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Lockdown: the farming norm are airborne viruses.

“Foot and mouth to a farmer in New Zealand is unthinkable.”

So, what is life like in lockdown for the Kinston family?

Because it is spring, a traditionally busy time on any New Zealand farm, there was nothing about the lockdown which was having an impact on them other than the children were all home and able to help on the farm.

“For farmers, this is what we train every year for. Right now, sheep farmers are in lambing and we’re in calving,” says Macky.

“This is when the pay cheques start rolling in, the grass is starting

to grow.”

Milk is going out and feed is coming in, she said.

“It’s quite normal for us to be locked in at home, only working and living with our family, not going to town and not seeing people “When people question mental health in the rural industry and why is it so high, this is why.”

Given the mental stress lockdowns have had on urban people, it’s timely to point out that way of life is something rural people face regularly.

Macky was brought up on a sheep and beef farm near Tirau and

once qualified worked in practice mostly doing small animal work.

When the relationship between the couple started in the UK, she was quite blunt.

“I said to him: ‘I’m never going to live in the UK so if this relationship is going anywhere, you have to pack your bags and leave’.”

Kinston, who was brought up on a dairy farm near Burton-onTrent, had studied agricultural engineering a profession which makes him invaluable on the couple’s Parawera farm.

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Jennie Macky with Fred, her 1-year-old labradoodle.

By Mary Anne Gill

A Waipā dairy farmer has compared the Covid 19 Delta strain outbreak to foot and mouth disease saying both ruin economies if not managed properly.

Jennie Macky, 46, who is also a dairy cattle veterinarian, farms at Parawera with husband James Kinston and their five children.

They own Teaser Bull, a business which uses teaser bulls to detect cows on heat.

The couple met in the United Kingdom 20 years ago where Jennie was working as a locum vet in Cumbria during an outbreak of foot and mouth disease.

“I slaughtered cows for three months. It was awful. It’s a life experience I will never forget.”

She compared its impact to Covid 19 today.

“When you’re living in it, and you are doing it day to day, you just need good strong people to make good, structured decisions to get the job done.

“I was literally walking in and killing perfectly healthy stock. The farmers were accepting so long as someone explained it to them and was upfront and honest with them.

“You couldn’t afford to let it run rampant, so you had to do what you had to do.”

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Letters…

Thanks from the miners We are very grateful for the excellent article researched and published by Mary Anne Gill in both the Cambridge and Te Awamutu News on August 19. As a not-for-profit community service run by the Rotary clubs of both Cambridge and Te Awamutu, we need all the help we can get to maximise the community’s awareness of what we do.

As stated in the article, some charges do apply when the public bring along their e-waste to our monthly collection events in Cambridge and Te Awamutu. We can accept some items for free and one or two carry higher fees, but for most fees are very low. We are trying to encourage the community to understand that comprehensive, environmentally responsible recycling cannot be carried out at no cost. Our mission is to divert e-waste from landfills and we appreciate the support we have had from both communities to date.

Publicising our service and activities is a key part of our work. We are currently looking for an experienced marketing and promotions person to join our management team. As with all other roles in Urban Miners, this would be a volunteer role which we expect may demand about three hours a week. People who may be interested can contact us through our Facebook page.

A recent initiative is to increase the recycling of household batteries. We now have a “battery bottle” label for the public to purchase. This is available at any of our collection events or from the I-Sites in Cambridge and Te Awamutu. This provides a convenient means of collecting and storing old batteries so we can responsibly recycle them.

Thanks again for your support. As reported in the article, it is important for us all to do the right thing.

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Ashleigh heads to Kentucky

By Luke East

Ashleigh Trebilco is the daughter of Te Awamutu Bible Chapel’s senior pastor, Bradd.

When she was just seven years old, Ashleigh and her family moved to Louisville, Kentucky, where Bradd spent two years as a student at the Southern Baptist Seminary.

Now the ‘Gateway to the South’ is again calling - but this time Ashleigh has heeded its call and she landed in the US just over a week ago.

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary was established in 1859 and has been a training ground for many Christian leaders and has a programme named in honour of the late Reverend Billy Graham which is solely committed to evangelism.

Ashleigh told the Te Awamutu News that studying the Bible at a seminary had been a long-held dream and that she was excited by this new chapter in her life.

She began to feel called towards studying at the Seminary about four years ago as she progressed with her High School studies, but it was only during the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown last year that she seriously considered moving to Louisville.

She will spend three years at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary where she said she looks forward to being equipped to understand, apply and teach the Bible. Having lived in

Louisville as a child, Ashleigh said she loved the whole experience, the surroundings and way of life and now looks forward to immersing herself in the student culture of the Seminary, including dormitory living.

She said after seeing how her father’s time at the Seminary had changed his and her mother’s lives, she felt inspired to undertake the same journey “to know God better”.

Coming from a highly musical family - Ashleigh has been a central part of the Bible Chapel band in recent years and has been in a number of productions at The Woolshed - she said Nashville and Broadway were two destinations she is keen to visit during her time in the United States.

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To say the last week has been quite a different week is an understatement, after months of relative freedom. While I have been working during lockdown, it has been good to see so many people being organised with face masks, adhering to social distancing and the lockdown guidelines. I also appreciate my fellow essential workers who are ensuring that our emergency and healthcare services, supermarkets, and other key services run smoothly. Thank you.

With the added stress of the lockdown, we are seeing an increase in household conflict and associated calls for Family Ham incidents. If you hear family harm in your neighbourhood, a call to Police will ensure that the family receives all support possible.

If you feel unsafe yourself, call 111. If you cannot make call yourself, text or call a friend to do it for you. You are allowed to leave your bubble if you are worried about your safety.

Self-care is important at this time as

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lockdown affects everyone differently. Be aware that those in your bubble (and outside of it) may be feeling more anxious and stressed than normal, which could cause them to react differently to things. Let’s all try to show a little more compassion and understanding accordingly. Keeping up social contact through phone calls and video chats with friends and family can reduce isolation for those on their own. Exercise is also good for mental health, getting outside for a walk and relaxation or a run, can help.

Be kind to yourself, manage expectations and try not to feel that you have to ‘do it all’. Everyone reacts differently to such a situation – lockdown is not easy. If you need to talk, remember that you can text or call 1737 to talk confidentially to a trained counsellor 24/7.

If you are struggling financially, Cambridge Community House can assist with food. The main thing is to take the step and reach out for help.

While under level 4, it is important that we limit travel where possible. When jumping in your car, consider whether it really is essential for you to make the trip and if so, whether it has to happen right then. If going to the supermarket, try to do a bigger shop. if possible, rather than several trips for just a few items and have only one household member going if at all possible. Remember your bubble is your bubble.

For families who are sharing custody of children, two bubbles can be combined allowing adherence to parenting orders and agreements whilst under level 4. For full information, go to https://www.justice. govt.nz/about/news-and-media/covid19-news/guidance-for-managing-sharedcustody/.

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Your News Good Local Media is continuing to bring local news to Cambridge and Te Awamutu during the lockdown. Publisher David Mackenzie said about a third of last week’s printed papers were delivered. “We are able to make rural deliveries and make bulk drop offs at this time, but not urban letterbox deliveries – we do hope, though, to eventually deliver all papers at Level 3 because our product is uniquely local news and advertising and remains relevant.” He said it was not possible to allow individuals to take bundle of papers to deliver under Lockdown rules. You can find exclusive Cambridge and Te Awamutu News at cambridgenews.nz and teawamutunews.nz Daffodil Day update The Cancer Society is calling for online help after Covid forced the cancellation of its street collection this week.

Waikato/Bay of Plenty Cancer Society chief executive Shelley Campbell said while the cancellation was a disappointing blow “the street collection is cancelled, but Daffodil Day isn’t.”

Donations can be made at www.daffodilday.org.nz.

Rates help Waipā District Council says it wants to hear from ratepayers who cannot make payments online ahead of the next penalty date, next Monday.

“With the current lockdown conditions under Level 4, we know that means there are a few ratepayers who can’t come into council premises and pay at the counter as they normally would,” chief financial officer Ken Morris said.

Rubbish collections Waipā District Council’s recycling collection service will continue as normal under all Covid-19 Alert Levels, except for the assisted/ narrow street service which is on hold during Alert Level 4 due to the manual handling required.

Chamber, community groups offer help

By Blair Voorend

Businesses have prepared for the lockdown situation, but the focus is on small businesses to prevent them from going under.

That is the message from Te Awamutu Chamber of Commerce chief executive

Kerrianne Krelle.

Kerrianne Krelle as she and the rest of the region try to adapt to the lockdown situation.

She said the current lockdown came just as businesses were starting to recover from the previous lockdown. “The retail sector has particularly been severely impacted by these restrictions,” she said.

“But I believe that as frustrating as this situation is, the past year or so has been the ultimate acid test for businesses from all sectors, and many business owners will feel confident that if they can survive the past year, then the business can recover from any trading climate.”

“We are keeping the lines of communication open with local businesses to add moral

support and motivation and ensuring that they have access to any subsidies that can assist them financially,” she said.

“My advice is remember, you are not alone.”

Meanwhile, two charitable trusts have joined forces to help the community in Te Awamutu.

Kainga Aroha Community House and Kai4All is lending a hand to the community with food and supplies.

Kainga Aroha Manager Kane Rangitonga said that the longer the lockdown continues, the more people will need services such as theirs.

“This lockdown people have seemed to be able to plan ahead a little due to lockdown updates coming

every three or four days but if it continues it will put a strain on people,” he said.

“The longer the lockdown is, the more need there is not only for food and supplies but support for people’s mental health and wellbeing.”

Kai 4 All organiser Tuhiao Halling said there had been a demand for the organisation’s service.

“Our first day on Thursday we had 40-60 people lined up, socially distant, before we had the doors open.”

Kai 4 All is opposite the vaccination centre in Te Awamutu and that had encouraged more people to head across the road and enquire about getting the vaccine.

Tuhiao is working with

a small team, her husband John and son Dion, and is calling for volunteers from the community to help.

“We want to create an environment where the community can remain together while doing our part to keep the community safe.”

Kane Rangitonga

Nikita’s ready to take the plunge

By Blair Voorend

Waipā’s Nikita Howarth is at her third Paralympics - at just 22.

“The delayed Games hadn’t affected me much... just meant that we had to hold out to get here and get raring to go,” she told the News by Facebook from Tokyo.

The build-up had been around training in Covid conditions so they could be prepared for any hurdles.

The Te Awamutu Swim Club member was New Zealand’s youngest Paralympian at 13 when she swam at the 2012 London Games.

A year later the Cambridge resident, who was born with a bilateral upper limb deficiency, was crowned a world Para swimming champion.

At the 2016 Paralympics in Rio, she won gold in the women’s S7 200 metre individual medley and bronze in the women’s S7 50

metre butterfly.

In 2017 Howarth she traded in her swimming cap for a helmet and took to the bike, but after setting a new world mark over 200m in 2018, she has returned to the pool.

“For me my goal at these games is to give it all I’ve got and be happy with however it turns out.”

Fellow Waipā cyclists Anna Taylor and Eltje Malzbender are also in Tokyo.

Nikita Howarth will be back in the pool once again just like she was when she competed at the 2016 games in Rio.

Three waters doubts rise

By Mary Anne Gill

Taranaki-King Country MP Barbara Kuriger says she understands why mayors like Waipā’s Jim Mylchreest are coming out against the government’s Three Waters Review.

She just wishes more councils would do likewise rather than sit back and wait to see what happens.

The government is reviewing how to improve the regulation and supply arrangements of drinking water, wastewater and stormwater (three waters).

Most three waters assets and services are owned and delivered by local councils.

The government’s plan is to merge 67 different water organisations currently run by councils, into just four and transfer all council water assets to a new national water regulator - Taumata Arowai –

which would set the standards for quality.

Four mega water authorities would own and manage the water services on behalf of local councils.

Mylchreest told The News the reforms were a “nonsense”. At least two other mayors in Waikato are advocating a referendum on the issue.

Waipā is set to receive just under $21 million as part of a $2.5 billion Three Waters package for local governments.

“What worries me if you’ve got councils coming out in favour of Three Waters,” said Kuriger.

They were the ones who had not been as forward thinking as Waipā in installing water meters and funding water provision appropriately.

Kuriger is also annoyed about the Water Services Bill which would see Taumata Arowai registering about 70,000 rural water schemes

throughout New Zealand.

Each would require safety and risk management plans.

“The bill will also affect holiday homeowners sharing a bore, marae and subdivision water schemes,” said Kuriger.

“National managed to secure some concessions during the Select Committee process re this last bill, but we’re fearful of the compliance costs and administration burdens this will create for farmers and growers, while any supposed safety gains will be minimal.”

Urban areas and cities like Auckland, which takes water from the Waikato River to meet demand, were starting to think more about water storage.

Perhaps the trend away from installing buried water tanks into new builds might swing back in order to capture more rainwater, she said.

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FAITH IN WAIPĀ

THE AGE OF REASON

A jab at the doubters

As the curtain fell again last Tuesday, I was hosting a meeting with outside visitors in my retirement village.

This – coupled with the fire alarm system deciding to interrupt proceedings - caused us to retire to my home to conclude the meeting and then swiftly send the visitors on their way.

The good news is that the alarm was having a little blast-off entirely unrelated to any possible incident, but one had to wonder if ‘Her up there’ on the ninth floor of the Beehive knew we were having a meeting.

So, another deep dive into the joys of Level 4. As we all know now this was initially, for Cambridge, to be a three-day affair but further matters took us out further.

The level chosen (or should I say dictated) means nothing other than to ensure that there is an awareness of a need for care, distancing, low-level mixing with others and swerving around each other should we meet on a footpath.

Who ever thought that simple bubbles would assume such importance?

What really interests me – in fact intrigues and pleases also – is the fact that, like me, the majority are extremely careful with using their phone-driven Covid recognition app-thingy to record their arrival into establishments that display the strange hieroglyphic at their entrance.

And I must be restrained by my wife, in our favourite café, when I notice people clearly not doing so. She knows my tendency to raise my voice sometimes in order that a message ‘gets through’.

So it was with much pleasure that, four days after the Beehive-driven portcullis fell again, that I received a message on my phone from them ‘up there’.

It told me – with measured though polite tones – that I ‘appear’ not to have activated (as

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in used) my app-thingy for a week.

Which is absolutely true as I had not left our village for two days prior to the lockdown pronouncement and my only post-lockdown outside venture to the supermarket caused the ‘thingy’ to fail. Driven, I suspect, by the light reflecting on the glass to which it is internally appended (do you know you can get over this by ‘shooting’ the thing from behind??

Also, as occurred in this case, my wife’s photo of the thingy accommodated me as well which is also good to know. Also did you know that you can record ‘at home only’ days on the app too?

But the message here is there is measurement going on. And more importantly there is a follow-through procedure when your normal visitation recording pattern changes. Which is comforting.

So, what is stopping these idiots who feel it is beneath themselves to use the app? Are these the same idiots who (medical conditions aside) are declining to visit the Covid jab centre? Should they be declined entry into public places as a result of their lackadaisical and plainly uncaring attitude? I let you be the judge of that.

My sympathy goes to the owners of premises who depend on their customer base to remain financially alive. They do not want to jeopardise that gain by apprehending nonconforming customers either because they do not use the app nor sign in.

But be aware people - that precious little bit of flimsy paper proving you have had two jabs may assume a more important role in the future.

Lockdown again

By Julie Guest

Well, here we are again. In lockdown, keeping in our bubbles. Yes, we have done this before, but I think last time many of us thought, at least in the beginning, that a hard lockdown would be a once- for-all answer. Painful, costly, with consequences we could only guess at, but the best answer for us all in the long run. As time went on, we also gradually understood that this is a long haul, our lives are in a state of flux in a way most of us have never had to deal with before.

What it really drives home is that none of us are in control of our lives. We just think we are. Only a few weeks ago we were admiring the success of athletes performing at the top of their game. So often in the after-success-interview I heard athletes say that their success just proves that anyone can be like them… you just have to want it enough and be prepared to do the work. We are led into the belief that with work and effort anyone can achieve any goal.

But I always want to say, “That is just not so.” You cannot be a great gymnast if you are in the body of a rugby forward, or a gifted musician if you are tone deaf.

Whilst ambition and hard work are great tools for setting us in a direction, the belief that we can control our own lives, curate them almost, is fallacy. Circumstances overwhelm us, accidents happen, loved ones become ill, redundancies occur, all these can change the direction of our lives in a blink.

We have also often seen the stories where sudden adversity has become the making of the person. Under such stress they have understood who they really are, what their life is really about. This is

a spiritual journey that many of us don’t begin until life compels us to. But when it is forced upon people the common thread seems to be a realisation that they are here for a purpose that is far greater than their desires or ambition.

They become aware that the One who loved and knew them before time and will love them for all eternity, is calling them, inviting them to respond. When someone responds to that tugging in their spirit their life is changed forever.

Being loved as we are, warts, wobbly bits, personality weaknesses and all, is to discover a purpose. Life is about pressing into God, the three-in-one, the source of Love. It is simple but not easy. So many things distract us from listening to God’s whisper of Love. It takes discipline to keep the connection open. That is one reason that Christians gather to worship, as day by day and week by week the God-connection is built into our lives.

As we sing and say the words declaring that God loves us, as we express our gratitude for all that God gives us, we are shaped into people who can love ourselves and are therefore equipped to love others. Indeed, the moment we aware of God’s love for us, we are equally aware of God’s love for all people. Life’s purpose then becomes clear; to love God and love others as we love ourselves.

Practice that this lock down and you will find such blessing as you have never known. Perhaps you might even say to God, “I’m listening.”

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Lockdown: the Youth awards put on hold farming norm lockdowns around the world has been celebrated. Macky said that is no surprise to her.

“This is the cool thing about animals, they love you unconditionally and they’re always there but right now humans require them more. That contact. Animals are cool.”

And what about the whole family being home?

“We have said more than once, isn’t it grand to have such a big family?

They just get on so well. It’s brilliant having heaps of kids.

“We’re all working really hard; James and I are working two farms and it doesn’t hurt the kids to see this part of life.

“There’s not a lot of schoolwork going on though.”

Life on a Parawera farm, just another normal day in lockdown.

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“Anything agricultural, he can fix.

He can weld, he can design, anything engineering, he’s onto it.”

Macky uses her veterinarian skills on the animals and has no sympathy for anti vaxxers.

“Getting people and animals vaccinated as quick as they can be is important.

“There’s loads of diseases out there in the animal industry if you’re not vaccinating, it’s not worth seeing.”

The irony is not lost on her that the UK struggles to recognise the importance of vaccinations in agriculture but is ahead of New Zealand when it comes to humans.

“We know that in England, their human medicine is well above what we’ve got.”

The role of animals during Covid

The Waipā Youth Awards ceremony has been cancelled for a second year in succession – and a decision has yet to be made on how the winners will be announced.

The event was scheduled for Thursday this week when, from 97 nominations 52 awards were to be made.

“Once we’re through this current round of restrictions we’ll decide whether to reschedule the awards night or announce the award winners digitally as we did in 2020,” Waipā mayor Jim Mylchreest said.

The awards, open to students aged 14-18 who live or have attended school in Waipā, celebrate achievement in academia, arts and culture,

community service, leadership and sport.

Last year the awards night was cancelled due to restrictions around mass gatherings and head students from Te Awamutu College, Cambridge High School and St Peter’s, Cambridge created a video recognising the top achievers.

Jim Mylchreest said having the awards ceremony cancelled for a second year was unfortunate but necessary.

“It’s a real shame that we need to cancel the awards evening, however we still want to make sure our exceptional young people are celebrated as they have contributed so much to our schools and communities over the last year.”

Police want to hear from people who have information about a boy racer gathering between Te Awamutu and Roto o Rangi this week .

There were signs of action at the intersection of Parklands Drive and Chamberlain Rd on Wednesday morning and street signs had been tagged.

Facebook postings drew the Te Awamutu News’

attention to the gathering.

Te Awamutu community constable Ryan Fleming told the News people who are aware of such gatherings should immediately “111 it”. He has previously expressed frustration in his weekly comment at instances where angry resdfints took to social media to complain about boy racers – but had not called police.

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The Top Shop was open in Kihkihi

... but it was all quiet in Ōhaupo

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Te Awamutu’s community constable Ryan Fleming quipped over the weekend that it seemed as if every day was Sunday.

And a Level 4 lockdown look through the main streets of Ōhaupo, Ōtorohanga, Kihikihi and Te Awamutu on that day confirmed his view.

The country has largely listened to Government pleas to remain in whanau bubbles at home to prevent the spread

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It’s not the first time New Zealand has been in everyday is Sunday mode.

In the 1970s Wellington based singer Rangi Parker – now a familiar figure in the Latter Day Saints church comunty in Waikato – had a hit with a song by that name.

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Ōtorohanga beauty Board laments state of track shines with awards

By Blair Voorend

By Blair Voorend

Ōtorohanga is celebrating a treble in the annual keep New Zealand Beautiful awards.

David Williams has been recognised for his work to bring a mountain bike track to life at Bob Horsfall Reserve, and us one three recipients of the Tidy Kiwi award.

A community-built mountain track and a playground, both popular visitor attractions in Ōtorohanga, are also finalists this years Keep New Zealand Beautiful awards.

David Williams says the award is not just his but something that is to be shared amongst the community.

“It was a real community effort to bring something to the unknown reserve in town.”

Having previously worked for the Ōtorohanga council park and reserves department David has always seen the potential of the reserve, which had fenced off and used as a deer park.

With help from Ōtorohanga Lions a small track was built, and it ended up being used by youths who built their own ramps and jumps to add to it.

“When I saw how much they were using it and how great the area was I promised to build them a proper track.”

With the help of the Ōtorohanga Charitable Trust, which invested $11,000, David recruited professional mountain bike track builders Southern Trails to build what is now nearly a kilometre long track last year.

The track starts at the top of Mountain View Road and runs 890m through native forest in the Bob Horsfall Reserve and finishes at the carpark behind the Kiwiana Leisure Park.

“The kids who use it have worked to keep it tidy and functional and they really value it,” he said.

He said the track has helped to open a part of Ōtorohanga people have hardly seen and offers another aspect and piece of history which the town can preserve.

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Huiputea have also been nominated for the Kiwi’s Choice award for best place in New Zealand at the awards.

For the district’s mayor Max Baxter, it was a huge honour for the town and to get the recognition for all the hard work that has been put into the town.

“I am really proud to see two of Ōtorohanga’s projects recognised,” he said.

“It is a worthy acknowledgment of the hard work by council staff, the generosity displayed within our community and the pride we have in our piece of paradise.”

David Williams has been recognised with a Tidy Kiwi award for his work on Ōtorohanga’s mountain bike track.

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Security cameras debated Councillors have taken staff to task over the standards of CCTV cameras in the Waipā district.

But the system is a “work in progress” and the council is on the right track, Transportation Manager Bryan Hudson told last week’s Service Delivery Committee meeting.

Questions were raised by Roger Gordon, who suggested the district was being monitored by cameras which were not fit for purpose.

At issue was that only a small number of PTZ – pan, tilt and zoom - cameras were in use. Other cameras do not have the same capability to pick up specific details such as number plates.

Those cameras were up high, surveying an entire intersection, and when pictures were enlarged, they pixilated.

Mr Hudson said there was a conscious decision to have some PTZ and some fixed cameras and at tender time it was evident the budget would extend to 13 cameras, not the originally planned for 19.

“So, there were some decisions made around which cameras could be installed and which would have to wait for another day.

Two PTZ cameras were in use in Te Awamutu.

Cr Gordon said the council set minimum expectations and one was identifying vehicle plates and persons, “and what I’m hearing is

that functionality was not achieved.”

Mr Hudson said there was a lot of misunderstanding around the requirements.

It had been decided to get some PTZ cameras, but the council did not get everything it wanted.

He acknowledged there had been compromise.

The cameras did meet many of the requirements, but it was the prompting of the Commsafe organisation, which is monitoring cameras, which resulted in them suggesting options they would like to have to get better results.

Meanwhile, a delay in the CCTV upgrade for Kihikihi is causing frustration.

Te Awamutu community board says that the delay has been long enough as the upgraded cameras were meant to be installed once the area had received has fibre internet.

Board chairperson Angela Holt said that they would like to see the PTZ cameras originally allocated funding for.

The board wants a PTZ camera on the corner of Whitmore and Lyon Street be given as priority and cameras on Alexandra St, Te Awamutu, upgraded.

Council staff say the expansion of the system to Kihikihi was subject Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency funding which has not yet been allocated for the current financial year.

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Kakepuku track is in a disappointing state. That’s the message from Te Awamutu community board chairperson Angela Holt who is calling for immediate work to be done on the popular track.

She said in a recent visit to the track she was disappointed in the amount of water damage that had occurred and the overgrown water traps which had not been maintained in a long while.

She said it created slippery and dangerous conditions for trampers.

Council staff say the track is maintained to its “tramping track standard” and say there is no funding allocated to undertake significant track improvements.

The track is a popular one around the region with close to 100 people a day on average enjoying it and since November last year 21,636 people have walked the track.

Its popularity has grown in recent years as both the council and board look to further promote it through the Te Ara Wai app.

The board has highlighted two potential solutions - the first getting volunteers to help clear the track or secondly, and the more favoured option, getting Council to fund for a digger to do the work.

The first option would see a group of volunteers put together to be responsible to maintain the track.

But Holt sees it as unlikely they would get people volunteering for “hard labour” and the time to clear the water channels would take years. The other option of using the digger will see the job done professionally in a day. The cost of the work is estimated at $5000 to $10,000.

Holt said the project was a good example of a “little thing” that needs doing that will make a lot of locals very happy.

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The story behind the gift gifts presented to the Duke and Duchess to celebrate Prince George’s birth - in 2013.

The News’ Viv Posselt interviewed Cynthia about the gift. Today we talk to the Te Awamutu woman responsible for arranging the gift as Creative Fibre New Zealand’s national promotions officer.

When we spoke to Debra Morrissey about her involvement in arranging New Zealand’s gift to our future King she was modest, saying it was “just part of the job”.

But it was her idea which continued a

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His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge turned eight last month.

In 2014 his parents William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, visited Waipā and laid roses (picked for them from the Te Awamutu Rose Gardens) at the Cambridge War Memorial.

They also met Cambridge woman Cynthia Read who handmade a shawl which was among a handful of the official

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To mark the occasion of his son’s birth they chose to use a design from Margaret Stove who had designed the Duke’s shawl in 1982.

Debra said the idea to gift Prince George a shawl similar to that gifted to his father was about preserving the tradition - since the birth of Prince George every one of his siblings has been gifted a blanket spun from New Zealand wool.

The shawl was made large enough to be used both as a baby blanket and worn by the Duchess and was just one part of the gift Creative Fibre arranged. In recognition of the Royal Couple’s philanthropic nature it was arranged that Creative Fibre would also knit woollen singlets for every New Zealand child born during the twelve months following Prince George’s birth these singlets were originally destined to be donated to a charity for distribution but the Duke and Duchess instead requested that they be given to maternity hospitals and neonatal units throughout New Zealand.

Like his mother, the late Princess Diana, the Duke of Cambridge and his wife are heavily involved with many children’s charities through his Royal Patronages. A total of about 3000 organisations have Royal Patrons, including more than 60 throughout New Zealand.

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A rural ‘death spiral’

By Mary Anne Gill

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“They say they can get resources to the problem more than they used to be able to when you’re relying on someone sitting in the police station. And I get that.”

He said he was still concerned at the increase in crimes such as ram raids on local businesses and would continue to advocate strongly.

“It’s just another example. We keep gutting communities of government departments, banks and maternity hospitals. Now the high schools can’t attract teachers, because anyone who’s got any money send their kids away. The schools can’t offer the course and it’s become a death spiral.

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Rural New Zealand is keeping New Zealand afloat, yet the government continues to strip services away from rural heartland communities like Cambridge and Te Awamutu.

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“We still can’t get drivers’ licence tests in Cambridge for example.

“We’ve offered to help pay for the services. I write to them, the minister, said we would make provisions in our (council) offices and they use all sorts of crazy excuses,” said Mylchreest.

Cambridge used to have practical driving services provided to them, but now must travel to Hamilton, Te

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Cambridge VTNZ stopped providing a restricted and full licence service in 2012 when Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency said the roads were not complex enough and they could provide the service cheaper from Hamilton.

“The cost to a licence may be cheaper for them but they don’t take into account the user costs.... the parents taking a day off work to take their children to Tokoroa or Hamilton.

“It’s a nonsense. The best way to learn is to practice and get basic competence in the area you live and get tested there,” he said.

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The story of Impact Tutoring’s success in the digital sphere has been the focus of a short video filmed at the Te Awamutu business.

The video was filmed for Digital Boost’s library of ‘real world’ stories, online clips of small Kiwi businesses that are leading the way in terms of their application of digital processes.

There are scores of stories in the Digital Boost library, each one telling its own story of a business adapting to a digital world.

Nicola Stallard of Digital Boost in Auckland said that after signing up to the programme, Impact Tutoring had been identified as a particularly good

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“We do a brief question and answer session to see how businesses are making use of digital. We found that Impact Tutoring demonstrated really good application over the 10 digital tools we measure,” she said. “They are doing a great job of moving with the times.”

Former teacher and Pirongia School deputy principal Jean McKenzie started Impact Tutoring about seven years ago, primarily to deliver education holistically to people from junior school-age children through to adults.

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Jean said her student numbers had grown to around 200, some 55 of them online. Learning is accessed around the country with tutors in various areas. Recently they took on their first overseas student – from Chile.

“We offer face-to-face learning, as well as online courses and modules.

There are many reasons people might want to access learning in this way – we try to be receptive to what people want of us,” she said.

Digital Boost is a government-backed skills training programme available free to all New Zealand businesses through the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE).

It produces short educational videos, learning summaries that can be printed out, and offers question and answer sessions with industry experts.

Evelyn Seewald, project leader with one of Digital Boost’s delivery platforms, The Mind Lab, said it went on stream last December/ January in recognition of the need, driven primarily by Covid-19, for New Zealand businesses to upskill digitally. It has around 35,000 members nationwide.

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NOTIFICATION OF INTENTION TO CONSIDER TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURES

Waipa- District Council will consider an application to close the following road to ordinary vehicular traffic: • Beechey Street - between Franklin Street/SH39 and Kane Street/McClure Street between 7.00am and 4.00pm on Sunday 21, November 2021 for the Team Championship Cycling Series - Race 5.

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

Arrangements will be made for access by emergency vehicles during the closure, if required.

Any objections to the proposal must be lodged with Waipa- District Council, in writing, before 4.00pm on Friday, 10 September 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 Garry Dyet CHIEF EXECUTIVE

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