A catchment-based model for local government reform has emerged as a contender in the Waikato, and early public feedback suggests growing interest in splitting the region along river lines. Read more
A catchment-based model for local government reform has emerged as a contender in the Waikato, and early public feedback suggests growing interest in splitting the region along river lines. Read more
Former Ngāhinapōuri School and St Peter’s School Cambridge student Sarah Priestley (nee Moore), 28, has been crowned Bikini Italy Pro Champion 2026 in Rimini. The event was part of the recent Rimini Wellness show. Priestley,…
Te Awamutu College’s production of Hairspray has finished its run in a sea of sequins and song. Drama teacher and show director Morag Carter said messages left following every performance during the season which finished at…
Te Awamutu butchers Cody Burbery and Adrianna Te Aonui have pulled off a double to qualify for the young butcher and apprentice of the year national finals. The Pak’n Save Te Awamutu duo won both…
Te Kūiti resident Dave Roebuck was so gripped by news of the commemoration of the 1941 Battle of Crete that he contacted us with a curious yarn of his own. Read more
Questions over rising rates and long-awaited roading projects were put to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Finance Minister Nicola Willis at Fieldays last week, focusing on what comes next for fast-growing Waikato communities. Read more
More than 100,000 Fieldays smart bands passed through Aunties Laundromat this year, marking the Te Kūiti business’ busiest event yet. It’s the fifth year the laundromat has cleaned, bagged and dried the Fieldays smart bands,…
Waipā couple Jill and Alan Taylor have received Lions awards. The Te Awamutu pair were awarded a Melvin Jones Fellowship Award and Lions International President’s Award respectively at a Lions District 202L cabinet meeting in…
The News had great response following the recent article about the “Guerilla Surgeon” Lindsay Rogers. Wellington-based Dan Armstrong is piecing together Rogers’ story for a biography and sought help from readers of The News. When…
The exchange student experience is often one of new places and experiences but for Finnish exchange student Louna Halme, it has been a case of bringing her talents to share with her peers at Te…
