Boards of family history are being displayed around Te Awamutu in celebration of Family History Month. The boards share the stories of research done by Te Awamutu New Zealand Society 0f Genealogists (NZSG) members. “This…
Boards of family history are being displayed around Te Awamutu in celebration of Family History Month. The boards share the stories of research done by Te Awamutu New Zealand Society 0f Genealogists (NZSG) members. “This…
Students from the Hamilton based Elite School of Beauty and Spa will participate in an all-day massage marathon to support Tyson Hollran through his battle with cancer. When The News first met Tyson in February,…
A Waipā veteran is on a quest to recover his grandfather’s missing army service medals. “It is to preserve family history,” said troop sergeant (retired), Colin Parkinson. Colin, 69, told The News that he discovered…
More than 50 anti-fluoride opponents heckled Waipā District councillors at their Tuesday meeting. The Te Awamutu News was there and Mary Anne Gill reports. Furious anti-fluoride protesters called district councillors “criminals” this week and appeared…
Two more candidates have put their hands up for the Waipā mayoralty. But only Bernard Westerbaan’s nomination had been acknowledged by elections.nz when this edition went to press. Kihikihi based Westerbaan, a ratepayers group member…
Waipā needs astute, strategic and well-informed leaders for what chief executive Garry Dyet describes as a “pivotal time” to be an elected representative in the district. “We need people who will put the time and…
Four Waipā district elected representatives and two staff members attended last week’s Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) conference in Palmerston North costing ratepayers more than $12,000. The conference finished on July 22, only 77 days…
“The more we can get it out there and have people interested in it the better,” says Te Awamutu College’s Board of Trustees chair Craig Yarndley. The country is going to the polls this year…
Waipā District Council supports passenger rail improvements and other public transport initiatives in its wide-ranging submission to what authors say is an “ambitious” Waikato plan. The Waikato Regional Public Transport Plan is the result of…
A ‘lone’ Waipā councillor voice in favour of Three Waters reform has criticised government’s public relations in selling the radical water changes. Cr Andrew Brown, who chairs the Finance and Corporate committee, said he wanted…
