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These two tots at Te Awamutu’s Little Minds Early Learning Centre joined their peers and carers in turning on the pink for the day.

Businesses and scholls around the country got behind this year’s Pink Shirt Day initiative, many of them donning pink attire and dressing up their workplaces and classrooms.

The annual initiative, which was marked on October 16 and supported by Violence Free Waipā, supports the nowglobal event that began in Canada in 2007 and stands against bullying in schools, workplaces, communities and whanau.

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Anti-bullying expert Dr Cara Swit, a senior lecturer at Canterbury University would like people to feel empowered to confront bullying every day.

“Days like Pink Shirt Day put bullying in the spotlight.

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To say that we are dependent on synthetic Nitrogen is sad but true. The recent article

by Macauley Jones in the Cambridge News October 15 has many ‘facts’ in it but I feel it does not address the big picture.

As a young science technician at Ruakura Research Centre I was well placed to gain a comprehensive understanding of the role of Nitrogen in farming systems. The scientist I was assigned to was a prominent researcher in this field. I will always remember seminars delivered by him and other pastoral scientists stating that at the time (1979) it was not economic in general to apply extra Nitrogen to pastures for grazing animals. This was owed to the fact that clover fixed sufficient Nitrogen as long as good grazing practices were adhered to and adequate soil phosphorus levels maintained.

In 1982 the Ammonia Urea plant was built at Kapuni as a convenient way of using the ammonia by-product from natural gas refining. At the time there was a glut of urea, a form of synthetic nitrogen, on the world market. This meant that NZ manufacturers needed to sell it cheaply in NZ to avoid stockpiling. The resulting increased use of urea did, of course, push production up which had a knock-on effect of increasing the ‘value’ of farms. This in turn caused more urea to be used creating

By Chris McGovern

a vicious cycle.

Federated farmers’ Climate Change Just as making spoksperson Macauly Jones has argued soft drink cheap synthetic nitrogen can’t be banned. can get people Today another expert offers a view ‘hooked’ on sugar from a different perspective. the NZ farming Chris McGovern industry got ‘hooked’ on urea. The environmental cost consume approximately 129 grams of red was not factored into the land value. That is, meat per day. In addition, we consume the environment doesn’t send you a bill. poultry, fish and dairy protein. This overBefore this escalation of urea use on consumption of protein could be overcome NZ farms research had already shown by growing and eating more vegetables that significant losses of Nitrogen to the resulting in improved health outcomes. atmosphere and down the soil profile If the marginal hill country land that occurred from animal urine patches. Along is currently used for mutton and beef with higher stocking rates and addition of production was instead used for forestry synthetic Nitrogen as urea the Nitrogen much more carbon would be removed from loading on the land massively increased the atmosphere. In addition, dairying is leading to greater production of greenhouse not only geared towards high fertiliser use gases and pollution of ground water and including urea, it is very energy intensive waterways. It has also substantially reduced and highly water demanding. Much of the organic matter content of the soil which this land could be used for cropping which in turn reduces its water-holding capacity is now understood to be more efficient among other detrimental effects. land use than agriculture in terms of food Some cultures’ high demand for meat production. This would not only reduce and dairy is not out of necessity. It is just waste and pollution; it would fix more that they are used to consuming luxury carbon and produce more food. Although amounts of animal protein. According to the cropping requires nitrogen fertiliser, NZ Nutrition Foundation the recommended obviously crops do not urinate! daily protein requirements of the average Chris McGovern spent 26 years working adult is 64 grams. Based on estimates from in Soil Research to the level of Research Beef & Lamb NZ Ltd, New Zealanders Associate. He is now retired.

On the beat Shadowy activities? Shine a light with Ryan Fleming

The only thing necessary for evil to exist is for good men (and women) to stand by and do nothing.

To follow on from my writing about methamphetamine and the effects on family members; this week I would like to speak to the effects it has on the community.

I often get complaints of antisocial activity in and around the addresses of interest in Te Awamutu that are integral to the supply of methamphetamine.

These complaints range from loud cars travelling to the address at all hours of the day and night, intimidating people hanging around and finding small Ziploc bags around the street. This behaviour also has the unwanted effect of normalising this behaviour to children living in the area.

Here are some signs that there is a drug house in your neighbourhood High Traffic: cars and

pedestrians stopping for brief periods of time.

Visitors appear to be acquaintances rather than friends.

People bring valuables into the home i.e. bikes and phones, and leave empty handed.

Visitors may sit in the car for a while after leaving the residence, or may leave one person in the car while the other visits.

Obvious people exchanging small packets for cash.

Drug paraphernalia or empty ziplock bags found on the street.

Regular activity or commotion at extremely late hours on all days of the week.

There are steps you can take to help the situation.

Get to know your neighbours.

Form a Neighbourhood Support Group (www.commsafe. co.nz).

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puzzle. If you hear screaming or sounds of disorder from the address concerned. Ring 111 immediately If possible, discretely record the registration numbers and descriptions of vehicles and visitors to the suspicious address.

Pass this on to us. We do want hear about it Most drug addicts and dealers commit other crimes. They are often suspicious, maybe even paranoid. They can be violent, or associate with other violent individuals.

I urge people to ring either 105 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 to report this activity. We do put pressure on these houses, often discreetly and it isn’t always apparent what we are doing.

One tactic we are employing is high visibility patrols. On Wednesday we conducted a trial operation to deter this activity at a number of locations in Te Awamutu. The operation

consisted of Police staff utilising the Mobile Police station as the base for the day.

This police station was taken to areas where this type of activity occurs. Police staff along with Community patrol, Mandy from Commsafe and staff from Waikato Police Intelligence section parked up near drug houses and engaged with members of the public in an effort to start Neighbourhood Support groups and send a message that these communities are no longer prepared to tolerate this behaviour.

If you have a house in your area that exhibits the previously mentioned behaviours. Don’t tolerate it. It is difficult for people to conduct these shadowy activities if a spotlight is putting a shine on it.

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THURSDAY OCTOBER 22, 2020

Briefs…

Waitomo’s loss…

Promoters of a Sky Garden concept say they want to build in Hamilton after failing to win resource consent in Waitomo. If approved, the wooden tower would be 100m high and have a restaurant and bungee facilities overlooking the river in the central city.

On debut The Soundsystem Project and the Raglan youth group Ahurei Vibes are about to release a video for their debut song Anti Lonely. The story of the project, funded by Waikato District Council’s Creative Communities Scheme can be found on the Council’s YouTube channel.

Road works The Central Waikato summer maintenance programme has started.

Resurfacing work on SH1 north of Tirau started on Tuesday and crews will work their way southward toward the central North Island over the coming months. A programme of resealing, covering 70km over 75 sites, is scheduled to be completed in February.

Concert bonus The announcement of a Six60 music concert for the Claudelands Oval in Hamilton comes with the promise that it will create up to 300 jobs around the event. Tickets for the February 27 concert are already on sale.

Music mix A concert coming to Hamilton’s Gallagher Theatre on Saturday brings together an unusual pairing in ‘Wagner meets Big Band’.

The event is part of the Simon O’Neill - Rodger Fox concert project 2020, which is taking a series of four concerts to regional and main centres around New Zealand. Saturday’s concert will start at 8pm.

Mayor welcomes clear pathway

By Viv Posselt

Waipā District Mayor Jim Mylchreest hopes that gaining a majority-led government on the back of Labour’s landslide general election win will auger well for the region.

Speaking between meetings on Monday morning, he said he hoped a majority would signal an end to situations where movement has been obstructed because the government of the day did not have a clear pathway to making decisions.

“This is an opportunity to tidy up some of the legislation that has definitely hamstrung local councils. At the end of the day, local

government can only administer the legislation they [central government] give us, and if that is not streamlined and effective, they could end up with the results they have had in the past,” he said.

“The country has spoken, and we have a result. From the council’s point of view, we have to deal with whoever is in power at the time. My personal view is that with that kind of majority, perhaps at least they will be able to make some decisions and we can all move forward.”

Referencing what he called “the old hoary chestnut” of the Resource Management Act (RMA), he added: “It has long been a problem for us, and there has always been

complaints that it cannot be changed because they never had enough of a majority to do so. That isn’t going to be an excuse anymore, so maybe things will improve. Perhaps now we can get better results for the environment and our community.”

Mr Mylchreest congratulated sitting MPs – Taranaki KingCountry’s Barbara Kuriger and Taupō’s Louise Upston – for getting back in, and congratulated the Labour Party for its election win.

The Te Awamutu Chamber of Commerce is keeping an eye out for any announcements that might impact those of its members with an agricultural oriented business.

Commenting on Labour’s election

win, Sarah Davidson, Te Awamutu Chamber vice-chair, said the organisation was looking forward to continuing to advocate on behalf of its members as the government begins its new three-year term.

“At a local level, retaining the same Members of Parliament for the Taupō and Taranaki-King Country electorates means we can build on existing relationships we have with these MPs,” she said.

“We are watching this space on any announcement regarding a coalition with the Green Party, and how this may impact any of our members, such as agricultural businesses.”

Waipa is blue, the neighbours have gone red Waipā stayed blue as the country was engulfed in a red tide on Saturday.

Barbara Kuriger (Taranaki King Country), Louise Upston (Taupō) and Tim van de Molen (Waikato) held the fort while their neighbours fell.

But Labour’s rise was such that in Taupō National was trounced in the party vote count and was within 39 votes of finishing second in the party vote in Waikato.

Labour ousted both Hamilton MPs – Tim Macindoe and David Bennett – whose electorates border Waikato and Taranaki King Country.

Bennett will remain as a list MP – effectively switching places with new seat holder Jamie Strange.

Kuriger went into the election with all five of her neighbouring electorates held by National. By the end of Saturday only Upston and Rangitikei’s Ian McKelvie remained.

While the election was dominated by National’s implosion and the Covid-19 shadow, it was also marked by a lack of character.

The novelty parties were anonymous, a raft of parties positioned to the right of ACT garnered

limited in-depth policy coverage and the electorate may have seen little difference between them.

Indeed, neither the Cambridge News nor the Te Awamutu News was approached on more than a handful of occasions by candidates wanting publicity. Our invites to Labour MPs in Māori seats for copy and comments failed to get a response.

The days when parties get the slide rule out to measure the quantity of print copy gifted to parties are well gone.

We are (still) the champions…

Waipā communities want to continue living under the banner of winners.

The `Waipā Home of Champions’ has been given a new seal of approval.

Communities who were asked earlier this year how they felt about where the district was heading and if Council’s vision reflected aspirations, priorities and needs for Waipā.

The vision for Waipā for more than 10 years has been ‘Waipā Home of Champions - Building Champion Communities Together’. A ‘Waipā Home of Champions’ brand was established shortly after confirming the vision to identify

and celebrate the district and its champion communities, and all things residents love about living and working here.

With planning underway to develop Council’s next long term plan, Waipā mayor Jim Mylchreest said a critical first step was for Council to survey residents and check if the vision was still relevant and captured how people saw the district moving ahead.

Participants were asked to rate Council’s vision for Waipā where feedback consisted of a single question and was gathered on a five-point agreement scale.

“We had a really

strong response rate from our communities with about almost a thousand people sharing their thoughts, many of which were on behalf of their families and whanau,” said Mylchreest.

“Generally, residents held a positive view of Council’s vision for the future with over two thirds - just under 70 per cent - of residents agreeing that it captures the best way forward for our communities,” he added.

Council reviewed all feedback and has now adopted a slightly tweaked version, settling on ‘Waipā Home of Champions - Building Connected Communities’.

“This vision shapes the development of our next Long Term Plan and will help us to set out key projects, services, activities and programmes of work for the next 10 years.

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“Our Long Term Plan must be visionary and future focussed, and having a strong vision will inform the overall strategic direction for the district.”

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Support away from home

Aiko Utaka’s journey from Thailand to New Zealand has not turned out quite as she planned – but it has helped her cement a special bond with a New Zealand family.

Aiko’s stay has been prolonged by the Covid pandemic.

Families who have supported international students remaining in New Zealand during school holidays and leave weekends have become a vital component of the pastoral care.

At St Peter’s there are 52 students and 67 homestays – but most of the homestays are only available for certain parts of the holiday, so, Accommodation Co-ordinator Heather Joubert explains, placements are a puzzle, not just simple arithmetic.

Dhanya Milan and her family first offered to host an international student in term 3 of 2019, as they felt it would be good for their son Mohit to experience having a “big sister” in the

home, learning to share and care for another.

In the wake of the pandemic lockdowns, St Peter’s was fortunate in that most international students chose to stay. Some have not seen their families for nearly a year and all international students stayed with homestays in Waipā during the holidays.

Aiko and her host family have developed a special relationship, Heather says. Aiko even helps her “little brother” with his maths homework when she is in residence.

“Aiko’s family are very appreciative of the support that their daughter receives in the Milan home, and particularly the extra effort taken to ensure she is happy and comfortable.”

During Aiko’s homestays, they often speak on video with her mother in Thailand and the families have become firm friends.

Dhanya says: “Aiko loves soy sauces, so I always stock my pantry when I know that she is coming to stay.”

Favourite activities are baking, walking, watching movies and playing the card game Uno. Aiko shares her advice on make-up and skin care. The highlight though for both is the cultural interaction - learning about Dhanya’s origins from South India and Aiko sharing her Thai culture.

During Lockdown Dhanya and Aiko delighted the St Peter’s community with their baking journey on Facebook, earning quite the reputation and requests for Lockdown delivery.

If you are interested in knowing more about being a homestay host, contact Accommodation Co-ordinator Heather Joubert at heatherj@stPeter’s.school.nz.

Homestay programmes also operate at Te Awamtu College, Cambridge High, Wintec and Waikato University – though they all bene impacted Covid.

Flower on the move

Two years of work to return the “flower of the underworld” to Wellington has culminated with Pua o te Rēinga/ Dactylanthus taylorii seed making its way from Pureora Forest Park to Wellington’s Otari-Wilton’s Bush.

Pua o te Rēinga, te reo Māori for “flower of the underworld”, is an unusual parasitic plant which grows as a tuber attached to the root of a host tree. Specimens of the root connection and the plant itself are sometimes also called woodrose.

The species is regarded as being in serious decline, and the Department of Conservation (DOC) has a recovery plan to ensure its survival. Threats include pest animals such as possums and pigs, habitat loss and it being dug up by people. The plant also relies on native bats and some birds for its pollination and seed distribution so threats to these species have a knock-on impact on dactylanthus.

DOC’s Avi Holzapfel, who provided technical advice to the translocation project, said the species was widespread in the past, with populations going through a natural, localised boom-andbust cycle over perhaps a century.

“Even with good seed set, seed distribution to new Dactylanthus taylorii.

sites appears to be limited today – whether this is due to the lack of a long-range seed disperser is not known,” Mr Holzapfel says.

“Translocating seed to suitable areas re-establishes the species in places where it would previously have occurred and allows it to take its place in the forest ecosystem as a provider of nectar for ground-dwelling animals and insects.”

A previous seeding trial at Pureora has shown this can be achieved successfully.

A group representing Wellington’s iwi, along with Wellington City Council and Zealandia staff were at Pureora to collect the seed.

Experts at Otari-Wilton’s Bush have been working to bring this special plant back to Wellington for about two years. Otari is the only public botanic garden in New Zealand dedicated solely to native plants.

For more information go to http://www. doc.govt.nz/

Photo: Rahiri Makuini Edwards-Hammond.

Aiko has shown her culinary skills.

Waipa is blue, Briefs… neighbours go red Continued from page 3

In the midst of its own turmoil, National didn’t even alert all media when its newly anointed leader Judith Collins visited the Taupō electorate.

Ultimately it was the Greens celebrating most loudly after Labour, while ACT enjoyed a new lease on life, New Zealand First was left out in the cold and the Māori Party came back.

There wll have been celebrations in the home of the chief executive of Te Wanaga o Aotearoa, Te Ururoa Flavell, when the Māori Party he led at the last election regained the Waiariki seat he once held.

Both Māori seat covering Waipā – Nanaia Mahuta’s Hauraki-Waikato and Adrian Rurawhe’s Te Tai Hauāuru – remained in Labour’s hands. In both cases voter plumped heavily for Labour.

Meanwile Community Newspaper owners and editors have continued to complain about how print advertising was handled for the election.

The Electoral Commission came in for heavy criticism last week from the New Zeaand Community Newspapers Association because almost all members were overlooked for advertising. Ōtaki Today editor Ian Carson eehcoed other editors in suggesting his publication was far better read than rival papers owned by NZME and or Stauff – but wre ignored when it came to advertising.

“If we were included in Electoral Commission advertising, I’m sure the messages into our small patch would be more substantial – and cost-effective,” he said.

He said he knew at least one rival paper did not deliver into `No Junk Mail’ boxes, “which cuts down the reach even further”.

Award winner Hamilton’s Mike Stent Decorators has won a commercial painting category at the New Zealand Master Painter Awards. The company collected the New Interior Large Residential award for its work at the Te Awa Lifecare Retirement Village in Cambridge.

Signed, sealed…

A ceremony has been held in Taupō for the official signing of an agreement to transfer specific water quality monitoring functions to the Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board. Regional councillors earlier this year backed transferring summer bathing beach, regional rivers, rainfall and groundwater quality monitoring within the Lake Taupō catchment to the trust board.

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Fitness fanatics head to Waipā Altrusa ramble

By Viv Posselt

Over 670 of the country’s fittest athletes will go head-tohead over Labour Weekend at the CrossFit New Zealand Team Nationals.

The event, on Saturday and Sunday, one of the biggest in the Avantidrome’s calendar and is likely to attract upwards of 1500 spectators.

The weekend’s team nationals will be followed on December 5 and 6 by the NZ Individual Nationals, now twice stalled due to Covid-19. Both are organised by the New Zealand Nationals, the business purchased earlier this year by directors Michael Gillum and Cameron Burrows and set up to run the national team and individual events.

Cameron said 672 athletes from regional gyms were entered this weekend, comprising 112 teams of six each. This is the second year the team nationals have come to the Avantidrome. The December individuals will be the third such event held at the venue.

“The Avantidrome is ideal for what we do,” he said. “The proximity of other facilities we use in the competition, such as the St Peter’s School swimming pool and fields, and the Te Awa Cycle Track, means we have access to a greater variety of opportunities to test the athletes.”

CrossFit is an exercise regimen started in the United States in 2000. CrossFit is the brand - the sport itself is functional fitness, scaled and based on ability, with categories in the team event listed as beginner/novice, intermediate, and RX or elite level. The individual nationals event also has varying divisions.

“The point of functional fitness is to be fit enough to complete any challenge life throws at you ... to be physically prepared for a range of activities. There is generally a lack of understanding around CrossFit … our goal is to create events that showcase athletes who are well-rounded and highfunctioning in terms of fitness.”

A total of 256 top athletes are registered for the NZ Individual Nationals in December – the country’s largest and only national CrossFit competition aimed at determining who is the fittest in New Zealand.

They were whittled down from an original 1050 entrants who completed qualifying rounds at their own gyms in June and were then invited to the Individual Nationals.

“We previously had around 700 entrants go through the qualifying rounds, which means the numbers have bumped up by about 50 per cent,” said Cameron. “The Individual Nationals will be livestreamed

on Sky Sport Next free-to-air platform in December; it will be the first time the sport of CrossFit will be broadcast live in New Zealand.

The fast-growing sport is enjoyed at 110 gyms around New Zealand – known as CrossFit affiliates through their links with the original US-based company.

Spectators keen to watch both days of competition

over Labour Day will be able to purchase a two-day pass for $30. A one-day pass is $20 and there are children aged 6-12 tickets, with those under 5 free.

Cameron said the best public viewing times would be the morning on Saturday and any time on Sunday.

Prizegiving will be around 4pm on Sunday.

CrossFit athletes testing their fitness at last year’s CrossFit Nationals.

in hot demand

By Viv Posselt

Tickets for the 25th Altrusa Home and Garden Ramble on November 1 are going fast.

The always popular event will run from 9.30am to 4pm on the day, offering ticketholders an opportunity to visit some, or all, of the 13 homes and gardens on the list. There were 11 homes and/ or gardens featured last year.

This year, said co-ordinator and a previous exhibitor Alison Todd, a ‘pop-up garden’ is included among the list of houses and gardens featured from Te Awamutu, Pirongia and Ōhaupō. There are some delightfully unusual gardens on show this time, including a permaculture-friendly food forest incorporating the ‘layering’ of different food plants, a self-sufficient garden, the e-house energy-efficient house and garden, a ‘wedding flowers’ garden, a straw house and its surrounding garden, and a house made entirely from recycled material.

The mix of homes and gardens always proves interesting, and this year will also feature a fully renovated house that looks like new.

The ramble is a major annual fundraiser for Altrusa’s Te Awamutu Club. Once expenses are met, proceeds will go towards two local groups doing good in the community, Loving Arms, and Grandparents Raising Grandchildren. Last year’s takings went to the Te Awamutu Youth Development Trust.

Alison said morning tea would be available at two of the locations, and various stalls spread through the homes and gardens would have items for sale.

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THURSDAY OCTOBER 22, 2020

FAITH IN WAIPĀ

Who do we really vote for?

By Norris Hall, Deacon, St John’s Anglican Church, Te Awamutu

Living everyday life more often than not demands questions for which answers are not always easy to find. Those questions may be dilemmas to carefully consider, each answer may contain far reaching implications for our lives and maybe our futures.

In the readings as set down in the Common Revised Lectionary, used by numerous main-stream Christian traditions, in Matthew’s Gospel, we find a story of Jesus being asked a trick question by some not so friendly individuals. “Does one pay a tribute to the emperor of the day or to God?” A leading query. But a very astute Jesus saw through the

Pay to Caesar what is Caesar’s.

The two referenda, regarding the legalisation of cannabis usage and euthanasia have provided vexing questions to answer and scenarios to come to terms with. How will it affect society, its accepted norm, standards, and expectations? Have we made the right choices, and do they sit well with our consciences?

How will the outcomes affect us as individuals? Has it been a case of paying to society what society demands? So many things to consider.

In the faith walk that many of us are engaged in, and for some yet to begin, Jesus says, “pay to God

schemed plot and he replied, “pay to Caesar what is his, and also to God what is his”. And his detractors slunk away somewhat frustrated but also amazed.

By the time you will have read this, our General Election will have run its course. The votes have been cast; the special votes being counted. Jubilation and disappointment all around, losses and gains. The chorus of promises silenced – will they be kept? Most of us have been given the opportunity to vote for what we believe in and hope for, not only for our country but also for ourselves, to invest in our future and that of our country.

Meat the greens…

Someone said to me a while ago: “I’m not a greenie”. Fair enough, one doesn’t have to be a greenie.

But what does that mean? Does it mean, perhaps, that the person has looked at the evidence for and against climate change and decided there is no problem? Or that there is a problem but it is not caused by human activity?

Or, and this seems to be the most likely, the person simply doesn’t care: “I’m OK, so I’m not bothered”.

Of course, in this country, at this time, we are all OK. We are not going to disappear beneath the rising seas tomorrow, but does that mean we should not be bothered?

Last night the television in our house was tuned in to Country Calendar because there was story about a local butcher shop, Wholly Cow, run by a local family, which is doing very well. The business is intentionally as sustainable and kind to the environment as possible.

There are many ways in which this family is attempting to lighten their step on the earth and improve the treatment of their livestock, at the

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same time as running a profitable business to ensure the long term survival and welfare of their family.

I, personally, am philosophically opposed to the idea of eating meat but I commend this family and their business wholeheartedly.

I don’t condone the farming animals for the purpose of eating them; I think it is inefficient, unnecessary, and often inhumane - but that’s just my view and I am quite willing to accept that others have differing views. In fact, two of the six members of our immediate family are carnivorous and we buy meat in the weekly shop.

Except that now we will not be buying it from the supermarket.

If we are to be customers of a butcher’s shop we will patronise one which demonstrably values the environment and treats the animals with care and respect.

From the point of view of empathy and consideration for welfare of the animals I do not like the part of the process which comes between the animal in the paddock and the shrink wrapped product

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and life. All God asks is for our faith and trust in him, for our acceptance of his love and our awareness of his presence. No politician can ever offer or even match that.

The pharisees demanded of Jesus, to whom shall one pay the tax? And he answered, “pay to Caesar which is Caesar’s, to God which is God’s.”

What would our answer be to that searching question?

Something for us all to reflect upon perhaps in the days ahead.

THE AGE OF REASON

By Peter Matthews

“We pride ourselves on making old age worth living”

what is God’s.” Just as the political candidates have sought our support in the weeks gone by, do we offer ourselves to God? Do we vote for his promise of everlasting life, his ageless gift of unconditional love for each and one of us, his expression of amazing grace? Do we give him the tick?

The policies and intentions promised by political parties may fade away, be forgotten or be replaced as seen expedient. The policy of God for us however is constant and eternal. No trick questions to be wary of, no dilemmas to agonise over. His policy is one of love and redemption

on the shelf.

Even here these guys are scoring; they have their own abattoir on the farm and so the stock processed here are spared the last truck ride to the works. Likely a harrowing experience by anyone’s standards, unless of course empathy is not in your repertoire of available emotions.

Environmental and climate change issues span a wide spectrum and my objections to animal farming which relate to that spectrum are based upon a small part of it. I have seen examples of farms in Europe which employ polyculture ie: many crops, including livestock, grown together.

It’s harder to object to the farming of animals when it is done on a small scale as part on an enterprise promoting biodiversity and sustainability.

Are the people who run Wholly Cow greenies? From what I saw last night - yes I think they are.

All hail The Village People

By Peter Carr

So Cambridge (and by default the Taupō electorate) remains Blue, on an azure island with a sea of Red swirling around.

And those to whom Green is the key primary colour wander on the outside of the tepee wondering if they are going to be let inside. And for those to whom safer roading is a key desire, just pray that the appallingly dangerous stretch of road between the end of the four lane highway and the Piarere turnoff will be replaced.

This is only possible by the Red not mixing it with the Greens.

Whew – that should start a conversation in the supermarket aisles!!

On election day I was returning from a number of Auckland-based meetings addressing retired people who reside in those villages which 45,000 residents call Home. There are 435 such commercial retirement villages in this country (and not to be confused with those collective residences that, sadly, were ravaged by Covid not only here in New Zealand but also in Australia and the UK).

Those who have chosen a lifestyle with a more embracing culture do so with care – and an acknowledgement to their heirs that the financial package one day due to come their way will be different both in shape and quantum. It is where carefully written Occupational Rights Agreements are de rigueur and certain behavioural and social rules apply. Where some people enter starry-eyed to find that there may be practices within those villages that somewhat frustrate the total social freedom that they had hitherto enjoyed.

But I have a national role on behalf of village residents whereby I can (and do) visit frequently and can happily report that by far the greater majority of this form of group-think benefits greatly the lifestyle and enjoyment of the residents.

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The residents of these villages, in conjunction with their managements, create a whole aura of fun, frivolity occasionally, duty of communal care and a haven of security. Just like those ‘outside’ they still participate strongly in community facilities in the town, throw themselves into worthwhile activities in sports and community activities and, just like those not part of those communities, throng the shops, cafes and Farmers Market albeit sometimes at a slightly slower pedestrian pace.

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Water project milestone It’s a wrap for The Waikeria to Kihikihi section of Waipā District Council’s Waikeria wastewater pipeline project has been completed.

The project, which will bring Waikeria’s wastewater through to Te Awamutu for treatment to modern standards, began 12 months ago and will be the longest wastewater pressure pipeline in the Waipā network.

Council’s service delivery group manager, Dawn Inglis, said the Puniu bridge completion was a particularly proud moment.

“The Puniu Bridge pipeline was installed on the outside of the bridge overlooking the Puniu river and required scaffolding and traffic management on State Highway 3 at times,” Inglis said.

“Our contractors did a phenomenal job to attach the pipeline carefully to the recently strengthened bridge which required a lot of skill. We are very pleased to have reached this milestone which marks the end of the 10km section between Waikeria and Kihikihi township.”

Further along the pipeline in Te Awamutu, the three 26m x 3m storage tanks placed in Albert Park in June, have now been covered. Six manholes are the only visible sign of the large infrastructure underneath.

Each tank can hold 180,000 litre of wastewater and will be used as emergency storage in the event of power failures or other technical issues to give staff time to deploy resources without overflows from the pump station occurring.

Albert Park has also welcomed two shiny green ‘domes’ which use activated carbon technology to help manage any unpleasant odours.

“When the domes are operational, any passers-by shouldn’t be able to smell anything nasty – while not a 100% guarantee, it is expected that unpleasant odours will only be noticed when the carbon filter needs maintenance,” Inglis added.

The green domes are the first of its kind for the district and will also feature in Kihikihi at two locations along the new pipeline, which is being installed across the town.

The Waikeria project includes multiple upgrade works of existing facilities and new wastewater pipelines, starting at Waikeria Wastewater Pump Station and finishing at the Te Awamutu Wastewater Treatment Plant.

The multi-million-dollar project which crosses two districts, largely funded by the Department of Corrections, will meet the capacity needs of Waipā district’s projected population growth and Waikeria’s prison upgrade.

For more information, go to www. waipadc.govt.nz/waikeria.

The new wastewater pipeline has been laid under Puniu Bridge, marking the end of the 10km Waikeria to Kihikihi section.

BOARD UPDATE

Back to business

By Ange Holt, Te Awamutu Board Chairperson

Chairperson, Te Awamutu Community Board It was a straightforward meeting for us this time at our monthly Community Board meeting.

We had attendees from the Kainga Aroha Community House and Dean Taylor presenting with one member of the public observing. Martin Mould delivered his quarterly report for Water Services, and we received four Discretionary Grant applications, three of which received funding. The fourth will be considered at the November meeting.

It is great to see more members of the community taking an interest in what we are up to and coming along to let us know what they do too.

The Kainga Aroha Community House manager, Kane Rangitonga and one of his staff, Sue Goodridge outlined the services they provide to many in our community.

This included budgeting and counselling, which could also be a service utilised by those who need some financial or moral/ emotional support due to

losing a job from COVID).

They also have various family support services and skilled staff for people to talk to regarding domestic violence. The board were very impressed with the amount of work this organisation does for Te Awamutu and the wider community.

Dean Taylor updated us on the plans for this year’s Christmas lights in the Te Awamutu Rose Gardens.

I do not want to give anything away so I will just say it sounds exciting and we look forward to seeing the big tree lit up again this year. The Community Board is keen to support the Christmas Lights in the Rose Gardens as so many people, young and old, get to enjoy them.

Community Board Members are currently reading through the submissions for the Memorial Park Concept Plan. This is in preparation for the November meeting where we will be presented by council staff with the full results of the submissions and recommendations. You are welcome to attend.

A number of comments

through the submissions have been noted in regard to the Park being “let go” in recent years and not being maintained to a high standard. There is also a passionate group who have been doing some tidying and fixing already.

To address this, we are looking to have a “Friends of Memorial Park” group formed, like the Trees Trust in Cambridge. Cr Lou Brown is overseeing the development of the group. We had a positive first meeting with interested parties and Matt and Craig from Council’s Parks team recently. If anyone is interested in being involved with this group, please contact Lou. The next Community Board meeting will be November 10. We welcome you to participate in the public forum or simply attend.

Should you wish to read the agenda please visit www.waipadc.govt.nz/ agendasandminutes.

the fibre group

By Viv Posselt

Members of Creative Fibre Te Awamutu held their fifth and final workshop for the year last weekend.

The October 17 workshop at their room in the Baptist Church complex focused on felting, and was run by long-time member, Bronya McInally.

The group has members from around the region. Its members promote the teaching and exhibition of a range of fibre-related crafts, including weaving, spinning, knitting and crocheting, felting, dying and more.

One of their number, Annette Whittle, said the group receives funding from New Zealand Creative Communities to support the annual workshops. Usually held every couple of months, the five workshops planned for 2020 were run close together due to Covid-19, she said, the first four covering indigo dying, pattern work, double weaving and beginner spinning.

An additional workshop on bookmaking was also held. Annette said they were all full this year, and a number of new members had joined the group as a result of the workshops.

Creative Fibre Te Awamutu recently held its annual exhibition, entitled ‘Colour Worx’, at Te Awamutu’s Burchell Pavilion.

For more information call Kathy Mitchell on 021 108 5333.

Creative Fibre Te Awamutu’s Bronya McInally, right, instructs some of those who attended last weekend’s workshop on felting.

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POLITICS

Looking at our big issues

By Barbara Kuriger, National MP for Taranaki King Country

Saturday October 17 will go down in National Party history as a day the tide went out. Due to a popular Prime Minister and her handling of Covid 19, the public decided to vote red.

It did turn out to be largely a Covid election, as predicted. People are feeling appreciative of being kept safe and rewarded the PM’s team with their votes.

We live in an uncertain world and the public were looking for some consistency in their lives. There has already been enough change for many.

For me, as with other electorate MPs, the shift of votes means either a smaller majority or for some a new career choice.

We all take pride in representing our seats as I do in Taranaki King Country. I am excited that my Party vote is still blue. I am honoured to be returned as your MP and will continue to work hard for you all.

The biggest issues that will affect my electorate going forward are the changes to international tourism and the big hit to the events industry. Last week I attended a Primary Sector event in the Hawke’s Bay, and it felt great to again be in a large crowd, something we haven’t experienced much in 2020.

I will need to be vigilant and do what I can around the water regulations which are being imposed on farmers. While we have improved our water quality over time, and need to continue on that path, we must continue to push for catchment and regional incentives with appropriate transition timeframes.

I am very keen to see what plans the

Labour Government have to change the RMA. We need to consolidate on this as much as possible for sensible solutions.

While we need rules, the complexity and cost of regulation is an Achilles heel in our small country.

Taranaki King Country is made of many small rural communities. All are important to me and are the number one reason why I enjoy representing a large rural electorate.

I am a strong advocate for agriculture and horticulture.

While those who truly understand the rural sector are a minority in Parliament, I pride myself on a good working relationship with MPs from across the spectrum in this space in order to achieve as much as I can, even from opposition.

As the National Party’s Senior Whip, this week I will be working with Labour’s Senior Whip, other Whips and Parliamentary Services to run the induction programme for new MPs. I find this very rewarding as I get to know all of the new MPs better than I would otherwise get the chance to do this early in a Parliamentary term.

I’m looking forward to a new term, excited to learn what my portfolios will be.

I currently hold Rural Communities, Food Safety, Women and Associate Agriculture. I enjoy these portfolios as they connect well and relate so well to my electorate.

I am privileged to remain your MP. Thank you for your support.

POLITICS

A mandate to invest

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I acknowledge the work my predecessor David Bennett did in the Hamilton East electorate. I also appreciate and acknowledge outgoing Hamilton West MP Tim Macindoe. Tim is a genuine, honourable and honest person, who always puts others before himself. I would like to congratulate Dr Gaurav Sharma, who won the Hamilton West electorate, and whom I know will do a great job. I also congratulate all other candidates who won their seats in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions.

As a list MP over the past three years, I helped deliver the following investment for Hamilton: a passenger rail service to Auckland (starting early 2021), the 1300seat Waikato Regional Theatre, Peacockes housing development along with roading infrastructure near Hamilton Gardens, the headquarters of Te Pukenga (nationwide polytechnic merger), the headquarters of the Criminal Cases Review Commission, state integration of Hamilton Christian School, infrastructure investment in the Ruakura inland port and commercial development, and a rebuild of the Henry Rongomau Bennett mental health facility.

As an electorate MP, I will have an even stronger mandate to lobby for government investment in our city.

On election night, our Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern spoke about the leadership she will provide over the next three years. I quote from her speech below.

We are living in an increasingly polarised

world, a place where more and more people have lost the ability to see one another’s point of view. During the recent election campaign, I believe New Zealanders have shown that this is not who we are. As a nation we can listen and debate. After all, we are too small to lose sight of other people’s perspectives.

Over the next three years, there is much work to do. We will build back better from the Covid crisis. Better, stronger, with an answer to the many challenges New Zealand already faced.

It’s an opportunity we have already grabbed, and a plan we have laid out to invest in infrastructure. It sets us up for generations to come while creating thousands of jobs, new state homes to house the homeless, and 100% renewable electricity generation, free trades training, and interest free loans for small businesses to expand and to thrive. Our plan is already in action and already working. But after this result, we have the mandate to accelerate our response and our recovery and tomorrow we start.

We know the next few years will not be easy. The last few have not been easy either, but there have been chinks of light that have shown through even the darkest of times. That light has been our nation’s determination, our support for one another, and our sense of resolve.

So let’s step forward together.

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Double win for Waipā Two Cambridge studs are celebrating the latest winners in the New Zealand Thoroughbred Association National Breeding awards.

The Oaks Stud general manager Rick Williams has been named as the Personality of the Year and Julian Corban the Mary Lynne Ryan Young Achiever.

Williams was recognised as an industry personality who has made a significant contribution to the New Zealand thoroughbred industry.

His passion for pedigrees has seen Williams’ involvement in the thoroughbred industry extend to well over 35 years, as a consultant, owner, administrator, NZTBA Councillor and for the last 20 years General Manager of The Oaks Stud.

In that time at The Oaks he has overseen the development of some exceptional racehorses and excellent stallions, including the former Champion Two-Year-Old Darci Brahma who as a sire has enjoyed a very successful season in 2019/20.

Mary Lynne Ryan is remembered for her passion for the thoroughbred industry, for education and young people.

The award named in her honour

recognises the dedication and passion of a talented young person in the industry.

Latest winner Julian Corban has spent his lifetime at Cambridge Stud where his father Marcus was General Manager. His love for horses was evident from a young age and school holidays were spent working with the team on the stud. At the age 17 he joined the permanent staff under the guidance of

Some of New Zealand’s top women footballers will play in Cambridge over the summer.

John Kerkhof Park – the home of football in Cambridge – has again been chosen as the training base and home ground for WaiBop’s team in the country’s highest level of women’s competition, the ISPS Handa Premiership.

WaiBop, who represent the Waikato and Bay of Plenty, are one of seven regional teams in the competition formerly known as the National Women’s League.

The 2020 competition will be contested by Northern Lights, Auckland Football, WaiBop, Central Football, Capital Football, Canterbury United Pride and Southern United.

This Premiership is expected to feature

Riding to thrive

Sir Patrick Hogan and worked initially with the broodmare team, advancing through to weanlings, yearlings, and stallions in all aspects of hands on work.

He progressed to becoming a wellknown leader of colts in the sales ring for Cambridge Stud, along with leading yearlings for Coolmore Stud at the Australian Easter Sales each year.- NZTBA

Crop down to the cup holder only.

Women’s football heads our way the highest number of players capped by the Football Ferns and age group teams in recent years, as attention shifts to selection for next year’s Olympic Games and preparations for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Of the three home games, Cambridge will host two Sunday matches - November 15 at noon, v Canterbury United Pride and November 29, 2pm, v Northern Lights.

Waipā’s Ride Cycling Festival will use its 2021 event to promote mental and physical wellbeing.

Event Director Nicky Bowden said Covid 19 had put new pressures, stresses and uncertainties on people and “looking after ourselves is more important than ever”.

We want to use our event to showcase the many tools that can help support positive mental and physical wellbeing.”

The festival will run from February 11 to 14.

The Perry Modular Ride Cycling Festival, which hosted the Vantage Elite Nationals and the New Zealand Gran Fondo in February, has created an initiative called Ride to Thrive to promote New Zealand’s Mental Health Organisation’s 5 Steps to Wellness: Being Active, Connecting with Others, Support Others, Set Goals and Celebrate Achievement.

“Those of us who already ride regularly already know the positive impact that riding a bike can make in our lives and we want to share that,” Bowen said.

“We would love to see more people incorporating riding as part of an active lifestyle.”

Hannah Newlands, director of Body Performance Clinic in Cambridge said the initiative “sits really well with us”.

“We have always prioritised mental health for ourselves and our staff with a paid day off, for example, that we do each year. I am looking forward to it and will need to get my bike sorted myself.”

Blair Taylor, owner of Spoken Cycles, said “obviously as a cycle shop we are passionate about cycling, but maybe people are not sure about the benefits mentally of incorporating riding as part of their lifestyle so we think this initiative is great to put the spotlight on that” For more information go to www.ridenz. bike.

Weekend tourney for TA Labour Weekend will see Te Awamutu host one of the country’s biggest table tennis tournaments for the first time.

The Table Tennis New Zealand National Country Clubs Tournament is on Saturday and Sunday at the Te Awamutu Events Centre, starting at 9am on both days. The event is being hosted by Kihikihi Table Tennis Club, who will put 12 of their players up for the weekend’s action.

Hyrum Sunnex, Kihikihi Table Tennis Club president, said getting the tournament to Te Awamutu was something of a coup.

“This has been a difficult year for a lot of sport, and even though entries are down due to Covid-19 and the fact it is Labour Weekend, this is the first time Te Awamutu has ever hosted a table tennis tournament.”

Sunnex said Covid-19 had not prevented the club from progressing and flourishing this season.

“After winning Round 1 of their interclub

series vs Manawaru, Manawaru came back strong and beat Kihikihi 34-26 in Round 2. The deciding series match was held at Manawaru, and it all came down to the wire,” Kihikihi won 31-29. Results: Table 1: Hyrum Sunnex, Ray Sheath, Graham Duthie lost 5 - 7 vs Armindeep Singh, Jatinder Singh Shane Quigley; Table 2: Jared Bell, Scott Dunn, Grant Ngatai won 9 - 3 vs Ted Aylett, Brian Dickey, Grant Daisley; Table 3: Kyle D’Souza, Geoff Smillie, James Krippner, won 11 -1 vs Ragvir Singh, Tommy Tang, Heather Stringer; Table 4: Aaron Kelly, Whetu Ngaika, Harley Cornwall lost 3 -9 vs Murray Rolston, Grant Williams, David Vollebregt; Table 5: Adam Bell, Dallas Alexander, Jason Kraayvanger lost 3 -9 vs Colin Quigley, Vivienne Daisley, Juan Chapiolo.

Spectators can watch the weekend’s tournament free. For more details call Hyrum Sunnex on 021 068 7017.

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A lovely, smaller, low maintenance home, neat and tidy in all respects, set in a private sunny environment, enhanced by spectacular panoramic views encompassing rolling pastures, mature specimen trees with the commanding backdrop of Mt Pirongia in the distance. Of particular interest are the additional features: • 3,862 square metres of land with space for building a large shed, tidy and well fenced; brick exterior, concrete tile roof • functional kitchen / dining extending into a sunny lounge, with a comfort-enhancing log fire; 3 brms, 2 double and 1 single; small office • well maintained bathroom facilities with separate toilet • single garage, electric door opener, inclusive of laundry connection and hp domestic water pump drawing from a newly installed water tank • centrally located to Hamilton and Te Awamutu with multiple primary and secondary schooling options

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Warmer weather is here and that means al fresco meals are on the menu. It’s magic to escape to the countryside, beach or lake during the weekend with delicious dishes tucked in the chilly bin. I also enjoy entertaining friends for Sunday brunch or lunch with dishes that can be prepared a day ahead. Also, when guests depart there’s ample time for a leisurely clean-up.

Warmer weather encourages bugs so ensure your food remains in prime condition if you’re planning to eat outdoors. Choose containers with tight fitting lids so that they will pack neatly into a pre-cooled chilly bin. Pack the chilly bin with ice packs or bags of ice for at least 15 minutes before adding any food and drink. Cold containers of drink will help keep food chilled but they are often heavy. Ideally, your chilly bin should have two handles so the load can be shared.

Every cook has a responsibility to their family and friends to keep their meals safe from bugs and bacteria that can cause illnesses. Dietitian, Pip Duncan, has released the fourth edition of Safe Food, a book reflecting the current standards both in New Zealand and internationally. Check it out at www.safefood.nz.

COLD ROASTED SALMON WITH ZHUG This salmon, so simple and delish, can be prepared a day ahead. Sides of fresh Regal Salmon can be ordered from your supermarket. Using tweezers, remove the pin bones which are at the thicker end of the fillet.

1.5kg side fresh Regal Salmon, pin bones removed 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil flaky sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste 1/2 teaspoon chilli flakes pomegranate seeds and herbs to garnish Trim off the thinner belly portion of the salmon and use in another dish.

Preheat the oven to 150°C. Brush a roasting pan with the oil. Place the salmon in the pan, brush with oil, sprinkle well with salt and pepper

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then the chilli flakes.

Roast for 25-30 minutes, depending on thickness. Cool. Cover and refrigerate until ready to be served.

To serve, using a wide spatula, carefully remove the salmon to a long serving plate or board. Sprinkle with more salt and pepper then the pomegranate seeds and herbs. Serve the Zhug (see recipe) on the side. The salmon is also great served with lime or lemon wedges.

Serves 10-12.

ZHUG This flavoursome, spicy, fragrant sauce originates from the Yemen. It is great served on seafood, chunky salads, potatoes and chicken.

1 teaspoon whole cumin seeds 2 teaspoons each: black peppercorns, coriander seeds 1/2 teaspoon cardamom seeds 6 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1-2 long green chillies, seeds removed, if preferred 2 teaspoons flaky sea salt 3 cups tightly packed coriander leaves and stalks 1 1/2 cups tightly packed parsley leaves 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil Toast the seeds and peppercorns in a frying pan until fragrant. Grind to a powder either using a pestle and mortar or small food processor.

Add the garlic, chillies and salt. Mix until smooth. Add the coriander

and parsley in batches, mixing until smooth. Drizzle in the olive oil, mixing until smooth.

This can be prepared a day ahead. Add a little lemon juice to thin, if required. Makes 1 1/2 cups.

PRAWN, ROCKET & PASTA SALAD 200g angel hair pasta 1 cup frozen peas 500g cooked peeled prawns 1 small bulb fennel, finely shaved or grated, fronds reserved 4 cups baby rocket leaves 1/2 cup small mint leaves Dressing: 3 tablespoons lime juice 1/2 cup creamy salad dressing eg Ranch 1 teaspoon sesame oil 2 teaspoons grated root ginger Cook the pasta in a large saucepan of boiling water, according to the packet instructions. Add the peas during the last 2 minutes of cooking.

Drain well. Rinse under cold water.

Place the pasta, peas, prawns, fennel, rocket and mint in a large bowl.

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