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Covid news held back Mayors rebel against orchestrated releases

By Mary Anne Gill

A Waipā district councillor says she and other councillors were told to keep quiet for more than a day when Covid was detected in Te Awamutu’s wastewater so health authorities could put a communications package together. Hazel Barnes of Kihikihi said she was so scared she did not step outside her gate for fear she might come across the “poor people” who were carrying Covid. Her admission comes after Ōtorohanga mayor Max Baxter said he broke ranks over the weekend and released details of two cases in the district because his community needed to know. Barnes says she wishes now she had done the same thing. “We were asked not to speak about it, so I didn’t for nearly 48 hours.” She criticised the poor relationship between the council and Waikato District Health Board (DHB) which should have reached out to district councils a lot earlier in the pandemic. “We know our communities. People have a right to know. You’ve got to be honest and open about it.” The DHB reported yesterday there were 35

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cases in Te Awamutu/ Kihikihi, two in Ōtorohanga and three in Cambridge/ Karāpiro. Waipā continued to lead the way in the Waikato with first vaccination rates of 89.3 per cent and 71.8 per cent fully vaccinated. But for Waipā to get out of lockdown, and into orange, the whole Waikato DHB region of 435,690 people over 21,000 square kilometres, and every one of the other 19 DHBS, have to be 90 per cent vaccinated by the end of November. Baxter also highlighted issues with the dissemination of information about the pandemic. Without his intervention on Sunday, the community would have waited until the Ministry of Health’s 1pm stand up on Monday, he said.

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Baxter said he was being told there were cases linked to the Te Awamutu cluster an hour after the ministry’s stand up. “I had to do a lot more digging myself. They were talking about opening a testing centre in town.” So, he rang Waikato District Health Board chief executive Kevin Snee to ask whether it was true. He said Snee did not know but he got one of his colleagues to confirm the cases. It was Baxter and not the DHB which first reported there were two positive results in Ōtorohanga. Waipā mayor Jim Mylchreest said he felt Waikato DHB was keeping his community in the dark. “We weren’t getting any updates other than the daily ones the media were getting.”

The tip off about a Covid case in Cambridge earlier this month came via Civil Defence and not the DHB, he said. It was a similar case with reports of Covid in Te Awamutu’s wastewater. The government’s decision not to make the latest Covid outbreaks a national emergency meant it was being run by the Ministry of Health and district health boards without community involvement. “Local government knows their communities,” he said. The timing of releases about Covid have not been entirely user-friendly.” This week three mayors – Mylchreest, Paula Southgate (Hamilton) and Allan Sanson (Waikato) combined to express their concern at how information about the vaccination programme in the region was being rolled out. Allan Sansonsaid councils were ready to support any community vaccination initiatives but felt stymied by a lack of information coming from the Waikato DHB. The Waikato DHB acknowledged a series of questions from the News over communications issues but had not provided answers at press time.

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Why the Max factor was necessary By Roy Pilott, News director

Ōtorohanga Mayor Max Bradford deserves high praise for breaking a Covid mould. Since the arrival of Covid, the government, health boards and local bodies have staged managed information releases where and when they want. Mayor Bradford exposed that nonsense on Sunday when he released news about two cases in Ōtorohanga rather than wait 23 hours for the government to do so at its 1pm media stand up. Now Waipā councillor Hazel Barnes says she was told to keep quiet about Covid information. Health boards are struggling to reach their vaccinations targets. We wonder if they have asked themselves how many of those unvaccinated people are not living in the digital world – and rely on genuine community newspapers. It is a point not lost on Cr Barnes, who said many people she knew relied on their community newspaper for news. Take Super Saturday publicity. It was so staged for digital and television that community newspapers like your News – one of more than 80 in the country - could not provide readers with something as basic as a list of vaccination points. The information was rolled out on the eve of the big day. When a case was discovered in Karāpiro earlier this month and news spread through the Waipā community, it was the News which broke the story. The official announcement was being held back for TV audiences at 1pm. For health boards to hit targets, they must change their media approach and acknowledge the importance of, rather than shun, community newspapers. Our message to health boards, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Covid Minister Chris Hipkins is simple – tell your communications people to communicate, not orchestrate. This is a pandemic, it’s not time for publicity stunts.

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What a put down

Having the option to “join” the zoom meeting of the Te Awamutu Community Board I was really disappointed to hear the comment that a big business had done nothing for Te Awamutu. There was a discussion regarding the name of the Bunnings carpark. It should be changed it was mentioned, options discussed were Te Arawai carpark, Arawata Street carpark and 244 Arawata Street Carpark. What was really disappointed to hear that Bunnings had never done anything for Te Awamutu. This was one comment of a longstanding elected person. It would have been good if the chair would have made a comment. As an ex-Bunnings employee I felt let down by that…peeved off. Bunnings had been in Te Awamutu for 10 years plus, and before that of course it was Benchmark. It employed locals who spent their wages locally, supported with freebies when asked for and I personally feel that having no Bunnings in Te Awamutu is a loss for locals. If businesses can be “slagged off” by elected Community Board members I feel that Te Awamutu should not have a community board. What business is next? Thanks, Te Awamutu News for also reporting this. Bernard Westerbaan Kihikihi

Plant sale coming to town By Viv Posselt

All going well, the second Waipā Plant Sale will go ahead at Cambridge’s Victoria Square from 8am to noon on Sunday. Organiser Rebecca Jenkins said last year’s successful inaugural sale attracted 28 stallholders from the Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Auckland. Four weeks out from this month’s event, that number had grown to over 30 stallholders from around the region. Any Covid-related changes in plan sale will be posted on the Waipā Plant Sale Facebook platform. “It was so busy last year that it got quite manic at times ... overall, it was a far bigger success than I had dared hope it would be. There were stallholders who sold out of everything they had brought within less than an hour of opening,” she said. Rebecca is a market afficionado. She created the Waipā Plant Sale around the best of what she has experienced around the region combined with her own background knowledge in growing vegetables and making preserves, and her lifelong interest in promoting sustainable natural food production. She is also the founder of Love Grow Eat, an urban organic online space established in 2018 with the home gardener in mind. It offers information, inspiration and advice on a raft of topics, including on how to save and sow your own seeds and follow the seasonal cycle.

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Rebecca Jenkins is hopeful the sale will go ahead as planned.

“As I see it ‘love’ is about loving the soil and feeding it the best stuff to make it as organic as possible,” Rebecca explained. “The ‘grow’ part of it is about growing delicious healthy food and lovely flowers, and the ‘eat’ part is obviously about sharing the food you have grown with family and friends. That sharing is what creates a community.” Rebecca believes communities need to return to a more sustainable era, when growing their own food according to seasonal changes was the norm and pickling and preserving was a natural home-based process. She is also keen on building on a ‘crop swap’ concept which

would see Cambridge neighbours link up over the growing process and share the resultant crops between them. “Perhaps one person could do potatoes, another leeks … and so on. That is an easy way to encourage self-sufficiency and enhance neighbourhoods,” she said. “I think people have just lost the skills … lost their confidence. Growing your own produce can be very rewarding, and it saves money.” The Waipā Plant Sale will be free to enter. Among the host of plants on offer will be a huge range of vegetables, herbs, seedlings, fruit trees, flowers and garden hats.

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A way forward

It seems we may be getting some traffic lights in Te Awamutu a lot earlier than anticipated. At first glance I think that this may be a way out of the Covid hole we seem to find ourselves in. I for one am looking forward to being able to have a beer at a real live licensed premises again. And when it comes to shopping, I would much prefer to go to a bricks and mortar building and select for myself the product off the shelf. Although convenient, its not as fun as click and collect. The only thing keeping us from getting to this place is the stubborn few who are not

getting vaccinated. Apathy is holding us all back. If you have someone in your whanau group who is apathetic about getting vaccinated, remind them that summer is looking bleak for them. Everything is going to hinge on being vaccinated, right down to the simple act of getting a haircut. While it’s not quite the world I want to live in, its unfortunately the world we are living in. With the Covid outbreak hitting us here in Te Awamutu I am seeing and hearing a lot of speculation on social media about its origins. This speculation is not helping matters and only stigmatising those who have contracted

this illness. Stigmatising patients with Covid pushes those who become symptomatic to try and hide it. It puts them at real risk of harm by not seeking medical attention. It puts the whole community at risk because those who feel stigmatised refuse to be tested and become super spreaders. Speculation is prolonging this outbreak and it must stop. I ask any community Facebook page admins reading this to consider the implications on social media speculation and put thought into deleting posts containing such.

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Briefs…

Lockdown three remains

Waipā will remain in level three lockdown, Covid response minister Chris Hipkins announced yesterday. The restrictions were eased very slightly today and results of a further review will be announced on Monday.

Mayor hospitalised

Waipā mayor Jim Mylchreest had a 24-hour stint in Waikato Hospital on an antibiotic drip last week when his chest infection worsened. Mylchreest said yesterday he had a high fever which settled down once he got on the antibiotics.

In the money

A property near Te Awamutu has been forfeited following a Police investigation connected to the manufacture and supply of methamphetamine. It brings to more than $1 million the value of assets forfeited in the wake of the September 2019 convictions of Blaine Weir, 44, on drugs, violence and firearms charges.

Booked out

Book lovers must wait until May for Cambridge Rotary’s popular Bookarama after a second blow from Covid. “With the Rotary Garden Festival in November needing all of the club’s support and the Town Hall being used by the ladies of the Christmas Festival in December we were hoping for a date early next year,” organiser Ray Milner said. “This wasn’t possible, and the first available suitable opportunity is in May. So, we are back where we started two years ago.

Science success

Waipā student Jordan Hazlehurst has starred at the Waikato Niwa Science Fair. Jordan collected the awards for best senior science award and best senior science project as well as a New Zealand Statistical Association Special Award and a Niwa work experience scholarship. Jordan’s school, St Peter’s, announced the success.

ON THE FRONT LINE

Life of a vaccinator By Mary Anne Gill

A Waipā nurse vaccinator on Covid’s front line says she’s convinced mobile vans going into Waikato’s far flung rural areas is the answer to reaching the 90 per cent fully vaccinated target. Michelle Edge who works for Waikato District Health Board (DHB) says she’s had people in remote places getting their vaccinations and then thanking the team. “They’ve said to me: ‘Thank you so much for coming to our community. We didn’t think anyone was going to come and see us. People said they were feeling forgotten,” says Edge, a nurse since 1994. “It reminds you the Waikato region is massively rural. You can’t underestimate the mobiles because of those small pockets.” Edge has visited places in the Waikato she had never been before. This week she was in Māpiu, Waimiha, Ohura and Kakahi. In previous weeks she has been vaccinating in Awakino, Te Akau, Piopio, Kawhia and Tahāroa. “We work in tandem with our kaimanaaki and we’ve formed a bond as a cohesive team,” she says. Kaimanaaki are the navigators of Manaakitanga (People at Heart), Waikato DHB’s Māori strategy. Their role is to uphold the values of Manaakitanga and ensure that each person is cared for during their vaccination experience. Waikato DHB has a population of than 435,690 and covers more than 21,000 square kilometres from northern Coromandel to Mt Ruapehu, west to Raglan to Waihi on the east. Nearly a quarter of the population are Māori, the largest number of any DHB in the country.

“When we went out to Tahāroa, they all queued up for their vaccinations because they knew ‘no jab, no mahi’. When we go back, they’ll queue up for their second jabs too,” she said. Edge, a former emergency department nurse, started last year at the Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) facility in Te Rapa, Hamilton. There she saw all sorts of issues. “We had people who’d had anxiety issues in the past and they came back. It tests your mental health skills, but it also sharpens your communication skills, particularly visual. “Sometimes you might look at them and the first few days they are quite chatty and then they go very quiet.” Another time she helped a woman completing assignments while in MIQ but getting increasingly concerned about her papers while talking to friends. Others were lonely, missing family and worrying. “You try and trouble shoot, do things like say: ‘Want to go for a walk?’” “Fourteen days is a long time. You realise how social we are. You knew the ones that wanted to natter, you took the time with them.” Others handled it fine, like the lady who did scrapbooking. She had a mobile printer and worked on her Christmas calendars and reflected on the fact she was having French toast for breakfast every day. Edge started as a vaccinator in June; her first stint was at Te Rapa Racecourse where older people queued up, arms at the ready for their vaccinations. “They just said to me: ‘off you go, give it to me’.”

Michelle Edge loves spending time in her garden and with dogs Barney, left, and Betty, right, when she’s not on the road with the mobile vaccination team.

There have been others who were not so sure. “We were at one of the rural sites recently. This guy’s mind was full of information and he wanted all the answers. One of the nurses must have spent 30-40 minutes with him. He got vaccinated and he was heading back to tell all his mates about it,” she said. While some trips might not seem worthwhile, Edge argues otherwise. “We got eight people when we first went to Awakino and the population is 50 so that’s 15 per cent of the population. “It’s eight more than we had and those eight are going to talk to someone else and so it goes.” “When we go back, you can bet there will be more.” In another area some said they were rural, so the vaccination did not

matter. “They said ‘we hardly come into town, it’s (Covid) not going to bother us’, but it just takes one meeting to get Covid.” Home in Leamington, Cambridge is her refuge after days spent decked out in full protective gear and hours on the road. “I do my garden, I plough through the work in there, I cook and I’ve got two new dogs who keep me on my toes.” Does she ever worry about getting Covid herself? “I wear my mask; I wash my hands. If I got it, I’m double vaccinated, my symptoms will be less. I don’t envisage taking up an ICU bed, I don’t think I’ll even need hospital. I will just go into my own bubble.” • See: In Focus, page 13

Feds, councils angered by Three Waters call By Mary Anne Gill

Waipā District Council and Federated Farmers have reacted angrily to the government’s decision to take away its water assets in favour of four new mega entities. Local Government minister Nanaia Mahuta made the announcement yesterday that its Three Waters reforms – drinking, waste, and storm water – would go ahead. Under the plan, four publicly-owned multiregional entities will take on responsibility for the country’s water infrastructure – a role now carried out by 67 local authorities. Waipā mayor Jim Mylchreest said councils had

acted in good faith, but the government had now removed communities’ rights to have a voice on the future of water entities. He called on Local Government New Zealand to consider any legal avenues available, particularly whether the government was constitutionally allowed to make the decision it did. “I don’t think the (Waipā) community is ready to accept this and they would expect us to fight.” Waipā councillor Susan O’Regan, who represents a rural ward and been a vocal opponent around the council table, said she was “furious” at the decision. “It is unacceptable that the minister has refused to listen to the overwhelming opposition expressed not only by councils the length of the country but

from its citizens. “Mandating these reforms in the face of this almost unanimous opposition clearly sends the message this government is focused on fulfilling its ideological agenda rather than consider the views of its citizens,” she said. “It is clearly an audacious move in an unpopular week for this government.” Federated Farmers president Andrew Hoggard urged rural residents to “gear up” to have their say. New Zealanders have voiced serious misgivings over the government’s plans, he said. "We remain opposed to this plan. The government’s announcement today that this will be mandatory is a huge call."

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Beating the boredom By Peter Carr

Flushed with the success of the Great Aged Persons Sign Shifting Saga I have spent the long weekend pondering. Firstly, not only was it lengthy due to an extra day afforded as a holiday to respect those in labour (the lower case is deliberate) but that such labour is not in any way connected with the quite proper roll-out of one’s shortly-to-arrive child. But the real problem associated with this long weekend is the sheer and growing boredom attached with still being incarcerated under the dreaded Level Three. Such boredom is a great success for revelling in never-ending renditions afforded by immersing oneself under the grasp of Netflix. But in the fact that once The Listener has been absorbed in full what other excitement is permitted to prevail? I have noticed that my consumption of the thankfully returned literary missive has caused a different approach to my consumption of what lays between the front and back pages. In previous, non-Covid, lockdown days I would possibly devour no more than sixty per cent of the document. Only 30 years ago The Listener had the highest readership circulation in the country. That percentage was allied to the articles that attracted my real interest, political leaning and possibly accepting that the articles I read were written by (mainly) journalists whose artful prose and depth of analysis appealed to me. But now I read everything. From the well-presented prose heralding itself as the editorial at the front to the bottom-of-theWairarapa musings of two escaped-fromAuckland journalists. They adore their pet sheep and lean heavily on their neighbouring professional farmer for advice of the ‘what to do next’ variety. And this journalistic comment from afar (as in getting away from Auckland) has resulted in another well-known writer who used to head TV1 now successfully sending his penmanship offerings up north on the bus from Hawke’s Bay. And surprisingly, mid-pages, taking on board the cooking offerings.

Even the puzzles – where I feel I may have a scant chance of success – are tackled assiduously although I am a dummy at the harder crosswords. The mathematical puzzles challenge me, and I have just started to use the style of the late Professor John Nash in sticking to my knitting when tackling puzzles with numbers in small squares. Nash’s theorem that the initial direction of attempting to solve a problem should be – and remain – the only direction. In other words when one becomes stuck / frustrated stick to the original investigatory knitting. Hitherto I have not been a Nash exponent but the man who won the Nobel Prize for Economics should not be ignored - and hopefully I will emerge triumphant one day with the whole table of squares, dead ends etc tidily complete. My wife’s deeper-than-normal dive into the vagaries and mysteries of Mah-Jong – preCovid a twice weekly enjoyment gathering with her lady friends - has now morphed into what appears to be heading into an almost daily challenge. Not due to an increased interest into the excellent thought-driven challenges of the game but as a necessity of escaping from virus entrapment within our four walls. The inability to travel the 60 minutes to Tauranga or even the guilt of visiting a shop in Hamilton brings with it the hunger to search for ‘something different’. And woe betide that we should dream of getting away to see our grandchildren in far-off Wellington. One day – whenever that day will be – we will all look back on this incarceration mentality and wonder if it was all just an ugly dream. We may even return to politicians grappling with the real focus required to make a country grow and prosper. And enjoy the evening TV news programme where a dominant and infinitely boring subject is not thrust upon our screen for at least 50 percent of the allotted hour.

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A conservationist is someone who seeks to conserve. In the case of the environment, wildlife, ecosystems and so on, a conservationist will attempt to preserve the status quo, even to turn back the clock to reinstate a previous set of circumstances. This is widely seen to be a good thing to want to do, and of course it is: The human race is sliding rapidly down a slippery slope towards a very uncertain and probably difficult future - unless something can be done. The imminent Cop26 get together in the UK is the latest and biggest attempt to stop the rot. Of course, some people are already saying it is a waste of time and will be nothing more than a photo opportunity for the world leaders’ Class of 21. Scott Morrison will probably be the one scowling in the back row; I don’t think he is going to have a very good time of it. I wonder if he will be taking his lump of coal with him. I can almost hear Jimmy Carr saying “Scott, have you brought a mascot?” Apologies for the in joke to those readers who have yet to discover the comedic delights of ‘8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown’. So, these world leaders are going to convene for a while and then come out and tell the world about the new targets and strategies they will have devised and committed to, towards the salvation of the planet. Greta will, presumably, then tell them that they have not gone far enough, and she will

go on to demand action on a very necessary but completely unachievable scale. The eventual reality, the result of Cop26, will be that most targets will not be met, some by a long shot. But there will be other conferences and summits, with a gradually revolving roster of leaders and the world will inch, disaster by catastrophe towards whatever future lies in wait for it. As the planet moves along its trajectory the conservationists will be busy conserving, and the activists will be busy campaigning for change; a slightly ironic notion when I come to think of it: Isn’t change absolutely the norm? Ever since the Big Bang, around 13.8 billion years ago the universe has been in a constant state of flux; continuous change at varying rates. The first few billion years were not particularly relevant to humans since Earth only coagulated around 4.5 billion years ago, and we didn’t take the stage until a couple of minutes ago. During the short time we have been in charge, or so we like to think, we have made quite an impression in our little neck of the woods, and we have recently realised that things are hotting up a bit too quickly. So now we think we are going to have a couple of conferences and take some photos and put everything back on track. Really? Next time there’s a clear night, step outside and look up. Can we honestly claim to be in control?

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We’re all flush here New Zealand’s milk flush – when cows produce and dairy factories process more milk than any other day of the year – is sometime this week. Waipā’s two Fonterra dairy factories in Cambridge at Hautapu and in Te Awamutu, will produce nearly 10 per cent of the 80 million litres of milk flush. Hautapu processes up to 4.2 million litres of milk every day, third behind Lichfield and Te Rapa, while Te Awamutu processes three million litres a day. During peak milking season in the Waikato, Fonterra has the capacity to process over 25 million litres of New Zealand milk every

day from its six factories. This is the third season the dairy co-operative has been impacted by Covid-19. Te Awamutu operations manager Russell Muir said his factory played a crucial part of the processing footprint of Fonterra. “We recognise our obligations to our customers, shareholders and team mates to keep processing,” he said. At alert level 3 Fonterra’s employees at sites are working in shift bubbles, with full PPE, 2 metre distancing, temperature testing upon arrival on site and frequent sanitisation. All sites in the North Island are working

under these precautions. “The great thing about working on a site like Te Awamutu is the community connection, we are right in the middle of town and many of our team are from here. “There are constant examples of people going above and beyond for each other to keep the plant going and the milk moving. I’m really proud of the effort we see every day,” said Muir. Fonterra’s Te Awamutu site was established in 1889 and employs more than 290 people. In September 2020, the site transitioned away from coal to be powered solely on wood pellets. The Hautapu site was

Time for a short laugh By Blair Voorend

Some creative DIY has brought a laugh to the Te Awamutu community. Ethan Udy decided to do some of his own repair work when he found the Short St sign broken into three pieces. He said drain layers had been working at the site for a couple of weeks installing new water lines. The street sign had been taken down and broken into three pieces. So he put the top end of the sign back. “The reaction from the community was awesome I had no idea that so many people would share a laugh together over it,” he said. The short Short Street sign didn’t last long – it was replaced within 24 hours.

Short St in Te Awamutu now lives up to its name.

Kihikihi will go for a skate Kihikihi will get a new skate park, and revitalised domain and an improvement in heritage and recreational spaces under a plan approved this week. The Kihikihi Urban Development Plan was approved by Waipā District Council on Tuesday. Council’s Manager – Strategy, Kirsty Downey said the unanimous approval of the plan at today’s full Council meeting showed there was a strong support and a desire for action. “The Kihikihi Urban

Development Plan aims to improve the town’s vibrancy, focusing on the town centre, heritage spaces and recreational areas. It increases opportunities for better movement around town, with connected pathways, an opportunity for a new skate park and community hub, and an enhancement of Kihikihi Domain to realise its full potential.” The new skate park topped the community wish list. Residents also called for safety and slower speeds around Kihikihi School,

The Kihikihi domain – a site for Zumba earlier this month, is in for a redevelopment.

and a new plan for Kihikihi Domain. The council reported that working with iwi to develop Turata Reserve for community use and the sharing of the village’s history were also key priorities. Council has already started on the early planning stages of the skate park and the Kihikihi Domain, projects received funding through the 2021-2031 Long Term Plan, with initial meetings held with community interest groups. The plan also offers guidelines on areas suitable for subdivision, transport corridor improvements in collaboration with Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, and a new heritage precinct that would celebrate the town’s history. The full Kihikihi Urban Development Plan is now available on the Waipā District Council website at waipadc.govt.nz/ our-council/strategy-andplanning/town-conceptplans.

established in 1886 and has been a leader in dairy manufacturing for more than 120 years. It has a total of eight plants and employs more than 300 people.

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Pirongia grant list announced Waipā District Council’s Pirongia Ward committee has allocated nearly $25,000 to community groups and organisations as part of the first round of the 2021-22 Community Discretionary Fund. The committee received 32 applications requesting $66,611.98 and allocated $24,513.80 as follows: Cambridge Committee of Social Services $200, CommSafe $1,000, Diabetes Waikato Youth $1,000, Girl Guiding NZ $434.80, Hamilton Fish and Game Association $1,500, International Global Walk $75, Lake Ruatuna Users Group $500, Loving Arms Charitable Trust $1,000, Maungatautari to Pirongia Ecological Corridor Inc $1,000, MS Waikato Trust $500, New Zealand Council of Victim

Support Groups Inc $1,500, Ngahinepouri Golf Club Incorporated $500, Ōhaupō Community, Sport and Recreation Centre Trust $1,500, Ōhaupō Ngāhinapōuri Lions Club $750, Pirongia Forest Park Lodge Inc $1,500, Pirongia Heritage and Information Centre $1,000, Pirongia School $1,500, Pirongia Te Aroaro o Kahu Restoration Society $1,500, Te Awamutu Bible Chapel Debt Centre $750, Te Awamutu Bible Chapel - TACCLA Light Party $1,000, Te Awamutu Brass Band $1,000, Te Pahū Hall Society Incorporated $1,000, Te Pahu Ratepayers Association $1,200, True Colours Children’s Health Trust $1,000, Waikato Bay of Plenty Cancer Society $104, Youthline Auckland Charitable Trust $1,500.

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The clock that moved

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At around this time 110 years ago it was officially announced that the Te Awamutu Post Office, which was then under construction on the corner of Sloane and Alexandra Streets, would have its own clock tower. The funds to purchase the clock itself were donated by former Te Awamutu Cavalryman William Taylor. Had he not done so public contributions would have been sought.

The clock was sourced from Timaru by the MP for Waikato, Henry Greenslade, who in 1910 began lobbying Prime Minister Sir Joseph Ward, for an entirely new Post Office building for Te Awamutu. Greenslade’s campaign for a new building was initially rebuffed but in February of 1911 Sir Joseph told Greenslade that “it has been decided to erect a new building instead of adding to the present one”. At the time of its 1913

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Arawata, Alexandra and Sloane Streets - and there a town clock stood (in one form or another) until 1990. The various Te Awamutu town clocks watched over generations of locals, from the early settlers who grew old here, to those who went off to serve in the first and second World Wars, and many more besides. Former Te Awamutu Residents and Ratepayers Association chairman Bernard Westerbaan says that a new town clock could be a great asset to Te Awamutu and suggests that

Today the clock overlooks Kihikihi but is awaiting repair work to move it off 1.31 where it stopped two years ago.

“costings should be looked at and further upkeeps as well”. For now, those interested in seeing the original Te

Awamutu Town Clock will find it watching over Kihikihi where it has stood since 1960 – and sadly stood still for some time.

Halloween can’t Take a stroll win a trick By Ricky Lam

The Halloween industry has been given the spooks by Covid. The American trick or treat craze introduced to New Zealand via commercial promotions more than a quarter of a century ago has been left high and dry in Waipā by the Level 3. It has come at a cost to retailers who usually see a lift in sales of costumes and confectionary. And it’s certain that the numbers of youngsters who bag lots of lollies through trick or treating on Sunday night will be vastly reduced. Every time we have a lockdown, it affects me quite substantially as I can’t hire any costumes out,” Sue Seager, who

owns Mad Hatters Costume Hire in Te Awamutu said. “I do still get people making enquiries, in the hope that they can still attend their party or function at a later date.” But she supports the steps being taken to stop the spread of the virus “As hard on businesses as it is, I think extending the lockdown is the only sensible thing to do if we want to try and put a stop to this Delta outbreak. Unfortunately, it is what it is.” “I think going forward the way we celebrate any celebrations/parties will look different to how we used to celebrate pre-Covid. Hopefully, we will still be able to have gatherings and fun times.”

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With people unable to catch up with friends for coffee, go to the gym, attend church or enjoy many of their other usual recreation activities, many have been enjoying strolling around town and exploring little gems that would normally pass them by. Open up Facebook or Instagram and you’ll see how many people have enjoyed the opportunity to roam around the Rose Gardens, Memorial Park, Centennial Park, ANZAC Green, Lake Ngaroto, St John’s old churchyard, the Mangaohoi Stream walkway and Te Awamutu’s Walk of Fame and countless other spots during Level 3. Exploring some of our local landmarks is a great way to keep healthy during the current Alert Level - the Ministry of Health recommends roughly 30 minutes of moderate exercise per day. If you’re looking for some local architectural sights to see while you take your daily constitutional, check out Old St John’s on Arawata Street (the oldest building in the Waikato to still be in use), the Te Awamutu Little Theatre on the corner of Palmer and Vaile Streets (originally the first school building in Te Awamutu), the newly refurbished Band Rotunda at Victoria Park and the many wonderful art deco buildings on Alexandra Street.

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even the safety of drinking water handed by random strangers to runners during their races and most obviously, the bond between coaches and their trainees. We place trust in many and varied professionals and trades people for advice and assistance. In a different way we value the relationships we have with family and friends, all of which are underpinned by trust. It has been stated that trust is the significant feature in any relationship, and some say, once broken, may never be restored. It has been counted that God made between 7-8000 promises in the Bible. Countless generations and multitudes of situations all over the world have

relied on these promises and found trust and hope in them. The reliability of God’s promises explain the long history of Christianity and even the choice of Christians to be martyred rather than deny God’s promises. Good mental health is vital to all human beings. God has promised us all life in abundance and He is not a promise breaker, so I encourage readers to explore the biblical promises from our maker who designed us to be ‘whole’ in body, mind and spirit and to trust in his wisdom to fulfil his promises in a world which desperately needs hope and peace.

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Ebbett Toyota is launching their Community Moover, a free to use Toyota HiAce, for community groups and charities. “We want to have our Ebbett Toyota dealerships enabling them to do great things” said Ebbett Toyota Marketing Manager, Anna Hall. The Moover will be available in the wider Te Awamutu and Morrinsville areas, including Cambridge, after Waipā moves to alert level two. The Moover has seating for 10 people

and can be used for up to two days. Ebbett Toyota lists schools, sports groups, charities, and churches as examples of groups who may want to use the service. The service can be requested by filling out a form online. Any group or organisation can request the service, provided they’re not for profit in nature. The Moover is not available for personal use. The Te Awamutu Community Moover can be picked up from Ebbett Toyota’s Waipā dealership in Te Awamutu. For more details go to https://toyota. ebbett.co.nz/community-moover

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The regional council believes rook numbers have fallen from about 50 to 40 in the region over the past year. Introduced from Britain to control insects more than 150 years ago, the bird soon wore out their welcome. Today the are considered one of the most destructive farm production pest birds in the world. The Waikato Regional Council makes an annual appeal for sightings. Biosecurity officer Andrew McConnell says three sites were found last year in Paeroa, Mangakino and Tīrau thanks to the help of landowners. “The largest rookery, in Mangakino, was made up of six birds. “The largest colony ever found in New Zealand was nearly 1000 nests but, thanks to control, such groupings are a thing of the past. We’ve been controlling rooks here

This rookery, containing chicks, was found in Mangakino.

in the Waikato since 2002 when their numbers were around 200.” In the Waikato, rook “hotspots” are in Paeroa, from Te Poi to Matamata, Mangakino to Taupō and in Hamilton. Once rookery sightings have been called in, a drone is used to survey for the presence of eggs and or chicks in nests to ensure only active nests are treated. “Using a drone means we don’t waste resources on empty nests, and it improves efficacy by getting the timing

of control right. “We rely on landowners to tell us where they are because it’s a bit like looking for a needle in a haystack for them, especially as their numbers get down,” Andrew McConnell said. “They’re also very wary so it’s important that landowners don’t try get rid of them themselves. We don’t want to scare them; it becomes tricky locating rooks once they have been spooked.” Rooks build nests in pine or eucalyptus trees.

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Harrison said fit-out work was taking place inside the buildings. Road works around the facility is underway and the last of the roofing work will take place soon. Hikitia will be the first of its kind in New Zealand, working in partnership with mana whenua Raukawa and Ngāti Maniapoto, and the Waikato District Health Board to design the Mana Whenua – Ahi Kā Model of Care for the new service. The new facility is scheduled to be completed in August 2022. A period of commissioning will occur before new prison units are brought into operation in 2023.

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First time on the market for two generations an attractive, quality dairy unit situated in a prime location in the Roto-O-Rangi district, midway between Cambridge and Te Awamutu. • • • • • •

1092 Roto-O-Rangi Road, R D 3, Cambridge 97.08 hectares - aesthetically enhanced by a unique QEII native bush reserve flat to easy rolling contour; some sidlings, a variety of specimen trees soil types include mairoa ash, clay and peat loam very well subdivided and raced - v.g water reticulation system calving approx. 260 cows - 3 year average 96,440 kgs milk solids

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• 20 a/s farm dairy, in-shed feed system; a good effluent system with lined pond • extensive range of farm buildings plus silage bunkers • 2 homes - 1 x 4 brm homestead on central elevated site - 1 x 3 brm dwelling • an extremely well located property in a district well known for a v.g. primary school, well-utilised community facilities, & easy access to two v.g. service centres.

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75 Ryburn Road, Ohaupo 44.60 hectares - flat to gentle rolling contour soil types include a mix of clay & silt loam plus peat loam ease of management and access assisted by a central race and good subdivision currently being farmed as a dairy unit but ideally suited also for maize growing, dairy support, beef finishing or large scale calf-rearing

• 19 a/s farm dairy with in-shed feed system; effluent ponds drop tested and approved for current land use • good water supply from 2 bores on the property • 2 x good 4-bay implement sheds, 1 with workshop incorporated • 1 x 4 brm brick dwelling with separate double garage • 9 km from Hamilton Airport

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Laid back lunches Last weekend I enjoyed a relaxed lunch on a friend’s patio. The sun gods were obliging, the slight breeze was balmy and I realised that summer was just around the corner. Hurray! Laid back lunches are great for catching up with friends and family. They don’t need to be exotic — just good food served simply. My friend dished up a crisp and colourful salad topped with an award-winning, Kiwi-produced burrata — mozzarella-like on the outside but gloriously gooey on the inside. The round ball of cheese — about the size of a small apple — opened up like a soft boiled egg. A splash of extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar and sprinkles of freshly ground black pepper and flaky salt were the only accompaniments. Yum! Waikato-made paneer — a vegetarian Indianstyle cheese. Its texture is similar to that of feta cheese but it’s less salty. Cubes of paneer can replace meat in curries. Or brush it with tandoori paste and yoghurt and grill on skewers. PAN-GRILLED EGGPLANT SALAD Serve with hot crusty bread as is or with a selection of cold meats. Yoghurt & Honey Dressing: 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 2 tablespoons each: lemon juice, honey, plain

yoghurt 1 teaspoon Dijon-style mustard 3 tablespoons chopped chives salt and pepper to taste Salad: 1 medium (250g) eggplant 2-3 tablespoons olive oil 3 seedless mini cucumbers 1/4 cup small parsley sprigs 1 avocado, halved, stoned, peeled and sliced 1 lemon To prepare the dressing, whisk all the ingredients together in a bowl. Place aside. To prepare the salad, trim the eggplant then halve lengthwise. Slice into 5mm thick pieces. Heat half the oil in a non-stick pan. Pan-fry the eggplant in batches ensuring the slices are in a single layer. Cook until browned on both sides. Place in a bowl. Halve the cucumbers lengthwise then thinly slice. Add to the bowl together with the parsley and avocado. Finely grate the lemon rind and add together with 2 tablespoons of lemon juice. Serve with the dressing on the side. Serves 4. PANEER & SPINACH TART I used an oblong flan to cook the tart but a round one could be used. 350-400g prepared short pastry Filling: 1 tablespoon olive oil

Pan-Grilled Eggplant Salad 1 onion, sliced 200g washed and trimmed spinach 1 green chilli, sliced 1 teaspoon whole cumin seeds 3 eggs 1/2 cup milk 150g paneer, crumbled freshly ground black pepper to taste Preheat the oven to 190°C. Roll out the pastry to fit a 30cm x 18cm oblong flan dish. Trim off any excess pastry. Prick the base. Line with foil and blind bake for 15 minutes. Remove the foil and continue baking for 5 minutes, until golden. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large frying pan. Sauté the onion until softened. Chop the spinach and add to the onion together with the chilli. Cover and steam until the spinach has wilted. Remove the lid and cook until dry. Stir in the cumin seeds. Beat the eggs and milk until combined. Place the spinach mixture in the cooked flan. Top with the paneer and carefully drizzle the egg mixture evenly over the top.

Paneer and Spinach Tart Bake for 20 minutes until the egg is just set. The top can be garnished with sliced red capsicum or tomato and fresh herbs. Serve warm or at room temperature. Great with a tomato chutney. Serves 4. HAM & EGG MINI BAKES Little muffin-sized bakes great for serving warm on the patio or cold at a picnic. oil for brushing 4 slices soft bread 4 tablespoons grated blue cheese 4 thin slices ham 4 eggs Preheat the oven to 200°C. Lightly oil 4 medium muffins holes. Cut 4 rounds of bread to fit the base of each muffin hole. Top with the cheese. Wrap the ham around the inside edge of each muffin hole. Trim if necessary and fill any gaps. Crack an egg into each hole. Bake for 10-15 minutes until the whites have set and the yolk cooked to your preference. Serve with salad. Makes 4.

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