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How does their garden grow…

With young, green-fingered gardening enthusiasts helping to ensure its community vegetable garden increases in size and scope, something else is growing at a Te Awamutu kindergarten – community spirit. Jeremy Smith reports. For about eight…

Helping Frankie and friends

“He’s probably never been shown love. Yet, the warmth he reciprocates when someone cares is amazing.” Examples like Frankie are largely why Sally Fraser does what she does. She helps dogs in either one of…

Trophy recalls club legend

Alya Mexted is Te Awamutu Rowing Club’s inaugural winner of a best coach trophy awarded in honour of club stalwart Clive Steenson. Steenson was described as the “backbone” of Te Awamutu Rowing Club for more…

Last chance to vote

Four passionate Māori candidates have put their names forward to be a Waipā district councillor, but they are struggling to get constituents to the polls. When The News went to press only 176 people –…

Students set the bar high on stage

Morag Carter says the bar has been set high by the cast and crew of Te Awamutu College’s The Addams Family – School Edition. With the show’s run – which featured a host of outstanding…

Matthews off to Canada

Waipā Networks Trust chair Sarah Matthews is heading to Canada on an overseas manager exchange programme. Matthews, who was finance manager at Waipā District Council until July 2021 and is now group manager Finance and…

Māori voting starts slowly

Only 53 people – 2.2 per cent of the roll – has voted this week in the Waipā Māori ward election. Voting to replace Takena Stirling opened a fortnight ago with four candidates – Barney…

Football aspirations kick on

The future of Waipā, and Waikato, football is likely already safe in the hands of Cambridge’s Liam Weston – and they’re about to get safer. In his fourth year as a referee, Liam, 17, –…

Milking farmers to learn more

As soon as they were on the farm, these Pirongia School students were ‘racing’ to learn from the industry’s best. Hosted by reigning Waikato Bay of Plenty FMG Young Farmer of the Year Emma Poole…

It’s back to the future

An opportunity to look back has shored up Te Awamutu Community Menzshed members’ resolve as they now look forward to the future. That was the word following a luncheon at the shed last week during…

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