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A century of TA schooling

By Viv Posselt

Stories of cracked boilers and near-frozen students are included in an exhibition at Te Awamutu Museum until October 3, chronicling the passage of 100 years of secondary education in Te Awamutu.

“He tangata, he tangata, he tangata!” uses images from the past, a timeline of events and memories of an earlier era to portray the growth of secondary education in the area.

After October 3, the exhibition will be gifted to the Te Awamutu College library, where it will be on show for students and staff.

The timeline starts with the 1903 government decision to fund free places in secondary schools for students passing the proficiency exam at the end of standard six.

In 1920, Te Awamutu made the cut with the necessary number of 30 eligible students, thereby gaining ministerial approval for the establishment of a District High School, which started in several buildings around the town.

A year later, the school building in Teasdale St was completed; in 1922 a manual training building for woodwork and domestic science was completed in Alexandra St; and in 1939, a consolidated high school with an intermediate department was established on the same site, combining the old manual training block with new classrooms. Te Awamutu College was established in 1947.

While the exhibition celebrates the efforts of those educational pioneers, it also features some colourful memories by students attending the opening day in June 1939 of the consolidated high school in Alexandra St. Continued on page 2

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“What a glorious mess we were in,” read the musings of one of them. “The carpenters were still sleeping in room 10 and in the art room … there were no desks or tables and chairs for the kids to sit on. We could not light the heaters as the cement under boiler was still damp and the builder was afraid it would crack.”

Later attempts to light the heaters proved the builder right; the boiler cracked and water poured in from an underground spring.

Other recollections are held

by Ngaire Phillips, an awardwinning Te Awamutu woman who has been recognised for her impressive recordkeeping and community service in the area. A young Ngaire Thompson was an early student at the then consolidated school in Alexandra St. It was there she met her future husband, Ron Phillips.

Ngaire Johnson (later Phillips), at front left, in the sixth form of the then consolidated school in 1946. She was also a school prefect.

“I’ve always been keen on putting things down on paper, so they won’t get forgotten,” she said.

The former teacher, who taught at Te Awamutu Primary and Pirongia schools before her marriage, has written for as long as she can remember. Included in her extensive memoirs are two books relating the histories of Pirongia School and Mangapiko School and

The consolidated school on the Alexandra St site when completed in 1939.

Image from the Golden Jubilee Book of Te Awamutu DHS and College.

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The idea to mark 100 years of secondary education in Te Awamutu is its own story.

Clare Ravenscroft, a former head prefect at Te Awamutu College, srote a piece on the school for a previous reunion magazine. It was spotted by Peter McGovern, a Waipā farmer currently living in Sydney. He pointed it out to his former schoolchums from 1960 – Mandy Reid (nee Mandeno) and dux for that year, Ann Dunphy (nee Elliott).

Early conversations led to a Raglan-based gathering of over 18, which in turn led to the decision to mark the 100th.

The upshot has been the current exhibition at the museum, and a late-October reunion tea set to be held at Te Awamutu College.

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It’s back to business as usual at Waipā District Council following a return to Alert Level 1 this week.

Restrictions on the number of people allowed into the libraries, museum and at Council’s Cambridge and Te Awamutu front counters and how long they can stay at each facility have been removed.

Other operations, such as Council and committee meetings will resume faceto-face in Council chambers. Meetings will continue to be streamed online via Council’s YouTube channel.

Waipā mayor Jim Mylchreest said the Government’s announcement of a return to Alert Level 1 was welcome news.

“I am very pleased to be moving back to Alert Level 1 as I am sure most Waipā residents are. It has been tough on both our economy and our community to shift back and forth between alert levels.

Hopefully, we can remain at this alert level.”

Contact tracing and hand sanitising stations would remain in place at all Council facilities at Alert Level 1.

“Although we are now back at Alert Level 1, I strongly urge residents to continue to keep track of their movements using the NZ COVID Tracer app and to maintain good hygiene standards. Residents should also continue to maintain a safe distance from one another while out and about.

“These actions are a small price to pay to help prevent any possible outbreaks from occurring in our community. We all have a part to play to keep us all safe.”

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On October 10 temporary extensions given by NZTA to vehicle licencing, drivers licencing and Warrant of Fitness expire.

Due to the level 4 restrictions for Covid-19, it was decided that all Warrant of Fitness, Driver Licencing and Vehicle Licencing (Rego) would be put on hold and it would not be an offence to not have these updated.

This expires on October 10 and we will be getting back to normal. This means all vehicles with expired Warrant of Fitness and Vehicle licensing must be updated before this date. The same goes for drivers licencing. Have a look at your driver’s licence and check the dates. Is it expired? It is anticipated that there will be significant queues for these services closer to that date, so it is advisable to get in early.

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There is the Te Awamutu Boxing Academy run by the Billy Graham Youth Foundation.

There are a number of these Academies around New Zealand and they are heavily supported by Police. They are a proven method of preventing Youth crime by teaching skills such as discipline. The very nature of boxing requires discipline as in a bout you can’t lose control of your aggression - that’s how a boxer a falls foul of the rules. The Academy has strong positive values and requires the students to demonstrate these values not only at the Academy but in their personal life as well.

The Boxing Academy caters for youth aged 9-18 years.

Last week you may have read about some great work where member of the public saw some suspicious behaviour with a group of people carrying a crowbar towards a block of shops.

As a result of them calling 111, Police were able to make some swift arrests and recovered a stolen vehicle. Firstly, I would like to thank that member of the public for seeing something and doing something.

Secondly, I need to add something here that got missed. My colleagues from Ōtorohanga happened to be here in Te Awamutu at the time and spent considerable time working on the file and assisting greatly.

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Briefs…

Time change

Daylight Saving starts on Sunday morning – when clocks should go forward by one hour.

E book launch

Kihikihi’s Brent Walker will be guest speaker at the Waikato launch of Life in a Pandemic, published by the Life Unlimited Charitable Trust, which talks to New Zealanders living with a disability about their lockdwon experiences. Brent’s story as told to Cambridge based communications manager Mary Anne Gill features in the book, which was launched at Te Papa last week. The Waikato launch in Hamilton will be next Tuesday. For more details go to lifeunlimited.net.nz

Mental Health call

DairyNZ wants funding for rural mental health made a priority. Chief executive Tim Mackle says mental health has been a recurring issue in rural communities for some time – and that needs to change. “Whoever forms the next Government needs to come to the party and help move the dial,” he said.

Media aid

The Government has announced it will include community newspapers and magazines when it targets recipients for $4 millon of funds remaining in a $50 million media support package. The Government has previously been criticised by the New Zealand Community Newspapers Association for consistently supporting major media companies and their community papers – such as the Cambridge Edition and Te Awamtu Courier - with funds and advertising while ignoring privately owned New Zealand publications, such at the Cambridge News and Te Awamutu News

MPs say nope to dope

MPs in an around the News region say they will vote against permitting recreational use of cannabis next month.

The referendum is one of two running election day.

The News looked at the End of Life Choice Bill a fortnight ago – today we bring an update on the cannabis referendum with views from protagonists and our regular columnists.

We asked all MPs in and bordering the News circulation area and those who responded all

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came back with the same answer. Barbara Kuriger, Louise Upston, Tim van de Molen, David Bennett, Tim Macindoe and Jamie Strange will vote no.

Early polls suggested the referendum would be close, but it appears the level of opposition has been on a steady rise for several months.

In stark contrast to the End of Life Choice debate, the cannabis referendum has lacked a high-profile support base – and to a degree, given recreational use is illegal, that may not be regarded as surprising.

The cannabis referendum is not a binding in the usual sense, because legislation has not been through the parliamentary process.

Taranaki-King Country MP Barbara Kuriger said she favoured medicinal cannabis but opposed recreational cannabis use.

“I worry most about the effect that it has on the development of young people’s brains up to the age of 25. I also have concerns about health and safety in the workplace and road safety.”

Louise Upston (Taupo) said it was a polarising issue.

“The feedback that I have been receiving through my regular surveys suggest that the people of the Taupo Electorate are significantly against legalising the use, possession and sale of recreational cannabis by a 62.5% against versus 23.16% majority.

“The more significant concern I have right now is the lack of ability for people to learn, debate and discuss the referendum because of continued restrictions at alert level 2. This referendum has long term impacts on our communities and country and deserve the full and

informed consideration of voters.”

Polls which have indicated a growing opposition to the referendum were reflected in Waikato MP Tim van de Molen’s survey in his electorate which came out 85 per cent opposed.

“This aligns with the verbal feedback I’m receiving from regular engagement with my constituents,” he said.

“One of my key concerns is the health and safety implications for the workplace and on our roads – we already see more people killed by drug driving, than drunk driving each year.

I am also very concerned about the social impacts that legalisation will have on our society, and the health implications for our youth, particularly their developing minds.

Both her Hamilton National colleagues and

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Labour’s Jamie Strange are also opposed.

Jamie Strange said “I will be voting against. I support the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes, but not recreational.”

Our team of columnists have their say on the issue on page 7 and we also have a column from the anticannabis lobby group SAM on page. The News did not receive a response from pro-cannabis lobby group Norml who were also asked to provide a column.

Youngsters plant the seeds

By Steph Bell-Jenkins

Parents keen to get their children more involved in gardening are getting a helping hand from Yates and New World.

New World has brought back its seed giveaway programme while Yates has released a range of seeds just for children, including “pop star strawberry popcorn”, a “really special, old-fashioned type of corn that grows cute little cobs shaped like ruby-red strawberries” and “Little Ted fluffy sunflowers”, a “short-growing sunflower with super fluffy pompom flowers”.

The move comes ahead of National Gardening Week, running from October 19-26.

Eleven-year-old Jamie Frost from Te Awamutu is trialling the seeds for Yates and thinks they’re “really cool”, with “packaging that will attract kids”.

Jamie won Yates’ Budding Gardener of the Year competition in 2019 and has enjoyed being an ambassador for the company since last October.

He is still waiting to claim his grand prize, a family trip to Hawaii,

which has been postponed because of Covid-19, but said his gardening skills had certainly come in handy over lockdown.

With school holidays just a few days away, he is now looking forward to replanting his grandmother’s garden with his family, which he does every 10 weeks.

Jamie would like to see more kids taking up gardening, because it’s “something fun to do” and he can help his community by contributing surplus fruit and vegetables to The Sharing Shed.

Those keen to follow his lead can get a head start with New

World supermarkets’ Little Garden promotion, which was relaunched on September 7 after a three-year hiatus.

Customers get a seedling kit containing a fibre pottle, soil tablet, seed mat and character sticker with every $40 they spend. There are 24 vegetable, herb and flower seeds available, including Baron von Basil, Tamaiti Tomato and Polly Pansy.

In Cambridge eight-year-old Ethan Becker loves feasting on lemonades from his grandmother’s garden and this year he’s hoping to harvest some luscious bounty from his very own fruit and vegetable patch.

Ethan’s mother Liz and father Scott

have built him and his sisters Ayla (6) and Willa (2) a new garden bed this year, hoping to get them enthused about growing their own food.

“I like the idea of gardening and want to be able to garden because my mum grows the most amazing things, but I just find it really difficult because of the time involved I guess – and because you have to remember to water your plants and tend to them,” Liz said.

However, placing the garden close to the house had already prompted the children to head out regularly with their watering cans.

“I didn’t know if they would, especially Ayla, who has Angelman syndrome and has difficulty with her fine motor skills,” Liz said. “That’s the first time I’ve actually seen her accomplish that, so it’s a real bonus for her learning a new life skill.”

In the run up to National Gardening Week, Yates is teaming up with Te Awamutu News to give away three sets of kids’ seeds. To be in to win, send your name and address to editor@goodlocal.nz – and remember to put the word Seeds in the subject line.

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With 15 years of pool-building experience, owner-operators John and Jacque Patterson and the Narellan Pools Waikato team have the knowledge and expertise it takes to make any pool a reality.

They make it their goal to work alongside every client through the entirety of the process - from the early stages of concept and design through to installation and subsequent landscaping.

“Here’s how we look at it,” Jacque said.

“We treat every customer’s project as if it was our own pool in our own backyard. And we aim to facilitate their desired outcome in a way that we would want it to be treated.”

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They were recognised as the overall Narellan Pools New Zealand Business of the Year at the Narellan Pools Excellence Awards 2020 and took home multiple wins at the PASA NZ Awards of Excellence - the country’s most prestigious swimming pool and spa industry awards.

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Lions chase pounds, shillings and cents

Te Awamutu Lions are turning old money into new as they recycle obsolete decimal and pre-decimal coins.

The coins they collect are part of what the Reserve Bank estimates is a $100 million haul of old tender stored in New Zealand homes - $80 million in coins and $20 in notes.

The Lions promote the 10-year-old Heads Up for Kids (HU4K) initiative - a collection which asks New Zealanders to dig out and donate old decimal and pre-decimal New Zealand currency, and all foreign money.

The obsolete cash is redeemed for New Zealand dollars and used to fund education programmes for young New Zealanders who would otherwise not get the opportunity.

Lions say because the obsolete currency is no longer legal tender, and foreign coins cannot be exchanged in this country, the project is not in competition with other fundraising dollars.

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Lions have collected over 28 tonnes of coins and thousands of banknotes bringing the total raised close to $612,000.

Rosetown Lions recently bagged up 30kg of coins collected from the community which was converted into $770 to the HU4K Foundation.

“We would like the public to know that the coins they have rolling loose in a drawer, and the banknotes they’ve kept as a souvenir

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have a real value to Lions,” Rosetown spokesperson Paul McWha said.

“There are plenty more coins still out there, and Rosetown Lions now asks people to rummage through their old purses, travel wallets and the back of any drawers; grandad’s shed even, where the occasional box has been found full of coins labelled for their children (now adults themselves).”

The drop off point is at Te Awamutu Resene Colorshop - or contact Paula on 027 845 1181 at Rosetown Lions for it to be collected.

News columnist and Bridges Church leader Murray Smith is set for surgery tomorrow and thanking his daughter Tiffany after surviving a serious road crash.

Murray, with his daughter as a pillion, was hit by a car on Browning St Cambridge early on Saturday afternoon as they headed out for a ride on his Triumph motorbike to Karapiro.

The pair skidded about 30 metres, with Murray taking the brunt of the impact.

He landed on his back and suffered 12 fractured ribs, a fractured right shoulder blade and fractured left hand.

Tiffany, who escaped serious injury, got up to find her dad struggling to breathe – one of the broken ribs had punctured his lung and it had collapsed.

The recently qualified registered nurse based in Tauranga put him in a recovery position - enabling his good lung to work while an ambulance arrived to take him to Waikato Hospital.

He will have a plate

inserted in his hand tomorrow as it is broken in three places.

Murray’s wife Michelle said it was a miracle that he survived the crash.

“We are totally thanking God because this could, and according to the doctors should, have been far worse,” she said.

“The doctors say he will bounce back because he is so fit and healthy.”

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“It’s a big heavy bike and apart from damage from the skid it looks OK,” Michelle said.

Murray was still thinking of his weekly column for the News when he sent a text from his hospital bed on Tuesday. He has volunteered a replacement columnist while his body heals.

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Track ashes marks a Covid pivot

By Viv Posselt

Avantidrome general manager Scott Gemmill is a combination of grateful and excited at the way the facility has adapted to Covid-19.

Grateful because of the understanding shown by groups whose events hit the wall, outfits he considers partners in the operation, and excited at the willingness of others to look at the venue through an innovative lens.

Covid has tested the Cambridge indoor cycling venue’s ability to diversify.

“We’ve been able to pivot, thanks largely to the efforts of Cycling New Zealand event director Janette Douglas and her team. They made the calls early enough to mitigate the risk,” said Scott. “Yes, we lost a number of events, and there was widespread impact while we were closed for 53 days during level four and three. But Cambridge has been fantastic at wrapping its arms around us.”

Janette said her team prepares for most eventualities, but Covid-19 was different.

“As with many in the events industry, we had a number of contingencies in place for likely scenarios, however Covid-19 has meant we have had to adapt to the new reality we all face.

“We took guidance and created our own processes around managing it while supporting the intent of the government guidelines and the national health response.

This provided our stakeholders, such as the Avantidrome, the confidence in our decisionmaking process.”

Last year, the Avantidrome hosted five major national events and two international events. Scott said no international events were on the 2020 schedule, “so we lucked

out there, but there were a number of others we’ve had to cancel or postpone. We won’t know the full value of those losses for a few months yet.”

Among the events cancelled or postponed was the BNZ Corporate Challenge, the Drome Masters Track Cycling Carnival, Cycling New Zealand’s National Track Series and some major school competitions.

The New Zealand Crossfit Championships were postponed; they’re now running their team nationals in late October and their individuals’ event in early December.

“Some track events were affected by the first lockdown and others by the Auckland lockdown,” said Scott. “However, we have a full schedule for October, November and December … there will be something on every weekend. It means that people in the community may have to be flexible over when they use the facility, but because we’re a seven-day week operation, we can work around those requirements.”

The Avantidrome has become a wellestablished venue across Waipā, home to a range of training or activities across numerous different codes, including cycling, crossfit, rowing, javelin throwing and more.

That sort of flexibility is the way of the future, said Scott.

“We’ve become a wellness hub in a way.

Some unusual requests have come our way from like-minded groups looking for a venue,” Scott said. At first glance, some might seem a bizarre fit for the Avantidrome, he added, citing national bobsleigh ambitions, a request to fill the infield with snow, and another for an orchestral performance.

The more nimble approach has resulted in a novel event set down for October 31/ November 1 – the Track Ashes. It will pit

Waikato and Auckland riders in a challenge set to generate what Scott calls a “bit of provincial pride”. The winners will receive a cup being fashioned by woodturners out of the leftover timber used to build the facility’s 250m track.

“It’s about being innovative in protecting our revenue stream, while meeting the needs of a wider variety of users.”

Intergenerational user numbers are also building, with many juniors acting as unwitting ambassadors and persuading

senior family members to ride.

Even as he hopes for a return to normality, there remains a residual impact, mostly on national events, and Scott has applied a parthandbrake to the recently-reopened Trikes Programme, primarily because it’s a close contact environment.

“We are being very deliberate in ensuring that safety is a number one priority in everything we do. Covid-19 isn’t going away fast … we have to look to a future where we adapt our operation around it.”

Looking to a future living with the realities of Covid-19 are Cycling New Zealand event director Janette Douglas and Avantidrome general manager Scott Gemmill.

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THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

THE AGE OF REASON

Do your homework before you vote

By Peter Carr

FAITH IN WAIPĀ

Huge consequences with stroke of pen

By Murray Smith, Senior Leader, Bridges Church

I am not usually pleased to having a national referendum thrust upon me – it smacks of poor governance by the parliament and a gutless approach by possibly overpaid elected politicians.

Nevertheless we are being cajoled (perhaps even driven) towards ensuring that the members of parliament have an escape hatch whichever way the vote goes. Also note you will not know the result immediately after election day but some way down track later in October.

A quarter of a century ago a respected journalist wrote an editorial in which he purported that “marijuana, in thousands of households, is no more a remarkable social lubricant than cold beer”. Further he recently observed that those countries that have legalised the purchase and consumption of cannabis have not experienced marked increase in the quantity - or type - of use of the drug.

So….where in the age spectrum do we envisage (fresh) uptake or increased use should the October referendum permit progress with the Cannabis Legislation and Control Bill? Will we perceive the younger ones confessing to a “ho-hum” dogma while those of more than three score years and ten career wildly in an uncontrolled fashion with Formula One type speed (no pun) challenges on their flag-bedecked 4-wheel scooters?

Will all and sundry have to be aware that these drug-induced new-born hippies will be challenging the wider community to a duel of baguettes in the bakery section of the supermarket?

And who will have the capability to decide sensibly as to whether cannabis is really a medicine (which has already been construed as so) or an opportunity to run around glassy-eyed and giggling making whoopee cushion noises and becoming a general nuisance? Certainly not the 120

temporary residents of that large building in Wellington. The number of submissions to any proposed Bill that may eventuate post-referendum will be staggering.

I imagine my fellow retirement village residents will have mixed views. Will Grandma want to be ‘stoned’ as the grandchildren arrive for their infrequent visit? Will it be setting a good example to those of more tender years?

Perhaps for some – especially those more attuned to affording a pleasing relaxed attitude bridging the gap between retirement and the eventual audience with the Grim Reaper. And where in this discussion is lung inhaling-induced ‘pleasure’ placed alongside society’s efforts to reduce smoking due to its harmful effects?

Watch this space – but before you tick your preferred box in October please obtain the maximum education you can. The internet is full of the stuff and you have a right to be well informed pre-vote. The mumblings of your local electoral candidates should be listened to - if only to ascertain the difference between deep thought practical knowledge and party policy drivel.

While some of the forgoing may appear to be frivolous it is important to note that a 50%+ vote in favour will permit the next government (regardless of party colour) to prepare a bill for moving through the parliamentary system. The bill will restrict itself to recreational or pleasure use of the drug. This will have nothing to do with medicinal use - that is already permitted . The Bill, should it emerge, will target suppliers, retailers and users alike. In summary – caveat is the watchword next month.

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It’s a yes from me

Cannabis. Should we make it legal or not?

I say we because we are shortly going to vote on the issue and that vote will determine the answer to the question. So it is very much we who will decide whether or not cannabis should be made legal.

I have been trying to come up with an argument, either way, which has not been thoroughly aired and shaken out already.

However I don't think there are any so we'll have to go over some old ones.

Those in favour of legalisation raise points like; cannabis is in widespread use already; prohibition in the US was a total failure; the government may as well tax it; it is claimed that cannabis has medicinal benefits; if alcohol and tobacco are legal why not cannabis? All of these angles can be argued convincingly.

Those against legalisation state that cannabis is harmful, it is claimed that cannabis has damaging effects on the human nervous system, causes long term memory and thought processing problems, and it is a known carcinogen.

There are claims that cannabis can be, or indeed is, a gateway drug - itself easy to obtain and use but leading to the use of other more addictive and harmful drugs.

Again, these views are easy to argue without too much fear of a slam dunk defeat from the opposing side, since there is a lot of evidence to support them.

So it comes down to personal views, emotions, and prejudice. By that I mean that many people already have a position on the matter and are unlikely to change it based

upon anything they read or hear in the run up to the election and its associated referenda.

There is one argument which I have left out so far. It is not a new one but it is, to my mind, the most important: If you take the 'illegal' out of cannabis production, distribution, and use - you make it a whole lot less attractive to certain of the elements of society who seek to profit from it.

Of course there is nothing wrong with attempting to profit from a free market, but using lethal force to protect a plantation, or standover tactics or even violence or the threat of it to protect a distribution patch starts to look decidedly dodgy. And since it is currently illegal there is no regulation of any aspect of the supply chain thereby leaving it all open to, shall we say, less scrupulous, operators than might be desirable.

I think, and I believe I have good reason to think, that if you take the illegal out you will also take the criminals out. And with the criminals out the world - or at least our small part of it - will be a safer place.

Many of us have seen it happen before as a result of the Prostitution Reform Act 2003. Therefore, whether or not I have any intention of using it myself, on that argument alone I will be voting for the legalisation of cannabis.

“Do you support the proposed Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill ?” Yes or no?

That’s a question New Zealanders will be asked in a referendum when voting on Octobe 17. It’s important to understand what we would be opening the floodgate to by supporting this bill.

Medicinal cannabis is not included in the proposed law change that will be voted on in this referendum. Existing law already provides for medicinal cannabis products and from April 1, 2020 a scheme began to increase its accessibility (and affordability).

This Bill proposes that recreational use of cannabis should become legal, allowing New Zealanders to possess and consume cannabis under what is being touted as “controlled” provisions. So called cannabis ‘control’ would provide for a person aged 20 years or over to purchase, possess up to 40 joints per day… to enter licensed premises where cannabis is sold or consumed. Other provisions include limiting plants to four per household, limiting the trading hours for premises where cannabis is consumed or sold, plus limiting the potency (THC levels).

Does this really sound like ‘control’ to you?

And just how practically could these intended regulatory provisions ever be effectively implemented and monitored!?

No specific measures have been presented around road safety, workplace safety, health risks for pregnant mums.The stated intention of the Bill is to limit the visibility and amount of cannabis available, restrict young people’s access and improve support for families by way of health and social services. Enacting similar legislation overseas has invariably increased cannabis use - not restrained it.

This Bill argues against itself in so many

ways. It is utterly illogical to open the door wide, approving a cannabis culture where marijuana products can be smoked, eaten, vaped, or used as lotions and infusions, and then having enabled it, suggesting feeble management proposals to deal with fallout from the very issues it has created!

Of course road safety issues will have to be addressed…of course (predictably) a plan for increased mental health and social services should be anticipated as a direct result of exchanging existing controls for legalised cannabis in our communities. Demand for social services will skyrocket.

We’re better than this foolish nonsense.

What a mockery it makes of our “Smokefree 2025” goal and the physical health of New Zealanders.

You cannot legalise cannabis and promote physical or mental health.. Please watch this young man’s story - his experience indicative of so many others. http://youtu.be/ UwTdRzvSWCU Voting “no” will handbrake the process of cannabis being legalised for recreational use, thereby sparing countless families and individuals grievous harm.

Commenting on resisting marijuana legalisation, Professor Bertha K. Madras at Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry stated, “This is not a war on drugs: it is a defence of our brains…”

Hopefully the majority of voters in this referendum will be clear-headed enough to oppose the stupidity of this Bill.

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Why we can’t legalise it

By Aaron Ironside, Campaign Spokesperson, Saynopetodope

Saynopetodope is a collection of 25 organisations and individuals who have firsthand experience of the effects of cannabis use both personally and in their professional work.

Our group has complied a report from over 250 University and Government studies reviewed by academics at Harvard and John Hopkins Universities. The international evidence shows that legalising cannabis does not reduce harm, because total cannabis use increases along with the negative outcomes for the individual and community.

We do not believe ordinary people should be thrown in jail for smoking a joint. New Zealand already has a soft decriminalisation, with police taking a health approach to personal use. The Misuse of Drugs act was amended last year to instruct Police to focus their energy on those who grow and sell cannabis. Less than 1000 of the 600,000 cannabis users received a conviction for cannabis possession last year. Conviction rates have decreased 70% in the past two decades.

The Black Market remains strong in legal jurisdictions, accounting for around 70% of sales, and is in active competition with the legal market. Both markets actively seek new customers, and the most valuable customer is a daily user. The result is an increase in the total cannabis market. BERL predicts New Zealand will have 419 cannabis shops under the new law - more than McDonalds, Burger King and KFC combined.

With increased sales comes increased use, often among 15-25-year olds. Canada’s Federal study noted a 2% increase in 12 month use among 16-19-year olds in the year following legalisation. California recently reported that 29% of 18-25-year olds use cannabis, and 40% of that group are underage

users. Teenage users are four times more likely to develop Cannabis Use Disorder and develop severe mental health issues like psychosis and anxiety. The cannabis related teen suicide rate in Colorado is seven times the national average.

Cannabis is now ten times stronger than in the 1970’s. Woodstock weed was only 3% THC, but most Cannabis plants available today are closer to 30%THC. The legal market will be restricted to 15%THC, however this has helps strengthen the black market, as they offer high THC products at lower price. This high potency product destroys lives.

More than a plant, cannabis products now include a wide range of vape and edible alternatives. Police recently commented that this empowers the gangs to specialise in these products.

Cannabis shops typically open in lowincome communities, taking money from vulnerable families. We are concerned the commercial interests are the wrong reason to legalise.

This referendum is about recreational cannabis. Medicinal use is already legal.

We want to improve that law and access for patients through medical channels. The New Zealand Medical Association opposes legalisation of recreational cannabis.

New Zealand is not ready for this new industry. Roadside and workplace impairment testing is not yet available.

We want improved health and education strategies without a law change. The current approach is far from perfect, but the alternative being offered opens Pandora’s box. Recreational cannabis is just too risky for our young and vulnerable.

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He said opportunities within the $1.6 billion industry are “staring us in the face” to aid in New Zealand’s economic recovery. “It has export potential we can expand …

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The Deputy Prime Minister’s regional bus tour rolled into Cambridge at short notice last week.

It made a brief stop at the Cambridge Trotting Club, where Mr Peters spoke to a crowd of around 60 before inspecting the $13 million all-weather track due for completion within months.

He said it was the provinces that had kept New Zealand wealthy all these years, and they were the country’s only hope now. Referring to the record 12.2 percent fall in GDP in the June quarter GDP, announced by Statistics New Zealand the day prior, as a “deadly serious issue”, he said: “We’re now in a campaign where some people are throwing money around like an eight-armed octopus, with no real thought to what they are doing”.

A $72.5 million emergency support package announced several months ago and intended to stimulate a recovery in the racing industry, was particularly critical now, he said. “This has as much potential as any industry I know, but

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Racing commentator George Simon acknowledged Mr Peters’ support for racing and asked what would happen if New Zealand First was not part of the next government.

“Where are we going to get that support at influential government level from parties who have previously not shown interest [in the racing industry]?”

Mr Peters said was not worried about the election

but hoped supporters would ensure he was still around.

The biggest concern now, he added, was to embed reforms made under the new Racing Industry Act. Pressed further about the polls, he said New Zealand First “would not be selling the racing industry down the drain. We never have, we never will.”

Rationalising the industry makes sense, he said. “We have got to have rationalisation … we have so many racecourses in this country. Having said that, we have to make sure we have a facility in every

Almost 20 years to the day that Cambridge Montessori Pre-School opened in Raleigh St, the early learning centre is moving to merge with its sister school in Taylor St. “We launched here in term four 2000 and we’re wrapping up on the last day of term three 2020,” said owner Helen Aston, who

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Florence Shearman, who has for years advocated for Cambridge’s seniors, told Mr Peters many among the town’s ageing population were impacted by the decision to take racing off the radio.

He expressed concern, and said that while he had no immediate answer, he did not think it would be too difficult or too costly to bring it back.

Ms Shearman also invited Mr Peters to attend next month’s Global Walk for the Aged, to be held at Cambridge Raceway.

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New Zealand First leader Winston Peters at the Cambridge Jockey Club with, from left, CJC chief executive Mark Fraser-Campin, club president Bruce Harvey, Waipā District Mayor Jim Mylchreest, and deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk.

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Gloriavale publicity

A “unmasking” meeting run by the Gloravale Leavers Support Trust in Cambridge tonight has been given added zest by news this week one of the South Island community’s high profile members, Zion Pilgrim, has fallen out with leaders there.Organisers say with the return to Level 1, people will be able to buy tickets atat the door. The event at the Raleigh St Christian Church starts at 7pm.

Council survey

Waikato District Council is asking residents to complete a survey about what is most important about their communities.

The survey will collect information on ‘communities of interest’ for the 2019-2021 Representation Review Project – Re-Shape Waikato. The survey is the first stage in a three-part engagement effort to gather information from throughout the Waikato district to help inform Council’s decisions on what representation arrangements will be for the 2022 local government elections. For more info go to www.waikatodistrict.govt.nz/

is sad to be leaving a building that has been “such a big part of the community”.

Raleigh St centre staff children put on a concert for their parents to celebrate the end of an era last Wednesday, performing several musical numbers.

“We’re now looking forward to welcoming our Raleigh St students to Taylor St and we’re excited about the future,” Aston said.

New Board

Karapiro School has its first Board of Trustees since late 2018 when the prevous board resigned, and a Commissioner was appointed. The new board, which met this week, comprises Lisa Stoneham, Byron Trump, Chenel Bateman and Victoria Hunia.

The staff representative is Cheryl Naylor. The arrival of the new board also signals the end of Robert Naumann’s role as Commissioner, but he will stay with the school as a specialist advisor into the new year.

Council thumbs up

More Waipā residents say they are satisfied with their Council’s performance. Each year Waipā District Council measures satisfaction with facilities and services, and evaluates public perceptions around reputation, trust, leadership and financial decision making.

Chief executive Garry Dyet said he was pleased to see a five per cent improvement on Council’s performance, which sits at 40 per cent, up from 35 per cent last year.

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Piako takes cup honours A week after dispatching Cambridge, Piako has beaten Te Awamutu in the Stan Meads Cup sub-union rugby competition.

The visitors beat the seven-times holders of the Cup in Te Awamutu on Saturday at Albert Park 19-14.

They also lifted the Waikato Rugby Union sub-union prize of the Finlay Cup, which Te Awamutu had held for over a decade.

Te Awamutu went into the home-town clash as nominal favourites, and the match

was even at half time.

Piako scored first with a converted try, before the home side came back with a seven pointer.

A battle of attrition continued in the second half, before the visitors broke the deadlock with their second touchdown. Te Awamutu stormed back with their second converted try but could only watch as Piako crossed again to lead by five with the clock ticking down.

Te Awamutu’s Ted Tauroa eyes up his opposing fellow front rowers from Piako.

The last few minutes of the encounter saw desperate Te Awamutu attacks repelled by equally fierce Piako defence.

The Piako victory was built upon structured attack and a solid game plan, and it has earned them a home semi-final in two weeks’ time.

It means the remaining section two playoff position will be fought out in a winner take all Waipā battle on Saturday, between Te Awamutu and Cambridge.

South Waikato has pulled out of the competition after one game. The straw which broke the camel’s back was an injury toll from an opening beating by Hamilton.

As a result, when Hamilton host 2019 Stan Meads Cup champions Central Bay of Plenty, at the Suburbs Rugby Club, they will be playing for the right to host a semi-final – and for the Peace Cup, currently held by The Peace Cup is up for Central Bay of Plenty. grabs this weekend The crossover semi-finals will be staged on October 3, and the finals a week later.

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Smashing it for Waipā

By Steph Bell-Jenkins

Waipa is serving up opportunities for young players to get into competitive squash – and it’s leading the way in the Waikato region.

Four years ago, Cambridge Racquets Club, Leamington Squash Club and Te Awamutu Squash Club teamed up with Sport Waikato and Squash Waikato to create the Waipa Big Nix Squash Tournament.

The event gives year 5-8 students a chance to compete against each other every year in term three, following an eight-week coaching programme facilitated by schools.

The first of its kind in New Zealand when it was launched in August 2016, the primary tournament was held again last Wednesday at Cambridge Racquets Club, attracting about 40 players competing across five divisions. The intermediate event was held in Te Awamutu.

Waikato squash development officer Richard Harris said the tournament was “massively important to the development of young squash players”.

“It is the only Bix Nix tournament run in our region, so this is really the blueprint for how we’d like it to run in other districts,” he said.

The competition had resulted from “the realisation that you need to

have schools on board to grow the sport”, he said.

“Squash needs to be offered through schools initially, and clubs need to have programmes in place to pick up those players and offer them coaching and a clear development pathway.

Cambridge Racquets Club, Leamington Squash Club and Te Awamutu Squash Club have really got behind it; they’ve organised this and been the drivers.”

He also gave Glenda Knox, who set the programme up, “much credit” for its success.

Hayley Muller, whose 10-year-old son Cody attends Puahue School, said the tournament had been “awesome”.

“It’s just a fantastic opportunity,” she said. “The kids don’t have to go out and buy anything – they’ve been able to borrow the

racquets – and it’s a taste of something before you actually commit to buying a whole year’s membership.

He’s really enjoyed it, so we’ll be joining our local club.”

Gethyn Foster, who won division two this year, said it was “really fun to play against other some schools to get some new competitors in and make friendships”.

Ten-year-old Andrew Coutts had also found it “very enjoyable” and liked competing against other schools.

Leamington School won the tournament, with Taj Murray taking out division one, Riley Jenkins division four and Oberon Nelson division five.

Gethyn Foster from Cambridge East School won division two and Lucas March from Puahue School division three.

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gets a lesson The Lacrosse boys do it again TA in finishing

Te Awamutu College scored a rare double when their Premier Boys team won their second consecutive Waikato High School Lacrosse Championship at the Hamilton Inline Hockey Rink on Sunday.

Te Awamutu were matched against Cambridge High School - a tough opponent who they had lost to twice during the roundrobin games. But in the final, they effectively shut down the opposition with fast and decisive game-play, winning by a convincing 13 goals to 1.

Te Awamutu captain Charlie Mason, now in his last year of college lacrosse,

commented “We’ve had a good season overall. It was hard to come up against Cambridge, but it was really good to beat them in the final. Very satisfying!”

Asked what he thought had helped the team to win he paid tribute to coach William Chisholm.

“He puts the hard yards in and knows the game better than anyone so that we can develop over the season and come out and get a win like this in the final.”

Coach Chisholm said he was proud of the standard of college lacrosse.

“Parents, kids and to everyone that is involved - I’m looking forward to

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seeing the programme grow.”

Restrictions on secondary school sports because of Covid-19 meant that no spectators were allowed at the finals this year. Instead the Te Awamutu parents met in town to watch the boys’ match livestreamed from Hamilton. In a nice finishing touch, the team lined up in front the camera after the match to recognise their supporters.

In the Girls Premier League, the on-form Te Awamutu College team won silver in their finals against Cambridge High School. They had beaten the Cambridge side in the final

round-robin match only one week earlier and must have felt that the Championship was within their grasp. But Cambridge had regrouped, and played a hard and determined match to win on a final score of 11 goals to 6.

In the Girls A and B Divisions, Te Awamutu College teams finished in 4th and 3rd place, respectively.

R esults Premier Girls: 1st/2nd Cambridge High School 11 vs Te Awamutu College 6; 3rd/4th Hamilton Girls High School 16 vs St Peters Cambridge 9; 5th/6th Hillcrest High School 9 vs Sacred Heart Girls College 8; 7th/8th St Pauls Collegiate 7 vs Waikato Diocesan 14 Girls A Division: 1st/2nd Morrinsville College 12 vs Matamata College 8; 3rd/4th Te Awamutu College 0 vs Cambridge High School 24; 5th/6th Hillcrest High School 3 vs St Peters Cambridge 10 Girls B Division: 1st/2nd Cambridge High School (Navy) 22 vs Rototuna High School 3; 3rd/4th Cambridge High School (White) 9 vs Te Awamutu College 14; 5th/6th Sacred Heart Girls College 14 vs Cambridge High School (Gold) 3; 7th/8th Hamilton Girls High School 11 vs Matamata College 5; 9th/10th Morrinsville College 12 vs St Peters Cambridge 6 Premier Boys: 1st/2nd Te Awamutu College 13 v Cambridge High School 1; 3rd/4th Hamilton Boys High School 11 vs Hillcrest High School 8 Junior Boys: 1st/2nd Cambridge High School 12 vs Morrinsville College 5; 3rd/4th Hamilton Boys High School 14 vs Presidents 6

Te Awamutu Gisler Architects WaiBop premiership football side was beaten 3-0 by West Hamilton at Weka Street last weekend.

The game was a tale of finishing. West Ham did, Te Awamutu didn’t.

In a very even game, West Ham took the lead against the run of play. From a Te Awamutu corner they played a long ball out of the back and the striker slotted it into the net.

Te Awamutu had several opportunities to equalise, with the best chance falling to Joel Roil, with only minutes of the first half left. An error from the West Ham keeper saw the ball right to Roil, who fired wide.

The second half was much the same, with West Ham creating few opportunities and Te Awamutu threatening.

With time running out and TA pushing hard for the equaliser, West Ham had two quick breakaways to see them score again twice, taking the full time score to 3 - 0.

Stand out performances from Adam Blake, the Roil brothers and Dylan Brett for the TA boys.

The side, now five points adrift at the foot of the table. has its last home game of the season, against Huntly, on Saturday.

The women’s “derby” between the clubs Pink Ladies and Edmonds Judd team at the stadium saw the Judd wide win 5-2.

The lead changing hands several times. Sam Kietzman and Meg Lyne betted for the Pink Ladies and Danielle Brdanovic (2) Chantal Fur (2) and Tahlia Hansen scored for Edmonds Judd.

The Te Awamutu College Football teams have had a solid season this year despite Covid-19 shortening the season.

The College had five teams this year and they all performed with enthusiasm, skill and tenacity, and ended the season on a high thanks to their Coaches, Managers and Parents support.

The Senior Girls Coached by Kieran McCullough and managed by Michelle Hunt finished sixth in Division 1 – their last game ending with a win against top of the League Mercury Bay. The Senior Boys coached by Hubert Bax and managed by Susanne Bax also finished sixth in Division 1.

The boys second team, coached by Brad Hirst, were third in Division 6 and Dave Hall’s junior boys’ side were fifth in the third division. The Junior girls coached by Tanya Allen in division two were fourth.

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Getting creative with fibre

By Viv Posselt

Cambridge’s awardwinning spinner and weaver Cynthia Read was chosen as the selector for this year’s Te Awamutu Creative Fibre exhibition being held in Te Awamutu’s Burchell Pavilion.

‘Colour Worx”, will be at the pavilion adjacent to the Te Awamutu i-SITE offices, from 10am to 4pm from next Wednesday to October 4.

It will feature about 140 works made by Creative Fibre Te Awamutu members, including weavers, spinners, knitters, crocheters, felters and dyers. Among the items are blankets and shawls, clothing, cushions, toys,

decorative works and books, as well as a few pieces never seen here before. Most of the work being exhibited will be for sale.

All have gone through a selection process done this year by invited selector Cynthia Read. The Cambridge spinner and weaver made the shawl gifted to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the birth of their first child, Prince George. She spun the New Zealand merino wool and knitted the lace shawl.

A People’s Choice Award will be made on the last day of the exhibition.

The four categories are colour and design, natural fibre, first-time entry and

This year’s selector for Creative Fibre Te Awamutu’s upcoming exhibition was Cambridge’s Cynthia Read, seated at right. Pictured with her are, from left, Marian Partington, Betty Gilchrist, Annette Whittle, Jo Bowman, and group co-ordinator Kathy Mitchell, kneeling.

new skills. A ticket on each item will tell its story, allowing exhibition visitors to learn something about its construction and the material used.

The group’s co-ordinator Kathy Mitchell said there was a higher-than-usual number of entries in the new skills category and attributed that in part to the Covid-19 lockdown that saw many members try new ideas.

Annette Whittle, who handles the group’s educational side and keeps the database up to date, said Te Awamutu Creative Fibre began around the same time the New Zealand Spinning, Weaving and Woolcrafts Society started some 50 years ago.

All groups belong to the national body, but operate autonomously within their regions and towns, organising their own activities, including exhibitions, spin-ins and workshops.

Te Awamutu falls under the Waikato, where there are about 13 active groups.

She said exhibitions such as these were important as they were often the starting point for people who wanted to go through the ranked grading system set out to exhibit their work. “And because the selectors give feedback, it is a much-valued learning platform.”

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Celebrate Spring I have been waiting expectantly for the season’s first strawberries. Now they’re here and although I’m delighted I can now savour a favourite fruit, I find the first berries are often a little tangy and are best enjoyed in smoothies, sauces and bakes. It’s summer when they are at their peak — nature’s healthy nibbles.

Firm berries should be stored at room temperature to allow the flavours to develop.

When fully ripe, store in a single layer in a paper towel-lined shallow container — covered — in the fridge.

Asparagus is popping up all over and the two — asparagus and strawberries — are an excellent combo in salads (try adding some crisp bacon too) and drizzled with Hollandaise or a good vinaigrette.

Store asparagus wrapped in damp paper towels in the fridge. If the base of the asparagus stems are tough, peel with a vegetable knife before use.

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