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Water initiative, no quick fix

Ngā Roto, which is part of the Manga-o-tama catchment, suffered a devastating algae bloom earlier this year.

By Benjamin Wilson

A joint initiative designed to improve the quality of Waipā peat lakes is a step in the right direction, but there is no quick fix for damage already been done, says a Fish and Game manager.

“In the long-term we do need to reduce nutrient input into that system, but, there is no immediate fix,” said Fish and Game manager, David Klee.

Klee raised the alarm at the start of this year over the state of Lake Ngā Roto.

Waipā District Council announced their participation in the Living Waters’ Manga-o-tama Catchment Project last week.

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Project members include the Department of Conservation, Waikato Regional Council, NZ Landcare Trust, Fonterra, local farmers, and iwi.

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Ngā Roto suffered a devastating algae bloom at the turn of the year and it resulted in the death of birds and thousands of fish. Klee warns the same could happen elsewhere.

“The issue with lakes like Ngā Roto, is that now they’ve already collapsed to the point of being hypereutrophic (overwhelmed with nutrients), the horse has kind of bolted to some extent. You’re looking at generations, until we make tangible improvements to the water quality of that lake,” Klee said.

“Overall to improve these catchments in the long term, we are probably going to have to look at moving away from this paradigm that we have been working under, which is to maximise production off of every square inch of land,”

he said.

One of the project’s goals is to gain an understanding of the impact that the farms have on the catchment, by using farm environment plans (FEPs).

By the end of the project, the partnership aims to see all 38 Fonterra farms in the catchment, and six non-Fonterra farms, implementing plans.

“Previously with farm environment plans, a lot of them were written for farmers, and then put on a shelf somewhere and forgotten about,” Klee said. “It is not just about producing a plan; it is the implementation of them that is critical.”

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The Waikato River Authority approved $388,000 to fund the Living Waters Partnership, provided its parties signed a Mana Enhancing Agreement which outlined their commitments. For Waipā District Council’s part, they will contribute $26,000 of work over 21 months and support the co-design, implementation, and governance of the Manga-o-tama Catchment Project.

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Cyber bullying gets physical The Violence Free Waipā team took to Cambridge’s streets last Friday to mark Pink Shirt Day, an annual event held to quell rising levels of bullying.

New Zealand has supported Pink Shirt Day since 2009, following the international movement that began in Canada in 2007 when two students took a stand against bullying after a peer was harassed for wearing pink.

Violence Free Waipā co-ordinator Ruth Nicholls said that in July 2021 a Cambridge teenager was rushed to hospital in a serious condition after a school fight that stemmed from bullying.

“The student was attacked by several boys in the stairwell of one of our local schools,” she said. “The student then spent several nights in hospital after being knocked unconscious in the fight, which was investigated by police.”

Ruth said teachers she had spoken to throughout Waipā have noticed a sharp rise in bullying since students returned to school.

“They think that this is a result of cyber bullying while the students were studying from home in isolation.”

She said the online resource for families, Kidspot NZ, said 94 percent of New Zealand teachers said bullying occurs at their school, with 46 percent believing cyber bullying occurs mainly between the ages of 11 to 14.

The site also claimed that around 45 percent of teachers and staff said verbal and social bullying was brought to their attention once a week, while 25 percent heard of physical bullying once a week.

The youth health services organisation Youthline reported that bullying often comes up in calls from young people, Ruth added, either as victims or as people who are concerned about someone else who has been bullied.

Part of the annual anti-bullying Pink Shirt Day initiative is to wear pink or to dress workplace frontages in pink. Ruth said she was overwhelmed at the number of shops in Cambridge supporting the initiative, either with staff dressing in pink or by decorating

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their window fronts, this year.

“The best effort prize is going to Spark who went above and beyond with everyone dressed in pink, the shop and window decorated in pink, and even a note with a chocolate bar with information on how to spread kindness,” she said.

A sausage sizzle also took place in front of Cambridge Community House (CCH), aimed at raising awareness around the effects of bullying.

“Our whare strongly supports the key message from Pink Shirt Day – that by celebrating diversity, promoting inclusiveness and showing aroha we can collectively work to stop bullying,” CCH manager Gabby Byrne said.

“We want Cambridge to be a place where all whanau can feel respected, safe and valued.

Pink Shirt Day allows us to speak up and be part of this impactful movement.”

The team at Spark Cambridge won best effort prize on Pink Shirt Day. They are, from left, Sourav Singh, Milie Jayasinghe, Clive Smit, Chloe Hapi, Aimee Coleman, and Teesh Hackett-Ooink at front.

Cocktails for the kākāpō

By Benjamin Wilson.

An art auction and three course dinner have been set up to raise money for the modification of Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari’s predator fence, so that kākāpō may be relocated to the maunga.

The maunga’s conservation team trialled modifications to the fence earlier this year, but are in need of $678,593 before they can start implementing any changes.

The June 9 event will be the inaugural launch of what will be an annual gala dinner, named Mauri of the Maunga.

It is to be held at Lake

Karāpiro’s Sir Don Rowlands Centre - tickets are to cost $160 each.

Patrons can expect a threecourse meal provided by Montana Catering, music from local duo Kind ‘a Jazz, and “an exclusive auction of 30 original artworks created by renowned local, national and international artists.”

New Zealand comedian Te Radar is to make an appearance, as well as guest speaker professor Jacqueline Beggs, from the Department of Conservation’s Kākāpō Recovery Team.

Sanctuary Mountain chief executive, Phil Lyons, said that some of the night’s

entertainment is to be a “surprise”.

Lyons said that the gala’s auction and ticket sales would directly support the sanctuary’s conservation work. And the sanctuary is also seeking funding from the Lottery Environment and Heritage Fund, and the Kākāpō Recovery Group.

With a population of only 201, kākāpō are highly endangered.

Upon receiving funding, it will take 10 staff and 47 days to modify Sanctuary Mountain’s fence. Upon its completion, the team hope to bring six to 10 kākāpō to the maunga in the last quarter of this year.

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When moving is controlling This week in my series on Domestic Violence I am going to touch on the use of isolation as a control in domestic violence.

Isolating a victim from friends and family causes a reliance on the abuser, making it seemingly impossible for the victim to leave.

This technique, in my opinion, is particularly insidious.

Whenever I attend a family harm incident, if the couple are not from the area I always ask the question “whose idea was it to move here?”

Moving to a town where there is a lack of

emotional support from family is a common technique, so is moving towns frequently. If your partner is often suggesting a move, ask yourself why.

Often the abuser will control the victim’s ability to spend time with friends - who they see and when they see them, how long and where they can go. This limits the ability for the victim to find emotional support in friends.

If your partner tells you they don’t like a friend of yours and won’t allow you to see them, this is a red flag.

Human beings by and large are social animals.

We rely on social and emotional support to get by in life.

Not being allowed to spend times with friends or family outside the relationship is not okay. I f you know a friend or a family member who appears to have been isolated from you, just keep trying to maintain contact.

If they reach out to you, seek advice from Police, Women’s refuge or Kainga Aroha.

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Info sought

Waikato Police are asking for information after a person died following a crash north of West Road, Ōhaupō on May 13. The vehicles involved were a white flatdeck truck and a white Mazda Hatchback. Police want to hear from anyone travelling northbound from Te Awamutu on SH3 towards Kaipaki road between 3.30 and 4pm. They can call Police on 105 and quote file number 220514/0707.

No quorum

The Maungatautari Reserve Committee could not complete a meeting last week because it did not have a quorum of members. They are in need of a new committee chair, following the vacancy created by councillor Elwyn Andree-Wiltens’ resignation last month. The new chair is expected to be revealed by council at the end of this month.

Matching up

Lining up Te Arikinui Tūheitia Paki, the Māori king, and Transport Minister Michael Wood on the same day could delay the iwi led formal opening for the Hamilton section of the Waikato Expressway planned for July. The speed limit for the new section around the city is expect to be 110km/hr.

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Te Awamutu - and later Cambridge residents - are being invited to register to take household hazardous waste to collection points through a Waipā District, Waikato Regional Council, 3R Group arrangement. The first will be in Te Awamutu on June 19, and second, for Cambridge residents, in September. The collection will include garden chemicals, household waste such as paint and batteries, pool chemicals and automotive waste such as oil and batteries. For more details go to myhazwaste. kiwi

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Tea without Marg

By Mary Anne Gill

Margaret Evelyn was on her way back from a regular workout at the gym and walking towards her Queen Street home in Cambridge shortly before 10am on Friday when the freakish winds hit.

She sought shelter at a picnic table in Victoria Square under an 80-yearold pin oak tree – ironically about the same age as Marg - which seconds later was uprooted and fell on her.

For 45 minutes Cambridge volunteer firefighters, police and passers-by helped to shift the giant tree’s foliage covering the retired social worker to get her to hospital.

But soon after noon in Waikato Hospital her heart stopped. Doctors could do no more for the energetic grandmother who always insisted she did not want a funeral service – just an afternoon tea “without Marg”.

Her youngest son Kristen Hapi, who lives in Hamilton, got a call from police about 10.30am to say his mother had been in an accident.

Although she was heavily drugged for the pain, medical staff said she could hear him.

“So, I gave her a hug and I said, ‘I love you Mum, I’ll be back in an hour’ but half an hour after I left, I got a call ‘you’ve got to come back now’ and when I got there, they said her heart had stopped and they’d done all they could.”

That was at 12.30pm.

The fit and feisty 81-year-old mother of three and grandmother of three had died, the victim of an accident in the Town of Trees, the town where she settled nine years ago after a working life helping

young people and advocating for her three children.

“Mum loved trees; she wouldn’t have blamed the tree. Her number was up. Here’s the thing I know, she would not have wanted to be sitting in a wheelchair with pins in her. She would have said ‘stuff that, thank you and goodnight’.”

She was born Margaret Evelyn Freundlich on July 26, 1940 in New Plymouth, the daughter of Jewish Austrians who escaped the holocaust and settled in New Zealand.

She grew up in Taupo, ditched the surname in favour of her middle name and went on to train as a primary school teacher. She learned Te Reo at Waikato University and went on to become one of the country’s first bi-lingual teachers at Rakaumanga Kura Kaupapa Māori.

She moved to the Children and Young Person’s service (now Oranga Tamariki) in the late 1980s working in Huntly and then as a community liaison social worker.

She later moved to Cambridge and was heading home to on Friday to catch up with a friend who was waiting there for her.

She swam regularly too at the Cambridge pool usually walking there and around Lake Te Koo Utu shaming Kristen more than once by walking briskly up the paths back into town.

She was a staunch feminist, antiracist, atheist, LBGT community ally and a defender of end-of-life rights.

Margaret wanted no fuss for her farewell. She left strict instructions for after she died – there was to be no embalming, she was cremated in a no frills’ box yesterday (Wednesday) and the ashes put in a

Ever stylish: Margaret Evelyn as family and friends will remember her.

basic urn.

She also did not want a funeral service and instead wants an afternoon tea “without Marg” in Cambridge later for friends and family.

A blessing was held at the site on Sunday led by Ngāti Koroki Kahukura. Deputy mayor Liz

Stolwyk attended and told The News the oak tree would be milled and a memorial using timber from it would be erected alongside the heritage shed. A new tree would be planted in memory of Margaret Evelyn. * A full version of this story can be found at teawamutunews.nz

Land claim looming?

By Benjamin Wilson

The water tower is gone, but the future of the land it sat on in Kihikihi is still to be determined.

Bill Harris, chairperson of Ngāti Apakura Runanga Trust, says the land the tower was built on in the Turata Reserve was Maniapoto whenua, taken under the Public Works Act. The 74-year-old water tower was removed by council in March. It had not carried water for several years, and was Kihikihi’s first European water source.

During a Service Committee meeting last week, Harris asked council whether any thought was

“being given to the return of that piece of land, and perhaps its connection to the Rewi Maniapoto Reserve Trust”.

Currently, the adornments of the Rewi Maniapoto Memorial and Reserve, which is opposite Turata Reserve, are being cared for by Maniapoto.

Harold Maniapoto of Maniapoto ki Te Raki, indicated to The News that mana whenua wish to discuss a similar arrangement with council, regarding the Turata land.

The council’s current plan is to use the land as a greenspace, and it is planned to install picnic seats there.

“No consideration has been given to returning the land to mana whenua at this point in time.

The staff’s focus to date has been the water tower removal and installation of the new assets,” Community Services manager Brad Ward told The News.

In June 2020, Waipā District Council voted to change the name of the reserve to Turata, from Rata-tu, which it was incorrectly called at the time. However, the reserve’s signs still use the old name.

“We are still waiting on final formal confirmation of the name from Ngā Iwi Tōpū ō Waipā before the signs are manufactured,” Ward said.

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I got into the smaller of our two cars this morning and pushed the start button. The car said: “I’m fed up with being a Nissan Juke; I wanna be something big like a Ford Ranger”.

“Ford Ranger?” I said, “Why would you want to be one of those gas guzzlers? What about the environment?”

“I couldn’t care less about the environment.” said Juke. “I’m a petrol car, and anyway, I’ll be landfill soon enough and then I’ll be one with the planet.”

“I’m not sure old cars go into landfill, you’re more likely to end up as scrap metal.

Although, as a responsible car owner, I’ll make sure you get properly recycled.”

“Oh, can’t wait”.

I hadn’t realised cars were given to sarcasm.

“I’ve always dreamed of being broken into a thousand pieces and shipped off all over the country.”

“Mm, and the world,” I replied “some parts go overseas.”

“Even better,” sighed Juke, “nothing but fun in my future.”

It’s true that the prognosis for cars is never good; straight out of the factory it’s all downhill, and for most of them it’s a pretty short ride. According to Consumer Reports 240,000 kilometres will see most into the scrapyard.

I bought a boat recently (for a dollar!) which was built just eight years after Carl Benz patented his Benz Patent-Motorwagen in 1886, generally accepted to be the first modern car.

I’ll admit, the boat is far from seaworthy, but it is 128 years old. The plan is to restore it, when I can find the time.

Growing up with the surname ‘Smith’ didn’t help me feel very special. I mean there’s just so many of us. Growing past adolescent insecurity, inferiority and identity battles, having a common name still proved to have its drawbacks.

Pastoral visiting at Corrections Facilities has been something I’ve often done, but one particular time I was apprehended at the gates. My name had been ‘flagged’ and I was barred from visiting because I’d been dishonest about an apparent “criminal record” My protests over an obvious ‘error’ and requests for more information, went unheeded. I drove away mystified and eager to get to the police station, as advised, to sort things out!

A ‘Murray Smith’ had been prosecuted for drunk driving 35 years earlier in another New Zealand… records revealed over 20 prosecutions of different people ‘sharing’ my name occurred just in a year, in that one region. Somehow a computer glitch had connected my identity, and personal details to some random with the same ‘handle’ who’d been prosecuted in court for drunk driving, resulting in disqualification. His misdemeanours had been attributed to me.

The process to expunge the record and clear my name took ages.

The names we carry often originate from the work our forebears did. A carpenter might be called John Carpenter and because sons often followed their father’s occupation, the surname stuck. A surname like “Smith” ties back to a variety of trades -blacksmiths, tinsmiths, goldsmiths, silversmiths and don’t necessarily imply any family relationship.

Familial surnames convey the trade they originated from…Potter, Cooper, Mason, Tailor (Taylor), Weaver, Dyer, Thatcher,

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Since then, worldwide, almost 2.2 billion motor cars have been produced, and the vast majority of those have since been decommissioned and disposed of. Not very green.

In New Zealand alone in 2021, 12,580 Ford Rangers were sold. No wonder my Juke wants to be one; they’re all the rage.

When I was a child, I wanted to be a ranger too; a wildlife ranger. I had visions of myself driving across the savannah, obviously in a Land Rover.

That was the 70s and it was well known even then that wildlife around the world was in catastrophic decline.

At that time there were about 1.3 million African elephants in existence - now there are around 400,000.

I think we can all see where that’s heading, although numbers are apparently growing in some (small) areas.

Unfortunately, they’ve had to manage without me because in 1974 my parents bought me a guitar and everything else went “out the window”.

I like to think of myself nowadays as more environmentally aware and responsible than I have been for most of my life, but looking at the big picture, how much difference can a person make? And if no one else bothers why should I? I was raking leaves at the weekend and one of my neighbours jumped into his Ranger and took it down to the dairy for a pint of milk. Probably used a pint of petrol in the process.

Miller, Baker, Spicer, Cook, Fisher, Shepherd, Skinner, Gardener…the list goes on. A Wheeler is another name for a wheelwright.

A Hooper made hoops for barrels. A Sawyer was one who sawed logs. A Turner turned wood on a lathe for furniture or wooden bowls.

These ‘trade’ names, unlike Māori names, convey little about the individual, beyond their work… nothing about character, personality or history. It seems to me that how we live our lives ought to identify and define us - more than our profession.

Another name people historically claimed and identified with is the name ‘Christian.’ It was originally the ‘badge’ of someone who was an authentic Christ follower.

Sadly, under the “Christian” banner, people waged wars, fuelled bigotry, oppressed the innocent and marginalised the weak. Their deeds testify to their hypocrisy. They had no right whatsoever to claim that name.

An authentic Christian’s life puts on display evidence of a transformed life made possible by relationship with Christ. It’s about following Jesus and seeking to echo His example - not merely adopting religious behaviour. Jesus’ greatest difficulties were with the religious crowd, and He exposed the shortfalls in their focus of outward appearances rather than inward reality and truth. Today the reason there is widespread confusion about what it really means to be a Christian is because the term has been tarnished with many claimants possessing the talk, but being short on the walk.

Just don’t forget, wherever there’s a counterfeit, the ‘genuine’ article exists.

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Wooing halls of fame

By Mary Anne Gill

The Home of Cycling Trust has revealed plans for Cambridge’s velodrome to be the venue for three sporting halls of fame.

One, the Māori sports halls of fame already has the support of Māori king Tūheitia Paki and the second, a racing equivalent, has the backing of the New Zealand thoroughbred industry. Both are currently virtual.

The New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame has been at the Dunedin Railway Station since 1999 and is looking for a bigger home. A barrier to confirming the move for it is securing one-off funding from Waipā District Council of $750,000. Home of Cycling Trust chair Graeme Maw told The News the Velodrome was the preferred candidate , beating out bids from Auckland, Christchurch and Invercargill.

The velodrome, built for $32 million and now valued at $62 million is now in expansion mode.

It was attracting 60,000 users a year before Covid restrictions and has a debt of just $1.8 million.

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Bringing back the grey

By Benjamin Wilson

Efforts are being made to revive Grey Power’s Te Awamutu branch – but a full committee is needed to make it happen.

The branch has been in limbo since last year when key executives announced they wanted to stand down – and no replacements could be found for them.

President Hazel Barnes treasurer Bernard Westerbaan and secretary Meryl Reardon resigned, but maintained their positions.

“I think there is an opportunity here for us to take this to the next step, I think Grey Power is struggling nationally, through the Covid situation, so we need to kickstart it,” Pirongia based Michael Cullen told The News.

“With Bernard and Meryl resigning, nothing was happening as far as Grey Power was concerned.

“We need a committee to be formed, and I am more than happy to step up as president.” said Mr Cullen, who is also the New Zealand Motor Caravan Association (NZMCA) chair.

Cullen has been a Grey Power member for more than 10 years, but only became actively involved

with the association last year, after speaking with committee members.

He said that through the NZMCA, and his engagement with local government, he was made aware of some of the opportunities that exist for people who are in the 50 and over age bracket, and the importance of associations like Grey Power.

“They all have a common interest in wanting to do stuff and enjoy their retirement and life. I think that Grey Power has an opportunity to do that if we get sufficient interest, and a few people who are prepared to commit themselves to joining the team and making things happen.”

When I look at the volunteers, the potential is huge, because there are a lot of very qualified people out there who are not doing anything.”

He hopes to establish a new committee during Grey Power’s next annual meeting on June 16.

Bernard Westerbaan plans to continue his role as treasurer, provided that a full committee is formed.

He, Barnes and Reardon are in support of Cullen becoming president.

Bernard Westerbaan and Michael Cullen.

“There has got to be a leader, but I still need a good team behind me,” said Cullen.

He hopes that a resurgence can give Grey Power’s constituents a united voice, provide them with a social platform, and make their lives and retirements more interesting.

He suggested the association could also provide education on technology.

“One of the things I am very concerned about is the

literacy with smart phones, computers, and worst of all, scamming. It is becoming a real issue and I think we need to educate people in those areas,” Cullen said.

He wants to gain a better insight into what people want from Grey Power at next month’s meeting and is urging potential committee members to contact him before it.

“We need to find out what they want, it is all very well saying ‘this is what we stand for’ but what do

the people actually want from Grey Power? There are a lot of people and the demographics are massively different.”

Westerbaan said the meeting is open to past, present, and most importantly, intending Grey Power members, who are over the age of 50.

“For those who are eligible to be a member, get involved. Because this is the future of Grey Power, and once that is gone, you’re losing a lot of things.”

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Herawana Tupaea is back on the road again with a mobile vaccination team hoping to prevent Waipā residents from getting influenza, measles and whooping cough.

The Waikato District Health Board vaccine kaimanāki (team lead) knows the district well – her whānau is from Cambridge, and she lives in Kihikihi. Plus, for the last year she has been on the road with the Covid 19 vaccination team.

“We’ve got to keep looking after our people – we’re doing this for our kaupapa,” she said.

Tupaea and the vaccination team were in Kihikihi last week and at Mangatoatoa Pa in Tokanui up to today (Thursday). Tomorrow they are back in Kihikihi at the Rugby Sports Club.

As part of an immunisation catch-up across the Waikato, the team will go where people need vaccinations and are unable to travel to the main centres So that will mean the mobiles will park near schools and halls.

Alongside that mobile push, Waikato DHB has started a measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination telephone campaign for parents of 3-5 year olds who are now overdue for their second MMR vaccination.

Immunisation records for the Waikato show that there are about 6500 children aged 3-5 who are due their second MMR and about 1400 children aged 3-5 who have missed both MMR vaccinations.

Two-thirds of those who have missed both MMR doses are on record as having declined the vaccination.

Vaccinators can check on children’s immunisation status at the mobile clinics.

Meanwhile flu has been absent from New

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Experts agree that, as there has been no influenza or measles in the country recently, the natural immunity of much of the population will be down, which increases the risk of a particularly bad flu season and

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“Disease outbreaks can have serious consequences for families and communities.

Those who are not immunised, whether that’s by choice or other circumstances, are worst affected by these outbreaks.”

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Speed dates, barbecues a winner

The Waipā council communications’ team took out the major prize at the public relations annual award last week for its entry encouraging residents to get involved in the council’s Long Term Plan.

Charlotte FitzPatrick, Regan Schoultz, Natalia Pepperell, Karen Cousins, Claire Culph and Amber Diprose flipped a routine legislative consultative process on its head and embarked on 17 months of targeted, innovative community relations work, judges for the Public

Relations Institute of Awards (Prinz) said.

‘What’s next Waipā?’ inspired residents to share their needs and wants for their district. The campaign also won gold in the Community Relations and Engagement category.

FitzPatrick was Communications and Engagement manager at the time and now owns her own Cambridge-based public relations consultancy Belle PR. Schoultz is now a communications consultant at Beca.

Prinz Awards chief judges,

Denise Mackay and Andrew Pirie said this was a creative two-way communication programme that resulted in record engagement for Waipā.

“When tasked with managing public consultation on a council’s long-term plan, many communications practitioners would be tempted to just “go through the motions” with a conventional approach.”

The judges were impressed at the innovative yet highly disciplined way the Waipā District Council team sought to address a well-known

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They mentioned the depth of planning involved to reach hard-to-engage community segments, as well as the detailed focus on results – even down to measuring the numbers of ice creams and sausages the community consumed as indicators of engagement.

Strategic committee chair Susan O’Regan, who chaired the Long Term Plan hearings, said although the communications team instigated the creative and novel work, it required buy in across the organisation, including from elected members.

“It is crucial we get this sort of work right, so it is pleasing to have our collective efforts rewarded in such a way,” she said.

Engaging with Waipā’s communities this way showed a genuine desire to understand their views and priorities.

The Prinz Awards recognise excellence in the New Zealand’s public relations and communications industry, promoting continuous improvement, and celebrating best practice.

Waipā District Council chief executive Garry Dyet

said the awards showcased a council commitment to inviting the community to be involved early in complex and long-term discussions.

“We started our long-term plan journey in March 2020 with community BBQs to gather our community’s thoughts on their vision and strategic priorities for the district,” he said.

“Then in 2021, we held lots of community events, including coffee with the mayor, speed dating with the councillors and drop-in sessions to truly connect with our community in ways that really resonated with our residents. It was a lot of effort, involving a lot of people across the organisation.

“Having meaningful engagement with our community shapes the way Waipā moves forward and our communications and engagement team created the opportunities for many of those conversations. I’m very proud of this award, it is well deserved.”

Supreme Award winner: Belle PR, Beca and Waipā District Council, – What’s next Waipā?

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Detour damage

Mangaotama Bridge will be closed for two weeks next month.

By Benjamin Wilson

Ratepayers shouldn’t pay for the damage attributed to a Waka Kotahi diversion south of Ngāhināpouri, says a district councillor.

A SH39 weight restriction was placed on the soon to be repaired Mangaotama Stream Bridge late last year, resulting in heavy vehicles using a narrower detour, with blind corners and one lane bridges. The detour follows Meadway Road, Hams Road, Forkert Road and Ngāhināpouri Road.

Residents have complained about the heavy vehicles but attempts to encourage trucks to use SH3 and SH1 via Te Awamutu and Hamilton has been met with limited success. For two weeks next month it’s likely to get worse.

The weight restriction was imposed because it has been decided the bridge superstructure should be replaced. That work, to start next month, involves removing the bridge deck and supporting beams before installing new beams and a deck which being built offsite.

Councillor Bruce Thomas said the detour is too narrow for the trucks and has caused them to drive on the edge of the road when passing other vehicles, resulting in damage.

“It has put a lot of pressure on that road...

The bridge deck will be replaced. Photo: Google maps

it is still drivable, but somebody needs to pay for it, and the ratepayers shouldn’t be.

The trucks have to go somewhere; they’re just doing their best.”

Waka Kotahi hopes to complete the work in two weeks but say their efforts will be weather dependent. All traffic will be diverted to the detour roads during this time “If you’re travelling between Ōtorohanga and north of Hamilton you’re best to avoid State Highway 39 between June 13 and June26,” said Waka Kotahi Waikato system manager, Cara Lauder.

After the work is complete the bridge will be close to one metre wider, and its current weight and speed restrictions will be lifted.

Waipā District Council transportation manager Bryan Hudson said temporary repairs are being conducted on the detour roads, and once the bridge is complete, permanent repairs will begin.

“When the highway bridge is replaced and detour disestablished, we will complete permanent repairs to the road surface,” he said.

Thomas who once lived near the bridge, said from 200 metres away the vibrations from trucks shook his house.

“I’m surprised it has taken this long to fix,” he said.

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Students pose Belfield test for Reds

Te Awamutu face a tough test as they take on WaiBop premier league leaders Unicol at Hamilton’s Jansen Park on Saturday.

The Reds made it four wins from six with a thumping 5-1 win over Hamilton Wanderers last weekend while Unicol’s 1-0 win at Melville kept their record perfect.

After being kept goalless for two matches Te Awamutu was two up in just five minutes last weekend at Porritt Stadium courtesy of Jonathan O’Sullivan and Marc Glenister.

The game was decided

in an 11 minute spell in the second half when Michael Roberts and Joel Roil scored three goals, making substitute Zabi Nazari’s 83rd minute strike nothing more than a consolation.

Otumoetai took its tally to 19 goals in three games – one of them a 5-0 win over Te Awamutu – in the highest scoring match of the weekend.

Results: Melville 0 Unicol 1, Hamilton Wanderers 1 Te Awamutu Association 5, West Hamilton Utd 1 Papamoa 2, Otumoetai 9 Tauranga Old Blues 1, Taupo 2 Ngongotaha 1.

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run continues

Te Awamutu sprinter Leah Belfield has put herself into contention for a place in the New Zealand relay team as she continues her form the United States.

West Texas A&M University sophomore has continued in the outdoor season where she left off in the Indoor season with fast times over both 100m and 200m.

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Her times have her ranked in the top three in the US, and get her to the NCAA finals, but they are not recognised in the world IAAF system under which NZ operates.

However, that all changed at her Conference finals in Kingsville, Texas, this month, despite the track having a reputation for being slow because of its tight bends and soft surface.

She faced, at one point, a schedule of running in the finals of the 4x100m relay, followed by the 100m final an hour later and the 200m final 40mins after that, and potentially a 4x400m relay soon after that.

She was in the winning 4x100m team and second in the 100m – running 11.48 seconds – making her the second fastest New Zealand woman over the distance behind Zoe Hobbs. Her time was also the fifth fastest ever by a New Zealand woman.

Belfield then repeated the effort in the 200m. She won in another personal best – 23.65s – again, placing her second on the current New Zealand sprint list behind Georgia Hulls.

Next up is the Outdoor Finals to be held in Allandale, Michigan, where Belfield will compete in the 100m, 200m and relay – against the top 24 in Division 2 across the country starting tomorrow.

Leah Belfield is the second fastest New Zealand woman over both 100 and 200 metres.

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Te Awamutu Sports’ win at Morrinsville and Leamington’s win over competition leaders Southern provided last weekend’s Waipa rugby highlights.

But the drubbing taken by Hautapu – beaten 50-14 at home to Hamilton Old Boys was a feature of the premiership round.

The weekend was also marked – not for the first time this season - by a series of defaults, one involving Leamington’s colts, and the failure of clubs to submit scores in time to meet the Waikato Rugby Union’s result service mail out.

Champions Fraser Tech have romped away to a six point lead at the top of the table, following by Marist, Te Awamutu and Matamata.

Te Awamutu hosts Marist this weekend.

In Division 1, Leamington’s win over Southern has left the two clubs at the top of the ladder separated by a point.

Results: Waikato Draught Premiership, Fraser Tech 42 University 0 (Ron Crawford Memorial & Stag Trophy Challenge), Hamilton Marist 34 Melville 14, Hautapu 14 Hamilton Old Boys 50, Morrinsville Sports 26 Te Awamutu Sports 47, United Matamata Sports 27 Ōtorohanga 3. Premiership B, Fraser Tech 55 University 7, Hamilton Marist 27 Melville 32, Hautapu 17 Hamilton Old Boys 20, Morrinsville Sports 29 Te Awamutu Sports 24, United Matamata Sports v Ōtorohanga not submitted.

Gallagher Women’s Premiership, Fraser Tech defaulted to Putaruru, Hamilton Marist 43 Southern United 10, Kihikihi 10 Melville 37, Taupiri v HOB Huskies postponed. University 17 Ōtorohanga 27.

Lone Star Rototuna Division 1, Hinuera 17 Taupiri 19, Leamington 17 Southern United 12, Pirongia 20 Ōhaupō 7, Suburbs 34 Putaruru 22, Te Rapa 18 Frankton 13. Division 1B, Hinuera 17 Taupiri 24, Leamington 7 Southern United 31, Pirongia 26 Ōhaupō 19, Suburbs 24 Putaruru 25, Te Rapa 26 Frankton 38.

Under 85kgs, Hamilton Old Boys defaulted to Suburbs, Leamington 7 Fraser Tech 50, Morrinsville Sports 19 Hamilton Marist 3.

Division 2, Hamilton Marist 46 Kereone 7, Jaradites 26 Kihikihi 29, Raglan v HOB Not Submitted.

Colts, Fraser Tech 12 Hautapu 12, Hamilton Old Boys 26 United Matamata Sports 27, Leamington defaulted to Hamilton Marist, Morrinsville Sports 62 Waitete 19, Pirongia 15 Te Awamutu Sports 21.

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For me, many of Italy’s dishes are feel-good comfort food.

And countless dishes have been embraced by other cultures and countries and become firm favourites. Indeed, the bible of the French kitchen Larousse Gastronomique, makes the concession that ‘Italian cooking can be considered for all countries of Latin Europe, as a veritable mother cuisine.’

Lasagne (or lasagna) is an all-time favourite in Italy. It is thought to have originated in the city of Naples during the Middle Ages. However, in the culinary literature of ancient Greece there are references to combing layers of pasta and sauce, the name coming from the method by which it was made.

Although lasagne takes time to assemble, it is a scrumptious meal-in-one dish to serve family or friends. A crisp green salad to refresh the palate post main is all that is required to complete the meal. Unless you wish to indulge in the ‘pickme-up’ — tiramisu.

LARA’S LASAGNE Based on a yummy recipe from an Italian friend. However, I’ve made it gluten-free. It’s not as rich as many lasagnes.

1 tablespoon olive oil 1 each: medium onion, carrot 3 cloves garlic, crushed 750g lean minced beef 700ml bottle passata 400g can diced tomatoes in juice 2 tablespoons tomato paste 1 teaspoon each: dried oregano, basil salt and pepper to taste Bechamel Sauce: 50g butter 4 tablespoons cornflour 2 1/2 cups milk 1/2 cup shredded parmesan Lasagne: 6 sheets gluten-free lasagne 500g fresh mozzarella, drained and shredded Heat the oil in a large frying pan or saucepan. Sauté the onion and carrot until softened. Add the garlic and sauté for 1 minute.

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Add the beef gradually pressing any lumps out with a fork.

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Season. Cover and cook for about 30 minutes or until thick.

Meanwhile prepare the bechamel sauce. I prefer to do this in the microwave as the sauce can often stick and burn in a saucepan.

Microwave the butter in a large microwave-proof bowl until melted. Stir in the cornflour until smooth. Gradually stir in 1 cup of milk. Microwave for 2 minutes until hot. Stir well.

Cook until thick then stir in the remaining milk until smooth.

Microwave again until thick. Stir well. Stir in the parmesan until melted.

Preheat the oven to 180°C. Lightly grease a 28cm x 20cm x 7cm baking pan. Spread 1 cup of the meat sauce on the base. Top evenly with 3 sheets of the lasagne. Cover with 2 cups of the meat sauce, half the bechamel and half the mozzarella. Top with the remaining lasagne sheets, meat sauce and mozzarella.

Bake for 35-45 minutes until golden and bubbling. Serves 6.

1 cup sour cream salt and pepper to taste 2-3 tablespoons each: finely grated Parmesan cheese, parsley Cook the fettuccine according to the instructions on the pack.

Chop the bacon and sauté in a large frying pan, until crisp.

Add the herbs and the tomatoes and heat through. Stir in the sour cream. Season. Heat through gently.

Serve over the fettuccine. Top with the Parmesan and parsley.

Serves 4.

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GINAMISU A tasty twist on Tiramisu.

125g mascarpone 3 tablespoons icing sugar 1/2 cup cream 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence 125g lady fingers or sponge cake cut into fingers 1/2 cup gin 1/2-3/4 cup lemon honey 1/2 cup crumbled amoretti biscuits or grated chocolate Beat the mascarpone and icing sugar, until smooth. Whip the cream and vanilla until stiff. Fold into the mascarpone mixture.

Dip the lady fingers in the gin and place in six serving dishes or glasses. Dot with the lemon honey. Top with the mascarpone mixture. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours.

Top with the amoretti biscuits or chocolate and serve. Serves 6.

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