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Funding for Ōtorohanga trio

Sport Waikato supported the distribution of $40,915 through the Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa Fund into three Ōtorohanga organisations in the year to the end of…

An Oscar for Daniel

The excitement is building for Te Kūiti scout Daniel Lindsay as he prepares to perform in the 10th Waikato Gang Show at the end of…

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Pole position New infrastructure is being installed in Te Kūiti’s Duke Street as part of a Lines Company project to move overhead power lines on…

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Shears win for Wales

The New Zealand shearing team featuring Te Kūiti’s Jack Fagan fell just short of levelling the four-test series against Wales at the Corwen Shears. Fagan…

On their medals

Athletes with strong links to Waipā and northern King Country picked up 11 of the 36 medals won by New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games…

They’re just having a ball

The global craze of pickleball is in Te Kūiti after Ata Te Kanawa started promoting drop-in sessions at the Gallagher Recreation Centre about a year…

Waikato’s King Country flavour

Four players and one coach with King Country connections are part of Waikato rugby’s provincial squad. Ōtorohanga products Taipari Quinn and Dylan Eti, former Taupō-nui-a-Tia…

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An adult conversation

The Prime Minister is in trouble, again, for telling business leaders to act like adults. I think he has a point. Are people in life…

Pair held in custody

Two youths from the King Country allegedly stole a vehicle and committed a burglary in the Cambridge area. The pair were apprehended after being involved…

Morning shake up call

On Saturday at 4.51am we had the biggest and most violent earthquake I have experienced. The wild shaking, the sounds of crashing, the feeling in…

Tragedies on the line

Walking home along the Te Kūiti railway line about 11pm on a March night in 1913, an employee of Wilson’s lime works was horrified to…