Waipā District Council chief executive Garry Dyet and three other high-profile type one diabetics are calling on Pharmac to increase its funding for them and the country’s 28,000 other sufferers. They say the investment would reduce health system costs. The four are part of Nightscout New Zealand, a non-profit advocacy group promoting access to and use of modern technologies for managing type one diabetes.
“Life is much better with a functioning pancreas ... even if it is an artificial one,” he says.“Making continuous blood glucose sensors and ultrafast insulins available would open the door for others to take advantage of this life changing technology, reduce complications and hospitalisations, and significantly improve quality of life for patients and care givers.”
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Type one diabetes is a lifelong auto immune condition where people must maintain a round-the-clock eye on their sugar levels.
About a tenth of the 278,000 people diagnosed with diabetes in New Zealand –type two is a blood glucose disorder usually associated with lifestyle choices - have the type one variant which has no cure. Insulin - the sugar-regulating hormone produced by the pancreas – is needed by type one diabetics to survive. Just how much insulin they need is a decision they make many times a day. Dyet, Waikato University social scientist Hamish Crocket, MetOcean scientific systems engineer Tim Gunn and Paralympics New Zealand Waikato cycling hub coach Damian Wiseman say because of the watches they wear and the cellphone app they use, they do not have to do up to eight finger-prick tests each day to assess their blood sugar levels - or make more than 250 life-saving decisions.
The data is there on their wrists and in their phones. They pay a monthly fee of just under $400 for it and no longer need to constantly interact with primary and secondary care health professionals to access their own status.Atiny and discreet transmitter on their bodies sends blood glucose data to their watches and phones every few minutes, making it easier for them to make more informed decisions about diabetes management. Data can also be provided to family members – vital when children have type one diabetes – and to their GPs and diabetes healthcare professionals.
“The biggest change is that at last you get a sense of being in total control of a condition which would normally dominate your life due to the need for dozens of decisions each day.“The artificial pancreas makes most of those decisions for you with a programmed response to the data it receives every five minutes.
Having the data readily available enables them to regulate their exercise and medication and decide whether that extra bit of food or drink is going to increase their blood glucose levels.
A plea to Pharmac
On the watch: from left, Garry Dyet, Tim Gunn, Damian Wiseman and Hamish Crocket.
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It’s regrettable to see the Te Awamutu Community Board has been misled into recommending a warning over fluoride in drinking water that is nothing more than scaremongering by a long-standing anti-fluoride activist.
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We need councillors who will put Waipa first and not their own wants.
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Daniel Ryan Lower Hutt A stupid situation So, there are councillors who see a need for another bridge over the Waikato. It is their stupidity, allowing massive housing developments and creating an inward migration, that has caused road congestion and with the recent development on Cambridge west, it will require another bridge.
Waipā kept waiting for the buses
By Benjamin Wilson
The wait for a regional bus in Waipā is longer than the Waikato average –and less than 50 percent of Te Awamutu buses are on time. Figures were presented at the Waikato Regional Council’s Regional Connections meeting this month. They show between the start of 2019 and June 2022, 48.9 per cent of the buses in Te Awamutu were on time. In Cambridge, 61.3 per cent of the buses were on time, while the average for the Waikato region was 66.6 per cent. A bus is described as not being on time if it outside a time range of one minute early and five minutes late compared to its schedule.
Andrew Carnell, regional council team leader for network planning and performance, said a national bus driver shortage was affecting the reliability of Waikato’s bus services. He said the region was 20 per cent short of bus drivers, and in the second quarter of this year, only 52.8 per cent of Waikato buses were on time. However, the driver shortage isn’t affecting Waipā’s regional bus services to and from Hamilton, a council spokesperson told The News. The district’s bus patronage is slowly returning to its pre-Covid norm. In the second quarter of this year, Te Awamutu matched its pre-Covid patronage levels with 19,000 trips taken, while Cambridge exceeded its pre-Covid levels with 17,000 trips taken, an increase of 2000 trips compared to the same period in 2019. Regionally, the overall demand for bus services “is still substantially lower than the pre-Covid period,” Carnell reported.Inthesecond quarter of this year, Waikato’s average bus patronage was 23 per cent lower than pre-covid levels and 13 per cent lower than the previous year.During the same meeting, the regional council also moved to add a $5 administration fee to Super Gold Card users purchasing a Bee Card. The Bee Card has cost $5 for the past two years but has been free for Gold CardBecauseusers.of a growing demand in applications, the $5 fee was suggested to ensure the sustainability of the existing Bee Card and Gold Card models.
Recently in Te Awamutu we have seen a surge in burglaries. These are occurring both rurally and in the urban area. While I won’t go into the details of the investigation in a public forum, I will discuss some points to help make you less likely to become a victim of Targetburglary.hardening is a simply making your home, business and car harder to break into. Theft of tools is increasingly common and they are a valuable commodity, especially for tradesman victim who not only loses the value of the tool but also income through downtime. I suggest a secure lockbox as a method of protecting tools as an example of targetThishardening.weekIattended a neighbourhood support meeting at Korakonui. I was introduced to a great concept there about target hardening. Get your neighbours involved and try to see what they can take from your place and vice versa. See how easy it is to get into the garden shed etc. The idea is a fresh set of eyes on your property makes it harder for an opportunist.Tools,asa I said earlier, are a highly sought after commodity. They are costly to replace and for tradies losing them are a massive inconvenience. I urge everyone to record the serial numbers of the tools, no matter how expensive or cheap. It makes it easier when we are doing search warrants to link property back to burglaries and hold peopleOftenaccountable.wefindobviously stolen property while executing search warrants. We have the ability to search up serial numbers on our phones on the police computer system. If an item has the serial number recorded to the burglary/ theft file, we can link it back. I once found a video recorder stolen in 1989 at a search warrant tucked away in a wardrobe. If there is no serial number, engrave your drivers licence number to the item. This way it links back to you and you alone.And last word, I promise. I urge you to report to police on 111 any suspicious activity as its happening. You never know which piece of the puzzle you are seeing. Report, report, report.
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Now the Cambridge water treatment needs expanding, with 300ha on Cambridge west, will this need another expansion.???
When will these people learn? Growth pushed without thought brings massive financial cost to the ratepayers, especially with our roads, for one needing urgent attention. Buying land for cycle trails is more important as is $99,000 a year land rent for the old Bunnings building.
a selfie! Your features will be out of proportion. Get someone else to shoot it. Make sure the lens is super clean. Try using the portrait mode if it has that feature. Get them to step back a bit then zoom in a little. This gives a more flattering perspective. It’s worthwhile trying different expressions from happy and smiley through to relaxed and confident. Just don’t look scarily too happy and don’t look to mellow or even grumpy!
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It’s interesting to see them allItside-by-side.becomesvery obvious that so few of the candidates have actually invested in a professional photo, which surely is marketing 101. A profile photo is the first impression people see and, like it or not, we all make snap judgements of people within seconds. In fact, Princeton psychologists Janine Willis and Alexander Todorov found that all it takes is a tenth of a second to form an impression of a stranger from their face! Yet many of the candidates seem to be unwilling to invest in this most basic level of marketing. Stephen Barker has more than 40 year’s experience and has not taken any of the candidates’ photos.
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Incumbent mayor Jim Mylchreest has no online presence, of his rivals Bernard Westerbaan has also not added to his Facebook profile but Susan O’Regan and Chris Woodhams have both opened accounts promoting themselves. On the back of a quiet build up to the close of nominations, some candidates have also been slow off the mark to get their advertising signs up – but the number of signs was steadily increasing this week. National media, which is supported by Government funding, continues to pick low hanging fruit in the elections – one of the country’s biggest newspapers, the New Zealand Herald, didn’t run a significant story about nominations closing the day before and stories run by national media since then have focussed on unusual candidate stories rather than major issues. In the case of Waipā, sitting councillors and senior staff are in no doubt there are major issues for incoming councils to confront – notably changes in the Resource Management Act which will have a major impact on what the height and density of new builds - and the Three waters issue. That is one area where it’s likely the four mayoral candidates will agree on, and Mylchreest has been vocal in opposing the Government’s plans.
Another tip when getting your headshot done is to not wear anything too wintery i.e. no thick jumpers, jackets or scarves. Neither too summery! i.e. no Hawaiian shirts or thin shoulder straps or too much skin. Go for something seasonally neutral, and don’t have too busy a top. Avoid black, any logos, prints and patterns, and go for block colours instead. Overall, I’d recommend hiring a professional photographer to capture a great portrait for people standing for public office. It’s worth an investment, likely starting around $120 to $150 plus GST for a basic headshot. You’d be paying more if you want to try some different outfits. My best five headshots, in no particular order were Bernard Westerbaan, Cherie Weinberg, Crystal Beavis, David Slone and Krystie Brickland.
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King speaks About 80 Year 13 students from across Waikato and Bay of Plenty attended a Waikato Management School Leadership Academy Summit Day last week. They heard about leading with compassion and empathy and personal self-assessment from speakers Mike King and Richie Barnett. King told students being a good leader wasn’t telling someone what to do, it was showing them.
They were one of the biggest talking points from The News last week.The head and shoulder photos of election candidates – published exclusively in The News – generated a great deal of discussion about the quality – some for being good, and some for being, well, not quite as good. So we asked Stephen Barker, a Waikato commercial and editorial photographer, and Waikato digital marketer Josh Moore to tell us what theyHere’sthought.what they had to say.
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Stephen Barker Portrait photos are an essential part of my business. My clients are big and small businesses, and they all see the value in getting a professional look for themselves.So,inthese candidate photos, there’s an obvious difference between those that have gone to the effort of presenting themselves well and those that don’t seem bothered about the impression they make. The best headshots are the ones with a pro approach. There’s some basics at play in achieving this. Clear and sharp images with good lighting and a plain white or very light backdrop work well.
Good Local editor Roy Pilott has refuted suggestions that a mayoral candidate colluded with one of the newspaper’s journalists to present information which was not publicly available. Pilott said the figures in question were obtained as a result of The News asking council staff for them. Mary Anne Gill’s report in The News last week on a council debate about a third bridge for Cambridge contained traffic figures sought earlier at the meeting by councillor Susan O’Regan but which staff were unable to provide. Gill, who was at the meeting, requested and received them from the council’s communications department later in the meeting. O’Regan, who was at home and on Zoom for the meeting, is one of four Waipā mayoral candidates. Another mayoral candidate, Chris Woodhams, wanted to know how The News obtained the information and sent a number of emails on the issue to the editorial and advertising department. In one, he wrote that council staff did not have information sought at the meeting by the councillor and an “Official Information Request” was being processed for the statistics.“…you published stats this week requested by Susan [O’Regan]…I fear the only way these stats came to The News is via a personal briefing with a councillor,” he wrote.Woodhams has raised concerns with The News about its coverage and said 10 prominent local people he had approached had suggested it was biased. He earlier complained that two stories last week about the third bridge for Cambridge were negative and that a story asking other mayoral comments for their views on his bridge suggestions, published the previous week, did not seek further comment from him.O’Regan said the first time she saw the figures was when she read The News on Thursday. Staff provided her and other councillors with more detailed figures on Friday.
Are they for or against fluoride? Do they think Waipā is being run well? What do they make of the Voices for Freedom Movement which is offering to support candidates and who are members of the Themovement.News’exclusive coverage of the 2022 local body elections will ramp up next week as we provide answers to some of those questions.
Station open Waipā’s newest police station is open for business. Cambridge police have moved to the new premises (pictured) on the corner of Victoria and Fort streets. Correction Koromatua Road is in the Waipā district and in part of Hamilton city and not the Waikato district as reported in last week’s The News. Election cover It’s been a win-win for the Waipā District Council’s communications department. Their media release on the closing of nominations for the local body elections has been cut and pasted as front-page stories in both NZME and Stuff’s Waipā publications.
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Fundraising event Revamp Clothes Swap Cambridge will stage a fashion event at Cambridge East School on September 17 to raise funds for Women’s Refuge.
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We are talking to the 41 candidates chasing 21 district seats. Four want to be mayor, including Bernard Westerbaan who has also put his name forward for the council and the Te Awamutu-Kihikihi Community Board. Two others – Les Bennett in Maungatautari and James Parlane in Te Awamutu – are also having a bob each way going for council and community board.Kane Titchener is elected unopposed as the Kakepuku member on the Te Awamutu Community Board. He was the only sitting member not challenged. Some candidates are actively chasing publicity and votes, others – as happened three years ago when actually making contact with at least one candidate presented a challenge - appear to be doing very little.
Waipā District Council now supports (initially due to Covid) screened live gatherings of the council meetings and main committees and what an enthralling episode those are! But this is ‘open government’ at play and an opportunity to see which elected people contribute and which do not.
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By Peter Carr The local body hustings season is upon us. The aspirants for high office have been declared and their photos were shown last week.Colourful hoardings will start to appear, and many people will make strange statements – including promises they will never be allowed to keep.
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All will be in the mix. And no doubt there will be a mass meeting of aspirants in a central facility embracing all the hopefuls who will each obtain absolute minimum time to declare theirAllpitch.good fun and then what? My personal experience of these during my 12 years of local body elected membership was that you would be better off splitting the mayoral, council and community board gatherings into separate groups and give the voters more time to understand what makes these grandees tick.
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Yes, sadly, there are at least two (one of them a Cambridge representative) who sit in mainly stony silence yet strut the streets as evidence of making headway on behalf of the people.There are four who have thrown their hats into the ring for the opportunity of inhabiting the mayoral office in Te Awamutu - (well paid, car etc) - but some far from enjoyable lengthy hours associated with the role.Of the four, one is highly experienced now seeking his fourth term with a wealth of involvement professionally as a previous local body employee. Another is an active elected councillor who chairs meetings well and shows her professional mettle as a barrister. The third has no track record in local politics but has ample experience in running large sized commercial companies. The fourth used to work for the council, writes grumpy letters in the paper from time to time and is using his democratic right to ‘have a go’. This opinion piece is not to be seen to back any single candidate but asks you to do more homework than just attend a talk-fest duringWhateverSeptember.emerges at the close of voting mid-October remember you have them attempting to understand and interpret your interests for the next three years. The Oxford Dictionary defines democracy as ‘a form of government in which the people have a voice in the exercise of power’. Summed up by the Latin phrase vox populi. Exercise that vote carefully but, at the very least, do take an interest and do vote. Crying ‘foul’ later when you did not care to vote is no excuse.
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A third bridge, stopping the move to frustrate lovely suburbs by interspersing ugly three storey RMA-free dwellings when the government has already decreed it – and endless and frequent bus services, when it is a regional council matter. You will hear it all in the coming weeks.
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Steampunk, a unique array of top hats, tea pots, cogs, clocks, and corsets, was part of the Treetown Steamers Extravaganza, a fundraiser for Cambridge’s Interlock NZ Trust. They stole the show but that is what they always tend to do, said Interlock founder Aaron Ure. Interlock is a charitable trust that provides opportunities for people with disabilities to develop their confidence and skills to connect with their community.Steampunk incorporates technology and aesthetic designs inspired by the 19th century industrial steam powered machinery. They consider themselves time travellers from the Victorian era and can take virtually anything and turn them into pieces of clothing or machinery. Case in point was Paeroa’s Stuart Munro with Neddy his Victorian horse made up of old mobility scooter parts including an engine. More than 500 people came to the extravaganza which included a fashion parade, parasol duelling, teapot racing and duelling, face painting, displays and Steampunk accessories. The $10 High Tea service was also well patronised.
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Waipā deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk said entering the awards is something “Waipā Businesses should all do at least once”. “We all work very hard in businesses, and this is an opportunity to allow others to see what you do” said Stolwyk, who is one of two Waipā Networks Business Awards Ambassadors named in the announcement. The other is Jason Tiller, from Rocketspark, the 2021 supreme winner.The awards will continue to carry the Waipā Networks name. Stolwyk said celebrating achievements and letting staff feel proud of their contribution were both excellent reasons to enter the 2023“Myawards.pastexperience as a judge for these awards showed me the enormous pride and recognition that your team feel when entering”.
If ever you needed proof steampunkers are a hybrid lot - able to seamlessly transform themselves from the 19th century to today - then their presence at the Cambridge Town Hall recently confirmed it.
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Organisers say the delays caused by Covid had the unexpected positive effect of showing there were benefits in staging a biennial event.Waipā Networks chief Sean Horgan said his company was proud to continue a long-standing support as the platinum sponsor of theTheawards.Cambridge and Te Awamutu chambers of commerce are finalising the awards categories and entries will be taken from October 12 to February 15. Cambridge chamber chief Kelly Bouzaid said it had been incredible to hear the stories of innovation, adaptability, resilience and growth that had continued to happen despite the challenges in recent years.“We believe that it is more important than ever to acknowledge our district’s businesses achievements and continue to inspire each other to continue to be one of the most diverse and innovative business communities in the country,” she said.The News publisher Good Local Media is the print partner for the awards and is sponsoring the Customer Choice section in Cambridge and Te Awamutu.
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Each day for a type one diabetic is different and a raft of things affect blood glucose levels. For this picture we see that the person using the app requires just 81% of the insulin they normally require, but the programme has kept them in range, shown as the green area on the graph. You’ll see the very flat blood glucose line over-night, which is a primary reason for very good sleep….no going high or low with blood glucose levels. This is an android watch which has the ability to interact with the app. You can see the blood glucose data, basal insulin rates, plus insulin and carbohydrates on board. You can also see bolus for food, acknowledge alarms and set temporary basal rates directly from the watch…i.e, you don’t have to get your phone out.
A ground-breaking Health Research Council of New Zealand-funded study called Create (community derived automated insulin delivery) is about to be published internationally and is expected to add research weight to type one diabetics’ arguments for more Pharmac funding.
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A typical response to carbohydrates with the fast acting insulins. You see where this person has dosed for 30 grams of carbohydrate (say two slices of bread) at around midday, and his/her blood glucose levels spike at around 2:00pm. With more carbohydrate these spikes become larger. Ultrafast acting insulins, which aren’t available in NZ reduce these spikes as the insulin works much quicker. create the do it yourself artificial pancreas system via open-source software on watches and mobile phones. Not “chasing insulin” whilst exercising means far less need for excessive carbohydrate consumption, and improved performance, said Dyet. “For now it’s the best form of control for those who want to invest the time and energy.”Inthe USA, a #WeAreNotWaiting worldwide movement to reduce the burden of type one diabetes was already set up and advocating for the technology, so the men and other type one diabetics rolled the hashtag movement into New Zealand. It aims to make open source software innovations freely available for type one diabetics. Diabetics like Gunn developed their own technology and freely shared it so other diabetics could evaluate it and choose to use it themselves.
Crocket is part of the Create trial study team which undertook a randomised controlled trial of an open-source, community-built algorithm for automated insulinDiabetesdelivery.isconsidered a disability and people living with it can receive a disability allowance while caregivers can receive a Child Disability Allowance for children under 18.
“This equipment shouldn’t be treated as a luxury. The technology to live a normal, healthy life is there, but Kiwis aren’t given access to it,” says Diabetes NZ chief executive Heather Verry. Pharmac independently decides which medicines and related products to fund. Chief executive Sarah Fitt told Stuff last month monitors remained an “option for investment.”Pharmac’s own Pharmacology and Therapeutics Advisory subcommittee has recommended the Dexcom G6 continuous glucose monitoring system should be listed as a high priority on the pharmaceutical schedule. The agency already funds an insulin pump under stringent conditions. They can be remotely controlled but the technology to control the pumps is not funded.Nightscout also wants more funding for rapid-acting insulin. The demand on primary and secondary health care – such as from hypoglycaemic episodes - would diminish if Pharmac increased funding, says Waipā District Council chief executive Garry Dyet. Hypoglycaemic episodes occur when blood glucose levels fall to potentially dangerous levels resulting in seizures, convulsions and in more serious cases, strokes. It is common for people to be admitted to hospital. Dyet met Waikato University social scientist Hamish Crocket, MetOcean scientific systems engineer Tim Gunn and Paralympics New Zealand Waikato cycling hub coach Damian Wiseman through a Diabetes Waikato technology group about five years ago when each was looking to create their own automated insulin delivery system or an artificial pancreas. The system combines an insulin pump, continuous glucose monitors and an algorithm – a what if scenario – that automatically adjusts insulin delivery every fiveGunnminutes.isthe technology whizz who helped
Earlier this year Diabetes New Zealand called on the government agency to fund continuous glucose monitors and flash glucose monitors.
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A new app will allow customers to borrow items from the libraries using their own devices, if they are compatible.Thelibraries started the transition to the new technology in July, and are working on putting RFID tags on collections. The transition is due to be completed by the end of October.“Theproject is going well, and we are looking forward to seeing everything fall into place later this year,” Sheedy said.
A second workshop focusing on key family history websites will be held on the following Saturday, September 3. Metcalfe said people can attend either the first workshop or both, but the most value will be gained by attending both sessions.Because New Zealand is a nation of immigrants, many have a strong desire to learn of their roots, as opposed to in the United Kingdom, where people have a better understanding of where they come from, Metcalfe said.
The council also expects the upgrade will decrease the number of books lostcurrently Waipā loses $5000 worth of books to theft every year.The change for the Te Awamutu and Cambridge libraries involves switching from electromagnetic (EM) to radio frequency identification technology (RFID). Each book taken from the library goes through a scanning process. The EM technology has been used in the district since the 1990s and is outdated. The new RFID system will make the process of taking book much simpler. The upgrade will also bring self-issue stations to both libraries, allowing patrons to issue, renew, and return their items themselves.
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The Te Awamutu Genealogy Group hopes to tackle ancestry misinformation by teaching the basics of family historyMemberresearch.Sandra Metcalf points to online genealogy platforms which can contribute to wrong information being compiled and then used in other family trees.
“The key thing is, when we do our research, we just need to be satisfied with the information ourselves.”
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A technology upgrade will soon enable Waipā library goers to issue themselves a book.Waipā District Council is investing close to $300,000 in an upgrade that will make issuing books in the district faster, and more efficient.
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“It is really frustrating, and I guess I have serious concerns about where this is going to take us in the future because future genealogists won’t know what is correct and what isn’t,” she said.
“How are we going to know unless we actually make sure the information we put up there is accurate. It has got to start with us, there is too much available online for any of us to hope to go back and correct things.”
The genealogy group are hosting a free workshop at the Te Awamutu Library this Saturday, it will teach the basics of building a family tree and researching effectively. Anyone who is interested in family history can attend the workshop, especially those who are unsure how to get started or feel overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information available online, Metcalfe said.
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“Using Ancestry (dot com) as an example, there are so many family trees that people have copied from other sources and they haven’t done their due diligence in terms of research themselves. Someone else could come along and think it’s the right information and then use it in their tree, and then it perpetuates.”
“We know our libraries are well-loved and well-used. This investment means we keep up with technology, protect our stock and also free up librarians to focus on other services,” said Sally Sheedy, group manager customer and community services.
Metcalfe says when doing genealogy research, it is important that researchers are satisfied with the information themselves, rather than relying on another person’s research, which could be inaccurate.
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Andrew Rye knows every nook and cranny of the Karāpiro Power Station.Heshould do, he’s been there since February 1984. Today Ōhaupō-born and raised Rye is Mercury Energy’s regional manager responsible for Karāpiro and the company’s other northern operations.Helivesin Cambridge and takes us on the tour with Mercury’s head of generation operations Matt Kedian, another with long links to Karāpiro.Kedian, was brought up in Tokoroa, joined the forerunner to Mercury in 1996 and today holds the same job his father Mike held for many years. There is a touch of art deco to the Karāpiro building – from the entrance with its Coat of Arms and the year 1946 above, then inside to what was once a waiting room and its inquiries window where staff would collect their wages. It is like taking a step back in time wandering around the building and into the control room where Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip were pictured in January 1954 admiring what was then the largest hydro generators in the country. Not much seems to have changed with the buttons and knobs on the wall much the same as they were when the royal couple visited. Like the queen, Karāpiro has aged and yet provided the country with sterling service. Unlike the queen, the power station equipment can be modernised.Kediansays he is in awe of the work done 80 years ago because much of the equipment and technology is still running. The main objectives of the refurbishment by Austrian company Andritz Hydro are to improve reliability, update the equipment and improve efficiency and power output. Three propeller-type water turbines with adjustable blades – installed in the 1940s - will be replaced as will other older equipment.Waterfrom Lake Karāpiro runs through penstocks to the three turbines which then generates electricity.Theoperation is now run remotely from Mercury Energy’s control room in Hamilton. The current dam road closure, which goes through to December, will enable one of the turbine headgates to be replaced. Other road closures will occur through to 2024.Karāpiro was the second power station, after Arapuni, built in the Waikato hydro scheme. There are eight plants in Constructiontotal.ofthe dam and power station began in 1940, but a materials and labour shortage due to World War II slowed progress. The station was completed in 1947, four years behind schedule. In April that year, the Horahora village and the power station, opened in 1913 and the first on the Waikato River, were flooded to create Lake Karāpiro behind the dam.Flooded, too, was the famous 1830 battle site of Taumatawīwī which gave the lake and the power station its name. In the 1820s the Ngāti Maru tribe from the Hauraki Gulf were driven south by Northland’s Ngāpuhi tribe. Ngāti Maru were given refuge in the Waikato by the Ngāti Hauā tribe, but tensions soon mounted between them.Victorious Ngāti Hauā chief Te Waharoa ordered that the bodies of his dead warriors be burned in case Ngāti Maru should return and counter-attack. The cremation took place on rocks beside the Waikato River. The name Karāpiro consists of the words ‘karā’, meaning rock, and ‘piro’, meaning putrid smell.
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Workers have already started dismantling one of the original Kaplan propeller water turbines ready for its replacement.Photo:Benjamin Wilson Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip toured the dam in 1954 and visited the control room.
Mercury Energy has embarked on a $75 million modernisation at its Karāpiro Power Station near Cambridge. Senior writer Mary Anne Gill and photojournalist Benjamin Wilson toured the Waikato River hydro dam and filed this report.
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“I definitely am interested in storytelling, especially preserving stories, I think that is key for me,” she said.
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Freelance illustrator Jullian Barnard was the first to share their work during Saturday’s Huddle.
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Symmans said that they appreciate the connection and support that her programme offers, in addition to its constructive nature.“Once you’re out there making artwork, there are very limited spaces where you can connect with other artists,” she Symmanssaid.isbased in Kihikihi and is the branch manager of Gordon Harris in Hamilton, and also their education account manager for Waikato, Bay of Plenty and“BecauseGisborne.this was the first time I’ve tried anything like this, it was important for me to offer it to my local community first,” she said. The Artistry Huddle is currently at capacity, but Symmans plans to open applications for further programmes next year.
Joining The Artistry Huddle was a way for Barnard to connect with and share work with other creatives. She said Saturday’s session helped her to better understand her work and evaluate whether the different aspects and techniques used in her art were beneficial or not.
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A Kihikihi artist’s formal critique programme aims to help other creatives connect and gain confidence in their field.“There is a sense of needing support and connection, but as a practising artist you don’t really have that anymore. “It is nice to hear if something is working really well, and if it is not working well, it is good to hear what that is,” said Kate Symmans, founder of The Artistry Huddle.Symmans said when she completed an arts degree at Wintec 10 years ago, she struggled creating without the support and peer feedback that tertiary education provided. She said that feedback can be gained during exhibitions, “but how useful is that feedback once your artwork is on a wall and is already on display?”Tohelp other artists get that feedback, she founded The Artistry Huddle after being a successful applicant of the Waipā Creative Communities Scheme earlier this year. It is a 12-month formal critique programme, in which 10 artists meet monthly at the Te Awamutu Library to critique and support each other’s works.
“That support during the making process is something that I think practising artists don’t really have… I wanted to offer that to people who weren’t in a position to return to tertiary education.”
“It was really beneficial for me to get my work out there and bounce my ideas off other artists. It is an encouragement to be able to be consistent in creating my own work, not just work for clients,” she said. Barnard is 25 and is based in Hamilton, she typically creates paintings that illustrative narratives and heritage.
Kate Symmans founded The Artistry Huddle to help artists get the support and criticism needed to become confident in their work.
“I had some really good feedback. I find it helpful speaking about my work, because it helps me understand why I’ve done things.”
The Huddle had their second session last Saturday. The artists each had five minutes to introduce their work, five minutes to answer any questions, and 10 minutes to receive feedback from the other artists.
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Scott said an enduring ‘unwritten rule’ is one that forbids discussion around religion or politics. “It is too controversial … it’s not what we are Freemasonryabout.” started locally in Pirongia with the formation of the Alexandra Lodge in 1866. The current ‘Waipā Lodge’ was consecrated in October 1901. There are 5100 Masons affiliated to the Grand Lodge in New Zealand, many of them linked to the 14 Lodges in this supportdoindon’torganisation,Primarilydistrict.acharityFreemasonsgenerallyfundraiseacommunity,buttheysoamongthemselvestocommunities.Pirongia-basedBob
Codlin moth- Are not a problem until September/ October. Pheromone traps can be used to indicate the presence of male moths. It’s then time to spray with Yates Success Ultra which is derived from natural soil bacteria, or use Pyrethrum.
“We simply have to get the right information about ourselves out there,” said Scott Mills. “There is so much misinformation around today. Society has changed… the rise of social media makes it easy for the wrong information to gain traction and shape ideas. We need to open our doors to counter that.”
Hedges- Regular light pruning is more beneficial than heavy cutting. This causes less stress on the plants and helps to develop denser foliage. Spraying- It’s critical at this time of the year. Spray liquid copper pre bud burst and ten days later, or following rain. This is to prevent leaf curl, black spot and shot hole on your fruit trees.
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A determination to be more open about Freemasonry, its swathe of charitable programmes and curious traditions has prompted Te Awamutu’s Waipā Lodge No 119 to hold an open day for the public. Sunday’s open day will run from 2pm to 4pm at the Lodge’s Albert Park Drive premises. The move is being made as much to debunk incorrect information about Freemasonry as it is to attract new members.
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Vegetables- Get the garden ready, dig over, compost and add sheep pallets and it will be good to go. Plant peas, broad beans, carrots, spinach, silver beet and brassicas outside now. Inside in trays start sowing tomatoes, chillies and capsicum as it is still too cold outside for germination. Those will small gardens can still enjoy their own fruit. Blueberries are a great addition and can be grown in pots. There are also great varieties of dwarf nectarines and peaches available now. Happy gardening. Te beautiful homes is all in day’s work for Mandy Fraser and the team at the locally owned and operated Guthrie Bowron Te Awamutu store. Guthrie Bowron’s Te Awamutu showroom features hundreds of beautiful product samples no matter what your home decorating project is. From curtain fabric samples, operational blind and shutter displays, wallpaper inspiration, a full-service flooring department and a Duluxtrade depot. As a DuluxApproved Paint Specialist, there is a huge selection of paint colours to give your interior a fresh new look, as well as exterior paints formulated to protect the outside of your home from the elements. They also stock a wide range of interior and exterior woodcare products. In store experienced consultants will help you select the perfect colour from the myriad available, and will guide you through the process – from surface preparation, products and tools needed, right through to how to achieve professional finish. Feeling inspired? For expert interior design advice, call in and meet the Guthrie Bowron Te Awamutu team today. Images supplied by Stylist: Julia Green. Photography: Armelle Habib. Top: Backwall colour Dulux Olive Blend, Ceiling, cornices, skirting in colour DuluxMarton. Artworks by Katie Wyatt Artwork via Greenhouse Interiors. Bottom: Backwall in colour DuluxFranz Josef Quarter. Artworks by Casey Freeman artist. Available via Greenhouse Interiors. Street
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“For our children it’s been great to get them out and doing activities we’ve done in the past – the kids respond to it really well,” Scott Wilson says. “It gives them a great understanding about protecting eco-systems, improving waterways and wider biodiversity values. This sort of activity connects to our Enviroschools kaupapa as well as linking to our science curriculum and a general understanding of the living world.”
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The Manga-o-tama catchment includes numerous peat lakes, with Ngaroto (Wairoto), Ngaroto-iti (Wairoto-iti), Ruatuna and Mangakaware being the better known. A stream/drainage system connects the lakes and meanders it way through farms and wetlands to the point where it enters the Waipā River. There are 38 Fonterra farms in theForcatchment.thepastnine years, Living Water has worked with farmers, iwi and other stakeholders at five catchments across the country to develop and trial tools and approaches to aid the improvement of improve water quality. The wider Ōhaupō peat lakes and Manga-o-tama catchment –including the farms where the planting took place – are among the Living Water sites where wetland conservation is a focus.
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Parking: when entering Lockerbie Estate turn right at the roundabout, go down Fairway Drive to the car parking area (2 min walk to Show Home). Show home winter hours: Saturday and Sunday: 12-2pm. Open: Wednesday -Frid ay 10am-2pm 116sqm Architecturally designed Duplex Extended portico for al fresco living Open plan living, dining and kitchen with indoor/outdoor flow
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Stage three selling fast. If you want to secure your new home in Lockerbie Village contact Margo Lombardi NOW. 116sqm designedArchitecturallyDuplex Extended portico for al fresco living Open plan living, dining and kitchen with indoor/outdoor ow Two double bedrooms Master bedroom has an ensuite One main bathroom Plenty of storage Single car garage and laundry $730,000 Show home winter hours: Open: Wednesday-Friday 10am-2pm Saturday and Sunday: 12-2pm.
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DOC Senior Ranger Dion Patterson says environmental and cultural education is at the forefront of Living Water, and the schools involved in this month’s planting approached DOC about participating. This year’s planting exercise built on previous work involving schools last year. This year’s planting was on land farm owners had retired. Riparian planting on those parts of the properties reduces the risk of nutrient and sediment run-off into nearby streams which subsequently flow into the Waipā“TheRiver.planting sites were chosen because they would provide optimum benefit to the environment. The landowners were all really happy for schools to be planting on their farms and could see the environmental education delivered for the children and how their farms and support contribute towards the children’s learning.
“For two of the plantings, a cultural education element was woven into the pre-planting talks. We were grateful to Te ao Apaapa from NZ Landcare Trust who provided great historical context and insights to value wetlands and improved freshwater quality provides to Māori.”
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Schools star in planting project
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Several days of wet weather leading up to the planting days didn’t bode well, but the children showed great commitment and energy enduring muddy conditions to get the plants in the ground. “The atmosphere was all very positive and the students, school principals, teachers and landowners appreciated the opportunity to actively participate in the environmental initiative.”ScottWilson, principal of Puahue School near Kihikihi, says 55 of his students attended the planting day. “We’re also involved in the Maungatautari Ecological Environmental Trust, and this was our third planting exercise in the last few weeks – and it all has significance and meaning for our students.”
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This is the season of citrus at its zingy mandarins and grapefruit versatile, Newkilojoules.Zealand-grown navel oranges are a one of my faves: luscious, juicy and moreish. Segments add pizzazz to winter salads. Combine them in a bowl with crunchy greens, super grains or winter fruit combos for eye-catching colour and fabulous flavour. The juice makes a wonderful low-cal dressing. If you’re gin drinker or if you enjoy lemon-flavoured water, chop your lemons into 2cm-3cm pieces, place on a tray and freeze. Once solid, tip them into an airtight container and return to the freezer. These bites are just the thing to add to your summer Finelycoolers.grated peel — or zest— can also be frozen for bakes, garnishes or salads. Place in an airtight container and freeze. Then crumble it with your fingers to prevent it from sticking together too firmly. Re-freeze. Citrus will keep at room temperature for some time. For longer storage place in a plastic bag in the refrigerator. Many citrus fruits sold commercially are coated with an edible wax to enhance the shelf life. This can be easily removed by washing the fruit with warm water then drying.
with Jan Bilton Avgolemono Orange five-spice cake
AVGOLEMONO A quick classic Greek. Avgolemono is pronounced ‘ah-vo-lemo-no’ — the ‘g’ is there, but it’s almost silent. Use chicken breast from a supermarket roasted chicken, if preferred. 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 small onion, chopped 1 medium carrot, chopped 1/2 cup Arborio rice 4 cups chicken stock 3 eggs 3 tablespoons lemon juice 2 (400g) skinned and boned chicken breasts, cooked and shredded salt and pepper to taste 2 tablespoons chopped dill or 2 teaspoons dried dill tips Heat the oil in a large saucepan and sauté the onion and carrot until just tender. Add rice and stock and bring to the boil. Simmer for about 15 minutes or until the rice is cooked. Meanwhile, beat the eggs together with the lemon juice in a small bowl, until well combined. Add the shredded chicken to the saucepan. Add a ladle of the soup to the egg mixture and stir well. Pour back into the saucepan. Stir until thickened. Season. Taste and add more lemon juice if required. Garnish with dill and serve. Serves 6.
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1 orange, with skin but with pips removed 1/2 cup walnuts 1 cup each: pitted dates, sugar 125g butter, softened 1 large egg 1 cup milk 2 cups plain flour 2 teaspoons Chinese five-spice powder 1 teaspoon baking soda Preheat the oven to 180°C. Lightly grease and line the base of a 21cm round cake pan. Chop the orange then whizz quickly in a food processor. Add the walnuts and dates. Process, until coarsely chopped. Place in a Placebowl.thesugar, butter and egg in the food processor and mix, until Combinesmooth.with the fruit mixture in the bowl, together with the milk and sifted dry ingredients. Pour into the prepared pan. Bake for 40-45 minutes until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. When cold, the cake can be dusted with icing sugar or spread with orange cream cheese icing.
ORANGE CHUTNEY Excellent served with meats or cheese. 3 large oranges 2 apples, peeled, cored and diced 1 onion, diced 2 1/2 cups cider vinegar 1 1/2 cups white sugar 2 tablespoons grated root ginger 1 teaspoon chilli flakes (or to taste) 2 teaspoons salt Peel the oranges with a potato peeler. Cut into thin strips. Cut the pith off the oranges and discard. Cut the flesh into small pieces. Discard any pips. Place the oranges, peel, apples, and onion in a large saucepan together with the remaining ingredients. Stir well. Bring to the boil and simmer until the fruit is tender and the mixture thickened, about 50 minutes. Pour into sterilised jars and seal. Makes about 3 cups.
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Reports suggest the meeting will remain on April 14 but be on a Friday night and the week after Easter. Branch did not respond in time for The News’ deadline.
Red stay fifth
Groom James Stephens whispers words of encouragement into Self Assured’s ear in the minutes before the start of The Race in April. Photo: Mary Anne Gill.
Back in the slot
The News asked Raceway chief executive Dave Branch for further information after media reports suggested there would be a new slot race for trotters of $500,000 to add to $1 million on offer for pacers.
Te Awamutu cemented an outstanding fifth place in the WaiBop men’s premier football league to celebrate coach Ian Stringfellow’s last game in charge. A 3-2 win over Papamoa – with all the gaols coming in the first half - left the side in an unassailable position. The Reds started the day seven points behind their rivals on the ladder and Ngongotaha still in with a chance to overtakeStringfellow’sthem. plea to his side to “see the season out with a bang” was heard. An early attack saw Haydn Roil’s shot deflected off defender Vitali Percival into the goal and midway through the half Nicholas King Mcrae double the lead, capping off an excellentVisitingmove.skipper Connor Irvine reduced the lead when his floating cross drifted over keeper Wade Vincent into the net. The dying minutes of the half produce two more goals. Te Awamutu was rewarded for constant pressure when Michael Roberts found the net – and two minutes later Joshua Vialoux made it 3-2. The second half saw the battle continue, but with neither team able to add to the score.Stringfellow reflected it was exactly the type of game he want to be involved in.
The $900,000 invite-only race in April was won by pre-race favourite Self Assured. Branch said after the meeting – which saw all 500 hospitality seats and more than 2000 general admission tickets sold – he hoped to increase the stake next year to $1 million and cater for 5000 people. The Race was the richest harness race in New Zealand. Slots were bought for $75,000 each for a guaranteed stake divided up with $400,000 to the winner, $125,000 for second, $85,000 third, $65,000 for fourth and the remaining five starters each getting $37,500.
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There’s no better feeling – Michael Roberts celebrates his goal against Papamoa.
“I will remember this game forever, It’s exactly the type of game you want to be involved in as a player, coach and hugely entertaining for the supporters. The boys cemented in fifth spot in the league, a huge result for not just the club, but the region,” heThesaid.improvement in quality this season has been profound – Te Awamutu struggled in the championship last season, but volunteered to fill a gap in the premier league.
Cambridge Raceway officials are expected to reveal this week plans to hold the country’s richest harness racing night following on from the success of the inaugural event in April.
The former director of the Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm makes his literary debut with this dramatic and riveting novel of book publishing, émigrés, spies, and diplomats in World War II Sweden based on his grandfather’s life In 1933, after Hitler and the Nazi Party consolidated power in Germany, Immanuel Birnbaum, a German-Jewish journalist based in Warsaw, is forbidden from writing for newspapers in his homeland. Six years later, just months before the German invasion of Poland that ignites World War II, Immanuel escapes to Sweden with his wife and two young sons. Living as a refugee in Stockholm, Immanuel continues to write, contributing articles to a liberal Swiss newspaper under the name Dr. B. He becomes increasingly entangled with British intelligence agents who plan several acts of sabotage on the orders of Winston Churchill. But when the Swedish postal service picks up a letter written in invisible ink, clearly by Dr. B. himself, the Allied plotters are exposed. But could a Jew living in exile and targeted for death by the Nazis have wanted to tip them off?
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Illuminated by the wartime experiences of the author’s grandfather, Dr. B. is a riveting story of émigrés, spies and diplomats that shines a light on a forgotten corner of World War II history. Dr. B by Daniel Birnbaum
ABOUT THE AUTHOR DANIEL BIRNBAUM, b. 1963, is heralded as one of the world’s most prominent art curators and currently director of Acute Art in London. He has previously managed both museums and art schools in Germany and Italy and he curated the Venice Biennale. ArtReview (London) has regularly listed him among the hundred most influential people in the art world, and the year he curated the Venice Biennale he was listed as number 4 in the world. DR. B is his first work of fiction, and it tells the story of his grandfather Immanuel Birnbaum.
A superb thriller, a cross between Tom Stoppard’s Travesties and The Thirty-Nine Steps…you can’t put it down.
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For more information on the Proposed Plan Change including the full public notice, Section 32 Evaluation Report and submission form, visit waipadc.govt.nz/planchanges or pick up hardcopies from Council offices and libraries in Te Awamutu and Cambridge. make a submission on the plan change. Note, if your submission enables gaining an advantage in trade competition, then a submission is only permitted if: you are directly affected by an effect of the plan change that adversely affects the environment; and • does not relate to trade competition or the effects of trade competition. may make a submission by sending an electronic or written submission to Waipa District Council by one of the following methods: Complete Submission Form 5 at waipadc.govt.nz/our-council/haveyoursay identify “Plan Change 19” on your submission Download Form 5 on the Waipa District Council website at waipadc.govt.nz/planchanges 167662, Waipa District Council, Private Bag 2402, Te Awamutu 3840 Waipa District Council, 101 Bank Street, Te Awamutu OR 23 Wilson Street, Cambridge with Form 5 as set out in Schedule 1 of the Resource Procedure) Regulations 2003 and must state whether you wish to be are available from Council offices and libraries or are available to download at waipadc.govt.nz/planchanges close at 5pm Thursday, 6 October 2022.
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The Carter’s Flat Local Area Plan is also open for public feedback. This Local Area Plan is non-statutory and does not form part of Proposed Plan Change 19. No formal submissions may be made on the Carters Flat Local Area Plan under the Resource Management Act, but Council is accepting public feedback.
• Change the zoning of Carter’s Flat from Deferred Commercial (currently operating under Industrial Zone rules) to a Commercial Zone. This will change the type and scale of activities that are permitted (not requiring resource consent) in this area, while also permitting residential activities above ground floor.
WOOD, Joanna Louisa Maria – Passed away peacefully on Sunday, 21st August 2022 with family at her side. Adored wife of the late Brian. Much loved mother of Carl, Nikki, and John. Loved grandmother to her many grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Big sister to Robert, and the late Carolyn. A service for Jo will be held at Zion Church, Racecourse Road, Te Awamutu on Thursday, the 25th of August 2022 at 10:30am. Please wear bright coloured clothing to celebrate Jo’s life. Donations to Hospice Waikato would be appreciated and may be left at the service. All communications to the Wood Family c/- 262 Ohaupo Road, Te Awamutu 3800
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After submissions have closed, Waipa District Council will prepare a summary of decisions requested by submitters and give public notice of the availability of this summary and where both the summary and submissions can be viewed. There will be an opportunity for the following people to make a further submission in support of, or opposition to, the submissions already made: - anyone representing a relevant aspect of the public interest; - any person who has an interest in the proposal greater than the general public has; and - Waipa District Council.
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Garry Dyet Chief Executive PUBLIC NOTICE Proposed Plan Change 19 to the Operative Waipā District Plan Clause 5 of the First Schedule of the Resource Management Act 1991 Casual Relief Milker Some light stock work. Immediate start. Te Kawa Ph David on 0274
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