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A cut throat business

By Jeremy Smith

Tyrone Hunapo-Clark and Tangiwai Anderson are on the cutting edge.

The Te Awamutu couple opened Cutthroat Brothers Barbershop a week ago and have been averaging 75 haircuts a day between the business’ three staff.

“It’s been just hectic in here,” Tyrone said. “We’ve just been so overwhelmed, in a good way, with the community’s support.”

It reflects a national trend – people who were cutting it fine to get their hair done before lockdown have been appearing in droves all around the country now that alert level 2 is in force.

While they would normally expect to accept walk ins, it’s currently so busy for the Cutthroat team that clients are booking their appointments on the business’ Facebook page.

In most cases, they then visit the next day to have their hair cut.

Social media is proving a useful tool for helping keep on top of things.

Tyrone and Tangiwai - Te Awamutu College high school sweethearts – told the News it is a dream start.

“This is our first business, we’re from Te Awamutu and this is where we wanted to be,” Tyrone – who has been cutting hair for about six years – said.

He added adhering to social distancing directives was also on their minds and there was a real sense of family developing between staff and customers.

And, on that front too, Tyrone’s brother Rihari and Turongo Mahara are the business’ other barbers.

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THURSDAY MAY 21, 2020

Waikato tertiary call ‘good news’

Education leaders in Waikato have welcome the Government’s decision to base a new national tertiary education body in Hamilton.

New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology (NZIST) was formed following the Review of Tertiary Education (RoVE) which led to a decision to remove competition amongst the country’s 16 tertiary education bodies – of which Wintec is one – and establish a single campus framework.

The establishment of NZIST was one of seven key changes announced last August under a revamped tertiary system which divided opinion.

South Island based polytechs were among those opposed to the single campus plan.

Otago and SIT (Southland Institute of Technology) were given considerable publicity when arguing they had high rolls and a profitable business model and should be permitted to continue as autonomous bodies.

Polytechs such at WITT – the New Plymouth based Western Institute of Technology which owns the New Zealand Institute of Highway Technology based in Hamilton, argued in favour of the change, but their views were give much less publicity.

Wintec Chief Executive David Christiansen has welcomed the decision to base NZIST in Hamilton and he said it was one of two good pieces of news – the other being the Budget announcement of a boost for vocational education.

“With yesterday’s Budget announcement strongly investing in vocational education, skills and training, and the news today that the New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology (NZIST) head office will be based in Hamilton, it’s a great boost for our sector and the region,” he said last week.

“The head office announcement is a wonderful recognition of the diversity, strength and growing importance of Hamilton, the Waikato and indeed, the wider region.

“It’s also a reflection of the absolute commitment NZIST has to honouring its obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi, its commitment to addressing equity within the sector, to achieving parity of outcomes for Māori and Pasifika, disabled, and disadvantaged learners.

Wintec Board Chair, Niwa Nuri with a head office in Waikato NZIST would have easy access to the bulk of the population, and to thousands of learners and apprentices currently “accessing” vocational and skills training and education from institutes of technologies and polytechnics, and industry training organisations.

Te Wananga o Aotearoa, which is based in Te Awamutu and has a major campus in Hamilton is not part of the NZIST.

Wintec says basing NZIST in Hamilton is a good decision.

On the beat Look out – burglars are at Level 2 too with Ryan Fleming

Welcome back to a little bit more normality.

It was a welcome change for me to be able to patrol during the day seeing a busy Alexandra Street again. I hope you are all shopping local and supporting our local businesses to get this town moving again.

This week I had the pleasure to attend the first day of school for Te Awamutu Primary School. I was pleased to see everyone was exhibiting good driving behaviours around the schools and exercising patience. I am unsure who was more excited for the first day of school, the students or the parents.

While it is early days for level 2 and suddenly we have a bit more freedom than we are used to over the last several weeks I would like to remind everyone that we do not want to go backwards to level 3 again so please remember your social distancing.

Sadly, we have started to see an increase in burglaries again. In some cases we have been unable to determine how the thieves got into a house - which tells me that it is likely been left insecure. Please, secure your valuables. Burglars are opportunists, they will try for the easy target so make your home harder to burgle. If you have tools, etch your name on them so they can be identified later.

I recently saw on a Facebook community page a post about a suspicious vehicle. The poster took the time to photograph the vehicle and record its registration plate –

but sadly, did not see fit to call the Police. I checked our system and found I am the first person to make an enquiry on this vehicle for quite some time. Please, if you are going to make a post on social media about suspicious activity, contact us. We cannot solve crime without the input from the community I have had several residents come forward with concerns about community issues. My intention is to assist this community by helping to set up a Neighbourhood Support group.

Neighbourhood Support is a nationwide community-led movement that brings people and neighbourhoods together to create safe, resilient and connected communities.

Neighbourhood Support is a registered charity and since 1999 has been working alongside New Zealand Police and other partners to equip neighbourhoods to improve safety, be prepared for emergencies and support one another so that our communities are great places to live.

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Funeral decision a ‘good call’ The News

headed by Jim Goddin, who runs Grinter’s Funeral Home Grieving families and funeral in Cambridge and Rosetown directors are relieved at the Funerals Te Awamutu. He, Government’s move to lift the like many others, has seen number of mourners attending the emotional rollercoaster funerals from 10 to 50. of families either postponing And while that relief means funerals, or facing the trauma families have been able to of limiting family and friends hold meaningful farewells, wanting to attend. the struggle for better “We are happy to see the understanding around the move from 10 to 50 people industry is ongoing for the at funerals,” he said. “It has Funeral Directors Association allowed families to go through of New Zealand (FDANZ), that meaningful grieving CEO David Moger and his process that means so much.” nationwide team.

Te Awamutu Funeral Services The Waikato/Bay of Plenty owner Garth Williams also district is among five falling welcomed the decision. under the organisation’s “Every yfamily is different. umbrella; the region is We are also exploring other options such as live streaming.”

One of the Cambridge families caught initially between the changing numbers was able to farewell their loved one earlier this week in accordance with the new restrictions. They said lifting the numbers helped in limiting the imposition on restrictions on close family and friends able to attend but said if churches were able to adhere to the protocols and open within the rules, it would have been easier.

David Moger, CEO of the Funeral A Te Awamutu woman was Directors Association of New blindsided by the 10-person Zealand.

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rule after postponing the funeral of her mother until an anticipated ease on restrictions under level 2.

David Moger said he would continue working with officials to streamline restrictions to further ease pressure on families. “It has moved to being workable, but there are still many families who need more.

For families to have to choose who can attend a farewell can be heart-breaking. The longterm impact can be intense.”

Funeral directors must apply for permission to hold funerals where the number attending will be between 10 and 50.

David said these requests are being dealt with within around 24 hours, and he knows of none where permission has been denied.

“That is because we have put the required protocols in place.

We can control the situation 100 percent in our funeral homes, but it is when the event moves to other venues that we have to employ additional measures to meet the requirements.”

David said New Zealand normally had around 90 to 100 deaths a week. Extrapolating those figures out to cover the COVID-19 lockdown levels, that would translate to around

is out…

Rosetown Funeral Home director Jim Goddin.

6000 deaths, which impacted many more thousands of family members. He believes it is appropriate for officials to consider that in the light of earlier Government responses to the Christchurch mosque shootings, Pike River Mine, the White Island eruption and more – when public days of mourning were held in recognition of the losses involved.

“The number of deaths in all of those events are far fewer by comparison with the large number of families impacted now by not being able to hold meaningful farewells. We will be looking at making sure the Government considers that when reviewing its next move.”

Your News looks a little different this week – and for many of you it will have arrived a little earlier.

When we merged the Te Awamutu and Cambridge News mastheads on April 6 it was in response to the Covid-19 lockdown which crippled business activity.

We stood firm as the only “local” print product in Waipā to bring you local news during the lockdown - and we pledged to return to “normal” as soon as possible.

We have kept our word, and today the two mastheads are once again two newspapers.

We have also used the opportunity to review our deliveries – from today, urban deliveries of the News will be a day earlier, on a Thursday. Rural editions will continue to be delivered on a Friday.

Our advertising booking and copy deadlines remain unchanged.

We will continue to fill your News with unique, relevant, engaging local content relating to Waipā.

Our family of columnists in Cambridge is something we take pride in – our aim now is to grow a similar family of writers in and around Te Awamutu.

If that sounds like something you would be interested in, email Roy Pilott at editor@goodlocal.nz .

Our next columnists will be joining a team which is passionate about local news. Good Local Media Ltd, which publishes both newspapers, is a family business.

If you missed any stories during the lockdown we have good news – they are available online - go to www.teawamutunews.nz/ or www.cambridgenews. nz/ - click on publications to see full editions.

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The tallest tale in Waipā

By Jeremy Smith

If you ask Murray Smith about it, he’s a little reticent.

“It’s a bit of a sad ‘claim to fame’ really isn’t it? I just really love giraffes.”

And there’s your hint as to what few would know about him.

In his “younger days” Murray, perhaps now either more known to many as Bridges Church’s senior leader in Cambridge or one of the News’ columnists, was a graphic artist.

In that field – which he worked in for 25 years - Murray had a unique opportunity come across his desk.

While running his own business as a freelance designer, based at a design agency in Auckland, he drew what is now likely a New Zealand icon - the Longest Drink In Town giraffe known as Toby.

Toby features on milk shake cups nationwide.

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page in fact states since his inception Toby has graced the sides of over 120 million cups.

Murray said he initially designed the cup for a company called Lily Cup, which no longer trades.

Huhtamaki now owns the brand.

In his mind though, the cup – which he drew in the late 1970s - and its early days are far more straight forward and less perhaps “steeped in folklore” than some may suggest.

“It’s quite normal in the design world. A client came in with a one-off paid job wanting a concept to represent their milkshake cup.

“Ultimately, that’s what they chose.”

What other ideas did he have?

“With the ‘Longest Drink In Town’ concept, there was only ever the giraffe.”

As part of the brief though, around the idea of milkshakes being a summer drink, Murray also drew a sun wearing sunglasses with the slogan ‘The Coolest Drink In Town’.

And no, he doesn’t get royalties when each cup featuring Toby is sold.

Interestingly though, Toby’s initial colourway was orange and purple – these days he’s red, white and blue.

“There’s aspects I miss about the design industry, sure,” Murray said.

“Like the variety – working on everything from packaging to brochures, anything to do with print really.”

So, what’s it like getting a milkshake in a cup you designed?

“Honestly, I don’t think about it much. It’s just something that’s there in my past that’s a little quirky.

“Giraffes are my favourite animal though, just because they’re a bit of an oddity. Have you ever watched them drinking water? The way they have to awkwardly move their front legs and then stoop down.”

While Murray conceded the cup might now be “up there” as a New Zealand icon, he reckons it’s “not quite on the level of the buzzy bee or anything”.

“To me, it’s surprising the cup has been so Murray Smith with the Longest Drink In Town cup as it enduring.” looks today.

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Fieldays becomes a virtual reality

By Jeremy Smith

The society behind the Southern Hemisphere’s largest agricultural event – Fieldays – has said its initial foray into the online world seems to have clicked with its intended audience.

A Fieldays spokesperson told the News the online experience launched just under two months ago “fills a massive mid-winter gap” in this year’s event calendar – one the physical show traditionally occupies.

Ultimately though, organisers are eyeing a return to Mystery Creek in 2021 and relish the opportunity to once again welcome punters from around the world to the physical event site, as opposed to a virtual one.

The Mystery Creek-based event

attracts well over 100,000 visitors annually – a crowd typically made up of a strong Te Awamutu presence.

Last year’s event pumped $183 million into the Waikato region, but a physical Fieldays was postponed this year because of Covid-19.

The society subsequently partnered with a company called Satellite Media, with a view to providing a virtual experience on a digital platform until the physical event can take place.

The spokesperson said the virtual event enabled the many exhibitors wanting to get their products and services in front of their customers to do so, while having no paywall on the platform meant there were no barriers for visitors wanting to view content and interact with exhibitors.

“That potentially enables both a

larger and wider audience than the physical event.

“Given that this new online event is only in its early stages though, we are delighted with the positive feedback and response to date.

“But a physical event in 2021 is certainly our intention,” the spokesperson said.

Shifting online had given organisers the opportunity to discuss the possibility of holding the physical and virtual events alongside each other in some format in the future.

“We are already thinking about the opportunity that change would bring to the physical event.

It is quite possible we will have different opportunities from new exhibitors, building on our more than 50-year history.

“But the core purpose of being here to advance agriculture will remain the same.”

Meanwhile, the 2020 event remains postponed, with Ministry of Health and government guidelines dictating whether a traditional event could happen

later in the year.

Fieldays currently employs 23 staff on both a full and part time basis.

Most staff – except for operational positions and grounds people - were able to work from home during alert levels 3 and 4.

Lockdown delays Lime introduction

By Jeremy Smith

Lockdown has put the brakes on the possibility of rolling out electric scooters in Waipā – for now.

The News reported in February that the district was being encouraged to follow Hamilton in introducing Lime scooters.

The company subsequently made it as far as presenting the idea to the district’s community boards suggesting a trial of about 200 of the scooters between Cambridge and Te Awamutu.

But the company’s New Zealand Public Affairs and Government

Relations Manager Lauren. Mentjox confirmed this week there were now delays.

“Unfortunately, the lockdown has delayed discussions about bringing Lime scooters to the Waipā district for the time being,” she said in a statement.

In March, when Lime presented the idea of having a trial of the scooters in Te Awamutu Community Board backed it.

Public opinion though was divided when the News asked people in Cambridge and Te Awamutu CBDs what they thought.

Some said they’d prefer to not have

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Questions had also been raised about the suitability of Cambridge and Te Awamutu’s central business districts for the scooters.

Cambridge Community Board chair Sue Milner had told the News she wasn’t sure the town’s CBD would work for Lime scooters, because it couldn’t be compared to somewhere like Auckland.

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Jeremy Smith catches up with Waipā mayor Jim Mylchreest

Mayor looks to recovery for Waipā

Jim Mylchreest has had a little extra help working from home during lockdown.

His three-year-old grandson Bryn has been part of his lockdown bubble and by his side to assist as his personal assistant when needed.

“He’s been helping me with technology, and with Zoom meetings,” Mr Mylchreest joked.

While working from home has been made a little easier by having had family members

Mayor Jim Mylchreest working from home.

around him, Mr Mylchreest is under no illusions as to the magnitude of some of the challenges – lots of which won’t be so easy facing the district in the wake of Covid-19.

He told the News on Monday he and the Council team were serious and focussed on working to ensure the district gets back on track and on its feet as soon as possible.

“I think looking ahead, we need to make sure we invest in getting the economy up and running and strong again, and we need to prioritise projects which help us do that fast.”

The mayor - a former Te Awamutu College student – said he has a vested interest in helping make Waipā the best it could be.

He’s grown up here, and he and his wife Robyn also raised their five children Matthew, Vanessa, Charlotte, Victoria and Liam – in the area.

Mr Mylchreest has had a 25-year management career in local government.

Prior to becoming mayor he held numerous other community roles – including being Te Awamutu College Board of Trustees chairman between 2000-2012 and Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust chief executive officer from 2002-2009.

“The district was really good to my family and I as we raised our children here – and because it has been really good to us, this is our way of giving back.

“Being Mayor is a really rewarding position and of course it comes with a great deal of responsibility, nothing is done lightly.”

There are many things on his mind as priorities looking ahead, at the forefront is discussions and work around the Annual Plan.

Industries like building, tourism and hospitality were areas which were important to see thrive, he said, because they had been among the hardest hit.

Mr Mylchreest echoed sentiments expressed by Hamilton & Waikato Tourism when chief executive Jason Dawson told Council’s Finance and Corporate Committee Waipā’s strategic geographic location, natural environment and world-class event venues give it a “stronger position” to recover from than many other places.

He believed ensuring the return of sporting and cultural events was a key.

He commended residents for being astute in following lockdown rules.

“In following the government’s instructions in the fight against Covid-19, I think people understood the seriousness of the situation and were prepared to endure temporary pain for long-term gain.

“And I really do commend them for that – but now it’s important we stay the course and see it through.”

’tis the season to be duck shooting

By Jeremy Smith

Waipā duck shooters are heeding the call to shop local.

Checks by the News with two Te Awamutu retailers this week confirmed they had been busy ahead of the start of the duck shooting season on Saturday.

David Hudson of Hamills Waikato said he was appreciative of the support from the community.

And he issued a warning to fellow shooters to put safety first.

Wright Fishing & Outdoors Te Awamutu shop owner Chris Wright and his son Lucas gave duck hunting a crack last year for the first time and both got hooked.

“It sounds a bit strange to say,” Chris said on Tuesday, “but after a busy week here at work, I could go into the outdoors for a weekend of duck hunting and come back

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feeling totally refreshed.

“Duck hunting and fishing – those are two of my happy places,” he said.

The 2020 duck shooting season begins on Saturday and hunters get a week longer than they are normally allowed.

Chris said he loves the fact it affords him an opportunity to spend time with his son Lucas.

“It’s a way to get him off the electronic devices I suppose,” Like David Hudson, Chris has also been delighted by how much support Te Awamutu residents have been showing his shop since it re-opened last Thursday.

A wide range of duck hunting-related items like callers, camo gear, face paint and decoys flew out the door – but those aren’t the only sales that he’s making.

Chris estimated he’s now had hundreds of customers through the door.

“As we come back and look to get going again, I honestly couldn’t think of a better town in New Zealand to be doing it in.

“I just really want to say how grateful we are for the support people are showing us now that we’re back, they’re really taking on the message to shop local.”

Chris said he’d noticed that support as soon as they established a call and collect service at the shop once in alert level 3, and the foot traffic was still on the up in alert level 2.

As well as the Te Awamutu store, Chris’ dad Barry runs a second shop by the same name in Morrinsville.

Like every good duck hunter too, Chris confirmed he had a secret spot, although stopped short of revealing its exact locale.

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Carbon emission: how Waikato fares Agriculture’s contribution to Waikato’s carbon emission remains by far the biggest single category – but it was also the only one to fall in the latest survey.

The Waikato Regional Council has released a breakdown of emissions recorded in the year to June 2019 and compared it with the year to June 2016.

It reflects the make-up of the province’s industries that on a per capita basis, Waikato’s gross emissions are significantly higher than the national average. Agriculture emissions are more than twice the average – but forestry removes more than twice the average.

Activities within Waikato region’s boundaries generated about 12.6 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide to June 2019 and it was offset by forestry’s positive impact to

leave a net emission of about 7.1 tonnes.

A further irony was that while agriculture’s emissions dropped 4.2 percent, forestry’s carbon removal rate fell by 1.8 per cent.

Dairy strongholds were the highest emitters - Waikato district 1.7 tonnes, Matamata Piako 1.4 tonnes and Waipa 1.1 tonnes.

The territorial breakdown of the Waikato’s three-yearly survey of greenhouse gas emissions is a first.

The data was released to the Waikato Mayoral Forum this week.

A statement from the regional council suggested said the report “identifies where best we can focus on transitioning to a low emissions economy – and create more jobs – by planting more trees, working towards

a lower carbon footprint in the agricultural industry and accelerating alternative modes of transport”.

Waikato Regional Council’s climate action committee chair Jennifer Nickel said the inventory painted an interesting picture of what is going on and where, and as a consequence approaches to curb and adapt to climate change would be varied across the region.

The survey measures stationary energy (electricity, gas, fuels), transportation (onroad fuels), waste, industry and agriculture emissions and the positive impact of forestry.

A rise in emissions from stationary energy and transport was attributed to population rises.

The fall in emissions from agriculture was a consequence of an overall smaller herd

size, the report said, and carbon removal rates by forestry have decreased due to rates of replanting not keeping up with the pace of harvesting.

Cr Nickel says the next step is to use the information from the inventory to develop a climate action roadmap to support Waikato Regional Council and the territorial authorities to become leaders in carbon and water management.

“The decision to measure the carbon footprint of each of the territorial authorities was a unanimous one among the councils, and it will enable us all to work together to focus attention on the areas where the best reductions can be made.

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Young farmers will meet again

By Jeremy Smith

Chairman Hayden van der Poel is looking forward to the day – one hopefully soon – when Te Kawa West (Pirongia) Young Farmers Club members can swap Zoom meetings for the “unique culture” they’ve built at the club as they again meet in person.

While he said the technology had served them well in terms of being able to connect throughout the lockdown, they’re relishing the opportunity to see each other again.

Under normal circumstances, the club gathers at Alexandra Hotel on the fourth Wednesday

of every month.

“And I think as a whole team we’ve built something really special,” Hayden said.

The club’s committed membership base of just below 40 people would suggest he’s right.

Now in his second term as chair, Hayden said there’s lots of good things happening.

“I think it’s a very good dynamic we’ve built as a team and as people we’re not all the same personality types, some are farmers, but also others from all across the rural sector.”

The regular social events, which will also kick off once

gatherings can occur again, might also be part of the draw.

“It’s a good opportunity to get together and enjoy each other’s company,” he said Additionally, a well-known event circled on the calendar - for the more competitive amongst the ranks - is the New Zealand Young Farmers competitions held in each of the seven regions around New Zealand.

The regional winners progress to the national final in July.

This year’s national final has fallen victim to Covid-19 – because the process of finding the regional representatives had to be cut short.

Hayden said for him one of the broad things he likes about being part of the club is the opportunity to build friendships.

Meanwhile, there is an election in November and Hayden said he would consider standing for chair again.

“I love the role, but I also think that if someone was to put their hand up and go for it who could progress the club and who members felt was well suited, then I would be just as happy.”

For more information on Te Kawa West (Pirongia) Young Farmers Club, phone Hayden on 0272030171, or email Hayden van der Poel. tekawawestyfc@gmail.com.

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Te Awamutu photographer Richard Blayney has enjoyed snapping away during lockdown. Sunsets, lightning storms and sprinklers were among some of the shots he captured, and this week the News features a selection of his work.

Richard struck at the right moment to capture this shot of a lightning storm.

Stunning scenery such as this was visible from Richard’s lockdown location.

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It’s only rod ‘n’ roll…

By Jeremy Smith

The wheels could well be rolling on Te Awamutu’s newest annual event - if the success of the Great Kiwi Rolling Rod Show is anything to go by.

The gathering was part of a national initiative which saw participating New Zealand Hot Rod Association clubs hit the road on Sunday in their respective communities.

In Te Awamutu, Rod and Custom Club president Murray Peterson was delighted, as about 70 vehicles pulled up to take part.

Normally the club would hold a show for people to come and have a look at a gathering of rod and classic cars belonging to its more than 50 members.

But lockdown made that impossible

this year.

“Because people couldn’t come to us, we brought the show to them,” Murray told the News on Monday.

The run’s route – which began at Repco - was specifically planned to visit locales around town with that mantra specifically in mind.

Organisers wanted to give as many people as possible a chance to see the show while observing social distancing.

An undoubted highlight from the point of view of residents would seem to have been the procession’s visit to Highfield Country Estate Retirement Village.

A video of the cars in the village posted on the Te Awamutu Region Community Grapevine page had well over 150 likes at last check.

“We honestly couldn’t have asked for a better day,” Murray said, adding the aim had been to give people something to do to get out and about after lockdown.

In amongst the participants was Sommer Fleet and her husband Shaun.

“It was so cool, a really well organised day,” Sommer said.

“It was just neat to get out and do something different with the kids.”

Sommer drove a 1955 Packard 400 in the show.

Murray described the shared love of rod and custom cars as wide-spread.

“These are cars many people have grown up in,” he said. Murray added given the weekend’s success, there had already been discussions about holding the rolling show again next year.

About 70 vehicles took to the road on Sunday in Te Awamutu for the Great Kiwi Rolling Rod Show. Photos supplied

Awaiting the rub of the green

By Jeremy Smith

Te Awamutu Bowling Club members are biding their time before they can get the bowls rolling again.

Alert level four lockdown meant its annual overhaul and subsequent work on its grass turf – which includes re-seeding – could not be completed.

The winter programme, which normally runs every year too, now isn’t going ahead either.

“Yes, the window of opportunity for us to re-seed has now passed,” club spokesperson Clark Ambury said.

“That was during lockdown and obviously couldn’t be done.”

But he stressed everyone is still in good heart and looking forward to when they can begin playing again.

Like many others on the sporting front though, they don’t yet know when that will be.

“We do have a lot of questions without answers at the moment.”

For now, though, he said, one positive was that alert level two at least meant grounds staff have been able to begin regular maintenance of the turf once again.

“Obviously, it had to be left sitting as it was for about a month

– but nothing was neglected.”

Mr Ambury said everyone at the club is very grateful for the work that is undertaken to maintain the grounds - and there’s also a myriad other task that are regularly completed too.

Much of that work is done voluntarily.

One example is grounds keeper Richard Death, he said.

“Grounds keeping is a lost art and Richard has got looking after the grounds down to a tee.”

“But it’s also amazing all the work so many people do here on many other fronts to make the club what it is. A lot of the success

that happens here is because of the work our volunteers do.”

Maintaining the grass green involved watering it, mowing it and controlling fungus.

Te Awamutu Bowling Club – which started in 1904 – has two bowling greens – one grass surface and a carpet green.

The carpet green was put in about two years ago and at full capacity the club can host 32 teams, Mr Ambury said.

Having both surfaces available had broadened the club’s options, he said.

Once games are underway again, he reckons there’s a key ingredient

to playing good bowls.

“Everyone prefers different surfaces of course. Some traditionalists would prefer playing on grass perhaps, but the secret – I think anyway – is adapting and being able to play on any surface.”

Mr Ambury said the club’s focus, as alert levels allowed for it, was to possibly have a club day on the greens. Otherwise, their sights were set on the beginning of the summer season in September.

“We’re all in good spirits and we’re looking forward to what’s ahead.”

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In April 1994 South Africa created their annual Freedom holiday – as a recognition of their transition into a post-apartheid environment.

What a great feeling that must have been for those oppressed people. My first overseas port, as an impressionable 17-year-old seagoing cadet, was Durban. There I was greatly saddened by what I observed. But even then, I detected a covert undercurrent of a movement to rid the country of the horrific shackles of a singular ethnic government.

That movement later translated to Freedom.

So why this Freedom opening? Well for those who have been semi-incarcerated throughout our fine country over recent weeks last Thursday was our Freedom Day. Suddenly, family hugs were permitted. The car moves further than the local supermarket.

The ability to taste professionally made coffee became a re-awakening of one of the pleasures of life. And last Saturday the Cambridge Farmers Market reopened with a display of sensible open management with minimal though practical controls in place.

Thank you, market people – it was a pleasure to see you back with us.

Like many I have experienced the visual interchange of Zoom conferencing but found, on one day, that almost five hours of it across three board meetings on the same Tuesday was mentally exhausting. Why Tuesday is so popular beats me, but it is what it is.

Notwithstanding the tiredness experienced, the ability to use this form of communication has caused one of those boards to decide to now only meet physically quarterly, with the other eight meetings a year being ‘Zoomified’.

The savings in travel and time for the majority making this decision so much easier. And the level and depth of decision-making not in the least bit reduced.

By Peter Carr

Friends and neighbours have rushed off to visit relatives far and wide.

Contractors have returned to our village to take up where they left off late March. The first paper parcel of fish and chips was a pinnacle of culinary delight. How simple our tastes have become when denied far higher expectations.

On the downside we are being showered with ‘advice’ from organisations who have really no right to offer how we should behave having received – and are still receiving – a plethora of behavioural expectations from the government.

This was then layered over with a budget where no doubt the initial version, which would have been drafted months ago, was thrown out and replaced with a hastily cobbled together epistle. There, the word ‘debt’ appears to have been removed from the dictionary and replaced with promises that will be very hard to keep initially – let alone maintain over the long term.

Sadly, some of the recipients will squander the monetary largesse that will be thrust upon them. Do not be critical of that comment – just witness the well-heeled organisations that grabbed the purses of alleged staff support when they were well on the upside of their balance sheet.

Government leaders – and Auckland City Council - have shown their idea of contributing leadership with reductions in their high quantum of official personal earnings. One wonders how this will be driven by incorporating MP’s and those further down the local body chain in smaller communities where the principle should be applicable too.

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By Peter Matthews

In the wake of Grant Robertson’s $50bn recovery budget there have been, amongst other reaction, claims that climate change has been left out in the cold. Of over $50bn set aside to boost our country’s economic recovery, just 2.2% of that figure - $1.1bn is destined for ‘nature jobs’. This money will help to create 11,000 new jobs in conservation and environmental work.

New Zealand has committed to being carbon neutral by 2050 and yet is currently on track to see a 20% increase in net emissions between 2005 and 2030. Therefore, might we not have expected to see a larger proportion of the bailout dedicated not just to environment and conservation but to the core issue of climate change? I maintain that is a far greater existential threat to New Zealand and humanity as a whole than Covid-19 or Spanish Flu ever were.

I think this ripple of negative reaction to the government’s strategy is a case of people ‘doing what they do’, pundits adopting their respective positions, without taking time to look at the wider picture.

Seven weeks of effective lockdown has delivered a body blow to the New Zealand economy and has, for now, knocked the wind out of it.

Think of this situation as the triage tent on the battlefield.

Amid the artillery fire and strafing of global economics and day to day government of the country, medics are busy attending to climate change and working out a treatment plan for it - “we will be carbon neutral by 2050”?

The health care system, education,

employment, and New Zealand’s aging infrastructure are also waiting on stretchers in the tent. Some have been assigned priority and are being looked after, others are standing by as the more urgent cases receive attention. Outside, all hell breaks loose as the single biggest threat to the people of New Zealand explodes onto the field. Presently the doors burst open and stretcher bearers rush in carrying the economy - it’s in a bad way and it needs immediate help. The other stretchers are hastily moved to one side as medics rush to revive the patient.

After a short period of frantic activity, the economy is stabilised, and the doctors look up and survey the scene around them. With the economy in intensive care, ‘serious but stable’ they begin to turn their attention to the other patients. Employment, healthcare, and education are high priorities because they will support the economy as it recovers.

Environment and conservation can be treated and brought in to help with employment.

Meanwhile climate change, which is effectively the cancer patient in the ward, can be left for a short time while the emergencies are dealt with.

Let’s hope that once the most immediate needs of the other patients are seen to, the government will hold to its commitments and provide climate change with the care and rehabilitation it so desperately needs.

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Inspiring stories of unsung heroes have recently been coming to light.

Called “Hidden Heroes” they’re being collected in the UK, as preparations for omarking n estepthen 80th z@ anniversary gm ail.coofmthe Battle of Britain are underway.

Following 021 163 2117the fall of France, Great Britain’s air force repelled an invasion against relentless air raids conducted by the German air force (Luftwaffe) from July through September 1940.

A project initiated by London’s RAF Museum is raising awareness about the significant role played by Jews in the wartime Royal Air Force. The museum calculates that about 20,000 British Jews —then six percent of the UK Jewish population — served in the RAF during the war.

One young Jewish refugee from Germany, Georg Hein, came to Britain in 1934. After years of schooling he had developed an English accent and apart from his name, was indistinguishable from an Englishman.

A brush with the law in the late 1930s landed Hein in prison. On his release soon after the war began, he was told to immediately register as an “enemy alien” - (a citizen of a country which Britain was at war with, but who resided in the UK).

Instead, he visited a local graveyard where a dead schoolfriend, Peter Stevens, was buried. After noting Stevens’ date of birth, he went to a government office and, posing as the dead boy, obtained his birth certificate then went to the RAF enlistment office and joined the air force. As Peter Stevens he ultimately became a pilot.

In September 1941, Stevens was shot down over Holland and captured. He made several escape attempts and through all of this, the Germans never discovered that Peter Stevens was, in fact, Jewish refugee Georg Hein.

When the war ended and he returned to Britain, Stevens’ deception went unpunished

and his daring and bravery were rightly rewarded. The RAF awarded him a Military Cross, promoted him to squadron leader and allowed him to retain his identity as Peter Stevens.

Jews who joined the RAF showed immense courage.

For them, being shot down over enemy territory and surviving, was fatal anyway if they were identified as Jewish. While some Jewish airmen chose to remove the identity disc showing their heritage before take-off from the UK, many refused to do so.

William Nelson, a young Jewish volunteer signed up for the RAF two years before the outbreak of war. He became one of the fighter pilots who in Winston Churchill’s famous words was, one of “the few” — to whom “the many” owed so much during Britain’s moment of peril. Shot down a day after the Battle of Britain officially ended in October 1940, Nelson was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Remembering these Jewish airmen is appropriate.

“Hidden Heroes” recalls stories of sacrifice.

It resonated with me since the dis-service of someone giving their life for the good of others, to be merely forgotten is the ultimate dishonour.

And that got me thinking about the Crosssymbol of the ultimate sacrifice. Christ’s death, but also His life in order for us to find life.

Our propensity for familiarity or forgetfulness is massive. Reminders of our indebtedness that prompt us to expressions of gratitude are needed.

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Ritchie eyes Melbourne stint Group One-winning filly Jennifer Eccles has returned to the Waipā stable of Shaune Ritchie and will be a prepared for a campaign in Melbourne in spring.

A dominant winner of the Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m), Jennifer Eccles – the name appears in 1960s songs by The Hollies and The Scaffold - also took out the NZB Filly of the Year series and has been a model of consistency throughout her classic year.

“She is not actually back in work per se.

She is back in the stable, where we are boxing her at night and keeping her in the paddock,” Ritchie said.

“We will get her to the track next week and start a prep towards Melbourne in the spring.

“She probably hasn’t grown a hell of a lot but she has really filled out across the hind quarter and that is going to help her.”

The Gr.2 Let’s Elope Stakes (1400m) at Flemington on September 12 is the likely starting point for Jennifer Eccles. Ritchie won the race previously with Zurella in 2012.

Ritchie said he would assess whether Jennifer Eccles remained in mares grade or stepped up to a weight-for-age path in what could be a unique spring carnival.

“I think the beauty of Melbourne is there are so many options,” he said.

“They’re not even racing in England yet, so there could be a significant downturn in the type of horse that comes internationally for the carnival and that could technically make the carnival one of the weakest in years.

“How good she is? Well we don’t even know. Clearly, she is far superior to the horses she has been racing against but how far that is going to take us on an Australasian weightfor-age scale, who would know?

Ritchie said he was unlikely to have many horses ready to commence in July when New Zealand Racing returns to action. His focus is on the early spring.

The multiple Group One-winning trainer

Shaune Ritchie lleft with training partner Colm Murray and Jennifer Eccles.

also revealed he is likely to have a team campaigning in Melbourne this spring.

“The Good Fight will join Jennifer Eccles in Melbourne. He could go to Country Cups or if he measures up, he could press through town, just depending on where he sits.

“Swiss Watch is also likely to join those horses and we are giving consideration to adding a nice horse coming through the grades like Rum. As in previous winters, Ritchie will use facilities at Ruakaka with some members of his team to give them an opportunity to launch into spring racing off a better surface.

“We have got some cracking rising three-year-olds,” Ritchie said. “With the construction of the Polytrack going on in Cambridge, I am very keen to get those horses that we are looking at Classic races with or going to Australia up to Ruakaka for a couple of weeks, which we’ve always done.

“With there being no winter racing up there this year, that course proper is going to be like galloping on pillows.– NZ Racing Desk

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Racing farewells a patriarch

The head of a racing dynasty who spent a raceday, victory came aboard Blank Cheque at short time in Cambridge has died just shy of Hastings on April 12, 1947. his 90th birthday.

Harris mixed flat and jumps riding and Jock (John William) Harris rode the 77 to 1 excelled in both roles, kicking home 367 longshot Tesla to win the 1954 Easter Handicap winners. In the 1955-56 season he finished and went on to become a leading trainer. second-equal to Bob Skelton on the New His oldest three sons, John, Des and Noel, Zealand Jockeys’ Premiership. were all leading apprentice jockeys, topping Tesla provided him with his greatest thrill the New Zealand apprentice table for six years when winning the 1955 Auckland Cup in succession from 1967-68, and his other three (3200m). The highlight of Harris’ jumps children, Peter, Karen and Jenny, also rode. success was winning on Aligarh in the 1955 Peter made an Wellington Steeplechase impression on the flat (5400m), the same race before becoming the his son Peter won 26 country’s leading jumps years later aboard The jockey for the 1976-77 Assassin. season.

After retiring from Like his father, John riding at Awapuni went on to several on Boxing Day 1959, highlights as a trainer, Harris worked at an as did Des, and both auction mart then as a builder’s labourer celebrated Group One before deciding to take success, while Peter also up harness racing. enjoyed training success moved to on a small scale, his Jock Harris, the man who loved bow ties, pictured He highlight being Royal with son at Awapuni in the 1970s. Picture: Race Cambridge and worked for Peter Skousgaard, Secret’s win in the 2004 Images. but after four months he was lured back to Gr.2 Hawke’s Bay Cup (2200m).

Royal Secret was ridden by Noel, who Palmerston North and began a training career.

Harris trained in partnership with his son became the star jockey of the family and is a member of the elite 2000-win club in New John for four seasons, winning 54 races, and Zealand. Noel is now using that experience to his last season of training was back at Awapuni educate the country’s apprentice jockeys in his in partnership with another son, Des, landing role as National Riding Mentor, while his son, a couple of victories before he retired in 1988 Troy, has followed in his father’s footsteps as a with a total of 304 wins.

Harris was co-founder and the first President Group One-winning jockey.

Harris was born in New Plymouth and of the New Zealand Trainers’ Association.

He was a regular at the Jumps Jockeys’ left school at 15 to be a jockey, having been encouraged by his father to sign up with reunions and well-known for reciting his poems, headed by the dyslexic ode to the trainer George New at Awapuni.

He began his apprenticeship in 1945 and, `Rindercella’.

- NZ Racing Desk after serving nine months before he could ride

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