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By Roy Pilott

Jock Sinclair celebrated his 87th birthday last weekend - by winning the Te Awamutu Bowling Club’s championship pairs with Terry Young.

Jock’s enjoyed his share of club successes in 45 years playing the game – he spent 20 years as a member of the Cambridge Club and switched to Te Awamutu four years ago.

He’s spent the past three years trying his luck in the club pairs with Terry Young and had plenty to celebrate on Sunday evening when his family joined hm for a celebratory birthday dinner.

Leamington based Jock is quick to point out he made an unconventional arrival to New Zealand from Scotland – he jumped ship in Wellington in 1954. He settled in New Zealand, had a family and with his paperwork put in order, spent 27 years managing a farm in Wairarapa.

He and his now late wife followed their two daughters north to live in Cambridge almost 30 years ago The veteran bowler and his partner ran away with Sunday’s final, leaving Brett Denton and Bruce McGill in their wake after scoring on 11 of the opening 13 ends.

When the margin reached 17-5 after 15, Denton and McGill conceded.

The two day series produced seven qualifiers from 14 entries and the semis produced a stirring fightback by Denton and McGill who over came Chen Naude and Richard Death after being seven down with eight ends played.

In the other semifinal Sinclair and Young beat Kerry McDermont and Clark Ambury 20-14 in a match sealed with a three on the 18th end.

“People ask me when I’ll give up bowling,” Jock says. “I tell them: when I can’t stand up anymore”.

Terry Young and Jock Sinclair – Te Awamutu Bowling Club’s champion pair combination.

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Te Iwi Tahi O Karioi have joined the war on introduced pests.

A Raglan team has become an expert in pest control.

Te Iwi Tahi O Kairoi was set up after a consultation with hapū about upcoming Possum Priority Control Area (PPCA) work on their land in the Mt Karioi North block.

All landowners or occupiers within a PPCA are required to allow Waikato Regional Council staff and contractors to monitor and control possums on their property in order to protect and enhance biodiversity, enhance farm production and maintain the gains of previous or existing possum control.

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EcoFX owner Kevin Christie says when approached, the hapū expressed a desire to do the pest control themselves, thereby preventing any issues with contractors unknowingly accessing tapu sites and to create job opportunities for their people.

“This is special to this area.

Not only did we help them to control their own land, but they have also ended up subcontracting to us to do the entire block and helping us work on other priority possum control areas across the region,” he said.

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“We have been doing pest control on our land since about 2006, anyway. We could see the utter devastation that the possums were doing, and we wanted to try and do some work ourselves to reduce the amount of 1080 being dropped on the land.

“A lot of it starts at the marae; some of the whanau don’t want specific areas interfered with and we stay away from these areas of significance without getting into issues with process yet still getting a good catch rate.”

Quilters busy

Te Awamutu Quilters have showcased their community quilt creativity in the Te Thanks to Awamutu Library over the last couple of HarperCollins months.

Publishers we They staged a rolling quilt display have a copy of over a three-week period in the main Stan Walker’s library and a static display during the autobiography recent Craft Supply Swap.

Impossible: My At the completion of the main Story to give exhibition the quilts were donated away. to areas of need in the community.

It’s described Children’s quilts went to Whanau as a personal Support at Women’s Refuge and the reflection on life growing up in a adult quilts were given to a rest home. family where love and violence were The Quilters benefit from donations of horribly intertwined. fabric from the public which enables the Stan Walker had a fairytale rise to group to continue to create more quilts fame as winner of Australian Idol to give back to the community. in 2009, but much of this story is far Club projects have included a forest from fairytale – it is warts and all animal quilt donated to St John in and at times a brutal reflection of life Kawhia St as a raffle prize. where violence is no stranger. It also Another animal children’s quilt was talks about addiction, hardship and made by members for a raffle to raise his battle with cancer. funds for Child Cancer Waikato and To go into the draw for a copy of Dementia Waikato. Pakeke Lions also Stan’s book which was co-written by received a child’s quilt to add to their ghost writer Margie Thomson, email large annual Christmas raffle. editor@goodlocal.nz by 9am Monday Te Awamutu Quilters meet at the December 14. Put ‘Stan Walker Alma Brotherhood Court Hall in Kihikihi giveaway’ in the subject line, provide every second Tuesday from 9am to 1pm your name, address and contact and 6.45pm to 9pm. The first meeting for details in the body of the email.

2021 will be on January 19.

This column will be my last for the year. This time next week I will be busy delivering the Hampers for Operation Christmas Hampers.

As you can all imagine there will be a significant amount of logistics involved with assembling, packing and organising deliveries. The following week I will be involved with Christmas week and then straight into summer policing at Kawhia.

Following that I will be taking a well-earned break myself. To that end I would like to talk about keeping yourself safe over summer.

Firstly, you have to get where you are going in the first place if you want to enjoy your holiday.

Just be patient. Obviously, the road traffic increases heavily over the summer period as families head away. If everyone just exercises a little patience, lets someone in and shares the road with basic courtesy we all get to enjoy the holiday without the anguish of losing a loved one.

The breath alcohol limit is 250 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath. It is astounding how many people don’t know this. For my colleagues’ sake. Just don’t do it.

While at the beaches this year, pay heed to the swimming between the flags. The volunteers from surf lifesaving are well trained in reading the behaviours of the water and they know their beach. I am a keen fisherman when I’m off duty and it constantly amazes me to see some irresponsible boaties overloading their boats or not wearing life jackets. These actions put volunteer coastguard staff at risk when they have to effect rescue of negligent skippers.

Make sure your boat motor is serviced and not going to die out on the water. Also, and I can’t stress this enough; make sure you have enough serviceable lifejackets and leave the beers at home for the post fish BBQ. Remember Skippers, You are responsible for the actions of your guests on your boat.

I would like to use the last part of my column to pay tribute to a few people . Firstly, the business community of Te Awamutu for all your support for Operation Christmas Hampers this year. Your donations to this cause has blown us all out of water. And secondly, A good work story. This week we began receiving a number of driving complaints about a vehicle travelling on State Highway 3. The 111 calls as they came in showed that the manner of driving was deteriorating fast. The vehicle concerned came to a stop and witnesses who happened to be Corrections Officers intervened. They removed the keys from the driver to prevent them from leaving and using their skills were safely able to restrain the driver form harming themselves on a busy highway.

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Mapping starts Waipā, Waitomo and Waikato district councils are involved in a collaboration between 10 councils and non-council stakeholders to collect earth surface data to create detailed 3D maps and models of the landscape. The latest LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology will be used for the Waikato mapping, which will involve data-gathering flights from now until May. The data will be freely available, probably in 2022.

Feedback wanted Waikato District Council is asking for feedback on a proposed Keeping of Animals Bylaw. “Our current bylaw works well but with the changes happening in the district, especially with new developments in urban areas, we want to make sure that our bylaw mitigates or avoids any issues caused due to the keeping of animals,” Monitoring Team Leader Tanya O’Shannessey said.

For more information go to www.waikatodistrict.govt.nz Real value Real Estate agents predict the surge in demand for housing in Waikato will continue as buyers are priced out of Auckland. Century 21 says it sees a bright future for its offices in Te Awamutu, Huntly and Tuakau and Te Kauwhata. Century 21 owner Derryn Mayne, Owner of Century 21 New Zealand said the Waikato Expressway was effectively bringing Waikato closer to Auckland.

Head over heels…

Waikato Police posted this picture of a recent crash in Te Kuiti on their Facebook page this week with the message “please remember to look both ways before going at a Give Way sign because you never know what could be coming around the corner!”

Police say the ambulance, taking a patient to hospital, was hit by a car which failed to give way.

Christmas challenge on drugs

By Roy Pilott

Donna Stanley says the challenge is to do it for yourself and do it one day at a time.

And if that’s too hard, then do it one hour at a time.

Donna does it day by day – she has gone through meth addiction and as she continues to fight her battle, she helps others do the same.

Meth addiction is causing huge harm in Te Awamutu – it impacts on whānau and it turn addicts to crime to feed their habit.

Donna can be found every

Wednesday from 10am at a walkup desk outside First National in Alexandra St. It is part of her work for drug fighting group the Anti-P ministry and she hopes more addicts will take stock before Christmas and accept that it is time to do something about it.

For many families it would be the best Christmas present they could wish for.

She says the Anti-P Ministry serves as a vital bridge for addicts when they come to that point, because it can take weeks, if not months, before they are referred for

Government funded professional help.

The Ministry comprises members who have experienced the lows of meth addiction and have seen how the desire to feed it can cause as much social damage as the drug causes physical damage to the user.

“I say to people take the step; acknowledge you need help. Do it for yourself, not for your family – your family can be your driving force, but you must do this for yourself. It’s your addiction and it’s your family that suffers.

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support you.”

Meanwhile, as help is offered to people battling the addictive grip of meth, police have been active in Waikato raiding properties and seizing guns and drugs.

The Waikato Organised Crime Team and Armed Offender Squad raided five gang-linked addresses across the Hamilton region last week. Two men were charged with drug and firearms offences.

Next week – we look further into Waipā’s battle with meth.

If you need help, go to https:// antipministry.com/

Floating through our town A high-spirited crowd and great weather conditions made for a picture perfect 2020 Christmas Parade in Te Awamutu.

The joint Te Awamutu Rotary and Waikato Construction Management Ltd (WCML) event saw hundreds of spectators line the streets on Saturday.

Thirty-four high quality floats made the task of

judging extremely difficult, organisers said. Some floats had multiple vehicles attached – one was the hot rod club which polished up 14 cars for the occasion.

The award for the Best 2020 Float went to the Imperious Dance Company, while the People’s Choice Award for 2020 went to Little Minds Early Learning Centre. The runners-up Child and

Youth Float 2020 went to the Te Awamutu Girl Guides.

The Best Commercial Business Float 2020 went to Rosetown Motor Group, with the runner-up award going to Mad Hatter Costume Hire. The Best Club and Community Group 2020 went to the Falun Dafa Association, with runners-up listed as the Kiwanis Club of Te Awamutu.

From Popeye and the Flinstones to dancers, elves and funny faces and shiny cars, Te Awamutu’s parade provided entertainment galore for a big crown on Saturday.

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Silver lining to enviro work

By Viv Posselt

Te Awamutu Primary School earned a Silver Award in the national Enviroschools programme.

“The Enviroschools facilitator came to visit recently and reflected with the children on what we have been doing at the school,” the school’s environmental leader, year 1 and 2 teacher Kathryn Picard said. “It was decided that we meet the criteria for the Silver Award … we’re thrilled.”

Students across the school raise chickens and sell eggs, nurture bees then bottle and sell the honey, pop their lunch leftovers into a thriving worm farm, grow native seedlings as part of the Trees for Survival initiative, grow, reap and distribute fruit and vegetables, reduce waste and recycle wherever possible, and have stepped up their anti-plastic tactics.

They make wax wraps for their lunches to reduce plastic, and disposable plastic plates that were once standard fare at school functions have been replaced by normal plates donated by families. School certificates are now made in card and presented without being laminated.

An additional side to their eco-learning has been incorporated into the school’s Kura Kotahi Raa, which is

Te Awamutu Primary School environmental leader Kathryn Picard with her core group of helpers and the Enviroschools Silver Award the school recently received. They are Cortez Moana Tui, Alexis Ripia and Elias Herrick, and kneeling are Corey Powell, Vienna Seabright and Jackson Kelly.

attended by some students on a weekly basis and run by deputy principal Kim Tautari-Scott. That group has been taught about planting according to the phases of the moon, and have sown traditionally grown vegetables, such as corn and Māori potatoes, in the school’s vegetable garden.

Kathryn said lockdown had presented several challenges. The chickens were taken off-site, and special arrangements had to be made to maintain the beehives, the worm farm and plants growing in situ, either in the purpose-built vegetable

beds or in the growing units, which accommodate hundreds of seedlings. Some trays of seedlings were also taken off site and cared for by staff members or students’ families.

The worm farm has been going for at least 11 years, and the bees about three to four years. Te Awamutu Primary – or TAPS – joined the Enviroschools programme in 2015 and earned a Bronze Award a year later.

“Our next goal is the GreenGold Award. It might take us a couple of years to get there, but I’m sure we will,” said Kathryn.

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Library staff numbers to rise

More staff will join the team at Waipā District Libraries.

Three community librarian positions, funded by the New Zealand Libraries Partnership Programme, will work across the district to deliver public programmes and support.

The new staff will promote digital inclusion and support job seekers with anything from computer literacy to learning how to write a CV in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The grant is part of a funding package of $58.8 million entrusted to National Library by the Government to lead and support Covid-19 recovery work over two to four years.

Waipā District Council community services manager Sally Sheedy said Council was delighted with the grant and looking forward to providing more support for residents.

“Libraries are essential community hubs where residents can get practical support during tough economic times. This funding will go a long way to providing that extra help for our communities while we are facing uncertain times.”

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Trim trio

Meet Te Awamutu’s beard brothers Ron (left) and Charlie Proude.

The duo agreed to lose their beards – and in Leith Schwass’ case shave his head too – as fundraiser for Te Awamutu’s Health Shuttle.

It started with some fun and games with the facial hair - before Sharon George from Main Street Barbers did the cutting.

“These guys gave up a big amount of hair for a charity,” Te Awamutu RSA president Peter Watson said.

Ron – “Huggie” – had worn his beard for 40 years.

Peter Watson said the event at the RSA raised $5000 for the shuttle – and there was a further donation of a set of tyres.

Trust chair Robyn Dale Atherton said the trust was grateful for the donations – and the work of those who organised the event.

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Major benefactors in the June 2020 funding round included the Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust and St John’s Parish in Te Awamutu.

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FAITH IN WAIPĀ

Make room at the inn

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

By the time you read this Christmas preparations will be in full swing.

The purchase of gifts being made, the Christmas meal being arranged, a break away after Christmas to look forward to; all sorts of loose ends to be attended to before the big Summertime shutdown, or perhaps a hot hibernation. And did I mention attending maybe the end-of-year functions, barbecues, morning and afternoon teas.

For some there will be no room at the inn, as it were, since they have no family, no close friends to share the joy of Christmas and all that it promises and holds. They may be forgotten or ignored in the rush of preparation and busy-ness; save the arrival of a welcomed Christmas hamper.

Hidden behind shut doors and curtained windows families may be experiencing deep hardship financially. Young ones may be vulnerable to abuse and violence due to overwhelming stress. And there are those who will spend that Day of days in a car or van or some-one’s garage or back shed, because there is no room in the inn, a place they can call their own.

In Bethlehem, the ancient seat of David’s kingdom, accommodation was somewhat scarce, thanks to an imperial edict from Rome requiring the registration of everyone in their hometowns and cities. There was no room for a tired Joseph and his young heavily pregnant wife called Mary.

The inn was booked out, and the local

synagogue, filled to the brim with travellers, had to turn them away.

So the twosome from Nazareth settled for the inn’s stable or manger, sharing room with the various critters housed there.

In our expected busy-ness during the month of December and beyond, will there be room in the inn our hearts and minds for Jesus; and the significance in our lives and faith of his birth in a far-away Bethlehem?

Will we take the time and effort to thank God for the Word of his love made flesh in that busyness? In the busyness of the decorated city shopping malls and provincial main street shops, will there be “room in the inn” in our conscience and consideration for those who will find and endure Christmas Day very hard to bear to the point of attempting suicide.

Some sobering thoughts maybe for us to all to reflect upon.

Jesus told his night-time visitor Nicodemus the Gospel in a nutshell “for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, so that all who believe in him shall not perish but have eternal life” [John 3.16]. May there be room in “our” inn for Christ this year. It is his birthday after all.

In his heart of hearts, he as did his Father made room for everyone in his inn. Let us all not forget that.

Christmas blessings to you all and may your inn be full of happiness and joy this year.

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How to feed 10 billion

By Simon Edwards

Meat and dairy will continue to play a major role in the world’s food production systems if we’re to deliver adequate nutrition to a growing world population.

That was the core message Dr Nick Smith of the Massey University-based Riddet Institute’s Sustainable Nutrition Initiative (SNI) delivered to the 400 farmers, horticulturalists, government and sector representatives at the Primary Industries NZ summit in Wellington last month.

He said while the world grapples with climate change and protecting water and other resources, there is also the massive challenge of feeding a global population projected to jump from today’s 7.8 billion to nearly 10 billion by 2050.

He said 820 million people are malnourished or starving, while many more than that in developed nations are obese.

The Ridett Institute, described as New Zealand’s food science and nutrition centre of excellence, believes ‘nutrition for all’ should mean enough food produced to deliver: • Sufficient energy, macronutrients and micronutrients • Distribution and affordability, so all have access • Sufficient production to cope with adverse events – a particularly apt measure this year given the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Regardless how sustainable it is or isn’t from climate change and other perspectives, it’s not sustainable if it falls at that first hurdle,” Dr Smith said.

Delving into markers for affordability and nutrition on a per individual basis, the SNI scientists and researchers developed a linear optimisation programme model using USA supermarket food data and recommended daily intakes of 28 nutrients.

“In particular, we wanted to know whether animal-based nutrients played a part of least-cost diets. Were they essential? The answer was ‘yes, absolutely’.”

The model found that a nutritionally adequate diet could be achieved at $US 1.98 per day, though it would not be recommended long-term.

Animal-sourced nutrients, in particular from dairy, always featured in the least-cost diet.

“The reasons are largely about nutrient density. It is very challenging, particularly at large population scale, to achieve adequate nutrition without animal-sourced nutrients.”

He said as well as enhanced bio-availability (ability of the human body to use) of micronutrients and trace elements from meat, dairy and eggs, there is also much lower nutrient density in planted-sourced foods, meaning a person has to eat larger volumes.

To investigate when a plant-sourced diet would kick in as lowest priced, SNI used

the model to increase the price of animalsourced nutrients as a component of an adequate diet.

“The price of meat had to double before it disappeared from the (most affordable) diet; the milk price had to increase eight times, and eggs tenfold,” Dr Smith said.

The cheapest plant food diet was $US3.61.

The SNI researchers are now working on inputting New Zealand supermarket data. It’s not as simple as making currency comparisons; “we know that food prices are substantially different here.

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point come up a bit but I would also expect to see the same foods represented in that diet,” Dr Smith said.

Though acknowledging lab-grown proteins was not his area of expertise, Dr Smith said what he did know, and what he’d gleaned from the experts at the Rideitt Institute who were working in that sphere, indicated to him that “alternative processes like that are not likely to completely disrupt the global food system in the next 10 years, and maybe within 20-30 years, because of issues such as scalability and also social acceptance [of those foods].”

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New trust promote sculpture park

By Viv Posselt

The future of The Sculpture Park at Waitakaruru Arboretum in Tauwhare is looking brighter with the recent formation of a new charitable trust.

The Art-in-Nature Arboretum Trust was set up in mid-November, tasked with helping the park achieve its potential through raising its profile and recognising it as a regional resource of botanical, cultural and recreational significance.

The new Trust Board met for the first time on November 27. It elected Rob Graham and Felicity Campbell as co-chairs, Ian McKim as treasurer, and Simon Reynolds to cover marketing and creative liaison. The park’s founders and owners, Dorothy and John Wakeling took on the roles of trust secretary and arboretum curator respectively.

It was about 30 years ago that the Wakelings developed The Sculpture Park and Arboretum from a disused quarry in Scotsman’s Valley Rd. Making the best of its natural features, the couple turned the space into a 17.5-hectare ‘artin-nature’ trail that also displays more than 20,000 trees and shrubs from around the world. Its value is recognised both for its global biodiversity and as one of New Zealand’s largest outdoor galleries.

Until Covid-19 hit, it attracted over 10,000 visitors a year, almost a quarter of them international.

The inaugural board includes trustees with a range of expertise and skills to contribute to the park’s operations, Dorothy explained.

She said they hoped to include a local authority representative in due course. “We want this charitable trust to drive more initiatives to promote creative and environmental inspiration at the park.”

The Trust’s primary purpose includes managing the tree collection for carbon sequestration and global biodiversity; curating the sculpture collection; providing ongoing rehabilitation and management of the site; offering an accessible and safe recreational space with creative resources and space for art-in-nature education; and recognising that the park’s long-term protection ultimately relies on a sound business proposition.

Dorothy said the Board would be tasked with developing a plan to increase visitor numbers and potentially reach a self-sustaining income.

The park needs to increase its income to cover the cost of maintenance, she explained. Entry fees contribute to maintenance costs, but are not enough, particularly with the loss of international tourists.

In 2018, the Wakelings initiated a ‘Share the Park’ campaign in which presentations were made to the regional council and the four surrounding local authorities to win support for the park’s

maintenance, with the goal of it becoming the equivalent of a free-to-enter regional park.

Many visitors to the park come from Hamilton, Cambridge and Morrinsville.

“We wanted to work with the local authorities, but that didn’t get as far as we would have liked,” Dorothy said. “It has become even more apparent now, with Covid-19, that

all local authorities are having greater call on their budgeting.

We are not expecting to be able to progress that at this stage.”

The formation of the Trust is seen as a way to secure the park’s future, she said, with direct partnerships involving local authority and corporate backing, volunteers, donations, and probono professional contributions

vital to that end goal.

The park features numerous treeenclosed spaces, cliffs, rocks, a stream, ponds and waterfalls. It is a popular venue for families, with interactive activities for all ages, and hosts annual programme of exhibitions and open weekends in support of various charities.

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If New Zealand is to meet its Predator Free New Zealand 2050 goal, those involved must fully understand what has worked in the past to combat invasive pests, and what is working – or not working – today.

This was said last month by one of the country’s top ecologists, University of Waikato Adjunct Professor Carolyn King. She was addressing a public meeting at Cambridge Library where she spoke to her recently

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published book, ‘Invasive Predators in New Zealand – Disaster on Four Small Paws.’ The book covers the history of rats, stoats, ferrets and cats from 1280 AD to the present day and looks at how New Zealand’s current conservation issues evolved.

Professor King is an international authority on the biology of mustelids and rodents; she holds numerous awards for her work. She got her first PhD in Zoology from the University of Oxford with a thesis entitled ‘Studies on the ecology of the weasel’,

and later attained a second PhD, this time in theology, from the University of Waikato for a thesis entitled ‘Habitat of Grace – Biology, Christianity and the Global Environmental Crisis’.

She said her book was aimed at those interested in New Zealand’s Predator Free vision, an initiative launched by then Prime Minister John Key in 2015 which focuses on the removal of rats, stoats and possums by 2050.

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They thought they were doing the right thing with what they knew at the time … they started off with one problem, then ended up with two. The same thing happened in the 20th century when trying to control the effects stoats were having on takahe.”

Prof King said lessons should be learned from that history. “If we are to make a success of Predator Free 2050, we must know what worked in the past, and what didn’t. Pest species need to be tackled in unison if it is to work, as removing one species often results in an upsurge in numbers of another.”

She said 1080 had been shown to have great benefits to vulnerable populations if it was dropped frequently enough to break predators’ breeding cycles and prevent losing the advantage. It was important to remove predators at a faster rate than they could replace their

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own populations.

“I hate 1080 as much as the next person, but in the high country, it is the only thing that works on the scale we need,” she said. “We simply have to keep using the weapon we have until we come up with something better.”

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were also risky as many of the predator species were adept at swimming several kilometres in search of a new food source.

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with Jan Bilton

Meat Greetings Why do Kiwi Christmas dinners still reflect chilly northern hemisphere celebrations? Hot roasted meats and vegetables are still preferred by most New Zealanders — even when temperatures rival those in the oven.

Our families have already had their say on the menu and, instead of choosing their favourite barbecue meats, they’ve unanimously opted for the once regular Sunday lunch — roast lamb. It will be accompanied by hot ham and followed by — their choice — pav. How Kiwi is that.

Unfortunately, lamb has become such an expensive, specialoccasion meat that many cooks aren’t sure how it should be prepared. It’s simple – put it in a roasting pan in the oven together with some herbs and cook it on a low to medium temperature.

However, choosing the lamb is a bit of a gamble. Some can be chewy and others melt-in-your mouth tender. Hence, I prefer to hedge my bets and cook it on a low heat for a longer time.

It’s always wise to chat to your butcher or supermarket meat department about your meat requirements for Christmas.

You might want a leg of lamb butterflied or a chicken boned.

Advance notice will be appreciated.

HERBED LEG OF LAMB 2.5kg leg lamb 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 teaspoon salt 4 large cloves garlic, slivered 12 small rosemary sprigs generous amounts freshly ground black pepper 1 cup water Topping: 1/4 cup each: chopped parsley, mint 2 cloves garlic, crushed finely grated rind 1 large lemon Preheat the oven to 160°C. Score the lamb as you would for a ham. Brush well with oil and rub in the salt.

Make small incisions in the top of the lamb and insert the garlic. Top with the rosemary and black pepper. Place in an oven pan and add the water. Roast for 3 hours.

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Meanwhile combine the topping ingredients.

When the lamb is cooked, cover loosely with foil and a towel. Rest for 15 minutes. It will be easier to carve. Serve sprinkled with the topping ingredients. Serves 6-8.

at 180°C for about 45 minutes, turning and brushing with glaze every 15 minutes.

Want the top to look more rustic? Turn on the grill for a few minutes to sizzle the fat. Remove from the oven. Sprinkle with the seeds and spices.

FAB FRYPAN ROAST CHICKEN Great for holidaymakers with limited cooking facilities. If you have a large electric frypan you may be able to cook two chickens at the same time.

Stuffing: 1 large onion, diced 1 tablespoon each: rice bran oil, chopped fresh rosemary, oregano, thyme 1/2 teaspoon sugar 1 cup cooked couscous 1 egg, beaten Chicken: 1.5kg chicken salt and pepper to taste 2 tablespoons rice bran oil smoked paprika, to taste To make the stuffing, sauté the onion in the oil in an electric frypan, until soft. Combine the herbs, sugar, couscous and egg in a bowl. Add the onion. Wipe the pan clean.

Wipe the chicken. Season inside and out. Fill the cavity of the chicken with the stuffing. Tie the bird neatly with string.

Heat the 2 tablespoons of rice bran oil in the frypan.

Add the chicken and lightly brown all over on medium heat.

Cover and cook for about 1 1/2 hours on medium-low heat, turning occasionally during cooking.

Dust with paprika. Great garnished with fresh herbs.

Serves 4-5.

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5kg half-leg ham with bone ham Glaze: 1/2 cup each: thick soy sauce, maple syrup 2 tablespoons char siu sauce 1 teaspoon five-spice powder 2-3 drops natural red food colouring 2 tablespoons whole cloves Topping: 1 tablespoon each: toasted sesame seeds, whole fennel seeds, whole coriander seeds; 1 crushed cinnamon stick; 2 star anise Cut the skin around the shank end, about 8cm down from the top. Starting from the thick end of the ham, carefully run your clean fingers under the skin and remove it. Leave the shank end intact.

Line a baking pan with foil. Place the ham on top. Using the tip of a small sharp knife, score the fat diagonally, about every 2cm. Turn the ham and repeat the scoring at right angles. This will produce a diamond effect. Stud with cloves.

Combine the glaze ingredients. Brush generously over the ham. Refrigerate for several hours to allow the flavours to seep in.

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Ricki wants to lose that number…

Herbert looks to nail a 30-year ambition A New Zealand football legend wants to overcome a overcome a 30-year hoodoo month.

Former All White and All White coach Ricki Herbert has renewed his harness racing driver’s licence after a break of 27 years – and he’s itching to steer home his first winner, three decades after making his track debut.

“I guess there’s been a long time between drinks,” Herbert (59) explained.

“It sounds worse than it is. I drove my first horse in 1990 but I had only 18 drives before I gave it a rest.”

Herbert’s move to Cambridge three years ago reignited his passion for horse racing.

He found that helping at workouts was his ideal form of relaxation away from his football commitments.

Herbert co-trained harness racers with his late father, Olympic cyclist Clive Herbert, at the family’s South Auckland property after he retired from his professional playing career in Europe and Australia.

The father and son combination trained 22 winners before the younger Herbert went full-time with his coaching career that saw him take the All Whites to the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals in South Africa, and spend six seasons in charge of the Wellington Phoenix.

Herbert moved to Cambridge in 2017 to provide a central location for his youth

Ricky Herbert steered Chalberg late last month at Cambridge.

academy which has a dozen centres in the upper North Island. He’s also the Technical Director at Cambridge Football Club.

This year, he joined the team at Kyle Marshall Racing’s stables next to the Cambridge Raceway.

“I’ve been working a few horses in the mornings for Kyle,” he said.

“Everyone’s got their own way of relaxing – mine is going round the track and enjoying the thrill of being behind a powerful horse.”

Harness Racing New Zealand approved Herbert’s driver’s licence in late November and he got his first chance to drive under race conditions at last week’s meeting at Cambridge Raceway.

He steered Chalberg – which he part-owns – in the first event for trainer Luke Whittaker.

Chalber was unplaced, but Herbert remained philosophical.

“I’m still looking for my first winner but it will feel even better when it comes.”

Herbert said he was elated to wear the white, blue and yellow colours previously registered to his late father’s stable.

“Dad died 18 months ago and it meant a lot for me to take the same colours onto the track.”

Herbert’s hoping to get his next drive either at the December 17 meeting or at the Christmas Eve meeting which traditionally draws a large crowd.

“A win would be some Christmas present, wouldn’t it?” Herbert said.

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