Te Awamutu News | August 12, 2021

TE AWAMUTU NEWS | 1

THURSDAY AUGUST 12, 2021

TE AWAMUTU

329 Benson Road, Te Awamutu

P: 07 870 1091 E: teawamutu@flooringxtra.co.nz

OTOROHANGA

FREE

It’s a real newspaper

AUGUST 12, 2021

Boards for the chop?

Cambridge and Te Awamutu community boards are fighting for their existence, writes Mary Anne Gill.

It takes a lot to get Ange Holt and Sue Milner to break ranks and go against the standard Waipā District Council response to representation change.

Usually, the debate is held behind closed doors away from the public in what the council calls ‘workshops’.

But a proposal to do away with the two community boards and replace them with committees has angered the two seasoned local body politicians and forced them to go public with Holt saying community

Ange Holt

board members were not being taken seriously.

She also took aim at a staff comment, made at one

of the workshops, that the council could run a public relations campaign around the committee concept. “(That) will make retaining the community boards near on impossible if it goes to the public,” said Holt.

“We’ve got quite distinct communities which makes community boards very important,” said Milner, who was a three-term Waipā District councillor before opting to stand for the Cambridge Community Board at the 2019 local body

Vaccination centre opens

The doors have opened on Waikato’s newest Covid vaccination centre in the former Bunnings building in Te Awamutu.Mayor Jim Mylchreest (left) and iwi liaison officer Shane Te Ruki were pictured at the opening.

Turn to page 10

elections.

In her chair’s report to the Te Awamutu Community Board on Tuesday, Holt said it was not “prudent” to discontinue community boards as the advantages outweighed those for a committee.

“None of us support the concept of a committee, and the only two benefits we see is that it could provide a wider perspective from the community and a possible name change may fire people up to get involved or interested,” she said.

“The community board is also good value for money after all there are five people working very hard for our community for $60,000.”

Holt and Milner both argue committees would not be independent of council and could result in “it’s not what you know but who you know” appointments.

“At least when people put forward their names for election, you know who they are,” said Milner.

“These are people who are on the ground, who are hearing what people are saying.”

She went a step further and said it might be time to look very hard at what some of the councillors are doing.

“If you’re going to be a councillor, you’ve got to do the mahi (work).”

Holt told the council there

murray hunt furnishers

was no way it could go to the public with the proposal to get rid of community boards in favour of committees “when you have no idea how it will work.”

“We are not able to make an informed decision as we have not been presented with enough information to do so.

“The community board has a democratic mandate.

It can speak ‘truth to power’ to use a cliché, whereas a committee will be indebted to the people who made the appointments,” said Holt.

Given there was a representation review underway following the council decision to adopt a Māori ward, it would be prudent to wait for its recommendation before rushing to dump community boards, she said.

Milner was loathe to blame the council for the suggested changes.

Continued on page 8

The axing of community boards is being considered by district councils from Wānaka to Waipā.

And in both centres the boards are aggrieved. That’s not surprising – they have proved valuable mouthpieces for communities.

What is equally concerning is how the proposal in Waipā was exposed – via a Te Awamutu Community Board agenda.

This is not a specific criticism of Waipā – “workshop” discussions and debates where councils effectively firm up their views have become a regular part of local body politics. Ironically, when decisions are announced and public opinion sought, councillors are then told they can’t offer an opinion because it could compromise the process.

When the existing local body system was introduced in 1989 there were no secret workshops, councillors debated issues in public. It was healthy – and it was reported.

The News understands a staff report recommending the axing of the boards was discussed in secret by councillors just this week – and there was limited support for the proposal.

That is not democracy at play. The public are entitled to know what councillors are discussing and what their views are.

Waipā should not have learned second hand that their council has discussed the future of their community boards to the point of floating a proposal ahead of an election next year.

Install Antenno from the App Store or Google Play today!

www.murrayhun�urnishers.co.nz 220 Alexandra St Te Awamutu Ph 07 214 2161

Sue Milner

We say

Stay connected with Waipā

Home Décor, Bedding, Furniture, Gi�ware and lots more.

63 Maniapoto St Otorohanga Ph 07 873 8640

63 Maniapoto Street, Otorohanga

P: 07 873 8640 E: flooringxtra@murrayhuntfurnishers.co.nz

45 Arawata St Te Awamutu Ph 07 214 2244

Licensed Real Estate Agent REAA 2008

2 | TE AWAMUTU NEWS

THURSDAY AUGUST 12, 2021

Letters…

FREE INITIAL CONSULTATION To celebrate the opening of our denture clinic in Cambridge, Receive a Free Denture care kit with all new Patient bookings We accept these cards *Terms & conditions apply Inside Waikato Orthodontic Centre

63 Alpha Street, Cambridge P: 07 929 0424 www.affinitydentures.com

Call us to report a missed delivery: 07 827 0005

CONTACTS

News/Editorial Roy Pilott 027 450 0115 Mary Anne Gill 021 705 213 Viv Posselt 027 233 7686 Blair Voorend 027 919 8553

editor@goodlocal.nz maryanne@goodlocal.nz viv@goodlocal.nz

blair@goodlocal.nz

Advertising Manager Janine Davy 027 287 0005

Owner/Publisher David Mackenzie

janine@goodlocal.nz

david@goodlocal.nz

Office/Missed Deliveries 07 827 0005

admin@goodlocal.nz

Readers’ contributions of articles and letters are welcome. Publication of contributions are entirely at the discretion of editorial staff and may be edited. Contributions will only be considered for publication when accompanied by the author’s full name, residential address, and telephone number. Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the publishers.

The Te Awamutu News is published by Good Local Media Limited.

Making decisions I first started imploring our District Council in December 2019, through the News, to bar vaping and electric scooters in our CBD. I made the point that to be fair this decision needed to be made before parents invested in electric scooters and vapor retailers invested in commercial property. It has taken council just on 20 months to finally decide they do not want vaping in public places.

Hooray! I pity the retailer who decided to invest in vaping goods while council dilly-dallied for almost two years. There is still no decision on electric scooters in the CBD. Do we wait another two years for this decision? Perhaps it may require an elderly, hard of hearing citizen to be badly injured by one of these scooters before council can make a decision.

I.S. Thomas, Cambridge.

Hong King Phooey The present council have had a number of terms on council and seem to think they are entrenched and appear to want to urbanise Waipā as a whole. With their attitude with Hamilton city and Waikato district council, they don’t see the town boundaries as set in concrete and are combining to make these three councils into another Auckland supercity, but covertly and secretly, costing us dearly. We have seen it with imposed water restrictions when we pay to have uninterrupted water supply, but to help Hamilton during summer period we are restricted in our water supply – where is the future proofing? A greater populous won’t help this, it will just add more pressure on restricted resources. Where are the resources coming from?

They have in place, a transfer of development right. Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) is a voluntary, incentive-based programme that allows landowners to sell development rights from their land to a developer or other interested party who then can use these rights to increase the density of development at another designated location.

With around two thirds of Waipa potentially being developed into another Hong Kong with high rise apartments, this is growth for growth sake, drawing people to Waipā for more rates money.

The natural internal births-deaths population growth does not require this amount of housing development, contrary to what we are told.

Bernie Fynn, Te Awamutu

Regional artists Ngaire Lincoln, Shirley Melville and Gretchen Gavey will showcase their work at August’s ‘artist of the month’ exhibition at Rosebank Art Centre over the weekend of August 28 and 29.

All three Rosebank members will feature in the centre’s next monthly line-up of talent appearing in their ‘artist of the month’ series.

Gretchen Gavey started throwing clay on a wheel many years ago, then moved into sculpting paper clay as a base. She has since worked across a range of media. “I have enjoyed experimenting with products and allowing my pieces to take on their own life. The exciting part is seeing work come to life, mixing any medium you can dream about – wood, fibreglass leaves, feathers, tiles, glues, glass, paint …,” she said. “The fun side is taking a topic and allowing the mind to see different aspects of the work.”

Ngaire Lincoln describes herself as a self-taught artist who has settled into her preferred medium of acrylics. She took a few online lessons and has been painting for about 12 years, covering a range of subjects including old, neglected buildings and abandoned vehicles.

“I also enjoy painting nature studies,” she added.

“I am learning new skills and hope to carry on for as long as I can.”

A lifelong love of drawing and painting inspired Shirley Melville to pick up her brushes as a hobby while she was still working. Now retired, she finds art to be a great way to pass the time. “My favourite subjects are landscapes and flowers … I have a great love of nature and our beautiful countryside.”

Shirley prefers the fastdrying quality of acrylics, but would like to return to using oils The exhibition is at Te Awamutu’s Rosebank Art Gretchen Gavey uses a raft of objects to create her Centre, 337 Church St, from pieces.

10am to 2pm. Entry is free.

On the beat A message for parents with Ryan Fleming

Last weekend one of my colleagues in the South Island had to perform the grisly task of attending a serious crash with multiple fatalities. My colleague would have arrived at the scene, and immediately began assessing how many injured and how many were deceased. I think about how my colleague then had to find a body of a passenger in the boot. Let that sink in.

Then comes the advising job. The 2A in police speak. The worst job in the Police.

Going to the next of kin and then trying to explain what has happened. Sitting with them until a family member arrives to support them. Experiencing the grief of a total stranger. Then, having to do it again.

Four more times. I know how much anguish that would have caused my colleagues in Timaru on the weekend. My heart goes out

At Pratts we’ve got your climate and water needs sorted!

• Hot water • Bathrooms • Filtration • Roofing

Trio line up for art exhibit

• Installations • Repairs • Servicing • Heat Transfer

• Pumps & Transfer • Filtration/Treatment • Blocks & Leaks • Water Storage

PRA090321A

Call 0800 PRATTS or visit one of our showrooms to help with your decision.

Consultation, sales, permits and installation - at Pratts Plumbing one call does it all!

to that Constable.

Five families in a town not too dissimilar to ours have had their lives ripped apart.

The effects of this crash in that town will be felt for years. It happened here in the not too distant past, by the airport. Four young lives taken on the road after some poor choices made by young and inexperienced drivers in control of vehicles that were travelling way too fast.

Just days after the horrific Timaru crash, Police in Dunedin attended another crash where there were six passengers in total, again including one in the boot. While it is too early to tell the exact circumstances of the tragedy that has befallen Timaru there is something all parents can do to prevent it happening here again.

Have that difficult conversation with your

kids. Teenagers don’t often have the concept of consequences. To teenagers, tragedy is something that happens to others. Until it doesn’t. Have the conversation with them about choices, talk them through the scenarios they may face, talk to them about the peer pressure and equip them with the tools to deflect it.

We as adults all know about peer pressure, we lived through it and came out the other side. My dad was a Police Officer. We had an understanding that no matter what state I was in he would come and get me no questions asked. Now I know why he did that. He has also seen the damage a car can do. I shudder when I think of my kids when they hit their teenage years.

TE AWAMUTU NEWS | 3

THURSDAY AUGUST 12, 2021

Briefs…

Road fatality

A person died in a three-car crash on State Highway 3 north of Ōhaupō on Tuesday.

One other person was taken to hospital with minor injuries. The crash was at the intersection of Raynes Rd and Ōhaupō Rd at around 5.30pm and led to a road closure through to 7am the following day.

Lake lowering

Mercury Energy plans to lower Lake Karapiro from tomorrow until Sunday for maintenance work.

Land sale option

Waipā District Council is to hold an extraordinary meeting next Tuesday to discuss land acquisition. The council would not reveal what land it plans to acquire but several of the projects approved in the Long-Term Plan 2021-2031 rely on funding from asset sales.

Highway closes

State Highway 3 in Te Awamutu will be closed tonight (Thursday) between Racecourse Road and Benson Road from 9pm to 5am to allow for a pedestrian footbridge to be installed over the Mangapiko Stream.

Water cuts

Waipā District Council say as part of a districtwide watermain renewals programme it will shut off water supplies to areas in Pirongia this month and next.

Affected households will be notified via a letter drop 48 hours ahead of shutdowns.

Racing for funds

The Cambridge Jockey Club will dedicate next week’s meeting on its polytrack to the town’s Riding For The Disabled Association - and support for the event has also come from Cambridge Raceway. The Wednesday meeting at the Racecourse Road track will see all sponsorship monies donated directly to the Association.

Railing against the road machines

By Roy Pilott

“Everyone talks about 10 year plans – this should be a five year plan.”

Waikato Regional Council chairman Russ Rimmington has jumped back on track to call for rail development in Waikato to be prioritised.

He says priority must be given to establishing lines from Hamilton’s satellite towns including Cambridge, Te Awamutu, Morrinsville and Huntly.

“We are going to have 40,000 more vehicles on our roads in 10 years and our roading problems will be compounded,” he warned.

“There is not a developed country in the world which doesn’t have a good rail system and we have fallen behind.”

Both Cambridge and Te Awamutu are well positioned to benefit.

A corridor has remained open from Cambridge to Hamilton’s main station in Frankton, and the line from Te Awamutu would almost certainly include a stop at Hamilton Airport.

“We should be having those trains running from the crack of dawn and through the day,” Mr Rimmington said.

Last November a report – the HamiltonAuckland Corridor Plan & Implementation Programme - was presented as an “an update to the Shared Spatial Intent for the H2A Corridor 21 February 2019”.

It said the road network has become the dominant land use shaper and a more balanced approach was needed.

It advocated using rapid transit corridors to “shape and guide future urban growth towards more sustainable, resilient and affordable settlement patterns located in or near public transport centres and supported by well-connected arterial road and active mode networks”.

Initiatives it listed included rapid intercity rail, startup passenger rail services, better public transport between southern Auckland and northern Waikato,

Te Huia provides a commuter and weekend service between Hamilton and Auckland.

more frequent off-peak bus services between towns and rapid and frequent public transport network Among priority development areas was a southern metro corridor covering the growing Hamilton suburb of Peacocke, the regional airport, Te Awamutu and Cambridge.

Mr Rimmington said he would welcome the opportunity to discuss the issue with Energy and Resources Minister Megan Woods and believed the economic benefits of turning

to rail were significant both financially and socially.

His council has recently launched the Te Huia rail service between Hamilton and Auckland.

While the project has its critics, he is sold on it.

“I look at the joy on the faces of commuters travelling in a carriage which has a 747 jet finish using the Wi-Fi.” He is promoting a rail renaissance and argues metro rail links will have enormous benefits for Waikato towns.

“People will be able to commute rather than move to Hamilton – we will be

spreading the workload and benefitting Cambridge and Te Awamutu.

The regional council chairman has also been in talks with Auckland mayor Phil Goff about enhancing the rail links between the two cities and he says it works both way as Aucklanders will be able to visit the Waikato in comfort and eventually take rail to see attractions in outlying Waikato communities.

“I would say let’s get a five year timetable – one aimed at developing an economic powerhouse.”

With rail, councillors are on different tracks

By Mary Anne Gill

Two senior local authority councillors have mixed views on whether rail should feature in Waikato commuter plans.

Hamilton City councillor Dave Macpherson, who played a vital role in lobbying for the establishment of Te Huia – the Waikato to Auckland rail commuter service – says “you’d have to be blind Freddy” not to see the potential of rail.

Meanwhile Waipā district councillor Grahame Webber, despite being credited by Macpherson with ensuring land along Victoria Street between Hautapu and Cambridge remains a rail corridor, says it would be a “waste of money” to fast track a Waikato rail commuter service.

Macpherson argues Waikato already has the rail infrastructure thanks to the dairy industry. Rail played a crucial part in the 19th and 20th centuries around the region to transport milk to markets.

Re-establishing those rail networks was one of the 23 shovelready projects put forward by the Waikato Rail governance group and championed by the region last year.

The infrastructure projects should help reduce the economic impact of Covid-19, the Government said. The metro rail network, which would link Hamilton with other Waikato towns including Te Awamutu, Cambridge, Morrinsville and Ngaruawahia, did not proceed as part of the shovelready projects.

Webber echoed the views of planning consultant Mark Chrisp who said in 2018 a park and ride operation at Hautapu was a better option than extending rail into Cambridge CBD. Any rail connection from Hautapu to the CBD would involve constructing 10 level crossings.

Fonterra uses the Hautapu Branch Line from Ruakura about once a week, said Webber.

In its heyday, the 19.27km line

had five stations along its route at Newstead, Matangi, Bruntwood, Hautapu and Cambridge. The tracks between Hautapu and Cambridge were removed in 1999 and it is now a shared walking and cycling trail.

KiwiRail retains the land for a possible future passenger service between Cambridge and Hamilton.

“It would just be too expensive to reinstate the line into Cambridge,” said Webber.

In addition to laying new tracks there and building crossings, the railway bridge at Bruntwood would have to be strengthened as trains are only able to travel 15km/hr over it.

“Look at Te Huia, it’s cost $100 million and it’s a complete shambles.

It’s a waste of money and we don’t have the infrastructure to do any more.”

Macpherson said Hamilton and the wider Waikato had the highest dependency on private motor vehicles in New Zealand.

Commuter traffic between

Hamilton and Waipā towns Cambridge and Te Awamutu had become grid-locked with the only public transport option being a regional bus service.

Strengthening the rail network between Hamilton and Auckland airports was critical, he said.

Doing up the railway station in Te Awamutu would also be needed.

The Waikato Regional Public Transport Plan identifies that transitioning to a rapid transitoriented network supported by excellent metro connections over time will provide capacity for further population growth and development.

Macpherson said this would create more liveable urban areas and a healthier environment by moving significantly more people while using much less space than a car orientated system.

“Continually adding capacity to roads to accommodate more cars is neither practical nor affordable in the long term,” he said.

Helping families and friends honour their loved ones Funeral services are not about us, they’re about you and the person you are honouring, a time to say goodbye the way you want to. Nothing is too much to ask and you will always be our number one priority.

Rosetown Funeral Home proudly serves the people of Te Awamutu, Ōtorohanga and the surrounding areas.

07 870 2137 262 Ohaupo Road, Te Awamutu office@rosetown.co.nz www.rosetown.co.nz

Jim Goddin - Helen Carter - Nikki Adamson - Jan Howie - David Espin

4 | TE AWAMUTU NEWS

THURSDAY AUGUST 12, 2021

Shop locally OWNED for the best meat in town ...

M AG I L LS S E RV E RY S U P E R S P E C I A LS

PORK COCCOONS WITH PEAR, BLUE CHEESE & SUNDRIED TOMATO $6.95 EACH

PORK BELLY BITES $2.50 EACH

PORK, APPLE, SAGE & ROSEMARY SAUSAGES $15.99 KG

FAITH IN WAIPĀ

The benefits of community integration

By Julie Guest

Some years ago, I was privileged to be attached to the chaplaincy department of a large secondary school. Once a week a group of eleven students, accompanied by a chaplain would visit a local Rest Home.

Students volunteered for this role and the positions were so sought after that other Rest Homes were being brought into the scheme. I travelled in the van with the students straight after school. What struck me was their excited anticipation at seeing “their” friends again.

It was clear this weekly visit had become a highlight.

On arrival at the Rest Home, we were always welcomed with open arms by the Charge Nurse. After a quick update, everyone went visiting. The residents had made cards, clipped pieces from the paper, brought special afternoon tea and were obviously thrilled to see their young visitors again. Some of the students had likewise brought items to share with or gift their friends. One pair intrigued me as they both loved music although their taste was very different, they had agreed that at each visit they would listen and critique one musical choice each. Later, that young man confessed that he was beginning to appreciate the “old fella’s” musical taste, but he wasn’t going to let on!

The trip back was rich in conversation as the students shared their experiences and concerns for their older friends. These were genuine friendships that were developing across the generations. The students admitted that they hadn’t expected to come to care for their people so much, nor to discover shared interests and concerns. One pair had become involved in supporting a local environmental clean-up through letter writing. All manner of learning and love was taking place.

Now, in Te Awamutu, I so often hear of lonely older folk, people who cannot be with

their younger family who live elsewhere.

Pre Covid there might have regular visits, and there may eventually be again, but for now that is not possible.

And yet there is almost an avalanche of recent research (and years of common sense) that points to the advantages of generations being together.

And…da-dum! There is an easy and fun way to connect intergenerationally being offered right here. Ever heard of Messy Church? I know there are people who think that those two words should not be side by side… but bear with me for a moment. Messy Church is so called for a few reasons: Firstly, it is hands on and interactive. Some of the activities can be Messy (think baking, or Slime making.) Also, all of our lives can be messy.

Cars break down, bills mount up, loved ones become ill. Our lives are not as predictable as we sometimes pretend. We get messy. Messy Church invites all people, all ages, messy lives included, to explore life and faith together.

Messy Church holds as a foundational tenet the value of generations sharing and learning alongside each other. The lived lives, wisdom and deep faith of older members benefit the younger ones who bring fresh insight, adaptability and hunger for God as a gift to the older members. We learn better, we laugh louder. Our faith is grown as we learn to listen across the generations. We eat around the table together, share memories and create new ones.

Messy Church is on again at St John’s Anglican Church Te Awamutu on Saturday at 4 pm. All welcome. Email for more information: <stjohns.awa@xtra.co.nz>

THE AGE OF REASON

Let’s talk about the G word

By Peter Carr

MAGILLS BLACK PUDDING $15.95 KG

LAMB RISSOLES $2.50 EACH

FROZEN/FREE FLOWED HOGGET LOIN CHOPS $10.99 KG *SPECIALS VALID FROM 12TH -18TH AUGUST.

81B JACOBS ST TE AWAMUTU HOURS MON TO FRI 8AM TO 5.30PM, SAT 8AM – 4PM PH 0800 624 4557 magills.co.nz

Opinion pieces are viewed by readers in differing ways. Some think they are the diehard view of the writer. Others feel that they are trying to attract attention. And yet another group see the authors as stirring a pot if not only to create a conversation.

From the large number of comments, I receive it appears that the latter is the generally accepted view so here goes.

And the subject this week is arming the New Zealand police force. Armed, that is, with some form of handgun worn on the hip.

Whether in part of the force or in the whole I leave you to judge. But imagine a dark, wet night where a vigilant solo officer has just pulled over a high-powered car for the right reason. And when standing on the driver’s side is faced with a gun poking at him held by a wild looking character who may well be high, and thus irrational, on P. Now imagine the conversation. The officer has the option to taser the miscreant (who smartly closes the window) or seek a pause in the proceedings while he/she walks back to the police car, opens the trunk, further opens the safe that contains a firearm and then walks back to the offending vehicle.

Enough of that rubbish - but that is the option. So, this week I have been perusing the August edition of Police – the regular printed organ of the Police Association. There are nine letters to the editor. No less than two thirds of them directly address the issue of needing to arm the police, at the very least those on the front line (which includes car patrols). A sadness for me is the internal ‘scare’ culture apparent in the police as four of the writers have withheld their names.

What is also clear is the fear that, in a

police force where the Commissioner rules supreme, there is clear pressure from the political spectrum to shy away from arming our fine people in blue. In Australia, where hip-born guns are very apparent with uniformed officers we do not hear of USA-style shoot-outs where a cyclist exceeding the speed limit is faced with a posse of gun-toting police officers. Many may not know that the uniformed police at our international airports wear firearms all the time on duty, but we have not seen any evidence of this deterrent being the arbiter of mass killing. And that is what the hip firearm is – a deterrent that tells would-be offenders that the wearer is fully trained and has the right to shoot to diffuse a situation if it turns ugly.

It would also be fair to record that the letters are headed with subject matter – two of which specifically mention the gangs and the other defiles the police minister as being out of her depth. I have no comment on that as I can only be guided by the contents of the letter.

But it has always been my understanding that the Commissioner is totally divorced from political influence or pressure. He or she is not swayed by political statements. This is so the public can have total confidence in a force that is clamouring for (but not receiving promptly) sufficient front-line staff. In July 2017 – 4 years ago – a promise was made to increase the constabulary numbers by 1800. As of July this year the target has only been met to the tune of just under 59 per cent.

If you want a conversation, then the world is yours to claim.

TE AWAMUTU NEWS | 5

THURSDAY AUGUST 12, 2021

Rate demands in the post Covid money spend quizzed

By Mary Anne Gill

More than 23,000 rate demand letters landed in Waipā letterboxes last week asking ratepayers for more than $73 million.

That will be just over half what the council needs to run the district for the next year with the rest coming from fees and charges, developers’ contributions and government subsidies.

And there was a bonus in the envelope when ratepayers opened it – a flyer from Waikato District Health Board with details of the Covid-19 vaccination programme in Waikato.

A Waipā spokesperson said the DHB paid the full cost of inserting the flyer into the rates’ mail out but would not say how much. While it lightened the load on ratepayers, taxpayers ended up paying for it anyway.

Some Waipā ratepayers have still not paid their outstanding balances - $449,178.58 is overdue.

The 2021-2022 rate take is 4.6 per cent up on last year but low in comparison to other districts.

That is largely due to the district’s high level of growth which means developers will pay nearly $21 million in contributions.

But if the rates assessment and tax invoice which came in the post are full of jargon and terms

you do not understand, fear not, the council has a page on its website with a video explaining what they are all about.

Plus, there are tips on easy payment options to lighten the load.

Canny viewers of their rates bill, particularly those in Cambridge where house prices have soared in recent months, will see their rates have been calculated on a capital value which bears little resemblance to the actual value.

That is because the last valuation of the Waipā district was done in 2019. Revaluations are done every three years, so a more realistic capital valuation is unlikely to be seen until then.

been helped, “it would have been good to see Waipā District councillors responses from those want more details about the directly benefiting”. benefits of spending $540,000 Of the original on a Covid recovery package $795,000 package and a say in where the $258,645.38 remains remaining cash goes. unallocated.

At a Strategic Planning Councillors can see and Policy committee an ideal way to use last week councillors said it – beefing up the fight information on the recovery against criminals.

Clare St Pierre package expenditure was not Deputy mayor Liz detailed enough.

Stolwyk wants to see funds used At the heart of concerns was a to improve CCTV systems in the fear the $795,000 package was being town centres of Cambridge and Te invested in areas central government Awamutu. had responsibility for.

“Since Covid it seems we have seen The funding was announced an increase of vandalism and ramlast December and community raids across the region, and I believe organisations in Waipā invited to it is a direct link to that.” apply for help with initiatives which She said injecting capital into supported the district to recover from security measures would help police the effects of the pandemic. and lead to a reduction in vandalism.

Grahame Webber said he saw Lou Brown said police regularly benefits early on – but now the sought access to the Te Awamutu economy was rebounding, he did RSA surveillance systems to identify not want to see the funding used as a people because other systems were way for central government to avoid not up to standard. its responsibilities.

Committee chair Susan O’Regan “It’s not our space,” he said, encouraged more research, arguing some limits should be in suggesting a study of crime data place to ensure the council did not before spending money. take on responsibilities “which we Hazel Barnes said that while an don’t need to”. improved CCTV system would Clare St Pierre said that while identify offenders, more needed to the report explaining the spending be done in the community to prevent showed organisations which had crime happening in the first place.

By Blair Voorend

100% KIWI LOCALLY OWNED & OPERATED

100% KIWI LOCALLY OWNED & OPERATED

W W W .1 0 0 P E R C E N T. C O . N Z

W W W .1 0 0 P E R C E N T. C O . N Z

SHOWCASE SHOWCASE K02481QM K02483QP

SleepMaker Chorus King Single + Single Pop-up Trundler Bed

SHOWCASE

 NZ made  Dunlop foams  Allergy control  Inner sprung Bonell spring system  Breathable Sleep Surface  Space saving design  Ideal for kids or guest room  5 year warranty

SleepMaker Miracoil Mattress & Base Set SleepMaker Prestige Lavish Harmony  Miracoil Classic spring system  Comfort Edge - to remove that ‘roll-out’ feeling  Allergy Control - Hygienic sleep experience Mattress & Base Set  Available in Plush, Medium and Firm

K02602QM K02608QP

 Luxury Fibres  Graphene  Fusion Gel  Latex Gold  Comfort Edge  Twin Pocket Spring System  Dunlop Foams  Allergy Control New Zealand Made  10 Year Warranty  Available in Plush, Medium & Firm

Queen King Super King

$4,949 $5,449 $5,999

King Single

$1,849

Double

$1,999

Queen

$2,149

King

$2,349

K02538JB JM SM

STRAWBRIDGE APPLIANCES

$1,299

319 ALEXANDRA ST, TE AWAMUTU P 07 871 7090 HOURS MON - FRI 8.30am - 5pm, SAT 9.30am - NOON

6 | TE AWAMUTU NEWS

THURSDAY AUGUST 12, 2021

FUN ON THE TOWN OR AT HOME? We have something for you CARLSBERG 24 PK BTLS .99

$39

Waipa Workingmens Club Great people, great food, great atmosphere.

Enjoy what the club has to offer!

JOIN NOW FOR TWO YEAR MEMBERSHIP Normally $108

NOW ONLY $79!

JIM BEAM 1LTR .99

$42

STEINLAGER CLASSIC 24PK BTLS .99

$41 BALLANTINE 1LTR/ ABSOLUT 1LTR

$42.99 WOODSTOCK 18 PK BTLS 5% .99

$31

Club Facilities and Member Benefits • • • • • • •

Plenty of off street parking Rafters Restaurant Full TAB Service Gaming Lounge Pool and Snooker Tables Dartboards Kids Zone with gaming consoles and foosball table

• • • • • • •

Live Entertainment Courtesy Van Members Draw Nights Meat Raffles Covered outdoor dining area Venue Hire at discounted rates Range of Social and sports groups available

CODYS 7% 18 CANS .99

$29

Get in touch or simply fill out our online membership form at

www.waipawmc.co.nz

Membership includes reciprocal visiting rights to other Clubs NZ clubs across New Zealand

SMIRNOFF GUARANA 7% 12PK CANS .99

$26

JIM BEAM 18PK CANS / CANADIAN CLUB 18 CANS .99 Club Opening Hours Monday 12pm – 7pm Tuesday 12pm – Late Wednesday 12pm – 7pm Thursday 12pm – Late Friday 12pm – Late Saturday 10 am – Late Sunday 12pm – 7pm 07 871 3923 139 Albert Park Drive, Te Awamutu

$35

Specials valid untill 31st August or while stock last

Loyalty discounts & volume discounts available. LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED

Rosetown Liquor Centre. 18 Rogers Place (KNOWN AS TRIANGLE) Te Awamutu P 07 871 8777 E rosetownlc@gmail.com NEW ZEALANDS LOOKING FOR THAT PERFECT GIFT? GIFT CARDS NOW IN STORE

LARGEST LIQUOR CHAIN WITH OVER 240 STORES

TE AWAMUTU NEWS | 7

THURSDAY AUGUST 12, 2021

Kihikihi names in the spotlight

By Blair Voorend

Road names in Kihikihi could be challenged now a new Waipā street naming policy has been confirmed and at least one councillor says that it is a way to better reflect the community.

The aim of the policy is to ensure names of council’s assets tell the story of Waipā and reflect Waipā’s natural, cultural and historic heritage while better reflecting the local communities.

Kihikihi-based councillor Marcus Gower said the policy was a good start and would give Kihikihi the tools needed to change streets.

But the prospect of names being changed has already generated a wave of social media debate.

Top of the initial list of names in question

is Bryce St – named after the now discredited politician John Bryce.

Kihikihi street names have always been an issue with some residents and Gower says if the community feels strongly about them, they should contact him or the town’s ratepayers’ group to lobby for changes.

Two submitters to the proposed Waipā District Council Naming Policy, Dan Armstrong and Ruth Strawbridge, listed two names they said should go and gave their reasons at last week’s Strategic and Planning committee meeting.

Bryce Street, in both Cambridge and Kihikihi, must go and John Hewitt Drive moved, they said.

Bryce Street is named after John Bryce, a government minister in the late 1800s. He had no links with Waipā during his time in politics from 1859 to 1887 but then briefly

and controversially became the member for Waipā in 1889.

Bryce was chairman of the Native Affairs Committee from 1876 to 1879 and Minister of Native Affairs from 1879 to 1884.

Responding to the growing pacifist settlement at Parihaka in Taranaki, led by Te Whiti-o-Rongomai and Tohu, he passed legislation enabling Māori to be imprisoned without trial.

Strawbridge said that names like Bryce Street highlight people with very little links to the district’s history and ignore others that did.

The late John Hewitt became Waipā mayor in 1995 after serving on the council since 1989. He was a Te Miro dry stock farmer and his ashes were spread over his farm following his death in December 2011.

Strawbridge and others in the Maungatautari area have long argued for a name replacement from John Hewitt Drive to Te Hiwi Drive, which better reflected the area’s history.

John Hewitt became Waipā mayor in 1995 after serving on the council since 1989. He was a Te Miro dry stock farmer and his ashes were spread over his farm following his death in December 2011.

Gower said there has been no discussion on what the street names could be changed to and suggested it was something the Kihikihi community should lead.

Many Kihikihi streets are named after European politicians or soldiers who served during the mid to late 1800s – including Bryce, Cameron, Ballance, Lesley, Nixon.

Walmsley and Sheehan.

But history views them differently - MP John Sheehan, for example, spoke Māori and was highly respected by Māori, soldiers Marmaduke Nixon and Duncan Cameron

were key figures in the 1864 attack on Rangiaowhia by colonial troops.

Committee chairperson Susan O’Regan said the new policy was a way to “empower the community” and give them a say as to what place names best reflect the community they live in.

Name changes will only be done in exceptional circumstances and will not lead to any wholesale changes with more of a focus on a case by case matter, she said.

John Bryce

2021 Highlander Hybrid GXL FROM $

63,990 TDP*

Built for adventure and styled for the city the new gen Highlander Hybrid is the most powerful Toyota Hybrid SUV yet. With E-Four AWD, 2,000kg braked towing capacity and 7 seats it’s the perfect SUV for rallying up the troops or racing up the mountain.

Drive away in a new 2021 Highlander Hybrid GXL 2.5 Hybrid with a Toyota personalised finance rate that is tailored to your unique circumstances.

Test drive at your local Ebbett Toyota.

HAMILTON 5 Kahu Crescent, Te Rapa Park Hamilton, (07) 838 0499 TE AWAMUTU 29 Kihikihi Road Te Awamutu (07) 872 0017 MORRINSVILLE 85 Avenue Road North Morrinsville, (07) 889 7678

ebbetttoyota.co.nz

*Highlander Limited ZR Hybrid shown. Subject to Toyota Financial Services lending criteria. Subject to stock availability. Offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.

Includes on‐road costs of first year’s vehicle registration, mats and fuel and an establishment fee of up to $400.00. Excludes any accessories.

8 | TE AWAMUTU NEWS

It’s coming up roses

Te Awamutu’s reformed Rose Society has had a hand in planting five new varieties of roses were planted in the town’s Gorst Avenue Rose Gardens.

Three of the new varieties Love Bug, Quintessentia’ and Feeling Better will produce red or pink roses, Lemon and Lime and Night Light will bloom yellow as early as November Society president Diana Jones said group was focused on nurturing the craft of rose growing in the region.

“I’ve been in the Society since 1986 — they’re a great group.

It was quite a big deal getting it back up and running again.

We’ve started off with 40-odd members, and most of them are new.”

The planting was a joint operation involving the society and Waipā District Council staff.

Council’s Parks Leading Hand Mike Tobin appreciated the Society coming down to the gardens and supporting the activity.

“The Rose Garden is the jewel in the crown of Te Awamutu and the Rose Society

have been so open to working with us here. They’re very supportive and happy to help

out,” he said.

The Rose Gardens were a “key part of the town’s

identity” as the Rose Town.

“It’s one of the healthiest rose gardens in the country.”

Mike Tobin and Diana Jones plant the final rose bush together.

Magician’s Memory Lane trip

By Blair Voorend

For comedian and magician Jarred Fell a return to perform in Te Awamutu on August 27 will see a bit of a trip down Memory Lane.

When Jarred takes to the stage at Waipā Workingmen’s Club as part of a Waikato Rodeo fundraiser it will be the first time in a long time in Te Awamutu, he told the News. But his last show was a memorable one for him because he performed alongside a New Zealand comedy legend.

“I remember performing years ago

with the late great Ewen Gilmour, which was a highlight early in my career,” he said.

The well-known “Westie” comedian died unexpectedly in 2014 at the age of 51.

Ewen was a bit of an inspiration for Jarred who said he played a memorable show with him in front of an exuberant local crowd the last time they were in the region.

The comedic-magician, on a nationwide tour, is bringing a taste of flare and amazement with a few laughs Jarred Fell returns to Te Awamutu after his last appearance along side a comedic legend. chucked in.

THURSDAY AUGUST 12, 2021

Boards for the chop?

Continued from page 1

It was a nationwide push coming out of Wellington, she said.

“They just sort of tell you what’s happening.”

If Covid-19 proved anything, it was the value of community, she said.

“A lot of people rediscovered their towns. At least in Cambridge you could walk around. People were checking in on their neighbours. Community has a huge amount going for it.”

The Local Electoral Act 2001 requires local authorities to undertake a review of their representation arrangements after a decision to adopt a Māori ward.

Waipā’s last representation review was in 2018 when the council added an extra councillor and community board member in the Cambridge ward.

Council is expected to adopt an initial proposal at its meeting later this month for what its elected member structure may look like.

There will be at least a month for community consultation followed by hearings and a final decision.

Anyone wanting to appeal, or object must go to the Local Government Commission who would then make the decision on behalf of the district.

The commission has until April 11, 2022 to issue a decision.

The local body elections will be held in October next year.

There are 110 community boards around New Zealand.

Local Government New Zealand principal policy adviser Mike Reid told the Otago Daily Times last month, in his experience community boards were “very effective” but it depended on how they were treated by councils.

“Their effectiveness depends on whether the council gives them powers or not and whether the council gives them support.

“So, in some areas, boards are not that effective because council does not give them support and may not give them any decision-making role and so it really comes down to local context,” Mr Reid said.

Community boards were only one of the tools giving communities a voice, but there were others.

The other options include Te Awamutu and Cambridge opting to “de-amalgamate” by applying to the Local Government Commission.

“We pride ourselves on making old age worth living”

Lifecare Cambridge...

Resthome and Hospital level care including short term and respite care  Affordable rates, standard and premium rooms available  Person-centred care with activities / outings, and entertainment  Day care programme  Local GP services used  Delicious food  Meals on wheels & laundry service for delivery to our community  Hairdresser and beautician service available  Podiatrist  Church services...all in beautiful settings.

41 Alexandra St, Te Awamutu & 37 Duke St, Cambridge www.oxfords.nz

So where can you find this?

LIFECARE CAMBRIDGE RESTHOME & HOSPITAL For enquiries please contact Johanna P: (07) 827-5972 E: office@lifecarecambridge.co.nz 86 KING ST, CAMBRIDGE

Homewares Gifts & Décor Phone: 07 870 1991 Email: shop@nicheta.co.nz 2 Alexandra Street, Te Awamutu www.nicheteawamutu.co.nz

TE AWAMUTU NEWS | 9

THURSDAY AUGUST 12, 2021

Waipā mouths in spotlight

By Mary Anne Gill

Waikato District Health Board has beefed up its oral health work in Waipā district with the recruitment of more oral health therapists and dental assistants.

In response to an Official Information Act request from The News, Waikato DHB Hospital and Community services executive director Christine Lowry confirmed Waipā, where fluoride has never been in the community water supplies, has been identified as a key area of focus.

The extra staff will manage growth enabling the DHB’s oral health service to develop and better respond to the community’s needs.

“Part of this improvement will come from more appropriate service models and patient pathways that promote a localities-based approach in conjunction with using more transparent/ accessible data and improved communication channels for both the patient and their whānau,” said Lowry.

“Data management systems and more effective process management tools have been developed to enable the service to identify areas of complex need and respond with a targeted approach and provide a bespoke solution to each school and their children.”

Lowry also revealed the DHB’s oral health service was undergoing a redesign to “better align resources” to the needs of its communities with a particular focus on fluoride application.

Adding fluoride to Waipā’s four water supply schemes and six water treatment plants will cost $1.2 million upfront and about $60,000 a year.

The spend has not been budgeted by the council but could come as early as next year following the passing of the Health (Fluoridation of Drinking

Webber’s cancer battle

By Mary Anne Gill

Water) Amendment Bill in Parliament Lowry said that as a result of the May cyber security attack on the DHB’s computer system, she was unable to says what the waiting time to see an oral health team member was for Waipā children aged 0-14.

However, its Rapua Te Ara Matua equity report published earlier this year showed Māori and Pacific children were more likely to have tooth cavities before their fifth birthday and, at school age, less likely to have oral health checks than European children.

The News also requested under the Official Information Act an updated Waipā health profile.

The last was published six years ago which showed 8 in 1000 Waipā children aged 0-14 years had been hospitalised for dental-related admissions and that tooth decay rates were twice as high in Māori children than in non- Māori.

Lowry said due to boundary differences, the DHB now adapted a “locality approach” so Waipā was now lumped into a greater Hamilton locality which represented 63 per cent of the DHB’s population and was the fastest-growing area.

The inequities for Māori seen in the Rapua Te Ara Matua equity report’s oral health statistics, are similar in other health measures in greater Hamilton including emergency department presentations, hospitalisations, mothers smoking at first registration with a lead maternity carer, immunisations and mental health admissions.

• Waikato DHB responses to The News’ Official Information Act requests were way overdue as were requests to its Media and Communications team. It was only after The News said it would file a formal complaint to the Ombudsman over Waikato DHB’s lack of response that the DHB prepared a reply.

WAIPA DISTRICT LIBRARIES

WAIPĀ DISTRICT LIBRARIES

WE ARE CLOSED ON TUESDAY 17 AUGUST 2021

Long-serving Waipā District councillor and former deputy mayor Grahame Webber will not stand for council next year as he battles myeloma cancer.

Webber, 73, was first elected to the council in 2001 and is two years into his seventh term. He first represented the Maungatautari ward and five years ago, after he and wife Jenny moved into town, the Cambridge ward.

He served four terms as deputy mayor before handing over to Liz Stolwyk two years ago and currently chairs the Service Delivery committee.

Webber grew up in Te Awamutu, the oldest of seven children, attended Te Awamutu College and then moved to Hora Hora 56 years ago when his parents bought a farm there. He farmed at Maungatautari for more than 30 years.

His cancer battle involves having chemotherapy every week at Waikato Hospital and regular blood tests.

Myeloma, also known as multiple myeloma or plasma cell myeloma, is a cancer of plasma cells that usually arises in the bone marrow.

Tragically Webber’s brother and sister have both died in the past two years.

“I’ve got 40 weeks of chemo treatment ahead of me and I’m going to be looking after myself.”

He will be talking to people he wants to see put their hands up for council.

“Liz (Stolwyk) was a prime example.

I was on a plane with her to Bihoro, our sister city in Japan when I asked her to put her name forward for the council.

Grahame Webber

And look how well she is doing.”

The other person Webber says he convinced to stand in Maungatatauri, when he stood down, was Elwyn Andree-Wiltens.

“She is the best person in the job for Maungatautari,” he said.

Webber has few regrets about his time in local government and points out how well Cambridge has done.

“When I came here, Cambridge had 5500 people. I’m thrilled to bits with Cambridge now. If we (council) hadn’t done what we’ve done in the town, we wouldn’t have the people coming here now.”

The district was attracting the same sort of industry as Hamilton and with that comes jobs and economic growth, he said.

His major focus has always been on his constituents.

“I just don’t like spending a huge amount of money on things. It’s ratepayers’ money.”

WAIPĀ DISTRICT LIBRARIES

Choose Resthaven on Burns and enjoy the peace of mind of…

· High quality care in friendly and welcoming surroundings · Comfortable, large, bright and airy rooms · No ‘premium’ room charge · A not-for-profit charitable trust, where every dollar goes into providing care for seniors in our Cambridge community Come and see for yourself all that Resthaven on Burns has to offer.

Wriggle & Rhyme and Lego Club are cancelled on Tuesday 17 August only We apologise for the inconvenience!

Don’t forget you can access e-resources and databases 24/7 via our website

C AM B

100

RIDGE% OWNED

TE AWAMUTU LIBRARY 106 Mahoe Street P 07 872 0055 CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY 23 Wilson Street P 07 823 3838

waipalibraries.org.nz waipalibraries@waipadc.govt.nz facebook.com/WaipaDistrictLibraries

A Cambridge Resthaven Care Centre

170 Burns Street Cambridge Phone 07 827 4454

10 | TE AWAMUTU NEWS

Vaccination centre is up and running

Maree Munro

The first injections at Te Awamutu’s new Covid clinic were carried out yesterday after about 60 people attended an opening ceremony for Waikato’s newest vaccination centre.

For Mayor Jim Mylchreest – who is due to get his first jab today – it was an opportunity to make a light-hearted reference to the venue.

The centre is in the former Bunning building in Arawata St. The building has been vacant all year and was purchased by council.

“It’s great to see it being used now and not having a flood of questions from the public on what the site will be used for,” the mayor said.

He said that it is good to see the space finally having a purpose, despite it only being a temporary one, having sat empty for many months.

Council iwi liaison advisor Shane Te Ruki, who officiated at the opening said it was “a blessing and privilege for us to have this once empty space turn into a space of healing.

Waikato Covid-19 vaccine programme lead Maree Munro said the site would be capable of vaccinating up to 250 people a day.

It will initially be open three days a week while the Waikato District Health Board continues to build its vaccination workforce, then move to six days a week, Monday to Saturday.

More than 155,000 vaccinations have been delivered across the Waikato. It will take until the end of the year to ensure everyone eligible has been given an opportunity to receive a vaccination.

Maree Munro is confident the total will reach 200,000 by August 21.

The total number of injection in the present roll out in Waikato will be more than 700,000 by the time people have had both injections.

Vaccinations at the new Te Awamutu centre will be by appointment only and people who are eligible do not have to wait for an invitation to book.

Bookings in Te Awamutu can be made online at www.bookmyvaccine. nz or by phoning the national call centre on 0800 28 29 26 and asking to be booked into the Te Awamutu vaccination centre.

Bookings for people in Group 4 aged 55 and over have now opened and other age bands will open as the programme progresses.

“We’re still vaccinating people in Groups 1, 2 and 3, and we’re keen to encourage anyone eligible to get in and get their vaccinations now,” Munro said.

“By getting vaccinated, people will protect themselves, play their part in protecting their family, friends and wider community and help to support official decisions around opening up the country further.”

THURSDAY AUGUST 12, 2021

A helping hand for all

By Blair Voorend

For the past year a team of volunteers has been helping the most vulnerable or those that just need a helping hand in the Te Awamutu community through their organisation Kai 4 All. The organisation started when food banks in Hamilton sought to help to distribute care packages to families in the Te Awamutu region during the pandemic lockdown.

Tuhiao Halling and her team of volunteers decided to help.

“We were initially taking personal hygiene products and stuff like that during the lockdown, but the people and families we came across needed more food over everything else,” Halling said.

So, since Level 3 of New Zealand’s lockdown last year, Halling and a team of volunteers have been supplying food to those who need it most in the community along with the help of food suppliers and Kainga Aroha community house.

Halling said that they were getting a lot of food donations but didn’t have a suitable way to distribute it to the community and that was when Kai 4 All stepped in.

“If it wasn’t for us giving the food away to those that need it, we estimated 1.5 tonnes worth of food is wasted every month.

That number only grows over the

From left John Halling, Veronica Mohi, Chris Taniwha, Donna Kohu, Tuhiao Halling and Terry Greenfield.

holiday months.”

Having been based at the old Bunnings site for the past year, they recently moving across the road to the Scout Hall and have been donating food to the community three days a week Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

Halling said that they get all sorts of people that come to visit them and while it’s based on an honesty system all the people,

they come across are in genuine need of a little support and never take more then they need.

“Although it’s something that people don’t necessarily want to have to do... they very much appreciate the support that the community shows them.”

Chris Taniwha is one of the people who comes not only for the support but also the company the volunteers provide and says that

the work they do is “absolutely fantastic.”

But with still many people coming for the support, on average around 120 people on a Saturday, the call is still out for donations and any volunteers.

If you need any support or want to give a helping hand head along to the Kai 4 All donation days from 10.30am – 11.30am or give them a call at 0800 Kai 4 All.

Museum attendance rises Steampunk fashion boost for Interlock

By Blair Voorend

After a dip in attendances over the last few years Te Awamutu Museum has seen the benefits of new programmes and initiatives.

Museum director Anne Blyth said that with the difficulties of the pandemic and the library moving to Selwyn Lane in late 2016, visitor numbers had fallen - but recent numbers show that it is starting to bounce back.

Over its last quarter, from April 1 to June 30, the museum saw one some of its highest attendance rates in some years with a little over 1500 visitors and 1344 students attending through programmes in the museum and at significant sites.

The museum has undertaken initiatives to increase visitor numbers, one having a greater social media presence on Facebook and Instagram.

Te Ara Wai Journeys had also received positive feedback.

Te Ara Wai: Journeys is a free, self-guided tour of culturally significant sites throughout the

Waipā district. It lets viewers experience places of local and national importance and hear stories told by local residents.

The programme has attracted 4,548 new users over the last quarter which saw a total of 13,493 users.

But one of the main points of call for the museum has been schools across the North Island visiting or organising programmes for over the next couple of years, Blyth said.

“We have strong relationships with many schools from all around the North Island, which result in repeat visits, many schools have topics time tabled over a couple of years so while we may not see them every year, we do look forward to them joining us again.”

“We love seeing students who have been here with a school, revisit with whānau,” Blyth said.

The museum will look to build on that momentum when it aims to move to its new site next to the library late next year.

Te Awamutu Museum has seen a return to form with numbers increasing

Steampunkers from around the traps, from left, Pirongia’s Barbara Preece, Hamilton’s Kathryn McGregor, Pirongia’s Paula McWha and Luanne Rossiter, and Te Awamutu’s Lorraine Olsen.

By Viv Posselt

Cambridge Town Hall filled with people wearing bustles, boots and some seriously heavy metal accessories on Sunday as the Treetown Steamers ran a fundraising fashion parade in support of Interlock NZ Disability Service in Waipā.

The three-hour fashion show was a fundraiser for the disability group launched last year by Aaron and Lois Ure, and officially incorporated in May as the Interlock NZ Trust. The group meets weekly to bring together Waipā-based teens and adults living with a disability for a few hours of socialisation and craftwork.

They are looking for permanent premises which will offer them space for the growing numbers in the group, and mean organisers don’t have to take all their craft materials home at the end of each session.

The Treetown Steamers, one of the many fast-growing groups of steampunk aficionados and a group that has volunteered previously with Interlock, decided to help. Treetown Steamers’ Jane Brookes said the fashion show was a first big event for the group.

“We wanted to do something to help raise the funds Interlock needs, and this was it. We’re delighted that so many steampunk groups have got behind us,” she said. “We have steamers here from all over the region.”

The steamers also helped dress some of the Interlock folk for the occasion, many of them striding down the catwalk together.

Visiting steamers and Interlockers came from Thames, Hamilton, Te Awamutu, Tauranga, Pirongia, Whitianga and Paeroa.

After the fashion show, they were treated to remote control teapot races, tea duelling, face-painting and high tea served by the steamers.

TE AWAMUTU NEWS | 11

THURSDAY AUGUST 12, 2021

Waipā names at the Games

By Blair Voorend

Several Waipā based athletes produced superb performances at the just finished Tokyo Olympics.

Former St Peter’s Cambridge student Ellesse Andrews took silver in the women’s keirin.

After a tough road to the final a strong finish for the 21-year-old, where she powered from fifth to overhaul three riders, saw her claim silver just behind Dutch rider Shanne Braspennincx.

Her effort delivered New Zealand’s first cycling medal at the Tokyo Olympics.

A couple of days later she competed in the sprint competition where in qualifying she managed to set what proved a short-lived Olympic record and finish off the games with a top 12 finish.

But not all had a great time on the track as Te Awamutu cyclist Rushlee Buchanan struggled with the women’s team pursuit,

Ellesse Andrews was a silver medal winner.

finishing 8th, and in the Maddison race, finishing 11th.

Equestrian Jesse Campbell made an impressive debut Olympic campaign.

The 31-year-old former St Peter’s Cambridge student, aboard Diachello, showed no signs of big-stage nerves at his first Olympics.

Campbell, the world No 97, was very much the junior of the team, led by husband-and-wife Tim Price (World No 2) and Joelle Price (World No 7), but with some strong performances helped the team towards a fifth-place finish.

He finished 27th in cross country, 22nd in show jumping and 15th in dressage.

Black Sticks defender Frances Davies endured a tough finish

to the hockey tournament.

The former St Peter’s Cambridge student celebrated a 3-0 win over eventual silver medallists Argentina but ended at the quarterfinals with the same margin of loss against eventual gold medal winners Netherlands.

One of the last Waipā athletes to take the stage was former Cambridge resident and long-distance runner Camille Buscomb.

The runner took part in both the 5000m, finished 14th in her heat, and 10,000m where she finished 19th in the final.

Now with the Olympics over the Paralympics start on August 24 with Cambridge athletes Eltje Malzbender, Anna Taylor and Te Awamutu athlete Nikita Howarth taking part.

Reds pipped in Waipā derby

Cambridge won this year’s Waipā football derby, beating Te Awamutu 3-1 in the WaiBop Championship.

Local rivalry not only brings out the competitive spirit in supporters, but also it can divide families – and none more so than on the pitch.

Playing for Cambridge was midfielder Haydn Roil, a former Te Awamutu player who joined Cambridge for their push for this year’s championship title.

Opposing him in goal for Te Awamutu was brother Joel – who usually plays outfield.

All four goals were scored before half-time before the local rivals locked each out in an even second half at John Kerkhof Park.

Cambridge who drew first blood with a goal from Tom Woutersen after 16 minutes and a minute later, Jordan Silvester doubled Cambridge’s lead.

Four minutes before the break, Ewan Scott-Dickins pulled back a goal for

the visitors, but their hopes of a revival were short-lived as Aaron Jenkins scored Cambridge’s third on the stroke of half-time.

Cambridge maintained their lead till the final whistle, taking the three points that keeps them at the top of the championship table. The side two games left and a three-point lead over Tauranga Old Blues – but the Bay side has two games in hand.

Te Awamutu climbed off the bottom of the table with a win over Taupo a week earlier – but the Lakeland club’s 3-1 win over Papamoa has changed the shape of the foot of the table.

It’s now Papamoa at the bottom on 11 points with a game in hand, Te Awamutu on 13 and Taupo – for much of the season also rans, on 15.

Te Awamutu hosts third places Otumoetai this weekend, Papamoa is home to leaders Cambridge and Taupo has second placed Tauranga Old Blues at home.

first national

Nurses & Midwives Strike

R E A L

E S T A T E

Brothers in arms: Haydn and Joe Roil.

We put you first

Te Awamutu

Waipa Real Estate Ltd, MREINZ Licensed REAA 2008

Open Homes

w Nesting Li

Sat 14 Aug, 1.30-2pm Sun 15 Aug, 1.30-2pm

NZNO and MERAS unions have given strike notice for Thursday 19 August.

• MERAS midwives strike from 8am to 8pm.

• NZNO nurses strike from 11am to 7pm.

The midwives’ strike does not Lead Maternity Carers (LMCs).

Although services at Waikato DHB hospitals will be affected, patient safety and care remains our priority. Anyone who is in hospital, or needs to be admitted to hospital, will be able to access the services they need, including maternity services.

Emergency departments will be accepting emergencies only.

68A Tawa Street, Melville, Hamilton

2

1

1

2

Cute as a Button

With location appeal, handy to hospital and central Hamilton, this tidy little two bed unit is a cutie and ready for a new owner. Set back from the road, the front unit of two, it has it’s own grass area, double carport and off-street parking. Everything you needs is here, this could be your first home, an investment, or your city hideaway.

Come and have a look, call Vayle to arrange a viewing.

$525,000

Visit waiparealestate.nz for more details

Vayle Hammond Licensed Agent REAA 2008

Ph 027 226 9532

For non-emergency care, please contact your GP, or midwife, or go to an urgent care centre, or call Healthline on 0800 611 116.

Tania Cortesi-Western Ph 07 280 7536

For further information please visit www.waikatodhb.health.nz/strike or call toll-free 0800 276 216

waiparealestate.nz

35 Alexandra Street, Te Awamutu

12 | TE AWAMUTU NEWS

New Season Fruit Trees in Stock

THURSDAY AUGUST 12, 2021

FOCUSED PHYSIOTHERAPY

Spotlight on

PHYSIO Keeping you active and on the move this Winter

TE AWAMUTU Preparation for Spring planting is now. Call in to get all your garden requirements.

Te Awamutu 07 871 4321 Otorohanga 07 873 7485 Cambridge 07 823 1393

1376 Park Road, Te Awamutu P 07 871 3605 karyn@tallpoppiesnz.co.nz

murray hunt furnishers

Home Décor, Bedding, Furniture, Gi�ware and lots more

www.murrayhun�urnishers.co.nz 63 Maniapoto St 220 Alexandra St 45 Arawata St Otorohanga Te Awamutu Te Awamutu 07 873 8640 07 214 2161 07 214 2244

Sleep Gift Pack

$ The store has been operating in Te Awamutu since 2016 in a handy central location.

ITKing: the one stop shop for your IT needs If you have a faulty phone or laptop, or you need help trouble shooting your businesses website, there’s only one place in town that can give you top quality service, the ITKing.

tips ITKing will be able to make it good as new.

ITKing has been operating in Te Awamutu since 2016 in a handy central location from Shop No-162, Alexandra Street.

All of their repairs are done to a very high standard and with the highest quality of parts, ensuring that you get the best repair possible.

CLAIRE ROIGARD

They are the one stop shop for all your needs related to computer and mobile sales, quality services and quality repairs.

If you want any information regarding any of their services please don’t hesitate to get in touch as they are always happy to help.

198 Pekerau Crescent, Te Awamutu 3800 Mob: 021 170 2717 Shop: www.worldorganics.com/claire

Phones, laptops, desktops and tablets whatever you use to keep the world at your finger

Give them a call at (07) 871 6567 or free phone 0800 485 464

MAKEUP WORKSHOPS Book a 1-on-1 workshop or you plus 2

$30PP

includes mini facial & 1 hr workshop.

Tuesdays & Saturdays by appointment.

Helping l you to fee ur great in yo own skin World Organics Consultant

WAIKATO’S PREMIUM LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES SHOP & YARD

HOURS Monday – Friday 7.30am-5pm Saturday 8am-4pm Sunday 9am-1pm

OFFICE: 07 870 1567

www.landscapesupplyco.nz 0800 BULK SUPPLY 281 Benson Road Te Awamutu

No matter what repair you need their team will have it repaired and back in your possession as quickly as possible.

42 YOGA & OILS

YOGA STUDIO ∞ GIFT STORE

Harmonising the body & mind with essential oils & yoga

3 Walton Street Te Awamutu 021 0278 3282 yogaandoils.co.nz

YOUR LOCAL BEST BAKERY

A family run traditional bakery

Award Winning Pies Delicious Fresh Bread Bakery Goods

I

PIES

Viands of Kihikihi P 07 871 7488 80 Lyon Street, Kihikihi

www.viands.co.nz

For Local Service You Can Trust • Broken Windows/Doors • Insurance Approved • Frameless Showers • Pet Doors • Custom Mirrors • Table Tops • New Glazing • Splashbacks

GET YOUR PHONES AND TABLET FIXED TODAY!

We Guarantee all our Work & Deliver Service with a Smile!

P: 07 871 4621 E: info@waipaglass.co.nz W: www.waipaglass.co.nz SHOWROOM: 274 Rickit Road, Te Awamutu

Te Awamutu |162 Alexandra Street Phone: 07-8716567 |www.itking.co.nz

TE AWAMUTU NEWS | 13

THURSDAY AUGUST 12, 2021

CLUB OPEN DAILY FROM 11AM

FRIDAY 13 AUGUST 6PM Raffles, Jokers Wild and Members draw.

BOMBER COMMAND RESTAURANT

SATURDAY 14TH AUGUST 3PM

HOURS: 11AM TO 8PM 7 DAYS A WEEK

Ex RF Cadets Get together

SUNDAY 15TH AUGUST 9.15AM Indoor Bowls Drawn 4s

RESIDENT CHEF AVI RIKHI

381 Alexandra St , Te Awamutu P 871 3707 Courtesy van ext push 4 free call Every day from 4pm MEMBER OF CLUBSNZ & RNZRSA Entry restricted to Members, Invited Guests and members of affiliated Clubs www.teawamutursa.co.nz

Quick crossword 1

2

3

4

Wordsearch

5

6

7

8 9

10

11

12

13

14

15 17

19

16

18

20

21

22

23

24

25 26

Across 1. Continually annoy (6) 5. Balanc of mind (6) 8. Pointer (3) 9. Medieval clown (6) 10. Feel remorse (6) 11. Excludes (4) 13. Elongate (8) 14. Heavily built (5) 15. Pleasantly warm weather (5) 19. Predict (8)

27

21. Misplaced (4) 22. Duplicating machine (6) 23. Front of the neck (6) 25. Rainbow shape (3) 26. Dazed, unsteady (6) 27. Occur (6) Down 2. Ordinary (7) 3. Fitting (3)

4. Amble (6) 5. Leapt (6) 6. Dusk (9) 7. Motif (5) 12. Anguish (9) 16. Communication (7) 17. Double-cross (6) 18. Hold tightly (6) 20. Scent (5) 24. Modern music genre (3)

Last week Across: 1. Wages, 4. Creepy, 7. Pro, 8. Cobble, 9. Poetry, 10. Sporadic, 12. Gape, 13. Inhale, 15. Tinned, 16. Scar, 17. Annoying, 19. Punnet, 20.

Viable, 22. Lie, 23. Cheeky, 24. Larva.

Down: 1. Whooping cough, 2. Gob, 3. Spend, 4. Copycat, 5. Emergency, 6. Paraphernalia, 11. Rearrange, 14. Exactly, 18. Novel, 21. Air.

E E P Y D X C R E D N A U Q S T T C K

C X R N A M E E I R E Q W B S E F A F

N P I E P A V S B B U C P D Y G D P E

A E N S H R P I R K D G R Q X D E I C

ADVANCE BALANCE BARTER BORROW BUDGET CAPITAL CASH CENTS CHANGE CREDIT CURRENCY

V N C T W V O W Q U O N I A G U B T N

D S I E H N I C N V P F C F C B I A A

A E P G F N C I E S E D E D O S T L L

Sudoku N S L G N R G R H E R G I R O C B O A

Q E E I E R D O S A D V N P S O A F B

DEBIT DEPOSIT DIVIDEND EARN EXPENSES FIGURE FORTUNE GRANT HOARD INTEREST LOAN

V T N D A R E P O G I S E A R N O S D

S G I M A S P H F D N D M R H R D N H

S T T F T S E R E T N I O F T C U F N

R Q T R Z O R N O X R W V U P F M C S

Q E I S T L D E T P I A N A T G K N E

MARGIN MEANS NEST EGG NOTES OVERDRAFT PRICE PRINCIPLE PROCEEDS PROPERTY PURSE RESOURCES

T N T N E F M U V X E E G S S W A C G

G O A R N T C T M E Y R U S A E R T A

N R K M A A O Y D C N R T H M G Q B W

G Q A E Z B O N Y P T U P Y S T N E C

T A K I N G S L C U R R E N C Y N Q G

REVENUE SAVINGS SCARCE SHOE-STRING SQUANDER TAKINGS TOKEN TREASURY TRUST FUND WAGES WINNINGS

205

Fill the grid so that every column, every row and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9.

MEDIUM

All puzzles © The Puzzle Company

Last week

Wordsearch

Sudoku

A M P L I F I E R W F R E S N E L N B

V S T N A E A Q M I C R O P H O N E L

L S N Y O U L I F N B P T O E D A F A

P L A Y E R S C S O N T J T C I O M C

W H I Y T T P V R L Y J A L N R R U K

P S U B A I K A O I E E R I E E C I O

J R P E Y S C F B X C F R G I C H R U

Q E S O R A F K I M V S Z H D T E O T

E H T D R I L T E I M F S T U O S T L

O P A A C P S P U T C E K E A R T I A

X A G E C H O R U S M W N D R S R D S

Y R E L L A G S X U I E A C R D A U R

V G R H A B R M T N C U C R W A C A A

U O U O C A K S G S E S U D D O O A E

J E G U T U O S F U U H R J F R B B H

Z R P S O C R P J C J E T Q O Y O P E

K O F E R X L X C H A R A C T E R B R

Why use Yes Mortgages?

• We help take away some of the stress • Integrity, confidentiality and trust are key values • 10 years experience in the mortgage industry

When you buy a house, it is important to look at a number of properties so you get the home that suits you. It is the same with your mortgage.

You should look at the options so you get the loan that is best for you.

That is my job ... finding the mortgage that best suits your needs and situation.

Gavin Lynch, Registered Financial Advisor

P: 07 823 4531 M: 021 783 266 gavin@yesmortgages.co.nz www.yesmortgages.co.nz

• Customer focused with a ‘can do’ attitude • Professional Advisors Association (PAA) Member • Registered Financial Advisor • Flexible to fit around your needs • Cambridge owned and operated

D H T P M O R P S T H G I L T O O F E

Q C O S T A L L S D O W N S T A G E V

14 | TE AWAMUTU NEWS

THURSDAY AUGUST 12, 2021

EXPERTS ARBORISTS

CLASSIFIEDS AIR CONDITIONING

CHURCH NOTICES

y dl g ou tin 92 Pr era 19 op nce si

Air-conditioning • Sales, service & installation • Obligation-free quotes • Te Awamutu, Cambridge, Otorohanga, Te Kuiti

The Professional Arborists

Chipping, Felling, Maintenance, Pruning, Removals, Stump Grinding, Hedge Cutting and much more Fully insured and qualified

• Residential, commercial, industrial

DENNIS CLEMENTS 0508 TREE QUOTE / 027 485 1501

www.surecool.co.nz

www.totaltreecare.co.nz - totalnz@gmail.com @TotaltreecareWaikato

Call our team today for specialised advice: 0800 772 887

AIR CONDITIONING

BUILDING 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE

1310 Racecourse Rd, Te Awamutu

The best service for new builds, additions, bathroom & kitchen renos, and decks.

SITUATIONS VACANT WA N T E D

Your Trusted Local Air Conditioning Contractor

QUALIFIED / EXPERIENCED CARPENTER

DOMESTIC & COMMERCIAL AIR CONDITIONING, HEATPUMPS, HOME VENTILATION, SERVICING, FILTER MAINTENANCE & REPLACEMENT

027 500 2956 | waipaheatpumps@kinect.co.nz 72 Lyon St, Kihikihi | www.waipaheatpumps.com

M: 021 531 801 E: hamon@superiorbuilding.co.nz W: www.superiorbuilding.co.nz

EXTERIOR CLEANING SERVICE

EXTERIOR CLEANING SERVICE

Cambridge Owned & Operated

Soft on homes, tough on grime!

HOUSE WASHING - ROOF TREATMENTS GUTTERS - MOSS REMOVAL 100’S OF SATISFIED CLIENTS www.ewash.co.nz

HOMES • DECKS • FENCES • DRIVEWAYS • PATHS WINDOWS • RURAL BUILDINGS

- DOMESTIC & COMMERCIAL Call Jonathan on

027 770 2333

Phone Mark for a FREE Quote 827 7386 | 027 432 2412

for a free no obligation quote or visit www.softex.co.nz

FENCING

GARDENING

RURAL • RESIDENTIAL • LIFESTYLE

garden resurrection rose pruning hedge trimming maintenance

fruit tree care residential & commercial tidy up special occasions

Corey Hutchison • 021 037 3685

• tier1fencing@outlook.co.nz

www.tier1fencing.co.nz

Kiwi Veteran owned & operated

JOINERY

ggworkz@gmail.com PLUMBING

Need a plumber?

Custom design and superior craftsmanship for your dream home!

• Repairs, service, installation • Bathrooms renovations • Hot water specialists • Prompt professional service

 Aluminium Joinery  Kitchens  Interior Doors 92 Bruce Berquist Drive Te Awamutu P 07 871 6188 | www.ntjoinery.co.nz

Pratts knows plumbing. Freephone 0800 772 887

We are on the search for someone that is a hard worker, keen to learn and develop their skills in the building trade, trustworthy, able to take instructions, takes pride in their work. We are in Te Awamutu and a small firm that specialises in renovations.

Please email your CV to: LPBUILDERS@OUTLOOK.CO.NZ or phone Logan 027 218 7228

• • • •

Local Board Seeks Trustee

Voluntary position Applications closing: 27 August 2021 Duration of appointment: Usually an initial three year term Time commitment: Approximately eight hours per month, including monthly Board meetings. The Board has subcommittees which will require a greater commitment of time.

Cambridge Resthaven Trust Board provides services in all areas of retirement living, including a retirement village, rest home, hospital, dementia care, recreational and support services, and a driving service for residents and elderly in the community. A forward-thinking not-for-profit charitable trust with a strong community focus, Cambridge Resthaven has revenue of $10 million and employs 135 staff many living locally. Cambridge Resthaven Trust Board has two campuses, Resthaven on Vogel and Resthaven on Burns, both situated in Cambridge.

The Board has eight members appointed by an Appointments Panel. The Appointments Panel is made up of representatives from Cambridge Community Organisations.

Three current board members are due to retire by rotation and the Board is seeking one new board member. The retiring board members are standing for re-appointment.

The Board is seeking candidates with the following experience and attributes: • Strategic thinkers with business experience and commercial skills.

• Fundraising experience with the ability to lead conversations around sponsorship and open doors to opportunities.

• Marketing and sales experience.

Please send a CV with covering letter to: Lesley Nielsen Appointments Panel Secretary c/- Lewis Lawyers P O Box 529, Cambridge 3450 Or via email to lesley.nielsen@lewislawyers.co.nz If you would like an information pack, or wish to talk first about becoming a trustee, please call Lesley on 07 827 5147.

Applications close 5pm, 27 August 2021. www.resthaven.org.nz

TE AWAMUTU NEWS | 15

THURSDAY AUGUST 12, 2021

PUBLIC NOTICES

IN MEMORIAM JEFFRIES, Gayle Passed away one year ago 9/8/2020.

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane. I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again. Our lives go on without you, but nothing is the same.

You are forever in our hearts Mum. Wendy and Paul.

FUNERAL SERVICES

PUBLIC NOTICES

Notice of Public Annual Meeting

NOTIFICATION OF INTENTION TO CONSIDER TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURES

Waipa- District Council will consider an application to close the following roads to ordinary vehicular traffic: Thursday, 28 October 2021 – between 3.00am and 5.00pm • Arapuni Road – between Dick Street, Kihikihi, and Owairaka Valley Road Traffic will be detoured along Parawera/Monckton Roads, Puahue Road and Hairini Road.

Access to no-exit roads Kimberley Road, Tiki Road and Higham Road will be affected but provisions will be made for local residents and other essential traffic.

Honouring your loved ones wishes

Thursday, 4 November 2021 – between 4.00am and 5.00pm • Rangiaowhia Road – entire road between Cambridge Road and Puahue Road

We are there for you in your time of need - 24/7.

for the Te Puutake o te Riri 2021 commemorations.

The application will be considered under the Tenth Schedule of the Local Government Act 1974.

Jan Howie

07 870 2137 262 Ohaupo Road, Te Awamutu office@rosetown.co.nz

www.rosetown.co.nz

Arrangements will be made for access by emergency vehicles, essential traffic and residents during both closures, if required.

Any objections to the proposal must be lodged with Waipa- District Council, in writing, before 4.00pm on Friday, 27 August 2021. Please include the nature of the objection and the grounds for it.

For more information please contact Waipa- District Council on 0800 924 723 or email info@waipadc.govt.nz

Garth Williams Funeral Director, Owner

Locally owned and operated

Our team is caring and compassionate.

We give the utmost attention to detail in all aspects of our service.

FOR SALE FIREWOOD FOR SALE – 5 cubic metres $200, 10 cubic metres $360. Delivery to Te Awamutu. Ph 021 617 349 or 07 873 9190.

PUBLIC NOTICES Parewa Trust Maungatautari 3A5A4B2

SHAREHOLDERS & BENEFICIARY MEETING August 29th 2021 @ 10am Parewa Homestead, 327 Hicks Rd The NZ National Fieldays Society and the former Clydesdale Museum are in the process of downsizing museum exhibits. If you are aware of a piece that may have been loaned by your family, contact us before 31 August 2021 at the address below with your proof of ownership.

NZ National Fieldays Society Inc 125 Mystery Creek Road, Ohaupo 3881 07 8434497 info@nznfs.co.nz

SERVICES

Garry Dyet CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Availability of the 2021 Chairman’s Annual Report, Financial Statements, 2021-22 Annual Plan, and Waipa Networks Ltd Statement of Corporate Intent.

I hereby give notice that on Friday 27 August 2021, commencing at 10.45am, a Public Annual Meeting of Beneficiaries (Connected Consumers) will be held at Waipa Networks Ltd, 240 Harrison Drive, Te Awamutu.

At the meeting the Trustees will report on: • The operation of Waipa Networks Trust for the year ended 31 March 2021.

• The Financial Statements of Waipa Networks Trust for the year ended 31 March 2021.

• The performance of Waipa Networks Limited for the year ended 31 March 2021.

• The compliance of Waipa Networks Limited with its Statement of Corporate Intent for the year ended 31 March 2021.

PEST CONTROL 027-447-8595 www.bugsgone.co.nz

For a look you will love Call Dave Rowe • • • •

Interior painting Wallpapering Exterior painting Spray painting

decorator@daverowe.co.nz www.daverowe.co.nz

• The Annual Plan 2021/22 of Waipa Networks

Trust.

At the meeting the Beneficiaries will be given the opportunity to: • Appoint the Auditor for Waipa Networks Trust for the 2022 financial year.

• Speak on all matters being considered at the Annual Meeting.

Please note that the above named documents are available for public inspection on the Trust website or at the offices of Waipa Networks Limited at 240 Harrison Drive, Te Awamutu during ordinary business hours.

Notice of Public Ownership Annual ReviewMeeting

SJ Davies Secretary/Treasurer

Availability of the 2021 Chairman’s OWNERSHIP REVIEW Annual Report, Financial Statements, 2021-22 Annual FINAL DECISION MEETING Plan, and Waipa Networks Ltd Statement of Corporate Intent.

In accordance with the Deed of Trust under which the Waipa Networks Trust constituted, the I hereby give notice thathas onbeen Friday 27 August Trustees and the Directors of Waipa Networks Limited 2021, commencing at 10.45am, a Public Annual have prepared a joint report considering proposals and Meeting of Beneficiaries (Connected Consumers) available options for the future ownership of Waipa will be held at Waipa Networks Ltd, 240 Harrison Networks Limited.

Drive, Te Awamutu.

Thethe Trustees have implemented a Public Consultative At meeting the Trustees will report on: Procedure. A copy of the Ownership Review was •available The operation of Waipa Networks Trust for the for inspection by the public from 1st May 2021. year ended 31 March 2021. were invited to make Persons interested in the proposal •written The submissions Financial Statements of by Waipa Networks to the Trustees no later than 30 June 2021. received2021. by the Trust.

Trust for No thesubmissions year endedwere 31 March • The performance of Waipa Networks Limited Notice is hereby given that the Trustees propose that the year ended 31 March 2021. thefor following motion, •“That The the compliance of Waipato Networks Trustees pursuant Clause 4.4Limited of the Trust the Trustees hereby resolve withDeed, its Statement of Corporate Intentthat forthey the have yeardecided ended to 31 retain March100% 2021.of the shares in the Trust. Future ownership Reviews will take place •in The Annual with Plan the 2021/22 Networks accordance termsofofWaipa the Trust Deed.

Trust.

The Trustees will notify the Public as required by Clauses 4.5 and 13 of Beneficiaries the Trust Deed.”, At the meeting the will be given will be considered by them at a meeting open to the the opportunity to: public on:

• Appoint the Auditor for Waipa Networks Trust for theFriday 2022 financial year.

27 August 2021 at 10.30am Waipa Networks Ltd

• Speak on all 240 matters being considered at the Harrison Drive Annual Meeting.TE AWAMUTU SJ Davies Please note that the above named documents SECRETARY are available for public inspection on the Trust WAIPA NETWORKS website or at the TRUST offices of Waipa Networks Limited at 240 Harrison Drive, Te Awamutu during ordinary business hours.

OPEN HOMES SJ Davies TE AWAMUTU OPEN HOMES

Secretary/Treasurer LUGTONS Saturday 14 August 9A McAndrew Street Auction 177 Williams Street Auction Sunday 15 August 9A McAndrew Street Auction 177 Williams Street Auction

MOVIES

14 Mar

15 Mar

ACLASSIC Dog's Way Home (PG) FRENCH CINEMA

6.00pm 11.30am

ANTOINETTE IN THE CEVENNES (M) Colette (M) 2 hrs 6 mins

6.15pm Fri, 15 Mar

1.10pm

AMÈLIE (M)

Film 1 hr 51 mins

12.30-1.15pm 1.45-2.30pm

Contact listing agent prior-visiting as Open Homes times can change.

Thu, 3.45pm 14 Mar

A Dog's Way Home (PG) 1DREAMHORSE hr 51 mins

Destroyer (M)

(PG)

2 hrs 16 mins Colette (M) 2 hrs 6 mins

FREE GUY (M)

Green Book(M) (M) 2 hrs 25 mins Destroyer

1.30pm

16 Mar

17 Mar

6.00pm

11.00am

4.10pm 1.15pm

6.00pm 3.20pm

1.25pm 6.00pm

5.45pm 8.30pm

11.15am 8.10pm 4.10pm 1.30pm 4.00pm

1.00pm 5.50pm 6.00pm 3.30pm

1.05pm 12.45pm 8.15pm 5.50pm

8.00pm

6.00pm

1.10pm 1.30pm

8.00pm

8.15pm 1.30pm

6.00pm

8.15pm 3.50pm

4.00pm 1.35pm

12.50pm 10.50am 5.30pm 8.30pm3.30pm6.20pm 3.20pm 8.20pm

2Green hrs 20 Book minsBEES QUEEN (M) 2(PG) hrs 25 mins

1.40pm 6.00pm 1.10pm 5.50pm

1.00pm 1.15pm 11.15am 5.30pm 3.30pm 8.00pm 5.30pm 8.15pm 8.15pm 4.00pm 5.50pm 3.45pm 3.40pm 8.15pm 5.50pm

11.15am

If Beale Street (M) Could Talk (M) Hotel Mumbai

THE GODMOTHER (M)

22 hrs hrs 15 20 mins mins

3.15pm

11.15am

11.15am

hr 53 21 hrs 15mins mins

1.15pm 3.15pm 6.00pm 8.00pm

1.30pm 11.15am 8.00pm 5.30pm

1.45pm 11.15am 8.00pm 5.30pm

1.40pm 3.20pm 11.00am FINAL 5.45pm 8.10pm

4.10pm 1.45pm 6.15pm 8.00pm

8.20pm 4.00pm 1.15pm

1.45pm 1.30pm 6.10pm 8.00pm

4.15pm 1.45pm 6.15pm 8.00pm

3.45pm 1.40pm 8.30pm 5.45pm

11.00am 8.20pm

11.00am 4.10pm 5.50pm 6.15pm

11 hr hr 52 53 mins mins

1 hr 40 mins

6.00pm

8.00pm

6.15pm

1.00pm 4.00pm 5.50pm

5.50pm

11.00am 11.00am 1.45pm 4.15pm 4.00pm 6.15pm 1.15pm 6.10pm 6.15pm 8.30pm FINAL 6.40pm 8.40pm

11.00am 1.00pm 3.45pm 5.50pm 5.50pm

3.50pm 4.10pm 1.25pm

1 hr 40 mins

11.00am

1.45pm 11.15am 8.00pm 6.00pm

3.25pm

M THE JUSTICE OF BUNNY O KING (M)With Men (M) Swimming Stan & Ollie (M) THE MISFITS (M) N Swimming With Men (M) THEGuilty MOLE D The (M)AGENT (E) A WAITING FOR ANYA (M) The Guilty (M) www.tivolicinema.co.nzY WARRIOR QUEEN (M) Bookings 823 5064 – 32 Lake Street, Cambridge THE HITMAN’S WIFE’S

Stan & Ollie (M)Could Talk (M) IfBODYGUARD Beale Street (R16)

1.10pm

1.30pm 11.15am 3.45pm 6.10pm 1.15pm 6.00pm 1.30pm 11.15am

5.40pm

11.00am 4.00pm 8.40pm

1.15pm

3.50pm

8.15pm

1.30pm

4.10pm

11.15am

11.00am 8.45pm 1.15pm 6.40pm 8.45pm

1.20pm

20 Mar

1.15pm 11.15am 3.40pm Tue, Wed, 3.45pm 19 Mar 20 Mar

8.30pm 3.45pm 3.20pm 11.30am 6.15pm 11.30am 11.30am 3.45pm 1.10pm 3.30pm 8.25pm 1.30pm 1.30pm 3.50pm 1.35pm 8.15pm 8.30pm 6.20pm 8.30pm 3.10pm 3.45pm3.30pm3.20pm 3.50pm 1.00pm 8.20pm 11.00am 8.15pm 5.45pm

Hotel Mumbai (M)

19 Mar

C L O S E D

1.20pm 11.30am 11.30am Sat, Sun, 1.10pm 3.30pm 16 Mar 17 Mar

2JUNGLE hrs 16 mins CRUISE (M)

1 hr 52 mins

12.30-1.15pm 1.45-2.30pm

Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun, Tue, Wed, 12 Aug 13 Aug 14 Aug 15 Aug 16 Aug 17 Aug 18 Aug

FILM NAME Film

www.tivolicinema.co.nz

Bookings 823 5064 – 32 Lake Street, Cambridge

11.00am

11.30am 3.45pm 8.30pm 8.30pm 11.30am 6.15pm 6.40pm 8.30pm

3.45pm

3.40pm 3.20pm 8.30pm

6.00pm

12.45pm

6.00pm 2.30pm 1.05pm FINAL

8.15pm 3.15pm

12.30pm 2.30pm 4.30pm 12.30pm 4.30pm

3.45pm

6.40pm 1.15pm

16 | TE AWAMUTU NEWS

THURSDAY AUGUST 12, 2021

ABLELAEIVNIAN-SI-LTSAOTBORLREEENINNO-OW SW TORE NOW

A CUT ABOVE AVA ILABLE IN-STORE NOW T THE REST TORE NOW 725 725 725 LC118 A CUT LC347iVX LC141i KIT LC347iVX LC141i L C118 LC347iVX LC141i KIT LC419AKIT ABOVE THE REST HLC118 HLC118

HLC118

® HusqvarnaHusqvarna Series™ - 139cc Husqvarna Series-™™BioClip 139cc/--Collect BioClip®®// Collect Collect Series -- 139cc BioClip Cutting Width 46cm 44L Collector Cutting Width 46cm 44L Collector Cutting Width 46cm - 44L Collector

Robust and easyand to use with four cutting Robust and easy to use use with with fourblades cutting blades blades Robust easy to four cutting that delivers a that delivers a that delivers a superior superior cut superior cut cut and finish.and and finish. finish.

$

H

$$RRP

Robust and easy to use with four cutting blades that delivers a superior cut and finish.

$

RRP RRP

H

SELF

Ideal forAIdeal smaller to use mower dualwith battery Ideal forlawns. smaller lawns.

Self-propelled, easy to use usewith mower with dual battery battery give Robust and easy to use with lawn four cutting Ideal foreasy smaller lawns. for smaller lawns.

Self-propelled, easy to mower dual powerful, high performance mower blades built to giveSelf-propelled, give slots for use with one or two batteries. slots for for use use with with one one or or two two batteries. batteries. delivers a finish to your lawn. slots a that superior cut and superior cut and finish.

Robust and easy to use with four cuttingSELF blades

® BioClip / Rear Eject a- Cutting Width 47cm that delivers 55L Collector superior cut

SKIN ONLYSKIN SKIN ONLY KITONLY PRICE

725 1,0591,059 8791,059 879 HLLC141i LC419A C118 KIT Husqvarna Series - 166cc - BioClip / Collect BioClip /Series Rear Eject - Cutting Width 41cm Husqvarna - 139cc - BioClip / Collect 50L Collector Cutting Width 48cm 44L Collector Cutting Width 46cm 44L Collector LC19AP LB548Se LC19AP SELF LB548Se LC347iVX SELF LC419SP SELF SELF SELF Ideal and for smaller A powerful, high performance lawn mower built to give LC19AP Robust easy tolawns. use with fourPROPELLED cutting PROPELLED blades

$

$$

$

RRP

RRP RRP RRP (Kit incl: Skin, BLi20 Battery, QC80 Charger)

(Kit incl: Skin, BLi20 Battery, QC80 Charger) (Kit incl: Skin, BLi20 Battery, QC80 Charger)

™

$$$ RRP

RRP RRP QC80BLi20 RRP Recommended BLi20 Battery, Charger Recommended Battery, QC80 Charger

®

Recommended BLi20Battery, Battery,QC80 QC80Charger) Charger (Kit incl: Skin, BLi20

®

™

a48cm superior cut and finish to your lawn.

Cutting Width - 44L Collector Cutting Width 48cm - 44L 44LCollector Collector 55L Collector Cutting Width 48cm - -44L Cutting Width 48cm Collector

that48cm delivers a Cutting Width Cutting Width48cm 48cm Cutting Width - 44L Collector Cutting Width 48cm

PROPELLED

superior cut A commercial qualityself-propelled lawn mower with a large alloy rugged mower dailymower professional use. alloyuse.

A commercial commercial quality lawn mower with largebattery alloy A solid and solid and rugged mower for daily daily professional use. easy to use mower with High quality, lawn mower AAAcommercial qualityformower lawn withprofessional a large ASelf-propelled, quality lawn mower with aadual large alloy solid and rugged for and finish. cutting deck plus a powerful engine.

Cast aluminium cutting deck for strength and durability. cutting deck plus a powerful engine.

Cast aluminium cutting deck for strength and durability. slotsa durable fordeck use plus with or two batteries. with alloyaone cutting deck featuring cutting deck plus cutting a powerful cutting powerful engine.

Cast aluminium deckengine. for strength and durability.

T TORE NOW

$

725 RRP

SKIN ONLY

$

879 LC347iVX RRP

Recommended BLi20 Battery, QC80 Charger

BioClip / Rear Eject - Cutting Width 47cm 55L Collector ®

®

® ® ® ® ED Stratton 161cc - ™BioClip /--Collect - 166cc - BioClip PROPELLED Honda OHV ®/ ® ®/ Collect Briggs &®&-/Stratton Stratton 161cc BioClip Collect PROPELLED Honda OHV 166cc BioClip D Briggs &Husqvarna BioClip Rear - Cutting Width 47cm SeriesEject --166ccBriggs & OHV Stratton - 161cc - BioClip Briggs 161cc BioClip /Collect Collect Honda -- 166cc -- BioClip

PROPELLED

Self-propelled, and finish. easy to use mower with dual battery slots for use with one or two batteries.

ABLE IN-STORE NOW KIT PRICEKIT KIT PRICE PRICE

RRP

Husqvarna Series™ - 139cc - BioClip®/ Collect Cutting Width 46cm - 44L Collector

SELF SELF

PROPELLED PROPELLED BioClip®/BioClip Rear Eject - Cutting 47cm ® ®®/ Rear BioClip Eject-Width - Cutting Cutting Width41cm 47cm PROPELLED / /Rear Eject Width BioClip Rear Eject -Cutting Width 47cm 55L Collector 55LCollector Collector 50L 55L Collector

® - Cutting BioClip®/Husqvarna Rear Eject ™ ™ -Width ® ®41cm ® / Series BioClip Rear Eject - Cutting Cutting Width Husqvarna Series - BioClip / Collect - 166cc -41cm BioClip /41cm Collect BioClip / Rear Eject -139cc Width 50L Collector 50L Collector Cutting Width 46cm 44L Collector 50L Collector Cutting Width 48cm - 44L Collector

Husqvarna Series™ - 139cc - BioClip®/ Collect Cutting Width 46cm - 44L Collector

SELF PROPELLED

LB548Se SELFbattery Self-propelled, easy to use mower with dual

® PROPELLED Honda OHVfor- 166cc - BioClip slots use with one or two batteries.

Cutting Width 48cm

A solid and rugged mower for daily professional use.

Cast aluminium cutting deck for strength and durability.

four blades.

SKIN ONLY

1,079 RRP RRP 1,079 RRP 1,079 RRP 879 HLLC419SP C118 KIT LC141i Husqvarna Series - 166ccBioClip Collect Husqvarna Series - 139cc - BioClip /41cm Collect BioClip / Rear Eject - Cutting Width Cutting Width 48cm 44L Collector Cutting Width 46cm 44L Collector 50L Collector 125B 125B LB548Se SELF 122C High quality, lawn mower Robust easyself-propelled to use with four cutting blades Ideal forand smaller lawns. give $$$

RRP

Recommended BLi20 Battery, QC80 Charger

®

™

™

®

®

PROPELLED Honda - 166cc - BioClip® 28.0cc 21.7cc - 78m/s -OHV 28.0cc 78m/s 4.2kg with a-78m/s durable alloy cutting deck featuring - 0.6kW - a4.4kg 28.0cc -4.2kg -- 4.2kg that delivers Cutting Width held48cm leaf held blower combines An hand efficient hand leafthat blower that combines withAn efficient

Anfour efficient held leaf blower thatiscombines blades.

Trimming lawn edges around the home simple with with superior cut hand Ahigh solid and with rugged for daily professional use. power usermower friendliness. blowing power with user friendliness. ght this easy starting grass trimmer featuring low weight high blowing power with user friendliness. ht high blowing and finish.

Cast aluminium cutting deck for strength and durability. and low noise.

$

SKIN ONLY

725 RRP 1,059 1,785 RRP 1,785 RRP Also available: Also available: available: $Also 2,0258 2,0258 LB553Se LB553Se 1,079 RRP LB553Se 2,0258 LC19AP LC347iVX SELF PROPELLED $

$

KIT PRICE

KIT PRICE $ RRP $$ $ $ RRPRRPRRP RRP RRP

$$ $$ RRP $

RRP

(Kit incl: Skin, BLi20 Battery, QC80 Charger)

$ RRP $

SELF ® & Stratton - 161cc - BioClip / Collect PROPELLED Briggs BioClip / Rear Eject - Cutting Width 47cm ®

125B

Width 48cm - 44L Collector 55LCutting Collector

A commercialeasy quality lawnmower mowerwith withdual a large alloy Self-propelled, to use battery 28.0cc 78m/s 4.2kg cutting deck plus a powerful engine. slots for use with one or two batteries.

An efficient hand held leaf blower that combines high blowing power with user friendliness.

Also available: LB553Se $2,0258 RRP

122C LC347iVX LC19AP

SELF

RRP

Recommended BLi20 Battery, QC80 Charger

125B LB548Se

SELF www.LMCC.co.nz Te Aw,, aTTBioClip tww8u/aa7Rear www.LMCC.co.nz Street, eBriggs m PROPELLED 0AuA721.7cc 1 8uuEject 333 Sloane Street,, Te Honda Aw28.0cc aOHV mu--t78m/s u - 4.2kg ED PROPELLED www.LMCC.co.nz Street, em t8tuu3- 8161cc - Cutting Width &m Stratton - BioClip /47cm Collect 166cc BioClip www.LMCC.co.nz - 0.6kW 4.4kg ®

®

55L Collector Cutting Width 48cm - 44L Collector Trimming lawn edges around the home is simple with Self-propelled, easy use mower mower with with A commercial qualitytograss lawn adual largebattery alloy this easy starting trimmer featuring low weight slots for use with one or two batteries. cutting deck plus a powerful engine. and low noise.

RRP

Recommended BLi20 Battery, QC80 Charger

LB548Se

Honda OHV - 166cc - BioClip® Cutting Width 48cm

®

Cutting Width 48cm An efficient hand held leaf blower that combines

A solid rugged mower daily professional use. highand blowing power withfor user friendliness.

Cast aluminium cutting deck for strength and durability.

SELF PROPELLED

A solid and rugged mower for daily professional use.

Cast aluminium cutting deck for strength and durability.

$

385 RRP RRP 1,079 879

$$ $

(Kit incl: Skin, BLi20 Battery, QC80 Charger)

879 1,785 RRP

Also available: LB553Se $2,0258 RRP

RRP RRP

SKIN ONLY

385$725 385 1,079 1,059 1,785 RRP

$

$

1,785 RRP

Also available: LB553Se $2,0258 RRP