A concept plan for Te Awamutu’s 65-year-old War Memorial Park has sparked public debate before the Waipā District Council has looked at it. The debate follows the tabling of the plan at last month’s meeting…
A concept plan for Te Awamutu’s 65-year-old War Memorial Park has sparked public debate before the Waipā District Council has looked at it. The debate follows the tabling of the plan at last month’s meeting…
The Western Waikato Emergency Operations Centre (WWEOC) is reminding people to stay at home in their lockdown bubbles on Anzac Day tomorrow – and not to visit Cenotaphs to lay wreaths. It is the first…
Te Awamutu’s Trampas Pollard was lovin’ it. And after a video was posted on the Te Awamutu Region Community Grapevine Facebook page showing how he, mum Kaz and sister Aotea sorted his takeaway demands during…
Cambridge and Te Awamutu News publisher David Mackenzie went into bat for the country’s community newspaper industry last week. The Government has been told community newspapers should have been permitted to print and deliver –…
Demand for frozen produce from Ōhaupō’s Blueberry Country has surged as – it would seem – people adjust to life in lockdown. Production of the frozen “superfood” at the company is up more than 40…
Business owners are facing “tough questions” as the Waipā’s Te Awamutu and Cambridge Chambers of Commerce look for ways to help members through the Covid-19 lockdown and its after affects. Cambridge chamber chief Kelly…
Waipā District Council will roll out a series of rates relief measures – including lower rates penalties and longer payment deadlines for penalty remissions. In a move it said was aimed at assisting district ratepayers…
Today we celebrate the third of our “lockdown” News editions with a pledge to continue to keep you informed and entertained, through thick and thin. Keep an eye out for this front page. The…
Waipā churches are stepping out, for some into uncharted waters, to keep their congregations connected via technology during the nation-wide Covid-19 lock-down. In Te Awamutu, services in town are shifting online – in either the…
The Te Awamutu Combined Churches and Community Foodbank is continuing to help people in need during the Covid-19 crisis. “We have packers and deliverers ready to make deliveries if required,” said coordinator Ian McLauchlan. “Our…
