Volunteering is in Ian Campbell’s blood. The 60-year-old spends up to 25 hours per week volunteering for the good of his community: about 20 hours as chief fire officer of Te Awamutu Volunteer Fire Brigade…
Volunteering is in Ian Campbell’s blood. The 60-year-old spends up to 25 hours per week volunteering for the good of his community: about 20 hours as chief fire officer of Te Awamutu Volunteer Fire Brigade…
Te Awamutu local Corban George-Potterton has won the Riding for the Disabled (RDA) Young Volunteer of the Year Award for 2023 from a pool of 48 RDA groups across New Zealand. He is a Riding…
Just after sunrise every day, millions of sparrows, starlings and pigeons leave their roosting spot at Lake Rotopiko near Ōhaupō having created carnage. National Wetland Trust co chair Don Scarlet explained to Rotary International president…
Cazna Payne is adamant husband Steve loves their 1960 cream Morgan 4/4 more than her. And when asked to refute that, the Te Awamutu man hesitates, confirming his wife’s assertion. But it is clear they…
Two Waipa residents are pinning their hopes on a successful outing at this week’s National Fieldays. One of them is the Cambridge-based chief executive of Brain Tumour Support NZ, Sarah Verran, who hopes the national…
Thirty years ago, a young dairy industry reporter, newly transferred from the King Country, covered her first Fieldays. The News senior writer Mary Anne Gill will be back at Mystery Creek this week and filed…
Nora Fu is fighting to bring back cold beer to Pirongia’s Five Stags Restaurant and Bar. Fu, the sole shareholder of the Franklin Street bar and restaurant operator Night Pearl, has been unable to sell…
The wheels on the bus go round and round the Waikato region in a vote of confidence in public transport by the region’s territorial authorities that should have patrons beating a path to the bus…
A Waipā accountant is telling farmers to advocate for a “material” improvement in milk prices from Fonterra. Chartered Accountant Jarrod Godfrey, Associate Partner at Findex Waikato, says Fonterra’s opening milk price forecast for the 2025…
Volunteering veteran Hazel Robertson has been doing her bit to help those impacted by cancer for 35 years. Robertson was one of the early members of the Te Awamutu Transport to Treatment driving group. Having…
