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Te Ranga School opens new classrooms
Te Ranga School has marked a significant milestone with the opening of two modern classrooms, a testament it says to the collaborative efforts of the local community, the school, Ministry of Education, and builders.
Donations drop amid crisis
Te Puke’s Waipuna Hospice Charity Shop is experiencing a decline in donations, possibly because people are feeling the pinch and not buying as many new things.
COMMUNITY LISTINGS
MARKETS Maketū Market: Third and fifth Sunday of month, set up from 7am-12pm, Maketū Village Reserve. Ph Maureen 021 267 1685.
Students hit the slopes
Te Puke High School students headed off to Mt Ruapehu for their Outdoor Education assessments.
Annual litter clean-up turns into epic expo
Te Puke’s annual litter pick-up challenge is a whole lot more epic for 2023.
Mockumentary a modest success REVIEW
Theater Camp (PG, 92 mins) In cinemas now.
‘Lean on a gate and talk to a mate’ ‘CHUR’ Craig ‘Wiggy’ Wiggins uses the mnemonic ‘Chur’, a slang term for showing appreciation, as a way to remember a process for providing help to someone in need:
Whatever With Wiggy Charitable Trust founder Craig “Wiggy” Wiggins says he lost two good friends to suicide in 2021.
Scholar passionate about farming
Tegan Mitchell says choosing to study for a bachelor of agricultural science at Massey University was “the best decision I ever made”.
MĀORI WORD
The Te Puke Times supports Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori, the Māori Language Commission’s campaign to increase New Zealanders’ te reo Māori vocabulary by running a different Māori word to learn each week.