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Bid made for more quarries

Beacon Hill Contracting has unveiled plans for four quarries extracting 125,000 tonnes of sand a year from its Maungatautari base. In a resource consent, filed with Waipā District Council last week, the company reveals there…

Museum numbers up

Attendance of Te Awamutu’s Museum is starting to increase, as they go through the process of finding their post-covid normal. Following a stagnant start to the year, the museum saw a boost in general visitor…

Original show nears debut

The Te Awamutu Light Operatic Society is just weeks away from debuting its original musical, Tell me a Story. The show was written by the Te Awamutu mother-daughter duo, Fiona and Rowan Miller, and uses…

Not your average piano

There are only two Wurlitzer Model K Photoplayers left in the world, and one of them can be found in Pirongia. Before they came with their own soundtracks, Photoplayers were used to give silent movies,…

Kaipaki faces fence battle

The conflict between rural-based industries and lifestylers is something Waipā District Council says is not uncommon – and the latest example is in Kaipaki. Agricultural contractor Karl Schwitzer has resource consent to operate a contractors’…

Ongoing quarry stoush

Waikato’s environmental watch dog has visited the site of an illegal Waipā sand quarry – 28 days after it was alerted to its existence. Waikato Regional Council says there were no “apparent risks” to the…

Jigsaw competition a winner

A new competition run by Waipā District Libraries during the April school holidays found a clever solution to the problem of jigsaws made maddeningly frustrating through lost bits. ‘Jigsaw Art’ ran across both Cambridge and…

Chamber combats ram raiders 

A Te Awamutu committee is being formed to address ram raid issues. In 14 months, Te Awamutu’s Noel Leeming has been ramraided three times. The company has previously  declined to comment The News about the…

Te Awamutu vaccination site goes mobile

Taking vaccinations to where they are most needed is the driver behind Waikato DHB’s Te Awamutu community vaccination clinic transitioning from a fixed, to a mobile service, and the team has a parting gift for…

A night on patrol

Last Thursday was Te Awamutu patrol coordinator Johanna Tong’s first-time riding in CommSafe’s new patrol car. CommSafe act as the eyes and ears of the police with their community patrols and CCTV monitoring. Trustee Chris…

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