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School during lockdown

By Blair Voorend

Te Awamutu schools served up bubbles and Zoom for students during the Level 3 lockdown which ended this week.

Pekerau Primary School principal Tania Bagley said she had seen

much greater engagement during this lockdown with both their teachers and students enjoying daily Zoom meetings with their classes.

It gave them an opportunity to keep connected but also kept their learning up with different activities.

“We have had students create videos of DIY

Te Awamutu Primary School principal Sharon Griffiths.

projects such as repurposing an old bike wheel into a basketball hoop, making obstacle courses for physical activity and spending time learning valuable life skills such as cooking, painting and construction,” she said.

“There have been lots of scavenger hunts in backyards, box forts made, art from

nature and so much more.”

Te Awamutu Primary School had seen a gradual increase over the week of level 3 “bubble school” principal Sharon Griffiths said.

They reached a maximum of 50 students with six class bubbles.

Bubble schools are made up of children of essential

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“This was established to prevent burnout of teachers who last time tried to do both tasks simultaneously.”

But the biggest struggle the school has faced is members of the public continuing to use the schools playground and fields.

Griffiths said that they have signs and banners around the closer of the school facilities.

“While we don’t mind this under usual circumstances, we would appreciate if people respected the closure of our grounds, especially when our students are onsite during the school day.”

Te Awamutu Intermediate principal Jill Shaw said her priority had not only been on her students and their parents but also keeping a particular focus on her teachers well being.

She said that the teachers have been busy with their online learning every day and were also supervising the school bubbles on a roster basis.

“I keep in regular contact with them and we have held Zoom meetings to keep in contact,” she said.

“They are all doing really well and even though they find it difficult to teach in this way as opposed to face to face they are working hard to make learning as interesting as they can.”

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Daffodil Day For the second year in a row, Covid interrupted Cancer Society’s most important fundraising event, our Daffodil Day street appeal.

For a charity dependent on the generosity of communities across our region, it was a disappointing blow and particularly concerning as we know Covid brings added stress for people with cancer.

During lockdown, our nurses contactlessly deliver more meals to people with cancer. They spend more time talking with clients on the phone to offer information, support and reassurance.

And our Cancer Society’s Lions Lodge stays open longer so guests don’t have to travel across the region.

To have our most important fundraiser taken away during this time of heightened need was devastating.

I am touched by the lengths the Te Awamutu community have gone to show their support, and in particular James and the local FreshChoice team who featured in last week’s Te Awamutu News. Thanks to them, daffodils that would otherwise have gone to waste brightened homes during lockdown and raised much-needed funds for Cancer Society.

To our volunteers who worked so hard in preparation for Daffodil Day, we thank you. You may not have seen your efforts come to fruition, but we recognise and appreciate your dedication.

And to those who fundraised for us or gave generously online when we couldn’t take to the streets with our collection buckets, we are so grateful. Your support ensures that despite these uncertain times we can continue to be there for people impacted by cancer.

Ngā mihi nui Shelley Campbell, Chief Executive, Waikato/ Bay of Plenty Cancer Society

Homes out of reach

By Blair Voorend

Waipā has room to grow over the next three decades – but demand to live in the district is making it less affordable.

District councillors were told this week there was sufficient development capacity in the short (1- 3 years), medium (3-10 years) and long term (10-30 years).

But in terms of price, the Waipā 2021 Housing and Business Capacity Assessment (HBA) predicts most new homes will be in the mid to higher price bands.

Councillor Mike Pettit (pictured) told this week’s Strategic Planning and Policy Committee meeting that Waipā was a desirable part of the country to live, and developers were making the most of it.

“Developers are there to make an income and I don’t see them purposely dropping $100,000 - $200,000 on property when the supply and demand is still there.”

The HBA report compares existing and projected housing and business demand to give a pointer to how well placed a council is to have land available for the next 30 years.

Councillor Philip Coles said that the affordability mark would be further impacted as builders struggling to get hold of supplies, due to the recent latest outbreak.

He suggested it was time to look at

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building up rather than out.

The report concluded there would be a continuing shortage of affordable housing in Waipā, and the same applied to Hamilton City and Waikato District.

District Plan and Growth managerTony Quickfall said council was talking with developers about affordable developments and one is working on a plan with Kainga Ora. But when he said that those plans involved land and house packages costing $650,000 to $750,000, committee chair Susan O’Regan notes it was interesting to hear that was the standard for affordable housing now.

Councillor Clare St Pierre said that she was amazed by the detail in the report but said that it would not lead to any real change in getting affordable housing.

“People have known for some time it was never the supply of houses but the cost of them - and something desperately needs to change for it to work.”

The report and livestream of the meeting can ben viewed at waipadc.govt.nz/ livestream

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As widely predicted, we have been lucky enough to move down to Level 2. This gives us more freedoms and a slight return to normal. Sadly, this still includes wearing masks in enclosed places (hands up who’s sick of mask breath?).

I’ll be looking forward to enjoying an ale at a real pub again, albeit with seated service and wearing of a mask. I also need to remind people that there is a cap on the numbers of people allowed into the bar/café, so I do ask people to exercise patience.

One of the most effective measures we can take with fighting this virus is the ability to rapidly contact trace. There are new sign in rules in Alert Level 2. We must now scan the Covid Tracer app barcode or sign in manually when going to public spaces. It bears remembering that the only reason this outbreak of the Delta variant was tracked so quickly was the original patient zero was an avid scanner.

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The new face covering rules are as follows: You legally must wear a face covering if you work as a driver of a taxi, ride-share vehicle, ferry, bus or train used for public transport — this excludes school buses and ferries between the North Island and South Island.

• as a delivery driver to residential addresses — delivery drivers only need to wear a face covering when they are out of their vehicle • at a cafe, restaurant, bar, nightclub, soup kitchen or any other food or drink business • at a close contact business — for example, barbers, beauticians and hairdressers • at a retail store — including those that were operating at Alert Levels 3 and 4 • at an indoor public facility — for example, libraries, museums and gyms (but not swimming pools) • in the public-facing area of a court or

tribunal, local and central Government agencies, or social service providers.

If you have a legitimate, and to be clear, I mean a real genuine medical reason for an exemption there is information on the Ministry of Health website. If you refuse to wear a mask, don’t use medical exemption as a reason, it makes it difficult for those with genuine reasons. Hopefully we can return to alert level 1 sooner rather than later and masks become a thing of the past.

To that end, if you haven’t already, get vaccinated - just do it. The sooner we get over the threshold, the sooner the queues at supermarkets go, the sooner restrictions at pubs go, the sooner we can go to concerts and weddings and just appreciate life again.

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Rubbish warning

Waipā District Council has repeated reminders to residents that household rubbish, needles/sharps and any other hazardous materials must not be disposed of in any public rubbish bin or receptacle.

Residents should use the kerbside collection service, waste transfer station or sharps disposal containers. The council’s narrow streets and assisted recycling collection services have resumed as normal following the return to Level 2 this week.

Zoom meetings continue

While Delta Level 2 remains in place, Waipā District Council will continue holding its council and committee meetings online via Zoom. Coming up next week is the Festival One hearing. The festival is a three night/four day celebration of music, art and community in Whitehall Road, Karāpiro and the largest Christian festival in New Zealand. It was previously held at Mystery Creek.

Chain reaction

Ōtorohanga District Council has told residents to stop flushing “toilet paper alternatives” such as wet wipes down their toilets.

There had been a noticeable increase in the use of those products, and they were blocking pipes and causing issues at pump stations.

Cameras in action

CCTV cameras, which have been in the news in Waipā recently, have been credited with helping make an arrest following a raft of burglaries in commercial premises in Cambridge last week.

The arrests have prompted police to encourage business owners to invest in the cameras if they have not done so.

‘People in Wellington need a rocket’ Anger as Ministry lets people ‘fall through the gaps’

By Mary Anne Gill

Details about Waipā residents in need of help during last year’s lockdown have been wiped from the council’s emergency database because of Privacy Act regulations.

Emergency management coordinator Cathie Shaw says that means they are unable to help people they know might need help during the current lockdown.

Speaking to the Cambridge Community Board meeting last week, Shaw said unlike last year when the Waikato Civil Defence Emergency Management group led social and welfare responses to the lockdown, it was the Ministry of

Social Development (MSD) who were leading it this time.

“We’ve been told to stay in our lane,” she said.

As a result, the group had not had one single referral from the ministry, she said. “Our role has been monitoring and liaising.”

Shaw said she felt there were many people who did not like to ring the ministry because there was a stigma attached to doing so.

“The government has made it very clear that’s what they’ve put in place.

People are falling through the gaps, but we can’t advertise to go and find them because it’s not our gig.”

The Ministry of Social Development’s 0800 559 009 line is

open for support.

Board member Jo Davies-Colley, who represents the board on the Social Services committee, said there had been a small increase for food support, minimal reports of family harm and a small number of requests for emergency accommodation support.

Shaw said the Salvation Army had also provided 33 food parcels in the first week of lockdown.

Board chair Sue Milner was frustrated by the decision to wipe last year’s records which would help community groups know who might need support this lockdown.

“The people in Wellington need a rocket. There’s got to be a way

Pirongia gets a helping hand

Carla’s back in black

By Blair Voorend

After a return from injury and the sacrifice of leaving her family, Kihkihi’s Carla Hohepa is putting it all on the line to get back into the black jersey.

The 36-year-old has been named in the 34 player Black Ferns squad for the tour of England and France, 14 years after her debut in 2007.

Speaking to the News, Carla said it was cool to get back into the squad as there is always a buzz to get the call up no matter how many years you have been around.

But she said that this one is particularly special as she wasn’t sure she had done enough as she hadn’t had a lot of game time or opportunities this year.

“It has been a journey to get here,” she said. “I had surgery at the beginning of the year in Japan which kept getting put off because of Covid, so to make it back in the jersey after finally getting a spot in MIQ to return back to NZ is pretty amazing.”

Carla splits her time between Fukuoka, Japan, and Te Awamutu every year with her two sons and husband, Karne Hesketh, who plays professional rugby for Japan and the Fukuoka Sanix Blues.

She has an impressive rugby resumé, having been in two winning World Cup sides - in

around this. Perhaps we’re going to have to get a bit bolshy around the town.”

A buddy system used last year was one of the strengths of the Cambridge response, she said. “We probably do have some people in the community who aren’t even linked to Age Concern and other organisations.”

It was important to “get the word out” that people needing help should contact MSD, she said.

In her report to the board, Milner said the latest lockdown was hard for the elderly and for families.

“We all need patience now, as we hope that things will get better, and we probably need a good dose of optimism.”

By Blair Voorend

Carla Hohepa in action for Waikato.

2010 and 2017 - and world series sevens champion teams from 2013 to 2015.

Carla was also named New Zealand’s women’s player of the year and IRB women’s personality of the year in 2010, after scoring the only try in a 13-10 World Cup final win over England 13-10 at Twickenham.

But to make the World Cup in New Zealand next year she will spend 10 weeks away from her sons and husband as they head

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back to Japan.

“It’s a pretty big sacrifice that will have some mental challenges as a parent to be away from them for so long… but a sacrifice I have decided to tackle in order to have the opportunity to represent my country again,” she said. “You don’t get many opportunities in life like these.”

The Black Ferns OctoberNovember tour will see two matches against England and one against France.

Pirongia Rugby and Sports Club is the oldest club in the Waikato and the third oldest in Aotearoa - with facilities to match.

Now a grant which comes with $10,000 worth of materials will help to upgrade the facilities which are used for rugby, bowls, netball, volleyball and community events.

The money comes from Bunnings Rugby Assist, launched this year as part of Bunnings Warehouse’s partnership with New Zealand Rugby. The annual $300,000 programme supports grassroots rugby clubs and communities to grow the game.

Club secretary Carl Sheridan said that fund will allow the club to continue its legacy and help to provide for the community into the future.

“Being the oldest rugby club in the region some of our buildings are older than 60 years so this grant gives us an opportunity to safeguard for the future.”

He said the restrooms and clubrooms are in need of an upgrade.

Over a third of all clubs in New Zealand submitted an entry for Bunnings Rugby Assist, demonstrating the huge need for financial and ongoing support for community rugby clubs.

Bunnings Rugby Assist ambassador, All Blacks and Waikato legend Stephen Donald said he was looking forward to seeing the positive impact of the programme on local rugby clubs and their communities.

“The support I’ve experienced and witnessed from local club rugby is so important to the players and keeps the sport thriving. It’s crucial for the next generation of rugby legends that we support grassroots rugby,” he said.

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Gardening of the soul

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Although it is only a couple of weeks since I last wrote for this paper, the seasons have officially rolled over.

It was wet winter when I last wrote, now we are into sunny spring.

Those of you who have a bit of dirt to tend will be noticing the effect of gradually warming soil and lengthening days on the growth rates of all things green - especially on the things you most don’t want to grow. Isn’t that one of those anomalies of gardening?

Plant a tenderly cared for lettuce seedling and accidentally bend a leaf; it will struggle.

But an unwanted creeping buttercup or violet can have its whole top completely chopped off and still it will grow.

Recently I was reading advice from a gardening guru - any spring day that is too wet to be in the garden is a day to read seed catalogues or gardening advice.

The advice this time was regarding removing weeds. “Little and often,” was the essence of it.

Weed before the roots are deep or big. Hoe while the weeds can be easily uprooted. Hoe every few days to catch what you missed last time.

I’m sure by now you can see where I am going with this.

Just as the natural reawakening of Spring brings a bursting forth of bud and bloom, a fresh feel in the air and a flow of new energy into all of nature, so the matching rise of human energy levels inspires “gardening of our soul.”

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Witness the annual flurry of suggestions and counsel around New Year’s resolutions. But a once-a-year examination in the middle of a summer holiday is simply not regular enough to be helpful.

Little and often, remember? Root out the habits before they send tap roots deep into your psyche.

And there is another comparison between gardening in the earth and in our souls.

Weeds in the soul grow faster than the useful habits.

Have you noticed that? You really do have to stay alert to catch those troublesome thoughts or habits before they are embedded. Not so the good ones.

Habits such as living into gratitude, developing humility and deliberating on “whatever is true, whatever is honourable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable,” take effort.

But all the research into human wellbeing is showing that such habits are good for mental health, and general wellbeing. Any book shop has shelf after shelf of books encouraging these habits.

But the best-selling book of all time, the Bible, laid them out millennia ago. God not only knows what is best for each and every human being, but God promises to forgive us when we fall short and accompany us into the garden of our soul.

He will help us as we hoe. Happy gardening this week.

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Lions to the rescue approached us, we thought it would be brilliant if we had one here at the centre.”

The doppler ultrasound is used to measure the blood flow through blood vessels by bouncing high-frequency sound waves (ultrasound) off circulating red blood cells.

Diabetic nurses use it to get a more accurate reading on the levels of blood flow to the feet than would be the case by testing manually.

Paula McWha of the Rosetown Lions said that during the last diabetes awareness month, the club asked Te Awamutu Medical Centre if there was something they could

donate that would help in their dealings with diabetic patients.

“Our projects committee made that approach in line with Lions International’s ongoing project on diabetes. They came back with a request for the doppler. It probably cost about $1000, so it wasn’t overly expensive. We got them to choose exactly what they needed,” she said.

The new machine is like a portable scanner and can be moved easily from room to room.

Earlier in the year, the club presented diabetic literature to Mahoe Medical.

Te Awamutu Medical nurse team leader Janet Johnson with the new doppler machine.

By Viv Posselt

A doppler ultrasound machine donated to Te Awamutu Medical Centre by the Rosetown Lions Club last month is already proving to be a valuable tool in the fight against diabetes.

The machine was delivered to the medical centre just before last month’s Covid lockdown and is already playing a big part in the early detection and diagnosis of diabetes.

The medical centre’s nurse team leader Janet Johnson told Te Awamutu News that the new equipment was in regular use.

“It is already making the nurses’ job a whole lot easier,” she said. “We are very grateful to the Rosetown Lions for gifting it to us.”

She said one of the team’s doctors had used a similar machine at regular diabetes clinics held in Kihikihi. “When the Lions

Welcoming the doppler machine to Te Awamutu Medical Centre were, Dr Paul Kennedy, Rosetown Lions members Karen Glew, Jenny Elers and Judy Steel, and diabetic nurses Rachael Hall (acting as the patient) and Teena Garland.

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THE AGE OF REASON

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The coincidence of the arrival of Spring coupled with an enforced lockdown brings to the visual and auditory senses a new perspective.

The marked drop in road traffic is also coupled with hearing an abundance of birdsong in the neighbourhood.

We are now the proud observers of the return of two of our favourite types of feathered friends. Both are supplied with brilliantly coloured feathers which, when in bright sunshine, show off their plumage to perfection.

In a previous Cambridge home, we had a large kowhai tree which, when blooming, attracted regular groups of tui.

The tree was so large and laden with yellow blossoms we once counted twenty of these lovely birds all attempting to work their patch furiously.

However (and sadly) like many groups of similar life there is always the one aspiring to be the leader.

He never had time to stick his beak into the flowers’ mouths to pick up the sweet nectar – instead he spent his whole time fossicking around the tree giving off noisy and obtrusive squarks to frighten the others from their allotted and pleasing task.

At around 5pm he would give out a triumphant yell and, as a total and cohesive team, every bird would ascend above the tree.

And with you-know-who in charge they would set out like an aerial convoy in the direction of their sanctuary at Maungatautari.

We have a much smaller garden in the retirement village, but we managed, 10 years ago, to find a kowhai which is designed to be

kept at 2 meters tall and 2 meters wide. Naturally this is not going to attract flocks of tuis, so we have a single, very large, bird who spends a good part of each day within the green and yellow foliage enjoying his feast.

When he turns his side to the sun his brilliant, mainly green, feathers are a delight to perceive, and he is quite friendly when we pass close to the tree.

The other splendid, feathered sight that has returned for possibly the fifth Spring is a pair of parakeets whose brilliant multicoloured feathers are just too beautiful to describe.

The parrot-based parakeet is a name derived from several European languages (with similar spelling or pronunciation) based on a diminutive meaning in Spanish for a ‘little wig’. It’s possibly a 16th century hark back to ladies of wealth who wore feathers on their heads of startling plumage both in colour and size.

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Three Waters: more against

By Roy Pilott

Another local Government leader has voiced his opposition to the Government’s Three Waters plan – as district council mayors talk about referenda on the issue.

Waikato Regional Council chair Russ Rimmington says his council has yet to debate the issue and formulate a view on it – but he knows where he stands.

“I’m strongly opposed,” he said.

For Rimmington the issue has strong parallels with the government’s move

to deregulate the energy industry in the 1980s which opened the way for overseas investors.

In the mid-1990s he sided with a strong protest movement which opposed the then Waikato Electricity Authority’s move to enlarge Hamilton’s power company.

A third of the shares in the enlarged company were put into the hands of American company Utilicorp.

The arrangement also provided for the establishment of the Wel Energy Trust, a publicly elected body, also holding a third of the shares.

Rimmington was part of a movement which won control of the new Trust, which set about buying all the shares in the company to effectively undo the process started by the now defunct Waikato Electricity Authority.

It won the fight in June 2000.

In his book Hand a Man a Spanner, Rimmington notes that in the 1980s governments worldwide were driven by “right wing zealots” demanding councils sell off utilities like water, gas and power departments.

Today he finds himself in the opposite corner of a left-wing push to

Businesses get the benefit Waipā District Council says its first trades services panel will bring $3 million in benefits to district businesses.

A total of 93 Waipā business will be eligible to pick up unplanned trade work.

Council spent about $3m on this type of work last year.

The panel was established to help to manage costs and timeframes and support businesses that contributed to the local economy.

Procurement advisor Adele Bird said having agreed response time and hourly rates makes it easier for both suppliers and council to prioritise jobs, particularly urgent ones.

“We also wanted to get better visibility of

labour rates, margins on materials, afterhours rates and mileage that we were being charged,” she said.

“It’s also important that Council are spending our budgets on suppliers who invest back into the Waipā economy, for example having staff living and shopping locally and participating in the community,” she added.

Of the 114 businesses who applied to the panel, 93 were selected. Businesses were evaluated based on experience, skills, resources and their impact to the local economy.

Trade services covered by the panel include electrical, carpentry, fencing, painters, sign writers and glazing.

put the country’s water infrastructure into the hands of four giant companies.

His views are the same as in the 1990s – “it’s a major asset our communities paid for and they’ll have less control over it,” he said.

Waipā mayor Jim Mylchreest told the News’ Mary Anne Gill earlier this month the reforms were a “nonsense”.

Taupo and South Waikato mayors want referenda on the issue, MatamataPiako’s mayor agrees there is a need for some “help here and there” but doesn’t support the handing over all infrastructure, Hamilton’s Paula Southgate has been sympathetic to the plan promoted by Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta – but her own council also has members opposed to it.

Rimmington regarded the battle to keep American investors out as a battle with a wolf in sheep’s clothing. He is sceptical of the Government’s lump sum payments to councils to encourage them to stay on board.

He also echoes concerns that an existing model in Scotland of what the Government is seeking to do

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has encountered problems.

The Government’s move is driven by a view that the four big companies will bring greater expertise to how we use water – but Rimmington says the issue is not down the abilities of local councils – it’s down to how much money they have to do the job.

If the Government approved low-cost loan, the quality of water management would rise dramatically, he believed.

He also saw Three Waters as a chipping away at the walls of local Government.

“The soul of local Government is local councils,” he said. “There will be merging water ownership – then it will be roads – and it will be the end of councils”.

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Their free programmes and some adult learning stories will be featured on the Facebook page, Literacy Aotearoa Hamilton.

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When Victoria arrived by Waka

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Luke East looks back at an unusual event in Te Awamutu – 171 years ago.

By Luke East

It must have been quite a sight to see the majestic Queen-Empress, resplendent in her finery, floating down the Mangapiko river in a waka towards you - albeit in the form of a lithograph of Franz Xavier Winterhalter’s famous 1845 painting.

Queen Victoria was New Zealand’s first sovereign and was the only Queen-Regnant that her subjects, scattered across more than one-quarter of the world, had ever known and would ever know; in the words of Māori, she was ‘the great white Queen’ to whom they had ceded their sovereignty and pledged their loyalty.

She never visited New Zealand, yet there was a strong bond between Victoria and the people of New Zealand. New Zealand’s first sovereign had a fierce intellect and took a keen interest in the affairs of the colonies (in later life she took a particularly strong interest in the affairs of India and became fluent in both Hindi and Urdu).

There were two lithographs which bobbed along the river to

Te Awamutu in 1850, one was of Queen Victoria on her own and the other was of the Queen with Prince Albert and five of their nine children. In the portrait both Albert and Victoria wear the regalia of the Order of the Garter (established in 1348) and the Queen wears a tiara of diamonds and emeralds originally designed by Albert and subsequently passed down the generations to the current Duke of Fife (the great-great-great grandson of Queen Victoria).

The significance of the lithographs, one of which is in the collection of the Te Awamutu Museum, is that they were sent as a sign of gratitude for the gift sent to her by two Waipā Chiefs. It was not then, and is not today, the Queen’s practice to accept gifts - yet on this occasion she did, not only accepting them but sending the lithographs to the Chiefs in response.

Legend has it that the stainedglass windows which illuminate the altar of Old St John’s Church and depict the last supper and St Peter’s ship are also gifts from Queen Victoria.

Victoria’s reign intersected

Legend says these stained-glass windows at Old St John’s Church were gifts from Queen Victoria.

Photo: Nick Empson

with a period of great change and innovation, it was during her 63 years on the throne that a great many of the things we now take for granted first came into being, from women’s suffrage to the postage stamp.

She may never have visited Te Awamutu, but Victoria certainly made an impact here; for around six generations people have worshipped in front of the stained-

glass windows she is thought to have gifted to the parish church and almost as many have enjoyed leisure time in the park which bears her name on Teasdale Street.

When, in January 1901, Queen Victoria’s passing ended her long reign a great many Te Awamutu residents gathered in the streets to mourn her as our first sovereign she left an indelible imprint on our nation.

Kuriger on the howl

National’s Agriculture spokesperson Barbara Kuriger is keeping the pressure on the Government in the wake of July’s Howl of Protect groundswell gatherings.

“When some 60,000 people converge on towns and cities around New Zealand, in protest at government proposals and regulations, a response from the Prime Minister is a reasonable expectation,” the Taranaki-King Country MP said.

“We are a week shy of two months since July 16’s Howl of Protest and organisers still haven’t heard from anyone running this country.

“Now the PM’s office is refusing to release any information — letters, emails, documents and/or advisories concerning Groundswell to or from her office, her deputy’s, or the ministers of Agriculture, Environment and Climate Change — to a media outlet making the request under the Official Information Act.” She says she can’t figure out how

the Government intends to talk to people about their concerns.

“If you can’t have a conversation, how are you going to resolve them?

Or do they not want to?

“Rural New Zealand were quite clear on the day about the rules and regulations that were piling pressure on top of them.

‘As this country’s biggest export earners, how can they be productive when they are having to combat the overzealous red tape?”

“We pride ourselves on making old age worth living”

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Waipā’s five-day food festival, Culinary Cambridge has been rescheduled for November.

It had originally been slated to run from September 15 to 19 and will now run from November 2-7.

Destination Cambridge CEO Miff Macdiarmid said it made sense given the uncertainty around changing lockdown levels and the fact so many ticket holders for the event come from Auckland.

“We’re working with all the participants to reschedule their events for November. We’re having to juggle things around a bit, but it looks like most suppliers will still be involved, which is pleasing. It means we won’t have to cancel for a second year,” says Ms Macdiarmid.

“The new dates include Melbourne Cup Day, so we’re hoping to have an effect around that.”

Ms Macdiarmid says tickets already bought will be honoured for the new dates or refunded if people cannot attend in November.

They just need to reconfirm or cancel directly with the host – the same way they booked.

She says feedback from the first Culinary Cambridge in 2019 was overwhelmingly positive and helped organisers of this year’s event to refine and extend the programme.

“We’ve worked hard to design a programme of events that caters for anyone and everyone keen to experience new or familiar foods, wines and beers, or who want to upskill in their kitchens and gardens. Hopefully life is more settled in November and people will still be keen to come.”

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The most common places for prostate cancer to spread to are the lymph nodes of the pelvis and the bones of the spine with the spread of the cancer can produce symptoms such as lower back pain.

But the main goal to prevent prostate cancer or get an early detection is to continue regular check ups with your doctor to keep on top of your health.

Blue September is the Prostate Cancer Foundation’s annual awareness and fundraising campaign. By having a Blue Do you are directly helping to eliminate death and suffering from prostate cancer.

men. While many early events across the country have been hampered by the recent Covid outbreak it means that fundraising and gathering awareness across the community is being hit for this Blue September.

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From sizzling sausages to running a marathon, hosting a blue ball or hitting a hole in one, there is a huge dedication that people who organise events and fundraisers give to support the Prostate Cancer Foundation.

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Blue September

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English Gambler may have been as green as the grass he was running on in the early stages of the Te Aroha Jockey Club Hurdle (3100m) on Sunday, but he showed he has spades of potential in the manner he won his debut jumping assignment.

Making his customary good beginning out of the gates, English Gambler appeared to shy at the first hurdle from his wide position and shifted in onto Tweedledee, hampering Master Painton and Amazing Az. He continued to race greenly over the second hurdle, but rider James Seivwright was able to settle his charge and the seven-year-old gelding was able to go on to record an 8-1/2 length victory.

Trainer Lauren Brennan put English Gambler’s early indiscretion down to a lack of experience meeting hurdles out of the barrier after 28 starts on the flat.

“He didn’t start off too flash, he probably got a shock that he had to jump,” Brennan said.

“He has only had two jumps trials and they don’t go out of

jumps races left for him until next year.

“Whether we throw him in the deep end and have a crack at the Pakuranga Hurdle and then put him out, or wait until next season, I am not too sure.

“It looks like he is going to have a bright future over the jumps if he continues like that.”

A trip across the Tasman could be on the cards into the future, with English Gambler’s ownership group including Victoria syndicator Roll The Dice Racing.

“They would be keen to get him over there to race in one of the (jumping) carnivals,” Brennan said.

“That is definitely on the cards if he continues in the way he has started.”

Meanwhile, Brennan is looking forward to lining up open-class gallopers Vigor Winner and Packing Rockstar at the Taupo trials on Wednesday.

“Vigor Winner will go to the Group trials at Taupo on Wednesday. Packing Rockstar is having his first trial on Wednesday as well.” – NZ Racing Desk

Bright future tipped for English Gambler

English Gambler in full flight at Te Aroha on Sunday.

the gates, and in his flat races he usually takes the lead and goes quite hard.

“Yesterday all of a sudden a fence came up and he was in a bit of shock.”

The Cambridge trainer was pleased with how he recovered

Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images)

and jumped for the remainder of the 3100m journey and believes he has a bright future instore if he continues on the same trajectory.

“He jumped them really well, James was really happy with him and said he was eyeing them up six strides out,” Brennan said.

Brennan is now weighing up whether to give English Gambler a prestige hurdle target or set him aside for next year.

“We might mix it up with a few flat staying races with him,” she said.

“There are only three possible

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PUBLIC NOTICES Respected father in law to Glen Bruce and Mark Wimberly Colorado USA. Loved brother, brother in law, ADVERTISE YOUR VACANCY WITH US and uncle from the Hokianga Call Janine 027 287 0005 or email janine@goodlocal.nz to the Bluff, Australia, London and the USA. Awhi te kuri Notification of Decisions on raua ko Buby te ngeru e okioki raua me papa. We Plan Change 13 to the Mere, Atareta, Erena, Toko, Waipā District Plan husbands Mark and Glen me Public notification pursuant to clause 10(4) of the First Schedule ona mokopuna Kaawatea, of the Resource Management Act 1991.

Manaaki and Anthony would In accordance with clause 10(4) of the First Schedule of the like to acknowledge mum’s Resource Management Act 1991, Waipa- District Council gives Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, brother for his aroha ki te notice that the decisions on Plan Change 13 ‘Uplifting Deferred Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun, Tue, Wed, FILM NAME Film awhi to matou whaanau ki te 9 Sep 10 Sep 11 Sep 12 Sep 13 Sep 14 Sep 15 Sep Zones’ is now available.

14 Mar 15 Mar 16 Mar 17 Mar 19 Mar 20 Mar waahi okioki o tona tinana, i Summary of the amendments to the District Plan: roto Okahu wahitapu i raro • Section 14 – Removal of reference to uplifting Deferred Zones 11.30am 6.15pm 11.30am 11.15am 3.40pm A Dog's Way Home (PG) ANDRE RIEU TOGETHER nga rekereke o Whakatere via Council resolution, including removal of objectives, Thu, Fri, 12.30pm Sat,1.00pm 11.30am Sun, Tue, Wed, Film 1.00pm1.10pm 1.30pm 3.30pm policies and rules.

AGAIN 2021 (E) 3.45pm 3.45pm maunga, i raro ano te korowai 1 hr 51 mins 14 Mar 15 Mar 4.00pm16 Mar 17 Mar 19 Mar 20 Mar 4.00pm No Comps • Section 15 – Inclusion of a new objective and policy regarding o Te Mahurehure te hapuu o subdivision and development in the Deferred Zone, removal of Ngapuhi nui tonu. Dad now 8.30pm 3.45pm 3.20pm 1.30pm Colette 6 mins 11.30am 6.15pm 11.30am 11.30am 11.15am 3.40pm Rule 15.4.2.61, and amendments to Rule 15.4.2.69.

A Dog's(M) Way2 hrs Home (PG) lies at rest in the cemetery of • Removal of Appendices S8, S9 and S14 as these areas are 3.45pm 1.10pm 3.30pm 3.45pm 1 hr 51 mins Okahu, in Waima, Hokianga.

6.15pm 6.30pm FREE GUY developed and the Structure Plans are no longer required.

1.30pm 8.15pm 1.30pm8.20pm3.50pm 1.35pm 1.15pm 6.25pm 3.20pm Destroyer (M)(M) A memorial for Hohepa will • Update to Appendix S17 to reflect the resource consent for the 8.15pm 8.30pm 6.20pm 8.20pm 6.00pm 8.30pm 2 hrs 16 mins 8.30pm 3.45pm 3.20pm 1.30pm Colette (M) 2 hrs 6 mins take part in Cambridge at a master plan approved via resource consent (Council reference LU/0012/19). later time. Dads kawe mate 1.10pm 1.15pm 8.15pm 8.15pm 4.00pm 4.10pm 1.45pm 6.00pm HOWBook TO(M) BE GOOD Green (M)A2 hrs 25 minsWIFE 1.40pm • Incorporation of the Te Awamutu T6 and T11 Structure Plans will be taken back to Te 1.30pm 1.30pm 1.15pm 3.20pm Destroyer 5.40pm3.50pm 11.20am 1.35pm 1.15pm 6.20pm 8.30pm 6.30pm and Cambridge C4 Structure Plan into Growth Management (M) No Comps Haroto when the restrictions 8.15pm 8.30pm 6.20pm 8.20pm 6.00pm 8.30pm 2 hrs 16 mins Structure Plans and Concept Plans as new appendices, 11.15am 3.15pm 11.15am 11.15am 11.00am 12.45pm are lifted.

Hotel Mumbai (M) including consequential amendments to Section 2 – Residential Kua okioki to tinana e 6.00pm 8.00pm 5.30pm 5.30pm 8.10pm 5.50pm Zone and Section 3 – Large Lot Residential Zone.

2Green hrs 20 mins (M) 2 hrs 25 mins 1.10pm 8.15pm 8.15pm 4.00pm 4.10pm 6.00pm MANBook IN THE HAT (PG) pa. Hoki wairua koe ki • Removing the Deferred Zone from the pre-2035 Growth Cells and 4.10pm 12.45pm 3.40pm 11.15am 11.40am No Comps te Torona o Ihoa. Matua, the Te Miro Growth Cell 2 on the District Plan Planning Maps.

1.45pm 1.15pm 1.30pm 1.45pm 1.40pm 1.05pm If Beale Street (M) Could Talk (M) 11.15am 3.15pm 11.15am 11.15am 11.00am 12.45pm Hotel Mumbai Tama, Wairua Tapu, me Consequential renumbering of provisions / references / page 8.00pm 6.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 5.45pm 8.15pm 2 hrs 15 mins 6.00pm 8.00pm 5.30pm 5.30pm 8.10pm 5.50pm numbers in the District Plan will be required due to the proposed 2 hrs 20 mins nga Anahera Pono, ko te changes above.

2.00pm 3.30pm 1.20pm 10.50am 1.40pm 1.30pm Mangai hei tautoko mai aia QUEEN BEES (PG) Due to COVID-19 restrictions at the time this notice was 4.10pm 4.00pm 3.45pm 2.30pm 4.00pm 1.50pm 4.15pm 3.40pm Stan & Ollie (M)Could nei ake.

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accepted for publication, there is no access to hard copies of the decision at any of the Waipa- Council offices and libraries in Cambridge and Te Awamutu. The full copy of the Council’s decision on the above plan change can be viewed on the WaipaDistrict Council website: www.waipadc.govt.nz/planchanges.

Any person who has made a submission on Plan Change 13, may appeal Council’s decision on their submission to the Environment Court. Appeals to the Environment Court must be in the prescribed form and lodged with the Environment Court within 30 working days of the date of this public notice, that is by 5pm on Thursday, 21 October 2021.

The Waipa- District Plan is deemed to have been amended in accordance with the decisions made and any amendments to the Waipa- District Plan have legal effect from the date of this decision.

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