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Despite the difficulties posed by Covid-19 restrictions, Te Awamutu residents stepped up to buy bunches of blooms and other related items during the Daffodil Day collection for the Cancer Society. Te Awamutu area co-ordinator Kathy Keighley said while the Covid-19 situation meant the event was lower key this year, sales from her three stands in town had gone well. However, there were fewer blooms available, fewer volunteers and no roaming collectors in the streets, she added. “We did have the bar code online donation system this time, and that was well used.” Kathy said Waipā growers and gardeners offered their blooms for Daffodil Day, and some had come as they do annually from the grounds at Waikeria Prison. It was largely thanks to the Covid-19 manoeuvring efforts of area volunteers and collectors that Daffodil Day collections were able to go ahead across the region. The event is the organisation’s largest annual fundraiser, and usually takes months of planning by staff and volunteer area co-ordinators in the community, said Waikato/ Bay of Plenty Cancer Society chief executive Shelley Campbell. “It’s fair to say the move to alert level 2 on August 12 meant many of our plans went out the window. There was a lot of hard work behind the scenes to ensure Daffodil Day street collections could continue safely…like distributing sanitiser to all our sites, and making contactless donations possible,” she said. “We simply couldn’t have done this without the support from our area co-ordinators and their teams of dedicated volunteers. While Daffodil Day may have looked a little different this year under alert level 2, the support from the community has been as heartwarming as ever.”
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Letters… Will they listen? It is not through years of legal and political experience that I expect councils to accept my letters to papers as a ‘heads up’ in such areas as council core facilities and forward thinking on such matters as building permits needing to incorporate water storage tanks and rainwater ‘rooftop catchment’ for all new dwellings to at least stimulate Waipā District Council (and other councils) to openly discuss that issue with their constituents. I have never been surprised that councils have usually given me the upraised middle digit in the form of the total ‘ignore’ when papers have printed my letters on such subjects in the past. I am highly pleased now that a high profile ‘lettered’ person such as Regional Council Chairman, Ross Rimmington, is now strongly putting that same issue squarely on councils’ plates and in the public eye. It will now be under that same public scrutiny, if councillors and mayors try and avoid that essential and urgent consideration, or in fact vote against it. It will also be a ‘sin of omission’ if councils delay bringing in water-tank provisions for new builds until after hundreds of the proposed new builds in the districts are under way, thus allowing those hundreds of new builds to be a total drain on district water services for years to come, before they then come under the authority of retro-legislation costing the home owners much more to become compliant. The eyes of the public will be upon our council representatives on this issue. I wonder if they will rise to the challenge or just try and ‘tough it out’. Dennis Pennefather Te Awamutu Point of order, Mr Chairman While I agree whole heartedly with the sentiments expressed by Russ Rimmington I fear he is guilty of doing what several politicians world wide are doing and have done in the past.
Mr Rimmington has pontificated making a very strong call for St Kilda residents to retro fit water storage tanks to store run off water. I find it disturbing that he can feel so strongly about the issue but can be at the same time so ignorant of what has happened in St Kilda I would suggest he do two things; 1. Find out what the covenants of the St Kilda development actually require and 2. Spend his time and influence getting the rest of the Waikato region up to the standards set by Matt Smith in his development. Matt Smith has set a very high standard in his development and I feel Mr Rimmington has done him a great disservice. The Cambridge News should publish the list of covenants and show how significant extra amounts of money have been spent on environmentally sustaining projects such as the creation of wetlands to absorb run off. Every house has had to put in place a 22,500 litre storage tank. Much has also been done to use solar power and insulation efficiently. High tension lines have been put underground. St Kilda has demonstrated some features that will become useful in the future. Can we say the same thing about some of our politicians? Garth Taylor, Cambridge Editor’s note: Thank you for pointing this out – the News did not do its homework on this one with regard to St Kilda, and had it done so the suggestion of a retro fit would not have appeared in print. See story page 3. Museum costs Reading the “museum downgraded” article on line (Stuff) I, and no doubt many others, was shocked to read that two Te Awamutu councillors were really disappointed that the $40 million option for the museum was rejected as being “unaffordable” by staff. The mayor’s comment was “the community will never wear the $40 million tag”. Where did the $40 million come from? Ratepayers were always told of $16 million (also too high….).
Facebook also had the Stuff article on line and one councillor responded to a query with “it was a proposal from staff”. This comment creates the question: are staff running council where council (as elected people) should be working for the residents? Remember the staff advised that the $40 million was unaffordable? Has the $40 million been totally rejected? The article did not state that it was voted on. Has the $16 million been accepted? If so, has all the external funding been achieved? Or is the $40 million a ruse to promote a higher sum than the $16 million so a “reduction in price” can be promoted? Personally I do like history – but “promoting” the land wars as the idea for the museum?. Whose views are going to be put forward? How can the real history be promoted? From what year is the history being told? The real truth in history is a thin line/grey area. Who do you believe? Example: how big was that fish again? Whatever is displayed and promoted I certainly hope that the real story is being told. Bernard Westerbaan, Chair, Te Awamutu Residents and Ratepayers Assoc. Editor’s note: See story page 5.
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Briefs…
Trainer dies
Former Waipā trainer Ray Cleaver has died after suffering a suspected stroke in Australia days after saddling up a runner at Mornington. Cleaver, 71, was based in Cranbourne and began his training career in Cambridge in 1976. He also rode 200 winners.
Train delayed
The Hamilton-to-Auckland commuter rail service Te Huia will start next year rather than before the end of 2020 as planned. The Waikato Regional Council says the November 2 date was put back because KiwiRail plans to carry out trackwork.
Dates set
The Wairere Drive extension which will improve traffic flow in the south Hamilton is now expected to be completed by mid-2022. The four-laning of the Waikato Expressway from the Bombay Hills to south of Cambridge is scheduled to be completed late next year.
Product recall
Mice are the likely cause of damaged baby food packaging which has prompted Countdown to issue a nationwide recall of brands of baby food pouches sold at Countdown, SuperValue and Fresh Choice stores. Any customer who has bought Smiling Tums, Only Organics or Natureland baby pouches can return the product to their nearest store for a refund.
DIY search
The Waikato Home & Garden Show is on the hunt for the region’s “Resene King and Queen of DIY”. For the first three days of the October 1-4 show contestants will compete in a series of heats with the target of progressing to a Sunday final. Challenges will test DIY prowess and could be anything from hanging wallpaper to creating a living wall. Contestants will be named on September 21.
Water: what the mayors say
“I agree we need change and that Waikato mayors councils must be much have given varying more future-focussed. views on Waikato That’s something Regional Council we’re driving chairman Russ quite hard and my Rimmington’s call councillors are already for water harvesting pushing staff to see to be made what changes we can compulsory in new make. Russ Rimmington Allan Sanson Max Baxter Paula Southgate Jim Mylchreest homes. “Hamilton already And one of the has a provision for our chairman’s suggestions about a Cambridge District Plan rules to be relaxed if a rainwater “The only real advantage is that individuals subdivision has proved to be unnecessary. can avoid paying for water during periods of wet tank is proposed. But Councillors want to know Mr Rimmington suggested homes in the St weather, but care should be taken to take account what more we can do, for example, encouraging Kilda subdivision in Waipā could be retrofitted rainwater collection for garden use. So you can of the additional capital and operating costs in with water tanks – but as the News was told expect to see Hamilton City become a lot more making the decision on whether or not to install quite firmly after its August 27 edition was active in this space.” a separate system.” published, there is no need. Max Baxter said his council had discussed He was one of four mayors canvassed for The homes in St Kilda must meet stringent this issue informally. The time was clearly opinions – the others were Allan Sanson eco-friendly conditions which include the use coming when decisions had to be made, and the (Waikato) Paula Southgate (Hamilton) and Max of rainwater collection tanks for toilet flushing, Auckland situation highlighted that. Baxter (Ōtorohanga). laundry and outside water taps. The issue of requirements on new builds was “Of course, where possible it would be great if Waipā mayor Jim Mylchreest told the News something that had to be explored more closely, people could store water on their property. This the installation of water tanks to conserve water certainly has merit but it’s not that simple,” Allan he said. Bylaws are already in place in Kawhia “is simplistic and does not achieve the desired Sanson said. requiring new builds to have 25,000 litre tanks result for either cost of the public supply, water “Sections these days are smaller, and people and his council can better monitor water use conservation or public health”. don’t want a big tank on what yard space they and wastage in Ōtorohanga now it has meters in “A properly constructed water supply that do have. I think there is a place for it, but not all place. charges on consumption is the most cost effective places. Retrofitting is expensive so it would only He said the council’s involvement with the and efficient means of delivering potable water work in new builds. It’s not the panacea.” and firefighting capacity for the community,” he Three Waters Reform Programme would see Paula Southgate predicted her council would water sources and storage closely examined. said. become more active in the area of water saving, By Roy Pilott
Pushing the youth vote
Wintec Communication students have teamed up with the Hamilton YWCA to encourage more young people to vote. YWCA general manager Riikka Anderson believes the lack of apparent interest in voting among young people stems from apathy and a lack of knowledge. In 2017 of the 333,164 enrolled 18 to 24-year-olds, 30.73% did not vote. Community connector and programme facilitator Abbey Uttley said the students want to change that. “Together with the Wintec students we hope to get more young people to register to vote, to turn up to vote and to raise awareness for the importance of voting in general.” Campaign leader, Cambridgeborn tutor Abby Dalgety, explained the strategies. “The students are working on a website, an Instagram and facebook page, posters and creative content
around the election,” she said. Cambridge resident Amy Craven is a student of Abby’s and works on the campaign. Being 18 years old, she is a first-time voter “therefore, I understand the target demographic and the importance to get young people to vote”. As the YWCA is an organisation for female empowerment, the students also put an emphasis on the legacy of Kiwi women. Amy is writing a blog post for the YWCA website about five inspirational women. “I chose Kate Sheppard, Nancy Wake, Dame Whina Cooper, Dame Valerie Adams and Sophie Hardford. I feel really connected telling the story of these women and hope that their stories inspire more young people to vote.” Over the next few weeks, the students will regularly post content on their social media platforms (@ youthvotenz) and website www. From left, students Amy Craven, Josiah Peipi, tutor Abby Dalgety and student Paula Jacobsen youthvotenz.com work on content for Youth Vote NZ’s social media channels. Photo: Geoff Ridder
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Macron moves could be made easy Waipā District Council has paved the way to bypass beauracratic paperwork and add macrons to Māori placenames. The call for a simplified process has won overwhelming support from Local Government New Zealand. The district council responded to News enquiries last year on the issue saying it supported the move to add a macron to make Waipa Waipā, but was hindered by the potential cost. Since then, though, it has placed macrons on its media releases. The use of macrons is important in Māori because it signals the correct way to pronounce a word. The word pronounced kaka, for example, is a colloquialism for poo – but kākā is the bird. Some residents in Tokoroa’s Kākā Street expressed delight when the South Waikato District Council opted for macrons in 2006. Tainui use a double consonant rather than a macron – so
kākā becomes kaakaa. The News has elected to use macrons. Aside from redrawing its livery, one of the major impediments to adding a macron to a placename for councils is that they have to go to the New Zealand Geographic Board, which carries out research and charges consultation
fees – a process which can take two years. Mayor Jim Mylchreest said for some time council has been battling to adopt the Maori orthographic conventions for the word Waipā, and add a macron to the letter ‘a’ when using the council’s full name. But complex legislation meant what should have been a simple exercise, wasn’t. “Essentially, we want to be able to use a macron and ensure the word Waipā is written correctly on all official council documents when the full, official name of council is used. If it’s written correctly, it is more likely to be pronounced correctly and every language deserves that,” he said. At a recent Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) conference, his council sought official support for a simplified process – and almost all councils backed the moved.
Scheme opens for creative bids The September round of the Creative Communities Scheme has opened for applications for community arts initiatives that help grow and promote local creativity. Each year Creative New Zealand provides funding to councils for distribution in their area. It helps more more than 1800 projects annually. Funding can cover materials for arts activities or programmes, venue or equipment hire, personnel or administrative costs for short-term projects and promotion of arts activities. Waipā District Council strategy and community services group manager Debbie Lascelles said taking part in creative activities had a positive impact on health and wellbeing, which was especially important in the current climate.
“We’re encouraging our arts community to dream up innovative and creative projects that align with current health restrictions and are accessible to our residents – from online performances to virtual galleries.” The current funding round is open to projects that run between November 1, 2020 and May 31, 2021. Each project should focus on at least one of the scheme’s three criteria - access and participation, diversity or young people. Applications to the September funding round close September 30. Application guides and forms are available at waipadc.govt.nz/creativecommunities or from Council offices in Cambridge or Te Awamutu. Completed application forms can be emailed to info@waipadc.govt.nz or dropped off at Council offices. Kihikihi Primary School received creative communities Scheme funding for a murals project last years
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Museum put on ice Waipā District Councillors will decide in June whether or not to go ahead with building Te Ara Wai, the proposed regional museum. Last week they rejected an $40 million option for the museum and discovery centre in favour of a $16 million opton for Te Awamutu to be included in their 2021-2031 Long Term Plan. The Long Term Plan – which includes proposals for a raft of major development over the next decade - has been subject to an ongoing public consultation process and what is in and what is out will be decided on in June. Waipā mayor Jim Mylchreest said the decision to put Te Ara Wai on hold reflected reality. “The fact is, Covid-19 has turned everything upside down and that means the fundraising environment as well. From the get-go, this project has relied on a big chunk of external funding and that hasn’t changed. But philanthropic and corporate money is simply not there anymore; we have to accept that and in the meantime not incur any further costs for ratepayers.”
“The more modest option still offers all the core components and visitor experience we had envisaged but will mean staff have to be more flexible in terms of backroom functions,” he said. The decision means that, apart from minor safety improvements on Market St, the streetscaping planned for the Te Awamutu hub area would also go on hold until there was more certainty around the project. Mylchreest said staff would continue to pursue fundraising opportunities where they saw them. Councillors have also directed staff to continue with a $5 million application to the Provincial Growth Fund, he said. The council remained committed to telling the district’s stories, including those of the New Zealand Land Wars, he said. “The last few years has shown there is a huge appetite to hear New Zealand’s stories so we have tapped into something important and we won’t be letting that go.” Te Ara Wai Journeys, a free mobile App, attracts about 1000 people each month.
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Therapy sessons for children By Viv Posselt
An inaugural series of art therapy community workshops aimed at helping children cope with stress, particularly as it relates to Covid-19 changes, will be held in Cambridge and Te Awamutu this month. Assuming Covid-19 alert levels remain workable, two hour-long workshops will take place at the Cambridge Library in Wilson St on Saturday, September 19, and at Te Awamutu the following Saturday, September 26. One for children aged 5-7 will start at 9.45am; another for youngsters aged 8-12 will start at 11.30am. A fee is payable and registration is essential. Both are supported by Waipā District Council’s Creative Waipā, and will be run by Cass Hendry, a registered clinical arts therapist who works towards positive mental health for New Zealanders of all ages. Clinical art therapy is relatively new to New Zealand. “It is well-established internationally, and is ideal for those who want to self-improve, who may be facing issues in their environment or with their
thought patterns,” Cass said. “It suits anyone from aged three upwards. In the case of children, it can be helpful in giving them greater awareness of their situation and can lead them to making choices that work for them.” Cass, who lives in Kihikihi and has a masters’ qualification in clinical arts therapy, moved into the field after deciding the life of a professional artist wasn’t for her. She read a piece on art therapy and found the visual art/therapy combination appealing, then embarked upon years of study. “The main thing for me is that someone comes on a journey with me. I let the person doing the therapy lead me; I let them decide what they need to do at a pace they can handle.” The journey through Covid-19 has left many children feeling uncertain and fearful, confused about the constant bombardment of information around illness and even death, she said. “A lot of parents find it difficult to talk to their kids about it. These art therapy sessions give the children an opportunity to express their concerns, to tell their story through the art in a different
environment.” More information on the workshops, and
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Clinical arts therapist Cass Hendry, who will run the workshops, has been working in the health and disability sector for over 20 years.
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Boatsheds in the top 10 By Viv Posselt
The Boatshed Kayaks at Lake Karapiro is basking in another big win – it has scooped a 2020 TripAdvisor Traveller’s Choice Award, putting it in the top 10 percent of worldwide attractions based on customer feedback on the travel platform. Winning awards is hardly new for the business Richard Clark started 20 years ago. His is a well-established tourist attraction that has won customer-linked awards through TripAdvisor almost annually. “We’ve been one of the top attractions in the area for years,” he said. “It’s always great to be recognised in that way, particularly as it comes on the back of positive customer feedback.” Richard said the award also served as recognition for his team, in particular his Cambridge-based guides Blake Todd, Sonja Van Wiik, Jack Foley and Shaun Hazelton. “It is very helpful to get that sort of feedback on staff. They are an incredibly valuable part of the operation, and good customer feedback is a great motivator.” Pre-Covid, the business attracted around 25 percent international tourists, principally from the USA, UK and Europe, and Australia. Nationally, the biggest numbers come from Auckland, Tauranga and the Waikato, which means the Covid lockdowns of 2020 have hit in waves. Working on tourist deals through Cambridge i-Site has helped steady the numbers, particularly across some of the more popular attractions, such as the yearround Glowworm Kayak Trips, the Waikato River Guided Trips and the Lake Karapiro Waterfalls Paddleboard Tours.
Richard, who works closely with daughter Phoebe Clark, has expanded the business in recent years, which means there is something going on almost every day of the year. “Our most popular product is the Glowworm Kayak Trips,” he said. “Clients travel to Epworth Camp at the end of the lake, meet up and paddle across the lake before dark, then have cheese and crackers around
an open fire before setting back. It’s very popular with families.” Covid-19 has resulted in some downsizing and a cautious approach to the upcoming programme. Some events have been cancelled, but Richard hopes the Cambridge to Hamilton Paddle Race, set down for September 27, and the Waikato 100 planned for October 1, will still go ahead.
Richard Clark is delighted that his business, The Boatshed Kayaks, is still up there with the best of them.
Council names new chief, sets voting Waikato Regional Council has made an internal appointment to succeed its outgoing chief executive. Chris McLay (pictured left) has worked for almost 20 years at the council, holding an executive position in charge of the council’s regulatory responsibilities for the last 17 years.
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Vaughan Payne will leave the council to become the deputy chief executive, operations, at the New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology (NZIST) being set up in Hamilton. Meanwhile, the council has voted 9-4 to stick with first past the post voting for the 2022 triennial election. It has rejected a change to single transferable voting (STV) and a poll of electors on the electoral system. The public will have a right to demand a poll on the issue.
Councillors heard Hamilton City Council had recently voted to use STV, but the region’s district councils had signalled they would retain the first past the post system. Concerns were raised by councillors that different voting systems might cause confusion for voters and result in invalid votes. Waihou-Piako constituency councillor and former Matamata-Piako mayor Hugh Vercoe said that district had tried STV, but it presented difficulties and there had been a return to first past the post.
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Why I abandoned Google
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Yesterday I changed my search engine. That is to say I set the default search engine in the web browsers on all my electronic devices to something other than Google. What is this madness? Google reportedly processes around 70,000 search queries every second. That means six billion searches a day. That’s mainstream by anyone’s standards so you’d have to have a pretty good reason to deviate from that path, wouldn’t you? It is well known that Google has generated enormous wealth and continues to do so. As long ago as 2011 one of the founders spent $45 million on a superyacht. And there’s the reason - a superyacht is about as green as a bonfire in a coalfield with no reason for being other than the gratification of the owner. I do not propose to discuss whether or not any of us would choose a life of ultimate luxury were we able to afford it - I’ve done that in a previous column - but there is a better way. It’s called Ecosia. It is a search engine founded by a 35-year-old called Christian Kroll, and it gives away 80% of its profits to tree-planting charities. Rather than a superyacht, Christian takes to an inflatable dinghy for his boating enjoyment, and he has placed legal restrictions on his company to ensure that shareholders and staff may never personally sell shares or take profits outside the company. To date Ecosia has funded the planting of over 105 million trees and there are grand plans for expansion - and the future planting of billions of trees. A couple of weeks ago a reader from Te Awamutu wrote to the editor to take issue
This weekend it’s Father’s Day. Come Sunday morning, fathers up and down the nation will be feted on centre stage for a brief moment. Breakfast in bed might be a standard staple for a few pampered papas…for others receiving a phone call from afar (or nearby), might have to suffice. Perhaps a visit, maybe a little gift or token of appreciation could be in the pipeline for other doted upon Dads. Going by the advertising for Father’s Day, I imagine it provides retailers, service providers and suppliers with a boost in turnover, as gifts are purchased, cards are sold, and coffee bars or eateries are patronised. The commercialism of Father’s Day could obscure the simple point of what is actually being observed. It’s a marker - a pause where families, sons and daughters can reflect on the Dad -or Dad ‘figure’ in their lives…and remember. The polarising truth is that some will remember with a great deal of fondness and thankfulness. Delight and gratitude may abound, while others will reflect a bit more ruefully, finding scant cause for celebration and little to honour… Whether present, absent or passed away, everyone’s ‘Dad experience’ will vary. Some will relate joy-filled, nurturing and loving, supportive fatherly encouragement. Other’s accounts will be of a Dad present in a physical sense but absent for all intents and purposes at an emotional level… those who provided decently and adequately in practical terms yet fell from the task of really being ‘there’ in ways that count. It is troubling how many people’s ‘Dad stories’ mostly conjure up deep feelings of pain, loss and rejection within them. Sadly, many kids
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with a column I wrote. I think his point was that I wasn’t being as green as I was claiming to be. Of course I welcome any kind of response to my thoughts because that makes it a discussion and the world is a better place for it. Anyway, this reader was talking about glomalin (search it on Ecosia), and the beneficial effects on the environment of this recently discovered substance. He also said that “Pasture locks far more soil carbon per hectare than forest.” My initial reaction to that statement was that it can’t possibly be true, but I think it might be a matter of semantics; pasture may lock more “soil” carbon than forest but that doesn’t take into account the biomass of the forest itself, which incidentally is rocking a fair bit of glomalin on its own account. However my aim here is not to prove anyone right or wrong - my aim is to encourage thought, debate, and where possible, action in the arena of conservation and climate change. I hope our Te Awamutu reader and I can both agree with Christian Kroll when he says - “Ego consumption is not appropriate in a world where there’s climate change.” Therefore I would recommend that everybody uses Google one last time to find the Ecosia website - and take it from there.
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It would be pleasing to escape from the dreariness of the degree of care being thrust at elderly people during the Covid period. I do not object to that care but sometimes feel that the manner by which it is dispensed treats us as mindless and incapable of clear and sensible thought. But in the majority the people who are dispensing this ‘we are looking after you’ theme – be they politicians, retirement village management or families need to be aware that these are people who have struggled through life successfully, have a good degree of competence and can actually read newspapers. Clearly those of a younger mould are still catching up with this wealth of experience. Reeling the line further in why is it that children 12 years and over must wear masks on the school bus but those under are not required to do so? Why is it, now they are at Level 2.5, that residents of Auckland are all perceived to be very unclean, possibly not careful enough and do not wear masks to the degree that is evident overseas? Be that as it may we are all in this same boat together. I get it that residents of retirement care homes of the old-fashioned variety, are very prone to the virus - especially where they are corralled together in a circle in an over-heated room looking at each other. I get it that people who deliberately walk past both the Covid yellow app sign and the signin page without signing at the local coffee shop should be apprehended. But in a brief survey over 30 minutes at my regular caffeine establishment last week I noted that 50 percent deliberately ignored the availability quite properly put there by the shop owner.
Should she apprehend them? If she did would they walk out and never return? Should she be wary about her well depleted income this year and decide that business economy has a lesser risk that an ignorant customer? Quite a decision to have to make. Somewhere there is a magic age at which one becomes more prevalent to becoming unwell. If someone would be kind enough to explain to me whether that is 65, 70, 75 or 80 I can then approach life in a more balanced way. At 65 I can be the recipient of the pension and the Gold Card. At 75 I had to re-apply for my driving license. At 80 – not there yet – the driving license will need the support of one’s medical adviser. And there is a misconception out there that optometrists can actually state that someone is allowed to drive because their eye-sight is good – even if they can only see out of one eye. Unless one has a rubber neck and a superb swivel in one’s spine safe driving of the single eye variety is a matter that the insurance industry should take appropriate notice. All of this is quite depressing but very real. As one advances in years, pleasured at having reached this far, it is much easier to reflect that what has been thrust upon us, while serious, is just yet another of life’s challenges. The horrors of war, overseas funds needed to buy a car, over-subsidised farmers, carless days, compulsory military training, mortgage rates approaching 20 per cent, poor infrastructure etc. All of these have been met up front, experienced, dealt with and we have moved on.
growing up, have fathers who never learned any sense of responsibility, instead they habitually inject selfish destructive influences into family life… that’s a continuing and concerning reality commonly seen among our communities. Having the biological capability to produce children does not make a male - a real father. Our culture reflects “fatherlessness” stemming from broken Dads passing on their pain and hurt to sons (and daughters) who in turn become vulnerable and susceptible to unconsciously reproducing the flawed, inadequate modelling they experienced, in the lives of their own children. It’s a cycle that is proven to perpetuate. It raises the question: how can we change this? Models of what good Dads look like are necessary in order to cut a new groove. Qualities and attributes needing expression would be showing genuine care-filled ‘thereness’ and providing nurture at every level…providing an inspiring example of character, providing opportunity for building confidence and personal value in kids’ lives, setting boundaries, correcting when needed with loving discipline to protect children from making poor decisions…not being distracted and overly busy with a life crammed with so many things that kids end up neglected… Speaking of neglecting things…since none of us Dads are perfect fathers and deep inside none of us wants to fail as a Dad, we could all do with some help. God’s help… Think about that one - it’s crucially needed and freely available.
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First winner for former champion apprentice Former champion South African apprentice Kersley Ramsamy (pictured) put his first win on the board in New Zealand when he guided promising three-year-old Sheza Jakkal to victory at Te Aroha on Saturday. The well-travelled Mauritian-born rider has been in New Zealand since shortly before the first Covid-19 lockdown in March and recently moved to Te Aroha after initially being based in the South Island. Ramsamy works for Te Aroha’s Gavin Opie and collected the first victory for the partnership with a heady ride aboard Sheza Jakkal, who started a $3.30 second elect in the maiden 1300m contest after an eyecatching finish at Taupo at her previous start. Ramsamy is enjoying his time in New Zealand after initially visiting the country
for a short break during the off season in Mauritius but finding himself stuck here due to the restrictions on international travel caused by the global pandemic. “I was riding for one of the leading stables back home but decided to come to New Zealand for a little while during the break that we have in the season back home,” Ramsamy said. “I started off in the south where I had a couple of rides but then I contacted Gavin and made the move up to Te Aroha. “I primarily ride trackwork for Gavin but I’m now riding more for the other trainers
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at Te Aroha which is good as I’m hoping that will help me to get more raceday rides. “When I knew I would be here for a while due to the Covid-19 situation I decided I wanted to make a real go of it so the best way to do that is to ride winners and get noticed by the trainers.” Ramsamy is no stranger to success having commenced his career in South Africa, where he went on to become champion apprentice. That title saw him invited to participate in an international apprentice series where he struck immediate success.
“That led to me receiving an invitation to ride in France in a qualifying race for the world champion apprentice series. “I had one ride and won the race which took me to the finals in Abu Dhabi where I finished third. “I then travelled to Germany, Italy and Oman for some rides at different festivals before heading back to South Africa. “I rode for a little longer there before moving back home to Mauritius. “New Zealand racing is a little different to what I know back at home as the tracks are bigger and roomier and more like South Africa. “I do enjoy it here and I’m looking forward to riding more winners now I have got my first one under my belt.” – NZ Racing Desk
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Another chance for the prems
Te Awamutu has another chance to end its winless streak as it starts life in the playoff series of the WaiBop Premiershp and a battle against relegation this weekend. The Gisler Architects Premier side hosts Tauranga City in a home game on Saturday in what is called the Premiership B series. The competition involving 12 teams has been split into top and bottom six with Te
Awamutu matched with Tauranga, Huntly, Matamata, West Hamilton and Taupō. It will be a tough ask for Te Awamutu as they and West Hamilton were well off the pace in the round robin. One team did break a drought last weekend – Te Awamutu’s Edmonds Judd men’s team beat Waikato Unicol Veterans 2-1 with goals from Dane Mitchell and Keinen Wyatt. The
side travesl to Melville on Saturday. Te Awamutu Men’s D Division team impressed in winning 4-0 at West Hamilton with goals from Sean Stringfellow (penalty), Flynn Prutton and Bradley Egglestone (2). The team hosts Cambridge at Anchor Park on Saturday. Te Awamutu Edmonds Judd women beat their Pink Ladies team 4-2 at the stadium in a
good spirited game. First blood went to the Pink Ladies with a strike from Nicole May. Edmonds Judd struck back with a goal from Danielle Brdanovic before half time. Two more goals after the half time break from Gen Churton and Danielle Brdanovic extended the lead. Sam Kietzman made it 3-2 before a Lynley Mourits goal secured the three points.
Cambridge shows form in Lacrosse League
It was double victories for Cambridge High School last this weekend, with both the Premier Girls and Boys teams winning their matches in the Waikato High Lacrosse League. The Premier Boys team won against defending champions Te Awamutu College 11-5 at the Inline Hockey Rink in Hamilton on Sunday. Year 13 player - Alistair Hearmon – took care of most of the goals and was awarded player of the match. Despite the clear victory, team coach Anthony Warrington said there were gaps in the team’s play during the early stages of the match in both offence and defence. Only after the half-time briefing, when he asked them to refocus their game, stick to their opponents in
defence, and find space in offence did Cambridge really take control of the game. Cambridge High have been Waikato champions once since the Boys’ High League started seven years ago. The two most experienced player in the team - Alistair Hearmon and Blake Anderson – are keen to return the trophy back to Cambridge in their final year. In the Girls’ League, the Cambridge High School Premier team secured their fifth consecutive win, this time against Waikato Diocesan 12-3. Aishlyn Lawton, Lucy Kibby, and Jodi Mouat all scored two goals. During Level 2, the girls’ matches are being played at Tamahere Park, and across multiple venues to keep within restrictions. All Premier boys
were live-streamed so parents could tune-in and watch the action. The Waikato High Lacrosse season closes with the finals on the weekend of September 19-20 and the national secondary champs are the weekend after.
Results Girls: Premier, Hamilton Girls High 18 St Pauls Collegiate 4, Cambridge High 12 Waikato Diocesan 3, St Peters Cambridge 12 Hillcrest High 8, Te Awamutu College 18 Sacred Heart Girls College 4. A Division, Morrinsville College 16 Matamata College 3, Cambridge High 17 Te Awamutu College 1. B Division, Pool A, Rototuna High 2 Sacred Heart Girls College 17, Hamilton Girls High 7 Matamata College 7, Cambridge High Gold 11 Cambridge High White 12. Pool B, Te Awamutu College 9 St Peters Cambridge 4, Cambridge High Navy 24 Morrinsville College 0. Boys: Premier, Cambridge High 11 Te Awamutu College 5, Cambridge High 11 Hillcrest High 6. Juniors, Morrinsville College 15 Presidents 6, Cambridge High 11 Hamilton Boys High 2.
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THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 2020
Treble a boost for satellite stable
Stephen Marsh is hoping a treble at Riccarton on Saturday can be the springboard to boost numbers in his South Island barn. Though Marsh’s main training establishment is in Waipā, he is focused on making his satellite stable at Riccarton a permanent part of his operation. “I’ve got a 12-horse barn down there and got seven horses in it at the moment,” Marsh said. “It was full around New Zealand Cup time last year, but a few have been retired since. “I’m rapt in how the stable down there has been going. Rhys Mildon, my foreman, goes down regularly, but I’ve got a staff of three good girls running it and they do a fantastic job. Sam Wynne is the head lass. “I think we’ve won 16 races with our horses in that stable. Last Saturday was the first time I have won three in a day down there.” Through her involvement with the stable, Wynne, one of the South Island’s leading jockeys, got an extra thrill when successful on Saturday aboard two of the Marsh winners, Jojo Roxx and Glorious Ocean, while last season’s champion apprentice and leading South Island rider, Kozzi Asano, brought up the treble when winning on the Kevin Hickman owned Bronte Beach. “It was good to see Bronte Beach back to form,” Marsh said. “She was stakes placed as a three-year-old last season and could be a good lightweight chance for the Coupland’s Mile (Gr.2, 1600m) during New Zealand Cup week.” The two biggest contributors to Marsh’s South Island stable’s tally have been Belle Fascino and Rocanto, who each won three races last season. Belle Fascino was also three times stakesplaced, including a close second in the Gr.3
Bronte Beach won at Ricccarton last Saturday.
Valachi Downs Canterbury Breeders’ Stakes (1400m) last November when splitting Ticket To Ride and Kiwi Ida. She is again on the path to the fillies and mares’ feature on November 11 after her sound third at Riccarton last Saturday for her syndicate which includes Marsh and Mildon. Rocanto, a talented sprinter with nine wins to his credit, will start at Timaru tomorrow and is likely to also be in action in the main sprints over New Zealand Cup week. Marsh was pleased with Glorious Ocean’s win on Saturday, being a part-owner of the five-year-old Ocean Park mare who had a win and three placings in nine starts from his Cambridge stables before heading south. “The original owner didn’t want to press on with her and put her up on gavelhouse. com to be sold,” Marsh said. “I told him she
could win more and I’d be keen to try her, but he’d made his mind up. “We bid on her and got her (for $9000) and I put a syndicate together. She’s only had the two starts for us down there and been a winner.” The win was particularly special for one of the syndicate members, Chris Rowe, to see his horse win on his home track where he is the Commercial Manager of the Canterbury Jockey Club. The other syndicate members are Tony Moore (Marsh’s former Racing Manager), American Dennis Foster (part-owner of Rocanto) and Cheah Kim Teck, one of the long-time owners for Marsh’s father, Bruce. Under the 2019 Bourbon Lane Stable New Zealand banner, Foster has a half-dozen horses with Marsh including the promising three-year-olds and debut winners
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Bourbonaire and All Black Bourbon, who are both being considered for Saturday’s Gr.3 Northland Breeders Stakes (1200m) at Te Rapa, along with stablemate Atishu, who was runner-up on debut at Taupo last month to the highly rated Miss Aotearoa. Marsh will also have a crack at Saturday’s Listed Wanganui Guineas (1200m) with Acting Out, a Showcasing filly who was runner-up on debut before finishing fifth behind Bourbonaire at Matamata recently. “She deserves a crack at black type,” Marsh said. “She’s typical of the team. I’ve got a good range of nice three and four-year-olds who haven’t raced or been lightly tried. “The stable has been going through the restructuring stage with all the main headline acts retired, but I’ve got a team of nice young horses so it’s exciting.” One of the team to shape well at recent trials is a Mongolian Khan – Signorina threeyear-old gelding, who won at Te Rapa on July 28 and was second at the Te Teko trials last month behind the highly rated Babylon Berlin, a short-priced winner on debut at Rotorua last week. “He’s gone out for a two-week freshenup,” Marsh said. “We’re just trying to teach him to settle. He could be a type for the New Zealand Derby (Gr.1, 2400m).” Marsh wound up second on the New Zealand Trainers’ Premiership last season with 78 wins after being third the previous season with 97 wins and he has one specific goal for this term. “I’d love to break 100 New Zealand wins,” he said. “We were on track until COVID-19 struck. “Under the circumstances I’m very happy with last season. I’d just love to get to 100 this time and keep winning more stakes races.” - NZ Racing Desk
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