A Te Awamutu businessman says he’s at an impasse after trying to resolve issues with customers of one of his neighbours. Sam Prasad says “hand on heart” he is doing his best to look after…
A Te Awamutu businessman says he’s at an impasse after trying to resolve issues with customers of one of his neighbours. Sam Prasad says “hand on heart” he is doing his best to look after…
John Gibbons: June 26, 1927 – September 25, 2023 The passing of renown Kiwi bandsman John Gibbons, whose funeral was in Te Awamutu last weekend, holds particular poignancy for Cambridge. Among the 50 marches he…
Te Awamutu News publisher Good Local Media has added another print masthead to the company’s stable. Owner David Mackenzie announced this week he had bought the Waikato Business News. It was a trusted and respected…
A year ago this Sunday, Susan O’Regan became Waipā’s first female mayor. She will be in Europe for the opening of the New Zealand Liberation Museum – Te Arawhata in Le Quesnoy, France so The…
A Cambridge school principal has called on the new government to change the legislation around vaping to make it available by prescription only. Speaking at Waipā District Council’s Strategic Planning and Policy committee yesterday, Mike…
New Zealand Post is facing a High Court challenge from a Waipā couple over what they say is an attempt to terminate their mail delivery contract. Danielle (Dani) and Ian Kennedy are familiar to rural…
Waipā District Council is streamlining its public art collection. Today’s Strategic Planning and Policy Committee agreed staff should reduce council’s 104-piece indoor art collection down to 70 works, disposing of 34 items. Museum and heritage…
Pokies in Waipā will continue to be capped at 232 machines and transferred if the operator moves to a new venue. Council’s Strategic Planning and Policy committee confirmed today the 2019 Gambling Policy will be…
The half century story of how a small Te Awamutu music group grew to become one of the jewels in Waipā’s crown has been celebrated at a concert in the town. The ‘50th Celebration Concert’…
Motorists using a black spot intersection in Waipā are now seeing reduced speed limit signs there. Between 2011 and 2021 there were five serious injury crashes and one fatality at the intersection of State Highway…
