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Here we go again Social distancing has made an immediate return to supermarkets and the region faces up to the prospect of another extended battle with Covid-19 speading in the community.

Despite pleas not to panic buy after Auckland moved to Level 3 and the rest of the country to Level 2, queues at Waipā supermarkets stretched 100 metres from their doors yesterday.

Under Alert Level 2 guidelines, contact tracing, physical distancing and limits on the number of people allowed into buildings must be in place at all businesses and public facilities.

Outside Pak‘n Save in Te Awamtu yesterday Kerrianne Revell was with son

Arlo. She said she was all set to return to work after the first Covid outbreak and send her son to day care, and it was “quite scary” to be back at Level 2.

Francois Rademan was disappointed to be back at Level 2 and suggested the response was more reactive than proactive.

The government moved swiftly after announcing Covid-19 had been diagnosed in four members of an Auckland family of six and appeared to be the result of community transmission.

One, a man in his 50s, works at a facility in South Auckland that has links to Auckland airport. Another had visited a

tourist centres in Rotorua.

The levels will be reviewed at midnight tomorrow.

Restrictions are in place at all Waipā District Council facilities, but essential services and work continues as normal.

Rubbish collection services, although privately managed in Waipā, are essential and will continue to operate.

Front counter services at council’s Cambridge and Te Awamutu officer will remain open with a limit on the number of people allowed into the building.

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Francois Rademan waits in line at Pak ‘n Save yesterday.

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The Tricolor Trophy

Te Awamutu College’s First XV rugby team will challenge for the Tricolor Trophy under lights in Pirongia tomorrow and aim to avenge an earlier defeat.

The College side takes on Matamata, who lifted the old trophy from Cambridge High’s grasp a fortnight ago.

The trophy is the equivalent of the Ranfurly Shield for Waikato secondary school rugby.

Te Awamutu College celebrated a 10-8 home win over Cambridge last weekend, while in-form Matamata beat Fraser High 3117. The Piako school beat Cambridge 19-10 to lift the Tricolor at tha start of the month.

Te Awamutu College’s First XV captain Troy James, who is in his third season both playing for and captaining the College side, explayed the team’s approach to the clash.

“Playing for the Tricolor Trophy is a very cool opportunity, but honestly we just have to approach the game like we would any other and prepare well.”

He said there would undoubtedly be a few nerves ahead of the trophy clash, but the team had been bouyed by beating Cambridge 10-8.

“I think Matamata is a similar side to us in a lot of ways, they’ll be tough. But given our strong performance against Cambridge I see no reason why we can’t tip them up if we play well.”

The trophy game kicks off at 6.30pm at Pirongia Domain.

The College side has chalked up two wins and a loss from its three games in the Co-ed First XV series his season – the loss was a 4115 defeat to Matamata last month.

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Here we go again Continued on page 2

Facilities including libraries, museums, playgrounds, skateparks, toilets, BMX tracks and boat ramps will also remain open to the public with restrictions.

Waipā mayor Jim Mylchreest said moving back to Alert Level 2 restrictions was necessary for the safety of all residents.

He encouraged all residents to download and use the NZ Covid Tracer app to enable effective contact tracing.

“I also strongly encourage residents to download council’s Antenno app which will reduce the need to come into council offices for things like paying rates.”

Retail NZ says the three-day lockdown could be catastrophic for businesses recovering from the impact of the initial Covid-19 outbreak. Under Level 3, businesses must close their doors to customers, but can still sell online.

The emergence of new cases came after more than 100 days without a positive test was celebrated this week. But it was not unexpected – director general of health Ashley Bloomfield has consistently talked of the possibiity of a second wave of Covid.

A total of 22 people died with Covid in New Zealand folowing the original outbreak. A total of 188 cases were reported in the Waikato district, 187 of those people recovered.

has put excessive pressure on the current toilets.”

The existing facility was at the end of its lifecycle and work on the replacement block will start next month and take six months to complete. Temporary toilets will be available in the interim.

A key part of the project involves constructing a new wastewater system.

The new toilets will be constructed off-site and arrive to the site by truck to be lifted into position.

The first flush should be in November.

Cabinet call to our artists Chorus wants to extend its cabinet art programme in Te Awamutu and is calling for design ideas.

A cabinet has been chosen for beautification and artists are being encouraged to get their designs in before the end of August.

The project, launched in 2010, aims to dress up frequently tagged cabinets as has been successful nationally.

Chorus community relations manager Jo Seddon says the cabinets become works of art in the street, often telling stories about the communities in which they are located and help to discourage tagging.

“This is a win-win for our communities.

Not only do we get fantastic art works in our streetscape, but also it provides work and promotion of our local artists,” she said.

“We already have some great murals in the town, and I can’t wait to see what artists come up with for Te Awamutu this time.”

All finished art will be included on the

Chorus website and will be considered for the 2021 Chorus Cabinet Art calendar.

For more information go to www.chorus. co.nz/community/cabinet-art-programme .

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services manager Sally Sheedy said a replacement and upgrade was much needed and long overdue.

“These new facilities have been in the pipeline for some time now to respond to the number of visitors to Pirongia, which

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Pirongia is to get a new set of public toilets.

They will be nearly double the size of the current facility and feature the town’s heritage colours - green and red.

The new toilets will cost around $500,000, of which $250,000 has been funded by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

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Last year we delivered 200 hampers packed with Christmas goodies, presents and treats for families around the region.

This year we would like to expand on this and deliver even more hampers. Last year thanks to some generous donors we were able to even organise a large number of chickens so some families could have Christmas with all the trimmings. This year we will be hitting the streets to organise

collection points for gifts, retail outlets for donation boxes and once again; later in the year beating the feet and going from street to street seeking food donations to add to the hampers. We have a Facebook page: Operation Christmas Hampers so please like the page to see our updates.

In other news this week, we are finalising the details for the CCTV camera system operation. I am meeting next week with the operators to move forward with getting the cameras monitored as was originally planned before Covid struck us all down.

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Briefs…

Seymour in Waipā

ACT leader David Seymour will speak at a public meeting at the Te Awa Lifecare village today at 11am. His National opposite Judith Collins was in the Taupō electorate this week on the campaign trail – though the party’s communication wing did not alert the News to the fact.

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The Lines Company (TLC) has reported a net profit after tax of $6.7 million for the 201920 year having made what it calls a “significant positive step-change in its business”.

Chair Mark Darrow said the Te Kuiti based electricity distribution company had provided a “record businessdriven return and substantial beneficiary discount”.

Street show

About 200 perfomers took their talents to 16 Waikato towns including Te Awamutu last weekend for a regional festival dubbed Best Fest. Best Fest Coordinator Paul Bradley says bringing performing arts into the public domain is one way to enhance the wellbeing of Waikato towns.

Staffing shortage keeps station shut

By Jeremy Smith

A post-lockdown staff shortage is being cited as the reason for Te Awamutu’s transfer station’s “ongoing temporary closure”.

But a spokespeson for Waste Management - the service provider for the Daphne St facility - has confirmed it should be back operating to “normal

hours” next week.

Its closure has left residents making an hour-long round trip to Hamilton to dispose of their waste.

A resident told the News it has ben fristrating not knowing when the station would be open, and arriving with a load to find it was shut.

In a statement to the News on Monday, Waste Management’s

By Viv Posselt

Almost the entire roll at Pokuru School just outside Te Awamutu joined hands with restoration workers on Mt Kakepuku last month and helped plant about 2000 native trees and shrubs.

The 160 youngsters were shuttled up to the maunga for rostered planting sessions.

“We went up in rostered groups so the bigger kids could help the little kids

with the planting,” said Pokuru School principal Vicki Robinson. “Our staff went up as well, and we had huge parent response for the initiative … it was a fantastic day.”

The school has been working annually on the initiative with Waipā District Council (WDC) staffers who manage the eastern side of Mt Kakepuku.

WDC Biodiversity Planner Krissy Barnes said restoration

Waipā is to get a new police station.

Tainui Group Holdings and police have signed a joint agreement which will see the building erected in Cambridge and open by February 2022.

Out with the coal

Covid cancellation

The 75th Anniversary of Victory over Japan (VJ) Day ceremonies scheduled for Saturday at the Cambridge Cenotaph and Te Awamutu’s Sunken Cross Memorial have been cancelled following the government announcement of Alert Level Two.

availability and, for health and safety reasons, it is not possible to bring in a replacement team at short notice.

“Operating the transfer station requires specialised knowledge and training.”

The transfer station’s usual operating hours are Monday through Saturday, 8am – 4pm. It is closed on Sunday.

Restoration through a child’s lens

New station

Fonterra’s Te Awamutu plant is set to switch from coal to wood pellet energy when an $11 million power source project is completed later this month. The change over is slated for September 1.

lower North Island general manager David Howie apologised for the “inconvenience of the temporary closure”.

“Following Government guidelines, all Waste Management transfer stations were closed to the public over Level 4 lockdown,” he said.

“The Te Awamutu transfer station is temporarily closed due to staffing

Stanley Wickens doing his bit for restoration on Mt Kakepuku.

planting had been ongoing at the site for several years in order to provide and enhance habitat for native wildlife on and around Kakepuku.

“We have worked with the school before, and thanks to huge enthusiasm from the school kids and amazing support from teachers and parents, almost 2000 native trees supplied

by WDC were planted this year at the maunga,” she said. “We hope to continue this restoration project with Pokuru School, and are planning to work together with our mana whenua partners in the area, Ngāti Unu and Ngāti Kahu of Te Kōpua Marae, to provide students with a holistic experience of learning more about the cultural, historical and ecological significance of their local maunga.”

Once up the mountain and before they started work, the children had a sit-down session with Waipā contractor Murray Davies, who shared his knowledge on the local flora and fauna. He clearly made an impression as his name came up when the younger team members crafted a story on their trip up the mountain,

Lukah Frederick-Walker gets a helping hand during the planting from his big brother Olly Frederick-Walker.

later re-telling it to their parents at school assembly.

“We got off the bus and there was lots of cow poo,” they started. “Then we climbed up Kakapuku and we saw and heard lots of native birds … there were so many fantails. We think they were saying thank you for planting the native trees for them and other native birds on the mountain.”

Their story went on: “We

met Murray,” they wrote.

“He used to chop down native trees. He did not know how special they were back then. Now he helps plant them and so do we, so that the birds will eat the berries and spread the seed from the berries by pooping them out all over our maunga.”

Aah - science always sounds so much more fun through a child’s lens.

Sweets for ‘knights in shining armour’

By Viv Posselt

Wednesday’s return to Covid restriction came just weeks after members of the Te Rahu branch of Rural Women New Zealand joined in a national initiative to acknowledge the lockdown efforts of essential

worker groups in their communities.

The Te Rahu women showed their appreciation for pharmacies, who according to branch president Sue Graham, provided an enormously valuable service to people in and around Te Awamutu.

“We felt they did an amazing job

during a really difficult time – and they did it with a smile all the time. I felt they were our knights in shining armour.”

To show their appreciation, Te Rahu members baked up a storm then brought their homemade fare together at a Mighty Morning Tea.

The following day, they delivered boxes of the baked goods, plus cards and discount vouchers, to staff at four Te Awamutu pharmacies.

Sue said the initiative was a national one, with each branch getting to choose which groups they wanted to thank.

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Board wants fly tipping tackled

By Jeremy Smith

Waipā District Council stepping in to oversee rubbish collection and introducing district-wide residential wheelie bins would help combat fly tipping.

That was the view of Te Awamutu Community Board member Jill Taylor when the issue of illegal rubbish dumping was discussed at the board’s August meeting on Tuesday night.

She said Council was one of only three in the country which did not oversee and operate the district’s rubbish

collection services.

“I’ve wanted Council to oversee rubbish collection since I moved to Te Awamutu 15 years ago..

“I came from South Taranaki and with those two things in place there, I feel we didn’t have the same issues with fly tipping that we do here.”

Waipā’s rubbish collection is not paid for by ratepayers and there are several different rubbish collection providers.

These include EnviroWaste, which collects kerbside rubbish on specified days.

Waste Management does

offer a wheelie bin service which users pay for.

Ms Taylor’s comments come as Council’s planning and regulatory services manager Wayne Allen told the board fly tipping was an issue on Council’s radar.

“There were 136 reports of illegal rubbish dumping received by Council in the final quarter of last financial year. In the previous quarter there was 52.

“So, it is an issue Council is being made more and more aware of.”

He said lockdown may have played a role in that

increase and that Council had not overseen rubbish collection in “a number of years”.

In the 2019-20 financial year the Council received 241 complaints of dumping.

Two $400 infringement notices were issued.

On the rural rubbish front, Waipā District Council compliance manager Karl Tutty told the News Council “did not currently have an official position”.

A distinction needed to be made, he said, between rural rubbish collection points and fly tipping.

Waipā District Council community services manager Sally Sheedy (centre) discusses Tuesday night’s agenda with Te Awamutu Community Board members Jill Taylor and Gary Derbyshire.

He said rural rubbish collection points are used by residents living in rural locations who aren’t able to get their rubbish collected from outside their homes.

“These are unofficial collection points which have been established by residents, not Council, nor are they Council collection points.”

A workshop examining the rural rubbish collection points is to be held

by Council’s Strategic Planning and Policy Committee next month.

Also at the meeting, the Council’s transportation manager Bryan Hudson discussed a parking survey which was undertaken in Te Awamutu.

Recycle shocker

Waipā District Council is investigating an incident which saw the unwelcome arrival of these seven black rubbish bags full of household waste suspend production at its recycling centre. The black bags contained rotting food, dog droppings, maggots and green waste.

Production stopped for almost an hour while staff cleaned up the mess. It is understood the items were placed in a recycling wheelie bin.

Business Showcase

NZ Post moves into Paper Plus From today you’ll be able to buy your books and toys and post them too at Te Awamutu Paper Plus.

NZ Post moved out of the building it was sharing with Kiwibank at midday yesterday and re-opens today at the award-winning bookshop on Mahoe St. Paper Plus owners Murray and Linda Green will offer a full range of NZ Post functions, including bill payments and NZTA vehicle registrations.

“I guess we can expect a few teething issues, but on the whole we’re really excited about being able to provide these services to our customers,” Murray said.

Te Awamutu Paper Plus owner Murray Green is looking forward to offering NZ Post services to customers.

Murray checks out the new NZ Post box lobby.

“We love offering the convenience of being a ‘one-stop-shop’ – we already have Paper Plus, Toyworld and Lotto combined under one roof – and adding NZ Post will enhance that, so it’s great.”

The relocation means postal services will be more available to locals in line with Paper Plus’s opening hours: 9am-5.30pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday,

9am-6pm on Wednesday and Saturday, and 10am4pm on Sunday.

The Greens’ business, which won Large Store of the Year at the Paper Plus Group Gala Awards a year ago, has been reconfigured slightly to accommodate NZ Post facilities, and a box lobby will be accessible from the Market St car park.

Murray said all NZ Post staff who had wanted to keep their jobs had been

Members of Paper Plus’s friendly team (from left) Kath David, Alison Muggeridge and Rebecca Penny.

offered new contracts and made the move across town.

NZ Post stores had been splitting from Kiwibanks and partnering with local businesses all over New Zealand, he said, with Paper Plus franchisees often given first dibs on co-location opportunities.

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schools, cultural groups and sports clubs over the past 22 years, including the Paper Plus Te Awamutu Netball Centre.

Murray has also had a hands-on role in coaching athletics at the local club and college for nearly two decades and is the current chairman of Athletics Waikato/Bay of Plenty.

He, Linda and their team are now looking forward to embarking on the latest chapter in their business’s long-running success story.

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By the numbers

domestic visitors.

“We’re working hard to attract Visitor spend in Waipā during June fell domestic visitors back to the 25 percent compared to the same time last region post-Covid, by targeting year, a Hamilton & Waikato Tourism report the leisure, business and events has revealed. market in key ‘drive and fly’ In the document provided to the News, markets,” Mr Dawson said. the regional tourism organisation’s chief “We know there is more executive Jason Dawson said the drop was pain to come for tourism, with almost solely due to the Covid-19-induced no international travellers absence of a physical Mystery Creek-based returning to New Zealand for the Fieldays event. foreseeable future.”

The Southern hemisphere’s largest Waikato is the typically Jason Dawson agricultural gathering, which Mr Dawson country’s fifth largest region labelled the Waikato region’s largest “anchor event”, for visitor spend - up to January visitor spend was generated $549m in sales for New Zealand firms in annually injecting $1.58b into the regional economy.

2019.

Mr Dawson said 2.5 million New Zealanders live A roughly $183 million slice of that pie went back within a three-hour radius of Waikato. into the Waikato economy - with about 130,000 “We are a significant domestic drive market for the visitors recorded in 2019. central and upper North Island.”

Last week it was reported that about 90,000 visitors Historically, nearly three-quarters of visitors to the stopped by the replacement Fieldays’ online offering. Waikato are domestic.

Elsewhere in the report, Mr Dawson said there “Our geographic location has been a key advantage were positive signs post lockdown. for us as a region pre-Covid and even more so in “Over the past few weeks, accommodation, retail, today’s market,” Mr Dawson said. hospitality, tourism operators, transport providers He added Waipā and Waikato residents responded and event venues are all benefiting from an influx of well to the RTO’s Mighty Local campaign, urging domestic visitors,” he said. residents to shop and support local. Other initiatives Waipā’s May tourism spend was only four percent have been implemented as intra-regional travel down when compared to the same month last year – restrictions have been lifted. recording $173 million.

“During a crisis is always a good time to Meanwhile, a recently published Data Ventures innovate and continue to undertake research and report commissioned by Tourism New Zealand development. stated Waikato had the second-highest level of “The findings of this research have enabled us to domestic visitors during the July school holidays. more effectively plan and execute our restart and According to the report, Waikato achieved 19 recovery strategy. percent growth in domestic visitor numbers during “We identified early on that restarting both the July 2020 school holidays, compared to July 2019. business events and major gatherings would play a An average of 55,140 domestic travellers visited key role in leading the social and economic recovery during the 2020 July holidays, compared to 46,350 of our visitor economy.” visitors this time last year.

Culinary Cambridge, being held next month, was Only Auckland attracted more, with 79,160 an example of that, Mr Dawson said.

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Loral’s hooked on Mahjong

By Danielle Zollickhofer, Wintec journalism student

Loral Piggott thought trying on 144 tiles with Chinese characters Mahjong would be a good option – and symbols. The aim of the game is to and now she has clocked up more than accumulate four sets and a pair of tiles.

20 years as a player.

Age and fitness have contributed The former nurse and her late the Lyceum group of 14 players being husband Dave wanted to move from reduced to just six today and the club their home north of Whangarei and is always looking for new members. hired a campervan to inspect the The Mahjong Club meets every region.

Wednesday afternoon from 1pm to “The plan was to start in Te 4pm at the Te Awamutu Lyceum Club Awamutu and go cross country. But at 321 Bank Street. we liked the place, found a house and Together with the Te Awamutu stayed. And I have been happy here RSA, the club is one of at least 30 for 23 years.” nationwide.

Dave’s health had declined, and There are also regular tournaments the couple retired from work before all over the country. moving south to the Waikato.

Loral, 79, has one Mahjong goal Loral looked for social groups to in mind – she would like to play the connect with and saw a newspaper game in China, where it was born. advert from the Lyceum Club.

“They had a range of clubs to offer that attracted me. At the time I was primarily interested in the library.”

As Loral made new friends at the club, she started going more often and became member of the book, writer’s and music circle.

And in 1998 she joined the Mahjong Club, too. Although she had heard of the game before coming to Te Awamutu, she had never tried it herself.

“A neighbour up in Whangarei used to play it. When I saw it on offer at the Lyceum Club, I thought I would give it a go.”

She got hooked once she started.

“It is good for the brain and gets addictive really quickly.”

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Saturday spin classes draw numbers

By Viv Posselt

Members of Te Awamutu Creative Fibre held a Spin-in at the town’s Baptist Church Hall last weekend.

The annual gathering attracted visitors keen to see fibre spinning in action and admire a collection of finished pieces.

It also offered a range of goods for sale, including spun wool, patterns, books, and other items used by members for their craft work.

The club is one of several in the Waikato, all of whom belong to Creative Fibre NZ, the national body founded in 1969, originally as The New Zealand Spinning, Weaving and Woolcrafts Society. Its Te Awamutu Creative Fibre members Marie Brownlee, left, members include spinners, weavers, and Nynke Piebenga with some of the woven items Nynke knitters, dyers, flax workers, felters, was selling at the Spin-in.

crocheters and others using wool and other fibres. Many among them live rurally and spin wool from sheep they rear themselves.

The Te Awamutu group has weaving, spinning and knitting day and evening groups. Among its 40 or so members are some who come from outside Te Awamutu, including from Pirongia, Cambridge and Morrinsville.

Marie Brownlee, who is the day group coordinator and co-organiser of the Spin-in, said several enthusiasts from further afield

chose to join the Te Awamutu group. She has been spinning for 40 years, the last five of which she has spent in Te Awamutu.

Pirongia’s Nynke Piebenga is the group’s weaving co-ordinator. She said there was growing interest in weaving, with many of those who enjoy the craft starting out spinning the wool they use.

The August 8 Spin-in is something of a socially-oriented precursor to the group’s annual exhibition, which this year will be held in Te Awamutu on September 29.

Falcons fight back

When Robert Lichtwark and Terry Talbot were tending a sick cow on the edge of Robert’s avocado orchard in Maungatautari last week, they heard a harsh screeching.

Robert found two karearea – the native falcon - on the ground with talons interlocked.

He also spotted a third falcon on a branch watching the two below. As he got closer to the pair on the ground, one flew off with the watching bird, leaving the other on the ground exhausted.

Rob went up to the bird and carefully picked it up. It seemed injured, so he put it a carry cage and delivered it to Cambridge Vets. They examined the Falcon and held it overnight but, sadly, the bird did not survive.

“When something like

Robert Lichtwark, left, and Terry Talbot with the injured karearea.

this happens you realise that the numbers of these precious birds must be on the increase. We often see or hear one flying through – offering its signatory keck keck kecking call, on its way,” Rob said.

“I see the remnants of their kills on the orchard floor often – a round circle of feathers. But to see three

of them all together was extraordinary.”

Rob is a founding volunteer of the Maungatautari Scenic Reserve. He said it is marvellous to see work that has gone into the project paying off – and visits from falcons at his orchard, a short distance from the reserve, is a bonus.

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Groundhog Day struck Te Awamutu Sports in their Waikato Premier Rugby season closing fixture as they were beaten 47-13 by Hamilton Marist in Hamilton on Saturday.

It was, not for the first time, a match decided when the side made a slow start to a second half.

After being burned early to trail 7-0 in as many minutes, Sports’ defence held strong in the face of overwhelming possession and territory to hold the hosts out.

They had sporadic ventures in Marist territory, and created opportunities, but couldn’t finish them off and had to settle for two Logan Karl penalty goals to trail 7-6 as the shadows drew on half time.

Marist however had the last say, crossing as the clock expired to double their score. Sports was down on the board but, considering the dominance Marist enjoyed, very much in a tight encounter.

It was the troublesome period just after half time that burnt Sports though, as they let in three quick tries and, within ten minutes, the game was gone at 35-6.

Sports created more chances as the half wore on, but mistakes and penalties at crucial times cost them dearly, the desperation working against them and it seemed as soon as they were hot on attack, they found themselves hard on defence again.

Marist chipped in with two more scores as the second half evolved before finally midfielder Andrew Christie found some space close to line to cross untouched and bring the curtain down on a disappointing finish, but ultimately an encouraging season.

Results: Premiership A, Hamilton Marist 47 Te Awamutu Sports 13, Hautapu 37 Melville 18, Otorohanga 31 Fraser Tech 26, University 0 Hamilton Old Boys 36. Premiership B, Hamilton Marist 12 Te Awamutu Sports 22, Hautapu 15 Melville 39, Morrinsville Sports

Sports’ Gelestino Kuitau finds his way blocked by Marist defenders.

20 United Matamata Sports24, Otorohanga 22 Fraser Tech 21, University 24 Hamilton Old Boys 39.

Lone Star Hamilton Division 1A, Pirongia 22 Te Rapa 15, Frankton 26 Ohaupo 24, Leamington 21 Hinuera 32, Suburbs 24 Putaruru 12, Taupiri 6 Southern United 24.

Division 1B, Frankton 50 Ohaupo 0, Leamington 52 Hinuera 8, Taupiri defaulted to Southern United.

Under 85kgs, Fraser Tech 60 Leamington 5, Hamilton Marist 15 University 0, Melville 38 Otorohanga 10, Morrinsville Sports 36 Hamilton Old Boys 23.

Colts, Hamilton Marist won by default from Putaruru, Leamington 27 Fraser Tech 15, Morrinsville Sports 42 United Matamata Combined 12, University lost by default to Hamilton Boys High School.

Division 2 Semi Finals, Hamilton Old Boys 47 Jaradites 19, Raglan 24 Kereone 4.

Battling Reds beaten again NEW CAFE IN TOWN A stunning second half goal from Adam Blake was all a 10-man Te Awamutu had to show for a hardfought clash with Otumoetai in last weekend’s WaiBop football premiership.

The fifth placed Bay club won 3-1 after leading by a single goal – from the penalty spot – in the first half.

Gisler Architects Te Awamutu finished the game with 10 men after the red card was shown and remains anchored in the bottom two of the league with West Hamilton.

The side hosts Taupo on Saturday.

In other matches the reserves also lost 3-1, to Putaruru and they also

conceded from the spot.

The men’s D Division team won 5-2 against Unicol Gold thanks to strikes from Bradley Hirst, Aaron Cole, Daniel Sargent-Mens and Bradley Egglestone (2).

The Edmonds Judd Women’s won a physical encounter against Ngaruawahia 2-1. Coach Nigel MacIntosh reported that it was not the prettiest of games, but they were happy to get the points. Goals from Danielle Brdanovic sealed the deal.

The Pink Ladies produced their best performance of the season to beat Melville 2-0 with goals from Sydney Russell and Sam Kietzman.

Junior Results: 7th Grade, HUFC Hawks 1 Te Awamutu Red Devils 2, Hamilton West School Rangers 3 Te Awamutu Red Devils 1.

8th Grade, Girls, Tamahere Tarantulas 3 Te Awamutu Storm 7, Raglan Karioi Kahawai 8 Te Awamutu Storm 1.

Boys, HUFC Wolves 3 Te Awamutu Lightning 1, HUFC Coyotes 3 Te Awamutu Thunder 0, HUFC Coyotes 7 Te Awamutu Lightning 0, HUFC Wolves 1 Te Awamutu Thunder 3.

9th Grade, Ohaupo Terminators 2 Ngaruawahia Utd Netters 7, Te Awamutu Wolves 8 Northern Utd Chile 1.

10th Grade, Girls, Raglan Great Whites 2 Te Awamutu Diamonds 1. Boys, Northern Utd Valencia 2 Te Awamutu Terriers 1, Huntly Thistle Piranhas 0 Te Awamutu Blades 6.

11th Grade, Ngahinapouri Hawks 5 Te Awamutu Hurricanes 2.

12th Grade, Southwell School Totara 4 Te Awamutu Spurs 3, Te Awamutu Rovers 1 Morrinsville Jaguars 1.

13th Grade, Girls, Western Utd Rangers1 Te Awamutu Comets 2, Huntly Thistle Blazers 2 Te Awamutu Galaxy Girls 6.

13th and 14th Grade, Te Awamutu Hotshots 3 Morrinsville Wolves 0.

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Te Awamutu College Premier Boys showed focus and consistency in their double-header matches at the weekend at the Waikato High School Lacrosse League The team beat Hamilton Boys High School 9-7 then lost 10-8 to Cambridge High after trailing 9-1 at the break.

“Having back-to-back games is never easy for anyone, especially when you are coming against Hamilton Boys who

we played in the finals against last year and Cambridge with an up and coming team,” coach Will Chisholm said.

“We were short of regular players, so we had a few of the College boys who wanted to support the team and are hoping to join lacrosse. Now that they have had a taste of it. It was really nice to see people getting behind Te Awamutu College lacrosse and to put on such a show for everyone today.”

In the Girls High School League, Te Awamutu College Premier made it all look easy with a 25-4 win over Waikato Diocesan (25 goals to 4).

The team will meet Cambridge High School in a key benchmark match for the season next weekend. In the Girls A Division, Te Awamutu lost 15-3 to an improving Morrinsville College side and the B Division was beaten 15-9 by Cambridge High.

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Plant-based diets are all the rage and health professionals are urging us to eat more vegetables. ‘Swap out most of the meat for more veg.’

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Some simple options include: baked stuffed potatoes; pasta with five veg; hot pumpkin, onion, corn and spinach salad; vegetable stew; and stir-fries. Just ensure there is some protein included such as beans, peas, lentils, nuts, egg or cheese. This provides a balanced diet for those non meat eaters.

Cheese sauce is good old-fashioned protein and great poured over a mix of broccoli, cauli and kale. Stir-fried rice with veg and cashew nuts, risotto with cheese, or Spanish rice with julienned veg and chopped egg are three rice delights with appeal.

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Delicious as a side or a main. Great with grills.

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Meanwhile, sauté the shallot in the butter until softened.

Stir in the garlic. Place in a large bowl with the spinach and ricotta. Mix until well combined. Stir in the eggs. Season.

Tip into the baking dish. Bake for about 40 minutes, until just set. Serves 6-8 as a side dish or 4 as a main.

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500g pumpkin 25g butter 1 onion, diced 2 cloves garlic, crushed 2 tablespoons chopped sage leaves 1 1/2 cups Arborio rice 1/4 cup white wine 4 cups vegetable stock Topping: 2 tablespoons butter, chopped 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese Preheat the oven to 180°C. Peel and seed the pumpkin. Cut into 2cm cubes.

Heat the butter in an oven-proof frying pan. Sauté the onion until softened then stir in the garlic and sage. Cook for 1 minute. Add the rice and stir to coat in the butter. Pour in the wine, stirring until evaporated.

Meanwhile, bring the stock to the boil. Gradually stir into the rice mixture. Stir in the pumpkin. Cover and cook in the oven for 25 minutes until the rice is just cooked. Top with the butter and parmesan. Stir in just before serving. Serves 8 as a side dish or 4-5 as a main.

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Harrison off to a winning start Cambridge junior driver Alicia Harrison began her season in winning fashion when reining home the Steve and Amanda Telfertrained Mimi E Coco to win over 1700m at Alexandra Park last week.

The daughter of multiple Group One winner Molly Darling took some solid workout form into her fresh-up assignment and her connections were confident with her chances from the ace draw.

“She is a very smart horse and did it pretty easy,” Harrison said.

“She was going really well and had a bit of fitness under her belt. She came up with the right draw to make it really hard for the others to catch her.

“She is pretty smartly bred and the Telfers were pretty confident she could win the race.”

Harrison has been receiving plenty of support from Stonewall Stud of late and she said she was delighted to record their second win of the night.

“I was really happy to kick the season off well for Stonewall Stud,” she said.

“They have been brilliant in helping me out. It is really good to have them along with Arna (Donnelly, employer) behind me heading into the season.

“With a couple of big teams behind me hopefully I can pick up a few wins.”

Harrison has recently returned from the New Zealand Junior Drivers Championship held in Christchurch late last month where she finished third after winning the final heat of the competition behind Prince Teka.

“It was great to come third because I had a bit of bad luck through the series with a couple of scratchings and one didn’t really want to pace,” Harrison said.

“It was really nice to pick up that last win and finish third overall.

“It was a very tight series, so it just showed what a good bunch of young drivers there were. It came down to the wire.”

With one win on the board already this season, Harrison is hoping to quickly add to that tally as she would dearly love to take out the North Island junior driver premiership this term.

“The aim is to win this season’s North Island junior driver premiership, so hopefully I can just stay ahead of them now that I have got one,” she said.

While focusing the majority of her efforts on her driving, Harrison is also hoping to get on the winner’s board this year as a trainer.

She took out her trainer’s license at the start of the season to train her three-year-old filly Shirley Bassey, however, it will be a few months before she is seen on the track.

“She has just gone out this week for a month, so she will be a while away from being seen at the trials,” Harrison said. – Cambridge Raceway

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