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By Mary Anne Gill

A 30-year $10.4 million plan to get thousands of Waipā people out of their cars and onto walking and cycle tracks in Cambridge, Te Awamutu and Kihikihi has been signed off by district councillors.

The business case depends on Waka Kotahi (New Zealand Transport Agency) funding 51 per cent of the work but once approved will represent an “intergenerational” change in the way Waipā residents move around their communities.

It will need a “mind shift” in thinking to develop infrastructure that works for the intended users, Transportation manager Bryan Hudson told the Service Delivery committee meeting on Tuesday.

The plan dovetails nicely into regional and district transport strategies to ramp up rail and bus services connecting Waipā communities with Auckland, Hamilton and Tauranga. Those strategies would result in more bus services through Waipā towns for residents.

Community involvement will be critical for the Waipā cycle and walkway plans following controversy in recent months around two developments which should have successfully kick-started a movement away from cars but instead pitted the council against residents.

Elected members, who bore the brunt of residents’ criticism over the Streets for People and Hamilton Road cycleway projects, told council staff to establish a working group to engage with the community better before the next stage gets underway.

Hudson, talking to the council’s Urban Mobility Business Case, recommended forming two groups.

Lessons had been learned from the controversial projects and the two working groups would play a key role in consultation and engagement.

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How the plan looks for Te Awamutu and Kihikihi. a broad community base, he said.

The first, a governance group, would include elected members, project staff and co-opted members from the community, while the second reference group would represent the community and include the

disability sector, cyclist groups, schools, churches, service clubs, heavy vehicle operators, business representatives, youth, older users and Waka Kotahi (New Zealand Transport Agency).

Deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk will chair the

first group which includes councillors Mike Pettit, Roger Gordon, Lou Brown, Marcus Gower and mayor Jim Mylchreest. Hudson and project manager Erik van der Wel will represent staff on the group.

Stolwyk said people needed to have their say and she wanted representatives from the reference group included on the governance group.

“We want people who are going to challenge us,” she said and that included those currently using social media to attack the council.

“We want to hear from everyone here.”

The business case’s objective is to increase active transport like walking, cycling, scooting and mobility equipment use in Cambridge, Te Awamutu and Kihikihi.

That would involve increasing the numbers walking and cycling in Cambridge by more than five percent and in Te Awamutu by six per cent.

Council will spend $5.82 million in Cambridge and $4.62 million in Te Awamutu and Kihikihi. The funding is provided for under the council’s Long-Term Plan.

The Te Awamutu-Kihikihi network provides 5km of protected cycleway and 14km of shared paths adding to the existing 5km of shared paths.

Cycling and pedestrian improvements would link Te Awamutu College to town, the events centre, the library, and to Kihikihi.

Other cycling and pedestrian improvements would link the Pak n Save shopping centre in Te Awamutu to town.

To achieve culture changes, there would be an ongoing focus on school bike training, access to cycles, skills training and education for drivers.

“The investment in cycling and pedestrian infrastructure in New Zealand has been problematic, with many projects having been built that have not resulted in any appreciable uptake of new users,” said Hudson.

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Ramble will help Starship Plaque plan

By Luke East

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gets support The community is backing Luke East’s campaign to erect a plaque on the corner of Sloane and Alexandra streets to mark the 1954 Royal Visit to Te Awamutu.

Last week Luke told readers how he had Luke East with the plaque as it will obtained look. the Queen’s permission to erect the plaque and shared how the community could get involved with the project, which will be partially funded by the Te Awamutu Community Board.

Within hours of a Givealittle page being established $120 had been raised and the page has now raised approximately a quarter of the funds needed.

“I am truly delighted by the way in which people have taken this project to their hearts,” Luke said.

“Links to the Givealittle page have been shared far and wide and there has been support from the local, national and international community.”

Luke has described the support for the project as “true poetry in motion” “…110 years after the community got behind a crowdfunding campaign to honour their King, they’ve come out just as strong in support of our Queen”.

He says there is more to do.

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This year’s ramble in November is in aid of the Starship Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and houses far and wide are opening up their gardens for the cause.

One such garden is that of Barbara and Brian Fleck, who as well as opening up their garden for the cause are also opening up Barbara’s collection of depression glass to interested viewers too.

This is Barbara’s first time opening up her “Itsy Bitsy” garden for the Altrusa ramble, she says she was motivated to do so because Starship is the recipient of this year’s funds and she felt that the cause was especially close to her heart, and she wanted to share her “happy place - our turangawaewae”.

The garden has been created over many years from gifted cuttings and plants and has become “a garden of memories but mostly a garden of colour and happiness”.

Throughout the Covid crisis Barbara’s garden has been a sanctuary for her, as gardens have been for so many other people during these times.

The annual Altrusa House and Garden Ramble takes place on November 7 and tickets are available from the I-Site, Campbell Lane and The Garden Shop for $30.

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Having three Covid cases suddenly sprung on us in the Waikato has shown there is little room for error when combating this Delta variant. It is becoming increasingly clearer that our best chance to beat this is to get vaccinated.

I’ll say that again: get vaccinated. The last week I have been working on a Covid Response Team.

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Work on a new crossing for pedestrian in Ōhaupō is expected to start in mid2022. The crossing will include pedestrian traffic signals, significant footpath improvements on either side of the road and kerb buildouts on neighbouring Great Bourke St. Flood warning Waipā District Council has sent 919 letters to properties in Ōhaupō, Pirongia, Cambridge and Te Awamutu, telling owners their houses are potentially at risk of flooding in a 100-year event. The council will conduct a survey of the properties’ finished floor levels from the road to confirm, but ultimately fewer than 100 are expected to remain vulnerable.

Kihikihi supply Work has begun on an alternative water supply for Kihikihi to reduce reliance on ground water.

The Kihikihi reservoir is on an archaeological site and council required approval from Heritage New Zealand to connect a new pipeline to the reservoir. Iwi consultation forms part of all archaeological assessments and that took place last week on what was once a military stockade.

Bridge battle lost Covid has won the 2021 Battle of the Bridge, organiser Mark Nogaj has announced.

The popular sporting battle between Leamington and Hautapu will return next year – coinciding with the Leamington club’s 125th anniversary.

MP hits out The Government has again been criticised by National MPs over its handling of the rural sector. Taranaki-King Country MP Barbara Kuriger – National’s spokesperson on Agriculture - said the targets set by the Government on water, climate change, zero carbon, emissions and land use had placed enormous pressure on the farming sector. She noted the suicide in rural regions was higher than in any other demographic.

Here come the caravans Holiday makers are heading to Waipā to get out of their caravans and take in the scenery, get on the water and ride.

By Mary Anne Gill

Expect a summer cavalcade of mobility homes and caravans through Waipā as holiday makers explore their own back yards.

And one person who will welcome them is Waipā councillor Hazel Barnes who told the Finance and Corporate committee on Tuesday caravaners were a key to the district’s tourism future.

In his annual report to the council, Hamilton and Waikato Tourism chief executive Jason Dawson said visitor expenditure for Waipā rose 14 per cent in the year to June 30.

Based on electronic card transactions, visitors injected $138 million into Waipā’s economy.

Waipā District Council allocates $150,000 a year to the tourism organisation which also has service level agreements around activities and services it must provide to the district.

Dawson said more New Zealanders were exploring their own back yard and in Waipā the attraction was to stay and shop locally.

The Waikato Expressway brought Aucklanders closer to the region and Waipā capitalised on that, he said.

Success stories included Hidden Lake Hotel in Cambridge which opened weeks before the first lockdown and afterwards stood up for events and became visible to business visitors, said Dawson.

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partnered with New Zealand Motorhome and Caravan Association.

Membership of the association ballooned in New Zealand post the first Covid lockdown.

“We do see more New Zealanders on long weekends coming into the region now,” said Dawson.

Even though accommodation facilities lose out, the caravaners and motor homeowners spend on retail, they come to events, and they spend on tourism attractions, he said.

“I feel quite uplifted after reading this report,” said Barnes.

“The caravan people, I see so many of them have taken this opportunity to get out and go and see things because there’s not much else, they can do.”

She said Te Awamutu would soon join Cambridge as a motor home friendly town with a caravan park site in Pirongia Road.

Deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk said the Hamilton and Waikato Tourism annual report gave a comprehensive snapshot of the district’s situation.

“We’re very lucky as a district, we bounced back very very quickly after the first lockdown. I suspect this lockdown will be a little different as it’s got a longer tail. But once we get rolling again, we will be just fine,” she said.

Chair Andrew Brown said Waipā was “somewhat insulated” - not relying on international tourism to a great extent – “maybe it’s something we’d like to change in the future.”

Waipā eyes slice of movie money

By Mary Anne Gill

Lights, camera, action – that’s a refrain you could be hearing more in Waipā with the establishment of a Waikato regional film office.

Waikato Screen, as it will be known, will share offices with its funder Hamilton and Waikato Tourism in Waipā at Hamilton Airport for three years while it sets up and establishes the region as a desirable screen location.

The international film industry is worth $3.5 billion to New Zealand but only 4.8 per cent ($170 million) goes to the Waikato.

It used to be higher when The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit made its home in Hobbiton.

In 10 years, Waikato Screen hopes to have trebled Waikato’s film economy.

Erin Griffiths and Madelien Scholten from Waikato Screen told Waipā District Council’s Finance and Corporate committee

on Tuesday many other businesses benefit from film making.

“If you ever look at the end of the films, it’ll have about four minutes of all the jobs you’ll have in films going through the credits,” said Griffiths.

Films can have up to 32 different roles creating up to 700 jobs. The industry in Auckland employs 7500 people and involves 1800 businesses. Waikato could easily get a slice of that.

“Waikato Screen will help grow jobs and businesses, retain our highly skilled crew, raise morale and profile our stunning region to the world of film,” she said.

Waipā has already benefitted from Waikato Screen's intervention.

Following three specific enquiries, council business development manager Steve Tritt met up with Scholten to scout for Waipā locations.

“He showed us all the beautiful spots that matched

the producer’s brief.

“That has been a great link and has been very valuable information because in the end production decided to film in Waipā and paid the location owner very generously,” said Scholten.

Tritt said there was a constant stream of location scouts coming through Waipā closely followed by non-disclosure agreements.

“It’s difficult to talk about film opportunities until they’re done,” he said.

The money to establish Waikato Screen came from the Waikato Regional Council’s Regional Development Fund. It granted $575,000 to Hamilton and Waikato Tourism which contracts Waikato Screen.

Funding also comes from Wel Energy Trust and South Waikato District Council.

Waikato Screen will work alongside prospective filmmakers to facilitate their needs from film permits through to post-production,

Waikato Screen’s Madelien Scholten with Waipā business development manager Steve Tritt scouting for locations.

creating sustainable employment opportunities.

A regional film office would improve communication, stimulate economic development, support, and promote talent and showcase the region, said Griffiths.

The Waikato is already home to high flying people in the industry - a leading location scout in Huntly, an assistant director from Power Rangers lives in Raglan and actor Joel Tobeck in

Cambridge.

Councillor Mike Pettit revealed one of the parents at Cambridge Primary School, where he is principal, worked in props on Avatar and Lord of the Rings and spoke at a school gathering.

Children were very engaged in the possibilities the film industry provided.

Waikato Screen sought funding and support from Waipā District Council. No decision was made at the meeting.

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Safety concern on cycleway Higher prices,

Questions are being asked about the safety of a rural road which is involved in a cycleway planned from Te Awamutu to Pirongia.

Paterangi Road resident Hamish Germann says the road has become increasingly dangerous.

“When we were kids, we would ride up and down this road but now even with a cycleway put in I don’t think it would help the safety in the area and I wouldn’t even let my three children ride on

it in this area,” he said.

The proposed route for the track is to cross pass Paterangi Road near the Mackay Access Road intersection. Germann says there have been five crashes in the area in three years.

A recent crash a couple of weeks ago resulted in a power pole being replaced for the second time in two years. Germann said three other crashes ended with vehicles crashing through his fence and onto a paddock.

He is not confident in the council deliberation phase and says that they have prioritised building the track over finding the safest route.

Waipā District Council says there have been overtaking and “loss of control” crashes on this road, which are typical of busier rural roads.

At present, they are in the early planning stages of the Ngā Roto - Te Awamutu Section of the cycleway.

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address safety concerns and safe zones for cyclists would be considered during the design phase, the council says.

The council is still working to acquire land for the project. The track and design are expected to cost more than $4 million.

Germann said that options such as limiting the speed and building an underpass for cyclists could work – but he fears that will be too expensive.

Hamish Germann said that there had been five crashes over the last three years.

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House prices have continued to boom in Waipā.

Latest Real Estate Institute figures show the median price for houses rose 16.6% – from $720,500 to $840,000 in the year to August 2021.

But the number of sales plummeted – down from 90 in 2020 to 54.

Agents said that was a consequence of Covid lockdowns More-Re director Peter Tong said challenges caused by the move to Level 4 included settlement delays and properties going unconditional during the lockdown.

But one property was sold during the lockdown sight unseen.

Auckland buyer interest in the Waipā market remained very strong.

“Auckland buyer enquiry started for me on the first day of level four lockdown at 8.50am,” he said.

He said that since being in level three, he had seen many “on behalf of” attendees at open homes – people looking for family or friends who are still stuck in Auckland.

Tong said that with a low number of house listings, demand continued to climb and last month’s sale price was on average 44 percent above the capital value of properties and the median house in that time had reached $950,000.

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Jatinder graduates Te Awamutu’s Jatinder Sidhu was among the graduands at an online ceremony staged by the Apprenticeship Training Trust last week.

Jatinder is hosted with Alba Plumbing and graduated with plumbing and gasfitting qualifications. He completed four years of training on-the-job, plus theory training at block courses through Wintec.

The Apprenticeship Training Trust (ATT) held the virtual graduation event having postponed the inJatinder Sidhu person celebrations which would have been attended by over 200 guests at Sky City Auckland.

“We are all so proud of Jatinder, he has done exceptionally well and to see him graduate is a really big milestone in his life and ours too,”

Graeme Clark of Hamilton based Alba Plumbing said. “We’ve loved supporting him throughout this journey and to see him graduate is fantastic. We are excited to see what the future holds for him.”

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“We have 91 graduates nationwide this year and we are thrilled to see these apprentices graduate, they are doing so well and winning awards,” Chief Executive Nicola Dashper said.

“We have all experienced major disruptions recently which has increased the need for skilled tradies, and it is wonderful to see such a strong cohort of tradie apprentices working hard and preparing to enter our much-needed workforce.”

Getting the tips on water

By Mary Anne Gill

Ever wondered how to repair that leaking tap or want to check if your cistern is leaking?

As part of Waipā District Council’s community outreach programme, residents can learn how - plus find out how to harvest rainwater and replace your showerhead.

In his report to the council’s service delivery committee on Tuesday, Water Services manager Martin Mould said planning was underway for the programme which would also include a swimming pool campaign.

In the meantime, council staff have developed a rainwater harvesting programme for schools. Eleven schools across the district registered to participate.

Each will get a 300-litre rainwater harvesting tank and have a demonstration and workshop for their school community.

“The aim of this programme is to educate tamariki and their whānau on rainwater collection and water conservation and provide opportunities for schools to enhance their own sustainability and conservation efforts,” said Mould.

Neighbouring Hamilton City Council has a similar project, funded as part of the Water Reform stimulus package, to assess the benefits, costs, opportunities and risks of establishing principles and rules for use of rainwater tanks.

Hamilton will share the results with Waipā.

Rainwater harvesting can assist in lowering water bills, as the natural precipitation can be used for different purposes.

The upfront costs of a rainwater catchment system vary, depending on the amount of water users want to store and its intended uses.

The council has sent letters

to 919 properties in Ōhaupō, Pirongia, Cambridge and Te Awamutu, notifying them that their houses are potentially at risk of flooding in a 100-year event.

The council will conduct a survey of the properties’ finished floor levels from the road to confirm. Fewer than 100 are expected to remain at risk of flooding, said Mould.

Work has begun on an alternative water supply for Kihikihi to reduce reliance on ground water.

Because the Kihikihi reservoir is on an archaeological site and connection of the new pipeline to the reservoir means working on the site the council had to get approval for the work from Heritage New Zealand.

Iwi consultation forms part of all archaeological assessments and that took place last week on what was once a military stockade.

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Letters…

Plaque question As someone who encourages the recording and preserving of Te Awamutu’s history, I applaud the decision of the Te Awamutu Community Board to partially fund the plaque proposed for the Old Post Office building on the corner of Alexandra & Sloane Streets by your reporter Luke East (Te Awamutu News, September 16, 2021.).

However with regard to the photo on the front page I wonder whether something is missing? The plaque records the Queen’s platinum jubilee, the death of Prince Phillip and that they both visited Te Awamutu in 1954.

However, apart from the 1954 visit date, there is nothing to “anchor” these events.

Use of a well-known search engine informs me that the Royal visit to Te Awamutu was on January 1, 1954 and that the 70th anniversary of the Queen’s ascension to the throne will be celebrated on February 6, 2022 - and we can recall Phillip’s death in April of this year. However, into the future the first two will recede from being recent events. An earlier version of the plaque had additional information detailing when the plaque was unveiled (and by whom). While these details may not be currently known I would hope that, when eventually placed, the final plaque has some additional information to record its place in time.

Craig Smart Te Awamutu Luke East responds: The 1954 visit was a momentous occasion for Te Awamutu and next year our Sovereign who visited us all those years ago celebrates her Platinum Jubilee (the first in Commonwealth history); we want to celebrate that momentous piece of local history and this historic milestone for our monarchy, while also honouring the late Duke of Edinburgh who gave many decades of immense service to the Commonwealth, including to New Zealand. Covid is currently hampering us from finalising the unveiling details, but Mr Smart can rest assured that they will be part of the final product.”

Feds on Groundswell A number of people ask why Federated Farmers Waikato were not deeply involved in all the Groundswell events.

I take my hat off to organisers for running the Howl as well as they did; my support might have been quiet as I personally was not invited by organisers, but we did have active roleholders attend. I was praying for it to go well and largely it did.

Protests are notoriously difficult to run well. Many run by the rural sector in the past have been considered failures at a New Zealand Inc level.

Waikato Feds has been blamed for fallout of non-Feds rural protests in the past, and even threatened with litigation.

Nationally and locally, we see Groundswell as back-up to the work we do. You don’t create beneficial, longlasting change by purposely creating a divide.

Groundswell correctly are distancing themselves from supporters who choose extremist lines.

Please, if these future protests are to succeed, people must understand what is acceptable and what is not. Persons who choose to go extreme undermine the wider group.

Federated Farmer members are diverse and across the political spectrum, are not divided by sector, sex or race.

We are here to get the best possible outcomes for our voluntary members who fund us. Many others gain from our work, which includes the wider community and through other charity associations.

All of our Waikato district councils have received a letter from Waikato Feds on the 3 Waters in August, asking them to take the discussion out publicly and pointing out the pros and cons.

These are the communities’ assets, not councils’.

You voted for them, help them make the appropriate choice by attending the next Groundswell event.

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Christian fest Something in the water... on the move

By Blair Voorend

Organisers of a national Christian festival want to move from its Mystery Creek base to a Karāpiro farm.

Festival One is hoping to run its annual event on a 280-hectare rural property on Whitehall Road for 10 years.

But they have to convince Waipā District Council, which has initially declined the plan. A decision on whether or not to grant resource consent will be made after a site visit by council.

The festival began in 2015 as the successor of the much larger Parachute event which was based at Mystery Creek.

The proposed venue is Hartford Farm and was previously known as Dunwold.

Festival One Graham Burt executive director said the board of the Summer Festival Charitable Trust, which runs the event, wanted to find a new location to refresh the festival at a site more in keeping with the relaxed and community feel of the event.

A Waipā District Council hearing over Zoom was held last week to discuss the resource consent to hold the

event at the farm.

The meeting was told the four-day event, to be stagedover Auckland anniversary weekend, had backing from police and emergency services due to the positive feedback from previous events at Mystery Creek.

Initial advice to council was to decline the resource consent when it was presented earlier last year because of concerns over the size of the event.

Organisers proposed a capped capacity of 10,000 festival goers as well as 2000 support staff and volunteers.

But they say that number won’t be achieved for some years – they expect a little over 4000 patrons in 2022.

The council originally received 11 submissions – by last week that had fallen to nine - six against and three in favour.

Submitter Steve Howse said he and others involved in his submission believed the introduction of the festival would deviate from the district plan.

He suggested is approval was given it should be for five years instead of the proposed 10-year period.

Another Waikato local body has indicated it won’t go into bat for the Government’s Three Waters reform.

Waikato District Council this week publicly celebrated the success of its own relationship with Watercare, which has managed district’s drinking, waste and stormwater infrastructure for two years.

Its statement stopped short of dismissing the Government’s plan, though.

The Government wants all 67 district councils to buy into its Three Water plan,

which would see the creation of four publicly-owned multi-regional entities to manage the infrastructure.

Councils have been offered financial incentives to get on board, and the plan has been the subject of a major advertising campaign - but there is an absence of firm support in Waikato.

Waikato District mayor Allan Sanson cast a vote of confidence in his council’s present set up on Tuesday, saying he was proud of the decision to contract the water services to Watercare and was confident

in the Waters Governance Board as the kaitiaki (guardians) of the partnership.

“We trust the experts and they are reliable,” he said.

He pointed to positive examples of the partnership with Watercare, including the upgrades to the Meremere wastewater treatment plant. Watercare had also renewed Waikato District Council’s wastewater discharge resource consent for 35 years with Waikato Regional Council.

Waipā cemeteries filling up

By Blair Voorend

Some cemeteries will be at full capacity in a little over a decade, district councillors have been told.

The region’s 10 public cemeteries can take another 12,000 burials – which at the current rate would provide space for a further 60 years.

But some are likely to be full or almost full in a decade.

They are Paterangi, Te Awamutu, Puahue and Pukeatua.

Waipā District Council’s reserves planner Tofeeq Ahmed identified those closest to filling up in mid-2030’s in a report to the Waipā District Council.

The district’s burial sites also three private cemeteries and many urupa and there are about 200 burials a year.

The 10 public cemeteries of Hautapu, Kihikihi, Leamington, Ōhaupō, Paterangi, Pirongia, Puahue, Pukeatua, Pukerimu and Te Awamutu are managed by council.

Mr Ahmed has been working on a study to look at how existing cemeteries can cope through to 2048, how they may be extended and how amenities in existing cemeteries can be improved.

A hectare will provide space for about 1200 burials as well as cremations and space for buildings, roads, gardens, and

parking.

Leamington cemetery has its own section for eco-burials, or natural burials, which take up more space. Natural burials require larger plots to allow for memorial plantings to grow.

The footprint of the Hautapu cemetery has also been reduced to provide for roading changes.

Te Awamutu cemetery is one of 10 public cemeteries in Waipā

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

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Waipā District Council is currently undergoing a representation review.

We’re considering how many councillors and community board members represent our community.

We’re proposing to reduce the number of councillors from 13 to 11, change a number of our ward boundaries and retain the current Community Boards in a similar structure to the way they are now.

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Our proposed changes to ward boundaries include combining the current Pirongia and Kakepuku wards and extending the Maungatautari Ward around the south-west of Cambridge to include Kaipaki.

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FAITH IN WAIPĀ

COMMUNITY BOARD REPORT

From flags to plaques

Celebrating, healing and caring

By Angie Holt, Chair, Te Awamutu Community Board

By Julie Guest

The September Community Board Meeting included an update from Civil Defence Emergency Management, quarterly reports for Transportation and Property Services, Representation Review update, requests to Community Board to support the removal of the water tower at Turata Reserve, requests to pay for Christmas flags in the main street and the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee plaque, the chair report and a notice of motion from board member Derbyshire regarding the Three Waters Proposal.

There are 41 applications for the discretionary fund.

Community Board supported the recommendation from council to remove the old water tower on the Turata Reserve, Kihikihi. This decision was made based on the engineers from Grey Matter Ltd highlighting possible problems regarding its stability and safety, Mana Whenua and the Kihikihi Ratepayers both supported its removal. The plan for a landscaped space with picnic tables and information boards that tell both Māori and European history of Kihikihi is an attractive alternative that more of the local community can enjoy.

Amber Diprose, Event & Marketing Advisor requested the purchase of Christmas Flags for Te Awamutu and Kihikihi as the old ones have done their dash. It was disappointing that we did not get more notice so we could have involved the community. We have however approved the purchase of new red and green Christmas tree flags that will be ready for the festive season.

The Chair report highlighted Luke East’s request to support the purchase of a plaque to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee and her visit with Prince Philip in 1954 to Te Awamutu. This is to go on the old Post Office.

We had not expected the cost of $3342 despite supporting the concept. With over $120,000 of discretionary applications coming up and only

$50,000 available for two rounds we needed to be more frugal. We supported Luke’s request for up to $1150 and recommended he use crowd funding to get the balance.

Here is the link to our most recent meeting - www.waipadc.govt.nz/our-council/agendasand-minutes or you can watch the video recording accessed from the same page as the agenda.

Please take part in the Representation Review.

This is your chance to have a say on how many councillors we have, where our ward boundaries are and a big one for us – do you want a Community Board? Last month at the Finance and Corporate Committee meeting it was decided to include Community Boards in the Council’s initial proposal for its representation structure for consultation with the community.

The community board is not as visible as the council however we work very hard in the background for our respective towns. One of our most important roles is that we advocate for Te Awamutu, not Waipā as the councillors are mandated to.

We bring many and various issues to the attention of staff or council from footpath repairs, lighting and road safety to improving car parking. We complete annual plan and longterm plan submissions where we always ask for improvements for Te Awamutu. These are things we have noticed, had brought to us by the community or where we are supporting another organisation. They are the things we believe make a real difference to our community – like parking.

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makes a Gym’s fundraising sweetener KC strong start

By Viv Posselt

Te Awamutu Gymsports is hoping the lure of sweet family treats might help them fund the purchase of new equipment badly needed at its Palmer St premises.

The team has launched a Sweet Treats Fundraiser, offering people an opportunity to place their online orders for a selection of sweets by October 3, and then collect them from the gym on October 21.

Among the goodies up for grabs are gluten free chocolate brownie bites, cookie caramel slices, New York brownie slices, ginger slices and raspberry shortcake slices. All are being crafted by Original Foods in Christchurch, organised through Raise It, a New Zealand fundraising organisation which assists schools, charities, clubs and other groups.

Online fundraising is more popular than ever because of the Covid pandemic.

Te Awamutu Gymsports committee member Alexis Waine said the fundraising initiative was needed to help purchase two new balance beams and a number of safety mats generally used around the beams.

Around $18,000 to $20,000 is needed, she said, and while some money has already been raised through sausage sizzles and other activities over the last year or so, a push is needed to get the remainder of the money in – hence the decision to do the online Sweet Treats SINCE 1974 Fundraiser. A portion of the sale

Latest Rollie Arrivals Some of the younger Te Awamutu Gymsports members going through their routines, overseen by head coach Alannah Caldon, with coaches Jess Owen and Madi Chisholm.

price of every sweet treat purchased translate into other sports. Kids will go to the club. move through skill levels called “We are a non-profit club offering gym fun badges, and some of recreational and competitive our competitive gymnasts are gymnastics training for all ages,” supported through coaching said Alexis. “We have toddler courses as they develop leadership classes through to school age skills as well.” students, teenagers and adults.

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The beams in use at the gym are very old, she said, and the mats underneath them also need replaced.

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North King Country has made a strong debut in the Peace Cup sub-union rugby competition – and faces a potentially bigger change tonight.

On the back of a 45-29 win over Central Bay of Plenty, the side hosts current Peace Cup holders Hamilton tonight (Thursday) in Kio Kio under lights.

Both sides opened the fourteam competition with wins last weekend -Hamilton beat Piako 40-31 in a replay of last year’s final.

The 2021 competition, delayed

by Covid, has gone ahead without entries from Cambridge and the most successful sub-union in recent years, Te Awamutu.

North King Country, made a spectacular entrance into the Peace Cup competition, defeating Central Bay of Plenty at the Ngongotaha Domain on Sunday. The Peace Cup debutants had to overcome early defiance from the home side before posting a 45-29 victory.

The match in Hamilotn last weekend – at Melville’s home ground in Collins Rd – had the Stan Meads Shield (Peace Cup Challenge trophy) and the Waikato Sub-Union big prize of the Finlay Cup, on the line.

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TALKING ECONOMICS

GDP: What does it measure?

By Peter Nicholl

GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is New Zealand’s official measure of economic growth.

On September 16 StatsNZ announced that GDP had risen by 2.8 percent in the June quarter.

That was double the increase expected by most economic commentators.

The increase in economic activity was widespread. Only three of 16 sub-sectors showed declines in activity. The primary industries sector grew the strongest, at 5 percent. The services industries sector, which is the largest and covers two-thirds of economic activity, grew at 2.8 percent.

Growth was strongest in the accommodation, restaurant and bars’ sub-sector which grew by 25 percent following virtually no growth in the March quarter. This, of course, was due to the country coming out of lockdown and a limited international travel bubble opening.

Both of those things have been reversed in the September quarter so this sub-sector will show limited and possibly even negative growth in the September quarter.

Following the release, the NZ dollar strengthened and wholesale interest rates rose.

The financial markets are no longer debating whether or not the RBNZ will raise the OCR (Official Cash Rate) at their next meeting on October 6. They are now debating whether it will increase it by 0.25 percent or 0.5 percent. It should be raised by 0.5 percent, but the RBNZ has been so slow and timid that they will probably only raise it by 0.25 percent.

A lot of attention is paid to the GDP numbers. GDP is one of the main targets in many countries’ development programmes.

International league tables abound that rate countries economic success by comparing per capita GDP or GDP growth rates.

One major problem with GDP as an indicator of economic performance is that it only measures activity that takes place in markets – and even then, only if the market is a formal

one. In countries where grey markets (ones that are registered but under-report activity) or black markets (unregistered markets) exist, and most countries have them to some degree, the activity that takes place in those informal markets is frequently not included in GDP. This is not a big problem in New Zealand. But in Bosnia, for example, where I lived and worked for 10 years, it was estimated that these ‘informal’ economies were equal to about 40 percent of official GDP. Also, GDP does not include things that are not traded such as do-it -yourself work or unpaid home care. These omissions are significant in New Zealand.

GDP was not developed to be a measure of a country’s overall quality of life. It does not measure important qualitative things like sustainability, environmental impacts, equality and health. But GDP is often used to compare the relative standards of living in different countries. It is a very poor measure for doing this.

The OECD recommended a few years ago that countries should have a dashboard of performance indicators that are important to their citizens. GDP would continue to be one indicator, but the dashboard would include many of the things listed above. The New Zealand Government are beginning to talk about targeting ‘well-being’. This is consistent with the OECD’s recommendation and is a good thing. But at present ‘well-being’ is still a vague term and is already in danger of being overused and inappropriately used. It is not clear what the Government or their Agencies that use the term are actually targeting. The term needs to be given some quantitative dimensions.

Until this becomes clearer, GDP is likely to continue to be used to assess some things it was never designed to measure.

Te Awamutu calls in the army

By Blair Voorend

Organiser Andrew Young announced a few weeks ago that due to availability issues and Covid, Te Awamutu – like Cambridge – would not compete in the battle for the battered symbol of sub union supremacy.

It’s the first time in more than 20 years that Te Awamutu has not competed – but the sub union will feature in a centenary game against the New Zealand Army team for November.

The Peace Cup, originally known as the Peace Memorial Cup, was introduced in 1919 to mark the formal end of the First World War. Richard English was an accountant and auditor for the Waikato Rugby Union at the time he donated the trophy, “for the furtherance of Rugby Football at SubUnion Level and shall be a Challenge Trophy.”

The Peace Cup became the prized trophy contested by sub-unions in the Waikato, Thames Valley, King Country and Bay of Plenty regions.

It has a colourful history, is regarded as one of the least of attractive rugby

trophies and was replaced for several years by the Stan Meads Cup after going missing.

Te Awamutu’s focus though, for 2021 is very much on its own history.

“We have special one-off centenary jerseys that we will be playing in and will auction off after the match,” Young said.

The game scheduled to be held on November 13 will be played at Ōhaupō Rugby Club against an army team which hasn’t had much game time this year either.

Young hopes the centenary celebrations will showcase sub-union rugby.

“Over recent years some sub-union teams around the region have struggled from players not able to commit to the senior rep teams.

“We already manage to get a lot of support from the local rugby clubs which players represent, but now we hope that have an event such as this we can gather some community backing and build for the future.”

The auction of the one-off jerseys will raise funds for the sub-union, while the reserve jerseys will also be auctioned with proceeds going to different charities.

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Just picture this

By Peter Carr

Two years ago this week I was in Ireland – representing the NZ National Fieldays Society at the annual Irish Plough agricultural event.

This is a gathering of all things agricultural (and a few other sideshows too) where in excess of 400,000 fervent Irish people visit each year.

To place it in perspective the throughput numerically is three times that of the annual gathering at Mystery Creek.

And this annual agri-fest is under the ownership and operation of a lovely lady in her mid-80’s.

I was reminded of this pleasant escapade at the weekend when my electronic tablet threw up a photographic reminder of pictures I had taken that day in September – of any year.

Coincidental with the excellent show a group of us toured the eastern side of the Emerald Isle to gain an understanding of how Irish farmers are tilling the soil and turning beautiful verdant pastures into both food (for humans) and food (for cattle).

Hot off the press at this time was the apparition of Brexit where Irish farmers – who use the UK to transit large trucks to the European continent – were faced with paying a tariff for passing through an EU-free UK. The newspapers were full of fears, woe, gnashing of teeth and general upsetedness.

I am further reminded this week – with Brexit now a done deal – that I have not heard much more about these frustrations. Their main beef was about beef and, to some extent, butter and cheese. Irish farmers were concerned that the net income from their labours would be diminished.

It appears the UK is intending to be lenient

with the Irish agricultural producers.

So why this diatribe about tariffs? Well, it has been interesting to note the tripartite agreement between three major nations on matters pertaining to nuclear submarines.

Putting aside the virtues of being nuclear free it is also interesting to note that, coincidental with this tilt at the Chinese, the great oriental nation applied to become involved with the CTTP – the comprehensive 12 nation Pacific rim alliance for more progressive and, hopefully, one day tariff-free trade between nations.

Now sitting at the bottom south-western edge of the Pacific with trade with China uppermost on our minds the government is walking a narrow and tight rope.

Not wishing to fall into the abyss with which Australia finds itself in Sino relations – and conscious that China can turn taps off at a whim – it will be interesting to observe how our Foreign Affairs Minister conducts the next leg of the trade pathway To end on a cheerful note, one of the Irish farmers we visited invited the 20 of us to morning tea.

We could not help noticing a group photograph on the kitchen table. It was the Maramarua First XV. And in the middle row was a younger version of our host.

Farming aside his agricultural studies had taken him to the Waikato for an extended stay and he is extremely proud to be an honorary Kiwi.

Then and now - the Te Awamutu Peace Cup teams from 1947 (above) and the 2011 winning Stan Meads Cup team (below).

Football takes the cake Registrations have opened for the 28th annual Te Awamutu 5-a-side football competition – which will begin at Anchor Park on October 13.

Te Awamutu Football Club committee member Sean Stringfellow says the weekly event is a way to “instantly make friends with new people, get a different physical outlet or even just get the kids off Fortnite”.

With the Premier League, Women’s Super League and UEFA Champions

League all underway and the 2022 FIFA World Cup on the horizon there is no shortage of football to watch - but for those wanting to go a step further and join a team Sean reckons this is the ideal event.

The event has had the same sponsor Waikato Cakes – for the last 26 years.

It costs $200 to enter a team, and teams must also provide referees. For more information contact Ken Miezenbeck on 027 474 6630.

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THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

with Jan Bilton

Greens are gold

There’s a new leaf in the superfood stakes. Or is it so new?

Kumara leaves are becoming popular not because of their novelty value but because recent research undertaken in the USA recognizes that the leaves have three times more vitamin B6, five times more vitamin C, and almost 10 times more riboflavin than the actual kumara. Nutritionally they are similar to Mr superfood spinach. However, they have less oxalic acid.

Kumara leaves are available from specialist greengrocers, the local farmers’ market and, of course, growers. They are great in smoothies, stir-fries or sautéed with garlic and combined with a little coconut cream.

And although ‘curly superfood kale’ looks a little more sophisticated than old-fashioned silver beet, the latter — alternatively known as Swiss chard — is also full of good nutrition. Besides, it has a noble past. It’s one of the vegetables recorded as growing in the Hanging Gardens of Babylon; it appeared in the writings of Aristotle; and it was prominent in George Washington’s garden at Mount Vernon.

And don’t ditch the stalks. In Europe they are puréed with cream and nutmeg and also pan-fried with garlic. Or try them stir-fried then topped with blue cheese and walnuts.

KUMARA LEAF TAGLIATELLE Spinach leaves could replace the kumara leaves.

125g kumara leaves, stalks removed 150g tagliatelle 3 cloves garlic 1/2 teaspoon salt

Shanghai Cabbage Fritters

Kumara Leaf Tagliatelle

1 tablespoon olive oil 1 small red capsicum, sliced 50g fresh mozzarella Wash and finely slice the kumara leaves.

Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil and cook the pasta until al dente. Add the kumara leaves during the last 2-3 minutes of cooking.

Meanwhile, crush the garlic and salt together with a heavy knife, until a paste forms. Heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan and stir-fry the capsicums and garlic, until just tender.

Drain the pasta and kumara leaves well and add to the capsicum mixture. Toss to combine.

Serve topped with the mozzarella. Serves 2.

2 tablespoons each: chopped coriander, parsley 1/2 cup each: self-raising flour, water 1 egg, lightly beaten salt and pepper to taste 1 teaspoon each: ground turmeric, grated root ginger 1-2 tablespoons rice bran oil Finely slice the stems of the Shanghai cabbage then chop.

Finely slice the leaves and place both in a large bowl. Add the onion, potato, coriander and parsley and mix well.

Whisk the flour, water, egg and seasonings and until well combined. Stir into the veggie mixture.

Heat a little oil in a non-stick frying pan. Take heaped tablespoons of the mixture and place in the pan. Cook until the fritters golden underneath then flip over and cook the other side. Keep warm in the oven while preparing the remaining fritters.

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Renotification of Decision on Proposed Plan Change 13: Uplifting Deferred Zones Following public notification of the decision on Proposed Plan Change 13 (9 September 2021), Council was advised of some errors within the decision. These errors are of an administrative and technical nature and relate to incorrect referencing and updates to planning maps to implement the decisions.

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