Issues that impact widely or deeply on the Tamahere community.
Construction of the Te Awa River Ride shared path between Cambridge and Hamilton is about to hit top gear, following its support by Government as a ‘shovel ready’ infrastructure project.
The next construction project to be let will be the Airport Rd/SH21, Tamahere underpass.
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The Waikato District Council is inviting feedback on its proposed Alcohol Control Bylaw.
The purpose of the bylaw is to reduce alcohol-related harm.
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Submissions are open on a review of the Waikato District Plan that focuses on polices and rules governing climate change and natural hazards.
A drop in session is being held in the Tamahere Community Centre, Devine Rd, on Tuesday, September 1 from 3pm to 6.30pm to enable locals to discuss issues with council officials before making their submissions.
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The first of around 133,000 plants, shrubs and trees to be planted in three gullies on the Hamilton section of the Waikato Expressway were heeled in earlier this month.
The restoration work covers 10ha including the Mangaharakeke and Mangaone gullies at Tamahere.
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A couple quarantined at the Jet Park Hotel at Hamilton Airport have spoken out about their experience, praising those doing “a difficult job in such unusual times”.
Britons Jaqueline and Giles Fawcett wrote in support of their managed isolation experience.
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New Zealand will raise its Covid-19 alert level from midday, Wednesday, August 12 after four cases of the disease from an unknown source were detected in an Auckland family.
The more restrictive alert levels will apply for three days until midnight on Friday, August 14 before being reviewed. Outside of Auckland the alert level is 2; within Auckland it is level 3.
The Government will pick up the bill for the cycleway between Hamilton and Cambridge via Tamahere.
Associate Minister of Transport Julie Anne Genter announced today that the Te Awa River ride has got the green light as part of the $220 million nationwide cycleways investment and one of the “shovel ready” projects.
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The future of St Stephen’s church hall – home of Tamahere Market day morning teas and the Christmas Festival – is up for debate.
The hall, also used for weekly Tots and Tunes classes, quiz nights, wedding breakfasts and funeral wakes, is a candidate for either renovation or replacement, says church official Jane Manson.
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Tamahere Village’s much anticipated new bar, restaurant and cafe is set to open in the first week of December.
Parry Takhar, managing director of The Social Group, which is behind the enterprise, said its aim was to create a premier, modern suburban gastro pub in the countryside.
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Police are investigating a series of incidents where vehicles were shot at on Raynes Rd, in an area frequented for years by boy racers.
The most recent incident occurred on Friday, July 17, when “multiple moving vehicles were shot at throughout the night,” Police said.
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