reported exclusively in the News – of reviewing the present Rose Town moniker last…
Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari attracted 13,500 visitors in the last financial year – just fractionally down on pre-Covid numbers. In a year where visitors were almost exclusively domestic, 56% came from the Waikato region, 17 per cent from Auckland and 10 per…
Putting recycling bins in public places is a “very expensive way to get low value recycling”, says the woman responsible for Waipā District Council’s waste minimisation. Sally Fraser was responding to a suggestion by Cr…
The introduction of Waikato Regional Council’s Bee travel card has finally given improved patronage figures for Waipā District Council to drill into. Councillors have been asking for months how many “within town” trips passengers took…
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…
