Community board leader Ange Holt has called for planned changes at Te Awamutu’s Memorial Park to be put on hold. Her call was made in a report to the Te Awamutu-Kihikihi Community Board meeting last…
Community board leader Ange Holt has called for planned changes at Te Awamutu’s Memorial Park to be put on hold. Her call was made in a report to the Te Awamutu-Kihikihi Community Board meeting last…
A public excluded item on the Te Ara Wai Museum project in Te Awamutu should have been held in public, Waipā councillor Roger Gordon told the council meeting this week. Earlier this year, ratepayers were…
The long-term Southern Links roading plan will unlock fertile Waikato land and open up commercial opportunities for the Waikato and Waipā districts. The project will link State Highway 1C from Kahikatea Drive in Hamilton to…
Detailed design work is set to begin on Te Ara Wai, a New Zealand land wars museum planned for Te Awamutu. But this next stage of work will be funded by the government and not…
Government authorities took their eyes off the ball when they allowed single use vapes into the country, a leading e-waste operator says. Award winning Waipā-based Urban Miners has saved tonnes of e-waste from landfill in…
The success of Sanctuary Mountain’s conservation efforts has been underlined with the arrival of another six kākāpō from the South Island The bird were released last week, a move enabled by Ngāi Tahu and welcomed…
French Rotary exchange student Louise Zakrzewski and her Kihikihi-based host parents Carol and Ross Turner planned a bit of competitive banter for the All Blacks v France Rugby World Cup opener. They draped their respective…
Unity proved the foundation of a day on which organisers marked the 40th anniversary of the Maniapoto Secondary Schools’ Cultural Festival last Friday at Te Kuiti High School. Three Te Awamutu schools – Te Awamutu…
Participants are lacing up to ‘walk the talk’ in Ōhaupō this weekend. A 12-hour charity walk and run on Saturday – Walk to Talk – will raise funds for I Am Hope, a charity founded…
Kihikihi School is helping students grow some foundational food preparation skills. Principal Sunny West told The News the school adopted the Garden to Table initiative at the start of the year, and staff and students…
