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Public notification: Military funeral on Sunday in Te Kūiti.

A forward notice that there will be firing of blank cartridges which produce loud bangs in support of a military funeral sometime between the hours of 1.30pm to 3pm on Sunday in Te Kūiti.

There will be soldiers marching around the town in support of the funeral ceremonial event with weapons, so please do not be alarmed or concerned.

There will also be a road closure at the intersections near the Les Munro Centre in both directions on Sunday 15 March. The closure will be in place at 12.30pm to 1pm. 

Soldier presence in Te Kūiti will be prominent from Saturday afternoon and will increase up to 100+ on the Sunday for the funeral.

Thank you for your understanding.

Home Our Council News News and Media Releases 2015 October Cultural & Arts Centre to be renamed as Les Munro Centre

Cultural & Arts Centre to be renamed as Les Munro Centre

29 Oct 2015, 1:39 PM

Waitomo District Council has agreed to rename and rebrand the Waitomo Cultural & Arts Centre as the Les Munro Centre.

Mayor Brian Hanna talked with the Munro family about Council’s wish to rename the Centre in honour of Les and the family are appreciatively supportive of the gesture.

At the Council Workshop on 11 August 2015, Council identified that one of Les Munro’s legacies to the Waitomo District, during his term as Mayor, was the planning and seeing to completion of the Waitomo Cultural and Arts Centre, of which he was markedly proud.

Council agreed to the renaming of the Centre to the “Les Munro Centre” in recognition of his involvement in ensuring that the Centre was completed and to honour his outstanding contribution to the wider Waitomo community.

Squadron Leader John Leslie Munro

Les Munro became involved in local politics where he served as Mayor of Waitomo for 15 consecutive years from 1980 to 1995.