Pirongia School’s stompingly-good jump jammers won big at this month’s Jump Jam Nationals in Tauranga. Soon after winning the Year 7-8 Strictly Open division, the school’s ‘Bewitching Pirongia’ team heard it had scored the highest…
Pirongia School’s stompingly-good jump jammers won big at this month’s Jump Jam Nationals in Tauranga. Soon after winning the Year 7-8 Strictly Open division, the school’s ‘Bewitching Pirongia’ team heard it had scored the highest…
Family was at the heart of Te Awamutu Volunteer Fire Brigade annual awards evening on Saturday. Whānau was recognised in speeches, and spouses were at the side of their other halves when awards were presented. …
Grey Ormsby is buzzing because he did not listen to his father. A quarter of a century after Waitomo Group founder Desmond Ormsby advised his son Grey to exit the fuel supply industry the company…
Waipā District Council has listened to community calls to double the parking time limit in Te Awamutu from one to two hours on a trial basis before Christmas. So far, 246 cars have been recorded…
The cost to upgrade wastewater treatment plants in Te Awamutu and Leamington have soared to an unbudgeted $57 million. News the costs for Te Awamutu Wastewater Treatment Plant had gone up from $19 million to…
It was billed as the biggest celebration of summer and the 15,761 people – not counting exhibitors and participants – who attended over two days at the weekend were happy to endorse that. Organisers have…
Waipā District Council is ignoring Te Awamutu-Kihikihi Community Board’s request to push back against the Director General of Health’s directive to introduce fluoride to Cambridge water. Board deputy chair Kane Titchener asked the council to…
My neighbour Michael was telling me about his rental properties and how the tenants are paying them off. The discussion raised some questions. The Bright Line Test – is it a legitimate investment policy –…
A retrospective resource consent has been granted to Kiwifruit Investments Ltd to construct crop protection structures and vegetated shelterbelts at 1278 Kaipaki Rd. Public notification was unnecessary, Waipā District Council ruled, because no person is…
Bring back local discussion groups. That’s the message dairy farmers have for DairyNZ’s new chief executive Campbell Parker and chair Tracy Brown. The industry good organisation took local discussion groups online during the pandemic and…
