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Kennedys’ contract terminated

A Te Awamutu couple say they are devastated beyond words by a High Court decision to deny them an injunction against NZ Post. Danny and Ian Kennedy sought to stall NZ Post’s plans to terminate…

Remembrance day double blessing

Sunday’s Remembrance Day service at the Pukeatua War Memorial Church was made particularly special with the blessing of a new bell and two new brass shell casings. The shell casings were donated by the Hauraki…

Playing for 50 years

Marilyn Yeates remembers it clearly. It was July 1977 and part of the original Pirongia School became redundant for school purposes. So, a community meeting of about 60 people was held to discuss repurposing the…

Business rate plan in trouble

The frustration in Shane Walsh’s voice is patently obvious. With less than a week to go a proposed Business Improvement District rate in the Te Awamutu central business district looks dead in the water unless…

Recounting the tragic price of battles

Te Awamutu RSA marked Armistice Day on Saturday, with RSA committee member and Waipā District councillor Lou Brown dedicating his address to those who lost their lives in war, and to those who returned. A…

News ….. in brief

Waipā tops Waipā District is the hospitality capital of the Waikato and the third most hospitable district in New Zealand, according to Airbnb. The online accommodation marketplace has released a list of the towns and…

A weekend to pay respect

All things going to plan, Waipā’s Armistice commemorations should go like clockwork this weekend. Perfect weather conditions are predicted and event organisers in both Te Awamutu and Cambridge have arranged a series of events at…

Kaeden’s our college dux

Kaeden Cresswell has been named the 2023 dux of Te Awamutu College. The 18-year-old took the top spot with first in subject for chemistry, economics and business studies, earth and space science and physics. Kaeden…

Gold star awaits Glenn

Te Awamutu’s Glenn Anderson is to be honoured for achieving 25 years in the fire service – and will be awarded his Gold Star at a celebratory gathering on Saturday. His quarter of a century’s…

Council building consents drop

The value of building consents in Waipā plunged 96 per cent to $69.4 million in the first quarter of the district council’s financial year. The most significant of the consents granted from July 1 to…

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