Invited guests joined mayor Susan O’Regan, councillors and community board members at the Don Rowlands Centre for the Celebrating Waipa event, formerly known as Friends of Council.
They were entertained by the Te Awamutu Intermediate kapa haka group.
Tom Roa has cast a vote of confidence in the refreshed compilation of the Waitangi Tribunal. He did not have his warrant renewed this month when Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka announced a new line…
Incoming Te Wānanga o Aotearoa kaiwhakatere chief executive Evie O’Brien says she is excited and humbled to be appointed. O’Brien was welcomed back to Te Awamutu head office on Tuesday with a pōwhiri. “It has what…
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