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Saving our theatre

  By Blair Voorend Te Awamutu is rallying around one of the community’s longest standing institutions, the Regent Theatre. The theatre was pushed to the brink as a consequence of the Covid impact. But residents…

Lions are in dreamland

Te Awamutu’s Rosetown Lions are flush with success following a good showing at last month’s District 202L Convention in Tokoroa. The group’s immediate past president, Paula McWha, received the ‘Power of a Dream’ President’s Trophy…

Recycling rogues caught

Waipā District Council has imposed a three-strike rule on rogue dumpers who have sabotaged the community’s recycling centre. More than 25 properties have been told their recycling services are suspended because they abused the collection…

Waipa farmers fend off Covid impact

Waipā’s primary industry is continuing to buffer the district from the economic fall-out of Covid-19. In a quarterly report to the Waipā District Counicl this week, Wellington firm Infometrics said Waipā continued to hold up…

Justice of the Peace call heard loud and clear

An appeal for new blood in the Te Awamutu Justice of the Peace community through the Te Awamutu News last week has come up trumps. Ann Rawson, chairperson of the Te Awamutu branch of the…

Regional airport flies high

Hamilton Airport has resisted Covid by bouncing back with more domestic flights using bigger aircraft. Immediately before the Covid lockdown the airport was operating an average of 155 flights in and out of Hamilton via…

Māori ward reviews commence

District councils across the region are reviewing their Māori ward policy in the wake of last week’s abolition of the power of veto by voters. Legislation pushed by Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta places the…

Te Awamutu-born writer to talk crime writing and gangsters

Te Awamutu-born author Scott Bainbridge is the first of several authors lined up to give public talks during Waipā District Libraries’ Author Month. Scott will talk about his books and some of his upcoming projects…

Vaccine programme starts in Waikato

The rollout of Waikato’s vaccination program continues. It began Thursday 25 when 28 Waikato District Health Board vaccinators received ied the first of two doses at the dedicated Covid-19 vaccination centre. The following day at…

Parkour fans can jump for joy

A parkour zone is to be built in Te Awamutu. The zone is one part of a wider refresh to the Centennial Park concept plan, which was presented to the Te Awamutu Community Board last…

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