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Zoning fears aired By Benjamin Wilson
An enrolment scheme for Te Awamutu College could divide rural communities, out-of-zone parents warn. A public consultation meeting for the enrolment zone was held at the college on Monday. Ministry of Education lead advisor Patrick Broman and senior advisor Holly Chapman led the meeting. The Te Awamutu News revealed plans for zoning two weeks ago, when concerns about the boundary lines running through rural communities were raised. Residents from Te Pahu, Ngāhinapōuri, Korakonui, and Ngutunui school zones voiced concerns this week. Board of Trustees chair Craig Yarndley encouraged people to express their
views. “If you want your argument heard, be loud about it, we can only give our view as a board,” he told the meeting. The schools are within the proposed enrolment zone, but their individual enrolment zones extend beyond it. Concern was raised that in its current form, the proposed zone would leave students behind. A resident from Ngutunui said it would destroy the feel of their communities. “We sort of feel like our school community is being cut in half,” said a Te Pahu resident. A Ngāhinapōuri resident of 24 years said Melville, which under the proposed enrolment zone would become their next schooling
From left, Ministry of Education Senior advisor Holly Chapman, lead advisor Patrick Broman, and Te Awamutu College Deputy principal, Wayne Carter.
option, was not their community. “This (Te Awamutu) is our community. We pay our rates here, we come here for swimming, we come here for the library. “I think if you have got a school that is in the zone, surely you would, out of kindness, let all of the students from the school go to the same college.” Chapman told the group that Te Awamutu College deputy principal Wayne Carter advocated for the feeder schools to be included in the enrolment zone. “Prior to Wayne giving his recommendations, those schools would have been excluded all together, because they’re outside of the transport entitlement zone,” said Chapman. “The lines have been drawn to include those schools, but we don’t know how far it needs to go necessarily, because we don’t live in your communities.” Residents on the southern side of the boundary would be zoned for Ōtorohanga College. One resident asked the ministry what was being done to make Ōtorohanga a more attractive option for them. “We are putting in an enrolment zone at Te Awamutu College,” responded Chapman. Broman said increasing the
Patrick Broman (left) discusses the proposed enrolment zone with a Ngutunui resident. roll of Ōtorohanga College – which is considerably smaller than Te Awamutu’s roll - could allow the school to offer a wider range of subject choices. “Our first stick in the sand, is we need to protect our local area,” Yarndley said. Currently, 13 per cent of Te Awamutu College students
come from outside of the proposed zone. Chapman said that normally enrolment schemes are flagged by the ministry when a school reaches 85 per cent of its roll capacity. But Te Awamutu College is currently at 96 per cent, with its school roll sitting at 1342, out of a maximum of 1400
students. The consultation period for the enrolment scheme closes on July 24, submissions to which can be made online until then. Upon the conclusion of the consultation period, the ministry will review the feedback, and draft another proposal.
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month. The organisation will host a community meeting about the project this weekend. Greene, and Zion pastor Phil Strong, plan to speak about the role social housing plays in the greater community. “As we have been talking with the church community about housing, it has become pretty obvious that housing is a topical subject. Phil and I thought it would be valuable to talk about the housing continuum in general, and to break down some myths,” said Greene. He said the way that social and affordable housing fits into the wider discussion is not understood by a lot of people, and that social housing is simply housing that is below market activity.
“(Nationally) there is discrimination, and people are making judgements, without getting to know the circumstances of social housing tenants... they are good neighbours; they are good people. They just need somewhere warm and dry to live.” He said that just because somebody is a state house tenant, it does not mean they are different to other tenants. “You have just got a unique set of challenges in your life that led you to that particular way of finding housing. “From a Habitat perspective, that provision of shelter is absolutely fundamental to the wellbeing of society. You cannot function if people are not well housed.” The meeting will be held at Zion’s church at 2.30pm on Sunday.
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Planning for the holidays
For most schools, holidays arrive again this weekend for two weeks. We usually see an increase in youth offending during the holidays due to a lack of supervision and more free time, this is especially the case when children are wandering in groups. Given that we are already experiencing issues in this area, please be sure to plan for childcare in this time. There are a number of holiday programme options available including offerings from Waipā libraries. If entertaining children under the age of 14 with playgrounds, parks and the skate park, be sure that you supervise them while there, or arrange for confirmed appropriate
supervision. Just as you would not leave them at our local pool on their own, it is not sufficient to rely on random other parents or teenagers being also present or for children to be left free to roam. As always with the holidays, if you are going away, be sure to lock and secure your home and let neighbours know you will not be home. Consider installing CCTV (there are some cost effective solutions available these days, footage of which you can remotely view from your mobile phone). Do not advertise the fact that you are away on social media, especially if you will be away for a long period of time (for example,
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going overseas). When travelling, plan your trip, drive to the conditions and take regular breaks to refresh. There will be more traffic on the roads than normal, so allow plenty of time and remain patient. If you see dangerous driving (drivers weaving all over the road, overtaking into oncoming traffic, speeding and tailgating) call 111 and record the driving on your phone or dashcam if possible. Most of all, have a great trip and enjoy the time to relax. Have a great week and stay safe, Deb
THURSDAY JULY 7, 2022
Briefs… Covid fund
A community recovery fund will provide up to $80,000 for Waipā groups to help communities recover from the direct impacts of Covid-19. Applications open on July 18 and close on August 11 and will be considered by a council committee in September. There was $180,213 in the fund at the end of the financial year on June 30 which has carried over into this financial year.
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Five Waipā BMX cyclists have been included in the 11-strong elite team to contest the world championships in France this month. The team includes Cambridge riders Bennett Greenough and Rico D’Anvers in the under 23. Jack Greenough and Leila Walker will ride in the juniors while Tokyo Olympic semi-finalist Rebecca Petch (Te Awamutu), who was also selected, will bypass the event to compete on the track for New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games in London on the same weekend.
Watch your car
Waikato police are warning owners of certain cars to be extra vigilant in the wake of a spate of thefts. They have found a common theme in cars being stolen is that they all have a similar grey ignition barrel which makes them easier to steal. These ignition barrels feature on vehicles such as Nissan Tiida, Mazda Demio and Toyota Aquas.
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More than $126,000 will be up for grabs from the 2022-23 Discretionary Fund, which aids community organisations offering services and support in Waipā. The first round of applications for the fund, opened this week by Te Awamutu and Cambridge Community Boards and the Pirongia Ward Committee runs to August 12. For details go to waipadc.govt.nz
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Medical centres feel strain
By Benjamin Wilson
Health providers say they are at capacity dealing with a combination of seasonal illnesses and Covid, but the use of technology and good health advice can alleviate this. “It is not really about Covid now, it is about the total load that is on the health system,” said Te Awamutu Medical general manager Wayne Lim. “When you add together flu bugs, gastric bugs, colds, and Covid, then all of a sudden you have got a pretty extraordinary combination of sicknesses.” This increase of illnesses is reflected in local schools. Last week, 150, or approximately a third of Te Awamutu Intermediate School’s roll of 500 were away sick. “Our community is supporting us to keep as many staff and students as healthy as possible by keeping students who are sick, or only mildly so, away from school,” said principal Pip Mears. Local providers Mahoe Med and Te Awamutu Medical Centre have both expressed how the ‘extremely high demand’ has impacted their services. Mahoe Med, Waipā’s only accident and emergency centre, is
experiencing four-hour delays for urgent care. And because of the demand, Te Awamutu Medical Centre has stopped their walk-in service all together. Both are facing delays of days or weeks for general GP bookings. “We are just trying to navigate that with limited resources and balance the complexity of respiratory illnesses in winter,” said Mahoe Med director, Dr Shivam Deo. Both centres are recommending patients evaluate the urgency of their medical needs, before being seen. “Instead of staying home and looking after themselves, we have a lot of people who are coming in to visit the doctor quite early,” said Lim. “If people could self-manage a bit more, then that would help make room for them if they get more seriously ill.” He said unless it’s urgent, for most viruses, such as the flu or cold, there is not much a doctor can do to help, except prescribe over the counter medication like paracetamol or lozenges, which can only relive the symptoms. “The body actually needs to fight that,” he said. “There is good health advice out there, and we encourage people to
Te Awamutu Medical Centre stopped taking walk-in patients last month.
make us of it. Part of that advice is to stay home and look after yourself.” He recommends patients refer to the Health Navigator website for further advice, but the number one rule, unless its urgent, is to stay at home and rest. Dr Deo said the use of technology can enable patients to interact with health professionals in a slightly different way, but still achieve the health outcomes they might want. Typically, patients can request routine prescriptions online. He said patients can help reduce the demand on health providers by
booking for phone consults if they can, or by communicating with their doctor using services like Manage My Health. “Here in the Waipā region, in terms of acute care, it is just us really. I think ultimately our goal is to help our community and do the best that we can,” said Deo. “At the end of the day, we are all humans too, not machines. It is not just a short-term thing, Covid has been with us for a couple of years now. People are feeling burnt out. But overall, the community has been really understanding of that. “
Live streaming by choice By Roy Pilott
There appears to be little or no interest in compelling local bodies to live stream all their meetings. Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta has signalled she is comfortable with the current arrangement which leaves the decision over live streaming up to councils. In an editorial last week Good Local Media argued Live Streaming should be compulsory and that the Government should help fund it. The Government already ploughs funds into a project called Local Democracy Reporting – which involves funding journalists to sit in existing newsrooms. But the scope of that project is limited geographically, and major print media companies have significantly curtailed – if not axed - their coverage of local body meetings around the country. That leaves residents interested in following their councils with only the option of attending meetings – or hoping they will be live streamed. In Waipā only the Cambridge News and Te Awamutu News covers all council meetings with exclusive stories. In response to questions about making live
A recent meeting with deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk, left, with mayor Jim Mylchreest and chief executive Garry Dyet.
streaming compulsory, Nanaia Mahuta noted local government meetings were open to the public by default and local authorities made their own decisions about live streaming their meetings. But she added live streaming supported councils to be transparent and enabled New Zealanders to stay up-to-date with local government in real time and on-demand. She said some councils had been live streaming for many years and it was now more commonplace throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. “Councils are encouraged to continue to consider how digital technology can promote transparent decision-making and enhance their relationships
with their local communities.” Waipā based MPs asked about the issue also expressed support for live streaming, but they did not go as far supporting it being compulsory. Waipā Mayor Jim Mylchreest said it was his council’s intention to continue to live stream full council and major committee meetings. “We will investigate the ability to include other meetings as appropriate and as resources allow,” he said. Waikato Regional Council chairman Barry Quayle did not respond to emails asking for his opinion. Waipā and Waikato regional councils both live stream their meetings as a matter of course – but there are some shortcomings. Working out who is talking is difficult and in the case of the regional council there are volume issues with the audio. The News recently reported it was pushing the Waikato Regional Council to improve its online services around meetings and wrote they were “shown on a delayed basis if at all”. While not all meetings are broadcast live, the use of the phrase “if at all” was wrong – The News acknowledges the council strives to make all meeting available to view online. Send us your views on live streaming – editor@ goodlocal.nz
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Boards in secret reviews By Mary Anne Gill
Waipā District Council has held a series of behind closed doors meetings and interviews to discuss the future role of community boards. The talkfest between council staff, councillors and community stakeholders comes only a week after The News revealed the two boards have gone off script with their involvement in dogs and water consultation. The News – which was not consulted as a community stakeholder - also understands considerable personal clashes interferes with both boards’ ability to function effectively.
Some board members are not talking to each other, some members do not have confidence in their chair and there are signals there will be a paucity of candidates come local body election time. Twelve months ago the council was accused of going behind the community boards’ backs in attempting to get rid of them and replace with committees. But a rear-guard action from the two chairs, Sue Milner and Ange Holt, who went public with their concerns, saved the day and the council voted to retain community boards. Mike Pettit, a former Cambridge Community Board chair and now district councillor, told council last year some “hard
questions” had to be asked about their future. “I do not think they should be going on in their current state.” Staff were told to undertake a review of the role and functions of the community boards. Acting chief executive Ken Morris said the series of meetings and interviews were conducted independently in recent weeks. They included Local Government New Zealand’s Centre of Excellence general manager Steven Finlay. “Those discussions were conducted on a confidential basis, and this was made clear to all participants at the time,” said Morris. “We needed to honour that commitment. The workshop was an opportunity to bring
that feedback back around the table and for people to be able to freely and frankly raise anything else they wanted to say, in a confidential setting.” He said those attending the workshops - councillors and community board members – did not receive meeting fees. The workshops involved six community board and 12 council members. “There were no decisions made at the workshop yesterday. But feedback from the interviews, plus the discussion yesterday, will build a series of recommendations to be included in a report going to the Council meeting at the end of July. That report will be publicly available.”
opposing the addition of fluoride into the Waipā water supply warns doing so could breach a council bylaw. Te Awamutu Community boards Ange Holt, Kane Titchener and Jill Taylor supported the submission which argues it is a health risk, one, Richard Hurrell, did not and the two council appointed members, Susan O’Regan and Lou Brown, opposed the wording, but stood aside from the submission process. The Supreme Court ruled in 2018 that local authorities had the legal authority to fluoridate water supplies. The Government voted late last year to shift the decision making to the Director General of Health. Waipā water had never had a fluoride top up – but will soon, starting in Cambridge. Jill Taylor told The News her concerns went beyond neurological risks and she believed
use of fluoride should be a personal issue. Six decades after fluoride was first introduced in water supplies, the Health Ministry continues to reject claims from opponents that it is harmful, and back it as a safe measure to protect teeth. Community board chair Ange Holt told The News the fluoride statement was added to its submission on council’s Water Supply Bylaw for two reasons. “Firstly, because there are a number of our community who support leaving fluoride out of our water supply and using other means first to improve dental health - and our role is to advocate for the community,” she said. “Secondly, research is showing there is a risk to our health from consuming fluoride so if this is the case this breaches 2.1.a of the bylaw that states that the Water Supply Bylaw is to: protect, promote and maintain public
health safety.” Dorothy Boyd told The News her focus was on advocating for the better health of young children in New Zealand But she said health officials would not promote fluoridation of water supplies if it jeopardised other aspects of health. She said New Zealand had a long tradition of providing publicly funded dental care for young people, yet by age five, 60 per cent of Māori, 70 per cent of Pasifika, and 33 per cent of non-Māori/non Pasifika children have already experienced dental decay. “The entire oral healthcare workforce is under-resourced, and Māori and Pasifika are under-represented in it.” The problem was too far-reaching to be managed without a collaborative and coordinated approach across health and society as a whole, she said.
Dental care strain emphasised By Roy Pilott
A new paper calling for a rethink of dental hygiene for children has been released days after The News revealed Te Awamutu’s Community Board had accused the Government of “subverting” science over fluoride use. The paper, published in the Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, led by University of Otago paediatric dentistry senior lecturer Dorothy Boyd, says the oral healthcare workforce is severely understaffed and the government, healthcare industry and the public should contribute to the solution. And it argues good starting points are improving affordability of healthy food, fluoride toothpaste and toothbrushes. A submission from community the board
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Bakery fronts up over pie issue
Visible mould can be seen on this pie, shared on Facebook.
By Benjamin Wilson
A Te Awamutu Bakery has changed its operating procedures following a council investigation into ‘mouldy’ pies. A customer of Sarah’s Bakery and Cafe posted photos of pies to Facebook, which appeared to be mouldy. They said they intended to eat the pies for breakfast, after buying the pies the previous day. Waipā District Council received a formal complaint about the mouldy pies on June 29. Staff visited the bakery and spoke to bakery owner Reaksmey Ros. Ros said the council was concerned with the bakery’s discount section where the pies were allegedly bought from. The discount section, on the bakery’s counter, was for near end-of-life food. Ros said that the pies would have been thrown out that day, if they were not sold,
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and that they should not have been eaten the following day. It is understood that the bakery did not store discounted items in a temperaturecontrolled environment. According to the Ministry of Primary Industries, prepared food should not be eaten if it has sat at room temperature (between five and 60 degrees Celsius) for more than two hours. Ros told The News that because of the incident and council comments, the bakery will no longer be selling leftover goods. But she claims the online comments were misleading because the Facebook user did not disclose the pies were from the discount section. The News’ efforts to contact the customer about how the pies were handled before they were eaten have been unsuccessful. The council is considering what – if any – enforcement action may be appropriate.
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Artists in line for top honour
Seven Te Awamutu artists have made the annual IHC Art Awards semi-final. The work of Hannah MacFarlane, Julie Tate, Stevie Cook, Andrea Meddings, Pauline Beuno, Sarah Griffin and Kathleen Bayer will be considered for the awards which feature 100 pieces of art. The awards provide artists the opportunity to have their talent recognised, their voices heard and to sell their work. The artwork goes on show at a Pop-up Gallery in Wellington and be available for sale. The public are also able to vote for their favourite piece for a People’s Choice award. Entries were open to artists aged 13 years or over with an intellectual disability or intellectual disability and autism. Tutor Theresa Siemonek from Enrich+ said she was thrilled to see so many of her artists in the top 100. “I’m really proud of what
our artists have done. They join a long list of our artists over many years who have featured in the IHC art awards.” Enrich+ has 26 artists participating in its Supported Activities art and craft sessions in Te Awamutu. It is a place to come together to develop artistic skills and techniques with like-minded people. Artists’ work is on display at the Enrich+ Centre and Gallery in Teasdale Street. Service manager Shelley
Blair said that work and other art pieces will be available for sale by auction at an Art Festival fundraiser later this month. The night on July 28 will celebrate the artistic talents of local people in the community, she said. “We wanted to give back to a charitable organisation that does some wonderful work in our community and Te Awamutu Riding for the Disabled was an obvious choice and will receive a percentage of the auctioned items.”
L-r is Pauline Beuno (Wasteland), Sarah Griffin (Mount Cook) and Kathleen Bayer (Falcon Master).
Award finalists: l-r Julie Tate (Van Gogh), Hannah MacFarlane (Coming round the mountain), Stevie Cook (Van Gogh bedroom) and Andrea Meddings (Road Trip).
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Businesses battle the plastic Housing review
Te Awamutu businesses are embracing single use plastic in a unique partnership with Waipā District Council during Plastic Free July. It is with a common aim, waste minimisation officer Sally Fraser said and involves supermarkets, fruit and vegetable shops, butcheries and schools. The thin plastic produce bags are commonly only used once before being thrown out. “Our local supermarkets and fruit and vegetable shops will be encouraging shoppers to swap out their plastic produce bags for reusable produce bags. Each store has 100 reusable produce bags to giveaway to
customers,” Fraser said. “Plastic Free July is a great way to get people thinking about their everyday habits and single use plastic. It’s awesome to have the support of local businesses to promote some easy solutions, like reusable items,” Fraser said. Butcheries are jumping on board. Magills and Expleo in Te Awamutu and the Meat Factory in Kihikihi are partnering with council to encourage shoppers to provide their own container for meat purchases. Each butchery has two $50 vouchers and four stainless steel, leakproof Bento Ninja containers to give away during July. “Since day one we have
delayed By Mary Anne Gill
A heavy workload at Waipā District Council will delay a general review of housing in the district by six months. Known internally as Draft Plan Change 21, the scope of work includes enabling affordable housing, strengthening urban design provisions and rezoning some growth cells from large lot residential to residential. The change was to have been notified at the same time as the mandatory Draft Plan Change 26, which addresses residential zone intensification. Council had hoped to have the two plan changes notified by August 20. District Plan senior policy advisor Jo Cook-Munro told the Strategic Planning and Policy committee this week her policy team has a heavy workload and is operating on reduced capacity. “One private plan has been lodged and there are four council plan changes underway, as well as two plan changes being made operative. “It is anticipated that three further private plan changes will be lodged by the end of 2022, and there are other enquiries around private plan changes,” she said. Another consideration is collaboration work underway with Hamilton City Council to adopt inclusionary zoning plan changes. Inclusionary zoning is new to New Zealand and is a planning approach where developers must deliver affordable housing within developments. Hamilton’s plan change is tracking behind Waipā and not expected before mid-next year. Waikato District Council, which takes in Tamahere and Matangi in The News’ circulation area, does not plan to introduce inclusionary zoning. One of the technical reports already received for Draft Plan Change 21 came from Paua Architects on a character review of housing and streets in Cambridge, Te Awamutu and Kihikihi. Among other things it suggests council should prepare design guidelines for infill housing next to heritage properties.
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welcomed our customers bringing their own containers and we wrap our products in butcher’s paper. That’s how we have always done it and so we are keen to have these great stainless containers to give away,” Expleo owner Nells Nicholas said. Te Awamutu Fresh Choice store owner Vanessa Clark said the store was always looking for ways to help its customers lighten their environmental footprint. “Having 100 reusable bags to give away to our customers is really exciting. We can’t wait to see shoppers using them in their weekly shop,” she said. Council is also running
a poster competition for Waipā primary school students. Students have been invited to create posters on how to look after the planet and be plastic free. Three winners will win a zero waste prize pack. Teachers can contact council for entry forms. Plus, council is running pop up stalls with free plastic free product samples like a shampoo bar to “try for July.” “It’s great to see how people have adjusted to no plastic shopping bags at the checkout, now we want to see some change around adding reusable produce bags to the routine,” Fraser said.
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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
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Survey extended?
By Benjamin Wilson
The Te Awamutu Chamber of Commerce’s Who Are We Te Awamutu survey may be extended to the end of August. The chamber’s interim chief executive, Shane Walsh, told The News this week 380 survey forms had been completed by both individuals and businesses. The number is lower than expected which he attributed to Covid’s impact. It is likely the survey will be extended to the end of August. “We wanted to talk to as many organisations as possible… to get as many views as possible and as many people as possible to fill in the survey,” Walsh said. “Because of
Covid, that was difficult to arrange.” He said the survey was poised to generate fascinating results that could influence the future of the town. “From going through the process of understanding what the brand Te Awamutu is now, it helps people decide on how to improve on that brand. Following the survey’s conclusion, the chamber will analyse the results and present a report to the Te Awamutu Community Board. The report will give recommendations based on what the community says about Te Awamutu’s image, and how it can, or cannot be improved. Walsh said it could take between one and two months to generate the report.
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Expressway opening The Hamilton section of the Waikato Expressway will be opened next Tuesday. Kīngi Tūheitia and Transport Minister Michael Wood will attend a formal opening ceremony for 22km Hamilton bypass starting that day at 6am. The opening will mark the completion of the seventh and final stage of the $100 millionplus expressway project commenced in 2009. It now starts south of Cambridge, and a business plan is being considered to take it further south to Piarere.
FAITH IN WAIPĀ Phil Strong, Senior Leader, Zion
There’s a verse in the Bible that says, “Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him.” Another way to present this saying is, “contrary to hope, in hope he believed.” Confused? In all the ways Zion people are active in the community, we see most people living with their heads down. They watch their feet; they trudge through the day. And, at the end of these shorter days, they hide at home. There’s not much to be excited about as there’s too much evidence that life is going to be tough for a while. The crunch we all expected as the fall-out from Covid has arrived - high inflation, people without work are losing their houses, and you need to sell one of your organs to afford the groceries! Young people in the community are wrung-out wrecks as they watch parents crumble and bend under the weight of life’s pressures. In the midst of chaos, calamity and confusion, pressure brings a burden too heavy for comfort. And hope, well, it’s long gone. Tough times bring temptation to seek redress or reprieve from temporal solutions. We consider self-medication, avoidance or personal reserves as a means of survival, but deep down we anticipate the negative consequence of futile plans. There is one true answer and time proves it over and over. Hope in the God of the heavens, who created all things, is our only safe passage through storms.
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When Britain was under serious threat in 1940, King George invited the nation to a National Day of Prayer. Against all hope, (meaning, even when there was no reason to hope), the German forces stood still, and stranded British soldiers were rescued into Dunkirk. Winston Churchill himself is credited for the phrase, ‘the miracle of Dunkirk.’ When all else fails, when there is no hope to hang on to, putting our faith in a higher power is the way to find hope that is beyond our temporary circumstances. When all else fails, God cannot fail. I need to add, for the naysayers mind you, that God’s answers do not always match our expectations. Nevertheless, putting our hope in God will never let us down when all else fades or fails. Abraham is held in esteem as a man of faith, as we read earlier. He believed in God when everything around him screamed the opposite. The evidence of the story shows that he found God to be true to His promise. This is why, even when there was no reason for hope, Abraham kept hoping. By hoping against all hope, Abraham is embracing the hope that comes from God’s promises above any hope he could have in the world or in the natural order of things. To be sure, it’s true, life is difficult, and we will see more pressure come upon us. But take heart, you will never lose hope when your hope is in God.
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Measuring productivity By Peter Nicholl
It is often said that increasing living standards can only be achieved by steadily rising productivity. Rising productivity gives a country growing incomes and more choices. A society may choose to take the benefits by having more goods, more leisure time or a less harmful environmental impact. Over the last century there has been a massive growth in productivity globally, driven primarily by technological change. Unfortunately, global productivity has slowed down over the last 20 years. New Zealand established a Productivity Commission in 2011 and they have put out over 80 reports since then that examine our poor productivity record and make recommendations they think could improve it. While the structure of the economy has changed dramatically in the last 20 years because of technology, most measures of productivity remain the same as they were before the digital revolution. One recent article I read concluded that productivity measures cover less and less of what people are actually doing. The measures only cover things that are produced and consumers pay for. This means that they exclude unpaid-for benefits from the digital economy such as free apps, Google and Facebook. Quality should also be incorporated in productivity measures. For example, a cell-phone today is a far different product from a cell-phone of even a few years ago – and the prices that they sell for have come down. Traditional productivity measures that value outputs solely by their market selling prices could indicate that productivity in the cell-phone industry has fallen. The first thing the Productivity Commission should have been focusing on was getting some productivity measures that are up-to-date. Just because something is hard to measure, you should not treat its value as zero or your measure will be misleading and could push policy in the wrong direction. Despite these measurement problems, there is one trend in the productivity numbers that New Zealand should be alarmed about. We have gone from being one of the most productive economies in the OECD to one of the least productive ones over the last 60 years. We can’t blame the measurement problems for that poor record. We could only do that if NZ had made greater use of the digital economy or had greater unmeasured quality improvements in our products than most other OECD countries. I doubt that that has been the case. One possible explanation for both the global slowdown in productivity growth in the last 20 years and NZ’s performance being one of the worst is that the productive sectors of our economies have been inundated with new regulatory requirements in the name of compliance and health and safety. For example, the fastest growing area of most financial institutions over the last 20 years have been their compliance departments. These departments add substantially to the institution’s costs but add little or nothing to output. The institution’s productivity thus declines. I have never seen a costbenefit analysis done of any of these compliance measures. The same thing can be said for health and safety measures. They clearly add to costs while adding little or nothing to outputs. They hopefully will produce some benefits in terms of health and safety. But there needs to be a cost-benefit analysis done before they are implemented. We are all paying for these measures in the form of reduced productivity and lower living standards.
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Season over for Te Awamutu
Hautapu’s win in the battle for Waipā rugby supremacy at the weekend ended the season for Te Awamutu Sports. Hautapu saw off Te Awamutu 32-3 in a sudden death clash. Tairoa Crean played his 50th and blazer game for the club. Crean joined from Hamilton Boys High School back in 2018, making his debut as an 18-year-old against Morrinsville in round two. He has covered five positions in the backline over his four years with the club. Latrell Smiler Ah-Kiong was Te Awamutu’s player of the day with his outstanding cover defence which prevented even more tries from Hautapu. Result: Hautapu 32 (David Morris, Lachlan McWhannell, Paula Wolfgram, Quentin Hill, Shaye Retemeyer tries; Cameron GregoryRing, two conversions, penalty) Te Awamutu Sports 3 (Logan Karl penalty). Half-time: 20-3 Mary Anne Gill was at Memorial Park in
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Te Awamutu College first XV went on a try-scoring rampage on Saturday against Fraser High School and local photographer Arthur Uden was there to capture the action in the 50-5 victory.
Adam Kelly dots down. The Te Awamutu supporters, including club stalwart Lou Brown in cap, reflect on the loss.
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Mention serving beer with dessert to the uninitiated usually results in looks of disbelief and cynicism. However, beer is naturally h igh in natural sugars. If you don’t believe me then try hot sticky steamed pudding served with golden syrup and custard washed down with a dark beer. Fruit puddings or even stewed plums or peaches are complemented well by wheat beers which have a balance of sweetness and tartness that makes them ideal for serving with desserts. But it’s with chocolate desserts that beer is most generally acceptable. Beers that have a chocolaty, malty base such as stouts and porters can’t fail when matched with a fudge brownie, a chocolate mousse, or dark chocolate torte. And don’t let’s forget cheese as an after dinner treat. International beer connoisseur and writer, Michael Jackson, asks: “If the great Italian and French cheeses go well with their native wines, should not the German, Belgian, Dutch and British examples be offered with beer?” Softer creamy cheeses pair well with malty beers while aged cheddars and goudas are best served with beers that are hoppy and dryish. Experiment, and you’ll be pleasantly surprised. STICKY CHOCOLATE PUDDING A sauce is formed on the base of the pudding during cooking. 1 cup flour 2 teaspoons baking powder pinch salt 3 tablespoons dark, bitter sweet Dutch cocoa powder 1/2 cup icing sugar 1/3 cup hazelnut meal or ground hazelnuts 50g dark chocolate, finely chopped 1 tablespoon canola oil 1 egg 1/2 cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla essence Sauce: 1/3 cup brown sugar 3 tablespoons dark, bitter sweet Dutch cocoa powder 1 1/2 cups boiling water Preheat the oven to 180°C. Lightly grease a 19cm round x 6cm deep baking dish or similar.
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Sift the flour, baking powder, salt, cocoa powder and icing sugar into a bowl. Stir in the hazelnut meal and chocolate. Whisk the oil, egg, milk and vanilla essence. Stir into the dry ingredients. Pour into the dish. To make the sauce, combine the brown sugar and cocoa powder. Sprinkle evenly over the pudding. Carefully pour the boiling water over the top of the pudding. Bake for 35-40 minutes. The top should be tender but firm and there should be plenty of sauce underneath. Great topped with whipped cream and served with a glass of dark beer. Serves 8.
with the tamarillos, pressing into the rhubarb. Sprinkle with the remaining brown sugar. Preheat the oven to 200°C. Roll out the cobbler mixture to about 2.5cm thick. Using a 5cm diameter biscuit cutter, cut rounds of the dough. Place on top of the fruit mixture. Whisk the remaining egg with a little cold water then brush over the topping. Bake for about 25 minutes until the fruit is cooked and topping browned. Serves 6.
RHUBARB & TAMARILLO COBBLER Perfect served with a fruity beer. Cobbler: 1 1/4 cups self-raising flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 tablespoon sugar 100g cold butter, grated 1 egg, lightly beaten ice-cold water to mix Fruit: 400g trimmed rhubarb, cut into 3cm lengths 1/4 cup lightly packed brown sugar 1 star anise 4 red tamarillos, peeled & halved crosswise To make the cobbler, sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl. Add the sugar then rub in the butter until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add half the beaten egg then enough cold water to combine. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, toss the rhubarb with half the brown sugar. Place in a 20cm x 16cm baking dish together with the star anise. Top
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