Kihikihi resident Donna West beat breast cancer in 2021 but after a Stage 4 Her2-low metastatic breast cancer diagnosis late last year, she wants her family to know she is fighting for them. Donna is…
Kihikihi resident Donna West beat breast cancer in 2021 but after a Stage 4 Her2-low metastatic breast cancer diagnosis late last year, she wants her family to know she is fighting for them. Donna is…
Ghosts, unexplained noises and a century of history. Mary Anne Gill toured the grand old Arapuni Dam and met the man who keeps it all running. There is something about Arapuni Dam that stays with…
Progress has been made on the design of 15 replacement Te Awamutu Heritage Signs. Te Awamutu Kihikihi Community Board member Jill Taylor brought the project to the board earlier this year and it voted to…
As the gates open on another Fieldays at Mystery Creek, Jesse Wood talks to a man who keeps things flowing. Fieldays life member Alan Sharp has been serving as a volunteer since 1969 – and…
Fieldays chief executive Richard Lindroos was sleeping well on the eve of the country’s biggest agricultural event. “Yeah, I am actually,” he said. “We’ve done a lot of work post Fieldays last year on what…
Te Awamutu butcher Adrianna Te Aonui knows first-hand how hard work, the right support, encouragement and opportunities can transform a career. Fifteen years after joining the store as a teenager, Adrianna is an award-winning qualified…
Pukeatua-raised author, designer, film director and AUT professor Welby Ings was near illiterate until 15 – now he goes to bed with poets and authors. “Every night, I am in an intimate relationship with something…
Te Awamutu teenager Maori Te Wake and senior constable Scott Miller recently returned from a 13-day youth leadership exchange in Kansas City. Six New Zealanders aged 15 to 17 attended as part of a partnership…
Next week’s national Bike Week 2026 is an opportunity for one group of Te Awamutu seniors to show how retirees can enjoy cycling just as much as their grandkids. Twelve residents at the town’s Arvida…
Pukeatua-raised author, designer, film director and AUT professor Welby Ings was near illiterate until 15 – now he goes to bed with poets and authors. “Every night, I am in an intimate relationship with something…
