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Our breast is best link

By Viv Posselt

Mums taking part in Te Awamutu’s Virtual Big Latch On, being held via Zoom next Friday can take some pride in the town’s contribution to La Leche.

It was a Te Awamutu resident - Yvonne Foreman - founded the first Kiwi La

Leche League in Cambridge over half a century ago.

Scots-born Yvonne mastered the mechanics of breastfeeding with her first Kiwi-born child but discovered much more once exposed to La Leche League International in the United States as her family grew.

It was there, in Madison,

Wisconsin, where she boldly thought she might be able to teach those American women a thing or two, that she found herself learning far more than she could ever have imparted Yvonne is still based in Waipā 54 years on.

The Big Latch On is an annual event timed

to coincide with World Breastfeeding Week, which runs from August 1 to 7.

The mass breastfeeding event was started by New Zealand’s Women’s Health Action group in 2005 to encourage and support breastfeeding in as many communities as possible.

It has become a global

Yvonne Foreman, right, pictured at a recent La Leche League New Zealand Alumnae Association gathering with, from left, Colleen Bassett, Raewyn Johnston and Rosie Bentley.

event which in recent years has gone ‘virtual’, with communities trying to outdo one another in the number of mothers they can encourage to participate on the day.

Te Awamutu La Leche League leader Aisling Osborne said one of their members had gone around businesses and drummed up a number of spot prizes for supporters of the Latch On initiative.

“There will be some great prizes… we’d encourage as many women to join in as possible,” she said.

Aisling said the Te Awamutu La Leche League, which attracts pregnant women and new mothers from across the region, is back to full strength following a slow-down during the Covid-19 lockdown. Meetings are held from 10am to noon on the second Wednesday of every month, at the Kindergarten Room at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Mutu St, and newcomers are welcome.

This year’s Big Latch On in Te Awamutu will start at 9.50am on August 6.

Those wanting to take part should contact the group via the Breastfeeding Support – La Leche League Te Awamutu Facebook page, where they will get Zoom log-in details.

• Yvonne Foreman’s story – see Page 2.

Silver for TA rower

By Blair Voorend

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Waipā has its first Tokyo Olympics medal.

Te Kuiti born rower Hannah Osborne and Brooke Donoghue collected silver in the final of the women’s double sculls early yesterday afternoon.

Osborne is a member of the Te Awamutu Rowing Club.

She and Donoghue came through the field to finish a clear second behind Romania Romania’s Ancuta Bodnar and Simona Radis won the first rowing gold of the game, leading from the start and were never in danger of being caught.

Meanwhile former St Peter’s Cambridge student Frances Davies has featured in the Black Sticks women’s side wins over Japan and Argentina.

Triathlete Ainsley Thorpe wasn’t as lucky, sliding out of Tuesday’s rained soaked women’s triathlon after the Cambridge based rider came off her bike in the early stages after sitting in the top 15.

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How Yvonne showed the way It serves to channel its rich knowledge resources to keep the education and support process going in New Zealand. Many of their number met up for lunch in Cambridge recently.

For Yvonne, it’s just another arrow in her quiver. She’s a sometime writer and was with Opera Waikato after being trained as a young woman under Cambridge’s acclaimed Mona

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The woman who brought La Leche League to New Zealand 54 years ago was an only child who admits she scarcely knew what a baby was before having five of her own.

Scots-born Yvonne Foreman was living in Te Awamutu and went from complete novice to breast-feeding.

“I soaked it up like a sponge … all about the philosophy and nurturing side of breastfeeding,” she said. “I learned everything I could and went through the very strict training to become an accredited group leader affiliated to La Leche League International.”

She and her then husband, Victor Procuto lived in the United States for a time before returning to New Zealand - and Waipā – when she was carrying their fourth child.

After contacting the Cambridge Parents Centre, she was invited to speak to the young mums.

“The doctors back then didn’t approve of me doing that because I was a lay person. So, a group of us teamed up to start a formal La Leche League. That was in 1967.

Eighteen months later, she was leading one group in Waipā and two in Hamilton.

“It grew like topsy. After a few years, we had more groups, more leaders and more members per capita in New Zealand than in any other country in the world. That meant we had to become more organised, so we tapped into the skills of our members. Some of them were quite extraordinary.”

A national body was formally established and accredited to

Yvonne Foreman LLLI, with Yvonne becoming the organisation’s first national co-ordinator. Eventually, New Zealand set up its own medical advisory board linked to the League, negating the need for the time-consuming communication link between here and the US that meant some questions were answered only after babies had outgrown those problems.

There are now groups all over the country, fulfilling the League’s original mission to encourage, inform and support women in breastfeeding their babies.

The organisation says while breastfeeding is natural, it does not always come naturally.

Early resistance to the movement came on the back of the rigid norms of the day. In the mid1900s, Yvonne said, new mothers were encouraged to bottle-feed to a strict timetable, and phrases such as ‘demand feeding’ were viewed as slightly fringe, almost hippy-ish.

She remained with the League for many years, going on to join the LLLNZ Alumnae Association, which was formed in 2008 after a reunion held in Cambridge.

Ross. She worked in PR for a major company, applying much of the know-how she accumulated through the League, and was the 1974 recipient of a Waikato Woman of the Year Award.

“Breastfeeding hasn’t changed, but society has and that brings other pressures,” she said. “The League still offers reassurance and builds confidence, as it always has.”

Kihikihi water upgrade

A more resilient water supply is on the way for Kihikihi – thanks to money received by Waipā District Councol through the Three Waters Reform.

Waipā Civil Limited will begin constructing the new pipeline next month and the $1.3 million project should be finished by the end of the year.

“Kihikihi village is growing at a rapid rate so this supplementary water supply from Te Awamutu will help to provide more security for our residents, particularly during those summer months when water supplies tend to deplete,” Waipā District Council Group Manager Service Delivery Dawn Inglis said.

Inglis said the Council received funding for the pipeline upgrade as part of the district’s ‘Tranche One’ support package from central government which Waipā received following a decision to opt-in to Three Waters Reform discussions.

“By opting into Three Waters Reform discussions, we received $6.82 million to upgrade our existing water assets. This enabled us to bring forward a number of network upgrades, which would otherwise have been paid for by ratepayers.

The Kihikihi alternative water supply pipeline will be installed between Park Road, Te Awamutu, down Golf Road and Flat Road, terminating at Grey Street in Kihikihi where it will provide a supplementary feed from Te Awamutu to Kihikihi’s water reservoir, which currently services the town’s water demand.

Up until now, the town has been fully serviced by two bores on Hall and Church streets in Kihikihi.

Council is in the final commissioning stages of the newly upgraded Parallel Road Water Treatment Plant, which will bring water to Te Awamutu and Pirongia from the Waikato River. The plant has sufficient treatment capacity to provide for both the Te Awamutu and Kihikihi needs into the foreseeable future and was blessed by local kaumatua on 22 June 2021.

On the beat We’re out on the street with Ryan Fleming

This week you may have seen us out and about with the Mobile Police Station (or as I like to call it, the big blue bus).

We decided to change it up a bit and get it out on the streets during the evening times to increase our visibility.

The bus gives us the ability to base ourselves in any area with basic amenities related to prevention and deterrence of crime.

One of the key messages we are putting out on the bus is to remind people about

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I often get a deluge of information passed on to me about drug dealing or suspicious activities in and around the Waipā are.

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One last thing I’d like to say - thanks to my colleague Deb Thurgood from Cambridge for taking up the slack with the column last week while I enjoyed some time off.

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Briefs…

Magills a finalist Te Awamutu’s Magills Butchery is in the running for outstanding supplier as a finalist in one of the categories of the 2021 Waikato Hospitality awards, which will announced in the middle of August. Waipā is also represented by Alpino Restaurant, Koi Spice Craft & Whisky and Jacket Beverages.

Knitters’ display This year’s display of blankets and clothing knitted by Operation Cover-Up knitters will be held at the Cambridge Baptist Church Hall, Queen St, next Thursday. The display runs from 10am to 2pm, and entry is $5. Everything on display will be sent to needy children in Eastern Europe.

Looking for heroes Nominations have opened for the 2022 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Awards across seven categories.

Included in the categories this year is a new award dedicated to recognising those who are ensuring the future of our environment – The Department of Conservation and Ministry for the Environment New Zealand Environmental Hero of the Year Award Te Toa Taiao o te Tau. For more details go to https://nzawards.org.nz/ Fieldays finalist Fieldays has been named as a finalist for the 2021 NZ Events Association (NZEA) New Zealand Event Awards for their virtual event Fieldays Online. Fieldays Online is shortlisted in the Best Covid-19 Response for an Event 2021 category.

Hepatitis attack New Zealand’s plan to eliminate Hepatitis C was launched this week. The National Hepatitis C Action Plan outline how hepatitis C could be eliminated as a major public health threat by 2030.

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Getting Waipā vaccinated The Covid roll out has reached Waipā this week as the huge task to vaccinate the community ramped up.

Days after confirming the former Bunnings building in Te Awamutu would be converted into a community vaccination centre to start operating later this month, the Waikato District Health Board was setting up another centre yesterday.

The Cambridge Community Marae – Nga Hau E Wha - is the latest community COVID-19 vaccination centre to open in the Waikato.

It has been a tough time for the DHB, which is still recovering from a cyber attack and was ranked lowly in the success of its vaccination roll out this week.

But the opening of two centres in addition to other venues providing the vaccine can add 500 people a day in Waipā to the list of those getting protection.

The DHB expects to deliver up to 30,000 vaccinations a week throughout the region at full capacity.

To date it has overseen almost 100,000 vaccinations.

Maree Munro, Waikato DHB COVID-19 vaccine programme lead, said at full capacity the site will vaccinate around 250 people a day.

That centre, which is operating by appointment, started vaccinating Group 3 people yesterday.

At full capacity the Bunnings site in Te Awamutu will also vaccinate up to 250 a day. Opening hours at

the appointment only centre is likely to be 9am to 4pm from Tuesdays to Saturdays. It is expected about 25 staff will be based there.

Groups 3 and 4 residents in Te Awamutu will be able to visit community vaccination centres, mobile clinics and some GP practices and pharmacies for vaccinations.

Within the greater Waikato there are community vaccination centres in Hamilton, Te Kuiti, Taumarunui,

Thames and Morrinsville.

Alongside the planned Te Awamutu centre and this week’s opening in Cambridge, additional community vaccination centres will be established in Matamata and Tokoroa and are expected to be open through to December.

People in Group 3, which includes people aged 65 and over, those with underlying health conditions, people with disabilities, and pregnant women, are now receiving their invitations to book vaccination appointments via the national Book My Vaccine system or phone 0800 28 29 26.

Group 4 (the general population) vaccinations will be done in age bands, starting with people aged over 60 years.

The former Bunnings home in Te Awamutu is now owned by Waipā District Council. It will be leased

by Waikato DHB to carry out its vaccination programme for residents from August to December.

How Marjorie made her mark

By Blair Voorend

It was an initiative to help a new co-worker – but it resulted in courier driver Marjorie Reece Oman fearing for her job.

On this occasion, though, it was a case of Te Awamutu’s social media to the rescue.

Marjorie put felt pen marks on letter boxes on a rural run to help her successor. It was designed to help the new worker deliver items to their rightful owners.

But she was devastated to learn her efforts had led to a complaint to head office.

She was accused of vandalising a mailbox.

She was so distraught she began issuing public apologies, including some Facebook posts.

And that’s where the good side of social media hit back.

Hearing of the situation Richard Hellier stepped in, calling for some Facebook support for Marjorie.

“I don’t know Marjorie personally, but I have seen

over the years living in this district when people vent online their frustrations regarding their packages being late or delivered to the wrong addresses she jumps into the comments and asks people in her own time, outside of work, to private message her so she can look into their issues,” he said.

“I personally believe people like her are an asset to our community. She is happy to go above and beyond her duties to assist anyone having issues, so I felt a need to bring awareness to her situation and simply asked our community to stand behind and show support to her as she does for us.”

His call worked – Marjorie was flooded with online support.

And the word from above was positive.

“When I saw the support on Facebook it was amazing but to then receive a call from head office to tell me about the wave of support that was coming through was unbelievable,” she said.

Marjorie received huge backing from her clients.

“My dad always told me that if you do good things for others that that goodness would come back, I suppose he was right.”.

Marjorie spent five years as a postal worker for NZ Post from 2008 and took on courtier delivery works in 2013.

She recently stepped down from rural delivery to focus on her team leader role with courier delivery.

“When I started doing rural delivery, I soon faced a lot of different challenges and one big thing is trying to make it as safe as possible.

“With deliveries on rural

roads - with high speeds and tight roads - it’s easier to know what goes where and minimise your time parked on the side of the road and ensure the customer gets the right mail in.”

It looks as though Marjorie’s round is marked for success.

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Almost as soon as I sat, I saw him. Ziggy is a black cat, the kind of black that soaks up the light. He was asleep in a shadowy corner; so asleep that he had not heard me calling or even moved when I walked right by him. He truly was not visible until he moved and opened his bright tiger-yellow eyes. Thankfully, he was sleepy-placid and easy to transport.

I thought later how that incident is an example of so many people I meet.

Despite searching diligently for him, I had completely failed to see him. I then searched further and further afield, and only gave up when I thought he must have wandered away and not even be on our property, not findable at all.

In my work as a priest, it is often my privilege to sit with distressed people as they share their life stories with me. They too have searched for the thing their life is missing. Some have begun by searching for the love they crave within their own family

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Jesus doesn’t say, “Come when you’re good enough, or when you have your life sorted out.” He simply says, “Come.”

It is an answer to the hunger for companionship and purpose that is hidden in plain sight. And yet, when I listen to those who share their story, this invitation seems to them to pose a problem. So often they say something like, “I haven’t wanted anything to do with Jesus or any of that before, it seems a bit two-faced to turn to him now just because I’m desperate.” I always answer that everything I know about Jesus tells me that being desperate is one of the best qualifications for asking him to help you.

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People who have bought houses since around 2014 have only seen falling mortgage rates and rising house prices. But rising mortgage rates are now here. What will happen to house prices isn’t yet clear but continuous rises are unlikely in the current environment of rising interest rates, increased supply, slowdown in population growth and specific policy measures.

Older people remember the days when mortgage interest rates in New Zealand were around 18- 20%. Since mortgage rates started rising a few weeks ago, some of them have become worried and have asked me if their children could face that same situation in a few years. I am very confident that mortgage interest rates will not be going back to anywhere near those double-digit levels as the inflation pressures in the world are much less strong today than they were back in the 1980s when inflation in New Zealand was around 14%.

The RBNZ have said recently that one of the reasons they don’t expect inflation to rise strongly is that ‘inflation expectations are well-anchored’ in New Zealand. I don’t think that inflation expectations are ever ‘anchored’.

They have stayed in the same place for some time because they haven’t been subjected to any significant shocks. A boat would probably stay in the same place too even if it wasn’t anchored if it was not subjected to currents, tides or storms. But as soon as any of these things occur, the boat will move – and so will inflation expectations if shocks or uncertainties arise.

These things are now happening. Stories about inflation seldom appeared in New Zealand newspapers until a month or so ago.

Now there seems to be two or three stories a day that raise concerns about inflationary

pressures. Also, the June quarter CPI increase was higher than most commentators, including the RBNZ, expected. The fact that the experts were taken by surprise will also concern people. Are there more surprises coming?

The best thing that the RBNZ could do to alleviate these concerns is to start raising their OCR interest rate from its incredibly low level of 0.25% now. It may seem counter-intuitive, but I think the answers to the questions of how fast interest rates will rise and how high they will go are inversely related. The sooner interest rates start to rise, the less should be the feedback of the recent sharp increase in the CPI into second round price increases and inflation expectations and therefore interest rates will not need to rise as high to keep inflation consistent with the RBNZ’s target.

I have seen a number of articles recently that calculate how much rises interest rates will take out of mortgage-holders pockets.

For example, ASB calculated that a 1% rise in mortgage rates would ‘suck $3 billion out of mortgage-holders pockets’.

But over the last 10 years as Central Banks around the world drove interest rates down, I never saw any articles that calculated how much the drop in interest rates would ‘suck’ out of the pockets of savers. My rough calculation for New Zealand is that a 1% drop in interest rates on deposits and securities would reduce the income of the holders of these financial assets by about $3 billion.

That’s right, it is about the same amount. So changes in interest rates have little impact on overall disposable incomes but they do have a big impact on income distribution.

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New home for train ‘Mob money’ – still months away MP on offensive

By Blair Voorend

Te Awamutu’s Climax train engine remains at a stand still with council saying that it maybe months before a site for the refurbished train is confirmed.

The Waipā District Council says that at the moment there is still not much they could say further about the project.

They confirmed they are still working with the Climax engine Trust and Te Awamutu Lions Club to identify the right site for the Climax Train and hope to resolve this in the coming months.

The engine is sitting in one of council’s depots and Lions club members who invested in its restoration are frustrated.

Te Awamutu Community Board chairperson Angela Holt said this issue is raised at most meetings and the board is very much behind getting it back in the public viewing.

While many locations had been presented Holt said that it seems the Bunnings site now owned by council is definitely the clear favourite.

“The Bunnings site could potentially work very well and it ties back to the fact that the original owners of the engine ran their business from this site,” she said.

This site was once owned by

The restored engine is waiting for a home.

former mayor Jonas Smyth who donated the train to Te Awamutu.

“It would make sense to be a part of the Te Ara Wai complex as this engine has been a part of our history in Te Awamutu from its original roll pulling logs to its many years being a cherished play attraction down in the War Memorial Park.”

Holt said that she completely understands the frustrations that those involved in the project hold with it having been dragged out for many years.

“The climax engine has been finished for quite some time and I know the Lions have been asking for a site for probably longer than

that, so I am not surprised they are very frustrated that no one will make a decision where it can go,” she said.

“They have restored it beautifully and no one can see it.”

Now that council have purchased the Bunnings building the engine could possibly go parallel with Arawata street in the old garden centre or have its own building on the corner of Landscape Lane and the Bunnings (Te Ara Wai) carpark.

“It is a major mission to move so it needs to be done once and done right, however waiting years to find a suitable place is not acceptable.”

Waikato MP Tim van de Molen has echoed joined the chorus of complaints over gang links to Government funding, It was “incomprehensible that $2.75 million has been allocated to them instead of to reputable agencies whose proven track records in rehabilitating people with drug addictions are overridden in favour of giving the money to the Mongrel Mob” he said.

The Waikato MP said the influence of gangs on vulnerable members of the wider community has long been of major concern.

“Their insidious infiltration into people’s lives has never been condoned by law-abiding society.

It makes sense that the scourge of drugs in our community, illegal guns, intimidation, increased violence and other unsocial behaviours and crimes, which are hallmarks of gangs, should be staunchly targeted as intolerable by our law enforcers and Government.

“As such, it is unprecedented and completely unacceptable that a gang-affiliated group should be endorsed and financially benefit from none other than the Government and Prime Minister.”

A row had erupted over funding for a methamphetamine rehabilitation programme called Kahukura in the central Hawke’s Bay.

It emerged the organisation running the programme had gang connections.

A Ministry of Health spokesperson said Kahukura was a live-in marae-based programme using a mix of Te Ao Māori and western methodologies”.

But the Opposition has gone on the offensive over the programme.

“It’s glaring evidence that this Government is not only soft on crime, but untenably sanctioning gang activities by funding them,” Tim van de Molen said.

“Let’s be clear; the Mongrel Mob is an organised criminal organisation which has been caught selling meth, uses illegal firearms and perpetrates significant violence on our streets. Almost any other organisation would be more appropriate to fund than a drug-peddling gang, yet the Prime Minister has repeatedly stood by her decision to sign off on this funding, and that this is being blown out of proportion.”

National says there are now 8000 gang members “peddling drugs, violence and misery throughout New Zealand - that’s a 48% increase since this Government came to power”.

Earlier this month mental health Mike King found wide support when is failure to get Government funding for “Gumboot Friday” was compared to the Kahukura issue.

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A cross

By Roy Pilott

It’s been 40 years since the two of us were together in central Hamilton, but the circumstances are completely different.

Archbishop Philip Richardson, also Bishop of Waikato and Taranaki, and I walk across Victoria St from the Cathedral to Waikato Museum and step

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back to a day in July 1981. I had just turned 24, he was 23.

1981 is the name of the exhibition which recounts a landmark day in New Zealand - and ultimately South African – history. Visitors to the museum can get a feel for the atmosphere of the time as, for 56 days, the country was divided by a rugby tour.

Family members came to blows, the name Red Squad, the police riot control unit, was introduced into our vocabulary. Their long truncheons were colloquially called Minto Bars after John Minto, the national organiser of Hart Halt All Racist Tours.

Sport and politics don’t mix was the mantra from one side. The protest movement begged to differ.

July 25, 1981 is a day I recall clearly. I was in Hamilton to see the second game of the tour, having given up the glory of playing a football match for Tokoroa against Tokanui.

Philip was part of a group which came down from Auckland.

I went to watch with my South Waikato News colleague Evan James.

Philip went to protest Future Governor General Archbishop Paul Reeves had blessed a cross the night before, expecting it to be present at protest. It was entrusted into the care of Philip’s travelling party.

By the time my Tokoroa mates were kicking off, everything had kicked off in Hamilton.

Evan and I watched from the main stand at Rugby Park as anti-tour protesters broke through a line of police and charged onto the park.

It soon became evident that this was not a time to be flashing a Press Card.

Behind me men in light grey suits screamed obscenities from the not-so cheap seats suggesting what fate should befall those protesters on the park.

And in the middle of the protesters could be seen the cross.

It had been carried by various parties through central Hamilton and, featured in one of the iconic pictures on the day - two St John’s Theological College students evading the attention of police to get it onto the park.

One was Philip Richardson. It would be fair to say Sir Paul had not expected to see the cross he blessed taking a star role in the protest less than a day later.

That protest led to the cancellation of the Waikato-Springboks game. I went home with two programmes and a head full of memories. We stopped at The Oxford in Tirau for a beer and kept our heads down.

People were very angry.

There were some angry people at St John’s in Auckland too. By the time Philip and his 14 or so colleagues arrived home someone had tossed a rudimentary Molotov cocktail into one of the buildings.

It caused little damage, but fellow students were not impressed at being targeted.

On the way back to Auckland the St John team stopped for refreshments.

“I saw some relatives – and got a cool reception,” Philip recalled.

And as he would do regularly, he called home that night.

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talk to you at the moment,” his mum revealed.

“Dad spent 30 years in the Air Force, and he struggled to accept what I had been part of.

“But a lot of things happened around that time – Whina Cooper, Bastion Point, and anti-nuclear campaign – ‘rent a mob,’ said Rob Muldoon.”

In those days, when an America destroyer visited Auckland, the flotilla of protest yachts which dotted the Waitemata Harbour included a little Sunburst carrying Philip Richardson.

I had expected Philip to show some level of pride, or satisfaction when he walked into the 1981 exhibition.

It had been, after all, job done.

Instead, he stopped, hands clasped in front of him and bowed his head.

“I have never been so frightened in my life,” he recalled. “There were four lines of fully clad riot police...

“They were trying to get everyone off the park, they told us: we think we can protect you for a bit – but after that, we suggest you go for it...”

Police were caught in the middle of the country’s civil war over the tour and copped a lot of criticism – but Philip Richardson pays tribute to Police Commissioner Bob Walton, who urged organisers to call off the Waikato game.

Walton subsequently told then Prime Minister Rob Muldoon he would resign if asked. He wasn’t - and the Archbishop believes he deserves credit for his handling of the day.

“We took the cross down and marched to the stadium – I never envisaged actually getting onto the field.

“And it seemed when protesters did pull part of the fence down, there were people on the inside ready to make space for them to get onto the field.”

As we talk the video loop showing how the protest evolved runs.

Philip points out members of the group he was with.

Just who had the cross when is a bit misty – but then Philip points to the screen again as footage shows two people carrying the cross onto the grass while others try to stop them.

“That’s me”.

He respected John Minto, and fellow anti-racism leader Trevor Richards.

“I admired the way they saw need.”

Forty years on from 1981 some things have not changed much.

I’m still writing news in Waikato – Philip is still a regular at St Johns in Auckland.

Plus, of course, he’s now The Most Reverend Philip Richardson, archbishop.

He told me the cross story a few years ago, and I vowed to write it one day.

Here’s the day.

There is still the occasional raised eyebrow at the telling of the story notably 10 years ago when an exhibition marked the 30th anniversary - and the humorous suggestion that his elevation to bishop might not have happened had they known.

In the wake of the cancelled game, there was conflict among church parishioners as there was in every other part of New Zealand society. I heard the collection box in one Waikato Catholic Church was returned with nails the following day.

At the time it was easy to dismiss the anti-tour protest as simply a vehicle for gangs and troublemakers to don crash helmets and confront police – I know that was a train of thought I was open to at the time.

But as the video footage showed, the protesters were a cross section of New Zealand, young, old, European, Māori, Pasifika, men and women.

“The whole world’s watching – the whole world’s watching,” they chanted.

In South Africa future president Nelson Mandela wasn’t watching – he was still incarcerated on Robben Island but he heard. It was, he wrote, as “if the sun had come out”.

A man our senior is also looking through the 1981 exhibition – he had taken photographs at the game.

“The police were going to camera shops and asking to see the pictures people had taken on the day so they could identify the protesters,” the man, who elected not to give his name said.

“I told them: not without a search warrant!”

One of the displays (two are pictured top left and right here) notes the faces in most pictures are not identified in 1981 and encourages people to come forward.

Maybe, 40 years on, if they do, it won’t split families asunder again.

Philip Richardson took in the sights and sounds of Hamilton Museum's 1981 exhibition.

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Bus fares drop for Wintec students Wintec students and staff in Te Awamutu will pay just $2 to take a bus to Hamilton – and they will also pay less for other trips.

Half price bus travel for the students and staff starts on Monday, making fares as low as $1 and capping unlimited city travel at $9 per week.

The new Bee Card subsidy is funded by Wintec and supported

by Waikato Regional Council. The discount applies to all Bee Card fares across the Waikato region.

The new 50 per cent discounts will apply to travel on all public

bus services within the Waikato region. The discount for Wintec students and staff also applies to Te Huia, the new Waikato to Auckland passenger rail service.

A standard Bee Card fare within Hamilton is $2, but Wintec staff and students who have registered their Wintec concession will pay just $1. Travel between Hamilton and neighbouring towns will also be discounted.

Staff and students will be able to travel to Wintec campuses from Cambridge, Te Awamutu, Morrinsville or Huntly for only $2.

Busit also caps fares for regular users, making unlimited travel possible from Monday to Sunday for a fixed price. Wintec staff and students using a Bee Card also get 50 per cent off capped fares.

This means Wintec concession holders will be able to travel as they want within Hamilton for only $9 per week. Once the cap is reached, all further travel will be free.

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Money to watch the world go round

By Peter Matthews

Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos have both recently returned from the edge of space. Virgin Galactic took Branson 86 kilometres away from Earth and Blue Origin with Bezos on board went as far as 100 kilometres.

It’s all very exciting, and both men have made inspiring speeches on their endeavours, and there have been a few uplifting tweets as well.

I think the impression I get in both cases is that this is rich kids playing with their toys while serious things happen elsewhere.

A very quick round up of stories on the net today yields headlines and snippets such as these: Flooded London hospitals ask patients to stay away. Israel to cut 85% of emissions by midcentury. Climate scientists begin debate on vital report. Wildfires surge across US. Thunderstorms leave roads and tube stations flooded in London.

‘Everything is on fire’: Siberia hit by unprecedented burning. The family of elephants trekking across China where swift, deadly flooding this week inundated a network that wasn’t even a decade old, highlighting the risks faced by cities globally. The UK and Ireland are experiencing heatwaves. In the UK, the weather office issued its first-ever extreme heat warning. The Bootleg Fire (they’ve even got names) in Oregon is the US’s biggest wildfire so far this year and has burned more than 340,000 acres. Forest fires have burned through 3.7 million acres of land in the north-east of Siberia. Funerals have been held for lost glaciers in Switzerland and Iceland. (I guess Iceland is going to become a misnomer before too long)

Yes - that would appear to be serious stuff, and that’s only the tip of the (melting) iceberg.

It is true that Jeff Bezos has announced a $10 billion dollar fund to be used to tackle climate change. That is good - but is it good enough? I read somewhere that Richard Branson has said that very wealthy people should be spending up to 90% of their wealth on issues such as climate change - although he - well - isn’t. Neither is Jeff Bezos; 90% of his wealth is (currently) $192 billion - and it’s probably gone up a bit since I wrote that.

To date Bezos has allocated about 8% of the projected $10 billion so he’s got a way to go.

So, is what these guys are doing right?

I think it’s probably OK to develop the technology - that is an advancement of human achievement and knowledge, but I do take issue with space tourism.

The idea that rich people should pay upwards of a quarter of a million dollars for a few minutes of weightlessness and a nice view doesn’t seem quite right when weighed against the carbon footprint of their joyride. But then I also find it a bit awkward to contemplate the stratospheric wealth of the few alongside the all too common suffering and misery of the many.

How about doubling the price of a space-jaunt and spending half the money on patching up some of the damage caused by it?

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Something’s in the water

By Peter Carr

On the one hand, the Olympics’ empty stadiums and athletes trying their five-years-of-training best striving without the urging of a throaty, sweaty and enthusiastic crowds cannot be easy.

I imagine this event’s athletes will stand alone as the first, since 1896 in Athens, to be urged on by total silence. Not easy and I feel for them.

But that they will perform to their ultimate best is without doubt. And to witness this evening (as I write) the New Zealand bronze medal winner help his gold-winning counterpart to his feet post-collapse after the triathlon is a worthwhile example of the Olympic spirit.

But bring yourselves closer to home onto another platform.

That of Three Waters. The Mayor of Westland is a shining example of an elected local body leader who is prepared to stand up and be counted publicly. Where he rails, thanks to YouTube, against the alleged dictum of the current government where they offer a pot of gold in exchange for a hands-off scenario with how water should – or should not - be governed.

Let us place this into context. The Lord (in whichever form) supplies the base product. We collect it somehow, transport it, consume it and then spit it out again as some form of smelly sewage. Meanwhile that amount that does not gorge out of the household or industrial taps and subsequent drains flows over the diminishing area of rural soaking-intensive land, to enter the stormwater system. Just think about this for a moment. The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away.

Now I am certain that the good Lord did not envisage when he designed the liquid-bearing portion of the heavens, to turn his watery largesse into some form of costretrieval fiduciary bucket. But what is happening is that the government

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– Hell-bent on scolding us all for a single water control failure in Hawke’s Bay - has seized upon a money garnering exercise which will result in approximately a third of the revenue and administration of local body authorities disappearing down the same plug hole that your tooth cleaning froth disappears.

And in doing so it has elected to bow even further towards one single ethnic group to declare that the governance (yes, the money arising from this exercise) will be for the control, and no doubt the benefit of, that same single ethnicity.

I have no truck with that other than to say this is part of a much wider argument where 16 per cent of the population will have 50 per cent of the controls. Seems a bit mucky to me.

Hitherto our local elected representatives have been strangely silent on this matter. Being handed a multi-million-dollar (spend it how you like) nest egg from the government in 2024 will no doubt delight the Chief Executive of the Waipā District Council. His elected governance team have different fish to fry. Including getting themselves elected next year. Perhaps it is time to take a leaf from the visual book of Mayor Brown of Westland and publicly declare their hand.

But the recent silence – especially from Cambridge councillors - over the price gouging dictum of a greedy and price land intensification developer perhaps sets the scene as to the ability or capability of these elected grandiose.

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Council app popular Waipā residents have switched on to a free mobile app which sends reminders for rates bills, recycling collection, dog registration and community events.

Almost 2900 residents are using Antenno, which was rolled out by Waipā District Council in May. The app, which takes virtually no time to download, is also being used by the Waikato District Council. Users are invited to input addresses which are significant to them.

Residents can choose to receive alerts about where they live, work, where their children go to school, or other places that are important to them. Antenno will send notifications when something relevant to the user’s chosen locations arises.

Waipā District Council’s strategy and community services group manager Debbie Lascelles said the uptake of Antenno had been great.

“Antenno makes it much easier to keep track of anything Council-related and is fairly straightforward for anyone in our community with a mobile phone to

download and use.”

She encouraged residents who don’t already have it “to give it a try.”

One of the most popular features on the app had been the recycling notifications.

“Antenno sends a reminder notification to your mobile the night before your recycling day to let you know when to put your wheelie bin out and which one to put out.”

In a recent survey, more than 80% of those in Waipā who used the app said they felt more informed.

One user was particularly impressed with the ability to receive alerts for more than one property which meant they could remind their elderly mother about her recycling collection.

The app can also be used to report issues and submit feedback to Council’s customer support team.

Antenno is available on Apple and Android smartphones and can be installed from the App Store or Google Play. No personal information or log in details are required.

For more details go to www.waipadc.govt.nz/ contact-us/antenno.

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Bluetooth - twice New Zealand Rodeo Champion Bareback Horse Of The Year, has given birth to this filly at Tropicana Lodge, Ōhaupō. Raindrop was born in the pouring rain, as her name suggests, on Monday last last week. Owner Ron Weller is picking the foal is the first of the new season - most do not arrive until August. Bluetooth arrived in February at Tropicana Lodge after the Waikato Rodeo and was found to be in foal, so was granted maternity leave for the National Finals in March at Taupō. Five Hundy, Raindrop’s dad is also a Rodeo Bronc.

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Teen mural to inspire reading

By Viv Posselt

The striking teen mural now adorning a wall in Te Awamutu Library was publicly toasted last week at a

special event bringing together most of those involved in making it.

The mural was funded by the National Library of New Zealand.

Once completed, the canvas was

photographed and digitally transformed into a vinyl wrap. It is intended to inspire community wellbeing and enhance reading for pleasure.

Standing in front of the teen mural in Te Awamutu Library are local artist Teresa Siemonek, Waipā community librarian Hilary Newton, Te Awamutu Library supervisor Sheree Goss, and Rosebank Art Centre member Angela George.

Nan’s special gift A Te Awamutu nan with a passion for working alongside people who have an intellectual disability (ID) or learning challenge, is making moves as a Special Olympics coach while also studying towards a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Exercise Physiology at Wintec.

Simone Kokaua (Ngāti Hinerangi, Kuki Airani) has been working with athletes with learning disabilities for many years, using basketball as her preferred sport for coaching.

She entered study later in her life to upskill in her field of work.

“I studied a Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science at Wintec. I decided to do that because I was working with the skills I’d picked up over the years naturally, but I thought I needed more.

“The more you learn, the more doors open up and after completing my bachelor’s degree I worked at Sport Waikato.”

The call to keep learning was strong however, and two years after graduating, she’s now back at Wintec’s Centre for Sport Science and Human Performance.

“I’ve been implementing coaching principles and sport psychology through the work I do. From my undergraduate

degree I found that Clinical Exercise Physiology was something that really fit in with the work I do.

“Those studies can help not only the athletes that I work with, but our Māori and Pasifika people, as we represent highly in many chronic diseases,” Kokaua says.

Kokaua’s involvement in working with people with ID and learning challenges started close to home, through helping out her nephew who has a dual disability.

“It all started out when my sister needed someone to drive a van for my nephew’s Special Olympics team,” she says.

“From there, I’ve been to two world games, and I’m involved with Special Olympics Waikato, the Central North Island Region Chair, and on the board of Special Olympics New Zealand – and most of this has happened in the past year, all as a volunteer.”

A large chunk of her work currently is helping the Waikato basketball team

athletes get to the Special Olympics National Summer Games, held in December in Hamilton.

Kokaua’s ultimate goal is to build a business that helps people with learning difficulties and chronic disease, improving their health through physical activity to the best of their abilities.

Her dream business would see her athletes with working roles within the company, something she believes is empowering and essential.

Simone Kokaua (centre) with colleagues Sarah McConnochie (left) and Monique Albert has been volunteering with the New Zealand Special Olympics ever since her nephew’s team needed someone to drive their van.

The teen mural project saw Te Awamutu artist Teresa Siemonek and 10 pre-teen and teenaged youngsters aged 11 to 17 years work together on a design that reflected the themes ‘Celebrating Reading’ and ‘Where reading will take us in the future’.

The participating group, which included students from several local schools and a home-schooled student, did much of the work at Te Awamutu’s Rosebank Art Centre.

Each was asked to complete an individual poster on the theme, intended to be displayed alongside the mural. Many of the elements featured in those posters were subsequently used in the mural.

Once completed, the canvas was transformed into a vinyl wrap by Alexandra Images, who installed it in the library’s teen area on July 7.

At Friday’s event, Te Awamutu Library supervisor Sheree Goss said getting a mural on the wall was something they wanted to do for some time.

“Finally, it’s up … we’re delighted. It was done with a view to raising awareness around reading and to lift literacy and community wellbeing, particularly in the aftermath of Covid-19,” she said.

Waipā community librarian Hilary Newton thanked the Rosebank Art Centre for the part it played in the project.

She said one of the early factors in the project’s success was seeking out the right artist/art tutor in the form of Teresa Siemonek.

“She was perfect for what we wanted to do,” Hilary said, “and did a great job of keeping things on track. The mural was then photographed in stages and installed on the wall in four parts – that was quite something. Alexander Images did an amazing job.”

Doc, deerstalkers target wild goats Feral goats across a swathe of the central North Island are the target of a new hunting competition launched by the Department of Conservation (Doc) and New Zealand Deerstalkers Association (NZDA).

Feral goats are a pest on both private and public land and browse on native plants and farming pasture. They are also prolific breeders.

Kina Tweeddale, Doc’s Community Ranger for the Maniapoto district, says the new competition will be held for the first time from August 14 to September 4 September, culminating with a prizegiving event in Te Kuiti Doc’s Taupiri St workshop from 10am onwards.

“We’ve enjoyed some good success with the annual Pureora Forest Park Hunting Competition, and through our very positive relationship with NZDA we identified an opportunity to add this event to the North Island hunting calendar,” she says.

“Feral goats are an issue for Doc, and for many private land-owners, and working with the hunting community to give them another competitive opportunity to enjoy their sport – while also helping to reduce one of our most problematic pest species – is a win-win situation.”

Competitors will be urged to focus on the area spanning Hamilton to Taumarunui, and from the western boundaries of Lake Taupo through Pureora and Waitomo to the west coast of the North Island. However, entries will be accepted from beyond the general area – the competition goal being to reduce the feral goat population.

Trevor Chappell, national past president of NZDA, says winter sees less opportunities for deer hunting in the central and northern North Island – with the animals usually disappearing into denser forest after the roar - so turning hunters’ attention to goats gives them a new challenge. Goats are not nimble and quick compared to deer.

“NZDA has made commitment to work alongside Doc to reduce deer numbers but shifting the focus to feral goats is a new initiative based on recent discussions,” he says.

“It’s another chance for NZDA to collaborate with Doc and strengthen that relationship, and there are mutual gains for hunters and landowners through this competition.”

Hunting for the competition can occur on private property with owner’s permission, or public land with authority or a permit from the relevant organisation.

The competition will run to a similar format as the annual Pureora hunting event, with two age categories – Open and Junior (hunters less than 17 years old). There are five categories – Most Tails Open, Most Tails Junior, Biggest Set of Horns Open, Biggest Set of Horns Junior, and a random prize draw for all participating hunters.

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Uncertainty over future of Gwynne Shield

By Blair Voorend

Gwynne Shield celebrated 100 years this year but there is a chance it could be its last with the committee running the tournament disbanding.

But while the Waikato Primary School’s Rugby committee running the event are disbanding there is a chance for other organisers to jump on board and take over the rains and keep the traditional tournament alive, committee chair Wayne Booten said.

“We agreed a few years back that

we would go till it’s hundredth year and then give it up and see if any else would take up,” he said.

The committee took on the tournament around 20 years ago, with Wayne having been chair for the past 12 years.

He said that at the moment it is mostly a feeling of uncertainty of where it will end up next year but that they are confident another group will take on the event.

“We have already fielded a number of calls of people who have showed interest in taking up the tournament but nothing has yet to

come to anything yet.”

Wayne said that due to the changing landscape of grassroots rugby in the NZRU it makes it difficult to run the tournament with the union focusing more on participation amongst junior levels rather than representative competitions.

The Gwynne Shield tournament remains a popular event to this day with 240 kid from across the Waikato region taking part in the programme Wayne said, while also still bringing in a huge amount of community support.

“Everyone loves every moment of it whether you come first or last people from across the region come to see their team play,” he said.

“On the final day this year we had a great crowd with close to 2500 people coming out in the rain to watch.”

But for Wayne, he sees the potential of losing the tournament having not only a huge affect on promising boys in the game but mainly on the girls game which has grown in the tournament over the years.

“When I started with the

committee 12 years ago you were lucky to see one or even two girls in the entire tournament now it’s a rare sight not to see two or three girls in each team,” he said.

“And if they lose this tournament they don’t get a chance to play rep rugby till U16s or higher which could affect the number of girls we can get into the game and develop them as players.”

If you are interested in taking over in running the tournament you can email the Hamilton Junior Rugby Board at raandmike@xtra. co.nz.

Stevens watches Winston’s winning post win from hospital

By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk

Itsthefinalcountdown’s win at Cambridge Raceway on Thursday night couldn’t have come at a better time for partowner and trainer Jo Stevens after the fortnight that she has had.

The Cambridge horsewoman fell from her showjumper a fortnight ago and has since been in hospital, undergoing surgery on her face and also being monitored after suffering a serious head injury in the fall.

Stevens can’t recall anything of the incident and remains in hospital.

“I was riding my showjumper and we both went down.

I don’t really know how, but both of us hit the ground and apparently I was knocked out for quite some time until the ambulance arrived.

“I have had to have surgery on my face. It is not the greatest situation to be in, but I am counting my lucky stars that I am still here.”

Stevens said she has been inundated with well-wishes from the harness racing community following the incident.

“I feel really loved, everybody has been so amazing. I have had so many messages during the week,” she said.

While it has been a tough few weeks for Stevens, she said her spirits were lifted watching Itsthefinalcountdown storm home late down the passing lane to win the Last Chance To Purchase Jewels Merch Mobile Pace (2200m).

“That was cool,” she said. “I actually had a nurse in my room at the time, but I was able to watch him come up the straight, that was pretty exciting.

“He has been racing well, particularly in his last couple of starts. He is no superstar, he is the GP (galloping pacemaker) at home, and he is great for that.

“He put in a couple of honest runs and didn’t have much luck, I just thought he needed a bit of luck to get a cheque, but to win really exceeded our expectations.”

Later on the card Stevens was delighted to see her partner Dylan Ferguson win behind She Reigns in the Dunstan Horse Feeds Handicap Trot (2700m), securing the Dunstan Cambridge Horse of the Year title with the mare.

“Dylan has stayed in hospital every night on the La-Z-Boy chair. He has been a huge support and I was so proud of him to win that. It has been his goal to win the Cambridge Horse of the Year,” Stevens said.

Itsthefinalcountdown won at Cambridge last Thursday.

Winston Peters was back in the limelight talking to a supportive audience in Cambridge yesterday.

The former racing minister was invited to do the honours at the official opening of the Cambridge Jockey Club’s synthetic track – the first to be up and running in the country.

Mr Peters was instrumental in delivering a $72.5 million emergency support package to the industry last year. It included $20 million for three synthetic tracks.

The polytrack has already hosted a series of winter meeting.

It was first used for trials last October and hosted its first full meeting in May. Cambridge Jockey Club chief executive Mark FraserCampin has been buoyed by the support the track has received by the industry and its popularity over the winter months.

“It is doing everything it was asked to do – provide a surface through the winter that is an alternative in the Waikato, and it has been

Winstone Peters cut the ribbon with the help of Cambridge Jockey Club present Bruce Harvey.

heavily supported.”

“Any myths people were concerned about have proven to be pretty much all wrong. You can win from the front, from last, and you

can be wide. There is no real track bias.

Fraser-Campin has also taken a lot of pleasure out of seeing plenty of top trainers using the surface in

preparing their topliners for the spring.

Yesterday’s meeting was the club’s richest to date and featured four with $40,000 purses. – NZ Racing Desk

First Horse of the Year finalists announced The stellar racing season experienced by the Te Akau Racing team is reflected in the first group of finalists for the New Zealand Thoroughbred Horse of the Year Awards.

Eight horses prepared at Matamata

by Te Akau trainer Jamie Richards are among the 17 individual flat racing finalists, with Richards represented in each of the five categories.

The Te Akau contenders include reigning Horse of the Year Melody Belle, who is a finalist in two categories and in contention for a third Horse of the Year title.

Melody Belle and stablemate Avantage, who between them won nine Group one races in the 2020-21 season, are finalists for both the sprinter-miler and middle distance awards.

The sprinter-miler section looks particularly strong, with the other finalists being Callsign Mav, who was a Group One winner and three times Group One-placed, and Te Akau mare Probabeel, who won four Group races in Australia, including two at Group One level.

Sword Of State and On The Bubbles

will represent Te Akau in the twoyear-old section and their stablemates Amarelinha and Need I Say More are finalists for champion three-year-old.

Savy Yong Blonk, who won the City of Auckland Cup for Richards, is a finalist for champion stayer, a section that also includes Melbourne and Caulfield Cups placegetter The Chosen One, Auckland and Waikato Cups winner Ocean Billy and Wellington Cup winner Waisake.

Finalists for champion jumper, trainer, jockey, jumps jockey and owner will be confirmed at the end of the season. The 2021 Horse of the Year Awards dinner, in association with major partner SENZ, will be held in Hamilton on 12 September.

The finalists in the flat racing categories are: Champion Two-Year-Old: Bonny Lass, On The Bubbles, Sword of State.

Champion Three-Year-Old: Aegon, Amarelinha, Need I Say More, Rocket Spade.

Champion Sprinter-Miler (up to and including 1600m): Avantage, Callsign Mav, Melody Belle, Probabeel.

Reigning New Zealand Horse of the Year Melody Belle. Photo: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North)

Champion Middle Distance (16012200m): Avantage, Beauden, Concert Hall, Melody Belle, Royal Performer.

Champion Stayer (2201m and further): Ocean Billy, The Chosen One, Savy Yong Blonk, Waisake.

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with Jan Bilton

Clever coffee combos

There’s nothing quite like a good cup of freshly brewed coffee to rev up your day. However, coffee has other uses. Not only does it add flavour to desserts and bakes, the liquid and the grounds make an excellent marinade for meat Coffee, like red wine, is acidic and acts as a tenderiser for meat. The grounds can be mixed with spices, garlic and sugar and rubbed over meat before grilling. The result is tenderness plus a spicy crust.

Strong, sweet coffee is an excellent baste for roast lamb or it can be added to a casserole.

When making muffins, replace half the milk with strong coffee.

Combine chocolate bits with coffee, melt, then drizzle over ice cream. Yum! Instant coffee can be sprinkled in banana sandwiches, added to milk shakes or smoothies or combined with honey and served with blue cheese and crackers.

Coffee is a good source of healthful antioxidants — it contains more than green tea or cocoa. So two or three cups a day could be just what you need.

And coffee grounds are a great garden booster. If you grow azaleas, camellias, hydrangeas or rhodos, mix your grounds with a few dead grass clippings or straw and fertilise these acid-loving plants.

This is also a tasty slow-cooker recipe. Braise for 5-6 hours on low or until tender.

1 large onion, diced 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1 1/4 cups strong coffee 4 thin strips orange rind juice 1 orange 1 cinnamon stick 2 tablespoons brown sugar 1.5kg piece boneless beef topside or similar Preheat the oven to 150°C. Sauté the onion in the olive oil, until softened. Add the garlic and

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Mocha Cake: 3/4 cup dark cocoa 1 teaspoon each: baking soda, baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 3/4 cups each: plain flour, sugar 2 eggs, lightly beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla essence 1 cup strong coffee, cooled 1/2 cup each: plain yoghurt, milk, canola oil Coffee Syrup: 1 1/2 cups strong black coffee 1/3 cup caster sugar 2 each: star anise, whole cloves 2 tablespoons coffee liqueur, optional Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease and line a deep, 23-25cm round cake pan with baking paper.

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cook for 30 seconds then add the coffee, orange rind and juice, cinnamon stick and sugar. Bring to the boil.

Place the meat in a deep casserole and pour the sauce over. Cover tightly and cook for 3 hours until the meat is very tender. Serves 6-8.

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Sift the dry ingredients into a bowl. Add the eggs and liquid ingredients. Beat for 2 minutes to make a smooth, thin batter.

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Simmer until the caster sugar is dissolved. Remove from the heat and stir in the liqueur, if using.

Cut the cake into wedges to serve. Drizzle with coffee syrup.

Serve with whipped cream.

Serves 8-10.

COFFEE MOUSSE 3 eggs, separated 1/4 cup dark Muscovado sugar, lightly packed 3/4 cup very strong coffee 1 tablespoon powdered gelatine 2 tablespoons water 1 tablespoon coffee liqueur 3/4 cup cream Whisk the egg yolks, sugar and coffee in a bowl over hot water until very thick. Remove from the heat and whisk, until cool.

Meanwhile, soak the gelatine in the water, until swollen. Dissolve over low heat. Add the coffee liqueur. Whisk into the coffee mixture. Stand the bowl over icy water until beginning to set, stirring occasionally.

Lightly whip the cream. Fold two-thirds into the coffee mixture.

Whip the egg whites until stiff and fold into the mixture. Pipe or pour into serving dishes. Dollop the remaining cream on top.

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6.40pm

1.25pm 6.20pm

11.30am 11.30am 3.20pm 3.30pm

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THURSDAY JULY 29, 2021