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Boards in The News By Mary Anne Gill and Roy Pilott
The roles of Waipā’s two community boards in water and dog issues are in the spotlight this week. Te Awamutu Community Board’s submission on the council’s draft Water Supply Bill sent earlier this month referred to brain damage and read: “it is clear from peer reviewed evidence that fluoridation is a public health risk despite central government’s best efforts to subvert the science”. The News reported last week that the new Health New Zealand entity wanted to fluoride Waipā supplies
now that the decision making on the issue had been taken out of council hands. Three of the six community board members have told The News they do not agree with the submission. In Cambridge, board chair Sue Milner complained in a social media post that an online webinar about dog control did not allow for public input, when in fact it did. Milner’s comments, which sparked a wave of criticism of the council, came on the back of a poorly worded media release which wrongly suggested dogs could be banned from two main recreation venues in Te
Awamutu and Cambridge – and also resulted in anticouncil rhetoric. The proposal is for Memorial Park and Lake Te Koo Utu to be on-leash areas only. Yesterday Milner apologised for the error and acknowledged she had been told by other community board members and chief executive Garry Dyet, to pull down the post and a subsequent one when she called a public meeting. Waipā District Council is scheduled to meet next week to discuss the roles of community boards, having earlier in this term elected not to follow a staff
recommendation to abolish them. The News was alerted to the fluoride claim from the Te Awamutu board on Tuesday evening by member Kane Titchener – an anti-fluoride campaigner. The comment was made in a submission to council on its water supply bylaw. Council wants to update its present bylaw to reflect the current water supply system. The draft did not contain any reference to community water fluoridation as Waipā has never added it to its water supplies. The submission he quoted said “certain members of the Te Awamutu Community
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Board believe that adding fluoride chemicals to the shared public water supply in order to fluoridate has many deleterious health effects for all consumers given that fluoride effects amongst other human systems, the endocrine system.” The endocrine system regulates biological processes in the body. It also said: “there are now 78 of 83 human IQ studies that show a lowering of IQ as a result of fluoride exposure”. The board submission suggested council would be in breach of the water supply policy “if it decides to go ahead with fluoridation of the water supply”. The community board had resolved to make a submission on the bylaw “to be approved by the chairperson in consultation
with Te Awamutu Community Board members”. After being alerted to the document, The News asked board chair Ange Holt and members Richard Hurrell, Jill Taylor and council appointed members Susan O’Regan and Lou Brown whether they supported the submission. As this edition went to press early on Wednesday, Susan O’Regan had responded, saying she did not support the submission. Richard Hurrell said he didn’t support the submission either – and was unaware of it. Lou Brown told The News “I do not agree with the fluoridation statement and both Susan O’Regan and I stood aside from the Community Board submission process on water supply and reticulation.”
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THIRD MEETING FOR 2022
Te Awamutu Continuing Education Group Speaker: Tim Hansen Topic: The day in the life of a beekeeper Hansen Honey is a small familyowned business operating for 20 years. Tim’s bee-keeping experience goes back 50 years. This week’s talk will be about a day in the life of a beekeeper. Date: Wednesday 6 July Time: 10am Venue: Waipa Workingmen’s Club, 139 Albert Park Drive
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A special lunch for the seniors By Viv Posselt
Te Awamutu Māori Women’s Welfare League (MWWL) president Rosemary Murray described Saturday’s Matariki lunch for seniors as an “auspicious moment” for all concerned. This year’s lunch was held in the league’s neighbouring Anglican Church hall. It had been held annually for kaumatua and others linked with the league until Covid halted it. The league decided to mark its return this year with a celebration of the
new Matariki public holiday. “This is the first one we have held for three years. It is an auspicious moment for us all to come together as one,” Rosemary said in welcoming about 40 people to the gathering. She explained the presence of historical photographs on view, linked to the history of the MWWL, and said reflecting on those who had gone before was particularly significant in terms of Matariki. “It is about remembering our past and coming forward to a new beginning. We want to reconnect and share our past at
the same time as focusing on building our future. The League is just a small group of 17, but there are three people here keen to join and help strengthen our group. We are still looking for more wahine who want to join us… we need succession and we need young people who will help us strengthen the work wahine have done before us.” Those attending the event were entertained by Ōtorohanga’s Jan Alz Band – married couple Janice and Allan Barclay – and enjoyed a shared soup lunch.
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On the beat The value of patrols with Ryan Fleming
Last week I wrote about the partnership the police has with the Community Patrol. This week I would like to expand on that with a good work story. Last Thursday night our patrollers were patrolling in a rural area that has been hit with burglaries. A number of incidents have been reported in the area over several weeks. Our two patrollers noticed a suspicious vehicle on the side of the road. A farmer had also reported a male wearing a headlamp walking up farm driveways “looking for diesel”. At one address a farmer was asked by the male if he would be willing to swap a laptop computer for some diesel.
A short time later Community Patrol found the male and contacted police via the police radio. The continued observing and updating his location until a police patrol arrived. It was discovered the male was known to police and was the subject of an active warrant to arrest. The following night, the patrol was in Te Awamutu when they heard on the police radio that a vehicle known to be used by two males who were wanted in connection to a burglary was evading police. Having obtained the description, the patrol kept an eye out for the vehicle. A short time later the vehicle pulled out in front of the patrol
and stopped in at a service station. Again, police radio was used to contact us. Police arrived a short time later and took the male driver into custody. A short time later his associate was found and arrested. These two incidents highlight very well the partnership police have nationally with Community Patrols. For the partnership to be effective, we need volunteers who are willing and able to give up a small amount of time to help the community by acting as a deterrent and as the cases above, be involved in the apprehension of offenders
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Briefs…
Speed limit set
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency has set new 110km/ hr speed limits for the SH1 Waikato Expressway, between Hampton Downs and Tamahere. The new Hamilton section will open in mid-July. From then people will be able to travel a continuous 78 kilometres, from Hampton Downs to south of Cambridge, on a median divided four lane expressway at 110 km/h.
Rates confirmed
Waipā rates will rise by an average of 4.4 per cent for the coming year. The new rates will take effect from July 1 with the first instalment due in late August. Council also adopted new water rates for the district with mayor Jim Mylchreest suggesting the public should cut those out and put on their fridges because “it’s hard for me to imagine our community will be paying less” under
Measles campaign
Waikato DHB’s direct campaign to get 3-5 yearolds vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella is starting to show results. Immunisation records show about 6500 children missed their second vaccination and about 1400 children missed both. A vaccination clinic is on this week at the Presbyterian Church in Kihikihi which also provides free flu vaccinations for those eligible.
Matariki donation
Three crates of food were donated to Kai 4 All yesterday. The food was collected by Waipā Networks, who asked their staff to each bring along a koha for the organisation’s Matariki celebration last week. “Giving back to our community creates a cycle of positive impact on the lives of others that are in need within our community,” said Waipā Networks operations and health & safety administrator, Chelsea Bagnall.
Divided over liquor plan By Mary Anne Gill
Two Waipā district councillors have broken ranks saying they are unconvinced banning alcohol sponsorship and advertising under proposed law changes to the liquor act will have any impact on youth use. Roger Gordon and Grahame Webber were the only two councillors to vote against endorsing Green Party member Chlöe Swarbrick’s private members’ bill. That bill proposes winding down alcohol advertising and sponsorship. Waikato DHB medical officer of health Richard Hoskins supports it and told the council local government had a “significant responsibility” for the wellbeing of its communities and so it was appropriate for Waipā to advocate for liquor act changes. Swarbrick’s bill also seeks to remove a special appeal process in place on local alcohol policies. Hoskins said local authorities like Waipā had been “thwarted” by unnecessary appeals on its local policies in the past. Gordon said he was aware there was a culture of alcohol abuse among youth. “I come from a family that’s got a real history in sport. I’ve got children who are New Zealand representatives and I have grandchildren who were New Zealand representatives,” he said. “But in fact, I don’t see the fact there is an alcohol billboard around the side of the ground has affected any of my kids in either playing the sport or consuming the alcohol. “I think the alcohol is a social phenomenon and I’m unsure whether how much that billboarding or support is affecting that and yet the money they pour into the support of all sport, enables more people to participate more readily in what is really a welcome activity throughout all ages.” Webber said he was struggling with agreeing to winding down alcohol sponsorship in the face of reports about the impact of fast food advertising. Councillors Andrew Brown and Mike Pettit disagreed. “These (alcohol) people don’t put the placards and things up because it doesn’t work,” said Brown. “It does help sell alcohol and sell it to people who struggle to cope with the impacts of it.” Pettit said alcohol companies did not support something unless there was money in it for them and their shareholders. Alcohol advertising and the exposure to it was primarily aimed at males, he said. He wondered how women’s sporting
teams like the Silver Ferns had managed to get sponsorship from non-alcohol companies while the All Blacks’ sponsorship relied on beer brands. “How come women’s sports can actually find other ways of getting sponsorship and getting traction and how come rugby is heavily focussed on alcohol advertising to survive?” Councillor Susan O’Regan said there was evidence about the impact placement of billboards and advertising alcohol has on drinking intensity and accessibility. “It seems to me the data is pretty clear around sponsorship and advertising.” Mayor Jim Mylchreest said alcohol did “huge harm” to the nation. “The family harm through excessive alcohol use is horrendous in our health statistics and our social welfare statistics.” A number of other councils, including Whanganui, Christchurch, Auckland, Hamilton and Hauraki have already endorsed the proposed law change. Gordon was also reluctant to see the appeal process for local alcohol policies taken away saying the community needed to have an effective voice. “I suggest if there was an appeal it would be brought forward in relation to the licensing regulations, the voice of reason would outweigh the vice of those against.” In his report to the council, Compliance manager Karl Tutty said the council had spent “a considerable amount of time and money” using legal advice to mediate concerns about its Local Alcohol Policy. Other councils had abandoned their policies, he said. “While the focus of this Bill is on appeals by well-funded commercial operators, removing all appeal provisions would also curtail any ability for police, medical officers of health, inspectors, community groups or the public to raise concerns.” Appeals had previously cost councils hundreds of thousands of dollars and tied up locally-driven alcohol policies for years. Mylchreest said removing the appeal process would not inhibit the community at all. “It stops the games being played by those national supermarket chains and liquor sales businesses that use it for anti-competitive issues rather than public health.” Council delegated councillor Marcus Gower to advocate to central government in support of the proposed bill. If the bill is successful in being introduced to Parliament, council would have an opportunity to submit through the Select Committee process.
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Kai time – 158 years on
Pixie Stockman and John Cheal of Ngāti Apakura helped serve boxes of hāngī.
By Benjamin Wilson
Matariki made history last week as the world’s first indigenous celebration to be recognised as a public holiday – and for local iwi Ngāti Apakura it was historic for other reasons. They celebrated Matariki with a hāngī and live music. The hāngī was dug and prepared at 61 Rangiaowhia Road, which was returned to Ngāti Apakura with help from the Anglican Church earlier this year. “We did it at Rangiaowhia, that was pretty special for us. It was the first hāngī that was prepared on our land in 158 years,” said Ngāti Apakura Runanga Trust chairperson, Bill Harris. The hāngī was co-ordinated by Runanga trustees George Griggs and Julia Martin. Harris said it took them most of the Friday to prepare – digging the pit, readying the fire and assembling the kai. “They lit the fire around 4am on Saturday, so that the kai could be ready by lunch time” Harris said. He said nearly 500 people attended their celebration, which was held on 190 Factory Road. “Most of the people who attended on Saturday were Māori. Getting 4-500 Māori together in Te Awamutu is pretty special,” he said. “It was just great, and I think Māori really appreciated it too.” Apakura sold roughly 400 hāngī. They could be bought for $15 and each included wild pork, mutton, chicken, stuffing, and ground vegetables. Dessert, also included, was steam pudding and custard. “It wasn’t so much about being a fundraiser for us, it was more about the opportunity to have Apakura recognised in Te Awamutu,” said Harris. “We will be even better planned next year. We have got an annual holiday now; we have got to have an annual event.”
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He rā ka tō, he rā ka puta mai anō
The sun will soon set, however another sun will soon rise
Flu jabs go wanting
Farewell from Waikato District Health Board and welcome Health New Zealand On 1 July, New Zealand transitions to a new and unified health system to support greater coordination between services. Over the years our health system has undergone many changes to reflect our changing communities and new ways of providing care. What has been constant is the skill and commitment of the people who work within the healthcare system. Our people do an amazing job and have shown incredible resilience and capacity to step up and care for our communities.
Why are District Health Boards being disestablished? New Zealand has a high-quality publicly funded health system but we know there are opportunities to make improvements. Our current system is complicated with services and functions split across many entities. This complexity makes it difficult to improve efficiency, implement new initiatives across the system, and address inequities in care for New Zealanders.
How will these changes improve services? One of the greatest barriers to improving care in priority areas is the fragmentation of our health system. Health New Zealand will be able to identify areas where we need new investment or changes to how we do things and move rapidly to improve services, with less obstacles to implementation. A unified system provides opportunities to improve access with a greater range of care available in local communities and services collaborating with a person-centred model – getting the right care at the right time and right place.
Will this change my current health services or affect my appointments? There will be no immediate change to your established care providers. You will have the same GP and any appointments you have made with community or specialist providers will carry over. Please attend as normal.
Waipā’s immunisation rates for pensioners is well below the Waikato average as a season marked by severe flu takes hold. And in the face of growing numbers of flu cases, numbers of people lining up for a vaccination has dropped throughout the country in recent weeks. Waipā’s vaccination rate for people aged 65 and over is under 59 per cent – throughout Waikato it is 62.9 per cent. The Ministry of Health provides free vaccinations for people 65 and over – though it refers to them as “65-plus”. Its goal for pension-age residents is 75 per cent. The flu vaccination is also free for Māori and Pacific residents aged 55 and over, people who are pregnant, have a health condition such as diabetes or asthma, and to children aged three and over. The vaccination rates for Māori in Waipā is 51.77 per cent and just 40 per cent for Pacific people. The rate for all people aged 55 and over slips to 22.84 per cent. Waikato DHB is attempting to lift the figures by setting up vaccination centres at sports and cultural events but there are no events scheduled for Waipā although the mobile vaccination clinics continue to go where they are needed. This week a clinic is in Kihikihi providing free flu vaccinations and Covid boosters. Children will be able to get a free flu vaccine from tomorrow in a move to
reduce hospital admissions, and more New Zealanders will now be eligible for a second Covid-19 booster dose. The combination of Omicron and flu is making this winter more challenging than normal, said Waikato DHB medical officer of health Richard Vipond. “There is always a danger of getting Covid-19 and flu at the same time, and that could severely impact even a relatively fit and healthy person.” Pharmac’s Operations director Lisa Williams said with less influenza circulating in previous years, New Zealanders have a lower immunity, so it is more important than ever to boost protection and reduce preventable hospitalisations and pressure on the healthcare system. “We have both influenza and Covid-19 circulating at the same time, which puts more people at risk and our health system under further strain.” Waikato’s Covid-19 rates for second doses are also low for children aged five to 11 – just 26 per cent are fully immunised, and the Māori rates is just 13 per cent. Health experts are also warning the country that it is primed for potential outbreaks of other illnesses including measles, whooping cough and respiratory conditions. Meanwhile Waikato DHB gets absorbed into the new Health NZ entity from tomorrow with no immediate change for the public.
Celebrating our past In May 1887 the first patient arrived at the original Waikato Hospital. Much has changed over years as the wider health system has evolved up to the introduction of district health boards (DHBs). The Waikato DHB was formed in 2001 as one of 21 DHBs with the Ministry of Health taking over funding.
2001 First nurse practitioner in NZ Institute of Rural Health established
2002
2013 Older Persons and 2014
Waikato Clinical School, clinical skills centre and medical library open
2004 First separation of pyopagus conjoined twins in NZ
2006 Neurosurgery department
established at Waikato Hospital
2008 First Transcatheter Aortic Valve
2016 2017
Implantation (TAVI) in NZ
New main entry and carpark building opens at Waiora Waikato hospital campus
2009 New Delivery Suite, Women’s
Assessment and Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) opens Thames Hospital’s Clinical Centre and Inpatient Unit opens
2011 New Emergency Department and Acute Services building opens
2012 Meade Clinical Centre opens
Regional Renal Centre opens
2019 2020
2021
Rehabilitation Building opens Major service and campus redevelopment programme across multiple sites completed Whare Ora–Healthy Homes programme launched to create safe, healthy, warm homes Telehealth services developed to support our rural hospitals Revised Memorandum of Understanding with Iwi Māori Council signed to improve Māori health outcomes New adult acute mental health facility approved for development COVID-19 response grows partnerships with iwi, Māori and Pacific health providers, GPs, pharmacies and other agencies Rapua Te Ara Matua Equity Report and Disability Responsiveness Plan published Roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccination programme – the largest in our history
E ngā whānau, ngā hapu, me ngā iwi nō tēnei takiwā, tēnā koutou katoa nā Te Poari Hauora o Waikato. On behalf of the Waikato DHB, we acknowledge all of our families, hapu and iwi.
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Top spot for young Nick By Benjamin Wilson
At 71, Nicholas Bartosiak is the Te Awamutu Pakeke Lions Clubs’ youngest member. He was appointed their president last week, following the resignation of the club’s previous president, Myrtle McDowell. “I am delighted, I have not been a president before, and I am very keen to give it my best shot,” said Bartosiak. Pakeke means senior or adult in Māori, and the Pakeke Lions are like other Lions Clubs, but with a typically older constitution. The Te Awamutu Pakeke Lions has 13 members - the oldest being 92. “I am that little bit younger than them, so I can run around a bit more.” Bartosiak is of Polish decent and moved from the UK to New Zealand in 1982. He has two daughters, four grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Though, none of them live locally. He owned a plumbing and gas fitting business in Port Waikato, which he ran for nine years, and was an emergency services driver there for seven. He moved to Te Awamutu in 2008 for a few years and came back
when he retired at age 68 in 2018. “I love Te Awamutu, I think it is a wonderful little town.” Bartosiak is a lover of music and plays keyboards for the Te Awamutu Presbyterian Parish every fortnight. “I find some of those old songs to be really beautiful, I think it is a shame you never really hear them anymore,” he said. He is on the board of the Te Awamutu Bowling Club and is their bar manager. Through the role, he was introduced to the Pakeke Lions. “They did fundraisers for organisations that I have supported on my own, so I thought I’d go along,” he said. Members of the organisation often fundraise on Te Awamutu’s Alexandra Street. They donate to various community groups including CommSafe, Riding for the Disabled, and the Community Health Transport Trust. “It is very hard times at the moment, especially fundraising, people have got no money. I’m just trying to do my bit for the community and get some fundraising going.” “The club was getting to
a stage where they didn’t know where to go. They’re all getting on, there is not younger people coming through, and they didn’t know where it would end
up.” As president, he hopes to make people more familiar with the Pakeke Lions “to make people realise what we do”.
He also hopes that by spreading awareness of his organisation, he can get more members to join. He said members appreciate “the friendship
and sharing, being able to help each other where we can… to raise funds and to know we are making a difference, that is what is most important.”
We say
Streaming must stay
Nicholas Bartosiak was appointed president of the Te Awamutu Pakeke Lions Club last week. Photo: Benjamin Wilson
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Local bodies around the country responded to the Covid outbreak by turning to digital media. Meetings were held using the Zoom app, and more and more were livestreamed for the public to watch. A consequence of live streaming is that media which follow local body issues now report on all meetings. Readers of The News will testify to the benefit of that – Good Local Media has a small editorial team, but is the only media which covers council meetings in Waipā as a matter of course. We say all meetings should be livestreamed – and the Government should use money it now uses to prop up national media companies in the name of Local Democracy Reporting – to fund it and make it a permanent fixture. If live streaming remains voluntary, and the service influenced by what funds are available, then it could be reduced or cut completely. Next week will be look at this issue. We have asked ministers, local body leaders, members of parliament – and Local Government New Zealand for their opinion. We had planned to run their opinions this week – but we are still awaiting responses from many key players. At a time when people are being told how important it is to vote in local body elections, giving them access to meetings on line would appear to be an obvious move. • What do you think? Email a letter to the editor, up to 250 words, to editor@goodlocal.nz
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Paying tribute to steam By Benjamin Wilson
How does a train enthusiast get their steam engine fix once they have been phased out? They build their own. That’s exactly what Cambridge Model Engineering Society member Dennis Searle did. Searle’s love of steam engines started early on account of his grandfather, who drove steam locomotives. Searle had aspirations of driving them too, but as he was leaving school, steam trains were beginning to be phased out in favour of diesel-electrics. So he chose to join the air force instead of becoming a train driver. “The only way I could drive a steam loco was to build one myself,” he said. The 78-year-old has since built two steam locomotive models, and except for the boilers which require a certification to weld, he machined the entirety of the models himself. “It was for the love of it really,” he said. The latest was finished in 2009 and is a coal-powered scale model of a WAB 801, which took him six and a half years to complete. It was on display at the Cambridge Model Engineering Society’s Matariki event last Friday. Although they are based in Cambridge, the club is essentially Waikato wide and is helmed by Kihikihi man Bruce Casey, who is the club’s president. Menzshed spokesperson Steve Mannington,
THURSDAY JUNE 30, 2022
Briefs… Chair debate
The Waikato Regional Council holds its first full meeting since the ousting of chairman Russ Rimmington today – in the wake of revelations contained in documents filed in the High Court by Rimmington, who is contesting the decision. The papers claim that after council was advised Lichtwark should not vote on the issue, he sent a text to Rimmington, having voted, celebrating the result. The court documents were released by the High Court to the Stuff media company – but the court did not respond to an application for the papers from Good Local Media before Stuff’s story appeared.
Minister asked to help It took Dennis Searle six and a half years to machine his WAB 801 model steam locomotive.
also from Kihikihi, is a member too, and Searle himself is from Hamilton. The club has two of their own diesel-electric model locomotives and use others that are owned privately by members. But, Searle’s WAB 801 is the only steam powered locomotive they use. The club has become less engineering focused and more family friendly, with its members ranging in age from five through to 84. “It started out as an engineering
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club, making trains, fixing things and that sort of thing. Now the people coming through aren’t interested in that, so we just try to make it family friendly as much as we can,” said Casey. They operate on the first and third Sundays of each month, providing train rides to the public on a track that is concreted into the Leamington Domain. Club members must hold a licence to drive the trains. Licensed children who are members of the club are allowed to
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drive the trains too – but without passengers. Casey said the club is keen to get more volunteer members who can help with a variety of roles from clipping tickets, guiding the public onto the trains to learning more about the trains and servicing them. He said because of low volunteer numbers, if a few members don’t show up on one day, they might not be able to run. “We are just trying to get a few more people involved.”
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In the trust we trust…
Plan process, but this was declined so consultation could first take place with the community. Waipā District Council will “The opportunity that exists is provide a $750,000 loan guarantee to offer a loan guarantee so long to the trust behind an application to bring the New Zealand Sporting as you are confident the trust had the ability to honour that,” he told Hall of Fame to the district. councillors. In briefing councillors about the The trust wants to secure proposal, deputy chief executive funding from various Ken Morris said the request from philanthropic trusts, businesses, the Home of Cycling Trust was Sport New Zealand and other unusual. funders but to do that it needed the “You are being asked to security of a loan guarantee with guarantee a loan which may never the council. happen,” he said. Trustee Alan Livingstone told the The Hall of Fame has been in council the trust hoped it would the Dunedin Railway Station since never require the loan but having 1999 but it is no longer considered the endorsement would make a suitable long-term home. securing other funding easier. Expressions of interest were “Just knowing the council is very called for and bids came from supportive is important,” he said. Auckland, Waikato, Christchurch The trust still intended to come and Invercargill. back to the council as part of the The Waikato bid had high2023-24 Annual Plan process for powered support for its a $750,000 grant which prompted establishment at the Cambridge councillor Susan O’Regan to ask Velodrome and became the whether there was a “Plan B” in preferred bidder. case that failed. Part of its attraction is the If the loan guarantee was possibility two other presently Home of Cycling Trust chair Graeme Maw with former Waipā mayor Alan Livingston at the Cambridge Velodrome where behind them granted, she also wanted to see virtual sporting halls of fame there are plans to expand and bring three sporting halls of fame to the venue. Photo: Mary Anne Gill. regular reporting from the trust to - Māori and racing - could be you push every button and get the council. registered security interest over the the extension, which is expected to established under the same cost more than $7 million. community support. “There is no Plan B, we’re Home of Cycling Trust’s present roof with two others – golf and All councillors supported the “It will be another coup for sticking to Plan A,” - which was to and acquired property and the equestrian - an outside chance. Cambridge and the Waipā district,” proposal. Mayor Jim Mylchreest apply for funds elsewhere - said trust would pay all legal and The halls of fame would be he said. said he realised what a “real Livingston. documentation costs. housed in a new eastern extension There is an opportunity into The News has exclusive video challenge” it was going to several The trust would be ableto to moveThe Velodrome was built for to the Velodrome. content on www.teawamutunews. organisations for funding. provide three-monthly updates to designed $32 million standalone and is now valuedVilla. at Chief executive Garry Dyet said 165m2 Architecturally Lockerbie Village in spring/summer 2022/23. nz of the proposed Hall of Fame at “Plan B is to move ahead $62 million. The trust had already the trust had applied for a $750,000 the council, he said. Elevated prime north-facing site, overlooking the Velodrome. with confidence and make sure The council would have a applied for a resource consent forfarmland. grant through the council’s Annual By Mary Anne Gill
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AGE OF REASON
FAITH IN WAIPĀ
Accolades for two writers
Musings from Matariki
There are journalists and there are reporters. And there are reporters masquerading as journalists. Sadly, television in this country has a preponderance of the latter. And there are invited opinion writers like me who have no right to claim to be either! But I am heartened this week to read about and salute two journalists who have given me hope that a vibrant, professional and transparent Fourth Estate is alive and well. My first salute goes to a Russian newspaper editor and TV presenter named Dmitry Muratov. Through his daily Moscow-based newspaper he is attempting (or has been attempting) to provide a balanced account of the Russian atrocities in war-torn Ukraine. This was not a one-off by Dmitry as he held similar views when six years ago the huge country pulled an independent nation, Crimea, back within its folds. The heavy handed and bureaucratic Russian political machine had been trying to stop Dmitry Muratov from telling the true story regarding the terrible actions and resultant sadness that has encompassed Ukraine. He is not permitted to use the phrase ‘war in Ukraine’. Rather the more bland ‘special military operation’. But he was firmly informed that he was not, under any circumstance, permitted to broadcast by any means - the reality of homelessness, death, families driven apart and physical abuse that had bereft this lovely country. The breadbasket of Europe is being punished for daring to make it known that membership of the EU and even NATO would be a better option than that they have hitherto been experiencing. The real and current story about Dmitry is that he was awarded a joint Nobel Peace Prize last October. He received a sum of money and
Last Friday was our nation’s inaugural celebration of ‘Matariki’ by way of a public holiday. Matariki coincides with the appearance of a cluster of stars also known as the Pleiades. Sometimes known as the Seven Sisters, this grouping of stars appears like sparkling jewels in the eastern sky of the Southern Hemisphere around June 21st (mid-winter). Traditionally for Māori this heralds the start of the new year, spanning into the first half of July on the Māori lunar calendar. Matariki can be viewed as a time to celebrate the earth, and show respect for the land, the whenua on which we live. Māori saw a connection between the stars and how successful the harvest would be in the coming season. The brighter the stars, the more productive the crop would be. Last Thursday on the eve of our new national Matariki holiday commemoration, I stood on the east coast of the Coromandel. It was well before dawn and the skies exhibited that beautiful dark, ‘inky’ blue colour. There are hundreds of stars in the Matariki cluster, but only six or seven are visible without a telescope. I’m confident I correctly identified them sparkling against their backdrop of a myriad others, but regardless of whether my star-gazing experience was a hundred percent accurate or not, it still left a profound impression on me. The vastness and the grandeur of space ought to ‘speak’ to us. Compared with other star clusters, Matariki is close to Earth – yet it’s still 440 light years away. A light year is the distance that light travels in one year, which equals exactly
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gave it to child-related causes. In addition, he gained the prestigious gold medal. The value of the gold – if melted down – returns the princely sum of $10,000 – of the United States kind. But not satisfied with that Dmitry put his medal up for auction and a willing and unknown buyer is paying our Fourth Estate hero the sum of $103 million. Dmitry is a man to be lauded for his thoughtfulness and social largesse for the medal money will go towards supporting displaced Ukrainian children – and there are heaps of them. My other journalistic discovery this week came from the writing of Charlotte Grimshaw who is described as an author and critic. Note, not a journalist, but she should be. She targets – without naming him – the President of Russia with the statement that ‘distortions of reality preserve ego, domination and control’. Right on the button madam and well written. But switch your geographic attention to the US where, over this weekend, the Republican Party dominated Supreme Court has overturned Roe v Wade. The subject matter is appalling, degrading and extremely unfortunate as it rebuts choice, especially where the pregnancy is entirely unwanted and unwarranted. But hark back to Charlotte’s words about ego, domination and control and ask yourself which United States president in this last decade personally appointed the three latest - and highly reserved - judges of that nation’s top judicial body. And seek an answer to the question - does the statement also fit here?
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9,460,730,472,580.8 kilometres… so you can work out how many kilometres 440 light years is. Suffice to say, it’s a very long way away. As I stared into space I was overcome with its vastness, contrasting our smallness within its totality. Something else that ought to provoke us to think, is the design, orderliness and sustained patterns that stars display. Such reliability afforded our ancestors navigation across oceans. How did this order come about and how is it maintained? The Matariki cluster of stars (the Pleiades) - is just one of many mentioned in one of the oldest books of the Bible (3000BC) in Job Chapter 9. There, it credits God as the One who “set the stars in place, the Big Dipper and Orion, the Pleiades and the stars in the southern sky…” It goes further in making such claims in Psalm 19. “The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies display His craftsmanship. day after day they continue to speak; night after night they make Him known. They speak without a sound or word; their voice is never heard. Yet their message has gone throughout the earth and their words to all the world.” Since the Bible reveals Jesus to be the Creator, telling us “Without Him was nothing made, that was made...” (John 1:3), it follows that if there’s nothing random in the placement of countless stars in their constellations, there’s nothing random about our lives either.
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THURSDAY JUNE 30, 2022
Rocking for Margaret By Mary Anne Gill
No-one was in any doubt Margaret Evelyn would have hated missing such a great party on Sunday at the Cambridge Cricket Pavilion. The ‘Afternoon Tea without Marg’ celebration attracted more than 100 people from around New
Zealand and Australia. It was held to honour Margaret’s life which ended so tragically last month in Waikato Hospital two and a half hours after freakish winds brought down a pin oak tree on top of her only metres away from the very pavilion where people celebrated her life. Her three sons, Kristen,
Campbell and Brett Hapi, who arrived from Melbourne with his family the previous day, were joined by two of the country’s top session musicians Gary Verberne and Tim Armstrong to play the songs Margaret loved to listen to. Margaret’s friend Sue Duignan was one of several who paid tribute saying she knew the woman she
Drummer Kristen Hapi, keyboardist Campbell Hapi, bass Brett Hapi, acoustic guitar and lead singer Tim Armstrong, lead guitar Gary Verberne.
first met in the 1990s when they were both social workers, would have loved the party. She would have particularly enjoyed the boys playing their music, she said. Kristen was on the drums, Campbell on the keyboards, until he played lead guitar on The Eagles’ Hotel California, and Brett on bass. Gary Verberne played guitar as he has on hundreds of records and gigs for DD Smash, When the Cat’s Away, Shona Laing and Boh Runga among others. Tim Armstrong was the lead singer and also played the guitar. He started his career in Tokoroa as a teenager for top Waikato band The Politicians and has been out on his own and with the Tim Armstrong Band for several years. Several others sang and played music to celebrate the 81-year-old mother of three and grandmother of three. A photographic slide show which played continuously during the celebration confirmed what Sue Duignan said – Margaret was a fashionista who was enjoying
Margaret Evelyn
life and had style, resilience and attitude. Other guests included the woman who was first on the scene and comforted Margaret while Cambridge volunteer firefighters freed her from under the tree, Waipā mayor Jim Mylchreest, deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk and Community Services group manager Sally Sheedy. Margaret died on May 20. The remains of the 80-year-old pin oak tree were removed from the scene in the days leading up to the celebration. Wood from the tree will be used to provide a memorial for Margaret.
DOWN WITH THE KIDS
How next year computes Every dentist appointment and family gathering; every awkwardly silent moment that to everyone but me begs for Smalltalk seems to herald the arrival of the same question these last few months: ‘so, what are you doing next year?’ Lately, at least, I’ve had an answer, if only to smooth the conversation along: going to Uni, at Otago, probably, to study Genetics. So I’ve been thinking about career decisions for this reason—people won’t let me forget about it. But I’m also thinking about it for a more niche reason: in the last few weeks, I’ve been experimenting with two Artificial Intelligence systems known as GPT-3 and DAL·E-2. Both are the progeny of the Elon Muskfunded AI research centre OpenAI. GPT-3 is what’s known as a “text transformer”, meaning that it takes in text you give it (the “prompt”) and spits out text that it thinks best completes the prompt. This is impressive enough—but what you can also do is “train” GPT-3 on a large data set of prompts and completions: for example all of my columns as the completions, and
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some brief pitches as the prompts. GPT-3 thus learns to assimilate my writing style and the nature of my brief. So, I can feed it “Write a column in the style of Matteo Di Maio on the topic of youth voting” and... GTP-3, in a second, duly spits out several 500-word columns to choose from: the first starting with “When a friend commented recently that young people are really, really not engaging in the world, I was taken aback. According to Stats NZ...” When people talk about automation stealing all the jobs, they usually have big gleaming automotive factory manufacturing chains in mind. Either that, or they worry about, say, self-driving cars making Uber drivers redundant. What they don’t tend to consider is AI stealing jobs in the creative industries— composing, art, architecture—and, yes, column writing. And yet it is in these curious areas that AI has been making the greatest strides recently. What my experience with GPT-3—and its perfectly passable attempts at imitating my
penmanship—has made me do is reinterpret all the little bits of career advice I’ve been fed these last few months after the “next year” conversation. One thing people (Read: Principals in endof-year speeches) always say is: “These days employers want creative, adaptable people who aren’t too set on one particular job for the rest of their life”. But this seems a little dubious in our postGPT-3 age. As we’ve seen, creativity is surely no more guarantee of a job hire in a future AI-dominated world than a machine-like ability to follow directions to the book. The other classic piece of advice is “Do something you enjoy and you’ll never work a day in your life.” This seems to be the only idiom that holds up. At some point in the future (the only bet is how long) all jobs will necessarily become purely recreational. After all, what’s the News to find in me when editor Roy can get 100 different columns on youth issues in my style at the click of a button (and a $0.02 micro-charge)?
The implication of all of this is that the answer to the question “what are you doing next year” really ought to be nothing more than: “Something I enjoy, hopefully.” After a week of being imitated by a robot, it’s my new answer for sure.
I asked DAL·E-2 to do a ‘line sketch’ of the concept “A boy surveys his future and it’s full of AI”
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damage that would occur if the fixtures were removed.
ll landlords and tenants have responsibilities under the Residential Tenancies Act 1986, and it’s important for each party to know what is legally required of them. If you’re new to renting, a first-time landlord or a seasoned landlord, you should be aware of your rights and obligations, and the recent changes in legislation.
Any fixture that you don’t remove at the end of the tenancy becomes the property of the landlord unless you’ve come to some arrangement with your landlord. If you cause damage when removing fixture, inform your landlord. They will tell you whether they want you to fix the damage or be compensated for it.
When renting out a property, landlords should ensure their property is in reasonable condition and let tenants enjoy the property. If they want to sell their property, then they must inform their tenant. Properties are required to meet all relevant building, health, and safety standards
If you’re unsure what to do, visit the Tenancy Services website. What does a minor change look like? landlords cannot encourage tenants to bid on the rental. Landlords can’t be swayed by a best offer.
Are you keeping up with the new tenancy laws? Landlords and tenants were affected by the changes to the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 which began rolling out in August 2020. Phase 1 included a change in rent increases which are now limited to once every 12 months compared to the previous once every 180 days, or six months. Landlords will not be able to end a periodic tenancy (a tenancy with no fixed-term end date) without cause by providing 90 days’ notice. There are also changes to how fixed-term tenancies signed on or after 11 February 2021.
Tenants can ask to make changes to the property and landlords must not decline if the change is minor.
standards within 90 days of any new or renewed tenancy. All other private rentals must comply with healthy homes standards by 1 July 2024. This means fixed-term tenancies that have not renewed since 30 November 2020. Ask before you make changes
Requests by tenants to assign a tenancy must be considered. New rules on healthy homes Changes to the healthy homes standards came into force on 12 May 2022. They include changes to the heating, ventilation, and moisture ingress and drainage standards. If your rental property already meets the existing standards, you will not need to do any extra work to comply with the changes.
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From 1 July 2021 private rentals were required to comply with healthy homes
If you’re renting a property and wanting to renovate, alter or add some major fixtures, make sure your landlord agrees. Any changes must either be in line with the tenancy agreement or have the landlord’s written consent. The landlord can’t unreasonably withhold consent. Don’t remove fixtures if it will cause damage that can’t be repaired. Sometimes landlords let tenants add new fixtures on the condition that they become the landlord’s property at the end of the tenancy. This is due to the
Fixtures like curtains, visual fire alarms and doorbells, baby-proofing, earthquake-proofing to the degree of securing a bookshelf to the wall or similar, can fall into the category of a minor change. It should have a low risk of damage to the property and be easily reversed. The change shouldn’t pose a risk to health or safety, or compromise the structural integrity, weathertightness or character of the property, nor should it affect anyone’s enjoyment or use of the property. If you’re considering a minor change, make a request to your landlord in writing. Permission must be received within 21 days although the landlord can ask to extend the timeframe. If the change is considered more than minor and more time is needed to consider the request, your landlord must give you written notice. Landlords must not decline minor changes but may set reasonable conditions.
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KNOW YOUR PROPERTY MANAGER At the end of your tenancy, remove whatever was installed, unless there is some agreement with your landlord to let it remain. The property should substantially be in the same condition it was in before you made the change.
Ray White’s Waipa property manager Cameron Glenn and his team can help landlords navigate their way through the changes in legislation. As a onestop shop, they take care of the whole caboodle including finding and vetting tenants, property management and inspections, and maintenance. The company has a full-time maintenance person to make things easy and more cost-effective for landlords. And with a shortage of rentals across Waipa, they welcome new landlords on their books.
A template to make a change to a property can be downloaded from the Tenancy Services website. Rental bidding and fair market rents In a market where there are few rentals and high demand for them, competition to secure a property can be fierce. Under the new law change, rental properties cannot be advertised without a rental price listed, and landlords cannot invite or encourage tenants to bid on the rental. In other words, they can’t organise an auction over a rental property, or offer to give the rental to a tenant if they agree to pay more for it. However, a prospective tenant can still voluntarily offer to pay more than the stated amount of rent and a landlord may accept this offer. The NZ tenancy law dictates that a landlord can only charge a fair market rent. This includes new tenancies and renewals. The law is designed to stop landlords unfairly forcing tenants into high rent. The tribunal has the power to reduce high rent back to fair market. When renting a property, tenants must pay the rent on time and keep the property reasonably clean and tidy. They should contact their landlord or property manager straight away in the event of any damage or if repairs are needed. Unless they have come to
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some arrangement with their landlord, tenants are required to pay for their own outgoings, such as electricity, gas and internet. When vacating, properties should be left clean, tidy, and clear of rubbish and possessions. Keys and all items supplied with the tenancy must be left.
tenant is more crucial than ever. “We are seeing more and more private landlords engage with professional property managers as there is simply too much compliance for most Kiwis to have the time to process and implement in accordance with legislation.”
Tenants should not stop paying rent if the landlord hasn’t done repairs, nor should they make any alterations to the property without the landlord’s written consent
The rental market traditionally slows down over winter as tenants prefer to stay put and not move around as much. The standard of presentation becomes more critical as a result. Properties that are well-presented, have a heat source for winter and are Healthy Homes compliant are naturally more advantaged.
**************** Investors in Waipa’s rental property market are actively seeking new builds and are strategizing accordingly due to the tax benefits that come with new build investment properties, says Ray White Cambridge and Hamilton managing director, Fraser Coombes. Tenant selection is key and changes in legislation mean selecting the right
Most Waipa landlords are complying with the new legislation. Those with existing tenants have until 1 July 2024 to ensure their properties meet the new heating standards. Landlords with new tenants have 90 days to comply.
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Meet our global messenger By Mary Anne Gill
When Tegan Crotty’s friends told her she should try out swimming, she was initially reluctant. But the minute she got in the water “it was just like that,” the 27-year-old Te Awamutu retail assistant and Special Olympics global messenger recalls. Swimming coach Shelley Blair did some early training sessions because Tegan, who had not swum for years, was a little uneasy. Then one day in 2014, when Shelley was busy with somebody else, Tegan swam the length of the pool much to everyone’s surprise, including her own. Before she sustained a serious
Roz and Tim Crotty with daughter Tegan at Parliament after her appointment as a global messenger. Photo supplied.
right foot injury three years ago, Tegan was swimming up to four times a week and competed at her first Special Olympics nationals in 2017. “Swimming is a great equaliser. In the pool, I’m like everyone else, my disability is nothing,” she says. “When I got into the pool again, it became second nature.” Going to the nationals in Wellington was also the first time the former Te Awamutu College and Korakonui School student had been in a plane on her own. So confident had she become at Special Olympics, the challenges in Wellington – mostly involving her wheelchair - were soon overcome. “We were told the bus was wheelchair friendly and it wasn’t, the whole time we were there, that’s what we had. So that was a minor challenge, but it was nothing we couldn’t deal with.” What Tegan realised though was she was not special despite her spina bifida and hydrocephalus (build up of fluid on the brain). “At my school, I was the only one in a wheelchair but coming into Special Olympics, I was around similar people. There were lots of other people in chairs with all sorts of disabilities. “For me, my disability is a part of who I am, not the entire picture. That came about because of Special Olympics.” Three years ago, Tegan was appointed one of New Zealand’s global messengers in the Special Olympics’ Asia Pacific region. Tegan is trained to be a spokesperson and an ambassador. That has seen her play a leadership role during Covid when those with disabilities experienced significant inequalities. “I’m able to be that person between athletes and the Special Olympics.” Becoming a global messenger
was not easy. Athletes must go through athlete leadership training. Every four years, 10 athletes from around the world are selected to train and serve as international global messengers, now called athlete leaders. The training has helped develop her confidence, speech writing and presenting. “We all come together and try and make Special Olympics more inclusive for everyone. “Special Olympics is inclusiveness, being part of a team, not only doing what you love but also doing it with people around you. “Our disability is not the main focus, it’s just something you are,” said Tegan. From competing at her first Special Olympics to today, Tegan is in no doubt what she has achieved. “It has helped me become a stronger person, more resilient.” When Tegan left Te Awamutu College, she did a business administration and computing course at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa in Te Awamutu and finished level three at Wintec in Hamilton. She has worked at Paper Plus for six years doing three mornings a week “and I love it.” For 10 years she has volunteered at the Red Cross charity shop. She can drive herself around thanks to her Mazda car which was originally foot controlled but was adapted at Matangi Motors for her wheelchair use. It means she can take out friends who are unable to drive because of their disability. “For me being as independent as possible is the key.” The biggest setback has been the injury she sustained when she clipped her right foot on the side of the pool. Because she has no feeling in her body below the knees, she was unaware she had
Tegan Crotty in at work in Paper Plus, Te Awamutu.
done any damage until she got home and saw the blood blister on her foot. The blister broke and it resulted in a bone infection. Tegan’s body fought the infection, but she did not register she had a problem until she realised the wound was not healing. Dressing the foot and wrapping it in bubble wrap so she could swim was no good. “I had to resign myself to the fact it wasn’t the right time (to go back swimming).” Hospitals and operations have been regulars in her life. Among several challenges, she had scoliosis “an exact S with my spine.” “I’ve had 30 plus operations in my 27 years of life. For me, it’s just something that is my life. It’s part of my journey, like my foot injury.”
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Tegan pines for the day she can be back in the pool and be able to say “yes coach” to Shelley. “When you’re swimming, you get in that zone. It’s not about winning. For me it was always ‘yes I did it.’ I achieved it, I got to the end.” Special Olympics welcomes all people with intellectual disabilities and allows them to compete within their own ability levels. It was founded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of President John F. Kennedy, and is a global movement that today serves more than six million people with intellectual disabilities in 200 countries. The nationals will be held in Hamilton from December 8-12 and many Waipā athletes are expected to join 1500 athletes and coach and 600 volunteers in 10 sports.
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A monthly gardening column, courtesy of Amber Garden Centre June 2022 Winter is the ideal time for planting trees. The soil is moist and the trees are dormant, this means less stress on the trees. Planting trees. Dig a hole twice the size of the container the tree is currently in. Make sure to fork the base of the hole to loosen the soil. Position the tree in the centre of the hole along with a sturdy stake if needed. Mix a bag of compost into the soil to fill in the hole. It’s important to water immediately to ensure the soil settles around the roots. Feed with sheep pellets or Tui Novatec fertiliser when new growth appears. Stake and tie large trees, especially in windy positions. Pruning. Winter maintenance through pruning can help keep trees to a manageable size. It also helps keep them free from disease and pests. Pruning can allow for more light to get into the tree, this helps the ripening and development of fruit, which can also lead to easier picking. Pruning should always be done on a fine day and followed up with a spray of copper. Copper works to seal cuts and helps to prevent fungal infection.
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Janet Steffert has more than 25 years’ experience in the employment field and is constantly upskilling, so she can offer her not for profit clients the best human resources’ advice. In more recent years, the Enrich Group Management Services Human Resources executive lead has been able to work alongside other like-minded providers to provide the sort of service that usually comes with a huge cost. “We know what it’s like in the not for profit sector, particularly those working in the disability area. It comes with incredible challenges which we understand,” said Janet, who works in Te Awamutu
and lives in Hamilton with husband David. Janet started with Enrich Plus in Te Awamutu in November 2017 and then moved into Management Services two years later. She has provided Human Resources advice to Life Unlimited, Progress to Health, Specialist Rehab Services and her own Enrich Group family. Management Services is part of Enrich Group, a family of organisations with common and complementary services that support people with disabilities and those living with autism and neurodiversities. “This has been a highlight of my career, being able to
do this. What happens with smaller organisations, is they don’t have a team, you generally have one person doing everything. I know there are a number of other organisations without the dedicated resources and we’re able to assist.” Janet was born in Huntly, attended Huntly West Primary and Huntly College. Her first job was with the then Huntly Borough Council as an administrator leaving after four years to have the first of her three children. She returned to the workforce 10 years later with Natural Gas Corporation where her administration skills were recognised as being ideal for the Human
Resources field. She gained a Diploma in Human Resources and worked for Natural Gas, Sitel NZ and Genesis Energy as an HR advisor, consultant, resource consultant, talent acquisition consultant and manager before taking up her position as executive lead for Enrich Management Services. Janet said when she started at Enrich Plus the values the organisation had, aligned with her own. “I am passionate about what I do and about the clients I support. “My goal is to work alongside the chief executives, leaders and managers to enable their organisations to meet their
strategic goals,” said Janet. “I strive to assist the people I work with succeed and contribute to the success of their organisation.” She enjoys working on-site at client premises which enables her to get to know their people and their cultures. Outside of work, Janet has eight grandchildren who she loves spending time with. She and her husband enjoy travelling, hanging out with friends and spending time with their church family at the Whitiora Bible Church and in the weekly home groups they run. She is in awe of the people who work in the disability sector. “The people have so
much passion to make a difference in people’s lives and so I want to do the best I can with my skills for these people. No matter who my customer is, I want them to succeed and make wise choices.”
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Many people who supported Rotary Cambridge’s recent Bookarama sale also donated to Rotary International’s ShelterBox Ukraine Emergency Appeal. An information desk and donation box positioned just inside the hall entrance alerted book enthusiasts to the international Rotary appeal, which was launched shortly after the Ukrainian conflict started on February 24. Bronwyn Byers, who has headed up Rotary’s Cambridge’s international committee for the past year, said Rotary’s support network offered assistance when needed, both nationally and internationally. “It seemed to me that Ukraine is what we should be focusing on right now. We were delighted with the response at Bookarama. Although we ran the fundraiser completely separately from that event, a lot of people donated to the initiative as they paid for their books. We are very grateful.” ShelterBox is an international charity working with other agencies to distribute aid to the millions of people who have fled Ukraine, with teams in Moldova coordinating with partners in Poland and Ukraine. ShelterBox is also working with its partners People in Need, and ReliefAid, sending mattresses to people living in ‘collective centres’ such as schools and sports centres in Ukraine, and providing a range of survival items as well as Shelter Kits and building materials to repair damaged buildings.
The annual display of blankets knitted by members of the local Operation CoverUp team will take place next Thursday – almost a month earlier than usual. The July 7 display will be at the Cambridge Baptist Church in Queen St. The following day, all the knits and other donated products will be packed up for shipping to Eastern Europe. Operation Cover-Up (OCU) links with the Christian charity, Mission Without Borders, to send knitted blankets and clothes to children in orphanages and struggling communities in countries that include Moldova, Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Albania and Croatia. The initiative spread internationally, coming to New Zealand in 2000 and to Cambridge a year later. Most of the work locally is done by members of the Knitters and Natters group. Pat Smith, one of the OCU organisers, said the goods were being displayed and sent abroad a month
earlier than usual due to international distribution delays being experienced by Mission Without Borders. “They want to ensure the donations reach their destination by Christmas and sending it from here in August will be cutting that too fine,” she said. Pat also said that events in Ukraine have added another element this year. Until now, the call has been for knitted clothes for children aged from school-age upwards, but the war in Ukraine and the pressure being experienced in neighbouring countries means Mission Without Borders now needs warm clothing for babies and toddlers as well. “Many Ukrainians have
fled to Moldova and other countries which are finding it increasingly difficult to cope,” Pat said. “There are also calls this year for hygiene products, things like nappies, sanitary products, toothbrushes and the like.” Pat said anyone willing to donate items along those lines could do so during next week’s blanket display, which will be open from 10am to 1.30pm. She is also calling for people to help swell the numbers of Knitters and Natters. They meet at the Cambridge Brass Band Hall in Vogel St from 1.30-3pm on the first and third Thursdays of each month, or from 7-8.30pm on the first and third Tuesdays of each month.
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Rotary Cambridge’s Bronwyn Byers with ShelterBox NZ’s ambassador/volunteers for Rotary District 9930, Claire Connor.
Claire Connor, who is ShelterBox NZ’s ambassador/volunteers for Rotary District 9930, said fundraising and the acceptance of donations is ongoing, often dependent on what type of crisis being faced. “We never know when the next disaster will strike, and what type of disaster it might be,” she said. “The amount raised to date for ShelterBox Ukraine Emergency Appeal has been very pleasing. Every donation, however big or small, is a good donation and makes a difference to those without shelter.” Claire said the initiative run at the Bookarama event went very well, as have two other events in which she was recently involved. For more details go to shelterbox.org.nz
An Operation Cover-Up display like this last year is on again next week.
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Get warm: Choose the right heater Braving the cold winter without any heating can certainly put a damper on life. Deciding what form of heating best suits your needs and budget largely depends on your home and lifestyle. From whole-home heating systems to portable heaters, the choice is enormous. Eco and energy efficient options have become the way of the future, and innovative technologies mean fast heat and instant comfort are just a switch away. You want a heater or a heating system that you can rely on and probably one that won’t cost you the earth. Quality and heating efficiency come into the equation. One of the first things to consider is how to match room size to type of heater. Are you wanting to target a specific area, heat multiple rooms, or your entire home? There is no onesize-fits-all when it comes to electric heating. Some heaters are best for heating a whole room while others target surfaces or areas. For most locations, measuring 100w per square metre of your room can give you an idea of how much power your heater needs. This is assuming your room is the standard height of 2.4m. To calculate the area of a room, multiply its width by its length. A space that measures 4m long by 5m wide, for example, has a floor area of 20sqm and requires an electric heater with an output of 2000w. To figure out the wattage required, multiply the floor area by 100. Take into account variables, like flooring. A room with a wooden floor may require a slightly
more powerful heater as opposed to one that is carpeted and may need slightly less heating output. Talk to a heating expert. A heater with an output of around 1.5kw or 1500w should suffice for rooms that are smaller than 20 sqm.
less likely to burn themselves if they touch them. Panel heaters are comparatively affordable and can be used to complement fans or heat pumps. Designs, such as the slim and minimalistic heaters, blend unobtrusively into a room. Some models can even be painted if you want them to match specific décor.
Column or convection heaters are recommended for living rooms between 20-40sqm. While the heat may not be instant, it should be sustaining.
Panel heaters work by drawing in cold air, heating it with panels, and then radiating warm air. They often use less energy, are lightweight, and can be mounted on a wall. However, they don’t heat up as well compared to other heater types, but they are a good choice if you have children and pets, as they’re
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Models with the latest carbon fibre technology tend to be quiet, robust, and hard-wearing with long-lasting heating elements. Heaters can be mounted vertically or horizontally and be operated on remote control.
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If you live where natural gas is available, a gas boiler is likely to be your best option. If reticulated gas is not accessible, then you can consider options such as a diesel boiler, air-towater heat pump, a biomass boiler, or a gas boiler on LPG. If you’re after a heating solution for your outdoor patio, gardens, dining area, bathroom, garage or workshop, an infrared heater could be the answer. Infrared technology produces radiant heat, the same as the feeling of warmth from the sun on your face and the heat from a log fire. Where a convection heater is designed to warm up the air, infrared radiant heat is direct, making it more energy efficient and cheaper to run. They can also be effective when it’s slightly breezy as they’re not heating up the air and their effect is immediate the moment you turn on the heater. Heaters work on infrared heat waves that are quickly distributed throughout a room.
Panel heaters use convection heating to warm up and circulate air. Newer models are eco-friendly and able to distribute heat throughout large areas. Their technology can include wi-fi capabilities, allowing you to control the warmth of your home remotely.
Large rooms are suited to mica thermic heating as it combines the advantages of convection heating and radiant heating. These heaters tend to be quieter and able to maintain an even temperature for a longer time.
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The brilliant and provocative new book from one of the world’s foremost political writers
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‘The anti-Western revisionists have been out in force in recent years. It is high time that we revise them in turn…’ In The War on the West, international bestselling author Douglas Murray asks: if the history of humankind is one of slavery, conquest, prejudice, genocide and exploitation, why are only Western nations taking the blame for it? It’s become perfectly acceptable to celebrate the contributions of non-Western cultures, but discussing their flaws and crimes is called hate speech. What’s more it has become acceptable to discuss the flaws and crimes of Western culture, but celebrating their contributions is also called hate speech. Some of this is a much-needed reckoning; however, some is part of a larger international attack on reason, democracy, science, progress and the citizens of the West by dishonest scholars, hatemongers, hostile nations and human-rights abusers hoping to distract from their ongoing villainy. In The War on the West, Douglas Murray shows the ways in which many well-meaning people have been lured into polarisation by lies, and shows how far the world’s most crucial political debates have been hijacked across Europe and America. Propelled by an incisive deconstruction of inconsistent arguments and hypocritical activism, The War on the West is an essential and urgent polemic that cements Murray’s status as one of the world’s foremost political writers.
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Sea fare
Eat healthy. Eat seafood. It can help prevent heart attacks and strokes, it can lower blood pressure and may even help ward off depression. The magic ingredients are the omega-3 fatty acids which are notably common in fatty fish such as salmon, sardines and tuna. Cooking temperatures should be kept to medium though as high heat can destroy the fatty acids. All seafood contains goodly amounts of protein, has low levels of saturated fat and contains vitamin E, an important antioxidant. Although some shellfish can be high in cholesterol this does not necessarily directly transfer to cholesterol in the blood. Certain larger fish like shark and marlin may contain some mercury which can cause brain and nerve damage. However, the seafood highest in the omega-3 fatty acid levels have the lowest mercury counts. Fish sauce adds that secret umami to many seafood dishes with its sweet, salty, funky flavour. A dash can be added to most seafood dishes in moderation. It’s prepared from small fish such as anchovies which are packed in barrels with salt and fermented for up to two years. Although most of us consider it an Asian condiment, fish sauce has been used for thousands of years by cultures ranging from the Greeks to the Chinese.
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the clams or mussels and white wine. Reduce the heat, cover and cook until the shellfish just open. Discard those that don’t. Add the prawns, the fish sauce and the cooked, drained pasta. Mix well. Stir in the cream cheese and mix until well coated. Great served with lemon wedges. Serves 4.
250g fettuccine or similar 16 clams or mussels in their shells 1 shallot, diced 4 small portabello mushrooms, sliced 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1/2 cup dry white wine 500g cooked prawns 1/4-1/2 teaspoon fish sauce 225g cream cheese at room temperature Cook the pasta according to the packet instructions. Wash the clams or mussels well. Remove the beards from the mussels. Sauté the shallot and mushrooms in the oil in a deep frying pan, until softened. Add the garlic and heat through. Add
WALNUT & OLIVE BAKED FISH 300g skinned and boned white fish eg monk fish, tarakihi, hoki flaky sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided 1/2 cup walnuts, lightly toasted and chopped 1/4 cup chopped parsley 4 pitted black Kalamata olives, diced 2 cloves garlic, crushed finely grated rind and juice 1 small lemon Preheat the oven to 200°C. Place the fish in a baking dish. Season and drizzle with 1 tablespoon of the oil. Bake for about 8 minutes depending on thickness. Combine the remaining oil, walnuts, parsley, olives, garlic, lemon rind and juice in a bowl. Sprinkle over the fish and continue cooking for a further few minutes. Serves 4.
SUPER SEAFOOD CHOWDER Chowder Base: 1 onion, finely diced 4 rashers streaky bacon, diced 75g butter 1/2 cup each: plain flour, chardonnay 2 cups fish stock 1 teaspoon fish sauce 500ml cream salt and pepper to taste Seafood: 400g mixed seafood eg green lipped mussels, skinned and boned white fish, squid, prawns 25g butter 1/4 cup finely chopped parsley To make the chowder base, gently sauté the onion and bacon in the butter in a saucepan, until brown. Stir in the flour. Slowly stir in the chardonnay, cooking until thick. Stir in the fish stock. Add the fish sauce, bring to the boil then add the cream. Season. Simmer for 25 minutes. Dice the seafood. Melt the butter in a frying pan. Gently sauté the seafood until just cooked through. Add to the chowder together with the parsley. Warm through. Serve with crusty bread. Serves 6.
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