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Saving our theatre By Blair Voorend
Te Awamutu is rallying around one of its longest standing institutions, the Regent Theatre. The theatre was pushed to the brink as a consequence of the Covid impact. But residents have responded by backing a Give-A-Little page which has left owner-operator Allan Webb “very much overwhelmed”. “I was a bit sceptical about the idea when it was first brought to me but looking at our situation, I thought we might not make it to Easter,” he said. The page raised over $2000 from just under 60 donations after its first two days. “It’s very much overwhelming to see the support from people and so many of them willing to help out, I just can’t thank them enough.” Brooke Adler, who set up the page, has been working at the theatre since 2017 and said that both Allan and the theatre add so much value to the community that it is worth saving. “I know how much the theatre means to Allan, and to what extent he would go to keep it running,” she said. “He is a very giving person, and it was about time he was on the receiving end.” Over his 47-years of running the Regent Theatre Allan said the last year during the pandemic has been the toughest and almost been the “last nail in the coffin”. He was forced to have the theatre closed for four months over the nationwide lockdown early last year and since then has seen his revenue plummet with very few new movies being released. “Over that four-month closure period it cost us $33,000 just to pay the bills and since then we have been making a third of what we normally would do,” he said. “In busy holiday periods in a good week we used to make anything between $25,000 and $30,000, but now in the same periods we are lucky to get anything between $2,000 and $6,000.” With the entire film industry hurting film companies haven’t been able to lower its hiring fees putting more pressure on small cinema owners. Allan says that on average 46.5% of each ticket sold goes towards hiring the film he shows. The cinema is currently the longest running theatre in New Zealand, reaching its 90-year milestone in 2022, which Brooke says is a testament to Allan’s passion for cinema. “I can speak for many people that this theatre is very special and nostalgic, and deserves to stick around for many more years,” she said. “I have been coming to the cinema ever since I was a child, and I would love for my children to see it the way I did.” The page can be found at https://givealittle.co.nz/ Regent Theatre Allan said the last year during the pandemic has been the toughest in 47-years of running the Regent. Photo / Blair Voorend search for Regent Theatre Te Awamutu.
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Six hot air balloons will be on show for a free Balloons Visit Waipā event on Friday next week. The annual Balloons over Waikato is an all New Zealand event as a consequence of Covid this year and will feature the Sweet Pea, The Shiner, PK Sound Egg, SkyCity Hamilton and Abel Tasman. A walk-through hot air balloon will also be on show, with an invitation to step inside in exchange for a gold coin donation to the KidsCan Charitable Trust. The event will run from 5 to 8pm and balloons will start inflating about 6pm, depending on the weather. The Balloons Visit Waipā event, supported by Waipā District Council, also includes entertainment and food available for purchase. Next week’s event will be Balloons Over Waikato’s first visit to Te Awamutu, Cambridge has hosted the event in previous years. The Council is encouraging people to use buses, bikes or to come on foot to the venue to reduce anticipated traffic congestion. Free parking is available at Castleton Park/ Te Awamutu Marist Club on Park Road, a 10-minute walk from the event at Albert Park. Council is also putting on a free bus service to transfer Cambridge residents to and from the event. For more details go to www.whatsonwaipa. co.nz . Residents will be able to walk into a balloon at Albert Park
On the beat Street racers: we have your number with Ryan Fleming
On Friday February 26 I had the task I like least about being in the Police. I had to inform a young man’s next of kin that he had died tragically in a motor vehicle crash. Last Wednesday was his funeral. I want to make something clear. Grief does not give you licence to put others at risk. Grief does not give you licence to cause damage to the roads. Grief does not give you licence to break the law. I am not alone in my disgust at the behaviour of some of the mourners and the actions taken on a busy road, outside a school and on a pedestrian crossing. We received numerous complaints from members of the public about the manner of driving and the roads being blocked off by a large crowd of people at the one of the busiest times of day. Unfortunately for the drivers involved there were numerous videos posted to social media which clearly identified vehicles involved. They then drove past Waipā District Councils CCTV cameras that are monitored by us. One of these cameras is specifically designed to capture licence plates. As a result of the illegal street racing we have impounded several vehicles and there will be more. We are analysing footage and typing search warrants to seize vehicles. Rest assured, if you participated in this behaviour last week, you will be put before the Court.
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Letters… Equal opportunities I see the council saying what a wonderful idea it is to have four unelected Māori on the council who can vote. The council is using the excuse of partnership and consultation. Nowhere in the treaty is there any obligation for a partnership. Everyone has the same opportunity to stand for council and elect a councillor, everyone has the same ability to look at the council plans and make a submission, so why does this council run roughshod over the people? This is arrogance and why so much is not done that is important, but unimportant expensive stuff is done, like this recent bright idea of making Cambridge kid safe to go to school. The kids have parents to teach safety and the streets are so wide that they will be safe. At one external meeting one councillor mooted the idea of a feasibility plan for a cycle
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track to Waikeria prison from Kihikihi. Subsequently it has been confirmed that there is no plan at all so why has this been mentioned at all or was this another dream of that councillor? This council is full of bright ideas to spend your money on things that don’t matter or can be done by community groups. The council is more concerned with fluffery than substance. There is around 2000ha of land for housing in Cambridge west. This is not needed, but council’s grandiose ideas of population growth has pushed it. The damage to the ecology and environment, and strain on the infrastructure and the cost of the peripheral works needed, is why we have such rates raises. Bernie Fynn Te Awamutu Editor’s note – the four appointed iwi members have one vote on each of council’s four standing committees.
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Shovel ready to go A delay in starting shovel ready projects approved by the Government is not impacting on Waipā. Infrastructure Commission chair Alan Bollard told an audience at Waikato University this week projects all over the country were being delayed by consenting processes. Waipā has just one project in the shovel ready programme – the Te Awa Cycleway, and work has started on it. CAB week The Te Awamutu Citizen’s Advice Bureau has postponed its planned activities for its awareness week opted to promote its awareness week on social media this week because of Covid concerns. Manager Jessica Brown hopes to run an awareness push next month. Gatsby’s off A March 20 Party Like Gatsby event at Te Awa Village, Cambridge, has been called off. Te Awa Lifecare Village general manager Mandy Hudson said the decision was prompted by uncertainty of Covid. “The uncertainty of future Covid Level changes is too great for us to continue with planning an event of this nature and the health and wellbeing of both the residents at Te Awa Village and our attendees cannot be compromised,” she said. It is now planned to hold the event in Spring. Conference time Cambridge and Te Awamutu Community Board representatives are expected to attend the New Zealand Community Board Conference in Gore, and Cambridge will be represented at the New Zealand Sister Cities Conference in Wellington next month. Stage chance The search is on for young talent to perform in a musical celebration of youth in Waikato. The StageAntics and Bravo Theatre Company production at Hamilton’s Berkley Normal Middle School on April 10 will feature performers aged 11 to 18. For details go to https://forms. gle/TBw6u2ydNBNDSgcKA.
Waikato Regional Councillors are backing a project to future-proof homes in the province via low interest loans. The proposal is set to be part of the council’s draft long term plans. Roy Pilott looks at the proposal and what inspired it.
‘A tool to turn round a crisis’
Russ Rimmington expects some opposition to his council’s proposal to retro-fit homes – but he challenges the naysayers to suggest something better. “National and Labour have failed when it comes to housing. Retro fitting is a tool to turn round the housing crisis,” he says. The Waikato Regional Council is considering a multi-million programme
to future proof hundreds of homes. It will be a feature of the council’s 10-year plan proposal and consultation on it will run through April when people will be able to make their submission online by visiting the waikatoregion.govt.nz website. Rimmington says it is common sense to retro fit existing housing stock and
Infill housing, which has become commonplace in older Hamilton suburbs, presents its own problems, Russ Rimmington says.
provide families and tenants with a healthy environment which is not now available in hundreds of Waikato homes. “People will be able to take some pride in their home. “And it is a better option than demolishing the house and using the section for low quality apartments. I look at Hamilton and I question the quality of the large number of infill housing there and wonder what those houses will be like in 10 or 20 years.” The regional council’s plan was outlined in a business case supporting a sustainable housing scheme which discusses retro fitting homes with insulation, double glazing, heating and ventilation. It is estimated more than one in five – 22.7 percent – of Waikato homes are always
damp and 18.1 percent have mould issues. The figures are plucked from the last census and are slightly worse than the national average percentages – 21.5 and 16.9. The Health Ministry says cold, damp, crowded homes can increase the risk of respiratory issues and other preventable health conditions, such as rheumatic fever and skin infections. It says there is strong evidence, nationally and internationally, of improved health outcomes resulting from warmer and drier homes. “Improving housing is also an equity issue, with Māori and Pacific families being over-represented in low-income households in areas of poorer quality and crowded housing,” the ministry reports on its
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website. The Science Learning Hub – Pokapū Akoranga Pūtaiao – quotes the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ reporting 700,000 New Zealanders have a respiratory illness – at an annual cost to the taxpayer of $5.5 billion. In December Statistics New Zealand’s Housing in Aotearoa report said rental Continued on page 7
One dollar in, four saved
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has loaned money to upgrade 16,500 homes – inspiring the push for Waikato to follow suit. The Bay council’s number equates to a quarter of the occupied dwellings in the region. Hawke’s Bay Regional Council (HBRC) launched a Heatsmart programme in 2009 and upgraded to a sustainable housing concept in 2018.
As part of its 2018–2028 Long Term Plan, HBRC agreed to borrow up to $13 million over 10 years, to provide financial assistance packages to initially enable 1,300 homes in Hawke’s Bay to become more sustainable, reduce energy consumption, and become more resilient in a civil emergency. It estimates the total savings on every dollar loaned is $4 – and the project doesn’t cost ratepayers as it
becomes a Voluntary Targeted Rate on the home. HBRC borrows money from banks to on-lend to ratepayers and it takes advantage of its credit rating and financial standing to borrow at a low rate. Its success has encouraged the Waikato Regional Council to attempt to mimic the project in the greater Waikato. Under the scheme being put up for public consultation by the council it would cap the loan fund at $35 million and allow for about 920 new applications a year. Home owners would have access to a suite of improvements beyond insulation, double glazing, heating and ventilation – it could extend to sustainable improvement options such as water tank installation, solar power and septic tank upgrades. The council has existing funding schemes aimed at lower carbon housing and healthy homes. In established the On the House Programme in 2007, spurred by National Air Quality Standard changes.
Part of that project sought to clear the air in Tokoroa by replacing woodburners in homes. Other councils to have programmes to make homes more energy efficiant include Bay of Plenty Regional Council, Clutha District Council, Dunedin City Council, Environment Canterbury Regional Council, Greater Wellington Regional Council, Environment Southland, Marlborough District Council, New Plymouth District Council and South Taranaki District Council. Waikato anticipdates about 340 applications for the scheme in the first year and an average lend of $5500. It is expected it would take about five years to reach a point where the scheme breaks even. The paper for consideration on the project suggests the most robust and efficient model to meet WRC’s carbon neutral aim, as well as its climate and economic resilience objectives, would be a model that uses the On the House Programme as a base, and matures into a holistic Sustainable Homes programme.
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Wards back on the agenda
Waipā District Councillors have 10 weeks to determine whether or not to introduce a Māori ward at the 2022 local body elections – but individually most have yet to announce where they stand. The News has emailed every councillor on the issue for three weeks and to date eight have offered no view or said they have yet to decide. It is understood the ward issue will be discussed next Tuesday at a Service Delivery meeting. Councillors also discussed Māori representation at a workshop
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houses were more likely to be damp and mouldy, leading to serious physical and mental health effects. It linked poor housing to serious health effects. One in six houses reporting mould patches larger than an A4 sheet of paper. Just over half of those who lived in cold, mouldy homes had worse mental health issues than those who lived in warm dry homes. They were more frequently sick with colds and cases of flu, and had higher rates of asthma. That equates to more time off school for sick children, and more time off work for those employed. The evidence showing the impact of third-world conditions in New Zealand houses on the country’s health budget is overwhelming. In early 2019 another report said “preventable injuries and hospitalisations due solely to poor housing conditions in New Zealand” could be costing more than $145 million a year in ACC claims and hospital costs. A study found homes that were damp or mouldy were a factor in more than 35,000 nights in hospital – at a cost of $35 million. Russ Rimmington told the News affordable home for young people was one of the country’s biggest challenges. “Owning your own home was par of the New Zealand DNA,” he said. He said the barriers went beyond house prices and extended into compliance costs and section costs. He was unhappy with the impact of the Resource Management Act and how the costs of it flowed down. “People can’t get into rentals and we have them living in motels.” He said it was the regional council’s role ot assist. “Banks are not big on lending for retro fits and some people may not qualify,” He said the project was not solely aimed at easing social deprivation. He believes it could also help put a break on the rural drift to Hamilton from communities like Tokoroa and Tokaanu. “It’s a drop in the ocean – but it’s a start.”
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Harriet to the rescue
When Harriet Lamb takes the plunge, she believes in making a big splash. The 54-year-old writer for medical communications agencies in the Northern Hemisphere is just over two weeks away from tackling her biggest swim marathon – the 20km journey from Waiheke Island to Auckland. She will be in the field for the Westpac Chopper Swim, an ultra-distance event and already has almost $1400 in pledges to support the event – the second highest on the event website when we checked earlier this week. It started in 2016 when three Westpac staffers and ocean swimmers realised the Waiheke ferry wharf was exactly 20km from the Westpac Rescue Helicopter base, and the idea of a charity swim was born. In the first year, they raised $35,000 for the Westpac helicopters. The event is now run annually and has raised over $400,000 in total. “The Chopper Swim course through the Waitemata Harbour has always appealed to me as a challenge, and the Rescue Helicopters are a cause that I find easy to get motivated about,” mother of two Harriet, who lives on a small farm between Cambridge and Te Awamutu said.
“We all hope that we will never need a rescue helicopter, but the reality is that it is an essential part of our frontline emergency response and is in constant need of funding. “Most of the open water events that I do are about 3 or 4km, so stepping up to a marathon event like the Chopper Swim is a completely different ball-game. Sheryl McLay – who has swum the English Channel and Cook Strait – is helping with my training and preparation.” Harriet began training in December and swims 20 to 25km each week in the Te Awamutu pool, plus 3-hour swims or longer in open water at the weekend. “A couple of weekends ago, I completed the 15km swim at Lake Rotoma which took me
about five hours, followed by the 7km Round the Mount event the next day. That was a huge confidence boost and made the Chopper Swim look possible for the first time.” The focus of training is to improve my speed over many hours so that I can swim fast enough to make the distance before the tide-enforced cutoff of 7 hours. Once the tide in the Waitemata turns, it would be extremely difficult to make progress against the current especially towards the end of a long swim. Harriet started swimming regularly about 15 years ago as part of a rehabilitation programme for a back injury. Her physio at the time said she should continue swimming to keep injury free.
“That really resonated with me, so I made a commitment to swim regularly in the pool no matter what. “Pool swimming became boring after a while, and I thought it might be good to try something different. So I started doing a few open water swim events about five years ago and really enjoyed them. I find the combination of navigating in open water and handling the conditions a wonderful challenge. “It has been daunting at times preparing for this event, but I am hugely grateful to have a great coach to keep me on track, and the support of family and friends. For more information, and to see how to support Harriet, go to www.chopperswim. co.nz
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Space sought for community hub By Viv Posselt
A Te Awamutu mum is looking for premises where she can start a regular community activity group for people with disabilities. Brittany Williams trained as a primary school teacher before working for StarJam, a not-for-profit group that enables young people with disabilities to enhance their potential through music, dance and performance. She knows of the work being done to support the disability sector by ConneXu, Enrich+ and Enabling Good Lives, and has a family member who attends Interlock Waipā, the Cambridgebased initiative launched in mid-2020. She regularly takes two young Te Awamutu
women she is working with to those sessions. “Even with these services on board, I know there are people in Te Awamutu who just sit in their flats with nothing to do and nowhere to go. I want to establish a group here where those people can come with their support workers, socialise and enjoy doing one-on-one craft activities for a couple of hours every week or fortnight,” she said. “I don’t want to clash with existing services, but rather enhance them.” Brittany has been in touch with churches, community groups and other organisations, and used social media trying to find a suitable space but said finding the right thing at an affordable rate is proving tough. With minimal funding at hand, she hopes to
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find a space she can use either at no cost, or at a very nominal fee. “The space doesn’t need to be huge, but it does need to have tables and chairs and access to kitchen and toilet facilities … and it does need to be wheelchair accessible.” Her concept of a community hub where people with disabilities, together with their support workers, can spend a few hours making crafts and mingling with others has a dual purpose. Brittany said it was as much about giving them a space to socialise as it was to provide them with a range of stimulating activities they can enjoy doing. “I have always had a passion for people with disabilities … been aware of what their specific needs were. I did a paper at uni about it and then managed workshops with StarJam through the wider Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions. “After leaving to have my first child, I was
contacted to be a support worker in this area. It is through doing that that I’ve become aware that there is nothing around in Te Awamutu that would fulfil the same sort of function as Interlock does in Cambridge and be Brittany Williams more accessible for locals.” Brittany envisages the gatherings would run between 10am to 12.30pm during school terms. She wants to get it going as soon as possible. Those who might be able to help should email her at brittjanewilliams@gmail.com.
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a rural parent run early childhood centre a short distance from Te Awamutu. It will hold an open day on March 18. Puahue Playcentre President Rebecca Parker says “we believe that parents are the first and best educators of our children.” “We promote child-led learning with a variety of learning experiences and areas of play including painting, baking, sand and water play, baking, carpentry, messy play, dressing up, music and a large outdoor playground
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The fruits of our labours By Christine Bryant, Lay Minister, St John’s Anglican Church
Throughout 2020 we heard frequent host of volunteers who references to the team of five million. We were make sport and cultural encouraged to play our part to keep Covid-19 events possible. Month at bay and to minimise the damage this virus by month, thousands of has caused in other countries at the cost of hours of efforts which lives, jobs and educational opportunities. benefit others. What a wealth of talent that One benefit which came out of lockdowns adds up to! Anyone can participate. We may was that we learnt to appreciate each other not believe we have much to offer, but a more - our families, certainly, but also those seemingly small talent can contribute to the living close by. During daily walks we rewell-being of all. connected with our neighbourhoods. Relative I often have the privilege of helping young strangers shopped for older neighbours, people who struggle with education. On a checked in with daily phone calls or shared recent occasion, one young person put all her garden produce. We became friends and effort into completing the task assigned for looked out for each other. It came as a that day. At the end of it, she gave me a smile welcome surprise - this sense of communities which lit up her face and said, “Thank you re-created. so much for helping me”. What a blessing to New Zealanders are known as people me that smile was. In fact, the pleasure was who volunteer. Where would we be in Te all mine. Awamutu without the volunteer fire brigade, Last week I came across a French prayer the health shuttles, Rotary, Lions and other which reminds us that our talents and our groups raising thousands of dollars, the mahi are a gift from God. We need to be churches offering meals to the homeless and thankful that we are able to use them to operating the food bank. Or consider the support others. The prayer begins: Le fruit de mes efforts The fruits of my labours Seigneur, je veux t’offrir mon travail, Lord, I want to offer you my work, Le fruit de mes efforts The fruits of my labours, La peine que je me suis donnée. The hard work that I have put in. Et je te rends grâce, mon Dieu, Pour tous les talents que Tu m’as donnés J’en ai des grands et des minis, J’en ai d’autres à découvrir.
And, God, I give you thanks For all the talents You have given me I have big ones and mini ones I have others to discover.
Last week the Day of Blessing in Te Awamutu had to be cancelled. It was a great pity because it is the day the churches pray for our town, thank God for all the businesses, schools and volunteer groups and ask Him for a blessing on all the talents and efforts used in the service of others. Our
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Our Life Education Trust squares up to challenges The Waipa King Country Life Education Trust is looking to bounce back from a Covid-impacted 2020. The trust, formed in 1992 and assisted by racing legend Sir Patrick Hogan, has delivered a Life Education programme to many children throughout this region for almost three decades. Trustees chose not to make a charge to schools for additional material provided during lock-down last year and
a planned fundraiser was canned. As a result, the trust’s financial position is not as strong as it has been and it is looking to continue fundraising efforts through 2021. An opportunity for people to be involved arrives on March 24, when the Trust holds its annual meeting at the GW Accounting offices, Mahoe Street, Te Awamutu, on March 24. The trust provides specialised lessons that align with the New Zealand Curriculum and the Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy. At primary school level is it best known for the Healthy Harold programme which helps develop life skills. The year 2020 had started well with a second classroom on the road and trustees and educators looking forward to a busy year seeing more children than ever in Waipa and King Country schools. The Covid hit. Trust secretary Mandy Rasmussen says educators Nicky Wise and Sarah Bolton worked from their own bubbles by
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Never too old to learn Octogenarian Doug Mienie has walked away from the Oceania Power Lifting Championships with another gold medal to add to his collection – and an important lesson under his belt. “I didn’t lift as well as I wanted to – before the competition my totals were better in training than on the day – and the judges thought this was due to the fact I’d over trained,” the Cambridge Sports Walk of Fame member said. “I perhaps should have rested a few days longer prior to the comp. As we age recovery time takes
longer. I should have realised that, but one is never too old to learn. ” Doug, who competed in the 85kg class in the over 80 age group, was up against three other lifters from the South Island and Australia. He said all had competed in their own countries because of Covid, with total lifts compared and winners decided after the event. “I am now back in training – this time not over training – and hope to compete again with my training partner Doug McWatters in Tauranga in April,” Doug said.
By the time you are reading this the much-hyped interview undertaken by Oprah Winfrey will have aired. And you are possibly already tired of the subsequent drawn-out media hype that will have followed it. That the Queen, in a stroke of pure political savvy, broadcast a strong Commonwealth message the day prior to the programme speaks volumes as to her huge degree of experience and understanding of those who reside in the Commonwealth. But we live in changing times. And with great respect (which I am sure you mostly share) the longevity of the dedication of HM speaks volumes. That she is blessed with a quartet of offspring - most of whom are ‘different’ - tells us all that, wherever you are in society, you cannot control your heirs to the degree that you would like. That they desire to digress from the hoped-for line that you have mentally drawn is something that will have caused most parents to shake their head in bewilderment. In the case of the UK Royal Family such a state of social complexity and relationship wandering is more apparent due to the public nature of those who ogle from the sidelines. And make money out of doing so. Some years ago, I had the interesting experience, along with five others, of spending an afternoon with Prince Charles – at Government House in Wellington. We represented the local board of a fine international educational establishment named United World Colleges - of which HRH was the Patron. Part of our role was to organise the search for, and interviews of, groups of fine young Kiwis who we felt would represent the nation well with a two-year stint at one of these multi-national
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educational colleges. They would mix with similar young people from many countries and study for the International Baccalaureate – which some schools in this country now strive to utilise. The culmination of the annual search was to find two ‘top’ students (not just in academics) and then take the eight finalists to Government House for afternoon tea. Prince Charles was due to visit and we had a problem as the Prime Minister (Muldoon) had cancelled government support of the single scholarship that they paid for – we raised funds for the other. We asked the Governor General if we could meet with our Patron to discuss the matter. This was agreed and we duly trooped up the hill behind the Basin Reserve for tea and cucumber sandwiches with the regal visitor. Between us all we devised a strategy that HRH would have a frank discussion with the PM to seek his agreement to changing his mind. Prince Charles was successful. Now this is a man not unknown to be heavily criticised for his social behaviour or his views on architecture and consumption of green vegetables. But my abiding memory, after we had consumed huge quantities of weak tea, was when HRH turned to the host saying - ‘Governor General - do think we have something stronger to serve our guests?’ Promptly came a silver salver, several crystal glasses and a bottle of gin. They may look and sound a wee bit ‘different’ but there is some good in everyone!!
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