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Preparation and hard work key to success for Te Awamutu College teen

Adriana Vasinca capped an amazing five years by being named Dux Litterarum.

'One step at a time' for Te Awamutu boy battling cancer

Toby White's life is poles apart to most other boys his age.

Community encouraged to share festive flair in Te Awamutu Christmas Parade

It's time to enter your float and start planning and building.

Mindfulness classes easing Kiwi kids' stress and anxiety

After-school activity teaches children about their thoughts and emotions.

The man putting plaques on unmarked graves at former psychiatric hospital

Mental patients passed into a field of lost souls. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Young Farmers CEO plans NI road trip to visit members

NZ Young Farmers' new CEO will "couch surf" her way around the North Island next month.

Helen Clark's whirlwind hometown visit to Te Pahū

"It's lovely to be back on the slopes of Mt Pirongia."

Gathering Waipā help agencies under one umbrella

Deb Casey wants to abolish the 'harden up, she'll be right' attitude.

NZ First's Tracey Martin on women in politics, motherhood and Jami-Lee Ross

Martin said it was important women changed one particular habit — saying sorry.

Te Awamutu: Meet the 'kaitiaki readers' of Pekerau Primary School

"The students and the seniors both walk away with a smile."

Satellite doctor clinic makes life easier for Pirongia residents

The weekly clinic operates out of St Saviour's Anglican Church on Thursdays, 2pm-4.30pm.

6am CrossFit sessions 'too loud'

"The bass gets through the walls, inside the house, even to .. the far side of the house.

Waipā actors front and centre of holiday show 'The Magician's Nephew'

CS Lewis' 'The Magician's Nephew' is on stage this October.

M. bovis no barrier for private calf club in Pāterangi

The cattle disease has put a dampener on calf clubs around the country, but not Pāterangi.

Incredible: Te Awamutu woman, 89, oldest in Gold Coast Marathon

Age is no barrier for Phyl Jones.

Charitable trust helps New Zealanders one dog at a time

The trust raises and trains dogs to assist children and adults with disabilities.

Endeavour Fund welcomed by Federated Farmers

Federated Farmers has no issue with the govt investing $249 million in the Endeavour Fund.

Kiwifruit farmer watches in horror as trees catch fire after rubbish set alight

A kiwifruit farmer has lost a copse of trees after offenders burned rubbish near his farm.