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Bursting into the premier league Samisoni Taulava’s storming run summed up the Te Awamutu Firehawk’s great day at Alberty Park last Saturday.

He charged through the middle of the field, leaving at least four Hamilton City Tigers players on the floor before he was taken down.

The Firehawks were offered a late ticket into the premier grade of Waikato club rugby league in the middle of last week – all they had to do was beat Hamilton City Tigers. The Tigers was the club which denied the Firehawks the premier reserve title in 2019.

But 2021 is a different year – the Firehawks won 32-4. Read about it today on Page 11.

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Letters…

Fluoride issue Ladies and Gentlemen: A toast to the council workers who enable that clear liquid to fill your glasses! Raised to the light, see how it sparkles crystal clear, a draught to sate your thirst.

The necessities of life are so easy to take for granted – until access is denied. Fasting won’t kill you but dehydration will. Drink, drink, drink… ahhh! Primal sustenance, a toast indeed.

Our pure water is proposed to be the medium for the government to mass medicate us with fluoride. Being clinically poisonous above a certain ingested dosage, fluoride fits the definition of a drug. Drug use is controlled by legislation outlawing the sharing of prescribed medicines even if the recipient uses the same stuff. Personal prescriptions ensure appropriate drug doses but dosage of fluoride per person in water is uncontrollable.

Kids with rotten teeth probably drink coke but the side effect that only adult tooth enamel hardens with fluoride defines fluoride as inappropriate for children.

Health improvements accompanying post-war fluoridation continued to advance in countries that stopped fluoridating.

Enthusiasm by fluoride proponents for

an outstanding role model for young women in particular”.

She was married to Cambridge lawyer Brian Nabbs who died in January last year.

Her son Thomas aka ‘Nabbsie’ is the Founder/Director of The WaterBoy, an organisation which started after a conversation with Leamington Primary School teacher, Fraser Quinn. It makes participation in sport and physical activities an achievable option for every Kiwi.

Forsyth was born in Hamilton she was selected for the Silver Ferns in 1979 at the age of 17 while a pupil at Hillcrest High

reducing decay by altering tooth enamel meets caution from microbiologists that Bertie Germ is instead controlled by enzyme disruption which poisons any living organism by replacing elements binding to the generally metallic core of enzymes.

Enzymes and hormones regulating our body chemistry are both disrupted by fluoride, an element foreign to human body chemistry.

Fluoride is thus a pollutant, a travesty in your raised pristine glass… ahhh… Choke.

Nick Empson Pirongia Poor Cambridge…

I recently visited Cambridge, and I must say, I was shocked to see what was once a lovely town to visit being burdened by the absurdly insane outlay of traffic management in the hope it will resolve the congestion caused by growth – the very growth Bernie Fynn, has been questioning.

Growth that has bought Cambridge traffic chaos.

Intersections, now plagued by not one, but two traffic speed bumps (when one would suffice). At what cost - especially, when you consider it costs Auckland Council approximately $130,000 to install just one

School.

She went on to earn 64 tests in a career that included three World Cup appearances and two titles in 1979 and 1987.

Forsyth was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (NZOM) for her services to netball and the community in the 2020 New Year’s Honours.

She is survived by three children Thomas, Jonathan, and Lucien and grandchild RosieRae. A celebration of her life will be held on Saturday at 3pm at St Paul’s Collegiate School Chapel, Hukanui Road, Hamilton.

traffic speed bump?

The absurdity does not stop there, the middle of the intersection has three distracting painted circles. Nothing, in the New Zealand Road Code outlines what three painted circles represents.

In Europe, roundabouts are represented in some instances as a painted circle.

So, you could be excused whilst detained by a Police Officer for reckless driving that you were only executing a manoeuvre to navigate the three roundabouts in the middle of the intersection whilst doing what they may consider ‘donuts’.

Granted traffic speed bumps, and bollards at the intersection forces you so slow down, it’s no different than what exists regardless in having to come to a full stop at the ‘stop’ sign – except the added cost.

Combine that with the added confusion now, with the three painted ‘circles’, you are asking for trouble.

It’s no wonder more residents have opted to avoid these confusing intersections, sticking to, and now congesting the main routes – creating the perfect obstruction for emergency services. (Abridged) Hayden Woods Te Awamutu

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Margaret Forsyth

Tributes have flowed for a former Silver Fern with close ties to Cambridge and Te Awamutu who died this week.

Margaret Forsyth, 59, held many coaching positions over the years, including head coach of Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic in 2017 and 2018, assistant coach of the Fast5 Ferns in 2017 and the NZA team in 2016.

She was also a sitting Hamilton City Councillor and had been on leave for the past three weeks to manage health challenges.

Fellow councillors led by Mayor Paula Southgate paid tributes to Forsyth, who “was

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Firstly, I must put in my apologies for last week. I had a period of annual leave at short notice. Regular scheduling has been resumed.

I was very pleased to see large turnout for Anzac Day. The dawn service was huge this year as was the ever-growing list of wreaths placed on the cenotaph

at the Civic Service.

That weekend I was tasked with conducting a traffic operation on State Highway 39. The objective was to stop speeding drivers who were using that road to take advantage of a long weekend.

Despite me using the radar extensively for a total of 16

hours, I caught not a single driver. Not one ticket issued for my part in the operation.

This made me a very happy policeman to see everyone behaving themselves on the road.

This week I received my first Covid-19 jab. I was tough and didn’t even cry when they put

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Briefs…

Car gift

Waipā District Council has agreed to gift a council vehicle to the Blue Light charity to support young people preparing to sit their driver’s licence. The 2009 vehicle is no longer required

by Council. If sold, it is estimated to be worth up to $4000. Blue Light works with police to deliver an extensive range of youth programmes and since 2020 has committed to work with 80 students in the Waipā district to obtain their full license.

Transport upgrade

Hamilton City Council is considering a $7.7 million refurbishment of Waikato’s biggest bus stop – the transport centre in Anglesea St.

Council hours

Waipā District Council’s offices are opening one hour later in response to a reduction in face-to-face visits to its offices. From Monday the offices have opened from 9am weekdays.

“We have seen a reduction in face-to-face visits to our offices, but an increase in calls, emails, Antenno alerts and other social media messages,” Communication and engagement manager Charlotte Fitzpatrick said.

“This change will give our team an additional hour each morning to respond to emails and action requests, many of which come in overnight.”

Health app

A new travel survey is being launched which will guide changes to how patients, staff and visitors get to and from Waikato Hospital and the Waiora CBD building on Alexandra Street. The 'Ways To Go' Haerenga Pai feedback process aims to get an accurate picture of what people think about their current transport options, their experiences travelling to the DHB sites. For more info go to the Waikato DHB website.

Bunnings – is one sold?

By Mary Anne Gill

Mystery surrounds the future of two former Bunnings stores in Te Awamutu and Cambridge with Waipā District Council tipped to become the owner of one of them.

The council refused to confirm the purchase saying it was “commercially sensitive”.

“We are in the middle of a commercial The site of the Bunnings Cambridge outlet remains unoccupied. transaction that has not been finalised yet and we will not be able the matter was dealt with in to provide more information until it goes public excluded. unconditional,” a spokesperson said.

Council staff said it was If the deal goes ahead, it would go unconditional not possible to change the on May 10. resolution.

The news would have remained under wraps Mayor Jim Mylchreest was until then if not for Pirongia Ward councillor Clare not at the March 30 meeting St Pierre who queried the minutes of the March where the late item was meeting at the council’s April 27 meeting. discussed but was back on deck At the March meeting, the council considered for the April meeting last week.

Clare St Pierre a major late item, a report titled Te Ara Wai. “As you say, we can’t change The minutes said the council needed to go into it (the resolution), but it’s committee so the council could “enable a decision something to be mindful of,” he said. to be made in order to comply with the timeframes The council put the Te Ara Wai museum project agreed in the sale and purchase agreement with on hold in August last year to consider alternative Bunnings Ltd”. options for the project.

Te Ara Wai is the name for the stalled $12.4 It is just over a year since it was revealed million Waipā Discovery Centre in Te Awamutu.

Bunnings was closing its two Waipā outlets, and Cr St Pierre asked whether it was appropriate to at the time it sparked a wave of speculation over – name the property owner in the resolution when and a wish list of – potential buyers.

Ministry talks school numbers The Education Ministry is continuing to work with Te Awamutu College to introduce an enrolment scheme – and there are no plans for a new secondary school in the area.

The information was revealed by the Ministry in response to questions about new schools for Waipā.

A meeting at Cambridge High next Wednesday will discuss plans for a new primary school in that town. The Ministry has purchased land in Cambridge west but has not identified the site.

Katrina Casey, Deputy Secretary Sector Enablement and Support, said Te Awamutu was not a growth area identified in the ministry’s growth plan “but we are aware of steady residential growth in the area”.

“As there is capacity in some primary schools in the local

network, no new schools are likely in the foreseeable future, and we are seeking to manage this growth through enrolment schemes in the first instance, and additional classroom spaces where required,” she said.

Education Department figures over the last six years show while Te Awamutu College is growing, Ōtorohanga High has shed students.

Ms Casey said Te Awamutu College was operating slightly above capacity currently, but a significant proportion of the current roll is travelling from the Ōtorohanga area.

According to the www. educationcounts.govt.nz site Te Awamutu’s roll rose from 1142 to 1243 from 2016 to 2020 while Ōtorohanga’s total roll slipped from 382 to 292 in the same period.

Te Awamutu’s numbers

jumped a further 121 at the start of this year while Otorohanga continues to report it has 292 students.

The Ministry was working with Te Awamutu College to develop and implement an enrolment scheme. There are no plans for a new Waipā secondary school.

The Ministry says it plans to accommodate growth at the existing Cambridge High School site.

In Cambridge the two schools’ rolls rose from 2547 to 2820 from 2016 to 2020.

The Ministry works with a National Education Growth Plan (NEGP) which provides options for managing growth in the short to medium term. It includes a range of “interventions” at a regional and catchment level when demand exceeds property capacity.

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Gill joins Good Local team

News director Roy Pilott and Good Local’s new senior writer Mary Anne Gill renewed a working relationship this week which dates back to the 1990s at the Waikato Times.

Good Local Media – publishers of the Cambridge News and Te Awamutu News – has teamed up two of the country’s most experienced community newspaper journalists.

Publisher David Mackenzie this week brought on board Mary Anne Gill to join her former Waikato Times colleague Roy Pilott.

The pair boast almost 90 years of industry experience between them.

Gill began her career in sales in the newspaper industry in England in 1978 and subsequently held key roles back home in New Zealand on the now defunct 8 O’clock and Auckland Star newspapers as well as the Whanganui Chronicle and Taranaki Daily News. She was later a newspaper publisher in Taumarunui and went on to become an award winning journalist at the Waikato Times working in both general and sports fields.

Since 2007 she has been prominent in communications, initially with the Waikato District Health Board. She will continue to work for Hamilton based Life Unlimited.

She has also served as a Waikato DHB board member and was last week named as one of the members of the new Cambridge Town Hall Trust.

Pilott, who has edited both the Waikato Times and Taranaki Daily News, began his career at the South Waikato News in 1975. He formed his own Public Relations company in 2015 and has been working with Good Local Media since late 2018.

For Gill, a Waipā resident, the opportunity to return to community newspaper work was “a dream come true”.

Pilott said the pair had a great deal in common, particularly their love for community news – but most of all an enthusiasm for the profession which was as bright as when they first chalked up their first front page lead story.

David Mackenzie was the Waikato Times’ general manager in the the early 2000s when both Pilott and Gill held senior editorial roles.

“I am delighted – we know we already produce the best two newspapers in Waipā and this shows we are committed to making those papers even better for both our readers and advertisers.”

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It’s been graduation time for students at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa – and today the one of those students shares her journey with News readers.

Stepping into a Māori world Ko Te Mānukanuka o Hoturoa te moana Ko Ngāti Whatua te mana whenua He uri whakaheke ahau nō te whanau Campbell nō Kotirana I tupu ake ahau i Tāmaki Makaurau Heoi āno kei Te Awamutu ahau e noho ana Ko Heather tēnei te hāpai ake nei Ko te pae tawhiti whāia kia tata, ko te pae tata whakamaua kia tina.

Seek the distant horizons until they become closer, grasp onto those horizons close to you, there is your destiny.

My name is Heather Campbell. I am of Scottish descent – a tauiwi - no surprises there.

I graduated 2 weeks ago in Te Rōnakitanga ki Te Reo Kairangi, a Level 5 Diploma in Te Reo Māori from the Apakura Campus of Te Wānanga of Aotearoa in Te Awamutu.

I moved to Te Awamutu three years ago after 35 years away from Aotearoa. I came back with a passion to learn Te Reo Māori that started back in 1976 when I was a young, inexperienced art teacher at Fairfield College. My Māori students had so much talent and were invariably not confident learners.

Then I got to see them in their world when they invited me to go to ‘Maori Club’ competitions on a noho marae. Watching them perform and seeing how they were supported by their whānau, I knew then how much that education system was failing these rangatahi.

Not much later about 36 years ago Te Wānanga o Aotearoa was conceived in Te Awamutu by a few committed people, no government support, on a shoestring but

Heather Campell returned to New Zealand with a passion to learn Māori.

with that same ethos – to support these rangitahi who weren’t thriving in the Pākehā system through a kinder, creative learning style.

Going forward, to quote the current infographics from 2020, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa has grown from that small carving

workshop to a national institution with 30,000 students studying from a choice of more than 50 courses in business, education, social services, toi (art) trades and more. It has over 100 sites across the country and about a half of the students are non-Māori.

What have I learnt in three years as one of

these non-Māori who found my way to Te Wānanga o Aotearoa? Mostly I have answers to questions I didn’t know how to ask.

I’ve sung waiata badly, I’ve sobbed privately at the waiata aroha and I acknowledge the power of karakia. I can’t unsee the stories of the invasion of the Waikato in 1865. I love the courage and persistence of a woman called Te Puea Hērangi, builder of Tūrangawaewae Marae who I have tried to honour in a painting for my last assessment.

I thank my two kaiako (teachers) who have always treated me with kindness and endless patience especially Whāea Teiria who helped catapult those of us in Level 5 through the syllabus that Covid seemed intent on derailing last year. I have made friends who wonderfully know and accept my frailties and fears.

Where to from here? I move forward with the kākano of te reo at work in my head every day. My mouth will always be a Pākehā mouth. I have to humbly accept it will never flex and emit the right sounds that I have heard and feel in my heart. I will never grasp enough vocab to fill the void of a lifetime but my passion for te reo is immoveable and I know better who I am in this country.

Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Māori – Māori language is the life essence of Māori identity. - Sir James Hēnare.

• Te Wānanga o Aotearoa in Waikato runs a range of te reo, tikanga, business and toi (arts) courses – for more information go to 0800 355 553 or visit www.twoa.ac.nz. Te reo classes for 2021 are no longer taking enrolments but places will be available in 2022.

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OBITUARY – RICHARD STOWERS 11.11.1951 - 20.04.2021

Hundreds farewell noted historian dad more than when one of us kids wanted to build something.”

Lifelong friend David Speedy recalled heady days from their youth – gathering rabbit pelts for bounty, crafting bows and arrows, and blowing things up with gunpowder.

Richard’s interest in military history was sparked at a young age. He went on to author numerous books on

Widely recognised as an author and historian, Richard Stowers was also a skilled artist.

By Viv Posselt

New Zealand lost one of its foremost historians with the passing of Waikato’s Richard Stowers.

A titan in terms of his knowledge around military history, the former Cambridge High School student was a man equally respected as an artist, author and graphic designer. Waipā was where his feet were planted, where he grew and thrived. He then lived in Hamilton for over 40 years until Motor Neurone Disease claimed him at 69.

The many parts that made up the man were celebrated at a farewell in Hamilton on April 27. Officiant Robyn Riddle said Richard would

be remembered for his love and talent for the arts, writing, the great outdoors, and his readiness to go out of his way to help others.

“He had so many facets … so many talents.”

Richard’s wife Gill recalled meeting him before her 20th birthday. Richard was then almost 27, a ‘handsome, tall man with the most intense blue eyes’. The pair married in 1981. “He was incredibly disciplined,” she said, always deftly allocating time to the family’s activities along with his work and his other interests.

Son Craig said his dad loved New Zealand’s bush.

He was a wonderful teacher who fostered curiosity in his children. “Nothing excited

the New Zealand Wars, the Boer War and Gallipoli. He also wrote a book detailing his father Bob’s piloting of Wellington bombers in World War Two. Historian Hugh Keene and journalist Kingsley Field referenced Richard’s passion for history. Hugh described him as ‘focused, authentic, meticulous’ in his research; Richard had become the first historian, he said, to uncover

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His skilled research led to Richard becoming an honorary member of the Waikato Mounted Rifles, and his contribution to local history and genealogy was honoured by the Waipā District Council, Cambridge Armistice Association and Hamilton City Council.

He is survived by his wife Gill, their five children and a new-born grandchild.

Richard Stower’s legacy praised

Herb Farrant, president of the New Zealand Military Historical Society, described Richard Stowers’ passing as a great loss to the country.

“His New Zealand orientated military history works advanced our knowledge of the Boer War, the Land Wars, on New Zealand medal recipient biographies, and on Gallipoli. His two great works on Gallipoli – being Bloody Gallipoli in 2005 and then Heroes of Gallipoli in 2015 – make him one of our finest published military historians of recent times.”

Richard and Herb were in regular contact over the past couple of decades, particularly on military matters related to the Cambridge district. “It was Richard who provided the photographs of St Andrew’s Church that are portrayed in the Society’s publication on Reverend Clive Mortimer Jones, entitled A Strong Sense of Duty,

launched in Cambridge in 2013,” he said.

Former Waipā District Mayor Alan Livingston said Richard’s passion for Cambridge and the district was displayed in the book Waipā: Home of Champions, one he co-authored with Kingsley Field to commemorate 150 years of Waipā.

“His vast knowledge of personalities and military history was utilised with Anzac services and Armistice in Cambridge, while he was only too happy to research and report on any enquiries on military history.”

Waipā District Deputy Mayor, Liz Stolwyk, said Richard would be remembered for his participation in Armistice in Cambridge events.

“His legacy will remain in the extraordinary work he has left to us through his skill as a military historian/writer. He will be fondly

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the correct number of Kiwis at Gallipoli. “Official records had underestimated that number at 8500. Richard’s research confirmed the number was double that.”

Kingsley Field, with whom Richard co-authored the book Waipa: Home of Champions, said he was astounded at Richard’s ‘extraordinary’ ability to take old photographs and make something out of almost

remembered as the co-author of Waipā: Home of Champions, a gift to his treasured home.”

Eminent New Zealand historian Glyn Harper QSM rated Richard’s 16 books published since 1992 as an ‘outstanding record of publication’.

“His books have filled huge gaps in the public knowledge of New Zealand’s past … he has performed an invaluable service.”

Another highly regarded New Zealand military historian, Chris Pugsley ONZM, described Richard as a New Zealand historian ‘of the first rank’, whose questioning has led other historians to re-address their knowledge of New Zealand campaigns of the 19th and early 20th century.

“He has made a unique contribution to our understanding … his works are important to New Zealanders but are also of international significance.”

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Mary Anne Gill mixes a bit of advice with a touch of mischief as she reviews Waipā District Council’s Zoom meeting presentations.

Zooming in on our councillors

By Mary Anne Gill

Many councils around the world live streamed their meetings during Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns.

Waipā District Council was one of them and the council continues doing live streams for council and key committee meetings.

My first assignment for the Cambridge News was to cover the April 27 council meeting online.

Ken Morris, group manager Business Support says residents want transparency.

“Livestreaming our meetings assists in providing this. It’s another way for the community to be informed and take part in local government decision making, and one of the biggest benefits is that you can either watch the meeting live or go back to it in your own time.”

Well done to the council for investing in this technology - but there are improvements needed.

Anyone can go to council and committee meetings at Waipā’s council chambers in Te Awamutu.

Agendas and seating are available and there’s name tags in front of the mayor and councillors.

But that is not the case when you are watching from the comfort of your home or work.

The position of the camera in Te Awamutu has four of the councillors either completely or

Room without a view... followers can’t see all their councillors.

partially obscured.

You cannot see any name tags and so it is hard going to know who is speaking if the only contact you have with your councillors is every three years when their billboards go up on the side of the road.

If you live in Cambridge, for example, you would have no idea who the Pirongia or Kakepuku ward councillors are anyway.

The other problem comes when you cannot hear a speaker because they do not speak directly into the

microphone or they discard the microphone completely.

Fortunately, none of the Waipā meetings I watched descended into the same chaos as the Handforth Parish Council meeting in England last year when Jackie Weaver removed the chairman despite his protestations of: “You have no authority here Jackie Weaver!”

Waipā councillors are polite and well behaved, on live stream at any rate.

A lot of readers might find watching paint dry more

interesting. Certainly, there were people who tuned into the council’s best rated meeting the Finance and Corporate committee meeting on 21 April 2021 with 131,238 views, who reported these ulterior motives: • Literally put this zoom call on at work so it looked like I was busy, I was avoiding having to deal with a stressful individual. And it worked, thank you.

• Me using this to make my parents think that im studying (followed by a laughing emoji)

• Anyone else using this just so they can sound like they’re in a meeting so their other family members don’t disturb them while working from home?

• Is there a US or UK version of this? My misses keeps asking why all the people I work with are Australian when I tell her that I have a meeting I can’t leave...

• Put the busy signal on my internal Skype and turned this on.

Good thing no one actually listens closely to the voices. I throw in a clearing of my throat every so often too.

How to watch a Waipā council meeting: • Go to www.waipdc.govt.nz and look under Your Council for Agendas, Minutes & Livestream • Open the agenda in another tab so you can follow what the councillors are talking about • In yet another tab, open the page Mayor and Councillors; there you’ll see their photos and names plus their mobile numbers • If you are feeling mischievous, ring the numbers and watch to see if anyone forgot to turn their phone off!

• If you are near a television, go to You Tube and search for Waipa District Council • Help my colleagues in the Communications team by subscribing to the channel • Watch it over and over, it gets the views up.

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DOWN WITH THE KIDS

Tech support

The importance of being involved

By Matteo Di Maio

As my household’s resident teenager, I’m also its resident tech support. For the most part, the job is about orientating cameras, or digging up passwords from under the couch.

Today, though, I though I’d share some tech support of a different kind—to do with our collective role in the future of the internet.

Think back to the dawn of the web, in the late 90s. The internet back then was a niche place, popular among techno-utopians— those with lofty aspirations about the power of ubiquitous, free information, of a world in which borders don’t exist, in which anyone can connect to anyone else. This, as it’s now christened, was Web 1.0.

Then came Web 2.0. This is the web of Facebook, and Amazon, and Google search.

It’s interactive. It’s the web of targeted advertising. Unlike Web 1.0, which was free because of anarchist, utopian ideals, this web is free because you pay with your data. In Silicon Valley, the saying is: “if it’s free, the customer is you.” This is the web we live in now.

What, the natural question might be, is Web 3.0?

That’s the web we’re fashioning now.

And we have some power over what it will look like. It could be a web in which new technologies like satellite surveillance and artificial intelligence make web tracking more seamless, more accurate, and more omnipotent. Or it could be our chance to build that first web, in reality.

As the New York Times noted: us democratic westerners would “surely rise up in outrage if the government attempted to mandate that every person above the age of 12 carry a tracking device that revealed their location 24 hours a day. Yet, in the decade since Apple’s App Store was created,

Americans have, app by app, consented to just such a system run by private companies.”

So go to locations settings and make sure apps can only locate you when you’re using them.

If you use What’s App, switch to Signal.

Signal is run by a non-profit, sustained on donations. All your messages and chats are encrypted at each end. It also isn’t feeding metadata from your conversations into Facebook’s profile of you.

Speaking of Facebook, you should go to “settings”, “your Facebook information”, and then click on “off Facebook activity”.

Turn all these functions off.

You can do a similar thing with Google.

Go to adssettings.Google.com, and sign in. You’ll get a snap shot of all the things Google knows about you, from “married”, to “has an income of 50k+”, to “likes vintage cars”. Turn ad personalization off at the top. Additionally, set your search engine to DuckDuckGo in your iPhone settings, at “safari”, “search engine”, DuckDuckGo. DuckDuckGo is a privacy preserving search engine, which doesn’t syndicate trackers across the web, and is powered by nontargeted ads and donations.

If you want to go a step further, use Brave as your browser.

You should care about privacy because when you give up information, you allow manipulation. Facebook uses this data to construct a uniquely personalised news feed, for example. This creates echo chambers of thought, in which you only see the news you like. This is not how you should go about understanding reality.

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By Julie Guest, Vicar Parish of St John’s Anglican Church

Have you responded to the Waikato Regional Council’s request for submissions on their 2021-2031 Long Term Plan? Perhaps even just reading that last sentence is enough to cause a full body yawn and a read-nofurther response. For many of us, getting through the issues of work and family life, trying to pay the bills and keep ahead of the daily grind is hard enough. Adding pressure to be informed about local body politics or planning seems to ask too much. Yet every time you turn on the news or scroll through Twitter you are bombarded with issues that will affect your life and the futures of the children in your home or street.

On Sunday in St John’s Anglican church we farewelled Deacon Norris Hall as he retired from ministry among us. Norris has served as a Deacon for 25 years and in our parish for at least nine. He has also served many other groups and organisations in Te Awamutu, usually just quietly in the background helping things to run, but when called to, Norris will happily step up and lead from the front. Preaching and presiding at Norris’s final service was Archbishop Emeritus Sir David Moxon who ordained Norris as Deacon. In the opening words of his sermon, Bishop Daivd said, “If we were to sum up the message of love in the Bible we would find one word. Wine!” He shared some examples; water that Jesus turned into wine at the wedding feast is a symbol of love, vineyards where the final pickings are left to those who need them most – in neighbourly love, the Last Supper, where

Jesus encouraged his followers then and forever to remember him, to follow his ways whenever they share wine together.

Wine represents love and community. And Bishop David went on to say that the vines that good grapes grow on are intertwined, such that one vine, cannot produce wine on its own but needs the support of the intertwined vines to survive and succeed. It takes a vineyard to grow enough grapes for the wine to be produced.

In the same way, a council cannot govern well in isolation. We, the busy and burdened community need to get with the wine of feedback. We need to share our comments and concerns about the Regional Council’s Long-Term Plan… all the time remembering that as we do so we are helping our community to be stronger and better.

This is the link that will explain the issues under question and give you information about how to have your day. https:// www.waikatoregion.govt.nz/community/ yourvoicematterstous/ Just as Reverend Norris could not be a Deacon alone, just as a vine cannot produce enough grapes for wine, nor can our councillors govern wisely without our prayer and support. Discover who they are, pray for them regularly and have your say – albeit over a good glass of wine. Cheers!

Access Ability and Life Unlimited to merge Two leading national disability organisations will merge from July 1.

Life Unlimited and Access Ability, both charitable trusts with a long involvement in the health and disability sector across New Zealand, say the merger will position them as a new organisation for the future which includes upholding the rights of disabled people to take control of their own lives.

Life Unlimited is based in Hamilton and Access Ability has offices in Otago, Southland, Taranaki and Whanganui.

The need to ensure Enabling Good Lives principles are at the heart of the new organisation, and the ability to do this over a wider area guided trustees’ decisionmaking, say chairs John Dobson (Life Unlimited) and Rachel Stephenson (Access Ability).

Life Unlimited chief executive Megan Thomas will lead Tony Paine the new entity while

Access Ability CE Tony Paine will be deputy CE and lead the new organisation’s business development, business services, and advocacy arms. An independent interim chair will be appointed and six trustees, drawn from the existing trusts, will provide governance from Megan Thomas July 1.

“Together we want an organisation that is fit for the future and responding to transformed thinking of how to uphold the rights and meet the needs of disabled people and their whānau,” says Ms Thomas.

Since November last year, Access Ability and Life Unlimited have worked together by combining their NASC and LAC teams under a shared national manager.

“Working in this way highlighted the advantages for both of us,” says Mr Paine.

There would be no staff redundancies or office closures.

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No. 8 wire winner Slow feedback for long term plan An artistic creation crafted from gorse, soap and wire has taken out the top prize in the 2021 Fieldays No. 8 Wire National Art Award.

Wear ‘n Tear was by Auckland artist Gina Ferguson. She was awarded the top slot at last month’s ceremony held at Hamilton’s ArtPost Gallery.

The annual competition is hosted by Waikato Museum, partnered with Momentum Waikato Community Foundation, and supported by the New Zealand National Fieldays Society (NZNFS). It challenges artists to vie for a share in $8500 in prize money by turning an iconic Kiwi farming product into art.

The $7000 prize was awarded for the winning work’s “stunning visual impact and inventive use of gorse, soap and wire”, said this year’s judge Virginia King. “The artist’s thoughtprovoking concept and creative transformation of No. 8 wire left me with a sense of intrigue.”

Artist Gina Ferguson has taken out the top prize in this year’s Fieldays No. 8 Wire National Art Award, with her work Wear ‘n tear.

Morrinsville-based artist Heather Olesen placed second for her entry Liquid Life, and Auckland’s Cherise Thomson placed third with Dune profile no.1.

King said it had been tough whittling the entries down to her top three. “It has also been an immense honour. I’m in awe of all the works submitted this year.”

She said the competition provides a platform to reinvent an everyday farming product and turn it into a compelling work of art. She praised the finalists’ works for representing a crosssection of styles and inspirations, ranging from climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic, to rural tales and farming life.

The event also featured the President’s Choice Award, which was chosen on behalf of NZNFS president James Allen by NZNFS chief executive Peter Nation and Board member Lynette Pearks.

Hamilton’s Naomi Roche got the Fieldays nod of approval with her creation Spare Ribs.

Peter Nation praised the calibre of the artists’ work and said the award has proven to be as inspiring and delightful as the first exhibition back in 1997. “All the artworks on display are stunning.”

Momentum Waikato chief executive Kelvyn Eglinton described the competition as focal point for artists around the country and said it highlighted the resilience and innovation of rural New Zealand.

“The ability to support the rural community is core to our strategy.”

Waikato Museum director Cherie Meecham said the competition had become a landmark on the New Zealand art scene and bought an awareness to an innovative piece of agricultural history that has become part of the nation’s psyche.

The finalists’ work will be exhibited at ArtsPost in Hamilton until May 24, and entry is free.

By Blair Voorend

Community consultation has begun in Ōtorohanga on the district councils Long Term Plan for 20212031 but community engagement has been slow going.

An Ōtorohanga District Council spokesperson said that the consultation period so far has been constructive but have struggled with numbers compared to previous engagements.

“Our LTP consultation has been steady so far, we have run sessions in Ōtorohanga, Kāwhia and Arohena.

“While we have not had the same numbers that we had for our early engagement, the overall feedback has been positive and we are starting to have formal submissions lodged.”

To learn more of the LTP head along to one of the community engagement centres, you can head along to Ō Café in Ōtorohanga daily 9am 2.30pm Monday to

Friday until 21 May. Times are also setup this Saturday at Omimiti Reserve (Rusty Snapper if raining) in Kāwhia from 10:30am – 2.30pm, they will also be at Arohena Hall on May 11 from 4pm to 8pm and again at Rusty Snapper in Kāwhia

on May 13 and May 20 from 10:30am – 2.30pm.

Submissions will close at 9am Monday 24 May and after that on June 29 the council meets to approve the LTP 20212031 – including changes made as a result of the submission process.

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Council officer in award running

Waipā District Council finance manager Sarah Davies is a finalist in the 2021 New Zealand CFO Awards.

Davies is a finalist in the Emerging Financial Manager category which recognises finance talent of professionals under the age of 40 years who have demonstrated outstanding finance leadership.

She said getting into the finals is a credit to her team and their drive to produce

positive outcomes for Council and the community.

The awards are run annually to celebrate the gold standard in leadership, innovation and performance in finance and business across New Zealand.

Paula Cleghorn, general manager - events said, “Both Conferenz and the judges were very impressed with the exceptional quality of this year’s entrants. All the finalists embody the leadership,

Talking about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Complex Chronic Illness Support (CCIS) will host an evening where research into chronic fatigue syndrome and Covid will be aired next week.

The guest speaker is Dr Ros Vallings who has been treating Chronic Fatigue syndrome – or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) – patients for 40 years.

The sessions will run from an hour from 10.30 on May 13 at… . Topics will include latest research findings in the ME/ CFS field, its connection to Covid-19 and the Covid-19 vaccine.

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innovation and hard work which are indicative of past winners.”

Davies is also a finalist in the Emerging Leader category of the LGFA Taituarā Local Government Excellence Awards, which will be held next week, and has received one of the 2021 Raymond Wilson and Perpetual Guardian Governance Scholarships.

She was put forward for the

awards in recognition of the work she has delivered over the last 12 months, including a large number of projects and improvement initiatives.

Garry Dyet chief executive said a global pandemic has been challenging for most leaders, but Davies’ leadership had been exceptional.

“She has led with integrity, purpose, adaptability, resilience and compassion.”

The nominations

also recognised Davies’ contribution to the community.

She holds five board positions with organisations across the Waikato, in addition to her role as Secretary-Treasurer for Waipā Networks Trust.

“Being able to contribute to the community is incredibly important to me and something I take great pride in,” she said.

The awards will be held next month.

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Possums on the retreat Empty traps are being celebrated as a win for native flora and fauna by the Department of Conservation.

Traps were set in a southern Coromandel forest where 1080 was used to target pests last November - and after three days all 200 were empty.

Introduced pests such as possums, stoats and rats feast on native bird, bat and plant species – including the threatened native Archey’s and Hochstetter’s frogs.

Biodiversity Ranger Leon Pickering says predator control in the southern Coromandel forest is part of long-term conservation effort in the area.

As well as the Archey’s and Hochstetter’s frogs, the southern Coromandel Forest is also habitat for Coromandel brown kiwi – the rarest of the North Island brown kiwi – and long-tailed bats, which have been seen in the southern Coromandel area.

The southern Coromandel forest is also home to a number of rare or significant plant and tree species, including as significant kauri populations and below ground, the parasitic Pua o te reinga/dactylanthus (Dactylanthus taylorii), the nationally vulnerable dwarf green orchid.

“By keeping predator levels as low as possible, we’re protecting these important species for now and into the future,” he says.

Leon Pickering says monitoring carried out after the operation assessed the “catch” in a total of 200 traps over the course of three fine nights in summer. The monitoring was carried out by independent contractors.

“For this operation, our target was 2% - that means we wanted not more than four of these 200 traps to have caught a possum,” he says.

“Our monitoring discovered 200 empty traps – a result better than we had hoped for.

“It’s a clear indication our operation was a success, particularly given pre-operation monitoring revealed predators in 16.2% of traps in that area.

DOC’s aerial 1080 predator control operations – including the recent southern Coromandel operation - are carried out as part of its nationwide Tiakina Ngā Manu programme, which focusses on protection of New Zealand’s indigenous forest wildlife.

Nowhere to be seen – Doc’s possum traps were left empty.

THE AGE OF REASON

Our ageing population

In the course of my work interfacing with elderly people in retirement villages it becomes necessary to keep up to date with relevant statistics.

Here is the first one. By 2034 – only 13 years away – one in five people will be over the age of 65. On today’s alleged population that’s over a million people clutching their Gold Cards. And this will be a higher mathematical figure by 2034.

And the second statistic - by the same date 179,000 of them will be aged over 85 – some of them still driving cars.

Here in Cambridge this drift – some would say gallop – towards a high number of elderly people manifests itself in several ways. Look at the number of four wheeled electric vehicles (carts) careering along the sidewalks in the shopping centre. The bulk of them are driven responsibly, though beware of the drivers with a fixed stare ahead and no intention of slowing to accommodate those who are moving in a pedestrian manner. In case you feel I am being unfair the other end of the age spectrum is not exactly blameless either. Sitting at a kerbside café in the sun today I was almost assaulted by a woman in her thirties who shot past

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very close by me on a silent electric scooter.

Further, the advent of the building of two more retirement villages – bringing the town’s number to six – possibly indicates that there is a need to ensure that residents of these facilities are catered for in transport terms – including suitable footpaths. This in a town that is Hell-bent on catering for the safe passage of cyclists who, too, have a right to an expectation of safe surfaces free from marauding traffic.

The growth of retirement villages in this fine town is also an indication of the burgeoning swelling of the ranks of the aged. I make no apology for the use of that word as the council has roadside signs indicating the presence of Aged Persons. I am not sure if that is a warning to be careful around octogenarians or an advice that some electric, flag-bedecked, vehicle may career down in an uncontrolled fashion and wipe you off the pathway. If we just get away from pastel-painted intersections and brightly coloured planter boxes that have replaced car parking spaces we might have some money left over to take the helicopter a little higher and create a wider, more

useful, picture.

Retirement villages are here to stay. They are approaching a total occupancy towards 50,000 people on over 430 sites between Kaitaia and Invercargill.

And between them they employ almost 20,000 people within their industry.

Many of them have ‘care’ facilities one of which I visited the other day in Tauranga. It was well thought out, light, airy, totally ensuite rooms across three sizes and prices.

It offered easy access, a lively café and full meals available in sensibly designed groupings. It also has the ability to cater also for people who have, hitherto, not resided in the village. In other words, it’s not a closed shop.

For those considering such an opportunity there is a specific need to ensure that one’s finances are sensibly gathered with an understanding of the rules pertaining to state financial control of your wellbeing. A trip to Winz in Duke Street would be especially useful as they have published a very informative and simply written explanatory booklet.

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Firehawks soar into top league In a stunning turn of events, Waipā will go from having no league team in the Waikato men’s competition to having a team on the top flight.

Te Awamutu’s Firehawks, under new coach Victor Heke, won a qualification match aganist Hamilton’s

City Tigers at Albert Park last weekend.

The match was set up after changes in the line ups for the top two divisions left a hole in the Premier competition – home of clubs such as Taniwharau and Turangawaewae.

Early this week plans were

in place for the first game in the new competition and the Firehawks were still not sure who their opponnts would be, though they expected a home encounter.

Ironically, the last game of competitive leagye played at seniorlevel by the Firehawks was also aganist City Tigers –

they were beaten in the 2019 premier reserve grade final.

About 150 spectators turned out for last weekend’s clash, including many former members.

And given the number of young inexperienced players in Victor Heke’s squad, the result came as a surprise.

Heke has now upped his targets for the season – from reaching the reserve grade playoffs to making the senior grade playoffs while helping to improve recruitment and develop a Premier grade club with a good culture.

“It was a great day and result for both team and supporters,” Heke said.

Meanwhile, the club will be represented when the Waikato junior competition kicks off at Hopuhopu on Saturday morning.

Waipā’s synthetic track booked Racing will go synthetic for the first time in New Zealand on May 19 – in Waipā.

A new synthetic track in Cambridge has been booked for 12 race meetings in the 2021-22 season.

The New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing racing dates calendar was confirmed this week and the first meeting will be on a Wednesday.

A second synthetic track at Riccarton Park will be used seven time from May 2022.

The use of synthetic tracks has resulted in licenses being taken from

other venues.

“We need to ensure we are maximising the wagering revenue opportunity, as this will positively impact returns to NZTR and, as a result to the wider industry.” NZTR chief executive Bernard Saundry said.

A total of 293 thoroughbred race meetings are scheduled to be held in the 2021-22 season, 13 more than were scheduled for the current season, but 23 fewer than were scheduled to be run in the 2019/20 season.

“One of NZTR’s roles is to ensure we are putting on racing that maximises

opportunities for horses to race, and we will continue to add races to meetings when demand requires,” Saundry said.

The number of venues planned to be used for racing for the coming season is 35.

“The introduction of synthetic track racing is a key part of NZTR’s Venue Plan, and its impact was clearly signalled in that plan,” Saundry said.

“The movement of meetings to synthetic tracks will relieve pressure on turf tracks that would otherwise be used in winter.”

Ronnie Adams was a marked man for the Firehawks, but the City Tigers couldn’t deny him this second half try.

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Ōtorohanga stay in contention Ōtorohanga did the double over Te Awamutu Sports by winning both the senior and reserve clashes in premier Waikato rugby last weekend – and they now face another stern Waipā challenge.

Hautapu and Ōtorohanga go head-to-head on Saturday in a battle which will probably determine who ends the day second on the Waikato senior men’s rugby championships.

Leaders Fraser Tech, four wins from four, travel to Melville and on form will be favoured to extend their perfect record.

After all three clubs won last weekend Tech lead the ladder on 18 points from Ōtorohanga, 16, and Hautapu, 15.

The 10 clubs have already separated into three groups – three at the top, a pack of five – Marist, Old Boys, Melville, Morrinsville and Te Awamutu - on 10 points followed

by Matamata and winless University.

Te Awamutu Sports gave their southern neighbours a real test in both games last weekend, going down 26-14 in the main game and 21-11 in the reserves clash.

Ōhaupō and Pirongia both scored wins in the Championships where Leamington’s 100-nil win over Frankton saw the Cambridge side finish the day with an even bigger lead on the field.

In the second division Te Awamutu has another tough day on the field today against a good Huntly side who won 32-8.

“Conditions were great for a nice open game of rugby and we started well with early dominance and took an early penalty to George Pullman to lead 3 nil,” coach Grant James said

Ōtorohanga dodged a bullet and scored a winner to remain third in the WaiBop football premiership, while in the championship Te Awamutu earned a creditable point drawing at Tauranga Old Blues who remain joint top of a congested table.

Last Saturday’s men’s football clashes both hinged on late missed penalties.

Mason Apperley’s fifth goal of the season for Ōtorohanga came after goalkeeper Mitch Apperley saved a West Hamilton spot kick.

It was the side’s fourth successive win and leaves them third behind Unicol and Ngaruawahia – who

clobbered neighbours Huntly 11-1.

Joe Roil and Dylan Brett scored for Te Awamutu in Tauranga where the Waipā side came back from two down two score twice in the last 10 minutes – and miss a penalty.

Both sides had a player sent off, Te Awamutu’s Euan McLeod was first to go.

Top scorer Bradley Eggleston had the chance to secure all three points but saw his late penalty well saved.

Tokoroa and Old Blues – who both drew – went joint top after leaders Whakatane were beaten 2-1 at Otumoetai.

Te Awamutu sits ninth with two wins and a draw from six outings.

Ōhaupō prop Liam Palaone gets to grip with a Hinuera ball carrier during Saturday’s clash.

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But the Marist let Huntly back into the game after 15 minutes “with a few missed tackles and going away from what was working for us earlier” and Huntly led by five at the break.

An early lapse in concentration and more missed tackles allowed Huntly to score two more unanswered tries and despite a response from Eric Fatupaito, it was Huntly who finished the scoring.

Marist’s next match is a home derby against Kihikihi, who lost 3426 to Hamilton Marist last weekend.

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Men: Waikato Draught Premier, Fraser Tech 28 Hamilton Marist 24, Hautapu 62 United Matamata Sports 12, Melville 3 Hamilton Old Boys 8, Morrinsville Sports 54 University 19, Te Awamutu Sports 14 Otorohanga 26. Reserves, Fraser Tech 26 Hamilton Marist 22, Hautapu 15 United Matamata Sports 43, Melville 37-15 Hamilton Old Boys, Morrinsville Sports 12 University 27,Te Awamutu Sports 11 Otorohanga 21 Lone Star Hamilton Division 1, Hinuera 19 Ohaupo 20, Leamington 100 Frankton 0, Putaruru 10 Southern United 31, Taupiri 17 Suburbs 29, Te Rapa 12 Pirongia 14. Reserves, Leamington beat Frankton by default, Putaruru 21 Southern United 36, Taupiri 59 Suburbs 0, Te Rapa 42 Pirongia 22 Division 2, Hamilton Marist 34 Kihikihi 26, Kereone 10 Hamilton Old Boys 33, Te Awamutu Marist 8 Huntly College Old Boys 32, Under 85kgs, Hamilton Marist 48 University 5, Melville 28 Fraser Tech 11, Morrinsville Sports 62 Leamington 22, Suburbs 19 Hamilton Old Boys 32.

Colts, Fraser Tech 33 Hamilton Old Boys 31, Hautapu 45 United Matamata Sports 12, Leamington 19 Hamilton Boys High School 29, Morrinsville Sports 3 Hamilton Marist 32.

Women: Gallagher Women’s Premiership, Hamilton Marist 32 Taupiri 10, Melville 93 Southern United 0, Putaruru 22 Otorohanga 43, University 7 Hamilton Old Boys 56.

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