Waihī students take part in hikoi, waiata for Matariki
Schools from around Waihi took part in a hikoi for Matariki on June 7. Hosted by Waihi East School, pupils met with their kura at Waihi Central School before departing…
Hauraki district pensioner rents set to increase
Hauraki’s pensioner housing rents will increase by $18 per week from August in order to keep up with “ever-increasing” operational costs. The district council’s 57 elderly persons housing units were…
The old Ngatea library building, above, is going to be knocked down to make way for a new, purpose-built one.
Photo: KELLEY TANTAU
$4.8m earmarked for new library hub
Story time for children; digital drop-ins for the technologically challenged; school visits and genealogy mentoring and film sessions. These are all things the Paeroa and Waihī libraries have and Ngātea…