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By Blair Voorend and Mary Anne Gill

Waipā will bounce back from lockdown because locals are supporting local businesses, a leading economist told business and community leaders this week.

Infometrics principal economist Brad Olsen said Waipā’s economic performance showed residents put their money where their mouths were by buying local after last year’s lockdown and are likely to do the same this time.

Everywhere south of Auckland dropped alert levels to level 3 yesterday, and businesses can operate in a contactless way.

Te Awamutu Chamber of Commerce chief executive Kerrianne Krelle said local spending was something the chamber wanted to encourage.

“We would like to remind people that not only do we have a variety of wonderful retail stores in our town, but also many services offered locally that may sometimes be overlooked for those in larger cities, such as Hamilton.”

Krelle said local businesses needed to support the vaccination campaign.

“With the recent lockdown, business owners have had other priorities and we are understanding and supportive of this.

Vaccinations in the workplace may be more of a focus once alert levels reduce, and more people are back to work.”

The Cambridge Chamber of Commerce went a step further saying in an open letter released on the chamber website yesterday Waipā was at a crossroads because of its low vaccination rates.

Chief executive Kelly Bouzaid called on the council and other stakeholders to “step up to assist and help drive vaccination rates.”

In Te Awamutu Magills Butchery, unable to operate under level 4, was delighted to see customers again.

Edward Van Der Hoeven said it was disheartening for most butchers across the country not able to operate during level 4. However, Magills supplies product for essential food services such as food bag companies and supermarkets as well as direct customers online.

“After last year’s lockdown, we felt a little more prepared and knew we would see spikes in our customers who provide large amounts of food across New Zealand,” he said.

“We are really grateful we have the space at our premises to operate safely to fulfil these orders.

“It is definitely not the same as having our doors open for our locals to visit, but we were really stoked to see our online store be much busier this time around,” he said.

Homeware store Niche used level 4 to develop its website to include new products and services.

Interior specialist Lynne Dill said that at level 3 they will be in the new version of normal and expect to be ready to receive customer orders via its website for click and collect and contactless local delivery.

“There will be ongoing delays in receiving deliveries from Auckland obviously, however we have been fortunate in that we have received some lovely new items just prior to lockdown and can’t wait to release them on our website,” she said.

“We are missing all our customers and look forward to seeing the store back to its usual ‘busy’ with the move to level 2.”

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Regulations around happy hour or cheese and biscuit type gatherings in retirement villages and rest homes are dealt with too “inconsistently”, says the man responsible for issuing Waipā liquor licenses.

In a report to the Waipā District Council monthly meeting on Tuesday, liquor licensing compliance manager Karl Tutty said the establishments were often confused as to whether they needed a licence to serve alcohol to residents.

“Each case may be different but even in cases where there are sales, some argue that this is an extension of their home,” he said.

“It is apparent across the country that retirement complexes range from unlicensed, to holders of club licences and on-licences.”

Waipā, as the district licensing authority, is required to make an annual report to the Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority.

In calling for a review of the act, Tutty told the council the district licensing authority did not get a lot of feedback from hospitals and other agencies around what harm alcohol was playing in the community.

“The act is old and would benefit from quite a significant review in several areas.”

It hadn’t kept up with modern day practices, he said.

Tutty said from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021, of the 13 new licences issued, 11 were onlicences and the other two for an off and club licence.

No applications were refused.

“The number of applications that receive objections from members of the public or reporting agencies remain very small, but there is some evidence that objectors are becoming more organised.

“The use of social media to ‘rally support’ for objections is becoming more evident, but these often fail to materialise into formal objections or do not meet the Act’s criteria for objections,” Tutty said.

District licensing staff were surprised during the first lockdown last year that alcohol remained available in supermarkets and that government deemed off-licence premises to be ‘essential business’ offering contactless sale and delivery.

“This could have been very detrimental to the objectives of the act,” he said.

Easy availability of alcohol through remote sales, click and collect and home delivery raised questions on the robustness of controls on assessing age verification and intoxication, particularly when police were not monitoring as actively as usual.

“These options have been continued by many suppliers, so the availability of alcohol may have increased as people not willing or able to go to the store now have other options,” Tutty said.

Cr Clare St Pierre said she was concerned the local authority was not aware of the harm

On the beat The mask issue

“being perpetrated through communities’ by excess alcohol use.

Waipā was putting pressure on but there were concerns about privacy and data sharing, she said.

Cambridge-based Peter Carr, the president of the Retirement Villages Residents Association, agreed the Sale of Liquor Act needed reviewing.

The village he lives in recently applied for a licence across the whole facility.

A retirement village that wants to allow the sale of alcohol must be licensed in some way under the act by either applying for a special licence, an on-licence or incorporating a club or society.

“The whole damn system is too ponderous.

“I’m 80 years of age. I don’t need a bureaucrat in the local body telling me when I should be able to buy a wine or a whiskey,” he said.

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It’s been a couple of weeks since I last wrote my column, and I should start by thanking my colleague Deb Thurgood from Cambridge for filling in for me.

We are now well into the lockdown restrictions and by and large most people have been behaving with a few exceptions.

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I don’t have a problem with people being anti-mask per se but using the exemption card for this purpose is making harder for people with genuine reason to not wear a mask.

I spoke with a lady at one of the supermarkets last week who had a reason for not wearing a mask who was extremely anxious about being confronted by other shoppers. She was visibly shaking and

expecting that she was going to be involved in a confrontation with another shopper.

Hopefully this week we do continue to drop down the levels and life can return to a semblance of normal again.

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Name debate

Waipā Iwi Consultative committee member Harold Maniapoto (Kakepuku – Waitiahoaho Te Ruki) has objected to the name for the district’s new Māori ward. He told the committee yesterday he preferred Waipā Tainui rather than Māori ward. The other wards were not called Pākehā wards, he said. His submission will go forward to the representation review which closes 29 September.

Meeting postponed

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The meeting will be held on September 24.

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Kiwi House development starts

By Viv Posselt

Building is well underway on the multi-million-dollar redevelopment of the Ōtorohanga Kiwi House, one that will future-proof the 50-year-old facility and sustainably enhance its conservation efforts.

The project will transform the park, says Kiwi House manager Jo Russell. It will boost the local economy through using local skills, and set the facility up once borders re-open to recoup the Covid-19 losses resulting from the dearth of international tourists.

“Ninety-five percent of our income comes from international tourism – that stopped overnight last year and hasn’t come back,” she said.

Co-founded by local pharmacist Barry Rowe and bricklayer Bob Horsfall, the Kiwi House opened in 1971 with a three-pronged approach – as a sanctuary for native birds and reptiles, as a breeding centre undertaking scientific research and reintroducing species to the wild, and as a tourist attraction with educational opportunities.

Numerous different species were introduced and the kiwi captive breeding programme, done collaboratively with the Department of Conservation (DOC), specialist

Ōtorohanga Kiwi House general manager Jo Russell at the site of the new development.

incubation and hatchery. A new visitor centre and administration area will form part of stage six.

A commitment is in place for $5 million of the initially $8 million project, a figure initially pegged in 2017. A loan of $2 million has come from the Ōtorohanga District Council, a further $2 million from the Infrastructure Reference Group (part of the government’s ‘shovelready development programme), with another $1 million from the Ōtorohanga Charitable Trust.

Building it ‘green’ to a high level

of sustainability is key, as is the decision to incorporate stories and activities related to local iwi.

Community involvement has always been strong, and extended lockdown periods have prompted innovative responses. “For example, we used to get thousands of insects couriered to us, but we’ve now developed our own massive insect colony,” said Jo. “Our long-term vision is to be a sustainable business operation that will attract around 120,000 visitors a year.”

Thanks a bunch, FreshChoice

FreshChoice stores in Te Awamutu and Cambridge came to the support of the Cancer Society in its time of need.

When Lockdown conditions scuppered the annual Daffodil Day appeal last week Richard and wife Jane Jacobsen at Leamington FreshChoice decided to step in.

“We noticed in the paper a story about the Cancer Society not being able to sell their daffs for their annual fundraiser,” Richard said. “We both know how much they do to support people with cancer and wondered how we could help.”

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Cambridge’s annual Battle of the Bridge has been postponed. Organiser Mark Nogaj said because of the Covid lockdown the multisport clash will now be staged on October 2.

groups and a network of volunteers, has drawn wide acclaim. Hundreds of kiwi have been repatriated into native bush, and the facility even featured in a BBC documentary narrated by actor Sam Neill.

“It has been a fantastic effort over the years – massively successful,” said Jo, whose passion is conservation. She became manager in 2015 after starting as education officer in 2001.

The facility is run by the Ōtorohanga Kiwi House Charitable Trust. A decision was made to do the development because it was thought that while the kiwi viewing experience was one of the best in the country, the rest of the park was outdated and ill-suited to groups of visitors.

Stage one of the project includes the redevelopment of the service area, a new Mahoenui Giant Weta breed-for-release centre, a small hospital facility, two holding aviaries and a water storage area.

Stage two includes walk-through kaka and blue duck areas and insect habitats, and stage three, the construction of brown teal and wetland habitats. Stage four will extend the Kiwi Night Zone, and stage five, the building of a wildlife diet preparation facility and an

Richard Jacobsen at Leamington

The result was the two stores promoting the appeal.

“We discussed it, I phoned Ian at Clandon Daffodils, he put us onto Shay of the Cancer Society who gave us the go ahead. I spoke to the Police to make sure they were happy with us doing it, and they gave the all clear.”

Richard visited growers and picked up as many bunches of Daffs as he could fit into the delivery van.

“That is when I learned that not only would the Cancer Society not get any funds for selling their daffs, but also they would also make a big loss as they had already paid for the daffodils - so a double loss,” he said.

Richard dropped off daffodils to James Clark, owner-operator at FreshChoice Te Awamutu, and brought the rest back to his Leamington store.

He set a target of trying to raise $10,000, and opened the fundraising by buying a bunch for each for his 64 staff “so they would have some sunshine at home while they are working so hard”.

By Monday sales had not just reached $10,000 – they had topped the $15,000 mark.

“The teams on checkout and around the store really got behind it and of course Cambridge

News put it on line for us so everybody knew what was happening. The subsequent support both stores received from our local communities has been fantastic.

“I think that being smaller locally owned community stores rather than a large corporate makes it a lot easier for us get the support from our local customers, we know most of them and they trust us,” Richard said.

“We have really enjoyed doing this for such a good cause and would jump at the chance again next year if there is a similar problem.”

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FAITH IN WAIPĀ

AGE OF REASON

Give us this day

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By Christine Bryant, Lay Minister, St John’s

Last week I cleaned my oven! I’m not sure whether that makes me a Lockdown Loser or Wonder Woman.

On balance, I think Wonder Woman is more accurate.

You may have polished the silver, cleaned out your linen cupboard or washed, sharpened and hung up all your tools.

Loser or Wonder, I am certain you felt satisfied at completing a job that had been put off for weeks, months or maybe years.

Last week I appreciated the photos of people out walking their dogs.

This unexpected interruption to daily routine has given parents and children a chance to enjoy fresh air, chat about things great and small, as well as give pleasure to the loved canine member of the family.

We can choose how to view this time. On the one hand, we could take a negative view and deplore all the things we can’t do, birthdays we can’t celebrate, trips we can’t take.

On the other hand, we could view it as a positive, an opportunity to get satisfaction from chores completed or to strengthen family bonds.

Of course, this may seem simplistic and uncaring if your livelihood is compromised yet again by lockdown.

In that case, I hope the people in your bubble are helping you get through this.

In Matthew’s gospel, we read how thousands of people gathered around Jesus. In what is known as the Sermon on the Mount, he taught them heaps about how to live a good life in difficult circumstances.

The crowd knew plenty about trying times.

They lived under a brutal Roman

occupation; many of them were poor and scraped a living by signing up for work a day at a time.

The life lessons are very practical – how to be salt of the earth, why you should settle quarrels, love your enemies and give to the needy. In chapter 6, at the conclusion, Jesus teaches them how they should pray: Our Father in heaven …. Give us this day our daily bread ….

In French, the wording is slightly different: Give us today our bread for this day ….

The “bread” Jesus refers to is not just about having enough food for the day to feed the body, but also about having sufficient for the mind and the spirit.

“For this day” emphasises a focus on the present day and being content with that. Yesterday was the past; one can’t change that. Tomorrow is the future, and there is no need to fret about that yet.

For Christians, the discipline of daily bible reading, and prayer is an integral part of the daily bread.

“Give us today our bread for this day” is especially relevant at the moment.

It is time to take pleasure in the jobs we can accomplish, crossing another off the “to do” list.

It is time to enjoy walks with the dog and others in your bubble.

It is time to feed the mind with books or online Te Reo learning.

We don’t need to stress about work tasks not completed or lessons not done.

All too soon, we will find ourselves back in the routine and missing the simpler life.

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That said someone must make the hard Reverting to points further south – do we decisions. What that someone could possibly do hear the good burghers of Wanaka – a very is change the rhetoric or rather the mixture and popular tourism attraction - bewailing on the delivery order of the words so that the bad (or TV every evening? But their case for promotion good) news comes prior to the ‘I will now hand and possible help is just as vital to their area as is over to Ashley etc’ ball-pass.

Mayor Jim B’s for the stretch between Arrowtown And it was no surprise that once the levels and Kingston. borders were defined (again) that there would be So, whether different (and seen by some as a howl from points further south. It was also no more needy) parts of the country should drop a further surprise that the loudest (and promptest) further level is no easy decision for those elected screams would be from Queenstown. Those who make their living there as the jewel of the universe to make the hard calls. Interestingly there is are clearly in need of special attention. a growing groundswell that is clearly stating (including Minister Hipkins) that ‘lockdown’ is And those screams are invariably led – mainly on the television – by the articulate Mayor of the not the answer in the long term. Mr Hipkins may have received a glass-toothed warning for that town who cries words amounting to unjust fouls indiscretion. The Prime Minister of Israel has very and sackcloth and ashes for the working folk strongly, in recent days, laid out the costs of doing down there. so – and the possibility of an alternative.

Lest you think I am being unfair let me state What is very apparent is that the rush towards that Mayor Jim Boult is just doing the job for both testing and vaccination – both growing which he was elected. He is no local body exponentially – is still not being matched by Joe seat-warmer who has failed elsewhere to make Public utilising the clearly visual Covid-checking a success of his life. He is a highly successful hieroglyphic at the entrance to retail (and other) businessman with a sound track record in premises. Sitting outside the fruiterer a few days commercial activities starting in Invercargill. He ago (suitably masked), while my wife was inside, is well versed in what a bottom line on a balance I counted 10 people enter the premises. Three of sheet should look like. And he knows how to use them were not wearing masks and seven (yes the media. A 2 tickAlexandra for him at this stage.

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Ngāhinapōuri growth plan approved

By Mary Anne Gill

Ngāhinapōuri is to undergo an $8.75 million upgrade which will help position the now sleepy Waipā village into a bustling community.

The work has been a long time coming, Waipā mayor Jim Mylchreest said when opening discussion on Tuesday at the council’s monthly meeting.

A Ngāhinapōuri Village Concept Plan was first mooted three years ago.

Consultants worked with the community to finalise a plan which features three large housing areas, a community hub and improved vehicle, pedestrian and cycle access.

At the core is a new roundabout at the intersection of SH39, Reid and Ngāhinapōuri roads followed by the development of a mixed-use centre providing goods, services, hospitality, entertainment and office space.

Community facilities including healthcare, childcare and exercise facilities are included in the concept plan with an option to redevelop the community hall.

Reid Road would be realigned to provide space to promote and prioritise pedestrian and cycle use between the school, open space,

commercial amenities and facilities.

There would also be direct public pedestrian access to the popular ninehole Ngāhinapōuri Golf course.

Strategic Projects driver Justine Kennedy said the concept plan was created in collaboration with mana whenua, key community stakeholders, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, Ministry of Education and council.

“I’m so pleased that we were able to incorporate so many of these into the final plan and I am proud of what we’ve created together, which is a true reflection of the wider community’s vision for the village.”

Councillors Clare St Pierre and Bruce Thomas, whose Pirongia ward includes Ngāhinapōuri, both welcomed the adoption of the plan.

“It has been an extraordinary effort to get this finalised. The feedback we’ve had is the community is behind it,” said St Pierre.

“It is a great blueprint for the growth we are anticipating in the village.”

Thomas said the concept plan was very good but questioned what was in place to ensure the vision of improved pedestrian and cycle connectivity was adhered to.

“Our planning team is familiar with

the concept plan,” said Kennedy.

Any future developments would be referenced to the plan.

“There will be a high degree of community interest to keep us honest,” she said.

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OBITUARY – WINSTON STEEN

Brigade mourns former deputy chief

By Viv Posselt

Winston Steen, the longest-serving member of the Cambridge Volunteer Fire Brigade, has died aged 81.

His wife of 56 years, Yvonne Steen, said failing health over the past few years meant Winston’s passing at home on August 24 was not entirely unexpected.

“He had not been well for some time… but he was fortunate in that he had led a very full life.”

Yvonne said because of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions the family will hold a memorial service at a later date.

When Winston retired from the Cambridge Volunteer Fire Brigade in mid2019, he had clocked up 9188 callouts and multiple awards over his 56 years’ tenure.

News coverage at the time made mention of the contribution to the brigade by the wider Steen family over a record 127 years, made up of Winston’s 56 years, 31 by his brother Ken and 40 years from his father Tom. At that time, Winston expressed pride at what was believed to be one of the longest brigade tenures by a single family and praised his co-volunteers as an

‘exceptionally talented group’.

On hearing of Winston’s death, Cambridge Volunteer Fire Brigade’s chief fire officer Don Gerrand said he would be very much missed.

“He was our longest serving member,” he said. “Wint was a person who didn’t say a bad word about anyone, but when he spoke people listened as his message was always constructive.”

Winston joined the brigade in November 1963. He was working at Steen & Morrow, a business started by his father. He attended five callouts in that first month, and 72 in his first year.

By the time he hung up his helmet, the number of callouts averaged around 340.

He also won numerous annual brigade competitions and awards.

Among the memorable callouts he referenced at the time was a fire at St Peter’s school in 1984, one at St Andrew’s church in the early 1960s, Paramount in Carter’s Flat, and the Tamahere coolstore fire in 2008. He also remembered a spate of arsons.

Winston had been deputy chief fire officer from 2001 until his retirement, serving under four fire chiefs.

Winston Steen spent decades serving the Cambridge community as part of the local fire brigade.

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Olsen’s presentation came after the Waipā District Council’s monthly meeting which considered an optimistic pre-lockdown report from business development manager Steve Tritt.

“Waipā made a great recovery after lockdown 1 on the strength of the underlying economy,” he told the council and was likely to weather the latest lockdown storm.

Construction was the strongest growing sector followed by retail, which Olsen said he predicted would have been hit hard if not for the buy local campaign, while the difficulty in finding workers during the seasonal period had impacted on the primary industries, he said.

Cr Susan O’Regan, who represents the rural Kakepuku ward, said she was concerned at that skills gap given Waipā’s reliance on the primary sector.

“This gap combined with the significant absence of migrant workforce contributing to the shortfall in staffing options has created challenges for many in our sector.”

Chief executive Garry Dyet asked whether the district’s sustained level of growth from Aucklanders moving south to Waipā would continue.

The general affordability of Waipā over Auckland would see that trend continue, said Olsen as would the completion of Waikato Expressway.

Auckland was showing the steepest drop in public transport levels which suggested more people were working from home and that was another reason the southward drift to Waipā would remain sustained.

Waipā’s spending level increase after lockdown last year was better than its neighbouring local authorities – Hamilton, Waikato and Matamata-Piako – and higher than the national average, said Olsen during his presentation.

Waipā’s spending had grown by 15 per cent compared to pre-pandemic 2019 levels. Waipā also saw continued growth in the number of residents in employment.

Olsen will now review the economic assumptions used by council in developing its 2021-2031 Long Term Plan and present back in September.

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Rotunda repairs revive historic memories

By Luke East

The Teasdale Street band rotunda in Te Awamutu is open again following a $90,000 overhaul.

When it was built 110 years ago, the rotunda would have been one of many across the district. Now it is one of just a handful left.

The rotunda was closed in 2018 due to health and safety concerns.

Originally constructed in 1911 to celebrate the coronation of King George V, the project was financed by Te Awamutu residents who contributed the funds - the fact it remains standing today is a testament to the strength of feeling Te Awamutu residents had for their King.

King George V and his wife, Queen Mary, came to the throne when King Edward VII (George’s father) died on May 6th, 1910, their coronation was held at Westminster Abbey (the location of every coronation since 1066 has been held in the Abbey) with the German Kaiser, Russian Tsar and countless other European monarchs in attendance - three years later after the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand they would be at war with one another.

Just over a month before the Coronation, on May 6th, 1911 (the anniversary of Edward VII’s death) the Festival of Empire was opened at the Crystal Palace to celebrate the forthcoming Coronation. Competing

The spruced-up rotunda

at the Festival were a handful of New Zealand athletes and behind the Palace itself were pavilions constructed to display the industries of and produce from each country in the British Empire - New Zealand’s pavilion was an exact replica of the New Zealand Parliament (it looked almost identical to the current Parliamentary Library building) built at a scale of two-thirds. On display within the New Zealand pavilion were paintings by Kiwi artists, performances

by Māori vocalists and other New Zealand musicians, displays of New Zealand butter (by 1949 Te Awamutu produced the most butter products

of anywhere south of the Equator), poultry, cattle, wine, candles, timber, wool, honey, fruit and much more besides. It is reported that almost five million people attended the festival.

The Te Awamutu band rotunda stands in Victoria Park (a piece of land named in honour of Queen Victoria to mark her Diamond Jubilee) and is a wonderful reminder of our past and of the way in which our community came together to fund a lasting legacy for their Sovereign and helps to call to mind the myriad of other Coronation celebrations which occurred throughout the then-Empire.

Currently, we have 1 Mayor and 13 councillors who represent 5 wards, and 11 community board members elected to 2 Community Boards.

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Level 3: what it means Rowdy duo sing

Work on major projects in Waipā resumed this week as the district clicked down to alert Level 3.

The Christie Avenue Pump Station upgrade, Kihikihi Water Supply Pipeline and Te Awamutu Water Supply improvement programmes recommenced and staff and contractors working in crews to reduce interactions.

Under alert Level 3 non-essential repairs and maintenance, capital projects and key services can resume.

Council staff will continue to work from home where possible. Council offices will also remain closed to the public.

“For the safety of our staff when they are out working across the district, we kindly remind residents to respect each other’s bubbles and apply the 2m rule when out and about at Level 3,” Jim Mylchreest said.

Council has continued to deliver its essential services through urgent maintenance requests, water treatment and supply, wastewater treatment and supply, and urgent road repairs and maintenance, with regular office-based operations undertaken at home.

Building and environmental health inspections will be limited and anyone wishing to book or rebook an inspection that was delayed due to Alert Level 4 should

contact Council by phone or email.

Meetings, public consultation and hearings are still being carried out virtually.

All Council facilities and public venues including the Te Awamutu and Cambridge libraries, Te Awamutu Museum, playgrounds, boat ramps, halls and other public venues will remain closed.

Cemetery grounds will be open to the public and small gatherings at funerals and tangi of up to 10 people will be permitted.

The mayor said businesses who were able to start up again at Alert Level 3 should check the Public Health website for advice.

Public open spaces including reserves and dog parks may be used, but residents must maintain physical distancing in these areas. 15 toilets across the district will also remain open with additional cleaning procedures in place.

“I think we’re all a bit excited about moving down a level and getting a bit more freedom but if you’re confused about what you can and can’t do at Alert level 3, remember to head to the covid19.govt. nz to check beforehand and abide by the restrictions.” Mylchreest added.

Events and public gatherings of more than 10 people will be on hold until alert level changes allow.

For further information go to waipadc. govt.nz/covid-19 and covid19.govt.nz.

in tune on line

By Blair Voorend

A Kihikihi duo have continued to build an online following during the latest Covid lockdown.

Husband and wife Rosie and Blair Shaw – Rowdy’s Rose - have returned to their 2020 Covid haunt, Facebook, to entertain.

“Last lockdown we were about to launch our career as a duo, and as lockdown 2020 would have it, our launch was of a virtual nature,” Rosie said.

The couple always played music at home together and so through the lockdown of 2020, started to share what they were doing at home, with others online.

And the response they got was overwhelmingly positive.

Since the last lockdown they have played at public events and weddings in Waipā.

Rosie said the most rewarding part around lockdown was the messages and comments they receive.

“We often get messages about people having a drink at home and listening each day, which is really cool,” Rosie said.

“People sharing the music videos from our page has helped us reach people all over the country and overseas too.”

The duo play a range of covers but have a particular taste in country.

“Our two little boys (seven and four years) get to benefit as well through music,” she said. “We were saying the other day, we’re pretty sure our children know the words to hundreds of songs already.”

Councillors zoom back in

Blair and Rosie Shaw have been playing as a duo since last year’s lockdown.

Hands up who liked Zoom…

Waipā district councillors have gone back to Zoom meetings – which has advantages and disadvantages for viewers.

The council has been broadcasting meetings online since the first Covid lockdown in 2020 - but the view provided in the chamber by camera isn’t wide enough to show all councillors, and unless viewers recognise voices, it can be difficult to work out

who is talking.

Tuesday’s meeting in the Zoom format, with councillors logging in from home had each one clearly identified. Zoom meetings will continuev under Level 3.

Mayor Jim Mylchreest said Zoom meetings were not the ideal choice, but they enabled full meetings to go ahead during the Level 4 lockdown.

The online format caused a bit of confusion at some

points, with occasional hand waving as councillors sought to get attention, but overall, it was a smooth return to Zoom.

Grahame Webber suffered some audio technical issues and eventually dropped out while Philip Coles’ positioning gave him the appearance of wearing a halo.

Councillors will next meet for a full meeting on September 28.

Reasons to be cheerful

A Waikato Regional Council report on the economic, social and environmental wellbeing of the region shows its residents feel better connected and healthier than average for New Zealand.

The Waikato Progress Indicators – Tupuranga Waikato (WPI) report was presented at the Strategy and Policy Committee meeting on Tuesday. It showed the Waikato region scored above the national average in community engagement, community pride, social connectedness and perceived health, as well for the number of te reo Māori speakers and building activity.

Waikato Progress Indicators – Tupuranga

Waikato is an online dashboard of 32 environmental, social, cultural, and economic indicators, which are measured and updated annually against the baseline data for 20062007.

For 2020, the results showed improvement in 11 indicators and decline in nine, while 12 indicators showed no significant change.

Committee Chair Pamela Storey said, “This is really useful data and, in some areas, we see some positive trends. These indicators do help us to focus our attention on areas for improvement.

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New roles for MPs National’s portfolio reshuffle has handed key tasks to MPs covering or near Waipā.

Barbara Kuriger takes on agriculture, Louise Upston, Taupo, is now spokesperson for regional economic development and Hamilton East MP David Bennett takes on transport – and an opportunity to push for the Cambridge to Piarere extension to the Waikato Expressway.

Waikato MP Tim van de Molen retains Fisheries, Building and Construction.

Kuriger says working from the grassroots up rather than the top down is how she will tackling her new responsibility.

She retains Energy and Natural Resources, as well as Food Safety.

She used her appointment to repeat complaints that the Government had not acted in the interests of rural New

Zealand.

“Labour has drafted a raft of regulations, altered others, and enacted unintended uses of various bits of legislation, leading to the enormous pressure now on the agricultural sector,” she said. “And farmers have had a gutsful. It’s too much, too fast.

“Part of my new role is to hold the Government to account, and I have yet to see a workable and warranted proposal from them. Creating change with no concept of food production, is not helpful or useful.

The changes were been linked to retirement of Nick Smith and former leader Todd Muller’s announcement he won’t seek re-election.

Media reports though noted the changes came a day after it was alleged leader Judith Collins was

Barbara Kuriger

angry with MPs Chris Bishop and Erica Stanford for publicly suggesting they didn’t support the party opposing the law banning conversion therapy.

In the reshuffle Bishop lost his role as Shadow Leader of the House.

Collins responded to media reports linked the issue saying, “I thought it was a shocking bit of journalism with some media saying that I had demoted MPs”.

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As I write, our nation is in Level 4 lockdown and it has given me time to reflect on all we have accomplished in the year since the Covid-19 pandemic hit this country hard.

Part of what we have accomplished here at Waikato Regional Council is due to the Government’s economic response to Covid-19 – the provision of funding to cushion the financial blow to whānau and families, workers, businesses and communities from the impacts of the lockdown – through what’s known as shovel ready projects.

This council received a total contribution of around $29 million in shovel-ready project funding for multiple environmental restoration, biosecurity and climate resilience infrastructural multi-year projects totalling about $48 million across the Waikato region to help reset and rebuild the economy.

In the past year, thanks to that funding, we have been able to award 31 contracts to local businesses and see the equivalent of 34 people gainfully employed.

In the environmental restoration space, 25 hectares of land has been retired, 47.5 kilometres of fencing has been done, 110,081 native plants and 26,695 willow and poplar plants for erosion control have gone in the ground, and 133 hectares of land has been controlled for pest plants. Of these projects, the Piako River Green Corridor alone will see 36 kilometres of riparian margin planted with a quarter of a million native plants over the next five years.

The benefits of these projects include a reduction of sediments and contaminants to our waterways. This will improve water quality and enhanced habitats for our native species.

Shovel ready funding has enabled us to start six flood protection projects in the

Waikato– that will involve upgrading our stopbanks and pump houses, rationalising assets and replacing ageing pumps with new fish-friendly versions. The first of five fish-friendly pumps is due to be installed at Aka Aka, near Waiuku, and is quite an impressive looking piece of kit at 10 metres in length and 1.6 metres in diameter.

July floods on the West Coast and in the Marlborough district are a good reminder of how well we manage our infrastructure assets in the regional sector, and the importance of this work to protect our communities from the risks of flooding.

The regional sector tour ahead of the Local Government New Zealand conference in the Marlborough district visited the Wairau River just five days before it flooded. It was hard to imagine at the time the enormous floodplain ever fully flowing. The stopbanks had been built after the 1983 floods and never been tested.

That test came with the deluge that followed in July, with the stopbanks full to the brim and overtopping, but doing the job they were designed to do.

Three quarters of the Waikato benefits from flood protection, but the work that’s done is not always understood by our communities.

Flood protection safeguards lives and property, enables productive use of land, and protects services such as water supply, power, telecommunications and roading networks.

Our schemes are built to protect against a certain level of flooding, and no more.

When flood protection works well, it becomes invisible or taken for granted. But there’s always risk. Just as we have seen recently in other parts of New Zealand.

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Covid vaccinations are being offered at more places across Waipā.

In Te Awamutu there is the dedicated community vaccination centre, Sanders Pharmacy, Te Awamutu Medical Centre and Unichem Marshalls Pharmacy.

The Te Awamutu Vaccination Centre hours are Wednesday to Friday from 9am – 5pm.

In Cambridge, people can choose to be

vaccinated at the dedicated vaccination centre, Unichem Family Health Pharmacy or Cambridge Medical Centre.

The Cambridge Vaccination Centre is open Monday, Tuesday and Saturday 9am-5pm.

People can opt to be vaccinated any centre.

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with Jan Bilton

Canned delights

Health professionals encourage us to eat more fruit and using canned varieties is an economical way to bump up your daily intake. However, where possible, choose canned fruits in juice rather than syrup to prevent adding excess sugar to your diet.

The advantages of using canned fruit in meals include: they’re a time-savers as they are already prepared; any fruit leftovers can be refrigerated in an airtight container without loss of nutrients; they are sometimes cheaper than seasonal fresh fruit; your menu is not limited by the seasons; canned fruits are often on special; and they can be stored unopened for long periods in your pantry.

Canned fruits make delicious desserts. However, they can also be added to mains and snacks. Pineapple has long been a favourite in sweet n’ sour pork or chicken; it’s the mainstay of Hawaiian pizza; and slices are great barbecued or pan-fried to accompany ham steaks or sausages.

For other non-dessert canned fruit delights try: drained blackberries and a melty cheese in a toasted sandwich; apricots, fresh mozzarella and a cos lettuce salad — drizzled with balsamic glaze; pears and blue cheese drizzled with honey and served on ciabatta; mango slices, cooked prawns, salad greens and coriander topped with a chilli dressing.

ARGENTINIAN CHILLI WITH PEACHES A meal in one pan. Potatoes could replace the pumpkin.

Add chilli according to taste.

1-2 tablespoons olive oil 1 medium onion, diced 2 cloves garlic, crushed 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar 500g minced beef 1/2 teaspoon each: ground cumin, chilli, dried oregano, thyme 400g can chopped tomatoes 400g peeled and seeded pumpkin, cubed 1 cup chicken stock

Argentinian chilli with peaches

Lychee lamington cake

420g can black beans, drained 410g can sliced peaches in juice, drained Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan. Sauté the onion until transparent, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Deglaze the pan with 1 tablespoon of balsamic vinegar.

Add the mince stirring and flattening any lumps with a fork.

Stir in the spices and herbs. Cook until browned. Add the tomatoes and cook for 3-4 minutes.

Add the pumpkin, remaining balsamic vinegar and chicken stock. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes.

Add the black beans and peaches and cook for a further 15 minutes. Serves 4-6.

LYCHEE LAMINGTON CAKE Make your own sponge cake or use a bought unfilled sponge. Check out the sponge recipe on my website.

1 x 21-23 plain sponge cake (2 layers) Coating: 1 packet raspberry jelly crystals 1 cup each: boiling water, desiccated coconut Filling: 560g can lychees 1 cup cream 2 tablespoons icing sugar Trim any dark patches from your sponge, if necessary.

Dissolve the jelly crystals in the boiling water in a flan dish.

Cool then chill until almost set.

Dip the top and sides of each sponge layer into the jelly, coating well. Sprinkle with the coconut. Chill to set.

Drain the lychees well. Reserving the juice. Pat the lychees dry then dice six.

Whip the cream and icing sugar until thick. Fold in the diced lychees.

Place one sponge layer on a flat serving plate, jelly side down. Brush the top with a little of the reserved lychee juice. Top with the cream mixture. Cover with the second sponge layer, jelly side up. Garnish with the remaining lychees sprinkled with a little coconut. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 day for the flavours to develop.

Serves 6-8.

PEPPY PINEAPPLE PRAWNS 1 onion, diced 2 tablespoons canola oil 2 large stalks celery, diced 1 green capsicum, seeded and diced 1 1/4 cups good tomato pasta sauce 1 cup cubed canned pineapple, drained good pinch chilli flakes 1kg cooked prawns, shelled Sauté the onion in the oil in a large pan, until tender. Add the celery, capsicum, pasta sauce, pineapple and chilli flakes. Stir well, then simmer for 3-4 minutes. Add the prawns and heat through.

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Syndicates paying up for Pike supporters Like most New Zealand trainers, Cambridge horseman Tony Pike is champing at the bit to see thoroughbred racing recommence once the current COVID lockdown restrictions are eased around the majority of the country.

Pike has a large spring team ready to rock and roll, with the stable likely to have 31 horses at the Cambridge trials scheduled for Friday.

A number of those runners will come from the younger members of his racing team, a situation that Pike relishes after generating plenty of success at the two and three-yearold level in recent seasons.

A significant component of that success has come from horses sourced by Pike for a syndicate of high-profile individuals and stud farms that he first put together for the 2019 National Yearling Sale at Karaka.

The aim of the syndication project was to annually purchase well-bred colts that could potentially feature in races at the highest level to enhance any future stud prospects or trading value.

Pike struck gold that year with Not A Single Doubt colt, Not An

Option, who won his first two races, including the Gr.2 Wakefield Challenge Stakes (1100m), before a controlling interest was purchased

by Cambridge Stud.

His 2020 purchases included current Gr.1 Victoria Derby (2500m) aspirant Tutukaka, who won at Listed level during the Queensland winter carnival this year.

Pike is getting ready to unleash the syndicate’s class of 2021 in the next few months and is excited by the firepower he has at his disposal.

“When we first put that syndicate together in 2018, it was a little bit of a trip into the unknown,” he said.

“The great thing was the people who came on board were committed to the concept and got off to a fantastic start with Not An Option performing the way he did and attracting the interest of Cambridge Stud, while The Irishman was another that we managed to sell for very good money.

“From our 2020 purchases we have Tutukaka, who we are aiming at the Derby in Melbourne, along with a very promising type in Doubtful Sound who will be set for the local stakes races here.

Derby aspirant Tutukaka.

“I’m thrilled with the success we have had and I can’t wait to see our 2021 group step out later this year.

“The concept we established has worked beyond expectations, to the point that all of the original syndicate members have stayed in each year since 2019, while we have

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also attracted new blood this year from some non-racing individuals who are having a ball with their involvement so far.”

Pike advised that several members of the 2021 syndicate are nearing race trim and are set to either trial or jumpout in the next

fortnight.

“I’ve been looking at programmes a lot lately and trying to make some plans for all of the stable, including a couple of the syndicate horses that have come up pretty quickly for us,” he said.

“There are at least two who will most likely trial this week while there are a couple of others who are at least ready for a jumpout.

“One of the standouts is the Charm Spirit ex Lady Kipling colt we paid $280,000 for from the Windsor Park Stud draft.

“He is just a beautiful horse and one of the nicest two-year-olds I have had for quite a while.

“He has handled everything we have sent his way so far and is coping with the pressure well, so I’m really keen to see what he can do on raceday.”

Pike confirmed that Tutukaka would fly to Melbourne this week where he would start fresh-up in the Listed Exford Plate (1400m) at Flemington on September 11, while both Doubtful Sound and another 2020 syndicate purchase in Khufu would most likely be seen at Te Rapa on Saturday if track conditions suit. – NZ Racing Desk

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