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Battling for baby William By Jeremy Smith
Seven-week-old William Cameron snuggles into his mum Nicole’s arms. As he drifts off to sleep he reaches a tiny hand out in search of one of her fingers. He finds it, grabs it, squeezes and holds tight. “Moments like these melt my heart,” his mum, Te Awamutu’s Nicole Cameron, said. “They’re what sustain us. We’re doing everything we can to have as many more of them with him as possible.” That shared love - their son’s for them, evident in those moments, and theirs for him is one of the few constants Nicole and her husband Ryan cling to as they begin a medical journey “beyond their wildest imagination”. “It’s turned our lives upside down.” William, the couple’s first-born child, was born in lockdown at 37 weeks having been growth-restricted from 28 weeks. Nicole grew up in Cambridge, Ryan moved to town from the United Kingdom two years ago. Last year, the family started 5 Stars Solutions, a cleaning company which services the greater Waikato. Call it a mother’s intuition, but since William’s birth, Nicole said she could sense something wasn’t quite right. A string of discouraging doctors’ visits and hospital appointments culminated in one final desperate attempt – a visit to a Waikato Hospital paediatric consultant, who then had William transferred to Auckland’s Starship Hospital. Upon arrival, the couple was stunned to learn he needed emergency open heart bypass surgery because he has supravalvular aortic stenosis - a heart condition which narrows the large blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body. William also has pulmonary stenosis, which narrows the pulmonary valve opening and slows blood flow. Doctors performed an eight-hour
Seven-week-old William Cameron.
operation on Queen’s Birthday weekend Friday – calling it “95 percent” successful. “We’re so grateful to the doctors and nurses – everyone involved – they’ve done an amazing job,” Nicole said. But in Nicole’s own words that was, ironically, just the start. They’ve now been told there’s a high
probability William has a rare, lifethreatening condition - Williams Syndrome. Baby William’s name and the condition doctors believe he has is pure coincidence. Only about 200 New Zealanders have it – it’s a genetic condition present at birth characterised by medical problems including cardiovascular disease, developmental
delays, and learning disabilities. If William does have it, he’ll need constant medical attention – multiple surgeries and hospital care - for the rest of his life. There is now no guarantee how long that will be. “We got the shock of our lives – doctors are 99 percent sure, and it’s rocked us to our core. “Never in a million years did we dream this. I’ve never been through so many emotions as I have while we process what this means.” William could be home from his initial surgery by next week – but the family initially faces two years of unknowns. It will be that long before, doctors hope, William’s heart is big enough for them to operate on another area of it – but during that time he’s highly susceptible to a heart attack or stroke. “We have no choice but to be optimistic – we just have to take life moment by moment, like those hugs,” Nicole said of their day-today approach. “Firstly, we want William to grow big enough to lift and support his own neck and then, of course, to see him crawl and say his first word. “The truth is though, we don’t know how long we have with our baby.” And, even when they do go home, the couple face the task of paying for William’s ongoing at home care and the associated equipment that requires. Candidly, Nicole said parents on a similar journey to William’s are never far from her mind. “Please, trust that inner voice - if you feel like there is something going on for one of your children – please do get it checked – and don’t be afraid to keep going back.” As an effort to help going forward, wider family members have set up a GiveaLittle page called Please Help Baby William. Just over $5000 has been gifted. Readers will find the page at Givealittle.co.nz
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Old dogs, new gardening tricks By Robin Smuts-Kennedy
Half a century ago I started a veg garden. Things were different then, we did a lot of digging, used a lot of chemical fertilisers and rotated crops. Times have changed - gardening is a science and there are now many ways to absorb new information. A You tube composting video showed there is no need to turn it. I find turning compost really satisfying but with four large bins time saving methods are welcome. You use a piece of reinforcing rod, slicing through the layers to aerate the compost, regularly stabbing all over the heap. To my surprise, this worked. The compost had to be moist so when I emptied the kitchen peelings the liquid went with them. I also began saving water in the sink. Running the tap to get hot or cold water wastes water, so I saved this in 10-litre watering cans, by the back door. This provided water for pot plants and watering new layers of leaves and cuttings in the compost bin. The compost matures in around five months. In April we also made a compost heap on one of the garden beds instead of growing a green manure crop. When spring comes, we will add blood and bone, lightly fork it through, and the soil will be ready to plant. No digging, no barrowing compost! Several websites I’ve read lately state that crop rotation is not necessary if you are a home gardener who regularly applies compost. A farmer who plants acres of a mono-crop cannot micro-manage the soil, but home gardeners completely replace their soil over time, and grow a multitude of different plants. Trying to grow seeds without a crop of weeds? A farmers market salad crop grower puts compost on the bed then disturbs the soil for 12 days so that most weeds appear and are dealt to before seeds are sown. Red root is a weed we have never managed to get rid of. Wondering what the flocks of goldfinches in our garden were eating, I consulted ‘The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand.’ red root is a favourite food in autumn and winter. We now have a garden patch dedicated to red root.
will go to Meat the Need, a national charity which supplies meat to City Missions and Food Banks throughout the country. The e-cook book is $10 to download and contains 40 family oriented winter recipe contributions as well as a series of food stories from Food Writers New Zealand members. Cosy offers up a selection of dishes for all palates including Olena Williams’ Russian Borshch Nicola Galloway’s Slow-Cooked Scotch Broth with Celery Leaf Pistou, Emma Galloway’s Charred Broccoli and Brown Rice Salad with Green Tahini sauce, Kate Underwood’s Harissa, Kumara and Apricot Tagine and Vanessa Baxter’s Pulled Beer Braised Beef Brisket A selection of family favourite desserts include Fiona Hugues’ Chocolate Croissant Tray Baked Pudding and Salted Cocoa Cream, Robyn Martin’s Cake Tin Apple Pie, Jan Bilton’s Slow Cooker Baked Apples and others. Project lead and Food Writers NZ member Kathy Paterson says the idea for the book came from a ‘taste’ for giving. “During COVID-19 lockdown it became
Jan’s slow cooker baked apples.
apparent that people were looking for recipes, so I rallied the troops. The call went out for recipe contributions and within the day we had enough recipes for an e-cookbook”, she says. To buy a copy of the new book, go to www.foodwriters.org.nz. Jan Bilton’s latest recipes appear on Page 24 of today’s News.
On the beat A sobering thought: plan ahead with Ryan Fleming
On Tuesday night I was driving up the main business district part of Alexandra Street and was so pleased to see things looking more normal than they have for the last couple of months. People were out and enjoying socialising with each with few restrictions. Although It was great to see local licensed premises being full again, this was slightly unusual that it gave the impression of being more like a Friday night rather than a midweek evening. The scene got me thinking about the next few weeks as people who have been cooped up for so long are going to let their hair down and have a night on the tiles. For those of you who are going to take advantage I urge you to plan before you party. The last thing myself and my colleagues want is to attend car crashes as a result of drivers being intoxicated. On Monday I was attending my duties as a court orderly for the days proceedings. One person plead guilty to drink driving with a breath alcohol level of over 1000 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath. This is four times the legal limit. That is an horrific result and the potential for disaster was huge. Every road user sharing a road with that person was put at risk. Like I said before, plan before you party. Organise your sober driver before going out. Have a backup plan, someone you can ring to get you home if
the sober driver decides to drink. This week I finally got to hear our Community Patrol callsign TACP on the Police radio again after an absence throughout the lockdown. It’s been a long time coming getting them back out on the road and their work is very much appreciated. The CCTV volunteers are starting to gear up after some fits and starts. The cameras will be monitored soon now that we can complete the training for everyone here at the Police station. I have used the system myself several times and have found it to be user friendly. It will be a game changer for crime prevention in Te Awamutu and Cambridge. While I am on the subject of Level 1, I would like to pass on my appreciation to the courier drivers and rural posties who I know worked huge hours over the last several weeks clearing the backlog of parcels. I know they had put on extra vans and were working on Sundays in the Hamilton mail centre trying to get an unprecedented influx of parcels cleared and delivered You guys worked a good operation and it’s good to see that slowly returning to normal.
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We’re down to Level One – and politicians say we should bring international air travel back to Waikato.
Flights to Oz: is the time right?
Waikato’s airport should get back to being international and work on getting regular flights to Australia. That’s the call from the chairman of the Waikato Regional Council Russ Rimmington, who said the opportunity post-Covid is too good to pass up. And it follows a similar hurry-up from the airport’s major shareholder. Waipā mayor Jim Mylchreet told the Russ Rimmington News he was supportive of international flights returning to the region, but it had to be sustainable. “I’m certainly supportive of bringing tourists back to the district to help reinvigorate the industry.” Hamilton has a turbulent history in the trans-Tasman market – current Hamilton City Councillors Ewan Wilson’s Nuts and Cola service launched more than a quarter of a century ago showed it could be done. Air New Zealand took on Wilson’s burgeoning Kiwi International Airlines with Freedom Air. Kiwi Air’s collapse was chronicled in a book Wilson wrote, Dogfight. Low cost Freedom flew until 2008 before being absorbed by the national carrier and it has been eight years since a passenger flight left the Waikato for Australia. Earlier this year the Hamilton City Council’s Economic Development Committee told the airport’s chairman and chief executive, Barry Harris and Mark Morgan, they wanted to see international air services encouraged. This week Morgan told the News that he believed the airport company and the councils were on the same page. He said Waikato Regional Airport Limited (WRAL) was receptive to international flights returning to Hamilton and, pre-Covid, “our plans were to proactively investigate any opportunities in the 2021 financial year”. Rimmington says the time is ripe for Hamilton Airport to talk to Air New Zealand about reviving a three day a week service to New South Wales and the Gold Coast. “No matter how good the Expressway to Auckland gets, people in the Bay of Plenty – Rotorua and Tauranga – and throughout the Waikato would prefer to drive to Hamilton,” he said. “I’m concerned to see the land around the Airport being sold for Titanium Park. The Airport Authority should be concentrating on its core business.” Waikato Regional Airport Ltd is owned by local authorities. Hamilton has half, Waipā, Waikato and Matamata-Piako all have a 15.6% share and Otorohanga 3.2%. Rimmington is a former Hamilton mayor – he served one term from 1998. Under his watch the aiport purchased land and he laments seeing it sold off. “We bought it to extened the airport, not for factories. “Our region’s airport must be more proactive,” he said. “There is an opportunity ahead to work with Air New Zealand on three flights a week. Rimmington said it was time to push the boundaries as the country emerged form Covid. “Dairy will survive and lead our economic recovery, followed by tourism,” he predicted. “The airport is a means to achieving that recovery.”
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Airport chief: ‘we’re keen’
It’s a busy airport, but Hamilton’s destination are all domestic.
The chief executive of Waikato’s major airport says bringing international flights back to the province would require an airline prepared and able to make a substantial investment and share the risk - and “right now, that’s a tough ask”. Waikato Regional AirportLimited chief executive Mark Morgan told the News the emergence of Covid-19 would result in the company reviewing timing, but it remained keen to look at any opportunity that was in the best interests of its Council shareholders But he said that in terms of international flights, “I need to be clear… this is not something Hamilton Airport on its own can simply ‘make’
happen… there would have to be a very strong business case to support any international route”. The company would have to find a city to partner with Hamilton, so there would be strong markets at both ends. On property development, he said had the company not pursued its strategy, it would have gone to its five shareholders with a begging bowl after being hit with Covid. “Very often it is property development which helps fund the infrastructure and services needed to enable airport operations to grow and develop”. That had been the case at Hamilton, he said, and WRAL’s property strategy had been a lifesaver for ratepayers
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in terms of Covid-19. Property development activities over the last four years to reduce reliance on aeronautical income had Mark Morgan resulted in a portfolio worth more than $20 million and “our shareholding councils have been supportive of that strategy” WRAL has been able to return to profitability after many years in the red - and had paid dividends to councils for the past three, he said.
Time to knock on doors: Wilson Ewan Wilson brought transtasman flights to Waikato in 1995 – and felt the full force of Air New Zealand’s power as a consequence. The national carrier responded by putting its own international service on under the Freedom Air banner. Today neither Freedom nor Wilson’s Kiwi International Airlines exists and it has Ewan Wilson been eight
years since flights left Waikato for Australia. Wilson says he says he would be delighted to see his former foe return to Hamilton with international flights. “Air New Zealand is smart and agile. So are Jetstar and Qantas – and every passenger they fly could tap into their international market.” “This is the time they will be thinking of re-establishing flights – we should be knocking on doors. There is a pent-up desire to travel and we have a unique point of difference,” he added. “It could all be done with no significant expenditure - Hamilton’s
runway is fit for purpose.” If not regular flights, then charter flights would also be an excellent option, he said. Seasonal charter flights for residents to visit relatives in Australia or the Pacific Islands would be a “sweet spot” for a small player because larger airlines would struggle to compete. Wilson says the time is perfect, and Waikato has the resources to develop the second But he says he is at odds with the airport company’s strategic vision, complaining it has lost site of its core value and has for too long been operating as a property developer.
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Band back, bold as brass
By Viv Posselt
Te Awamutu Brass are back after a prolonged lockdown-enforced silence. Senior band members returned to training earlier this month, and the first of the post-lockdown learner’s sessions was held on June 8, with learner band tutor Jean Fisher at the helm. Te Awamutu Brass has been going since 1910. It has become one of New Zealand’s leading C grade bands, competing and doing well on a regional and national level each year. Jean has been a member of Te Awamutu Brass for around 23 years; she joined after making contact with band members while teaching at Piopio College. It was something of a homecoming for her as she initially learned to play while at secondary school then left it behind for several years. By the time she took over the reins of the learner group in Te Awamutu, the system had changed from the way she was tutored decades earlier. “When I learned, it was alongside the band,” said Jean. “Now, we teach people individually, or in small groups, depending on their skill level, then ease them into the band. At the start, they are
provided with an instrument and taught how to read music. Most begin by learning the cornet… it’s smaller and easier to handle, particularly for the younger learners. The skills you learn on the cornet are generally transferable to most other band instruments anyway.” Among other learners there on the first night back were mum and son, Lynette and Daniel Denton. Lynette has been playing for about seven years, drawn to it by a desire to learn an instrument and in acknowledgment of the ties her husband’s family have had with the band. Eleven-year-old Daniel joined in 2017, took a wee break, and has come back to it. It’s a great family activity, they said, and Daniel really enjoys it. Earlier this year, he played in a Waikato/Bay of Plenty workshop in Matamata and declared it to be “great fun”. He is a Te Awamutu Intermediate School student, and has become the only Year 7 student now seconded to the school’s senior band – in itself a great achievement. Te Awamutu Brass president Susan Jenkins said the COVID-19 lockdown had led to the cancellation of an Easter concert and the annual ANZAC Day parade and service. It also affected
Jean Fisher helps steer mum and son Lynette and Daniel Denton through a passage as the band returns to training.
other events planned for the year, including a “Toe Tappers” concert set to be held in conjunction with the Hamilton Big Band. “That will now be performed towards the end of the year,” she said.
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site fees” He said earlier this week 68 per cent had opted for the site credit or had signed up for Fieldays Online, while only 32 per cent have chosen a refund. It takes a year of planning and preparation for each Fieldays event. The physical site build starts two months beforehand and most days there are over 2000 contractors involved. “In this new format Fieldays will now be truly global, providing another level of connectivity beyond borders,”
Mr Nation said. “Having a digital event opens the door to an international audience of customers, exhibitors, industry players, importers, and exporters.” Online marketplace Trade Me will support the digital marketing and sales for Fieldays Online. Digital production company Satellite will oversee the functionality of the experience and each exhibitor will be given their own digital site producer to customise their offerings.
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A Fieldays winner already By Viv Posselt
Surprised and humbled. That’s how the Swiss-born Cambridge artist known simply as Leonaldo responded to his inclusion as a finalist in the 2020 Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award. “The way I see it, I have already won by just being named as one of the finalists.” Leonaldo’s piece joins 28 artworks by 27 artists from around New Zealand selected by award judge, New Zealand sculptor James Wright. Winners will be announced on July 2, and the finalists’ exhibition will run from July 3 to August 3 at ArtsPost in Hamilton. The annual award, which is sponsored by Momentum Waikato Community Foundation and managed by Waikato Museum, challenges artists to create sculptures using No.8 wire and other agricultural materials. Leonaldo doesn’t see himself strictly as
an artist, although he has pursued creative work in one form or another throughout his life, albeit more “for my soul” than for fame or profit. His income has come from other sources – working and travelling the world as a qualified chef, in event and project management, in trade shows, and through installing and then deconstructing international art exhibitions in places such as New York, Moscow, Saudi Arabia and London. He describes himself as more of an inventor, although concedes that his interest in art took off when designing and making ice sculptures. There is little he won’t try, and he has made a raft of items, primarily for friends. But it was his inventive streak that indirectly led Leonaldo to the Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award. “Three years ago, I submitted a water refining system to the Fieldays Innovation
Awards,” he explained. “It didn’t get anywhere, but since then I have been emailed updates from Fieldays. The one on the No.8 Wire Award came through as I was holding a coil of wire – and the idea for my piece started Leonaldo to form.” There was a bit of tweaking involved, then a return to his first, simpler vision for the work – now he’s keen to get to the finish line. “I am just so happy to have been picked as a finalist, and I’m really looking forward to seeing what the other artists have done.”
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Number 8 gets a 10 The Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award judge, New Zealand sculptor James Wright, said not only had this year’s finalists demonstrated the versatility of our most recognisable agricultural supply material, “but also they have used it in James Wright ways that soar beyond the constraints imposed to make imaginative and creative statements”. Waikato Museum director Cherie Meecham said it was fitting that the award “which plays homage to our rural community and to Kiwi resourcefulness and ingenuity” could carry on in spite of immense challenges. New Zealand Fieldays Society president James Allen said: “These are extraordinary times, but we were determined to find a way to continue with this iconic exhibition. We all need something uplifting in our lives over the next weeks and months, so I hope this award and exhibition will help to play its part.” Momentum Waikato CEO Kelvyn Eglinton, said there was a great synergy in supporting Fieldays with the Award. “Community foundations like Momentum Waikato are building regional endowment funds around the country and the COVID-19 crisis is prompting rural communities to look at long-term funding and impact investment strategies to improve their social resilience. This is a wonderful opportunity to work together to increase our presence in the rural sector while encouraging diversity in the arts.” The overall winner will receive $5000, with second and third place-getters set to receive $800 and $300 respectively.
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More doors Our clean up team set to close By Tekla Kezia
By Jeremy Smith
A week after Bunnings confirmed it will shut its Cambridge and Te Awamutu outlets more jobs are at risk in Te Awamutu. Warehouse Stationery Te Awamutu faces closure as part of a proposal announced this week by the Warehouse Group. The proposed restructure could see more than 1000 jobs cut and nine stores close nationwide. Warehouse Group owns The Warehouse, Warehouse Stationery, Noel Leeming, and Torpedo 7 and has started a consultation process. Waipā mayor Jim Mylchreest was saddened by news of the proposal. “That’s devastating news for Te Awamutu – but especially for those personally involved who could lose their job. “It’s a horrible position for them to be in because, as we all know, finding new employment can be extremely difficult at the moment,” he said. Meanwhile, Mitre 10 New Zealand‘s chief of customer marketing and inspiration Jules Lloyd-Jones says the company had no plans to review the viability of its Waipā stores. “As a member co-operative, our stores are locally owned, so we are unable to share performance data.” She said Building Act changes to be introduced in August would likely increase foot traffic in the company’s stores. DIY projects like sleep-outs, sheds and greenhouses, carports, awnings and water storage bladders will now not require a council-approved building consent. “We welcome the reduction in red tape the new building consent exemptions will bring,” Lloyd-Jones said. “The changes will save time and money for Kiwis planning improvements to their homes and properties. “The consent process can be costly and time-consuming, so the changes remove a significant barrier to some smaller building projects. It will encourage people to get started sooner.”
Bill Smith leaves home at 2am. An hour later Darlene Tye picks up her truck from a yard in Te Awamutu and the pair commence an eighthour clean-up operation. Walkways are rid of leaves and debris, the public toilets cleansed, rubbish bins emptied and cobbled footpaths in the central business districts washed down. “We also maintain the grates, sucking blocked roadside sumps of excess water, mud, leaves, rubbish and hedgehogs,” said Darlene. Every day, seven days a week, Bill Smith, Darlene Tye and their team from Metallic Sweeping work to have Cambridge, Te Awamutu and Kihikihi looking their best. They played their part to help Cambridge become ‘The most Beautiful Large Town Award’ winner in the 2019 Keep New Zealand Beautiful competition. Metallic Sweeping has held the contract with the Waipa District Council for 20 years. This is a busy time – since early May the team has been clearing huge volumes of fallen leaves. “We get pushed at this
Clean sweeper – Bill Smith and Darlene Tye.
time of year,” Mr Smith said. “People think because they hear a blower, they can dump leaves from their private properties into the gutters for us to take away. “When the public appreciates our work it really gives us a boost. We do try to keep work to a high standard - we want people to be happy”. Waipā District Council highlighted the problem of rogue leave leavers in a statement this week. “This creates blockages and increases the workload for our contractors,” Operations team leader Jennifer Braithwaite said. The service was set up to collect leaves fallen from council owned street trees and protected trees.
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Residents can place leaves from street trees or protected trees in piles on the berm for collection. “We ask that residents on leaf collection streets put leaves from street trees or protected trees out for collection on the berm… residents on non-collection streets need to dispose of their leaves by other means.” Collections are weekly in Cambridge and Te Awamutu and fortnightly in Kihikihi. Collection maps are available at www.waipadc. govt.nz/our-services/ leavescollection. At a time when job losses are in the news, Bill Smith says his company is looking for workers. He can be reached on 027 680 8854.
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Heritage fund call
Applications have opened for grants from The Waipā Heritage Fund. The fund aims to safeguard the district’s heritage value and offers $70,000 annually. There are two funding rounds a year and this round is open to the end of the month. The fund was established in 2013 to support Waipā’s environmental and cultural heritage, diversity and history. It is available to members of the community who show an emphasis on protecting heritage – rather than capital – value. More than $430,000 has been approved for projects in Waipā since the fund started. Funding can be used for physical works for heritage buildings, objects, natural vegetation, specialist advice, habitats, cultural or archaeological sites. Council’s strategic partnerships manager Gary Knighton encouraged groups and community members to apply, saying Waipā had a rich heritage often upheld by community groups giving many hours of voluntary time. For more information go to waipadc.govt.nz/our-services/grants-and-funding/ heritagefund.
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Briefs… Te Awamutu Chamber of Commerce says its board will run on a voluntary basis following the departure of CEO Kris Anderson. Mr Anderson left in mid-May after five years in the role. Chair Chantelle Good had stepped into a more organisational role.
Recycling changes
Changes to the types of recycling plastic accepted for collection in Waipā will be introduced next week. Types 1,2 and 5 will be collected from next Monday - types 3, 4, 6 and 7 will not.
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Racing Minister Winston Peters called Waipā’s under construction artificial track in Cambridge the “chance of a lifetime” when he saw it this week. In Te Awamutu the Waipa Racing Club has yet to respond to News questions after its Te Awamutu course was left off the racing calendar announced last month for the 2020-21 season.
Setting the table for our birds Mt Pirongia has been targeted as a key site in a setting strategies to grow native wildlife at the expense of introduced mammals. A multi-agency research collaboration is looking at forest food sources as part of wider efforts to boost New Zealand’s native bird populations. The More Birds in the Bush project is led by Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, and includes staff from the Department of Conservation (Doc). More Birds in the Bush aims to achieve large-scale forecasting of predator populations based on available forest food sources. Manaaki Whenua Postdoctoral Researcher Anne Schlesselmann
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says understanding food production – particularly fruit - in forests and resulting predator populations will provide information on how predators can be best suppressed. “The goal is to lead to an optimisation of future largescale forest management to include areas where native bird populations will have the greatest comeback,” she says. North Island forests have warmer annual average temperatures and a more diverse range of tree species than South Island forests. As a result they provide more food both for rats and birds. Ship rats compete with birds, bats, lizards and insects for the same food sources as well as preying on them. Mt Pirongia was chosen as a research location as it’s a habitat for bellbirds/ korimako, tomtits/ miromiro, and rifleman/ titipounamu – bird species preyed on by ship rats. Because the three bird species differ in their diets, nesting habits and body size researchers will be able to evaluate differences in nesting success and survival across species. “We also wanted to work in a diverse podocarp-
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Bellbirds – korimako – are found in relatively few places in Waikato. Photo: Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research.
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The art of getting it right…
Time for confession
Forecasting future events is risky business, causing the credibility of countless speculators over the years to crash and burn. History is strewn with bold ‘prophets’ who went on record with details they foresaw about future happenings, getting it so badly wrong that really, all their ‘insight’ was good for was providing a hearty laugh. Here’s just a few examples. “The only consolation which we have in reflecting upon this work is that it will never be generally read.” - James Lorimer reviewing ‘Wuthering Heights’ by Emily Brontë, 1847 “Everything that can be invented has been invented.”- Director of the US Patent Office, 1899 “Heavier than air flying machines are impossible.” - Lord Kelvin, President of the Royal Society 1890-1895. This ‘inspiring’ visionary offered many other glimpses from his enlightened perspective… “X-rays will prove to be a hoax.” and… “Radio has no future.” “Unworthy of the attention of practical or scientific men.” - Parliamentary Committee reporting on whether Edison’s electric light bulb would be relevant to Britain. “Very interesting, Whittle my boy, but it will never work.” - Professor of Aeronautical Engineering at Cambridge University when shown Frank (later Sir Frank) Whittle’s plans for the jet engine. “Television won’t last. It’s a flash in the pan.” Mary Somerville, Educational Radio Broadcasting pioneer, 1948. “In all likelihood world inflation is over.” Managing Director of International Monetary Fund 1959. “The Beatles? They’re on the wane.” - The Duke of Edinburgh visiting Canada in 1965. They went on to produce five albums and eleven singles, most of which were number one hits.
Here was a dilemma, and me on the horns of it. I had occasion, recently, to take a horse float full of rubbish to the Hamilton Refuse Transfer station - the dump. We were weighed on the way in and then again on the way out: 960 kilos of rubbish later. The rubbish pile had been in the rain though, so some of that was water. This was essentially a house lot. Almost every conceivable type of refuse including an old bed. To give some context: we were under strict time pressure with the loan of the float and a deadline by which to have the house cleaned and cleared out, and thus have the best chance of getting the bond back. And it was raining. The dilemma was this: I knew, as I was chucking stuff over the edge, that a fair bit of it could have been recycled, repurposed, donated, or otherwise kept in circulation. To do this would have taken considerably more time than was available; days rather than hours I suspect, to do it properly. We threw out a fair bit of paper which could have been recycled, a quantity of old bits of wood which could have been taken home and hoarded against future requirements, some clothing which could have been donated, defunct furniture, the list goes on. There is no doubt that to take the time to sort everything out and then deliver it to the various reception points, op shops, and the like would have been the right thing to do. But I did not do that, there just wasn’t
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While not mounting a challenge to these people’s sincerity, their prowess in ‘foreseeing’ the future displays considerable ineptitude. A record of getting things very badly wrong should inevitably cast doubt on the trustworthiness of any predictor’s projections into the future. The Bible, as a collection of writings by many authors, is claimed to be divinely inspired - God’s infallible word. Such a bold claim ought to be tested. If it is wrong it needs to be exposed as fraudulent and the sooner the better… if its claims prove to be true however, it warrants our attention! One of numerous ‘authenticating signatures’ supporting the Bible’s truth is fulfilled prophecy. Just the hundreds of prophecies alone of Jesus Christ’s coming to earth are staggering. Many centuries before events unfolded, precise details surrounding the timing, the circumstances of His birth and life were recorded. In addition, the nature of His betrayal, a trial leading to death, His burial and resurrection were foretold with astoundingly intricate detail. A mathematician once calculated the chances of just eight of 60 major prophecies concerning Jesus being fulfilled as being 100,000,000,000,000,000 :1. Next to impossible odds that could never be coincidence! History demonstrates hundreds of events foretold in the Bible as having been fulfilled in perfect detail to date. With many prophecies even fulfilled in our lifetime, there’s no doubt that those yet to be fulfilled are right on track. This will be good news to some…but not everyone - our perspective and decisions will determine that.
THE AGE OF REASON
DOWN WITH THE KIDS
Did NZQA do enough?
Life under the new regime
By Matteo Di Maio
In my first major post-lockdown trip outside of the Waikato I am visiting our three Wellington- based daughters. I was savouring the freedom to drown in the green splendour that comprises our lovely country while wondering if what happened pre and post Easter was just a horrible dream. But I was brought up into a harsh aura of reality when entering a fast food chain establishment. Prior to making the trip I elected to play Good Citizen by downloading that ugly yellow and black app into my phone (it took three attempts, possibly linked to my late septuagenarian age). So, I march into a burger outlet’s small-town establishment to be met with barriers, coloured floor markings and a multitude of This Way floor-set arrows. But ‘whoa there’. First one has to be apprehended by the eagle-eyed diligent teenage lady whose mission in life is to ensure I do not bring the nasty bug into her workplace. Not only in fixing me with a steely eye, but also brandishing a large push-top plastic bottle. It’s filled with what I am lead to believe is a top of the range hand sanitising fluid - notwithstanding that it may just be dishwashing detergent for all the proof that was provided. But remember readers - I am still playing Good Citizen here. I must, shall, and be seen to, comply. So I do. Then Miss Atilla beseeches me to ‘fill in the form’. No, say I, for I am Good Citizen and I have downloaded the app. I am directed to a nearby table whereupon is the (still ugly) logo in colours designed by whoever dreams up the shirts used by the Hurricanes.
“Kia ora. My name is Huia and in 2020 I was doing my NCEA Level 2…” “I am Sione and I want to go to university…” These are two beginnings of a selection of little blurbs on an official document from NZQA – the exam body – that we all got last week. It outlines several changes to the way NCEA assessments will work in the face of Covid-19 stress and learning loss. The big changes are to the credit system — previously, each assessment you did accrued “credits,” which built up to a qualification. Now, every student is entitled to one “learning recognition” credit for every five regular credits they achieve, up to 10 extra credits. The blurbs – it seems – were meant to demonstrate how the changes would save our learning; one of the student’s blurbs rounded off with: “I’ve got this.” Chris Hipkins, the education minister, took his time in rolling out the changes. He announced end-of-year exams would be pushed back 10 days in early May; but the big changes, the bonus credits, took nearly a month longer. That time, ostensibly, was to ensure that NCEA’s global standing was not damaged by poorly thought out changes that simply made the qualifications easier to get. Students, of course, were quick to point out that NCEA is certainly not easier this year, even with the new changes. Lockdown learning made everything harder. The question now is, then, did the new changes cancel the difficulties out — like the blurbs suggest? Are we neutral again? My personal experience with lockdown was great — I’ve never been as close to my family, or as relaxed. But that was definitely not the case for everyone. Two year 11 students who talked to me for this column — Hannah and Isabella — say that
Out with my trusty i-phone, I hover it carefully over the table so that there is a clear image in the screen. Up comes that wonderful and not-required piece of information informing me that this dutiful action has failed. So Miss A, never to be one to be beaten, directs me to a second equally hideous logo whence exactly the same result ensued. It is back to the dreaded form which I duly complete with me thinking I would like an invite when, one day, all this will be unnecessary and I can be invited to the great form-burning bonfire in the foyer of the Ministry of Health. Then my new-found friend escorts me to a huge screen where the food is to be ordered by jabbing at least a dozen times to order two servings of the same simple breakfast bun. No drinks, no smooth ice cream, no coffee. Just two identical buns. By this stage, with the elapsed time involved, I am thinking of changing from breakfast to a lunch order - but all I want to do is get out of the place. And upon arriving in Wellington my technically skilled fifth form grandson informs me that ‘they’ (not revealing who ‘they’ are) have been having trouble with the ugly app. Notwithstanding his observation it appears that this technically challenged writer had been trying to log into app-holding sites using the phone’s camera. Sorry Mr Covid app, it was all down to me! Sigh.......life was much easier before we all tried to catch up with space scientists.
the time. If I’m honest, dump-side in the cold rain there wasn’t as much inclination as there should have been either. In my defence I did divert a computer and a laptop to the back of the car and these have now joined a stockpile of similar items in our garage awaiting collection by RecycleIT. And a couple of nice bits of hardwood will make their way into the structure of the boat I plan to build - one day. I think we all, at various times, experience this kind of thing: we know we should do something other than what we are actually doing, and we justify our actions as best we can at the time. But let’s not be too hard on ourselves. There are some countries and corporations, large and small, which care little for anything other than power and profit. These are the giants walking the planet’s surface which could make a meaningful and effective difference to us all with a slightly lighter footstep. I think it is important that when we can do the right thing - we do it, and if for whatever reason we can’t do the right thing now, we recognise that we are falling short and resolve to do better in future. In this way we can ensure a progressive improvement in how we treat our planet as the current tenants. The consequences of not caring at all might be more serious than not getting the bond back.
lockdown learning was tough for them. They say that they were worried about coming back to school and trying to catch up – without the changes, they would’ve struggled. “I was initially feeling nervous about being able to achieve to the level that I would like,” Hannah said. So the response to the changes, more or less, has been positive. Before, some students were really worried, now, they’re slightly more hopeful. But perhaps – I’m realising as I write this – we are considering the wrong thing again when we talk about resurrecting purely grades. Maybe we are making the mistake schools and parents have made for too long: focusing on academic returns, rather than student wellbeing. We can’t let our learning recovery become a vector for more pushing, more stress and more illness. Some experts worry about the long-term mental effects lockdown — and jumping back into learning too quickly — may have had, citing the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquakes as example of what can go wrong. The recommendations from education experts are clear. First: don’t launch too quickly into the catch up; ease students into NCEA slowly. Start with easier standards, perhaps. This all seems sensible: One of my friends found lockdown actually eased their anxiety — it was the return to the loud, distracting world of in-person school that did them in. The second necessary focus should be fostering community spirit — form classes need to feel inclusive and supportive, and form teachers need to be approachable. And lastly, parents should simply check in with their kids, even if they appear happy.
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School sports are back – oh, the relief
High school athletes who managed to keep training during lockdown had to contend with a tricky question: what exactly for? The Maadi cup was off, cancelled on March 16. The AIMS Games was postponed until 2021. And there was no Summer Tournament Week – the intended culmination of teams’ previous training efforts, which usually pulled in thousands of students. But now students are getting some answers. At Ōtorohanga College, principal Traci Liddall confirmed plans were underway to have the ball rolling in several winter codes within the next couple of weeks.
She said the initial idea had been to start sports up again within that timeframe anyway but had the Government not announced the shift to Level 1, stringent social distancing protocols would have had to have been in place. “Most of those are now not required though,” she said. “It’s going to be wonderful having school sports back. For lots of our students, sport is what they love and they really excel at it. “A lot of self-confidence comes from doing well at something that is your passion. In a small community like ours too, lots of people are involved on many fronts to
make sport happen and that brings with it a great sense of camaraderie.” The News also wanted to check in with Te Awamutu College students’ progress, but the school did not respond to emails and telephone calls. “When you train, you train for something,” Guy Ockenden, Cambridge High’s sports and cultural director said. “At the time that they were doing it, they didn’t know what they were training for.” In-person trainings for most sports at Cambridge High (CHS) kicked back off on June 2 – and if national tournaments are still off the table, players are hopeful regular secondary school
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Above and below: Competitors in a previous Golf Course Fun Run and Walk.
By Jeremy Smith
An event being touted as the first in the Waikato sanctioned by Athletics Waikato & Bay Of Plenty post Covid-19 will hit the road in Te Awamutu. Te Awamutu Athletic Club’s Golf Course Fun Run & Walk, featuring a 3km run for students, a 3km walk, a 6km run or walk and a 9km run, will be held on Saturday, July 4. “It’s a bit of a coup really,” race director Murray Green said. “We’re pretty chuffed.” Mr Green said the event was started about nine years ago and came out of an idea to help raise money to further the competitive athletic asipirations of some of its younger club members. “In its history, I’d estimate we’ve raised about $15,000 in total towards that goal.” Typically, up to 150 competitors from around the Waikato would take part.
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“What I’d say we might see happen is, because it’s the first event off the blocks, competitors might come from further afield than normal. “About half of those competing would normally be athletics club members, the rest are members of the public.” Runners and walkers from both Hamilton and Cambridge always featured, he said. “It’s going to be great – I’d say because it’ll be one of the first opportunities for people to get out and have fun, everyone will be really excited to be there.” At this stage, Mr Green said organisers had discussed the possibility of split start times. Entry for the student run is $5, all other events are $10. Those wanting to take part need to enter online at https://2020tagolfcourserun. eventdesq.com/ for contact tracing purposes.
The Maadi Cup - cancelled by covid.
leagues will be back soon. CHS’ sporting scene has been gearing back up in a three-step process. Prior to June 2, Ockenden started emailing parents, gauging how keen they were for their kids to return to sport under level 2. The majority re-signed up, Ockenden said. “Since June 2 we’ve had netball, we’ve had rugby, basketball, football, cycling – hockey’s probably next week,” Ockenden said. And finally, the date for official games and competitions to resume is (no earlier than) June 22 – something that’s been agreed by to schools across the Waikato region,
Ockenden said. Most national school sporting events sit in three categories: cancelled, postponed or suspended. Cancelled – which applies to events from the Secondary School Horse Trials to the Artistic Gymnastics competition – means that they will not take place in 2020. Some events, like various road cycling championships and the shooting competition, are suspended – meaning they are currently being considered for either postponement or cancellation. And some, like the synchronised swimming champs, multisport and
cross country, are postponed; they already have new dates and will go ahead this year. Big events like Winter Tournament Week, as they used to be, are still off the table. But School Sport New Zealand, the de facto governing body, has revamped how the event will work. Tournament Week is likely to be run on a more regional basis – with consideration for the financial damage Covid-19 may have caused to families. It will “be delivered over fewer days, with less travel and accommodation required, and, importantly, at less cost to families,” a notice on SSNZ’s website read.
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The rivalry between Waikato reinsman David Butcher and his sons Zachary and Benjamin is heating up. Butcher is the leading North Island driver with 44 wins to his name this term - Zachary trailing has 42 and Benjamin 32. The elder Butcher says he will have his work cut out to retain his lead with two months of the season remaining. “They might head me off by the time we get to the end of the season,” Butcher said. “Zac is only two behind, so it will be interesting. There’s always a fair bit of rivalry between us.” Butcher has enjoyed a good season in the cart, but he has also appreciated training his small team, particularly over the COVID-19 enforced lockdown period. He kept a few of his team ticking over on his eight hectare private training property, which enabled him to have a five-strong team compete at the North Island’s resuming race meeting at Cambridge late last month. “We just kept ticking over during lockdown,
nothing really changed,” Butcher said. Butcher had a handful of horses at the Cambridge workouts on Saturday but said a number of those will likely head for a spell. “I had a couple of young ones being educated, they will probably go out after a couple of weeks and then I have five racehorses, and the two maidens will probably go out in a couple of weeks as well,” he said. “So just the old boys will be hanging in.” Butcher said he is looking forward to getting back behind the Steve Telfer-trained Triple Eight. The Group Three winner is likely to be set on a Gr.1 New Zealand Cup (3200m) path. It is a race Butcher won behind Changeover in 2008. “With the lockdown, all the good ones are out at the moment,” Butcher said. “But I am looking forward to getting back driving Triple Eight. “I don’t know where he is at, but he might be heading to the New Zealand Cup I would say. That would be the aim.” – Cambridge Raceway
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“The way I see it, and what I tell our team, is that our best advertisement is word of mouth,” he said. “Someone asked for recommendations on Facebook the other day and out of the 13 comments on there our business was mentioned 11 times. That makes me proud.” Deane Mark Auto Electrical
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ASHBY, Sarah Teira Priscilla, (nee Tāpa) – Passed away peacefully at Te Kuiti Hospital on Monday, 8th June 2020. Aged 83 years. Dearly loved wife of the late Charlie. Loved mum to Gloria, Chris, Leon, Antonio (Shane), Bronwyn, Tania and Kelly. Cherished nanny to her many moko and mokomoko. “Rest in Peace” Sarah will lie in state at Ranana Marae on Tuesday 9th June 2020, returning to her home at 5 Kiwi Street, Te Kuiti on Wednesday, 10th June 2020, until the tangihana on Friday. A tangihana for Sarah will be held at the Les Munro Centre, 8 King Street East, Te Kuiti, on Friday, the 12th of June 2020 at 11.00am followed by the burial at the Te Kuiti public cemetery. All communications to the Ashby Family, c/- 262 Ohaupo Road, Te Awamutu, 3800.
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