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‘Our voters don’t matter to them’ The country is at the polls – but the Electoral Commission is being accused of refusing to communicate with entire communities.

Milne said “we’ve had zero bookings from the Commission and I don’t believe we ever have had any for a general election.

“There are no Stuff papers in our area and only one NZME paper, with low coverage, so

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The News did that free as a The Commission last week hid The same point was made by service for readers. The rival Voting places for: behind the Official Information Michael de Hamel of the The NZME owned Te Awamutu Rotorua, Taupō, Act when asked for a breakdown Akaroa Mail and The Kaiapoi Courier did the same via a paid, of print spend. The Act was Advocate. ready made advert.

Hauraki-Waikato, introduced to make information “There are some newspapers When the commission was Te Tai Hauāuru, Waiariki available, but it can be used as a which reach places where other asked to provide a list for the stalling process because recipients media do not reach,” he said.

Cambridge News, it provided vote.nz have 20 days to provide answers David Gibbs, General Manager a copy of its advert and a long 0800 36 76 56 to questions. of the Queenstown Media Group spreadsheet.

This week newspaper editors said his company received no The stance on refusing to deal and owners from Queenstown advertising. with CNA members mimics the to Auckland complained about “The agency was totally Government’s decision to place R12-BR the Commission’s refusal to non-responsive. Agencies only a ban on them printing during acknowledge them. care about covering a national the Covid lockdown, effectively Ruapehu Bulletin editor Robert footprint using NZME, Media Continued on page 3 The big orange advert you won’t see in your community newspaper.

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Jason nails pump track record

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Despite problems with the wind, Cambridge downhill racer Jason Connor set a world record ‘first’ last weekend for the longest distance covered on a pump track by bicycle without stopping or pedalling.

Using nothing but sheer momentum, Jason (pictured below) nailed the first Official World Record for the feat by completing 25.01kms, or 101 laps of the pump track in Dominion Ave, in 57 minutes 13 seconds.

“The wind made it really hard to maintain momentum,” he said. “I had been determined to reach a minimum of 25km and had set my sights on at least 100 laps.

The only reason I couldn’t do more was the wind; it really made the back straight hard to get through and almost stopped me a few times.

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possible due to the wind. So, it became sheer determination with a mind-over-matter approach that got me to my goal.”

Had Jason stopped or put his feet to the ground, he would have had to start the attempt again.

His ride, which was watched by an enthusiastic crowd, was officially monitored

by Waipā District Councillor Philip Coles, Cambridge Primary School principal Mike Pettit, and former New Zealand rower and Olympic medallist Nathan Twaddle.

Covid-19 had prevented Official World Record personnel from attending in person.

Jason elected to do the ride to fill the gap when the 2020 UCI Masters World Championships in France were cancelled due to Covid-19.

He decided to use the attempt to raise money for Keep A Breast Foundation, a US-based organisation focused on educating people around breast cancer. His mother is a breast cancer survivor, and Jason is the Foundation’s representative in New Zealand.

“The biggest win for me on Sunday was the community involvement, the exposure for Keep A Breast Foundation, and the impact we have made on supporting families who have encountered the illness.”

The event was live-streamed and supported by a raft of sponsors.

The Give-A-Little page set up to raise funds for the Foundation runs through to October 31 and offers donors a variety of prizes. It can be accessed at www.givealittle. co.nz/cause/pump-track-world-record.

Produce market returns The popular Te Awamutu Produce market returns to its regular spot at Selwyn Park next Thursday, and organisers want more stallholders to come on board for the season.

The market has been running throughout the summer months of October to March-April for the past 12 years. It runs every Thursday during that time, from 2pm to 6pm.

Market manager Teresa Linehan said the stalls set to open for the season include

those selling a range of fresh vegetables and fruit, icecream and donuts.

“We’re also looking for more stall-holders in the Waikato, or further field,” she

said.

For more information contact Teresa Linehan on 021 624 693 or email tenderfreshproduce@gmail. com.

The Te Awamutu Produce market returns next week for the summer.

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Meth issues: don’t be an enabler

As a Police officer, human tragedy becomes a part of your business as usual.

Often these tragedies play out sometimes in months or even years. A recurring theme is methamphetamine.

We all know it ruins lives, rips families apart and destroys the very fabric of our community.

Often, I am approached by members of the public seeking advice on how to deal with a loved one who is an addict. Often, I don’t have the answers because every situation is different.

Putting your needs aside to support a love one can take a toll on your mental and physical health in the long term. Sometimes you may need to prioritise your needs and set boundaries as this will allow you to support the person using methamphetamine while still taking care of yourself. It’s also okay if helping them becomes too much for you and if you need to take a step back.

I have seen families purchase homes for

their children who are addicts only to lose the family fortune and sometimes even the family home. I have seen families constantly drip-feeding money which is ultimately used to pay drug debts which further exacerbate the addiction.

I want to be quite clear on my next point: enabling only helps a meth addict continue to abuse the toxic substance.

Family members who do that are unwittingly protecting addicts from the real consequences of abusing meth and allowing them to continue their behaviour.

When family members realise their efforts are ineffective, it can cause additional stress, arguments, and serious dysfunction within the family. I’ve seen marriages break up because one parent wants to enable the addiction and the other wants to take the tough love approach.

A common theme that runs through this is the addict’s own children. What happens to them? Often it becomes a situation

where grandparents are left to raise their grandchildren. This also generates a lot of enquiries because grandparents aren’t always equipped to deal with parenting in the modern age.

There are two organisations that can help provide advice and support.

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren is a nationwide organisation that provides support to grandparents. They can be contacted on 0800 472 637 Bravehearts is an organisation that provides support to families who are affected by loved one’s addiction to methamphetamine. They have regular meetings in Hamilton and can be contacted on 0508 272 834 And to reiterate my earlier point. If you have an addict who is a family member. Stop enabling them. You are doing more harm than good

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Scholars named Seven Te Wānanga o Aotearoa tauira (students) have been awarded scholarships to assist with their studies and to create benefits for themselves, their whānau, hapū and iwi.

The $3000 scholarships are awarded by the Aotearoa Scholarship Trust, which has supported tauira since 2012.The scholars are Deane Gage (Taupiri), Taylor Kahu (Rotorua), Isaac Smiler (Dunedin), Marie Clark (Rotorua), Deija Manuel (Hamilton), Ruby Bishara (Tauranga) and Evangaline Archer (Hastings).

Take care Visitors to the Waikato’s west coast beaches are being urged to tread carefully as the endangered tūturiwhatu – the New Zealand dotterel - begin their breeding season.

Once widespread across New Zealand, the dotterel, a small shorebird now considered endangered, has an estimated population of about 2000.

Change on the cards Countdown has revamped its Onecard loyalty programme.

The card has 1.7 million members. Customers will now earn one point for every dollar spent. Previously customers received points for every whole $10 spent in one transaction. The company says more than 140,000 customers who haven’t previously received an e-voucher will now receive a reward each year.

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Fifty years of fighting fires

By Viv Posselt

Murry Gillard’s 50 years as a firefighter with the Te Awamutu Volunteer Fire Brigade have been were celebrated at a medal ceremony.

Over 160 people, including family, friends, several senior brigade personnel from around the region and more than 20 Brigade life members, marked Saturday’s occasion with congratulatory messages, stories, presentations and a cake designed as a large 50-year medal.

Glenn Williams, Chief Fire Officer of Te Puke Volunteer Fire Brigade and immediate past President of the United Fire Brigades Association (UFBA) presented Murry with his 50-year medal and framed certificates. Describing his service as “an amazing achievement”, he said the Gold Star and other honours awarded acknowledged Murry’s outstanding commitment to his community.

He said that of around 14,000 firefighters, only about five percent achieve their Gold Star, and even fewer make their 50-year Gold Star. His attendance at training and musters averaged 97.3 percent over his 50 years, and in recent years was 100 percent.

Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) Waikato Area Commander, Daryl Trim, represented the fire region and the FENZ Board. He presented Murry with the Waikato Area Statute and a FENZ Plaque.

Also present was John Walker, Chief Fire Officer of Coromandel Volunteer Fire Brigade and President of the Auckland Provincial Fire Brigades Association (APFBA), who presented the APFBA Award, and Lesina Walden of Ngongotaha Volunteer Fire

Murry and Joy Gillard and their family flanked by the guard of honour made up of uniformed members and Gold Star holders. The Gillards were driven to the Te Awamutu Rugby Sports Club in the Brigade’s 1934 Fordson V8 appliance.

Brigade and President of the Auckland Provincial Fire Brigades Gold Star Association.

On behalf of the Brigade life members, Rob Peters presented Murry with a timber engraving of a helmet with all the gold star holders’ names on the back. Addresses were given by MP Barbara Kuriger, and Mayor Jim Mylchreest.

Te Awamutu Chief Fire Officer Ian Campbell told the gathering that Murry joined the Brigade in January 1970 and had served all 50 years in Te Awamutu. His was the second 50-year Gold Star medal awarded to a member of the Te Awamutu Brigade – the first was to Barry Kimber in 2007.

He said Murry’s flexibility and endurance enabled him to adapt as the Brigade changed. “He

rose through the ranks and became Deputy Chief Fire Officer for over 20 years, serving under three chiefs,” he said, adding that Murry’s impressive Waterway Challenge history – a UFBA tradition going back to 1885 – saw him win two national titles.

Murry said there were about 80 calls a year when he started, there were now over 350. He thanked his wife Joy and their daughters for their support.

“Without their support, getting to 50 years would have been a lot harder.”

He said he had no plans to retire just yet.

The ceremony is one of the rarest to be held within the service. It was ‘third time lucky’ for Murry after the presentation had to be cancelled twice before due to Covid-19.

rebate ‘Our voters don’t matter to them’ Rate announced making the NZME and Stuff daily products, which carry a cover price, the only ones on the market. The ban was partially lifted, but only after a week had passed and many CNA papers, which had been unable to sell adverts, had gone into Covid hibernation.

It also comes as a report on the Government’s $1 million “Local Democracy Reporting” project, which paid for journalists to be placed in newsrooms, acknowledged “the 85 non-NPA community newspaper publishers who are members of the Community Newspapers Association were not included in the pilot hosting arrangements”.

While the report was positive and acknowledged the success of the pilot scheme, it quoted one independent publisher describing it as “helping big companies and their failing dailies”.

CNA members’ accounts of dealing with the Electoral Commission were consistent this week.

“We just keep getting fobbed off when we try to get any form of government advertising,” association president

David Mackenzie said. His company, Good Local Media, publishes the Te Awamutu News and Cambridge News.

“Last time we tried was during Covid. The advertising agencies simply don’t return our calls or emails and each government department we speak to say they don’t make the decisions.”

Les Whiteside of the Blenheim Sun lamented “Stuff, NZME and ODT got all the Election print advertising, in my opinion through default”.

John Pickworth, speaking for Integrity Community Media, which produces seven farming and lifestyle publications, says he was told in January it was too late - the budgets were all assigned and it was a national campaign only. He did secure five referenda adverts.

Stuff’s community newspaper family is filled with common copy across the country and each individual paper may have one to three “local” stories.

Matamata’s Scene magazine editor Caron Stewart noted that apart from the voting locations there was “absolutely nothing local in our ‘local’

Matamata Chronicle”.

She said it was frustrating that the Electoral Commission did not see “that the likes of our publications are the ones that are actually read by our communities”.

Bianca Lawson, of Sunmedia in Tauranga said it seemed a large portion of agencies took the easy way out and booked through Newsworks “and did not actually look at other publications that will either give them better coverage for their campaign or in our case a much higher circulation when compared with all combined NZME publications in the Western Bay of Plenty region”.

In Auckland Reay Neben, Managing Director of Times Media, reported that “as independent publishers we had no chance”.

“We compete with both the [New Zealand] Herald and Stuff. The Stuff publication, supposedly a community paper, has no local staff so no real local news and very little local advertising support - but they received all the government election advertising.”-

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New plan reflects value of reserve

The Maungatautari Scenic Reserve is seen as a living treasure in a new management plan for the country’s largest inland sanctuary.

Waipā District Council worked with representatives from Ngāti Koroki Kahukura to co-create the plan which provides guidance for resources, activities and management of the maunga over the next 10 years.

The plan regards the 2500ha scenic reserve contained within Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari’s 47km pest-proof fence as a place “where our cultural and natural history are respected, enjoyed and enhanced, where people work together as guardians of this legacy for future generations”.

Council’s strategy and community services group manager Debbie Lascelles said the submissions received reflected the high

level of engagement with key partners.

“We received 21 submissions that were overwhelmingly supportive of our shared vision for Maungatautari as a living treasure. We are extremely blessed to have this nationally significant indigenous forest in the Waipā district, and the plan sets out how together we will protect and be guardians for this precious taonga tuku iho.”

At Council’s Strategic Planning & Policy committee meeting, Councillors Graeme Webber and Liz Stolwyk praised work that went into developing the plan.

“This a really important maunga for us, and when you look at the partners and look at what we have achieved over many many years, this is a particularly special place for people in New Zealand. I’m

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really impressed with the engagement we’ve seen from neighbours, local iwi, and other groups that have had an association and am absolutely rapt that everyone is happy with the direction were taking,” Stolwyk said.

The plan acknowledges the significance of Maungatautari to mana whenua and provides for them to have a living and enduring presence on the maunga. Submissions resulted in some minor amendments to the plan which will be factored into the final version. The importance of re-establishing access to the northern enclosure was also noted.

Council is negotiating access with landowners.

Council works closely with mana whenua directly and the Maungatautari Reserves Committee when making decisions related to the reserve land.

Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust (MEIT) is contracted by Council to look after the day-to-day operations and maintenance of the scenic reserve.

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Pureora planting milestone

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A partnership between the Department of Conservation (DOC) and community group Te Hau Kainga o Pureora has reached a significant milestone with the planting of 200 ecosourced native trees within Pureora Forest.

Te Hau Kainga o Pureora Secretary Frances Hughes says planting this month in the Pikiariki-Mount Pureora Ecological corridor, by a group of 18 iwi members and DOC staff, is the culmination of three years of fact-finding, knowledge sharing and planning.

The Pikiariki-Mount Pureora Ecological Corridor is a large part of Maraeroa A & B’s whenua received back through Treaty Settlement in 2012.

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“It’s only a small space, but it’s big enough for what we can manage, and we can tend to it on a daily basis,” Frances Hughes says.

Te Hau Kainga o Pureora sought information and guidance from DOC staff, gleaning insight into DOC’s work to inform their own project and develop the knowledge needed.

“We shared knowledge: they (DOC staff) gave their scientific point of view, and we gave our cultural point of view – it was very rewarding for both parties, and we were able to find common links between the science and cultural values. It just made sense to learn together,” she says.

DOC’s Maniapoto Operations Manager Oscar Emery says the

ongoing collaboration with Te Hau Kainga o Pureora reflects the Department’s desire to work with community organisations to achieve mutual conservation goals.

Rugby carnival

An Under-16 rugby Carnival will be held at the Hautapu Rugby Club in Cambridge on Saturday.

It follows the cancellation of the Northern Region Provincial Union Under-16 Tournament.

The carnival, starting at 9am, will feature Counties Manukau, Tainui Waka, Harlequins, Hamilton, Thames Valley and Taranaki.

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$40 million boost for superhub

A Waikato superhub will be running at full speed up to two years sooner thanks to Government funding confirmed last week.

The Ruakura development, spanning industrial, commercial, retail and residential development areas will include a 30-hectare inland port.

The first 17-hectare stage is being developed by Tainui Group Holdings and the Port of Tauranga, in a 50-50 joint venture announced earlier this year.

When fully developed, by about 2060, the Ruakura precinct is

expected to provide up to 12,000 jobs and bring significant social and economic benefits for the region. The inland port component is planned to open by mid-2022.

Last week TGH and Hamilton City Council welcomed the Government’s $40 million investment in a range of projects to help fast-track development.

The investment through Crown Infrastructure Partners will take the form of a $20 million grant to be applied to public assets, roading and infrastructure and the balance will be a concessionary loan.

The Government’s investment

will partially fund the critical transportation, bulk infrastructure and environmental protection works such as the Mangaonua Watercourse and a 10-hectare wetland.

These initial projects are estimated to directly create around 250 full-time equivalent jobs over a three-year period, not including jobs created by the port operation and planned logistics buildings.

TGH Chief Executive Chris Joblin says because of the funding Superhub will be fully open for business 1-2 years sooner than previously planned, bringing

significant cost advantages to medium and large-scale importers and exporters and offering them room to grow and reduced environmental impacts.

“With this funding confirmed we are now, jointly with HCC, moving ahead to finalise contracts and invite tenders from qualified contractors for construction work on these upcoming projects in the current earthworks season,” Mr Joblin says.

The inland port will be serviced by high-capacity rail and roading infrastructure, with the East Coast main trunk rail line running along

An artist’s impression of how the hub will look.

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the Port’s northern boundary and the new Waikato Expressway on the eastern boundary. Initially, rail services will be provided by the existing MetroPort trains running between Auckland and Tauranga.

Parekawhia McLean, Chair of Te Whakākitenga o Waikato, the tribal governance entity for WaikatoTainui, said the Government investment was a major statement of confidence which would rapidly flow through to the business community, “wider community and our iwi”.

“It also mirrors the significant investment from Waikato-Tainui in realising the vision for Ruakura,” he said.

Hamilton City Mayor Paula Southgate said the investment provided critical support for one of the most important long-term projects for Hamilton city and the wider region and would have farreaching economic, environmental and social benefits.

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The Waipā District Council has opened the first round of funding from its Covid-19 recovery plan. Projects that will assist Waipā communities recover from the impacts of Covid will be considered.

Group manager of strategy and community services Debbie Lascelles said $200,000 is available in the first round.

The recovery fund will help projects, programmes and services provided by not-forprofit community groups that contribute to social, economic, cultural and environmental wellbeing, and help local communities, families and whānau.

“We know that economic hardship is stressful for communities and often results in increased social issues,” Lascelles said.

“At a time when philanthropic funding is also more scarce, we hope this fund provides an additional boost to social services provided in our district.”

Applicants must demonstrate evidence of the community need, and proposed projects must have a clear link to recovery from the global pandemic. They also need to include a sound project plan and budget, and the project must commence before 30 June 2021.

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Arabian delight

Pukeatua’s Bella Vujcich, riding Kaspian CSH, was pictured in action during a New Zealand Show Horse Council event at the Kihikihi Domain on Sunday. More than 55 riders from all over the North Island competed at the spring show. The day before the Horse Council hosted the Property Brokers Youth Training Clinic where trainers Sophie De Clifford, Jessica Brechin, Cherie Weck and Fiona Honeyman taught children different aspects of showing.

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Rambling for charity

The charities Loving Arms and Grandparents raising Grandkids will benefit from Te Awamutu’s Altrusa Home and Garden Ramble on November 1.

The ramble – into its 25th year – has previously raised funds for Assistance Dogs New Zealand, a hoist at the Te Awamutu Aquatic centre, the Citizens’ Advice Bureau and Te Awamutu Youth Development trust.

“We have 12 homes and or gardens to visit in Ohaupo, Te Awamutu and Pirongia with many stalls selling various things from plants to paintings spread amongst the houses,” Altrusa’s Alison Todd said.

The day will also feature a $5 morning tea at Primm Garden and at the Landscape Development Company. One of the venues will also host the coffee cart The Night Shift.

“There are a variety of gardens from wedding venues, selfsustaining gardens and commercial rose growers to country style gardens,” Alison said.

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FAITH IN WAIPĀ

The parable of the monkey trap to influence examples of proposed legislation that carry massive implications for New Zealand’s future.

Whatever we embrace, by way of our choices in the two referendum votes, our ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ will inevitably deliver outcomes and determine whether we move backwards, or forward as a nation.

We’ve heard ambiguous political leader’s calls to think ‘progressively’ and are justified in asking if their ideas will genuinely deliver positive progress and advancement for our nation…or not?

What is best for our country? In the case of euthanasia how is releasing a cloud of assisted suicide going to be good for the whole of New Zealand? And is legalising marijuana seriously going to deliver anything good in the light of mountains of compelling evidence pointing to the many regressive effects it will have?

Dr Kate Baddock, Chair of The New Zealand Medical Association who have been emphatic about not condoning any legislation that allows for recreational use of cannabis says, “we are disappointed that the government is not showing leadership on a matter that has far-reaching effects for all New Zealanders.“ The stakes are high and getting it wrong carries potentially dire consequences.

There’s a solemn warning from the Book of Proverbs in the Bible where it is stated, “You can rationalise it all you want and justify the path of error you have chosen, but you’ll find out in the end that you took the road to destruction”.

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Reflection on our square

By Peter Carr

By Murray Smith, Senior Leader, Bridges Church

As a kid I enjoyed writings of a medical missionary in Africa, Dr Paul White.

He wrote whimsical ‘wisdom tales’ of jungle creatures getting into all kinds of predicaments.

One parable described a monkey discovering a clay jar full of peanuts.

Everything appealed - it smelt wonderful, looked amazing but was in fact a lethal trap tethered by a chain to a stake.

Other animals warily advised caution.

Mockingly disregarding their ‘narrow’ viewpoint, the self-enlightened monkey slipped his hand into the jar to grab a fistful of peanuts.

His clenched fist, bulging with nuts became wedged in the constricted neck of the jar. Screeching to be free, all he had to do was listen to the impassioned plea of his fellow creatures to let go of the peanuts.

Fixated only on his ‘prize’ he saw nothing of impending danger to motivate him to immediately release the nuts and free himself.

In a sense, the monkey story parodies the seriousness of our current political and legislative landscape. We too should consider carefully how our destiny is shaped by what we hold onto and what we need to let go of.

It’s possible some readers of this faith column may feel dismissive on the assumption that my views are informed by an outdated, narrow ‘unprogressive’ worldview.

However, objectively speaking irrespective of what informs our worldview, sheer common sense has awakened in many, a deep sense of disquiet as ominous indicators of social overhaul loom on our political horizon.

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One of the first memories I have of Cambridge was, in our Auckland days, being made to stop there each time we travelled home from visiting our offspring in Wellington.

Use could be made of the smart toilet facilities that were then manned - or was is womanned - for a small charge. That then led to a more relaxed latter sector of the homeward journey.

Having eventually arrived to live in this charming town Victoria Square assumed an importance to me as a central point effectively locking in together the constituent parts of the town into a unified whole. It was where the delights of willow on leather could be seen (and heard) each summer weekend, where the cricket club’s pavilion anchored the area, looking out onto the ring of trees bounding the extremity.

It was here that one year, at the behest of the Council, that I mounted the back of Doug Taranaki’s three-wheeled Honda motorbike as we threaded our way through the crowds of children-filled families celebrating the town’s Christmas entertainment. There we were, Doug very carefully driving large ‘S’ curves though the crowd with Father Christmas (it was hot in that suit I can tell you!) throwing out handfuls of sweets to the kids. Goodness knows what my dentist thought.

Later in that cricket pavilion, with microphone in hand, I was broadcasting to thousands of townsfolk and visitors, the progress of the Duke of Cambridge and his lovely bride as they travelled slowly around the square to be eventually greeted by the Mayor. That

also involved trying to get a glimpse of her outfit to advise the ogling sidewalkthronging ladies what the Duchess was wearing as she waved from the car.

But it is the Farmers’ Market on that ground that attracts me most these days.

I was heavily involved in the start-up of the market when it was hidden away at the trotting racecourse grounds - out of sight and out of mind. And there was sensible subsequent largesse from the cricket club who were very worried that a ’long six’ to the boundary might land in the lap of some innocent person buying their carrots on a summer morning.

While you may think this is not possible I have it on good authority from a fellow resident at my retirement village that, as a bowler, he was once hit beyond the boundary into the forecourt of what is now the Z petrol station. Someone certainly had good shoulders on that day.

The operator managers of the Farmers’ Market generally do a good job.

However just recently they appear to be forgetting the purity of the rules of these markets to allow in purveyors of goods that most certainly are not the produce of farmers – and certainly nothing to do with the requirements of commercial kitchens. They should take care and ensure that this remains purely a Farmers Market. The well run monthly Country Market at Tamahere is very popular and has more lenient rules to allow nonkitchen produce of the farmers variety to be on sale.

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The exquisite design and purpose of bloodsucking leeches, used for medicinal reasons for thousands of years and still championed by today’s doctors and surgeons, doesn’t mean they’re a breeze to rear in captivity.

Far from it. Te Miro couple Maria and Robert Lupton have found that out the hard way.

What started out as an add-on to their farming business 32 years ago has grown into a round-the-clock business that is the only one of its kind in New Zealand. The 40,000 to 60,000 leeches they breed for supply to plastic surgery units around the

country require specialised care seven days a week - checking, sizing, hand-feeding, collecting them off the ceiling or from under the floor mats when they wander off, or helping them slough off the skin they regularly shed.

Then there are the phone calls to field, calls that come around the clock and must be dealt with immediately. They come from hospitals and surgeries around the country, and sometimes further afield … when leeches are needed, they are needed urgently.

They have also supplied leeches to a major hospital in Brisbane. When Maria spoke to

The Lupton’s leeches are of the species Richardsonianus mauianus. Maria said that in the absence of any science to the contrary, the species has been logged as native to New Zealand, although theories exist that it may have been brought here by early whalers and sealers.

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a gathering of over 200 Australian and New Zealand surgeons some time ago, she was regaled with stories of how frequently their leeches had brought about a successful outcome.

Leeches have been used around the world for thousands of years; blood-letting was considered the go-to treatment for almost any ailment you could imagine. In more recent times, leeches have become mainstream in wound healing, and are considered increasingly valuable in plastic and reconstructive surgery, and in microsurgery.

Leeches attach themselves to a targeted area and draw blood, while releasing proteins and peptides that thin blood and prevent clotting. The process improves circulation and prevents tissue death.

The Luptons’ operation began after their children sent some of the leeches they had been collecting from their Northland pond into a creepy-crawly exhibition at Auckland Zoo. That attracted media attention, which in turn caught the eye of a Middlemore surgeon who was struggling to get the blood flowing in a post-operative patient. The Luptons’ leeches did the trick.

Since then, they have fine-tuned their operation using knowledge gleaned from overseas, breeding leeches in the summer, then packing them and sending them to hospitals and clinics as and when they are needed.

They can relate numerous stories of lips, ears, fingers and more that have been successfully re-attached, and other wounds that have healed thanks almost wholly to the work of the leeches.

The business is so labour intensive that they had to take on several part-timers to help out.

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“This is a very inexact science … there was no-one around here to tell us how it’s done,” said Maria. The leeches are hermaphrodite, she explained, which means no time is wasted trying to determine whether they are males or females. “They lay eggs, with about 6 to 16 leeches per egg case. When they hatch after about 15 days, they are about one centimetre long and as thin as a piece of cotton.”

It takes four years to get them to the size where they are valuable in a medicinal setting. Once each leech has been used to restore blood flow, it is destroyed as it is then considered contaminated.

As the demand for leech therapy increases so the supply of leeches in the wild diminishes, due primarily to either drought conditions or human interference in their habitat.

It places additional importance to the Luptons’ operation. “We have to make sure it is sustainable into the future,” said Maria.

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A new campaign shares what makes Kiwi dairy farmers tick.

DairyNZ chief executive Dr Tim Mackle says the Rise and Shine campaign launched this week shares the story of New Zealand dairy farmers as they lead the world in sustainable farming.

“New Zealand dairy has a great story to tell and we are seeing that realised through public sentiment, with 73 percent of people recently surveyed being favourable toward dairy farmers,” said Dr Mackle.

“This is tremendous recognition for farmers playing a key role right now – dually supporting our economic recovery postCovid while shifting how their day-to-day business operates to further deliver

for environment, animals and people.”

Survey results also show a marked increase in overall positivity in the last six months – with 62 percent of the public feeling positive toward New Zealand’s dairy sector.

The dairy sector about 50,000 people and dairy farming contributed to 34 per cent of New Zealand goods in 2020 – worth alost $30 billion.

Dr Mackle said New Zealand’s dairy farmers have made great strides in environmental initiatives and it’s was important to champion them as they commit to do even more.

“The emissions created from every glass of New Zealand milk are less than half the global average. Our

farmers are shifting toward increasingly sustainable systems. It’s a big challenge – securing farm systems which are profitable, while minimising footprint,” says Dr Mackle.

“Right now, DairyNZ’s Step Change programme is underway to support farmers with climate change and water quality goals. It will help farmers reduce greenhouse gases, improve water and maintain profitable businesses.

“The world is changing and dairy is moving with it. Our farmers are on the journey, but we want to continue raising the bar to maintain our position as world leading farmers,” said Dr Mackle.

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Award finalists named Judges faced tough decisions choosing finalists for the Primary Industries New Zealand Awards and there is no shortage of contenders.

The six independent judges deliberated over 40 nominations across the six award categories for the second annual PINZ awards, which are to be held at Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington on November 23.

“More than ever New Zealand needs the primary sector to be innovative and enterprising,” Federated Farmers Chief Executive Terry Copeland says.

“For our farmers, growers, foresters and fishers to continue to be at the top of their game as producers of quality goods exported to the world, we need suppliers and support agencies of the calibre of these finalists who can help us with cutting-edge technology and back-up.”

The finalists are: Primary Industry Team Award – sponsored

by Primary ITO, Chris Thompson and Team at Bioforce, Avian Empire, Tegel Foods, for Poultry Mite Control, Emma Boase and Team at NZ Apples and Pears Inc and Massey Business School, for International Horticultural Immersion Programme, Hamish Hodgson and Team at DairyNZ, Beef and Lamb NZ, for Compensation Assistance Team, Robin Congdon and Team at NZ

Dairy Industry Awards for NZ Dairy Industry Awards Primary Industry Science and Research Award – sponsored by Yashili, Institute of Environmental Science and Research, for Woodchip Denitrification Wall Technology, Livestock Improvement Corporate, for Space Satellite Pasture and Cover Evaluation, Plant and Food Research, for Fops The Future Orchard Planting System.

Primary Industry Innovation and Collaboration Project Award – sponsored

by Norwood, Avian Empire, Bioforce, Tegel Foods, for Poultry Mite Control, Ballance Agri Nutrients, for MitAgator, Plant and Food Research, for Modular Harvesting System, Robotics Plus, ISO Limited, for Robotic Scaling Machine.

Primary Industry Leadership Award – sponsored by Lincoln University, Bernadette Hunt, Hunt Agriculture, Zach Mounsey, Arcadia Dairies Ltd Winners for the Outstanding Contribution award, sponsored by Massey Ferguson, and the Industry Champion Award, sponsored

by Federated Farmers will be announced at the awards evening. There are no finalists.

The Primary Industries New Zealand Summit and Awards will be held at Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington on November 23 and 24.

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By Peter Matthews

I’ve been thinking about the concept of ‘indifferent consequence’. A bit of a clumsy phrase, but by way of explanation, allow me for a moment, to personify nature.

That is to say, to attribute human qualities and traits to the universe, the laws of physics, the cosmos, the environment etc. as a whole.

As an erstwhile parent of young children I have often employed the 1, 2, 3 device you know how it goes: “Do as you’re told - one... two... two and a half... two and three quarters... “ It didn’t work because the child knew I didn’t want to get to three and so I would string it out - and so would the child. I once heard Dr. Phil on TV saying that 1,2,3 doesn’t work.

He said if you want your child to take you seriously, set an egg timer and tell the child that when it goes off so does the consequence.

The child knows the timer is not going to play games, it will simply go off when the time is up, therefore there is a much higher chance of the child complying with your request.

Nature is counting to three right now. She has given us plenty of chances to behave.

Two and a half... two and three quarters... but we’re pushing our luck because we know she is tolerant, she will indulge our weaknesses and expedient choices.

She is telling us not to make such a mess of our planet, to tidy our oceans, and look after our ecosystems.

We in turn, knowing she loves us and doesn’t really want to hurt us, are stringing it out. We know we will eventually have to tidy up but we think we can get away without doing it just yet.

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On the BBC this morning there was an article saying that a group of scientists have determined that around a fifth of the world’s ecosystems are in imminent danger of collapse.

Two and four fifths... “Look,” says Nature, “if you don’t do as you’re told I’m going to get really cross; I’ll start melting the ice caps and burning the forests, then I’ll launch a pandemic, I’ll eliminate species from the wild at an ever-increasing rate - that’ll teach you!” Except that it doesn’t.

Two and seven eighths... We just don’t seriously believe she is ever going to get to three.

But wait a minute - what if Nature is not sentient? What if nature is just a set of rules, physical constants and ratios governing the interactions of materials and forces, resulting in a consequence or state which must necessarily follow from the state in which those materials and forces currently exist?

That would be an indifferent consequence, as logical as 2 + 2. Unless we believe that some supernatural force is about to scoop us from the jaws of logic - our number might be up. And that number is three.

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Who’s living in the real world? It’s a question politicians encounter often, competing to guess the price of milk, or the average wage of a nurse. But, this election, there’s another question we need to be asking of our leaders: what about the “unreal” world — the online, fantasy society many of us spend just as much of our lives in?

When it comes to main party policy, the digital world seems to occupy a footnote.

The government does have 2019’s “Christchurch Call,” a global communique on virtual extremism sparked by the live streaming of the Christchurch massacre.

Much of the drive is simply education; a good first step. But missing from their plan, and National’s “tech industry” policy, is real regulatory pressure to address the ills of online society.

The internet is a bog of information.

Unfortunately, that information is not just sitting around — it’s being algorithmically sorted, shifted and congregated in ways that favour the false, the misleading and the inflammatory.

The Wall Street Journal recently reported that an internal Facebook study in 2016 found that 64% of people in extremist groups on the site were directed there by Facebook’s own still-active ‘groups recommendations’ algorithm.

Talk about reigning these platforms in is certainly amplifying - and we would be wrong to think all of Facebook is stocked by evil minions. Managing the infosphere is a challenge, and one tech companies are innovating against. But with false content driving engagement, and such an incentive to profit, they’re not going to change on their own.

What kind of “unreal” world policies, then,

should we be seeing this election?

First, we need a continued stress on civic education and media literacy.

As US journalist Joshua Yaffa writes: “if you don’t know how a government actually works, you’re more likely to believe in conspiratorial versions of its doings.”

Labour recently made a push to strengthen civics in schools — but that promise is far from realised: one recent stat in Scoop News reported that only 46% of Kiwi teens knew how parties were elected to parliament.

If politicians want to address the lack of shared truth created by the digital world, strengthening young people’s understanding of how their society actually works is key.

Second, these companies urgently need public oversight. They’re societies in their own right but have progressed so fast the usual societal checks and balances don’t apply.

In line with this, governments also need to shift the balance back to traditional news media.

Here’s where the policy gap is most apparent. Over the ditch, Australia is pushing legislation that would require companies like Google to pay news outlets for their content.

Our own news industry is likewise struggling, and regulation that shifts the balance back to sources of facts is a good thing.

When it comes to dealing with the ills of our new society, there’s certainly not a shortage of ideas. What there is a shortage of is action from companies, and pressure from this year’s election contenders, that deals with the rapidly changing unreal world we live in.

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City side too slick in Meads final Nostradamus would Hamilton has become the fourth rugby sub union to win the Stan Meads Cup since the Mid North Island representative competition kicked off a decade ago.

As they had done throughout the series, the city side turned on the afterburners in the second half to maintain an unbeaten record in the competition.

Te Awamutu’s conquerers in the semifinal scored all the second half points after trailing at the break to beat Piako 39-20 in the final to retain the Peace Cup at the home of Melville rugby club on Saturday.

On the line was also the Finlay Cup, which Hamilton took off Te Awamutu couple of weeks earlier.

While the Stan Meads trophy is a recent addition, the Peace and Finlay cups are battered and bruised trophies steeped in history.

The first half of last weekend’s final was a battle royale with both sides attacking at every opportunity and defending like tigers. Piako were rewarded for some sterling attacking play and took a paper-thin 20-19 advantage into the half time break.

Hamilton upped the ante in the second spell with their scrum setting a solid platform to attack the goal line.

While Piako remained competitive in the line outs, Hamilton asserted their authority to hold their opponents

scoreless in the second 40 minutes, in posting a further 20 points.

The 39-20 margin reflected a determined Hamilton approach to soak up the Piako pressure, before unleashing their full arsenal of weapons in the second half.

Hamilton Coach Gary Robertson was full of praise for his young assistant coach Beau Hamilton.

Hamilton half back Shaun Walker had an excellent match, leading his back line with an extremely high work rate throughout the encounter.

The rewards of four unbeaten games

saw the Hamilton representatives win four trophies in five weeks. In addition to the big prize of the Stan Meads Cup, they won and retained the Peace Cup, with their name to be engraved on the time-honoured for the 12th time in 101 years of Peace Cup competition.

Hamilton also won the inaugural Waysy trophy, which honours Hamilton Rugby Union administrator Peter Way. The other winners of the Stan Meads Cup have been Te Awamutu (seven times), Eastern Bay of Plenty and Central Bay of Plenty.

Luke Masirewa’s barn-storming run through the Piako defence ended in him reaching over to dot down for Hamilton.

have predicted it…

Lightly raced three-yearold Tinker Mcphee dented a number of reputations at Matamata on Saturday when she sprinted clear of her rivals in the closing stages of her maiden 1200m contest to register a four-length victory.

Punters had expected Savabeel colt Brando to dominate his rivals off the back of four consecutive trial victories but the $1.30 favourite was left floundering in the wake of the Nostradamus filly after setting a strong tempo, with the race run in a slick 1:09.73.

The TAB was paying $21.40 a win for Tinker Mcphee The win was just reward for the stable who have spent plenty of time trying to teach the filly to settle in her races after she disappointed on debut when finishing near the rear on a heavy track at Te Aroha back in August.

The win marked the first success for Katrina Alexander since she

resumed training late last year after the tragic death of her son Jackson.

Alexander, whose highlight among 113 wins as a trainer came with the 2003 Gr.1 Sydney Cup (3200m) victory of Honor Babe, reapplied for her trainer’s licence to prepare a team from Hinuera Lodge in Matamata in partnership with husband Simon to fulfil the request made by her son shortly before his death in June last year from melanoma skin cancer.

“We first took a break about 15 years ago when we had a young family, where we downsized and moved back to the Central Districts from Matamata as that is where Simon is from,” she said.

“When Jackson got sick, we gave it away completely but after he passed, we decided to get back involved as he had said to me that was what he wanted for me.”

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