Community News
Community News Archive
Piopio Birdtalk Magazine
4th of June 2019See the Piopio "Birdtalk' Magazine in colour? You can download the pdf to the right of our ...
Local School Newsletters
22nd of May 2019See our right column of the Community News page for a pdf of the Piopio College, Piopio Primary and ...
New Councillor Elected
13th of December 2022A BIG thank you to all who supported me in my bid to be elected as a Waitomo District ...
Touch Rugby a big hit in Piopio
13th of December 2022SOCIAL touch has proved popular in town! Kurt and Alisa Houghton started the competition for ...
What's been happening at Piopio Playcentre
13th of December 2022Piopio playcentre has been busy over the last few months. We have had many new families visiting ...
King Country Rivercare update
13th of December 2022ONE billion trees funding is still available – we have $245k remaining. Applications remain open ...
Bianca wins NZ squash title
13th of December 2022FIFTEEN year old Aria squash star Bianca Alcock is on an upward trajectory after a successful ...
Local Woman earns National RWNZ Award
13th of December 2022LOCAL woman Liz Morgan was awarded the Olive Craig Tray for Member of Excellence at the Annual ...
Gus Nelson Representing NZ
13th of December 2022LOCAL LAD Gus Nelson has been selected as a reserve for the NZ Junior Black Sticks squad. It is ...
Growing Future Farmers
13th of December 2022Growing Future Farmers is a two year farm worker training programme for students wanting to enter ...
Piopio Fruit & Vege Stand
13th of December 2022From Karen Barrett I HOPE your heirloom tomatoes are growing, flowering, and starting to fruit. ...
King Country Rivercare update
10th of December 2022WELL it certainly has been a busy year for KCRC and our catchment groups. In late October a ...
Little Critters fun at Piopio Primary School
10th of December 2022by Sue Coyle, Principal Piopio Primary School ON SUNDAY, September 25 with the sun shining, a ...
Aria School Pet Day
10th of December 2022THERE were four seasons in one day for Aria Pet Day 2022 this year, but students enjoyed showcasing ...
Piopio Market
10th of December 2022THE monthly Piopio Market held in the summer months has had a change of organising committee. Sarah ...
James Harrison achieves joinery award
10th of December 2022YOUNG LOCAL James Harrison has won the award for 'Best Fitment' and also the People’s Choice ...
Piopio Lions Celebrate 50 Years
23rd of November 2022PIOPIO LIONS Club recently celebrated its 50th Reunion with a finger-food lunch and get-together ...
Local represents NZ in Croatia
23rd of November 2022FOR THE past two years, Aria clay target shooter Natalie Foss has been smashing competitions across ...
ANZAC - Looking forward
2nd of October 2022Despite uncertainly around Covid restrictions our 2021 Anzac Commemoration service went ahead with ...
Fence-a-thon for our youth
2nd of October 2022ON Saturday, Piopio local Heath Barnsdall and his support crew completed a 24-hour ...
Farewell to our caring Koro - Raymond Kopereihana Coffin
2nd of October 2022My name is Shayna Le Gros. It is a true honour to call this man our Koro and on behalf of all his ...
Fat Owl spreads its wings
11th of June 2022WHAT’S in a name? Who-whoooo knows? (‘scuse the owl-related pun). Previously known as the ...
Birdtalk Magazine welcomes new team member
11th of June 2022Introducing Jules Hi everyone! It’s Jules Taitoko here . . . you may know me from such ...
Local heroine, Val Perry retires from St John
11th of June 2022LOCAL heroine Val Perry is retiring from ambulance duty after 16 years of volunteer service with St ...
Piopio College welcomes new principal
11th of June 2022“Ehara taku toa I te toa takitahi Engari, he toa takitini” My strength is not as an ...
Curious Keas Celebrates 10 years!!
12th of June 2022It feels like only a year or two ago that Curious Keas opened its doors to Piopio’s Preschoolers, ...
The Food Goes Wild in Aria
2nd of October 2022SOME wonderfully wild dishes were presented at the Wild Food Cook-Off at Aria Cosmopolitan Club ...
Coffee Club successes keep brewing
11th of June 2022PIOPIO College Trust Coffee Club supports 14 Piopio College students for their successes and ...
Piopio College & Community Library - Here For All
4th of June 2019Piopio Community Library is on the College grounds. It’s open Tuesday to Friday from 10am-2pm, ...
Piopio's Vintage School Bus Reaches Parliament
8th of November 2016'Arapae', Piopio's replica vintage school bus has made a visit to Wellington where it was driven ...
Piopio Retirement (Paearuhe) Village
4th of April 2020Although Paearuhe Village is enjoying almost full occupancy, there is not a large waiting list of ...