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The News has been given a tour of Waipā’s “state-of-the-art” recycling sorting centre. Based in Te Awamutu, and open since March, the operation employs 16 staff. Pictured is Janette Cooper, Megan Roezsler, April Tonihi and Neil Tonihi sorting recycling on the conveyor belt. See story, page 4.

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If hauling that recycling or rubbish bin to the roadside and back is becoming one drag too far, call young Lennon Botha.

The Year 5 Puahue School student has just launched his new business – Wheelie Bin Service.

For $2 per bin per week, he will come and do the leg work for you.

As he’s just nine, there will always be an adult in tow, but it will be Lennon doing the hard yards and popping the proceeds into his newly-opened account.

Sure, there might be some entrepreneurial terms he’s yet to master … when asked to define his target market, for example, he replied “making money”. But everything else is in place. He has put the word out on Facebook, printed contract forms, had flyers prepped for delivery, and has set up an email address – he answers incoming emails himself.

“The people I think it will help are the elderly,” he said, agreeing that those who were ill, away, or not easily able to walk their bins to the road might also appreciate the service.

Lennon’s mum Carla is Kiwi, his dad Riaan South African.

They’ve taught Lennon and their two daughters the value of a dollar, and the work that goes into earning one. Some time back, the kids all helped wash about 90 buses for a Waipā business.

Lennon learned that if he wanted to earn what his elder sisters did, he’d have to put in the same work – he quickly turned that around into an equal pay situation.

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This week is going to be a departure from my normal Crime Prevention advice and is instead a plea for help.

Last Thursday – July 2 - there was an altercation between a man and a woman on Alexandra Street which was seen by several members of the public who called 111.

The nature of the incident required the intervention by an off-duty police constable to step in and arrest the man.

The off-duty constable was with his children and thankfully some members of the public were wonderful in assisting him by taking care of his children while he was

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After talking it through with mum and dad, Lennon thought of this new business a few weeks ago, planning initially to work it with sister Avie. But she is already off on other ventures, and Lennon is quite happy to build it on his own. He has one contract signed already, with another in the wings, and is really enthusiastic about it taking off.

“I’ll take the bins out for them the night before they’re due for collection, and then bring them back the next day,” he said. “We’ll go after school to do it.”

Lennon is bright and personable, with a wicked smile. He can be found via mum Carla at 027 375 1897, or at wheeliebinservice3800@gmail. com.

Entrepreneur Lennon Botha, 9, plans on going places with his wheelie bin service.

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Various spokespersons in the Waikato, including our mayor here in Waipā are holding forth about water supply for communities.

The main focus is upon the water resources of the Waikato River. There is a lot of parochialism and ‘whistling into the wind’ on that score. On the question of water, social changes in this country, including those about to be brought into play by burgeoning populations, climate change, and pandemic resurgence will mean that as well as major water schemes, the retention and storage of rain-water in tanks will be required by every new dwelling, and eventually existing dwellings as well.

Auckland seems to be coming to that conclusion a little late in the piece, recognising that water sourced from the Waikato will never be the full answer.

Some councils such as Waipā District Council are rashly dismissing water tanks as a requirement for all new building permits for dwellings. When the future castigates them for their rashness and lack of forward thinking, how many still in local politics will hold their hands up and say: Sorry, we got it wrong, we were led astray?

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A short time later another man entered the fray and appears to have picked up a table and threatened the off-duty constable with before being told more police were on the way.

This man got into a motor vehicle and left the scene. We are keen to speak to the witnesses who saw the incident. If anyone there filmed the altercation, we would like to hear from you too. We are particularly keen to speak to one of the witnesses who was seated at Fahrenheit restaurant and told the constable he had taken a photo of

the vehicle the man left the scene in. We would really like to talk with this person as it may be crucial in identifying the assailant. As a result of the initial altercation one man is before the courts on an assault charge.

I also think it appropriate to say a big thanks to those who bore witness and to those who looked after my colleague’s children. Now let’s finish the job and get statements. Don’t condone the behaviour by not coming forward.

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Briefs…

Green candidate The Greens have named Danna Glendinning as their Taupō candidate in the electorate held by National’s Louise Upston. Glendinning, who lives in Taupō, says she will campaign for party votes, arguing it is essential to have a bigger Green presence in government.

She has previously held senior roles in the Party and managed their Parliamentary Office for four years.

Bike checks Youngsters are getting help to be seen on their bikes through a police and Waipā district council initiative.

Last week a team including Megan Jolly, Road Safety Co-ordinator for Waipā District Council, called in on Cambridge Middle School to fit front and rear lights on 50 bikes. The annual ‘be safe be seen’ promotion reminds cyclists of the law that requires cyclists to use front and rear lights during the hours of darkness and when visibility is poor. Free bike bells are also available at the Te Awamutu Waipa District Council Office or the Cambridge Sport Waikato Office.

Bus fares Waipā residents pay half of the normal fare to catch a bus from Cambridge, Te Awamutu and Ōhaupō to Hamilton from this week as a new bus ticketing system is introduced. Waikato Regional Council has launched a new Bee Card system to replace the existing Busit card. While it is rolled out over the next six months, fares will be significantly reduced. For more information go to www.busit.co.nz/about-us/ bee/ Road change An intersection in Te Awamutu will be upgraded to improve visibility for drivers. Council contractors will add markings to the intersection of Mandeno and Carlton streets – a spot that has seen a number of crashes in recent years. Work will be carried out when weather allows.

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Waipā mourns a top volunteer

By Viv Posselt

The Te Awamutu recipient of an award in the 2020 Volunteer Excellence Awards, Bev Kay, died just a day after the winners’ names went public.

Bev, 89, died on June 28, just as National Volunteering Week ended with the announcement of the winners’ names. She was the only Te Awamutu person in the line-up of nominations, going on to take the runner-up placement in the Long Service Awards.

Bev was nominated for the award by the Waikato branch of the New Zealand Red Cross for her 30 years with the service. The citation also referenced her role as Te Awamutu Meals on Wheels co-ordinator for 30 years, and for her efforts in keeping vulnerable members of the community connected.

Not that winning awards was all that new for Bev. She received two certificates acknowledging her voluntary service to the Plunket Society, in 1982 and 1987, and was awarded honorary life membership of the society in 1994. Later, she was awarded a Golden Award for 50 years’ service to the Waipā branch of Plunket and became its patroness.

The long-standing Te Awamutu resident was awarded a Queens Service Medal for Community Service in the 2004 New Year’s

Honours. Along with her Red Cross work, that citation acknowledged her 50-year involvement with the local Plunket Society, her fivedecades’ of support for Te Awamutu Rugby and her accomplished piano playing in rest homes, hospitals, community functions and the Kihikihi Presbyterian Church. In 2005, Bev was awarded a Pride of Te Awamutu Award recognising outstanding achievement to her community.

Her son Keith told those at her July 3 farewell service that Bev was born in Hawera in 1931 to dairy farming parents, Arthur and Phyllis Betts. The family moved first to Ngaroto Rd just outside Te Awamutu and later to Orakau, east of Kihikihi. Bev and her sisters attended the local schools, with Bev going on to become head girl of Te Awamutu College. After leaving school, she worked at Craik Motors, the Waipā Ford motor dealer now known as Fairview Motors.

“Bev rode a push bike from the family farm into Kihikihi from where she bussed into town to work,” said Keith, “that was until she proudly purchased her first car, a Ford Prefect.”

Those early years saw Bev represent Waipā in netball and play the piano in a band called Hooper’s Orchestra. She married Ross Kay in July 1954 at Kihikihi’s St Andrews

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Beverly ‘Bev’ Kay, QSM, was the Long Service Awards runner-up in the 2020 Volunteer Excellence Awards.

Presbyterian Church and the young couple started dairy farming in Parawera. Bev also followed in her father’s footsteps; he had been a life member, and later patron, of Te Awamutu United Rugby Club; in 2013, Bev became patroness of the Te Awamutu Sports Club.

Although not a member of the Rotary Club, Bev was awarded a Community Service Award by the Rotary Club of Te Awamutu in 1998, acknowledging her “significant and meritorious service to the community of Te Awamutu and surrounding districts”.

Race calendar Man on the run confirmed

The Waipā Racing Club has been excluded from next season’s racing calendar.

Four venues were given a reprieve by the Racing Industry Transition Agency (RITA) when the calendar was finalised last week. They were Avondale, Manawatu, Timaru and Dunedin’s Forbury Park.

Te Awamutu, Gisborne, Orari, Stratford, Te Teko, Waikouaiti, Waimate, Waipukurau, Wairoa and Wyndham missed the cut.

The New Zealand Herald reported the decision to restore racing at those venues was the result of “submissions, threats of legal action or for the betterment of ongoing negotiations will now race next term”.

Had Manawatu not been retained, there would have been no harness racing in the North Island south of Cambridge.

Tyrone Crean was man of the match as Te Awamutu Sports scored their first win over Hamilton Old Boys in senior club rugby four seven years last weekend – read about the club’s positive start to 2020 today on Page 11.

Jenna Bell, Humanitarian Development Engagement Manager at the New Zealand Red Cross (Waikato), worked closely with Bev Kay, and described her as a “wonderful lady who exemplified what it means to be a Red Cross volunteer”.

“Bev was welcoming and kind.

She was dedicated to supporting vulnerable members of the Te Awamutu community through our Wheels on Meals service. She would often complete deliveries herself if there were last minute driver cancellations. She did this with no complaints and never sought recognition of her efforts. She was an absolutely lovely woman and is going to be really missed.”

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The new Te Awamutu News reporter will report to the news editor and discuss job assignments, how stories will be presented and how to make the most of resources available. This position will be a 10-15 hour a week role, but the hours will be flexible and often determined by the timing of events and the availability of contacts.

It is expected the successful applicant will have had experience in working in media. This is an all-rounder position – the successful applicant will generate stories and be adept at reworking supplied copy and assist with proof reading. This position will require the reporter to be out in the field regularly, but also able to work collegially with a small team of sales and layout staff.

Application close date: Monday July 31, 2020. If this sounds like the role for you, please email your C.V. and letter of application to Roy Pilott, Good Local Media Ltd on editor@goodlocal.nz See the advertisement for this role on Page 15.

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Sort it out…talking rubbish

By Jeremy Smith

A sheep’s fleece once made its way – to a point – through Waipā’s recycling network before being intercepted and removed by staff.

The extreme scenario – which it is hoped was a one-off - was cited as an example of the importance of properly sorted recycling as the News took a tour of the district’s newlyminted “state of the art” recycling sorting centre last week.

“That’s the craziest thing I’ve seen in my time,” the centre’s operations manager, Caleb Ahu, said reflecting on some of the experiences staff had had at the coal face of the district’s recycling process.

Data collected at the centre – based in Te Awamutu - will be used to create education programmes to help ensure residents stick to the district council’s newly-minted recycling policy change.

Annual figures in terms of total recycling processed are not yet available because the centre - which employs 16 staff – only opened in March.

“What I can say though is that up to nine tonne of recycling arrives and is processed here daily,” Mr Ahu said.

“The important key messages now are about what people can and can’t recycle – and the more they do that within our communities the more it helps us here at our end.”

After first signalling its intentions to do so nearly three month ago, Waipā District

The recycling team sorts another load.

Council began limiting recycling in the district to plastics displaying numbers 1, 2 and 5 a fortnight ago.

Plastics 1, 2 and 5 include milk and soft drink bottles - plastics 3, 4, 6 and 7 - include items like styrofoam cups and some types of plastic containers and some plastic plates and cutlery – will be consigned to landfill.

Council launched its kerbside recycling service last July, and since then, according to operations team leader Jennifer Braithwaite recycling has been transported in bulk as mixed material to a recycling centre in

Auckland for sorting.

The biggest difference with having the sorting centre online is that mixed recycling will now be separated into cardboard, paper and plastics and sent directly to the market.

Glass recycling will continue to be taken to Auckland for processing.

“The biggest benefit I see is that we’ll know just how much of the different plastic types are being collected, as well as how much contamination is being placed in the recycling bins,” she said.

The centre’s technology meant recycling

could be sorted automatically by machine, or manually.

Mixed recycling is sorted on conveyor belts, with any items that can’t be recycled removed.

A magnet then removes any metal items and plastics are then grouped together, before being compacted in to square bales.

Mr Ahu confirmed the day before the News’ visit, a stockpile of 33 tonne of mixed cardboard and 10 tonne of milk bottles had been sent away.

“It’s a far more efficient way of doing things, because not only can we fit more onto each truck in bales, but it allows us to have more trucks on the road,” he said.

Ms Braithwaite said the removal of plastics 3, 4, 6 and 7 “doesn’t equate to as much of the overall recycling amount as you might think”.

“When it comes to these grades of plastics, it’s simply a matter of us not having anywhere to send them to market.”

Construction of the sorting centre - owned

by Waipā District Council recycling contractor Metallic Sweeping Ltd – first began in October.

After opening in March, it continued to operate as an essential service during Covid-19.

The News will be contacting New Zealand companies still packaging products in the plastics which are not being recycled. This week we have asked the producers of Big Ben and Irvine’s pies why they are using type 6 plastics and whether or not they plan to make a change.

Ayers and graces: the tale of the accidental poet

By Viv Posselt

“An L-plate poet who thought she knew nowt, Penned a few words while not allowed out.

They swamped social media, lured ‘alternative’ fame, Were then picked to raise funds for those easing the pain.”

An ‘accidental’ poet whose lockdown verse went viral on social media and won her a place in an international poetry book has been in Waipā for a special reading.

Jan Beaumont fronted a late-June poetry reading at Cambridge Oaks. She kicked it off by reading, ‘Let’s All Drink to Lockdown’, a work that marked the start of her poetry career in March this year and was responsible for both global recognition and an early speedbump that confused her with British comedian and gem of verse, Pam Ayers MBE. The journey started when Jan’s daughter suggested she

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upload ‘Let’s All Drink to Lockdown’ to social media. People loved and re-posted it in droves, but somewhere along the way the name of its author dropped out. One appreciative reader thought it sounded like a Pam Ayers piece, an assumption that led to a radio station approaching Pam Ayres’ husband/manager Dudley Russell to arrange an on-air interview.

“I got a message from the PR person in my retirement village that the BBC wanted to interview me. It turned out they had been in touch with Dudley, who told them it wasn’t a Pam Ayers poem, and they eventually tracked me down,” Jan laughed. “I couldn’t hold a candle to Pam Ayers … she’s brilliant.”

Jan went on to write a host of poems during lockdown, all of which generated an international clamour for more. She has been interviewed by radio stations in the United Kingdom and Australia, and more recently here in New Zealand, and the speaking engagements are beginning to come in; she will be back in Waipā soon for a talk to the 60s Up group and the Cambridge Lions.

Much to Jan’s delight, they are also being used to help others. She sent several audio recordings of her poems to aid fundraising for Sight for Wight, an organisation for the blind and visually impaired in the Isle of Wight, and she heard recently that her first poem was selected to be among 100 international poems selected for a book called ‘Poems for a Pandemic’, which is being sold online to raise funds for the NHS in the UK. Now an Auckland resident in her 70s, Jan has lived in

Jan Beaumont reading her poetry at Cambridge Oaks late last month.

several countries around the world. Her poetry reflects day-to-day life, with nuggets drawn from her work as a legal secretary, running a cooking school, running her own radio show, writing a newspaper column and working in the funeral industry.

She wrote a poem recently about Ashley Bloomfield and David Clark entitled ‘May the Best Man Win’. Unsurprisingly, it’s going off pop online. Those keen to see more can visit her work at Jan Beaumont Poetry on Facebook.

Winter Wonderland calls

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The horses are making way for a different sport at Cambridge Raceway next week, when a Winter Wonderland, including an indoor ice-skating rink comes to town.

The 10m by 16m artificial rink is surrounded by inflatable boarding, supplied by Ice Skate Tour which will be at the raceway for four days from Sunday.

“We’re really excited to be working with the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce to bring this event to Cambridge for the school holidays,” said Cambridge Raceway’s business development and events coordinator Shannon Bint-Popplewell.

“As far as we know it’s the first time an ice-skating rink has been set up in

Cambridge.”

Bint-Popplewell said their top priority was to create a widely accessible school holiday event for the community.

“We’ve set the price at $5 per skater for a 30-minute session which we think is very reasonable. It was so important to us to provide our community with a fun and affordable school holiday event that the whole family can enjoy.”

While the rink will take centre-stage the event will be supported by several Waipā companies including Layers by Ella Williamson who will be selling cupcakes, Dutch “a” Licious waffles and The Sunday Society who are creating a balloon display for photos.

The Winter Wonderland at

Cambridge Raceway opens at noon Sunday before closing at 6pm for a private event and will then be open from 10am to 6pm from Monday to Wednesday.

Hire of stakes, helmets and gloves are included in the $5 entry fee, paid at the door – there will be no bookings.

It is recommended that those skating come prepared with long thick socks for comfort.

Those wishing to bring their own ice skates, gloves or helmets can do so.

Gloves must cover all the hand and fingers and skates will be checked to ensure they are satisfactory for use.

For more information go to www. cambridgeraceway.co.nz/winterwonderland.

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Baby William faces further surgery

By Jeremy Smith

Te Awamutu’s William Cameron has been given a helping hand by the public.

The story of the difficult journey he and his parents Nicole and Ryan Cameron are facing was first reported in the News a month ago.

“It’s turned our lives upside down,” Nicole said at the time.

Just four weeks ago, baby William underwent emergency open heart bypass surgery at Auckland’s Starship Hospital after being diagnosed with 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, still only 10 weeks old, also has pulmonary stenosis, which narrows the pulmonary valve opening and slows blood

flow.

Doctors then told his parents there is a high probability William has a rare, lifethreatening condition - Williams Syndrome.

Only about 200 New Zealanders have it – it is a genetic condition present at birth characterised by medical problems, including cardiovascular disease, developmental delays, and learning disabilities.

If William does have it, he will need constant medical attention – multiple surgeries and hospital care - for the rest of his life.

Nicole said yesterday they have just been told baby William requires another operation, a date for which had not been set yet.

“It’s pretty hard to hear that he needs more open-heart surgery after such a short

time,” she said.

As a way to help, members of the Cameron’s wider family set up a Givealittle page.

At last check yesterday just under $7500 had so far been gifted by 87 donors over the past six weeks.

Nicole said the money pledged had been a big help, and some had already been put to good use for baby William.

“People have been so generous and we’re very grateful,” she said.

They have purchased a defibrillator and now are looking at a therapy dog – which costs $16,000.

“It’s so much money to come up with, but it would be so wonderful to have,” she said.

The family’s Givealittle page can be found under Please Help Baby William.

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Paterson reveals Rosetown by another name…

By Jeremy Smith

A new era is set to get on the road at Te Awamutu’s Rosetown Holden.

The News reported in February the “sucker punch” that was General Motors announcing it would withdraw its Holden brand from the Australasian market and end new sales.

At the time, the motoring giant confirmed it would continue to support new car warranties, servicing and Holden parts for a decade.

At Rosetown, the announcement signalled the end of a more than 30-year association with Holden.

Now though, after nearly four months of work, dealer principal Allan Paterson has announced the company has secured the

Hyundai, Isuzu, and Renault brands and, as of next month, will be re-branded Rosetown Motor Group.

“We’re proud and excited to welcome the brands to the Rosetown family, and to Te Awamutu. It’s a brilliant new direction,” Mr Paterson said.

The announcement comes as the company reports a speedy start to sales post lockdown – 40 new vehicles were sold in May, and 35 last month.

“We remain totally committed to our customers with Holden vehicles and will offer ongoing parts and servicing,” Mr Paterson said.

“But, with Holden’s departure from the right-hand-drive markets, we needed to secure a prominent top-quality brand to move forward with – this included a quality

ute, cars and SUVs”.

Mr Paterson said the arrival of Hyundai, Isuzu, and Renault brands fulfils those requirements and provides the company with a wide range of ways in which to serve their customers – including Hyundai cars, SUVs, vans and electric and hybrid vehicles.

He said Isuzu utes would help fill the gap left by the Holden Colorado, while Renault had a “massive range” of commercial vans, cars and SUVs. Rosetown Holden began about 70 years ago, and director Stu Tervit and Allan Paterson have more than 50 and 30 years respective experience with the company between them.

Rosetown Holden’s re-branding takes effect on August 1, with the company “actively increasing” staffing levels to

cater for the three new brands it is brining onboard.

“We are looking forward to what’s ahead,” Mr Paterson said.

Rosetown Holden dealer principal Allan Paterson and director Stu Tervit.

BUSINESS SHOWCASE

WE HAVE MOVED Straw Warehouse, on the move, right next door The Straw Warehouse – one of the country’s largest wholesale stockists of farm direct unit loads of fibre products – will operate from a new store as of next week. The business is shifting to a new comprehensive retail store – a “new place right beside our old place” – at 186 Hannon Rd. The new retail store, directly adjacent to the business’ current operation, runs in conjunction with The Straw Warehouse’s farm direct wholesale service.

In operation for more than two decades, owner operators Neville and Sandy

Cambridge-based Ag Technology Group is shifting premises.

Ogle – with their dedicated staff team of three – have provided a nation-wide customer base with a broad selection of fibre products, ranging from tonne bales down to conventional size bales of hay and straw.

A “local and long-standing relationship” between The Straw Warehouse owners Neville and Sandy Ogle and AG Technology Group’s feed supplement arm, Regal Agriculture, will see the business shift to the Ogle’s Hannon Rd warehouse.

Ag Technology Group owners Andre and Paula Syben attribute the business’ success to loyal, high quality staff and strong and trusted relationships with businesses and companies in Europe, Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Neville said while this year’s drought had affected the supply of retail hay products nationwide, he felt it would be short lived.

Supply of bagged products for the horse and lifestyle sectors remains strong.

Over the last 20 years, Ag Technology has grown from a single business providing research, development and engineering services exclusively to German-based CLAAS Group, into a large diversified operation with separate business identities operating under a management team.

AG Technology’s new facility caters for the fast-growing Ag Tech Logistics business, which offers new and existing clients Waipā’s largest managed warehouse facility.

In terms of the calf and kid goat market, Neville encouraged people to consider putting in orders for the upcoming season now. The Straw Warehouse will be based at its new premises from next Monday, July 13.

“We look forward to seeing you,” Neville said.

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THE AGE OF REASON

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The current mix of hard frosts interspersed with frequent rain reminds me that we are (or were recently) in the Fieldays season.

It is when town and country come together in numbers approximating 130,000 to gawp, chat, wonder, eat and search for bargains. In excess of 1500 exhibitor sites fill the Mystery Creek valley to delight those attending and to confirm to others that agriculture generally is in good heart.

Sadly, this year the ravages and threats of the virus have put paid to the intentions to hold the 52nd Fieldays in its normal layout.

Lest any of my friends accuse me of being biased – I plead guilty as charged. It takes many weeks to build the mini-city which on its busiest day usually exceeds 40,000 attendees. And this year the requisite lead-up time to undertake the construction was totally frustrated by the (quite correct) restrictions placed upon the nation. The thoughts of closely mingling enormous crowds was just not going to cut the mustard with the two serious looking lunchtime presenters who kept us up to date during the stringent period.

But out of constriction and frustration there is often a lurch towards diversity. And such is the case with Fieldays this year where use of modern skills and thinking outside of the square has produced a screen-fed Fieldays.

There is no need to take the slow drive towards the land near the airport. Rather, from next week, distributors and salespeople can interface with the general public with a stroke of a mouse. For those who want to see something innovative and exciting join me on looking at the Fieldays site for the ‘how to’ information.

And it is this type of virus driven diversity that is causing a whole re-think

A while ago a friend who worked in an office found himself without his car for the day and needed transport to attend to matters in town.

An obliging work colleague threw her car keys to him and said.”You’re welcome to use my car!... it’s the green Volkswagen Beetle in the main carpark.”

My friend was grateful for the use of the vehicle and drove around town in the borrowed VW for an hour or so.

He was surprised at a very crude and inappropriate bumper sticker that the young lady had on the car and he cringed as he drove! Later, as he handed her back the keys he mentioned it to her.

Indignantly she retorted, “My car has no rude bumper sticker on it!”

“Yes, it does…”, my friend responded “The green Volkswagen I drove using your keys sure does have that sticker!”

Together they went to the carpark to sort out the confusion.

It turned out there were two green VW Beetles present in the car park and my friend had driven the wrong one around town for a good hour!

The key opened and started both vehicles.

So why would you even remotely question if you were driving the right ride?

The strange episode illustrates how inadvertently making wrong choices in life is easy.

Life is all about decisions. Making good ones can be fraught with a sense of anxiety and indecisiveness.

An old story is written about a faithful property manager employed by a wealthy and important man.

The manager was entrusted with a challenging duty. He was to travel to the

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on the rationale – or sensibility – of carbon emitting dominance of commuting to and from work. Where the kitchen table doubles as an office, where tiny people demanding attention can be accommodated and soothed. Where the necessity not to have boring and time-wasting big-table meetings can be replaced with a number of faces on screens with the production of swifter agreement and a return to normal work much sooner. No lounging at the water bottle nor the coffee machine exchanging needless office gossip.

In major cities landlords of large office blocks will no doubt be beseeched by tenants to allow them a smaller footprint. Where a mix of three days at home and two more in the main office will produce larger areas of hot desks and much reduced rents. It will cause the landlords – and prospective bigblock developers - to re-think their usage of high cost downtown land.

Yet retailers – especially in Waipā - appear to be holding up. Or at the very least maintaining a status quo judging by the paucity of car parks in the CBD. Our favourite Cambridge restaurant is experiencing two full turns many evenings. Where there is hopefully a swing towards common sense – a revulsion of driving all the way to an ugly big-block development north of Hamilton towards a ‘buy local – think local’ mentality.

The good local shops are the ones that we want here next week, next month, next year.

It behoves us to have faith in their ability to supply what we desire – even if they have to send away for the article the buyer wants.

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boss’s native land and once there, find a wife for the son of this wealthy gentleman.

What a responsibility!

No dating Apps or computer matching, it was high stakes.

Also, he might find a girl who was unimpressed by the precious gifts the servant had loaded the camels with and what if she didn’t want to come back to be a bride to some unknown heir of a wealthy stranger?

Finding the wrong woman would be utter disaster and the disgrace of making a wrong selection would be his.

So how should he go about making the right choice?

He did what some do when faced with a massive high-stake decision. He prayed.

Ending a long journey, he approached a certain city early one evening as young ladies were coming out to draw water from a well.

His prayer went like this. “I will speak to a beautiful young woman. I’ll say to her, ‘Please lower your jar so I can have a drink.’

Suppose she says, ‘Have a drink of water, and I’ll get some for your camels too.’ If she says that I will know she is the right girl!”

It all worked out perfectly. If you read the full story in the Bible (Genesis 24), you’ll see how the manager attributed making his impeccable decision to a humble prayer conferring with God. You can’t go past that in seeking help for making life’s decisions.

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Obituary – COLIN HALL 16.08.1940-16.05.2020

Community treasure farewelled

By Viv Posselt

Colin Hall’s legacy in Te Awamutu comes in many different guises, not the least of which was that he, along with son David, was the senior portion of New Zealand’s first father-and-son police pairing at Te Awamutu Police Station.

Colin’s legacy is revealed in the good he inspired in the town’s youth. It is in his founding involvement with the Waipā Woodturners and the local Menz Shed, the Boys Brigade and Kainga

Aroha, volunteering with Forest and Bird, in his faith and his love of sport, and in the countless popsicle stick items he encouraged people to make at almost every turn in the road.

His was a life that touched many, one said to have “paid it forward” for others. Colin died on May 16 aged 79; a host of special memories were shared at his July 3 memorial at the Te Awamutu Methodist Church. He preferred to be out of the limelight, and was celebrated as

Colin Hall was farewelled at a packed Te Awamutu Methodist Church on July 3.

a patient and persistent man, always gentle and kind, encouraging and understanding … “a real treasure for our community”.

Colin was born in Chelmsford in England in 1940, then sailed with his family to New Zealand in 1953, settling first in Pirongia then farming at Te Tahi Rd. His son, Te Awamutu Police’s Senior Sergeant Dave Hall, re-told his parents’ first meeting at Te Awamutu College.

A young Ngaire stumbled upon two boys larking around with rulers, battling it out as knights. “Mum said to them, you boys need to cut that out or you’ll never amount to anything in life’,” David said. “Well, she ended up marrying one of them!”

Colin married Ngaire in 1964, and making a longheld dream come true, graduated from police college in December 1970 and was posted to Hamilton.

The family moved to Te Awamutu in 1973, with Colin remaining with the local police until retiring in 1995.

In 1988, he became Youth Aid Officer in Te Awamutu, a role that brought him

into enduring contact with Kainga Aroha Community Centre, where he was admired for his “calm and reassuring presence” in his dealings with oftentroubled youth, and as a ‘Mr Fixit’ who deftly found whatever resources matched community needs.

His calm approach to policing was legendary.

One eulogy recalled the other side, the slamming of a police car into a power pole and the ‘mystery’ surrounding a torch that ‘slipped’ and ended up through the windscreen of a speeding offender’s vehicle.

There were tramping and camping trips with the Boys’ Brigade, kayaking ventures that didn’t always end well, 21sts attended wearing

dresses and face masks.

Colin was described as an amazing leader, always “go, go, go”, always encouraging young people to be active and outside.

David said he was evercautious around revealing that his dad was a cop, as it tended to elicit a negative reaction.

One day at Te Awamutu College, a large boy sidled up to him and asked, “Is your dad a cop?” Bracing himself, David responded in the affirmative, then breathed a sigh of relief when the reply came, “He’s all right, ‘eh”.

“I was never ill-treated because of my dad’s profile.

He was one of the most patient and persistent people I know.”

Standing tall

Te Awamutu’s Regent Theatre man, Allan Webb QSM, said Colin Hall was one of the constables keeping an eye on Friday night audiences.

“He was the ultimate in the constabulary … the perfect image, with excellent personal grooming and posture. He was there one night when we had a difficult teenage lad come in. The lad slouched in front of him, Colin told him to stand up properly and reprimanded him. The lad did exactly what he was told … it was the end of the matter.

“Colin demanded respect and got it. He did a lot of good in this community.”

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In Cambridge PostShop moved most of its postal operations to Paper Plus.

NZ Post this week announced it will follow suit - postal services and bill payments will also go to Paper Plus, in Arawata Street.

Kiwibank’s General Manager, Retail, Geoff Waller said the bank had seen a customer preference shift from bricks and mortar sites to digital banking options but was committed to providing face-to-face Kiwibank services in Te Awamutu.

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The separation of Kiwibank and PostShop was flagged in 2018 and NZ Post closed about 30 branches it shared with Kiwibank.

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Restoration work gets $5.5m injection Waikato Regional Council has secured $5.535 million in Government funding for quick-start restoration projects.

The council has bid for more than $160 million of funding in response to the Government’s call for shovel ready projects to help with New Zealand’s economic recovery from COVID-19.

Bids include funding for flood protection infrastructure and stock truck effluent disposal sites across the region, and $83m to support more than 20 projects focused on

protecting and enhancing water quality, biodiversity, soils and coastal areas.

In the latest round of ministry spending, the council will get $2.825 million towards creating a green corridor along the lower Piako River, $1.74 million towards habitat enhancement along a 17 kilometre section of the Waiomou Stream, which is a tributary of the Waihou River, $740,000 towards restoring minimum water levels at Lake Kimihia, near Huntly and $230,000 towards pest control and planting

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Cr Stu Husband, chair of the River and Catchment Committee, said all the projects involved working collaboratively with iwi, landowners, the Department of Conservation and/or other agencies.

“It’s great we are able to get stuck in now. These projects are a good example of what can be achieved when we all work together towards a common goal, and for everyone’s benefit.”

Cr Fred Lichtwark, chair of

the Community Restoration Committee, said he hoped that outcomes of this work would encourage more community-led catchment restoration projects to be set up, “which we as a council can help with and support”.

To find out more about the specific projects which received government funding from Jobs for Nature go to https://www.waikatoregion.govt. nz/shovel-ready-projects.

For more information go to www. waikatoregion.govt.nz/Mediareleases .

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Waikato Regional Council chair Russ Rimmington said the work would benefit local environments and support contractors and businesses such as fencers, arborists, pest control specialists, nurseries and hardware/rural supply stores.

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Buying and selling: the numbers are rising The Covid-19 pandemic interrupted a strong period of growth in Waipā, so it was no suprise to see both the real estate and building markets respond positively to the end of the lockdown.

The News has already reported that Waipā’s construction industry is building towards preCovid-19 levels.

Building consents – both those applied for and granted – in the district are on the up.

Consistently since the end of the lockdown the News has monitored lifts in business for industry, calls for international flights to return to Hamilton Airport and on the home front, a swing to retaining a level of working

from home which was initially imposed on the country.

It was a full month ago that we reported a “new life in real estate” as ex-pats and firsttime home buyers joined the buyers’ market.

Covid will have a long tail – it takes 10 days longer for property to sell in the present environment - but there are positive signs.

For buyers and sellers in Waipā the stars are lining up.

Mortgage rates are low, and the region is becoming an increasingly attractive destination – particularly as the Waikato Expressway nears completion.

Development in the district is also being driven by the

under $600,000 – their highest ever - in the year to May. In Waipā the median was $700,000 – compared to $585.000 12 months earlier, though sales were down from 95 to 44.

Waipā District Council, whose mayor Jim Mylchreest resisted calls to hold rates this year. The council has gone for a 2.4 per cent rise, down from the pre-Covid recommendation of 4.2 Mylchreest argued against the district standing still

for Covid saying “spending on capital programmes is a really important part of economic recovery because these projects create jobs, necessary infrastructure for growth and future revenue”.

The median house price in Waikato rose to a shade

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Te Awamutu Sports have made an encouraging start the 2020 Waikato senior club rugby championship. Last night, after this edition went to press, Sports hosted Ōtorohanga at Albert Park. Today we recap on how the season has gone to date.

Our good Sports on the rise Te Awamutu Sports found themselves sitting in third spot after three weeks of Waikato Premier rugby, picking up two wins from three games.

A slow start in week one had Sports deep in a hole at 30-0 down against last year’s beaten finalists Fraser Tech, but a strong last quarter netted them 17 points and some positives to draw from, with prop Gordon Fullerton returning from his Covid-shortened stint in American professional rugby to take man of the match honours with a powerful all round display.

Replacement hooker Shaun Rumbles picked up two late tries and new recruit, flanker Stuart Leach, finished off a nice lineout move to score untouched. Fullback Logan Karl

rounded out the scoring with a conversion.

Sports took those positive signs to grind out a tough, physical victory in the wet and mud in Morrinsville, picking up their first win of the season. Man of the Match, replacement flanker Fetu Sasalu, proved a wrecking ball in the second half, bending the Morrinsville line enough for the backs to strike the telling blow, pivot Logan Karl’s break linking with fullback Awa Morris, who cut infield to score and take the lead.

Halfback Matthew Vickers picked up the other try with a slick scrum move while Karl added two conversions and two penalties.

Building again from that win, Sports hosted Hamilton Old Boys last Saturday for their first home game, having not beaten

Shaun Rumbles scores against Fraser Tech in the first game of the season.

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them since 2013 and rode the back of an outstanding defensive effort to an 18-7 victory. Centre Tairoa Crean starred with a man of the match performance, his line speed and defence denied the Old Boys backs the opportunity to get any momentum while his running with ball in hand was a constant threat. Hooker Brad Van der Heyden had his best game in TA Sports

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Ōtorohanga stay top

Otorohanga, Hautapu and Te Awamutu sat first, second and third on the Waikato premier rugby ladder after all three scored wins last weekend ahead of a midweek round which was completed after this edition went to press.

The top two had collectively notched five wins from five outings – Hautapu had a bye in the frist week because Matamata has withdrawn from the premier compeition this season as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Otorohanga beat Morrinsvile 48-25 – a week after Morrinsville had been beaten at home, narrowly, by Te Awamutu.

Hautapu, the unbeaten champions from 2019, hit the 40 point mark for the second week in a row when dispatching Marist.

Only University had still to get off the mark – though it was one of three teams to have had a bye.

Matamata lead the Premier B table with a three from three record followed

by Otorohanga and Hautapu, who are two of six teams – including Te Awamutu, with two wins and a loss.

Leamington and Hinuera have set the pace in Division 1, with three wins from three.

Ohaupo have two wins from three, while Pirongia has managed a solitary draw.

Weekend results: Waikato Draught Premiership A: Hautapu 46 Hamilton Marist 10, Melville 54 University 22, Otorohanga 48 Morrinsville Sports 25, Te Awamutu Sports 18 Hamilton Old Boys 7, Fraser Tech - bye Premiership B: Fraser Tech 30 United Matamata Sports 32, Hautapu 51 Hamilton Marist 27, Melville 83 University 19 Otorohanga 19 Morrinsville Sports 20, Te Awamutu Sports 21 Hamilton Old Boys 17.

Lone Star NZ (Hamilton) Division 1A: Hinuera 55 Ohaupo 7, Leamington 43 Frankton 27, Putaruru 34 Te Rapa 12,

Southern United 57 Pirongia 15, Taupiri 15 Suburbs 30. Division 1B: Taupiri 17 Suburbs 43, Leamington 56 Frankton 12, Taupiri 17 Suburbs 43.

Gallagher Women’s Premiership: Otorohanga 15 University 22, Taupiri 0 Melville 124, Putaruru 10 Kihikihi 21, Hamilton Old Boys – bye.

Under 85kgs: Hamilton Marist 12 Melville 25, Hamilton Old Boys 28 Otorohanga 8, Morrinsville Sports 39 Suburbs 0, University 21 Leamington 22, Fraser Tech - bye.

Colts: Fraser Tech 20 Matamata Combined 3, Leamington 57 Morrinsville Sports 3, Putaruru 10 Hamilton Boys High School 22, University v Southern United - result not submitted, Hamilton Marist – bye.

Division 2: Hamilton Old Boys 36 Te Awamutu Marist 5, Huntly College Old Boys 19 Kereone 41, Jaradites v Matangi Hillcrest – result not submitted. Raglan - bye.

THURSDAY JULY 9, 2020

Double joy for Waddell

Waipā rider Jason Waddell had two reasons to celebrate a successful return to racing at Te Rapa on Saturday.

The Cambridge horseman picked up a victory with his only mount on the day when he took out race six aboard the Stephen Marsh-trained Osaka while earlier in the day he experienced the winning sensation from the other side of the fence as Jason Waddell the co-owner of impressive maiden victor Fonts de L’Algar.

Waddell, who has had to forego a winter holiday in Spain along with putting his plans for a move to Australia to further his riding career on hold due to the Covid-19 pandemic, is making his way back to full riding fitness and decided to forego the mount on the Sacred Falls filly in favour of Danielle Johnson who guided her to a comfortable one length victory.

The thrill of owning a winner as opposed to riding one wasn’t lost on Waddell although there was little time for celebration after the race.

“It was my first day back riding and I really only wanted to take the one ride, so I got to watch the race from the other side of the fence,” he said. – NZ Racing Desk

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Table toppers too good for TA High flying Papamoa extended their perfect record to four – and scored that many – when they beat Te Awamutu in the WaiBop football premiership last weekend.

The Bay of Plenty club remained three points clear at the top after closest rivals Unicol and Matamata both won.

Papamoa opened the scoring after a physical first 30 minutes.

Striker Tawhirimatea Ball was denied by the woodwork moments later as Te Awamutu sought an equaliser and the hosts were two up after 35 minutes following a breakaway.

Te Awamutu pushed forward in the second half but was again caught on the counter.

Midfielders Alan Ball and Hayden Roil battled gamely to stem the tide, and their work saw Joel Roil force a good save out of the home side’s keeper.

But it was all wrapped up as Papamoa bagged a fourth after 63 minutes.

Defender Lawrence Cheney collected player of the day honours for Te Awamutu, who host Matamata on Saturday at 2.45pm.

The Edmonds Judd Te Awamutu

Division C fielded 64-year-old Andy Bunyan in a patched-up team which was beaten 11-3 at Otorohanga.

TA was hit by injuries and players being unavailable – and it got worse in the warmup when defensive lynchpin Simon Brdanovic was ruled out in the warmup.

Otorohanga was three up in 10 minutes. TA’s man of the match Euan McLeod scored his side’s opener, the others came from Emerson da Souza, who turned in his best performance of the season, and Dane Mitchell from the spot.

Bunyan subbed on in the second half following another Te Awamutu injury.

The team hosts Waikato Unicol Veterans on Saturday at Anchor Park 2.45pm.

Te Awamutu Division 5 Team suffered their first loss of the season against Tokoroa 3-0. Player of the Day was Jack Yates in defence. On Saturday the team travels to play West Hamilton.

The Pink Ladies beat Ngaruawahia 2-0 at the Stadium in a match which saw Nicole May excel in goal.

The club’s Edmonds Judd Women’s team lost 3-1 in Thames in coach Nigel Macintosh described as a bad day at the office.

Gene Churton scored their only goal, and Vicky Bowers-Mason was named player of the day.

Junior results: Ohaupo Terminators 2 Ham West Rovers

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