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A super rugby gift

By Jeremy Smith

Te Awamutu College students and staff were tickled pink yesterday.

All Blacks and Chiefs players Luke Jacobson and Atu Moli paid a flying visit – kicking off the school day in exciting fashion to deliver a unique gift.

They presented girls rugby players at the college with a specially designed signed pink Women in Rugby jersey – one of 23 worn by the playing squad when the Gallagher Chiefs recently took on the Highlanders in Dunedin.

The jerseys from that game – part of the first round of Super Rugby Aotearoa played post Covid-19 - were a way to acknowledge women who play or support rugby.

They’re now being donated to schools around the Chiefs’ region to help them fundraise towards sports equipment, travel or apparel for their respective girls’ rugby teams.

The college is one of three Waipā schools – alongside Ōtorohanga College and Cambridge High School – to receive jerseys.

Jacobson and Mutu fielded a range of questions

from the audience during the presentation in Te Awamutu – everything from their training regimes to their favourite game day meals.

“It does sound cliché, but honestly, nothing beats hard work, and you really do get out what you put in,” Jacobson said, encouraging the students to chase their dreams.

Te Awamutu College principal Tony Membery said the school has a proud rugby tradition and enjoyed the Chiefs’ visit.

“We’re absolutely delighted to be recognised by receiving a jersey,” he said.

“It’s fantastic for the

girls to be able to see some of their role models up close too.”

Mr Membery said the school was yet to decide what would be done with the jersey long term, but for now it would take pride of place on display at the college.

Cambridge High School also received its jersey yesterday, a short time after the Te Awamutu College.

At Ōtorohanga College, principal Traci Liddall said she had yet to receive news of when they would be presented their jersey.

Pictured with Jacobson and Moli are Te Awamutu College students Ngawai Barker, Maree TupaeaHukatai, Stellar TamakiWhatarangi, Isabelle Buhrs, Atarei Crown and Sarah-Lee Makaea.

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Need a short walk to entertain the kids and prevent cabin fever? The Leamington Walkway is a gem.

There are a few ways to tackle this walk depending on everyone’s energy levels. You can park at the Leamington Cemetery and walk down the stairs to the small regenerating wetland area, before heading along the easy path to the boulder strewn dam and stream.

From here, you can continue beside the hilly farmland to exit at Addison Street. Then, either head back the way you came, or stroll through the streets to the cemetery.

Google maps helps out here.

It’s an easy walk and you can see the huge effort that the Cambridge Tree Trust and local students have put into converting the former wilderness of bramble and gorse into a small nature reserve.

It would have been backbreaking work for the volunteers.

Arriving from the cemetery also means you walk beneath the towering eucalyptus trees, which is probably the most scenic way to attack this adventure.

And, if the kids still have energy left in the tank afterwards, there are the miniature trains that chug around Leamington Domain every

Sunday weather permitting.

Facilities: No toilets.

Time: Allow 30 to 45 min for an easy explore.

Accessibility: Mix of dirt paths, bridges and steps.

Dogs: Dogs on leads.

How to get there: Parking is available at Leamington Cemetery.

Super knitters do a count up When the Te Awamutu Machine Knitting group met for the first time since Lockdown, they did a tally of items produced for charity.

The list included 38 sweaters, 43 hats, 37 blankets, baby apparel and 10 soft toys.

Club spokesperson Janet Greenall said the items will be distributed between Plunket Te Awamutu, Mothercraft Waikato Hospital, and Te Awamutu Birthing Centre.

“Parents appreciate these gifts and they are well received,’ she said.

The long-established group meets at the Presbyterian Church hall in Mutu Street on the fourth Wednesday of each month from noon to 4pm.

“During this time there are selected demonstrations, and the opportunity to discuss our projects,” Janet Greenall said.

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So many our districts assets are being run-down or neglected, the evidence speaks for itself. Take for example Te Awamutu Memorial Park, Te Awamutu rotunda, Palmer Street pensioner units, Cambridge pool and of course our infrastructure which now conveniently requires millions upon millions to put right.

If Elected Councillors were to acknowledge this neglect by Council, would you not think as representatives of the people that they would be obligated to act in the people’s best interests by asking the following so as to not have a future re-occurrence of this neglect - what has happened to all the funds allocated for the ongoing maintenance of these assets, why haven’t these assets been maintained, who is responsible for this?

We may never know what ever happened to all of our funds or why our assets have been neglected, but it is a poor reflection on the leadership at Council and begs the question why nothing has been done about it?

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A few weeks ago, I thanked the outgoing Community Safety Officer for Commsafe Daryl Nix. This week I would like to welcome the newly appointed Community Safety Officer Amanda (Mandy) Merson to the team.

For those that don’t know Commsafe is a Community Trust that manages Neighbourhood Support in the Waipa region.

The Community Safety Officer liaises with Police and provides a conduit for information to me that otherwise wouldn’t get through to us. But it is more than just that. Neighbourhood Support also has a community welfare/resilience arm to it and now that Mandy has been appointed, I am

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I would like to highlight an example of how having a community that cares and shares information is a well-protected community. I stay in contact with residents in the Wharepapa South Community. When they observe suspicious behaviour, they notify me and Commsafe. There have been rural thefts out that way recently including a substantial theft of fuel from a farm bowser.

A few days later residents who had been communicating to each other noted that they had noticed a suspicious vehicle in the area. One resident has been quick enough to obtain a photograph of the vehicle, this was forwarded to me and was immediately

recognisable as a vehicle belonging to someone who is likely up to no good out there. I speak of this to highlight how important it is for people to join the Commsafe network. I urge you all to look into it.

Last Friday we had a minute of Silence for our colleague at the flagpole outside the station. A lovely member of the public attended and joined in with us. I don’t know who she is, but I hope she reads this because I would like to convey that the gesture was well appreciated, and the flowers were lovely.

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Briefs…

Lost Treasure

Asaleo Care’s decision to close its New Zealand nappy business – and a Te Rapa plant with 26 staff – is bad news for Waipā mum Sharni Budd. The Te Awamutu woman’s support group, Loving Arms, launched about six years ago to help families, had received hundreds of boxes of Treasure brand nappies donated by the company.

Covid tests

The Covid-19 assessment and swabbing centre at Claudelands, Hamilton has been reopened and available daily from 9am to 4pm. Waikato DHB’s Laboratory team has completed over 36,000 Covid tests. In recent days, the lab’s processing numbers have increased to between 700 to 800 tests a day, matching numbers seen during the busiest periods of lockdown. For more information go to www. waikatodhb.health.nz/ covid-19-assessment.

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St Peter’s agriculture and horticulture students in Cambridge have developed a new business venture, using four hectares of land on the adjoining Owl Farm property. In Spring it will become a radiata pine nursery, and will cater for the 2022 Christmas market.

Store closures

Further closures have been signalled for Waipā, this time from Insurance giant AMI. The company is proposing to close its outlets in Cambridge and Te Awamutu and concentrate on call centre services. First Union says the plan, which involves 53 stories across the country, is “irresponsible and short-sighted”.

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D-Day for Waipā track

Te Awamutu’s exclusion from the 2020-21 racing calendar could be confirmed tomorrow.

The Racetrack road course was one of 10 venues not listed for racing when the proposed calendar was released on May 29.

Signals the Waipā club’s Te Awamutu track, Avondale, Te Teko, Gisborne, Wairoa, Waipukurau, Blenheim (Waterlea), Motukarara, Waikouaiti and Omakau would not make the cut were indicated two weeks earlier and consultation closed on June 15.

Early this month Waipā club president Doug Hurrell declined to comment to the Te Awamutu News, saying he wanted club members to be consulted ahead of a submission. The

News left several messages asking him to call to comment this week.

Mr Hurrell was earlier reported as saying he was surprised to Waipā has been left off the calendar.

“We thought of our vicinity to the great horse population in the Waikato.

And we are rare spices as we are a freehold club with money in the bank… and wouldn’t of thought we are costing the industry too much other than the ordinary race day expenses,” Stuff reported him as saying.

The club had just finished replacing a section of track at their own cost in the week the calendar was announced.

It had earlier closed the track for 12 months and had earlier had “embarrassing cancellations” of races

on the day over safety issues.

The proposed calendar allows for a handful of dates on the new underconstruction Cambridge track – one of three synthetic tracks approved for New Zealand racing. The others will be at Awapuni and Riccarton.

It is thought the club could be considered as a venue for some trial dates.

At the time the calendar was released New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) CEO Bernard Saundry said every thoroughbred racing club in New Zealand had a history and a part to play and his organisation had done significant work over the past 18 months on a venue plan designed to future proof the racing industry.

The proposed meeting numbers

in the draft calendar reflected a 17 percent decrease in meetings since 2009 - from 328 to 273 and a 17 percent decline in individual starters, from 5826 to 4812.

Saundry also commented on a dwindling foal crop – down 28 percent since 2005, which had resulted in a smaller pool of horses and even before COVID-19.

“Nationally the average field size has fallen from 11.12 to 10.49 in 2019 and will have declined further by end of 2020. These figures are the stark reality of New Zealand’s available thoroughbred racing crop,” he said.

He acknowledged an argument could be made for the survival of each individual venue, “but where would that get us?”

Sam pools her talents for refugees

By Viv Posselt

Te Awamutu teen Sam White has an impressive swim stroke and a heart to match.

Ten days ago, she kick-started an initiative to collect items for refugee children eager to assimilate with New Zealand life, posting a call for barbie dolls and Lego on the Te Awamutu Community Grapevine’s Facebook page. She was overwhelmed with replies.

“I am really amazed at the response,” Sam said, just four days later. “I thought I’d put the message up and see what came out of it, but it’s been amazing. Within a couple of days, it had over 200 ‘likes’, with most people asking how they could donate, and others just wishing me well with it.”

Sam, 16, is a Year 11 boarder at St Paul’s Collegiate in Hamilton. She is also a competitive swimmer and a girl whose own desire to help others perfectly matches the school’s ethos. One of the many ways St Paul’s demonstrates that is through the after-school sessions it hosts where student volunteers, including Sam, help primaryaged refugee children from the surrounding community. They spend a couple of hours helping them with their English and any homework they might have, and just have fun.

One day, Sam asked what games they might like to play, and was moved to action when a fiveyear-old girl asked if they had a barbie doll she could play with. That comment spearheaded Sam’s decision to pop something up on Facebook, and generated the resulting flood of barbie dolls, Lego, books and other toys which Sam boxed up and took back to the school at the end of last weekend.

This whole ‘giving back’ thing isn’t entirely new to Sam. Her parents are “all about helping people”, she said, and while Sam was still a student at Te Awamutu College, she and her younger sister Michaela, also a competitive swimmer, did a ‘togs drive’ for Auckland-based schoolkids who didn’t

Sam White (back right) and other volunteers with some of the refugee children being supported through the St Paul’s Collegiate after-school programme.

have swim togs of their own. The girls ended up collecting over 70 pairs of togs as well as towels, goggles, caps, rash-shirts and tog bags.

She was also involved in a ‘boarders-in weekend’ activity during Lockdown, a charity relay that raised funds for the charity, Flame Cambodia. At the same time, day-students did the World Vision 40-Hour Famine.

Sam loves St Paul’s proactive stance on service to others, and is basking in the entire ‘boarding’ experience. She reckons a three-month exchange to Australia last year, done through the Rotary

Australia and New Zealand Student Exchange programme, made it a lot easier to transition from day scholar to boarder.

Volunteering time with the refugee children is one of the highlights of her week, and she wouldn’t rule out another ‘collection’ initiative down the track.

“These children come from all over the world… some of them have been through really tough times. It’s great to have the opportunity to do something for them,” she said. “I love being able to help people out – it gives me a real kick.”

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Business recovery – confident, cautious

By Viv Posselt

Planning for business recovery around a projected increase in redundancies and a lengthy recovery period was a key message to business leaders attending the first major post-lockdown event organised by the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce.

Forty people representing a range of large-scale businesses attended the June 24 ‘Leaders Lunch’ at which Waipā District Council CEO Garry Dyet, and Michael Bassett-Foss from Waikato’s regional economic development agency, Te Waka,

gave presentations.

Cambridge Chamber CEO Kelly Bouzaid said the gathering presented an opportunity to reconnect, share insights, and “check the pulse of our wider business community” as the region braces for the hard-hitting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“It was very productive and extremely well received,” she said, with everyone recognising that the next few months are likely to be particularly challenging.

“It was widely acknowledged that there is a need for sector orientated regional recovery planning. We are already aware of

Obituary – ED CLARKE

The passing of a true woolshed character

When the TALOS juniors return to The Woolshed Theatre on July 23, it will be to an empty chair in the front row that their gaze will be drawn.

For it is that space, right next to the piano, that Ed Clarke used to fill. It is from there he would offer up his particular brand of advice at rehearsals and mentor the TALOS juniors every Thursday afternoon, bottle of milk in hand ready for the adult’s tea break.

Ed died during lockdown, on May 8 at the age of 90. His funeral notice said he “left to go travelling ‘somewhere over the rainbow’, suggesting he had made his exit ‘slowly, stage centre, chuckling quietly’.

His signature tune, it is said, was Frank Sinatra’s I Did it My Way. In an obituary penned by Coral Taylor for the Te Awamutu Light Operatic Society (TALOS) newsletter ‘The Voice’, it was made clear that Ed would remain in the hearts and minds of The Woolshed family for years to come.

She recalled opening nights attended

by Ed and his wife Elizabeth, with Ed opening the interval with a theatrical call to the audience, “Trumpets for sale, get your trumpet while it’s hot”. Buoyed by the response, he always added a little something extra to the sales pitch.

Ed had been involved with The Woolshed

since the late 1990s, sometimes on stage, sometimes directing or doing backstage jobs, props, wardrobe and the like. It turned out that not all his dialogue was scripted.

“He enjoyed embellishing his role from time to time,” said Coral.

“Sometimes Ed’s charm and utter enjoyment of the whole theatre experience enabled him to get away with his version.”

In 2013, Coral directed Fiddler on The Roof for a second time. Ed was keen to audition for the role of the Rabbi, and got the part, paired with Howard Robinson as the Rabbi’s son, Mendal. A successful run of full houses took them to the seventh night, a packed Saturday. When the interval came and the crew surged backstage for a cuppa, they quickly noticed that Ed and his mobility scooter were missing. A frantic search found him speeding down the road on his scooter. “As he got within range, he called out to the boys and loaded them up with a large newspaper pack of hot chips,” said Coral. “That was Ed, shouting us all hot chips and saying simply, “I did pre-order them”.

Ed was a British import, a former cop from London’s East End. The family settled in New Zealand after a brief foray to Canada and have been in Te Awamutu for several decades.

PICTURED: Ed Clarke, who shook up The Woolshed for years with his antics, died in May aged 90.

the problems facing certain sectors like the events, tourism and hospitality industries, however economists are forecasting a 19 percent shrinkage in the construction industry, and suggest that redundancies across Waipā alone will creep upward to 2000 by March 2021.”

Michael Basset-Foss presented datasets specific to Waipā, which Kelly Bouzaid said was beneficial as it added relevance to “our position as compared to the broader Waikato region”.

She said the Chamber will distribute regular datasets to the business community from both Te Waka and Infometrics via the Waipā District Council as they come to hand, thereby providing a better understanding of our position in the region and speeding up the ability of businesses to respond to problems.

“Te Waka distributed over $140,000 in Covid funding across 110 businesses across our region via their business advisory services, and will continue to work in the economic recovery space with like-minded organisations, including the Cambridge Business Chamber, mindful that forecasts suggest it will be 2025 before we achieve full recovery,” she said. “The end of the wage subsidy extension will be a telling date for many.”

Garry Dyet shared the district’s economic recovery plan as it covers community and infrastructure investment. Ms Bouzaid said

the council was asked to provide more information around its revised procurement policy, with greater weighting towards local selection and quarterly accountability Kelly Bouzaid. reports. In response to prompting from the floor, the council expressed a commitment to minimising barriers to recovery projects.

“I believe there is an awareness in council, from the top down, of the need to reduce red tape. There is a realisation that we need to move fast, and that there will be a level of frustration and intolerance if we cannot do so.”

She said while May’s pedestrian counter in Cambridge reached only 2017 levels, June had exceeded 2019 levels.

“So, while we have a relatively optimistic Cambridge here and now, no-one knows how this will look in the next few months.

There are challenges and opportunities ahead, but it needs to be balanced with caution.”

Fund boost for Waipā Big change

Waipā District Council has announced a $70,000 funding boost to support events and stimulate spending.

Council has injected $50,000 into the District Promotion Fund, bringing the total funding available to $200,000 for events that promote and benefit Waipā.

The Community Event Fund has received a top up of $20,000, increasing the fund to $50,000. The fund is available for grassroots events that build and celebrate community pride.

The current funding round closes on July 17.

Waipā mayor Jim Mylchreest said the extra funding would help to bolster the economy as it recovers from Covid-19.

“With New Zealanders eager to buy local and explore their own backyard, now is our chance to shine as a domestic tourist destination.”

Mylchreest said Waipā

boasted a range of outstanding locations to host word-class events.

“From the Avantidrome and Lake Karāpiro to the Livingstone Aquatic Centre and the Equestrian Park in Kihikihi, Waipā offers a range of incredible facilities.

“It’s vital we support multiday events where people stay for a few days and make the most of our incredible district, accommodation, boutique shops and cafes.

For example, Waka Ama Championships 2020 created a 79 per cent increase in spending at accommodation and hospitality.”

Mylchreest said Council would look at fast-tracking the application process for events planned for August, September and October.

The Council provides planning advice, event equipment and the use of the self-help toolkit on www. whatsonwaipa.co.nz

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Bunnings team silenced

By Jeremy Smith

Staff members remain silent as Bunnings Warehouse prepares for its exit from Waipā.

The company confirmed early last month it would withdraw from the district, closing the doors of its Cambridge and Te Awamutu stores.

The two stores were expected to shut this week – with staff then employed for a further month to help pack them down.

The closure – which effects seven stores - will cost 145 jobs, including 21 full time positions and four casual positions in Cambridge and 17 full time, two part time and eight casual staff in Te Awamutu.

At the time of the announcement, staff were told not to speak to the media.

First Union organiser Kirsten Miller told the News in a statement last week that was advice they had – so far unsuccessfully – challenged.

“We advised Bunnings we would be telling our members they were allowed to speak to media – but those members remain very worried about doing so.

“They are still employed

by Bunnings at this stage and we are still in the

process of negotiating their redundancies or redeployment options,” she said.

Bunnings staff approached by the News also declined to comment.

After Bunnings announced it was shutting up shop, Mitre 10 New Zealand‘s chief of customer marketing and inspiration Jules Lloyd-Jones told the News the company had no plans to review the viability of its Waipā stores in light of

the announcement.

In Te Awamutu, Bunnings’ decision was then followed

by Warehouse Stationery Te Awamutu potentially also facing closure as part of a proposal announced by its owner, Warehouse Group.

That potential major restructure could see more than 1000 jobs cut and up to nine stores close nationwide.

The Warehouse Group owns The Warehouse, Warehouse Stationery, Noel Leeming, and Torpedo 7.

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The Government has been praised over its handling of an Auckland bid to draw more Waikato River water – but relations between the provinces remains tense.

Auckland was accused by the Waikato Regional Council chair Russ Rimmington of going behind Waikato’s back last week then it sought to have Watercare’s application to be pushed up a priority list.

Auckland Mayor Phil Goff asked the Government to fasttrack the city’s application to take an extra 200 million litres a day from the Waikato River. He said the city had been waiting for more than seven years was still “106th in the queue”.

Environment Minister David Clark announced on Tuesday the government was “calling in” the application, meaning it would not have to go through the full Resource Management Act process. The matter will go to a Board of Inquiry led by a current or retired Environment Court judge The Regional Council said it welcomed the minister’s “leadership” in calling for an independent Board of Inquiry to consider Watercare’s 2013 consent application.

Chief executive Vaughan Payne said the board would provide a robust assessment of the application against the Resource Management Act. “It will test whether the water requested is in fact needed now and in the future, and it will look at the viability of alternative water sources and ensure consistency with the Te Ture Whaimana o Waikato (Vision & Strategy for the Waikato River).

“Our understanding is that this 200 million litres a day is

not required now, which is why Watercare never requested their application to be fast-tracked.”

The application, if successful would lift the volume of Waikato water going to Watercare to 350 million litres a day.

The mood between the provinces is in contrast to an apparent accord between them just two weeks ago after a joint statement announced “the two regions have committed to a more enduring relationship going forward, with the next step being a combined meeting to include, among others, Waikato-Tainui and the Waikato River Authority (WRA)”.

On Tuesday the joint head of the WRA, Roger Pikea, suggested Auckland was getting through the back door – and had someone waiting to open it. The WRA wants the Local Government Minister – Te Tai Hauāuru MP Nanaia Mahuta - to launch an inquiry into Auckland’s water crisis and its potential impact on the river.

Goff has scoffed at suggestions from the WRA that Auckland pay 10c a litre for Waikato water – a fee that could levy the city $20 million a day.

The authority is an independent Crown and iwi voice acting on behalf of the river.

Authority chief executive Bob Penter said the 10c per litre figure was a starting point aimed at trying to understand what Watercare will do to support the restoration and protection of the Waikato River.

Russ Rimmington has previously voiced concerns over Auckland’s failure to sort its own water issues out. He believes forward-thinking building conditions, which require

water storage., should be introduced.

He said the application for 200 million litres a day was lodged in 2013 based on predicted future needs towards the end of this decade, not 2021.

“On this basis it is disingenuous to use the fast track legislation as the application is not for Auckland’s current needs.

He earlier also used the Russ Rimmington “backdoor” comparison.

He said there had been no mention by Auckland Council and Watercare during recent meetings that they would ask the Environment Select Committee to include the 2013 consent application as its 12th project for the Covid-19 Recovery (Fasttrack Consenting) Bill 2020. “…so this has been a real surprise and quite frankly it’s offensive. It’s a backdoor approach that prevents openness and transparency. That’s not how we work in the Waikato.”

Watercare sought to invoke emergency provisions under the Resource Management Act earlier this month to take an extra 25 million litres of water a day from the Waikato River.

The city is in the midst of its worst water shortage in a quarter of a century.

Timely opening for art exhibitions

Two exhibitions opening in Te Awamutu celebrate the past and the future of art at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.

The Te Awamutu Museum hosts artworks from Te Kōpuni Kura, the extensive $3.7 million Te Wānanga o Aotearoa art collection comprising works by former and current toi kaiako (art tutors), while the Apakura Campus in Factory Rd hosts Whakapuāwai, an exhibition of works by Te Wānanga o

Aotearoa toi graduates.

The twin exhibitions are being held in part to mark the 35th anniversary of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa - one of the largest providers of toi Māori education in Aotearoa - and Poutiaki Toi Art Collection Curator Aisha Roberts says they are a great chance to reconnect with the community.

“They also provide an opportunity to share some of our history, which identifies

Te Awamutu as the birth place of our organisation,” she says.

“Toi (the arts) has always been a big part of our history. It started with O-Tāwhao Marae (at Te Awamutu College) led by Pakāriki Harrison and supported by his wife Hinemoa who led the construction of the tukutuku panels. This commitment continued with the establishment of the Waipa Kōkiri Arts Centre, which developed into Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.”

Te Kōpuni Kura features ringa toi (artists) who have helped to shape and deliver Toi Māori (Māori art) programmes at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa over the past 35 years and includes works by artists such as Dr Harrison and his wife, Hinemoa, Mac Bell, Sandy Adsett, Marie Panapa, Gloria Taituha, James Ormsby, Adrienne Spratt, Pahi O’Carrol and others.

Whakapuāwai - meaning to blossom or flourish - is an annual exhibition by Te Wānanga o Aotearoa Toi Paematua (Diploma in Māori and Indigenous Art) and Maunga

Kura Toi (Degree in Māori and Indigenous Art) graduates in Whakairo (carving), Ngā Mahi ā te Whare Pora (weaving) and Rauangi (visual arts).

Roberts says the timing of the exhibitions is significant as we approach Matariki.

“Under the stars of a new year, we will reflect on our mission of Tauira Success by celebrating the continued achievements and future aspiration of our Toi graduates.”

“They are a celebration of our history and continued commitment as a wānanga to support the growth and development of Toi Māori” she says.

Te Kōpuni Kura: Collected Treasures of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa opened at the Te Awamutu Museum on Monday and runs until September 20. Whakapuāwai: Te Wānanga o Aotearoa Toi Graduate Exhibition is on at the Marie Panapa Gallery, Apakura Campus, 320 Factory Rd from July 14 to September 14. The gallery is open to the public from Mon-Fri 10am to 4pm.

Council appeals its own river plan Janaya Christie, wearing her korowai Te Puāwaitanga and Pahi O’Carrol, with his taiaha, are graduates and current kaiako of Ngā mahi ā te Whare Pora (weaving) and Whakairo (carving) at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. Both works will be on display in the Whakapuawai exhibition.

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Waikato Regional Council will be asking the Environment Court to resolve technical issues in the Healthy Rivers/Wai Ora plan change.

And it means the council will be appealing its own plan, at what could ultimately be a cost of $180,000.

The decision to appeal the plan change was supported by councillors in a 9-3 vote during last week’s council meeting in Hamilton.

Councillors heard it might cost up to $180,000 over two years to appeal. That would be covered by way of savings from the 2019/20 financial year, Chief Executive Vaughan Payne said.

The “decisions” version of Waikato Regional Plan Change 1: Waikato and Waipā River Catchments, recommended by an independent panel following 59 days of hearings last year, was notified in April.

A report to council said reg-

ulatory staff had found “ambiguities, errors, omissions or inconsistencies” that should be remedied.

It is not the first time a council has lodged an Environment Court appeal on its own plan, councillors heard.

It means Waikato Regional Council will appear in the Environment Court both as an appellant, as well as a proponent.

“I want to make it very clear that…we are not challenging the fundamental objectives or policies of this plan change,” Waikato Regional Council chair Russ Rimmington said.

The council was lodging the appeal on minor technical matters only, “We are absolutely committed to building on the great work by urban and rural communities to further improve our region’s water quality and, just like the Government’s Action for Healthy Waterways package, we see

this plan change delivering on that,” Cr Rimmington said.

Mr Vaughan Payne said the independent hearings panel commissioners did a good job taking on board the 1000-plus submissions made on the plan change notified in 2016 and then 2018.

“But it is critical we have a plan that is implementable and enforceable – not just for the community, but for us as well.

“We don’t want to end up in the situation other councils have found themselves in, needing to do further costly plan changes. We have an opportunity now to fix some of the technical issues in the plan that will make it otherwise difficult to implement,” Mr Payne said.

The appeal, which must be lodged with the Environment Court July 7.

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Building consents climb back

By Jeremy Smith

Waipā’s construction industry is already building towards preCovid-19 levels.

Waipā District Council figures current to the end of May show the number of building consents – both those applied for and granted – in the district are on the up.

The data indicates that in the four months to May, a total of 511 applications for building consents were filed with Council.

Of those, 460 were granted.

A closer look at the month-bymonth break down of the figures

shows 121 building consent applications were received in February and 155 in March.

A low of 83 was recorded in April during lockdown, but in May the number of applications was back up to 152.

Data for the number of consents then issued by Council showed 114 and 129 were granted in February and March respectively.

In April 101 consents were granted, while 116 were issued in May. Strictly speaking, that means May’s total is on par with the consents issued in February, pre-

lockdown.

A council spokesperson said the information provided to the News related to “all consents including residential and commercial”.

Consents are on par with ‘normal’ levels,” although a comparison between Cambridge and Te Awamutu and the respective surrounding areas was not provided.

Mayor Jim Mylchreest said he was encouraged by the data, but also cautious.

“They are positive signs,” he said.

“I suppose my guess is as good as anyone else’s in that we just don’t know exactly what’s ahead.

“All we have to go off is what the numbers are showing us, and at the moment, they’re positive.”

Mr Mylchreest said it should be considered that the data might include applications for building work which was already planned before Covid-19.

“What we don’t know is how long the positive trend will last once existing projects are complete and it’s all new work that is coming in.”

Council was focussing on making decisions which help kick start the district’s economy – and positivity was key, he said.

“From a Council pers-pective,

that’s why we have continued the projects we have, because that work has a flow on effect for the district financially.

“From my perspective, its most important that we remain positive as we keep working and planning during the recovery – the more we can be positive, the better off we’re going to be.”

Meanwhile, while Mr Mylchreest didn’t have exact figures, he was pleased to see “life” returning to both the Cambridge and Te Awamutu CBDs. “It’s great to see them both looking busy again.”

Linda’s charity helps New centre up and running Waikato kids in need

By Viv Posselt

Linda Roil knows a lot about the importance of warm winter pyjamas.

She is founder and organiser of the not-forprofit group, Kids in Need Waikato. It is to that charity that hundreds of pairs of pyjamas collected throughout June by Cambridge Real Estate will be donated, then filtered through to children and teens in need.

An appreciative Linda said it was “items like pyjamas, socks and underwear, things that need to be new”, which is one of the charity’s biggest clothing costs.

Linda and her volunteers make up packs for babies and youngsters, up to the age of 18. They go to children in foster care, to those being raised by grandparents or others who are not their biological parent … each pack is individualised, and more are given out as the child grows. Last year, they handed out 1000 packs, including nearly 300 Christmas packs.

“When children are placed into care, they often have nothing but a few scrappy clothes in plastic bags,” she said. “As far as possible, we find out each child’s interests and put together a pack with age-appropriate clothing and a few other items they might like, things like toiletries, a book or a toy they can treasure. We also give them a sports bag and a backpack to store it all in.”

The youngsters they support are either in care or are referred through a social service provider.

Linda started Kids in Need Waikato in 2017, largely on the back of her own experience

in fostering a year earlier. It grew fast into the unique operation it is today – one that became a Charitable Trust in 2018 and saw Linda and her husband purchase a storage shed in which to store the growing number of donated items. “We are overwhelmed by people’s generosity,” she said, pointing out the filled shelves in the newly lined shed.

COVID-19 has made it busier and means they can no longer accept used toys. “Because of the risks, donated toys must be new.”

The operation works across the Waikato but has drawn acclaim to the point where several other areas are keen to look at the model. “We are often asked if there is something similar in Wellington or Christchurch. But Cambridge is the heart of Kids in Need Waikato because I’m here and this was the first community that helped me get it going.”

She is grateful for the support from Cambridge, particularly as the effects of Covid-19 deepen among struggling families.

Cambridge Real Estate has also helped sponsor the purchase of a ute coming on stream this month, but two additional sponsors willing to give $1000 a year are being sought to help fund its ongoing costs.

As the workload increases, Linda has updated the charity’s website (www. kindsinneed.co.nz) and has taken on a personal assistant. “We need a PA to help us with the grant applications – it has grown too big for us, but we really need someone to help sponsor that cost.”

Linda can be contacted via the website or at 027 502 3891.

Ōhaupō Community Sport and Recreation Centre (pictured below) was officially opened by Mayor Jim Mylchreest on Sunday.

The $1.7m purpose-built Forkert Rd centre was four years in the making.

The new facility replaces the former rugby clubrooms and includes a community room, a kitchen, bar facilities, a separate clubroom, changing rooms and a gym.

Deputy Mayor Liz Stolwyk, chair of the centre’s steering committee was pleased to see about 150 people were present at

the opening.

“It was full to overflowing. What I think was really cool about the project was that the community fundraised for it themselves – it’s a pretty special project,” she said.

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The remaining $203,000 contribution from Council came from a reserve fund built up by earnings from arbitrage arrangements.

The community fundraising team also made use of the Waipā Community Trust.

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FAITH IN WAIPĀ

Everyone needs water…

By Murray Smith, Senior Leader, Bridges Church

Water is a priceless commodity. It is often taken for granted and when our access to it is constrained, we are reminded how much our lives depend on it.

In the Waikato region we are blessed, having relatively reliable rainfall.

Nonetheless, immunity to difficult times and drought conditions is never assured.

Reliance upon rainfall in a rural agri-context is profoundly tied to the economy as well as to the general well-being of our communities.

With multiple groundwater sources plus our beautiful awa flowing at a mean rate of 340 cubic metres per second, water is there - but vigilant stewarding of this precious resource is imperative.

For this reason, it is understandable that Tainui as kaitiaki have resisted any glib accession to Auckland’s assumption of increasing its daily scoop of 150 million litres of water from the Waikato River as the city faces its severest drought in modern times.

Less than 1mm of rain in 78 days (January 20 to April 6) has contributed to dam levels being significantly lower than requirements for a region accommodating 33% of our nation’s population.

It is heart rending to see photos of Auckland’s reservoirs ebbing to such worrying levels. Hopefully the city’s governance will reflect on taking a less ‘entitled’ approach which will facilitate a peaceful accord among stakeholders… particularly since “billions of litres” of water flow daily from the river mouth into the sea.

Everyone needs water. I think the account of “Lawrence of Arabia” taking Arab leaders to Paris for the Versailles Peace Conference after World War 1 is classic.

Becoming a national war hero in England

by helping the Arabs defeat the Turkish forces, Lawrence formed close friendships with these men of the desert and travelled to Europe with some of them. Many things they saw astonished them but none more than the running water in their hotel rooms. Simply turning on taps provided all the water they wanted.

As the Arab delegation prepared to leave Paris, Lawrence found them trying to unfasten bathroom taps to take away so they would have running water when they returned to the desert. He explained that behind the taps were systems of reservoirs and plumbing and that without these, the taps were useless.

What I’ve written points to an analogy. As stated, water is essential to our lives. Without it, life is unsustainable… while water satisfies physical thirst, at a deeper level something is required to fully quench the real ‘thirst,’ built into everyone of us.

We are born spiritually ‘thirsty’ - with longings for purpose, meaning, identity, hope and connection. These aren’t psychological needs as much as they are a spiritual deficit residing within every man and woman.

Those Arab leaders hoped the ‘taps’ would deliver an endless water supply. The ‘taps’ we are likely to place hope in to assuage our relentless ‘thirst’ maybe accumulation of ‘stuff’, accomplishments, relationships or endless other pursuits.

The final word has to go to Jesus, who truly knowing humanity’s need said, “whoever drinks of the water that I give shall never thirst; but the water that I give will be a well of water springing up to eternal life.”

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Can we reach this goal?

By Peter Matthews

I wrote, a couple of weeks ago, how rich people consume proportionally more resources than non-rich people. Since then I have been thinking about this, and I have reached what seems to me to be the only possible conclusion - the environmentally sustainable world to which we ‘greenies’ aspire must be an impossible dream.

Gorge Monbiot said in 2019: “If everyone pursues private luxury there are simply not enough resources to meet everyone’s needs.” At first glance this statement appears to be true. But what he says is “if everyone pursues...” Of course, everyone does but not everyone achieves it. This is why those who succeed in their pursuit of private luxury are able to have it - because most people do not succeed.

Yet this is the basis of capitalism, a system built on the principals of progressive economic growth.

Our environment is already breaking under the strain of human development and progress, and yet governments and economists around the world demand constant growth. At a growth rate of 3% per annum an economy will double in size in less than 25 years. Nature can hardly cope right now - but we’re supposed to double the load in 25 years. It’s just not going to work.

Is there a solution? I don’t know. It’s a sobering argument sure enough, but even having just articulated it I think I have to admit that if I could afford the lifestyle of a billionaire, I might be tempted to have it and enjoy it. But what then - to hell with everyone else? Or would I buy large tract of land right here in New Zealand and re-wild it, convert it to native bush, eradicate all the

pests, and open it to the public? How many of us would do that?

Monbiot went on to say “If we try to obtain public luxury then we create space and support for everyone” which would seem to be an endorsement of the latter option.

I am not proposing the overthrow of capitalism but it might be a good idea if some of the people who have achieved the goal of ultimate private luxury would then devote the usually considerable remainder of their financial resources to such environmentally beneficial endeavours as the Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust to name just one.

Or maybe groups of people who have achieved financial stability could band together towards similar goals.

So, I guess I am saying that we are all, in fact, entitled to pursue private luxury. But if we are lucky enough to achieve it, do we not then have a responsibility to look after the world which provides it to us?

A sustainable world may eventually turn out to have been an impossible dream, but there is hope in the fact that one of the qualities of the human race which has brought it thus far, is a tendency to achieve things which seemed impossible.

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Seeing Godzone – at the right pace

By Peter Carr

Some Sundays I look at the screen seeking inspiration or a suitable subject. I am conscious that on Tuesday this week we would (before the virus hit) have been joining a cruise ship heading towards Japan for a subsequent holiday in historic Kansai. We would take three weeks to reach Yokohama via some interesting interim ports along the way.

But sadly, as I look at my campervan, I have to turn inwards to seek suitable local destinations for the time being. And to forget dwelling on what could have been - instead getting creative of what could be.

As this country has much to offer it is apparent that our tourist-related industries could well benefit from being inundated

by Kiwis seeking clean air, green spaces, tumbling rivers and pristine beaches.

Each time we venture out on the road in our big white vehicle we are conscious that our overseas counterparts, who drive rental units, are not there to join us.

Which is a pity for the many interesting conversations I have had with overseas camping people alongside lakes or beaches makes me aware of the huge attraction this lovely country has for people who fly enormous distances, at no small cost, to soak in Kiwiana.

I have yet to meet anyone on these trips who has had a major gripe. They are always grateful for tips as to alternative routes, ideal camping areas, food options and stopping spots not cluttered with thousand of holiday makers. Last week’s photographs of the beach at Bournemouth, UK being a very good reason for them to flee. But sadly, they cannot – yet.

As these months of enforced behind-theborder internment continue many of us will have the opportunity to revel in verdant splendour, clear skies and currently cool temperatures. Despite some doomsayers downgrading the opportunity the country is very much open for business and we should fully exploit it. Not just for our personal enjoyment but to assist those who make an honest living from travellers to remain solvent.

Over in the state of Victoria a large number of over-65’s rejoice in the group title Grey Nomads. They wander in campervans, or in cars towing caravans, to warmer climes.

Northern Queensland is usually full of them at this time of the year. I have no objection – and possibly a smidgen of pride - in being noted as a Grey (or perhaps white) Nomad.

One of the parts of the body not normally hidden from view is the colour of one’s hair – or what is left of it.

Usually owners of snowy hair take the road at a more sedate pace sometimes to the disgust of those road hogs for whom 30 seconds saved on a two-hour journey is an imperative. And in doing so sadly add to the horrific toll for which the real cost in either physical loss or life-saving terms is really incalculable.

The strain on the faces of firemen, police officers and hospital ED staff says it all. They do not need this carnage. They deserve far better being simply allowed to get on with their real jobs.

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GONE FISHIN’ Te Awamutu’s Ben Carey is a commercial tuna fisherman – when he’s not fishing there’s a good chance he’ll be writing about it. Today Ben joins our stable of columnists.

Why you should buy local About 18 years or so ago now, but probably closer to 20, major fishing brands across New Zealand decided to go global or online.

Their business model changed completely, and with a simple click of a button we could now look at all of the fishing products we liked online and simply add products to the cart, and get our fishing gear sent directly to our homes or businesses without the need of even walking into a store.

Here in Te Awamutu, I remember all too well what happened when one small family owned fishing retailer started feeling the heat.

At my local fishing store, my mate would proclaim that “loyal customers would never desert us” but sadly, their view was more hope than fact, and little by little over the next two years people began to drive out of town either to buy fishing gear that they had seen a lot cheaper online, or simply just bought it online and had the product sent to them.

It even got to the point where some customers would come into the shop and ask his opinion on something they had seen online – then proceed to shop elsewhere out of town for a cheaper deal or buy it online.

He or she would turn up on the next charter boat fishing trip (that he the retailer had booked) out on the boat with a flash brand new fishing rod and reel that this retailer had put in the time and the effort to try and sell.

Sadly, this meant local shoppers wouldn’t be buying from him regularly anymore, or at the very least “loyal customers” would look around elsewhere first.

His major rod and reel suppliers could now sell directly to the public for a cheaper price, so I can only assume a lot of these small family businesses were cut out of the deal.

The times of walking into a fishing shop and getting good information about where the fish are biting, whilst sitting out the back of the store with a few other likeminded fisho’s over a good cup of coffee, or even simply putting your name down on the

white board as soon as you walked into the shop for charter boat trips he had already booked out of Kawhia or Tauranga are now all but a distant memory.

And with that, so did the knowledge that these people had to offer.

How many fishing stores can you honestly say nowadays that you can take your fishing rods and reels in to get serviced, or get rod guides fixed when they break off for whatever reason, or even find those retailers that can tie their own fly fishing gear for trout, or make up their own flasher rigs for snapper, terakihi, or gurnard by just dropping into your local store?

I’d say only be a handful.

This isn’t just limited to fishing stores either but could include small businesses here in Te Awamutu or Cambridge. A fair few of you reading this may even own a small business yourselves.

But what can we do?

People’s shopping habits have certainly changed, and even in the digital era we all live in now, at one click of a button we can now find information about where the fish are biting daily with up to date fishing reports about where it’s happening at any time of the day, the weather conditions by the hour, and a whole lot of stuff I’ve probably forgot to mention.

I do feel sorry for those small business owners.

It all goes back to the old saying – “When you buy from a small business, you’re not helping a CEO buy a 3rd holiday home.

You’re helping a little girl get dance lessons, a little boy his sporting team jersey, and mums and dads help put food on the table”.

Shop local. It is the only one way to get this world pointing in the right direction.

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Sports fight back for win Te Awamutu tasted a long-awaited victory in Waikato premier rugby last weekend with a 20-17 win over Morrinsville – and will be tasked with backing that up when they host Hamilton Old Boys on Saturday.

The win came on the back of a second spell which saw Sports turn over a 17-13 deficit with the only scoring move of the half, a try to Awa Morris converted by Logan Karl.

Morris finished the day with two tries and Karl two conversions and two penalties.

It was a good day for Waipā as resigning champs Hautapu returned to action with a resounding 44-0 win over University, while in Hamilton, Otorohanga also kept the opponents scoreless, beating Marist 26-0.

Te Awamutu also won the Premier B clash at Morrinsville by a whisker – 20-18, while Otorohanga dispatched Marist 48-7.

Sports host Hamilton Old Boys on Saturday while Otorohanga will fancy their chances when the travel to Morrinsville.

This year’s competition was delayed by the Covid lockdown and has been left one team shy as a result of it.

Matamata announced the club had been hit so hard by Covid-19 that it could not field teams in both the Premier A and B divisions and would instead field one team in B division.

That made headlines last weekend because the club fielded former Black Caps skipper Brendon McCullum in its 22-20 win over Melville.

The club has told members it plans to fill its Senior A position next season, but this year there will be a bye each week.

In Division 1 last weekend Pirongia was held 12-12 at home by Taupiri and Ōhaupō pipped Tokoroa’s Southern United 19-17.

Leamington top the ladder with 10 points as one of three teams to have chalked uptwo form two – the others are Hinuera and Ōhaupō.

Why Neal’s phone is hot…

Andrew Neal may have unearthed another star at Cambridge Raceway.

The Cambridge horseman, who trains in partnership with his wife Lyn, drove Alterior Motif to an emphatic six length victory in his 2200m contest at last week’s meeting and he believes there is still plenty of improvement left in the son of Sportswriter.

“He is still very green, he shied at a few things, but that is only natural for a first starter,” Neal said.

“We have had to trial him a few times and taken our time to let him mature, but he is a mature horse now and ready to go on with it.”

Neal was confident heading into the race given the gelding’s workout and trial performances, including qualifying in a solo heat over 2200m in 2.43.1.

“The phone has been ringing tonight with people

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“I can just see him going out to Menangle,[Park, Sydney] and on those big tracks, and rolling along. His mother was an American

mare and that’s the sort of style of racing he is bred for.

Alterior Motif is not the only quality three-year-old Neal has unearthed. In the early 2000s he had a golden run with Flight South and Where Eagles Dare.

– Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk

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with Jan Bilton

Currying favour Chilly days equal warming curries. There are some good curry pastes readily available from supermarkets and Asian food stores — ideal for quick family meals. However, there is nothing quite like the tingling taste of a genuine aromatic curry created from scratch. But they do include more than a sprinkling of spices.

Because there can be up to 20 ingredients in any one recipe, it’s important to have everything measured out before you start cooking.

Indian curries can be served with rice, and/or naan to mop up the juices, as well as refreshing raitas — a cooling mix of vegetables, herbs or fruits sometimes combined with yoghurt. A tomato and mint salad or diced fresh pineapple or a crisp red onion salad are also simple but delicious accompaniments.

India’s cuisine is diverse. Recipes tend to be regionally oriented and are influenced by climate, culture and ethnicity. As trade between Europe and India developed, new products such as potatoes and tomatoes have been introduced and become staples in many regions. However, the basic spice mixes remain the same.

CAULIFLOWER & POTATO CURRY You can replace the spice mix with 2-3 tablespoons of curry powder but the result will simply not have the same flavour nuances.

Spice Mix: 3-4 dried red chillies 2 teaspoons coriander seeds 1/4 teaspoon each: fenugreek, mustard seeds, cumin seeds 3cm piece cinnamon stick 4 peppercorns 2 whole cloves 1/2 teaspoon each: ground turmeric, paprika

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CHICKEN & CASHEWS Ensure the spice mix paste is ground until it is very smooth.

Spice mix: 10 plump garlic cloves, peeled 3cm piece root ginger, peeled and grated 2 tablespoons coriander seeds 2 teaspoons cumin seeds 4 dried red chillies

Cauliflower and Potato Curry

Chicken and Cashews

6 cloves 5cm piece cinnamon stick Curry: 225g cashew nuts 1 large onion, diced 1 cup water 3-4 tablespoons canola oil salt 8 skinned and boned chicken thighs 1 cup coconut milk In a large dry frying pan, roast the spice mix over a low heat for 5 minutes. Add 50g of the cashew nuts plus the onion and stir-fry for 10 minutes. Cool.

Purée in a blender with the water, until very smooth. Grind 25g of the remaining cashew nuts in a mini blender to make a powder.

Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Add the spice mix purée and cook for 1 minute on low heat.

Stir in the cashew nut powder and salt and cook for 30 seconds.

Add the chicken and fry for 5 minutes, turning once. Add the coconut milk. Cover and cook for 10 minutes on low.

Add the remaining cashew nuts and continue to cook until the chicken is tender. Serves 4.

MALABAR PRAWN CURRY Pan-frying the spices enhances the flavour.

Prepare all the ingredients before you start cooking.

2 tablespoons canola oil 1/4 teaspoon mustard seeds 8 curry leaves 1 large onion, thinly sliced 1 tablespoon grated root ginger 3 cloves garlic, crushed 1/2 teaspoon each: chilli powder, ground turmeric, coriander, cumin 2 tomatoes, chopped 1 tablespoon tamarind paste 400g can coconut milk 400g raw shelled prawns Heat the oil in a non-stick pan. Add the mustard seeds and cook until beginning to pop. Add the curry leaves and cook on medium for 1 minute. Stir in the onion and sauté until softened. Add the ginger, garlic, dried spices and tomatoes. Stir-fry for 1 minute. Gradually stir in the tamarind paste then the coconut milk.

Add the shelled prawns and cook on low until pink, about 2-3 minutes. Great served topped with coriander leaves. Serves 3-4.

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Curry: 5-6 tablespoons canola oil 1 large onion, diced 11/4 cups water 1 tablespoon grated root ginger 4 cloves garlic, thinly sliced 350g potatoes, peeled and cut into 4cm pieces salt to taste 400g large cauliflorets 400g can coconut milk Combine all the spice mix ingredients — except the turmeric and paprika.

Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a non-stick frying pan. Sauté the onion on low until very soft. Place in a blender.

Heat another tablespoon of the oil. Add all the spice mix ingredients except the ground turmeric and paprika. Cook over low heat for 30 seconds.

Add to the blender with the turmeric, paprika and a 1 cup of the water. Blend until very smooth.

Heat the remaining oil and stir-fry the ginger and garlic for a few seconds. Add the spice purée and simmer for 30 seconds. Add the potatoes, salt and the remaining water. Cover and simmer for about 10 minutes. Add the cauliflorets and coconut milk. Cook until the cauli is just tender. Serves 4 as a main or 6 as a part of a small-plate meal.

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The architects are on the board

Te Awamutu had to wait to get the rub of the green, but when it came it was a key factor in securing the team’s first points of the season in the WaiBop football premiership.

After two defeats, Te Awamutu Gisler Architects drew 4-4 with West Ham after trailing 4-2.

The shock of the round came in Rotorua where Waiariki, soundly beaten in two outings to date, held high flying Otorohanga to a 2-2 draw.

Huntly also raised eyebrows with a 4-3 away win at Taupo.

The result left Papamoa as the only team with three wins from three – and they host Te Awamutu on Saturday.

Last Saturday’s game in Te Awamutu was played between two sides looking for their first points on a very wet home pitch that didn’t help either side. The clash was littered with overzealous challenges resulting in bookings on both sides.

Te Awamutu scored first with a well taken finish from Steffan Foulkes after 10 minutes, but it was quickly cancelled out by a penalty for West Ham when keeper Josh Peterson brought down an opposing striker.

Te Awamutu fell further behind and then finished the half 3-1 down after a second penalty, award against captain Aaron Mills in what looked a harsh call.

Te Awamutu started the second half the

stronger side and scored early with a great finish from Joel Roil.

After good work from Hayden Roil, TA thought they had equalised, only to be thwarted by an offside flag, which, again, the home side thought was a tough call.

It looked even worse when, from the resumption West Ham broke and made it 4-2.

Foulkes then scored his second to make it 4-3 and the call which helped seal the result then came when West Hamilton was reduced to 10 men after a robust challenge on Man of match Gareth Webb.

With a man advantage Te Awamutu pushed hard for the equaliser and it came with 10 minutes to go courtesy of another fine finish from Roil.

With the game now level at 4-4 Te Awamutu pushed hard for the win but could not score again with the West Ham goalkeeper pulling off a great save in the last minute to deny them a deserved win.

Player of the Day Dane Mitchell scored a stunning goal, but despite the home team keeping the visitors under pressure, they could not convert possession into more goals.

The team plays Otorohanga on Saturday.

Te Awamutu Men’s Div 5 Team continued their winning streak with a 4-1 win over Cambridge.

The team host Tokoroa on Saturday.

Thames Senior ladies travelled to Te Awamutu to play The Pink Ladies Women’s Team on Sunday and made their trek worthwhile, winning 3-2 after the scores were level at the break.

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DEATH NOTICES KNEEBONE, John T. (CMG) – In his 85th year, on 28 June 2020 in Cambridge, John passed away peacefully surrounded by family. Loved Husband, Dad, and Grandpa of Kay, Stuart and Hinemarie, Daniel and Suzette, Jane and Doug, Anna, Sarah, Harry and Kate. Private cremation at John’s request.

IN MEMORIAM PITTAMS, Ivan William (Jed) – Five years ago on Monday 6th July was the unexpected loss of a very special husband.

Time has not healed the loneliness or sorrow in my heart. Miss your smile, your laugh, your strength but most of all the years we shared, the good times and the tough times. So many cherished memories. Missed heaps every day. Treasured dad of the late Pedro. A life full of kindly deeds, a helping hand to all in need.

PITTAMS, Ivan William – Thank you for the memories that span the years we shared. So many times we hit the road in Valiant, bus or van. Wish you could be here to enjoy what you worked so hard to get. The most cheerful, warm-hearted man you ever coulda met. Miss you so much Dad and Pop. Sharon, Mark, Ellie and Carissa.

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