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performance indicators and that resulted in chief executive Garry Dyet Waipā District Council’s reputation having another performance measure has taken a big hit in the latest annual added to his job description. residents’ survey. He will meet soon with the Satisfaction with the council’s council’s communications’ team performance plummeted from 40 to develop a strategy on how to per cent in 2020 to 27 per cent in the communicate better with residents. financial year ended 30 June 2021. Business Improvement and Risk Males are less satisfied than Management manager Georgina females as are those people aged Knapp identified three priorities 30-64. Satisfaction levels are lowest for the council to work on to shift among Māori and in Pirongia (19 per residents’ overall perception of the cent vs 47 per cent the previous year) council. and Te Awamutu (21 per cent vs 39 They were image and reputation, per cent). roading and value for money. There Cambridge remains the ward with needed to be more communication the highest satisfaction. around council’s brand and Disagreement over how rates reputation, she said. were spent and about insufficient A total of 432 randomly selected consultation with the public over people responded to the survey, key projects like Streets for People which was conducted by Taurangain Cambridge, Te Awamutu based Key Research. The results Memorial Park development and were benchmarked against 11 other the introduction of a Māori ward councils with Waipā sitting in the have been cited by council staff middle of the pack. as the major reasons for the dip in Councillors discussed the survey in satisfaction. a workshop on Tuesday Two in five residents have no idea Cambridge councillor Roger what the two community boards do Gordon wondered if the Covid while nearly half say their role is to environment had contributed to the act as an advocate for the community. satisfaction decrease. Four in five are either dissatisfied “Possibly we’ve been a bit more or neutral about whether the council closed in our discussions,” he said. offers value for money. Pirongia councillor Clare St Pierre The highest area of performance said the council put itself out to the was residents’ perception of public community with some controversial facilities and services at 53 per cent. things. Waipā, at 91 per cent, ranked “People look at that as a failure in highly as an accepting and leadership,” she said. welcoming district. “It looks like we’ve copped it, The council recorded a significant but I would be really disappointed decrease across several key if council wasn’t working in By Mary Anne Gill
those spaces and we need to be challenged.” Te Awamutu councillor Hazel Barnes questioned whether the community knew who their councillors were. “Perhaps we don’t spend enough time out in our community.” She also queried the amount of time it took for staff to answer phone calls. “I hear so many stories from people when they don’t get a response back.” Cambridge councillor Mike Pettit said one of the drivers for reputational damage in his ward was the third bridge debate and the lack of progress. He asked what communication measures were being used. Fellow ward councillor Philip Coles said if the community did not know who its representatives were, it came down to the individual councillor. “It is our responsibility to be out there working for the community.” Kakepuku councillor Susan O’Regan said the report was generally positive while mayor Jim Mylchreest said it was important to look at the results and learn from them. One important issue was to communicate Waipā’s financial management which was very good, but the perception suggested otherwise. Deputy chief executive Ken Morris said council would put some communications out into the community and be more proactive in the media.
For Queen and Te Awamutu Te Awamutu news reporter Luke East has been working to erect a plaque commemorating a royal visit to Te Awamutu – with Queen Elizabeth’s approval. This week the Te Awamutu Community Board agreed to pay a third of the cost – leaving the rest to crowd funding. Luke shares the story so far - and how you can help - on Page 3
Luke East with the plaque which will adorn the old Post Office building.
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Water debate The Three Water reform by central government, appears to be a topic of heated debate. I most definitely have concerns regarding giving away the people of New Zealand’s Three Water infrastructure for nothing and then inevitably to be charged like wounded bull ‘to put it right’. These are all concerns that have never been fully elaborated on by central government. Until they do, the saying goes, it is better to stay with the ‘devil’ you know. That being said, central government, has pointed out the elephant in the room, and that is that councils nationally have not being fulfilling their obligated duty to the people of New Zealand. So, why is nothing being done about this? Infrastructure being left to the same management structure that in the first instance bought about this profound neglect at enormous cost to ratepayers. Clearly councils have not been acting prudently, if they had, then this would not be expected to cost New Zealanders another $189 billion to put right. In my opinion, elected councils appear infested with weak minded individuals not capable of prudently acting in the best interests of the people of New Zealand. Are we expected to sit back with our mediocre infrastructure, again having our wallets fleeced, hitting ratepayers hard. (Abridged) Hayden Woods, Te Awamutu
Teresa enjoys the challenge By Viv Posselt
Te Awamutu artist Teresa Siemonek can barely pass a large blank wall without imagining how she might breathe new life into it. And no, it’s not graffiti she is thinking about … it’s art. Teresa has become something of a local legend with her wallenhancing murals. Big, blank spaces, it seems, push her creative gene into overdrive. “Yes, I do find myself thinking about what I could do with that empty wall, or those neglected buildings or sheds when I see them,” she laughed. Teresa has loved art since she was a child. She enjoys the freedom it offers, the quiet therapy of it, the variety of results that come from experimenting with different mediums. She discovered much of that at school, then spent 15 years farming and raising a family. For the past couple of decades, she has been passing on her skills. She teaches children after school and is running an extensive art tutoring programme with the support organisation, Enrich Plus, both out of the Rosebank Art Centre. Right now, she is tutoring about 25 people from Enrich Plus over three days a week… and the numbers are growing. Teresa said the art centre offered great access to materials and other resources. She delights in being able to help people find joy in the artistic process: “It is a great form of expression, and really empowering for them.” Her Enrich Plus students are working on a range of pieces they will display and sell at an annual exhibition held at Te Awamutu
Library in November. Bringing art to the public eye is an important aspect of what Teresa does. Her own enjoyment of painting murals started with a blank wall at work, one someone suggested could do with brightening up. Teresa filled it with new life and colour. Next, she painted an old shed in the Rose Gardens, and after that, decided to enter a public art competition run by Waipā District Council late last year calling on artists to submit an original concept to be applied to the Centennial Park toilet block using a graphic wrap. It became known as the ‘Designer Dunny Competition’. Teresa won it with her depiction of a kōtare (kingfisher),
tῡi, kōwhai tree and raupō plants. This year, she got involved with the Teen Mural Project funded by the National Library of New Zealand. Teresa worked with a group of 10 youngsters to create a large canvas work with the theme of ‘Celebrating Reading’ and ‘Where reading will take us in the future’. Once completed, the huge canvas was transformed into a vinyl wrap and installed on the wall of the Te Awamutu Library’s teen area in early July. Creating big stuff has its challenges, but Teresa is more than up for it. “There is the issue of scale … planning it out often takes longer than actually painting it. But I’m really quite keen on doing more.”
Teresa Siemonek works on one of her paintings at the Rosewood Art Centre.
On the beat Life in lockdown
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Well, another week of Lockdown restrictions down and hopefully on Monday the review for a drop down to level 1 is favourable for us. I have to say policing the lockdown this time around has been pretty good. Not too many people are taking the proverbial and it seems like everyone is just getting on with it. I did see one person out on the streets exercising their right to protest a mask
mandate. To that person I would like to ask: were you also protesting against spelling? The sign was very hard to read and I believe getting your message across would be more effective with a spellchecker. Through the wires I have had some disturbing reports, mainly rurally of suspicious behaviour that may have involved burglars being followed - but no one bothered to notify police. I know
I harp on about it but please, Ring 111. During this week I have been working a slightly different roster which has included nightshifts. This is as part of a Covid Response team. When not on Covid duties I have been out in those rural areas, I cannot stress this enough. Call the Police if you see something. Pretty simple really.
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Briefs… Lawyer Hannah Rawnsley who broke Lockdown protocols to leave Auckland and flew from Hamilton to Queenstown is now facing scrutiny from the New Zealalnd Law Society. Society president Tiana Epati said lawyers are provided with an official letter to travel to priority court hearings."If any lawyer was proved to have misused this letter, not only would that be considered a disciplinary matter but they will have let the entire legal profession down." New Christmas flags The Te Awamutu Community Board has voted on new Christmas flags for the town. The generic white Christmas trees on red and green backgrounds will cost $6000 plus GST, coming from the board’s discretionary fund. Internet woes Consumer NZ says more than half of Telco customers have reported problems with internet service over the last two years. Results of a survey by Consumer NZ and the Commerce Commission show many customers also battle to get issues fixed. Consumer NZ chief executive Jon Duffy said the results show “the industry needs to up its game and get the basics of customer service right”.
End nigh for tower By Blair Voorend
The water tower that has stood at Kihikihi’s heritage reserve Turata for 70 years is likely be removed, despite some push back. Te Awamutu Community Board backed a plan to remove the tower on Tuesday. They heard there was some support, including from the Police House Temple Cottage Charitable Trust, to retain tower and paint a mural on it. But the Kihikihi Residents and Ratepayers Association and mana whenua, who support the removal plan. Board members were told mana whenua saw no historical significance of the tower, which is one of dozens of the same design around the country. Board members Lou Brown and Gary Derbyshire supported the idea of a replacement structure to provide a viewing platform. Lou Brown said the view is panoramic and takes in maunga and awa. It was clear, standing on the spot, why Kihikihi was an attractive place to establish a town, he said. The tower was built in 1948, commissioned in 1951 and was the first source of water supply provided in Kihikihi.
It will cost $50,000 to remove the tower – and $20,000 more if it is found to contain asbestos. For a further $17,000 the area will be dressed up as a picnic area. Senior reserve planner Anna McElrea said the space could provide a perfect picnic spot while also providing a site to recognise the history of the area. Turata’s heritage stems from Kihikihi’s pre-European and early colonial history. Kihikihi was the headquarters
of Ngāti Maniapoto, with buildings such as the Hui-teRangiora built on the southern slopes of the Turata’s ridge. Kihikihi was invaded by colonial troops in February 1864. The old police house, jail and Isabella Temple Cottage are surviving remnants from that era. Waipā District Council’s Strategic Planning and Policy Committee will make the final decision on the plan.
The water tower has stood at the site since 1948 when it was constructed.
Remembering when the Queen visited By Luke East
Seventy years after she saw Te Awamutu for the first time as Queen, Elizabeth’s visit is set to be remembered in the form a new plaque. If we can raise te funds, it will be placed on the old Post Office building on the corner Alexandra and Sloane Streets. Soon after her coronation, the Queen and Prince Philip toured New Zealand for more than a month and visited many towns, including Te Awamutu. The plaque I designed was approved by the Te Awamutu Community Board and the building owner in March and on Tuesday night the Board agreed to partially fund the project – but with the message they wanted to see most of the money come from community donations. “We lose far too much of the history of what has happened in small communities
like ours,” board member Gary Derbyshire said. Jill Taylor expressed support for the project saying “100% I think we need to do it” - however no Community Board member supported fully funding the project and Councillor Susan O’Regan said she didn’t see how it fitted into the work of the Community Board. This outcome is naturally disappointing given that the plaque was approved by the Queen and will commemorate a significant part of our town’s history, but it does provide an opportunity for the community to play a part in preserving this piece of history. This will be the first many people will have heard of this project, but it has been in the works since the 2020 lockdown. It all started with a friend telling me that they were there and saw the Queen. As time moved on more and more people told me of their memories of the visit (including
Councillor Lou Brown) but I was surprised to find we had no plaque or anything commemorating the visit. I firmly believe we have to preserve our history, so these memories live on and that it is why I was inspired to contact Council about erecting a plaque or monument. A concept design was created, I met with a number of Community Board members then with the mayor, got permission from the owner of the building on which the plaque will eventually be mounted. The design of the plaque, the wording and more besides had to be approved by organisations in both New Zealand and the UK and the Queen (who is said to feel deeply touched by the project). I hope we will honour our Queen with the help of community donations and go ahead with the unveiling as planned. I am seeking to set up a donation page at www.givealittle. co.nz to enable people to make donations.
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Satisfaction survey
• Two in five Waipā residents think there is a great sense of community spirit. This feeling is especially strong for the people residing in Cambridge. However, residents from Pirongia tend to disagree there is a sense of togetherness among people • A 6 per cent decrease among residents when it comes to how proud they feel that they live in Waipā district. The feeling of pride is especially low among the residents from Kakepuku • Residents who identify as Māori, as well as those residing in Pirongia and Te Awamutu are most likely to feel dissatisfied with the look and feel of the town where they live • A 13 per cent decrease in satisfaction with performance of the local community board and its members. • Knowledge about council and its activities is relatively low with only 16 per cent of the residents reporting that they know ‘A lot’. The knowledge about what council does is especially low among Māori residents and especially high among older residents (over 65 years) Thumbs Up • It’s a nice place and good environment in Waipā, very happy and safe living. • Great respect for the mayor. Council staff always polite and helpful. Need to get priorities to be addressed, water supply, footpaths and roading. • The council appears to do a good job. From a householders’ perspective, recycling, water and general infrastructure appear to be consistent and trustworthy. • Overall doing a really good job. I think they just need to focus on the spending and specific areas that require it. • I think we are fortunate to have great leadership by our mayor who understands the role and management of a district council. • Overall, they do a good job and I’ve always received very good frontline customer service, whether it’s via the phone, email or face to face. Thumbs Down • Very poor communication about your decision to redesign the roads. • Police are non-existent, older areas need judder bars to prevent cars from speeding down residential roads and endangering residents. Lack of street lighting encourages robberies. • Any communication seems one way, the mayor is outdated, needs young blood who know how to communicate to the people. • Concentrate on water supply, we can all live without sports, nothing lives without water. Thousands of more people in Cambridge means more water. • Rates are high and so is the cost of service for water not used. For us, we have a bore hole and pay our own costs of service and filtering and power for it. The rubbish collection is not very good and sometimes mine doesn’t get collected. The swimming pool inspection rate is high and not necessary. I always keep it safe, so why do I have to pay council to inspect it for me!
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Ōhaupō Five-0 for ‘Paskie’ By Blair Voorend
Robert Pask has devoted most of his life to the Ōhaupō Rugby Sports Club. The Leamington man sees the club, which he has been part of since 1969, as “part of his family”. That family has now paid tribute to ‘Paskie” – by honouring his half century of service. “It was a huge honour to be recognised by the club because if you think about it, it’s something that not many people around the country would be able to say they have serviced their club for 52 years,” he said. Not just served – also watched. He hasn’t missed a game in 23 years. It was while doing herd testing in Kaipaki and living in Ōhaupō Pask was coaxed into coming down to the rugby club and meeting some of the locals. He has been stuck to the club ever since. His time at the club has seen him fill a variety of roles from player to coach, to now having worked for many years as the team’s wrap man and offering his assistance to the players on the field. Paskie has worked with champion teams - but he could never be described as a glory hunter. When he joined the club, he was part of a senior team that didn’t win a game for three years in the early 1970s. When the drought ended… “it was a wild weekend of celebrations, and I can tell you nobody in Ōhaupō would have
made it to work that Monday.” He has seen many teammates comes and go, and says he feels honoured to coach some their sons. And looking ahead? “I’ll be working and coaching with some of their grandkids soon.” As well as seeing families come through the club, he has seen the club grow over the latter part of its 125-year history. “When I was playing the old Plunket building was our changing room and cold showers were a guarantee. “But with the new club rooms it just allows the club to build for the future.”
Robert Pask has received a long service award from his beloved rugby club.
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MĀORI LANGUAGE WEEK
How far we have come Nepia Winiata, Acting Chief Executive, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
If you’d have told me a few years back that Olympic sports in 2021 would be introduced in te reo Māori or a mainstream news reporter would deliver his update on last year’s US presidential race in our native tongue, I wouldn’t have believed you. It wasn’t so long ago that any te reo Māori heard during broadcasts on mainstream television channels or radio or read in print was at best a cringeworthy and eye-rolling hōhā (nuisance). For decades, Māori viewers, listeners and readers suffered as newsrooms gave little consideration, and even less effort, to getting te reo Māori right. Newspapers saw no need until recently to include macrons over kupu in print despite the Māori Language Commission long advocating their use. There’s a big difference, for example, when macrons are used in the word kākā (the native parrot) and kaka (excrement). It also didn’t help that when meaningful attempts to include te reo Māori in bulletins perhaps a `mōrena’ (good morning) or a ‘ngā mihi ki a koutou katoa’ (greetings to you all) or even using ‘āpōpō’ (tomorrow) in weather forecasts, were met with a torrent of vitriol. Fortunately, we’re in the midst of change within Aotearoa – there’s been a noticeable shift in the media, newsrooms and general attitudes towards an increasing use and prevalence of te reo Māori – and seemingly, a willingness to “give the reo a go.” It’s great to see macrons used in print affording the mana due to te reo rangatira and to hear more of our beautiful language being spoken and used by non-Māori broadcasters and reporters. The likes of Jack Tame, Melissa Stokes, Scotty Stevenson, John Campbell, Jesse Mulligan,
Marcus Lush, Amanda Gillies and Andrew Saville, to name but a few are helping to normalise te reo rangatira among mainstream audiences. Maybe we’re growing up as a nation, realising the contribution te reo Māori plays for us as citizens of this country and our unique identity in the world. Certainly, the Broadcasting Standards Authority took a similar view earlier this year deciding complaints about the use of te reo Māori - one of New Zealand’s three official languages - in news items weren’t a breach of their standards and they would no longer consider any complaints against the language. Newsrooms including Stuff with their tā mātou pono (our truth) series and the NZ Herald with its Kahu content page have taken an introspective lens and Radio New Zealand has had a te reo Māori strategy in place now for some years to ensure quality Māori content and support for the language. We think these changes are in line with how New Zealanders in general are engaging more with te reo Māori. It’s certainly our experience at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa with enormous numbers of people wanting to learn the language with us gives us hope. We’re also hoping more New Zealanders will participate in Mahuru – one of our flagship contributions to the revitalisation of te reo Māori. During Mahuru people are challenged to speak Māori whether that’s for an hour a day, a day a week, a week or for the entire month. This year our kaupapa aligns with maramataka Māori, the traditional Māori lunar calendar, which starts on September 7, the beginning of the Whiro moon phase. Please, go to www.mahurumaori.com, register for our free challenge and participate.
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Walk in for a jab By Blair Voorend
Ōtorohanga District Council is running walk-in covid vaccine clinics to boost vaccination numbers. A clinic set up last Thursday and Friday saw 137 people get the jab at the temporary facility set up at St David’s Church. Council said they had been seeing low vaccination rates in Ōtorohanga, so decided to try and boost the numbers by running extra clinics along with the Ōtorohanga medical centre which has consistently been available for
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vaccines. Mayor Max Baxter was pleased with the turnout at their first temporary clinic and praised Whanau Ora and Waikato DHB for their assistance to the Ōtorohanga community. Council is not sure why vaccination rates are low but is encouraged by the numbers attending the temporary clinics. They have noticed an uptake from the high school aged students. Residents can book online at Book My Vaccine with the site name Mayor Max Baxter with, from left, Iritana Maniapoto Whanau Ora and walk- Te Moana, Abbey Harris, Delecia Toa and Corrina Walters. ins are welcome as well.
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Playing the name game What’s in a name? That which we call a rose… this extract from the Shakespearean Romeo and Juliet harks back to Juliet’s sadness in that the surname of Romeo was Montague. And the Montagues were firm enemies of Juliet’s family. Most of us were brought up firstly having no choice as to any of our names (until I was three, I did not have the name Peter- being the problem of an absentee father serving for his country torn by war). And people wonder why I am sometimes confused! But the surname is one which gives little choice to the bearer as it is essentially a piece of one’s inheritance from the father’s side of the family. But it is interesting in modern New Zealand to see a growth in Māori surnames hyphenated with a European one. Likewise in this modern era many daughters upon entering their chosen profession (and sometimes even marriage) elect to remain attached to their original – birth – surname. I have two working daughters who follow that trait as far as their
By Peter Carr
professional life is concerned. So why this deep dive into one’s name, history of the name and attempts to trace them back? For many years I have had an on again–off again love affair with family history but latterly, now that I am departed from earning the daily crust, I have time to dig deeper and move backwards up the family tree. Anyone who has tried this will be aware that there are good leads and bad leads. There are very long lines and some frustratingly short ones. For instance, I cannot (on my mother’s side) get further back than her father’s grandfather which causes a solid stop around 1841. And with a name like Williams in Wales this becomes a needle-in-the-haystack type of search. Yet on another line on my father’s side, I have traced back 24 generations to 1090. Some years ago, I had a major blockage where my great-great grandmother and my great grandmother appeared to have the same Christian names and similar birth dates. A historian found that this was technically true. But the elder chap was married
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Cheering them on Christine Bryant, Lay Minister, St John’s
Lockdown is disruptive for everyone and it remains so for Aucklanders in particular. One group which has been especially impacted are the senior secondary school students, many were within days of sitting exams in preparation for NCEA external exams in November. You may be mystified by the whole NCEA business. For most students, it means a mix of internally assessed tasks and externally assessed standards. The school exams, often inaccurately labelled “practice exams”, or worse “mocks”, are very important, as the results constitute evidence of the standard reached by a student. If any student is unable to sit the NCEA exams in November, this evidence usually becomes the grade they receive. Although teenagers often give the impression of being tough and independent, this exterior may conceal an emerging adult, struggling to deal with circumstances beyond their control. Whether it be a lockdown because of Covid or, for example, the 2016 Kaikoura earthquakes which struck right at exam time, there are always valid reasons why a student is unable to sit an exam. At such times, what a young person needs, is someone who believes in them, encourages them to keep going and cheers them on from the side lines. It is a role which grandparents and family friends are especially good at. You may not get much conversation or explanation from your worried teen, but a hand on the shoulder can be enough to let them know you care and want to support them. I’m drawn to the example of Barnabas in the New Testament Book of Acts. His very name
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means “son of encouragement”. We know little about him, except that he came from Cyprus and was a cousin of Mark, author of Mark’s Gospel. However, we do learn in Acts of two periods when he showed steadfast support. Firstly, he was the sponsor and right-hand help of Paul. When Paul first became a Christian, he was disliked and mistrusted by the apostles because he had persecuted the early church. In Acts 8:1, Paul (Saul as he was then known) approved the stoning of Stephen. Barnabas became his firm supporter and told the apostles how Paul had seen the Lord (Acts 9:27). Barnabas spent years preaching along with Paul and accompanied him through Asia Minor on his first missionary journey (Acts 13-14). On that journey, they took Barnabas’s young cousin, Mark, who was about 20. After a while, the going got too tough for Mark and he headed home. When Paul was about to undertake his second missionary journey, Barnabas said Mark deserved a second chance. Paul and Barnabas agreed to disagree and split up; Barnabas and Mark took the gospel to Cyprus. Much later we learn that Barnabas and Mark are both vital supporters for Paul when he was in prison in Rome. The second chance which Barnabas gave Mark paid off, for Paul, and for us 2000 years later in the form of Mark’s Gospel. So, my hope is that all young people have a “Barnabas” in their lives – that person who can see the potential, who quietly encourages them to do their best and cheers them on through the difficult times, like exams.
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Socially aware Catching up after lockdown Luke East looks at the challenges facing social agencies in Te Awamutu as they help families deal with the impact of Covid. As New Zealand’s Delta crisis begins to draw to a close with the return of near normality to most of the country, a New Zealand Population Review has highlighted another crisis which is on the increase homelessness. The Review identifies rising house prices, increasing rental prices, employment insecurity and a range of other factors as contributors to this crisis. However, it also recognises the difficulty in measuring the extent of the crisis because most members of the homeless population are not on the social housing register or other databases. Someone who has been on the frontline of tackling Te Awamutu’s homelessness issue Rev. Steph Owen of St John’s parish, who with her husband Bruce and friend Dennis Howell established the Kainga Aroha Community House in 1987. Prior to 1987 the combined churches had run a drop-in centre. As demand grew the need for round-the-clock support emerged and Rev Owen said prayers were answered when they were gifted a
house on Hall Street which became Kainga Aroha. In 2007 Kainga Aroha moved from Kihikihi to Te Awamutu and is now managed by Kane Rangitonga. Rev Owen said Kainga Aroha was initially borne out of the desire by young people to have somewhere safe to go when their parents were socialising. Many came from alcohol-dependent, and often violent, homes. She said Kainga Aroha was initially dealing more with “emotional poverty than with financial poverty”. She says things have have changed greatly since Kainga Aroha was established in the 1980s and that it’s much harder to support those in need. “There are more hoops to jump through now and I feel we’re putting barriers in the way of people who need help”. Better mental health support, breakfast and lunch in schools, good role models for local young people, a cross-cultural effort to provide support to those in need and the removal of GST on fruit and vegetables are all things she believes
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Beauty therapists and hairdressers are scrambling to make up for three weeks of lost business – and work through a backlog of appointments. Michelle Webber who owns home salon Fibre in Te Awamutu says coming out of lockdown level four, and the loss of revenue, adds up to more late nights and more days. “But the work is waiting for you, that’s the good thing about hairdressing – I know I am going to make money when we get out of lockdown, whenever that is, so I’m happy to wait it out” With three weeks of appointments lost, and no income, many salons are working longer hours and adding extra days to their schedules to compensate for the lost appointments. “This time is not as overwhelming, I have learned to pace myself and to take breaks, my clients know the routine. When I cancelled bookings and said I would be in touch for rescheduling they were super understanding” The wait time can be up to a month for those wanting a specific therapist, day, or time at another Te Awamutu salon, Luxe Skin and Beauty. Owner-manager Tyla MacLennan says “although we aren’t having official extra late nights or days some of the girls are extending their hours on their normal days to fit clients in.” She said hygiene standards are always high for the industry but even more so coming back from lockdown. For Luxe Skin and Beauty Level 2 is busier – but with fewer clients than usual because additional work to prepare rooms, and equipment, changing linen, and getting clients from their cars instead of
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waiting rooms adds more time onto each appointment. • Hayley James is a Wintec journalism student
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Spring is here! Time to lighten up with lighter meals. It’s an opportunity to get in shape for summer. I want to be able to wear last year’s slim-fit ‘trou’ and shorts. Although a recipe may specify a few tablespoons of oil, you can usually get away with using a lot less – think teaspoons rather than tablespoons. For frying, choose a non-stick pan and brush the base with oil. You can also use water in place of oil when frying onions or even for stir-fries. Water helps soften the onion and when it evaporates the onion starts to colour. For roasting, brush the pan with the oil then the meat or veg rather than sloshing it generously over the top. Carbs are an important part of a balanced diet but if you want to go lighter use spiralised or noodled vegetables in place of pasta or use more complex carbs that will take longer to digest — think brown rice, quinoa, lentils, beans and oats. Following the menu guidelines for a person with diabetes is a good option. This means a diet that is high in fibre and low in processed fats, supplies at least five servings of fruit and vegetables and a day and avoids excess sugar, refined carbohydrates, alcohol and salt. MEYER LEMON CHICKEN I used bite-sized medley potatoes of different colours. 400g baby potatoes, halved 150g round green beans, trimmed 2 large skinned and boned chicken breasts, halved lengthwise freshly ground salt and pepper to taste 3-4 teaspoons olive oil 4 sprigs thyme 8 button mushrooms, halved 1 tablespoon cornflour 2 tablespoons water 1 cup chicken stock 8 thin slices Meyer lemon Steam the potatoes and green beans until crisp-tender. Remove and pat dry. Pound the thick ends of the chicken so each piece is of even
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thickness. Season the chicken on both sides. Heat half the oil in a large non-stick frying pan. Pan-fry the chicken for about 5 minutes each side on medium heat adding the thyme half-way through. Remove the chicken. Add the remaining oil to the pan. Cook the mushrooms until browned. Add the potatoes — cut-side down — and cook for a few minutes until browned. Turn them over. Return the chicken to the pan. Combine the cornflour and water and stir into the chicken stock. Gradually stir into the pan until thickened. Add the beans and lemon slices. Cover and simmer gently for 5 minutes, until cooked. Serves 4.
Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form. Lightly fold into the mussel mixture. Heat a little oil in a non-stick frying pan. Place heaped tablespoons of the mixture into the pan. Cook until bubbles appear on the top then flip over to cook the other side. Excellent served with a light salad and lime wedges as a light meal or a starter. Makes 8 large fritters.
MUSSEL, CORN & CORIANDER FRITTERS 375g pot lime and coriander mussels 1 large shallot, chopped 4 tablespoons chopped coriander salt and pepper to taste 2 eggs, separated 1 cup whole kernel corn, blanched 1 cup finely shredded spinach 1 teaspoon chopped chilli 1/4 cup each: self-raising flour, milk or coconut milk 1-2 teaspoons olive oil for frying Drain the mussels and place in a food processor. Add the shallot, coriander, seasonings and egg yolks. Blend, until fairly smooth. Remove to a bowl. Stir in the corn, spinach, flour and milk. Mix well.
TOMATO & CHILLI LINGUINE Canned cherry tomatoes could replace the fresh. 100g dried linguine 6 sundried tomatoes, 1-2 teaspoons olive oil 2 each: shallots, garlic cloves, finely diced 1/8-1/4 teaspoon dried chilli flakes 8 cherry tomatoes, halved flaky sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste 25g baby spinach leaves 50g feta cheese, diced grated parmesan cheese to taste Cook the linguine according to the packet instructions. Drain the sundried tomatoes and pat dry. Coarsely chop. Heat the oil in a saucepan. Sauté the shallots and garlic, until softened. Add the chilli flakes and sundried tomatoes, heat through, then add the cherry tomatoes. Season. Toss together with the drained and cooked pasta. When almost heated through add the spinach and feta. Serve in bowls garnished with parmesan. Serves 2.
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Getting over the hump By Blair Voorend
A small Waipā farm is catering for a growing demand for raw milk. Humpbridge Milk, which opened in 2018, has become a popular service, giving customers an insight into milk production. The self-serve shop and 8.4ha farm is on Pokuru Rd about 2km south of Te Awamutu — just past the ‘hump bridge’. The business was stared by Mike and Chris Richmond but in December 2019 Donna and Derek Baker took over and have slowly grown and put their own mark on the business. “We were able to just walk in and carry on as the previous owners had done a great job to set everything up, but slowly we are putting our own The Bakers have run the business since taking it over in late 2019. mark on the place,” Derek said. Since their take over, they have increased their herd from 12 to 14 cows and have grown their customer base as far south as Taumarunui. They say most of their customers have lived on farms and grown up on raw milk, but more people are wanting to give it a try and learn more. Humpbridge Milk is registered and approved by Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) and its product is subject to regular testing, reports and auditing. Raw milk is promoted as providing more benefits than regular milk because it contains more protein, calcium and vitamins and can reduce blood pressure and lower the risk of osteoporosis. “Anyone who has come out here for the first time and hasn’t tasted raw milk before always seem to come back,” Derek said. Covid has presented a raft of challenges as the business approaches it second anniversary. “Originally, we were able to be open in level 4 but then MPI decided to classify the vending room as a pickup point and therefore had to be closed for level 4, but could open in level 3,” Derek said. He said MPI would have allowed contactless door to door deliveries in Level 4 but as they weren’t setup for deliveries, they remained closed during that period. But as they slowly return back to normality again, they are just excited to see their customers come The Humpbridge team, from left, Casey-Lee, Donna and Derek Baker. back.
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It’s toilet training for cows – and it could be ringing alarm bells at Waikato rugby HQ. New Zealand media climbed all over a story this week which suggested cows could be trained to urinate in particular places. Lindsay Matthews, an animal behavioural scientist at the University of Auckland, worked with colleagues on the tests at an indoor animal research lab in Germany, the reports read. If it could be done, toilet training animals would make it easier to manage waste products and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, said Donald Broom, a professor of animal welfare at the University of Cambridge in England. Which is all well and good. But MooLoo? That’s what media in New Zealand and overseas called it. The last time someone tried to use that name the Waikato Rugby Union reminded them about copyright. That’s why Morrinsville has a butcher call Mootown. The News went to the union this week to see if the latest copycat, or copy cow, move would result in similar action Not surprisingly, chief executive Carl Moon is looking into it, the Union confirmed. The name issue should not come as a surprise to Lindsay Matthews. A profile says he studied at Waikato University. The www.animal-law.biz website says he was awarded an Alexander von Humbolt Fellowship to develop
innovative techniques to measure the behavioural requirements of livestock and in 1989 joined AgResearch as a behaviour/animal welfare scientist to develop and lead the first substantial research programme in Animal Welfare research in New Zealand. Lindsay Matthews and Douglas Elliffe from Auckland collaborated with German scientists to produce the report. On air this week Matthews said unlike cats and dogs, cows had no sense of toileting. But he noted neither did humans at birth. “Poor old cows are vilified for polluting the air... and the urine is the biggie because of the high volumes of nitrates which goes through the soil. “Plants and soil can’t handle it. The waste goes into the water and through the soil and converts to nitrous oxide.” He said work was done in Germany
where cows were indoors. A total of 16 claves on a research institute were placed in a distinctive green pen and were rewarded when they urinated. “The connection was very rapid – “but having them know that’s the toilet is not the same as having them go voluntarily”. Further work established the cows could learn. Matthews believes a system for cows could be worked to encourage them to regard milking time as the time to urinate. Cows could have four litres “on board” in the morning and he believed if “we could get a significant chunk” it would be helpful. He said work was being done with the dairy industry and financial support was being sort to “take it to the next level”.
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River report: could do better The Waikato River Authority has delivered a Five Year Report to the Crown and Waikato River Iwi on its effectiveness and progress to restore and protect the Waikato and Waipā rivers. Co-Chairs Tipa Mahuta and Paula Southgate say while the Authority has clearly had areas of success, which are detailed in the Report, it is also acknowledged that much more needs to be done to restore and protect the river catchment. The Co-Chairs say there is continued confidence in the Restoration Strategy for the Waikato River and Waipā River providing guidance and a blueprint for the most effective restoration initiatives. The Co-Chairs say while they are conscious a lot has been achieved in the last 10 years there is a need to continue to push harder. “We have talked about an 80-year time frame to see significant improvements in the rivers and catchment. Even this period is too long to wait for some and so we can’t afford to be complacent.” As well as assessing the effectiveness of the Authority, the Report also contains a summarised analysis by Niwa of trends for selected indicators of Waikato River health. The Niwa report shows that despite the many actions that have been taken to improve the health of the Waikato River,
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By Andrew MacPherson Waikato Regional Councillor, Waipā and King Country
Young people interested in a beekeeping career are being encouraged to apply for the annual Ron Mossop Youth Scholarship. The scholarship, set up three years ago, includes $2000 to be put towards best practice training and/or set up costs. It also includes membership of industry body Apiculture New Zealand for a Angus Brenton-Rule. year and attendance at the industry’s national conference in the year of the award. Last year’s recipient, Bay of Plenty 18-year-old Angus BrentonRule, says the scholarship provided valuable support in his first year of beekeeping. As well as allowing him to buy resources to kick-start his career, he welcomed the opportunity to make connections with the wider industry through his membership of Apiculture New Zealand and his attendance at their June conference. “Conference was a really great opportunity to meet other beekeepers and hear about what’s happening in other parts of the country. I learnt lots.” Angus has spent the last year working for Whakatane-based Golden Grove Apiaries says the experience has him enthused about a future in the industry. “It’s such a fun and interesting job. I definitely see it as something I want to do long-term.” Angus advises other young beekeepers or young people interested in a career in apiculture to apply for the scholarship. “It’s so worth it and you’ll never know unless you try. If you win, you’ll be glad you applied,” he says. The scholarship is named after Ron Mossop, who started his family beekeeping businesses in the 1940s. His business sponsors the scholarship. Neil Mossop said his family was thrilled to continue to support the next generation of beekeepers through the scholarship. “We see the scholarship as a wonderful tribute to my father, who instilled those values in his family and business.” Applications for the scholarship close on October 29. For more details go to https://apinz.org.nz/scholarship-in-beekeeping/
Waikato Regional Councillors recently received the Waikato Progress Indicators - Tupuranga Waikato: 2021 update. These indicators are part of a monitoring framework for assessing progress towards regional wellbeing. The Progress Indicators provide valuable information for discussing regional challenges and opportunities, both for the Regional Council and a range of other organisations throughout the region who use them to add value to the work they do in and across the region to identify community needs and target investments. Waikato Progress Indicators (WPI)Tupuranga Waikato are an online dashboard of 32 environmental, social, cultural and economic indicators. They are intended to provide an overall picture of how the region is performing in terms of progress and wellbeing. The five largest positive trends include increased road safety, improved air quality, increased building activity, less crime and higher average incomes. On the other side the largest negative trends include less physical activity, poorer perceptions of community engagement, more residential expansion into versatile land, higher water use and less public transport use. The WPI framework and 32 indicators are aligned with the WRC 10-year strategy and purpose of “working together for a Waikato region that
has a healthy environment, strong economy and vibrant communities”. These line up with the government’s interest in a wider wellbeing approach. The WPI report was first published in 2013.We now have an historic data set going back 20 years against which we can monitor trends. It is not a scorecard for the council’s performance, although some indicators reflect council’s responsibilities, and these are included in the council’s LongTerm Plan and Annual Report. On first glance the report is informative, however a closer look at the Scorecard 2021 tells us that Housing affordability has had no significant change. This left me scratching my head, as it defies logic and the views of most commentators regarding the housing market at the moment. This got me looking deeper into the result and it appears that with the fall in mortgage costs due to low interest rates, when then compared with increasing housing costs, the affordability factor has supposedly not changed significantly. This prompted me to look even deeper into the indicator and I have been told that we need a more realistic metric against which to report. I agree that this makes sense and look forward to a more detailed metric that takes into account a package of indicators courtesy of Stats NZ that will more realistically tell us about Housing affordability in the Waikato. Finally, I am left asking; “so how do we compare”? We are above the national
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