Te Awamutu News | January 12, 2023

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How to feed 5000…

The Feeding of the 5000 is also known as the miracle of the five loaves and two fish.

The Gospel of John reports that Jesus used five loaves and two fish supplied by a boy to feed a multitude.

Here’s what is needed to feed 5000 at Easter Camp:

• 55,000 meals served over four days

• Every meal served in around 20 minutes

• 1.4 tonnes of lasagne

• 8000 pies

• 490kg of chicken tenders

• 240kg of nacho chips

• 12,720 litres of bottled water

• 2300 litres of chocolate milk

• 475kg of cheese

By Mary Anne Gill

Karen and Ken Morris did not give their three children the heads up about the Queen’s Service medals they were awarded in the New Year honours list until three hours after the rest of the country knew.

“We read the letter from the Governor General that we had to keep it confidential, so we did,” said

Karen.

But the Waipā couple are quick to acknowledge their children – Joanna, Daniel and Joshua – have been part of the volunteering journey that has made the last two decades so rewarding for the family.

The medals – still in the Queen’s name because they were approved before her death – are for their services to the community.

Karen and Ken have been involved with the Baptist Youth Ministries’ Easter Camp since 2002. They have used their complementary skills to feed thousands of people over the years – 1000 in the first year and more latterly up to 5000.

The camps were originally held at Finlay Park, Maungatautari and then moved to Mystery Creek.

Karen, who has a catering

background courtesy of her mother, looks after preparing and serving the food; Ken, who is an accountant and deputy chief executive at Waipā District Council, looks after the logistics.

So, it is he who knows just how many loaves of bread and slices of lasagne using a ratio based formula he has set up in a spreadsheet.

• 125 litres of tomato sauce

• 890 lettuces

• 560kg of tomatoes

• 250 cucumbers

• 450kg of cocoa pops

• 800 loaves of toast bread

• 12,000 pieces of fruit.

Karen and Ken Morris have Queen Service medals for now as the recognition process started while Queen Elizabeth was still alive.

Photo: Mary Anne Gill

Racing – all in a mow

By Mary Anne Gill

When Tony Gosnell of Hamilton is not servicing lawn mowers, he is racing them, and he needed all his skills on Sunday at Bay Waikato Mower Racing Club’s inaugural Cambridge meeting at the Pony Club in Leamington.

Seventeen of the club’s members brushed the cobwebs off their racing mowers to navigate their way around a paddock which usually hosts horses.

The Pony Club did not get the opportunity to mow the paddock for the event because of steady rain and because the blades get taken off the mowers for racing, neither did the mowing members who opted to flatten the grass instead.

Club spokesperson Greg Heaslip of Rotorua said all the competitors loved the Cambridge venue and want to return.

Asked to provide race

placing details, Heaslip said: “We don’t keep records of who wins, it’s all for fun, if they want to do a lap with the flag they can, but most prefer not to.”

Gosnell was not among the winners though as mechanical problems with his manual clutch mower – which included a burned driver belt –hampered his racing.

But observers did note that father and son Craig and Blake Tonkin of Hamilton

dominated the front of the field in most races including the last where they battled for first in the laps before Craig called on his experience to take the chequered flag. Craig is a former drag racer who spent years driving at Huntly Speedway while Blake used the hit out as his last chance for a bit of racing before joining the Army.

The only Waipā competitor was Robert Hamblin of Leamington who was instrumental in getting Cambridge added to the race roster.

“We’ve really enjoyed today,” he told The News. It was his call on Saturday to keep the event going despite rain. He was rewarded with fine weather and just a few spots of rain on Sunday itself. Lawn mower racing’s appeal is that it is one of the cheapest forms of motorsport in New Zealand.

And provided you have access to an old lawn mower engine, anyone can compete.

All mowers must run a maximum of 98 octane pump fuel only and compete in three modified classes and a nonmodified fun class.

The club will compete at the Te Puke A & P Show this weekend show casing mower racing to the eastern Bay of Plenty.

“Safety and sportsmanship are central to our version of motorsport, where Kiwi ingenuity and a sense of humour are essential along with a desire to make that mower go faster,” said Heaslip.

“Of course, we always strive to keep our sport affordable safe, and accessible to all.”

Cryptic riposte

Regarding the issues Peter Nicholl raised in his recent “cryptocurrency” article, a decentralised market isn’t for the stupid or the naive, thus it doesn’t need legislative oversight.

Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC’s) will come, and they will fail, because they’re fundamentally worse than the fiat they’re replacing. Volatility is only an issue to the naive and the stupid; to the informed, it’s called life.

Fiat is still in use, so Bitcoin doesn’t need acceptance. However, it is fully accessible right now via specific Visa debit cards, making it useable in 44 million merchants in over 200 countries, with no latency.

Peer to peer Bitcoin transactions are both slow and expensive by design. It’s like using like a bearer bond at Starbucks. Other decentralised cryptos have solved the speed issue.

The recent US omnibus bill alone, was US$1.75 trillion, almost twice the market cap of the entire crypto market. Thus fiat presents a laundering issue several orders of magnitude greater than crypto.

Crypto mining is no more energy intensive than the global online game community.

Shaun Robinson Cambridge

Why the spend?

The first thing on this council’s agenda was discussing a sports hall of fame. Why? We do not need this council fantasy. How much is this going to cost? People in sport are in it for themselves, so why this stupidity? They have already caused congestion on the roads to need another bridge, how much will this cost? They bought the old Bunnings building in Te Awamutu so they can pay $120,000 a year land rent, a bit of spare cash to spend to justify increasing rates..

After creating the need for another bridge, they are allowing 300ha of land on Cambridge west to add to this, so I expect they will want to build another bridge to add to the $54million they have allocated to this development.

Cycle trails is another area of priority, what is a few million for a few to enjoy and let the roads etc go to pot?

How much will our rates go up this year with all these very important projects? I guess all the housing will bring in extra rates to go towards these and the pressure on the infrastructure continues.

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Fixing up the mower: Hamilton’s Tony Gosnell, third from left, with his ailing mower racer. Looking on are Craig and Blake Tonkin (Hamilton) and Mike Evans (Morrinsville).

Photo: Mary Anne Gill

Blake Tonkin of Hamilton (68) leads Morrinsville’s Maddisyn Evans (95) into the first bend pursued by Tauranga’s Barry Dawe (5) and Tonkin’s father Craig, who went on to pass his son and win the race. Photo: Mary Anne Gill

Reader injured

A meter reader is in a critical condition in Waikato Hospital this week following an incident in Kihikihi. Police are appealing for details of sightings of two vehicles. One, a red Daihatsu Terios, registration LKN281, belongs to the injured person and the other is a silver Nissan Primera, registration DHA220. Both vehicles are believed to have been driven to Kihikihi from Tihiroa. An ambulance was called on January 5 to Oliver Street where the meter reader had suffered serious head injuries.

Business awards

Entries for the Waipa Networks Business Awards will close in just over a month – on February 13. Organisers, the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce, are also calling for nominations for the Leader of the Year award. The award is open to any chief executive in the region.

Our top 10

Online visits to the Te Awamutu News website last year smashed all previous records and were 250 per cent up on 2021. The home page teawamutunews.nz came in at number one with 15 per cent of the views followed in order from two to 10 by: Online Publications, Bakery fronts up over pie issue, ‘Born to teach’ Kathy says farewell, Power from waste – Recycling plant would be a first, ‘Like the wild west’, Rangiaowhia – Now it’s tears of joy, 100 up for George, Top role for our Shelley.

Quake felt

The magnitude 5.1 earthquake which rocked Te Aroha and was felt extensively throughout Waipā at 5.39am on January 4 was a major talking point on social media. Our online call to see who felt it attracted more than 200 comments. The quake was 6.7 kilometres deep.

Racing colossus leaves unparalleled legacy

By Viv Posselt

The passing of thoroughbred racing colossus Sir Patrick Hogan draws a line under the life of one of Waipā’s most celebrated sons.

The 83-year-old icon, whose successful Cambridge Stud found fame on a global scale, died in Waikato Hospital last Friday. His farewell service yesterday (January 11) was held at the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Hamilton, a choice made because Cambridge’s St Peter’s Catholic Church, with which Sir Patrick and his wife Justine, Lady Hogan, had a lengthy association, would have struggled to accommodate the numbers expected to attend.

St Peter’s Parish priest Father Leonard Danvers said Sir Patrick had taken his First Holy Communion there and was an early student at the adjacent St Peter’s Catholic School. It was at that church that he had been confirmed in 1950 and where he married Justine Heath in 1962.

The couple was said to have met

at a Cambridge bus stop when they were both just 14. In later years they lived across the road from the church, becoming Cambridge locals in every sense of the word, admired as much for their warmth and quiet dignity as for their stellar reputation.

Sir Patrick’s influence as one of the world’s finest horse breeders came on the back of his intuitive knack for spotting potential and holding the line. Some of that ability may have derived from his Irish-born father Tom Hogan, who came to New Zealand in 1914 at the age of 19 with the aim of raising Clydesdale horses.

Tom’s interest in horse breeding began in the mid-1950s and it was on the family’s mixed dairy farm in Fencourt that the young Patrick, who was born in Rotorua in late 1939, and his six siblings grew up.

An early departure from formal schooling from St Patrick’s College in Silverstream led him in 1975 to borrowing funds to purchase the block that would become Cambridge Stud. In the same year, he bought Sir Tristram, said to be a ‘brutish’ Irish

stallion known as ‘Paddy’ and the horse deemed to have transformed Sir Patrick’s fortunes. Sir Tristram went on to sire a record number of winners before dying in 1997, his place as lead stallion then filled by his son Zabeel.

Widespread recognition came not only through the success of both of those famous sires and their offspring, but also through Sir Patrick’s three-decade role as top vendor at the Karaka yearling sales and his being named New Zealand Breeder of the Year several times.

His renown led him to an audience with Pope John Paul II, and in 1990 to squiring the late Queen Elizabeth 11 around Cambridge Stud on the back of an invitation extended over lunch on the Royal Yacht Britannia. In 1992, he was awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), for services to thoroughbred racing, and he was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (KNZM), for services to thoroughbred breeding and training in 2000.

His influence on the thoroughbred racing industry was unparalleled in New Zealand and Australia, and in 2005, Sir Patrick became the first horse breeder to be inducted into the Australia Racing Hall of Fame. Induction to the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame came the following year. Recollections voiced since Sir Patrick’s passing remember him as a thrifty yet generous man, one who loved his horses and contributed significantly to charity.

Brendan and Jo Lindsay, who purchased Cambridge Stud from Sir Patrick in 2017 and have since established a Heritage Centre on the complex, said news of his death left ‘a great sense of sadness’.

Barry Lee, Sir Patrick’s longtime right-hand man and latterly his racing manager, took time out while inspecting yearlings on Monday to add his thoughts.

“Patrick died on January 6. It was on the same date 55 years ago, also January 6, that my wife and I moved to Cambridge,” he said. “I first met Patrick’s father at the National Hotel soon afterwards. He introduced me to Patrick and we’ve worked together ever since. I will miss him dreadfully.”

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PHOTO: Sir Patrick Hogan and Justine Lady Hogan, and Boston the dog, front the family group. They are, back from left to right, daughter Erin Hogan; Laura McKenna and her partner, grandson James Hunt; grandsons Liam and Patrick Hunt; greatgrandson Louis Hunt; Patrick’s wife Kristen Hunt; Jed Casey, husband to granddaughter Katie Casey; great-granddaughter Millie Casey; and Nicola Steel’s husband Nigel Steel. In the middle row is daughter Nicola Steel, granddaughter Katie Casey and greatgranddaughter Georgia Casey.

Sir Patrick Hogan.

A total of four Waipā-based people received recognition in the New Year Honours List.

Karen and Ken Morris both receive the Queen’s Service Medal (QSM) for services to the community while Anita Mazzoleni becomes an Officer of the New Zealand

Order of Merit (ONZM) and Eric Murray joins an elite list as a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM).

Despite the death of Queen Elizabeth, the New Zealand Honours continue to make awards in her name, and that will remain the case until the

issue is considered by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Murray - who won gold medals in the coxless pair at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics with Hamish Bond – is patron of Autism New Zealand and one of 12 Perago Trust trustees. The trust was established in 2012 to support young athletes in Cambridge to achieve in their chosen sport.

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A couple of servers

“You find out how many people there are and take it from there. We have a good demarcation line; I get chased out of the kitchen.”

They have filled the same roles at Festival One and its precursor the Parachute Festival, running the general store which distributes all profits to the running of the annual noncommercial youth and family-oriented festival.

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Murray, honoured for services to rowing, represented New Zealand at four Olympics Games from 2004 to 2016, when he retired from competing.

He won gold medals with Hamish Bond in the coxless pair at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games, setting both world and Olympic records at the London Olympics. Between 2009 and 2016, he and Bond enjoyed an unbeaten partnership when they recorded 69 consecutive wins in the men’s coxless pair and two in the coxed pair. They won seven consecutive World Rowing

Mazzoleni, who moved from Auckland to Kaipaki in 2013, is rewarded for her services to corporate governance. She has had an extensive career as a lawyer, chartered accountant, independent company director and corporate finance advisor specialising in the evaluation and funding of investments, particularly in infrastructure.

Mazzoleni has had an extensive career as a lawyer, chartered accountant, independent company director and corporate finance advisor specialising in the evaluation and funding of investments, particularly in infrastructure.

She held significant roles as director and chair of audit and risk and finance committees for major public companies, nongovernmental organisations and iwi businesses.

She was also a commerce commissioner for nine years, focusing on telecommunications and served as corporate finance manager for ECNZ and as acting finance director and general counsel for Contact Energy following its separation from ECNZ.

She has also served on the board of the Civil Aviation Authority and Aviation Security Services and as a director of ACC.

Mazzoleni was a director on the boards of Ngāti Whatua o Orakei Corporate, Ngāti Whatua o Orakei Whai Maia and chaired the commercial arm of Ngā Maunga Whakahii o Kaipara.

Festival One returns later this month after a year’s break due to Covid and for the first time will be held in Whitehall on a farm with the Karāpiro Stream running through it and in a natural environment which allows festival goers to relax while appreciating the music, art and community events.

Prior to that it too was at Mystery Creek.

Both the Easter Camp and Festival One rely heavily on volunteers like Karen and Ken.

“I don’t think the age of volunteerism is dead,” said Ken.

“Easter camps for example have been significant in our lives. We’ve enjoyed them, we love the culture, so we are giving back our time and our skill set,” he said.

“We need to encourage people to volunteer. There’s great satisfaction in doing it, being able to help people,” said Karen, who is originally from Palmerston North.

Ken is a South Island boy who grew up in Timaru and Balclutha. Since their marriage they have lived in Hamilton, Taupō and since 2009 in Cambridge.

Karen’s honour also acknowledges her work as a volunteer in the Mainly Music programme in Hamilton, Taupō and Cambridge.

Mainly Music provides a nationally regarded music and movement, socialisation, learning and development programme for babies and pre-schoolers, as well as building support networks for parents and caregivers. Weekly sessions have been held for up to 60 pre-schoolers and 40 caregivers at a time.

She was a board member and inaugural trustee of the national board and New Zealand Trust of Mainly Music from 2000 to 2009. “I get up there and dance with the kids to the music,” said Karen, who also works part time at the Raleigh Street Christian Centre.

Ken’s citation lists his involvement with the Boys Brigade.

“I grew up in the Boys’ Brigade. It made a big impression on my life, so I help by using my time and skills.” He is the national treasurer and serves on the executive committee.

He played a key role in guiding Boys’ Brigade through funding challenges Covid 19 presented and made signification contributions in addressing critical financial situations, complex legal and staffing issues, health and safety requirements and recruitment procedures.

“I think (volunteering) is about the vision, leadership and culture of an organisation. If people relate to it, are well looked after, people do volunteer.”

His advice to those considering volunteering: “Ensure there’s a good match of your skills with the needs of the organisation, that’s a great way to give back.”

Prior to getting the awards, the couple were working on retirement/exit strategies – planning ways to pass their knowledge onto the next generation of volunteers.

They laugh at the suggestion that might have to go on hold now.

“We have a lot of fun at these events. They actually shatter us, but we think ‘hey it’s only once a year.’ It’s really satisfying,” said Ken.

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Playing it safe…

Karāpiro School might be small but there is no way the staff, parents and students are going to be pushed around by any government agencies.

Day after day principal Tina-Maree Thatcher says she sees near accident misses on SH1 and Karāpiro Road.

She records them on behalf of the community and shares them in regular reports.

“I’m on that road every day and it’s terrifying.”

The turning point came four years ago when there was a fatality right outside the school and that prompted her, the school trustees and parents to step up their campaign.

Greg Brown, 43, was killed when his ute and a truck and trailer unit collided head-on outside the school on SH1 at 4.25am.

Thatcher had to close the school and tried her best to shield the tragedy from the children.

“But every child knew why they weren’t at school that day.”

Pictures from the scene were horrific.

“We’ve got to protect our children from that,” she

says.

So began a campaign which has resulted in the school named the Cambridge News’ Person of the Year for its persistent advocacy which resulted in Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency putting in place a temporary speed reduction, installing signage and embarking on a series of safety improvements.

This follows Thatcher’s letter to Waka Kotahi in June saying, “we cannot wait any longer for our serious concerns to be addressed.”

Thatcher said it was a real honour for the school to be named News Person of the Year particularly after the last few years which had been “crazy” for all schools.

The school’s motto is to provide a safe and happy learning environment for its students, she said.

“There is no ego in our school and the common goal is what’s best for our children.

“We really felt we had a duty of care to our children and our families and our staff. We know what works well and what doesn’t. We hold the answers and it’s on us to pass on to the people

making the decision.”

Thatcher kept on and on at Waka Kotahi passing on the community’s concern at every opportunity, engaging with national and local politicians and anyone else who would listen to their stories of the near misses.

Trucks coming out of Karāpiro Road and onto SH1 create huge complexities for other traffic particularly those who do not know the road well, she says.

“Karāpiro Road is a busy area,” with a quarry, fruit packers, kiwifruit, bus company and tourists to and from Hobbiton and Tauranga.

Every day Thatcher says she sees reckless passing manoeuvres which defy logic and speeds near the intersection which can be mind boggling.

“The board really took their role in safety seriously and as a resident I know the issue so on behalf of the trustees I took that on board.

“There’s a time and a place for really capturing that community voice.”

Thatcher feels the school’s actions and Waka Kotahi’s response will save lives.

Karāpiro School is

eight kilometres south of Cambridge and provides education for students in Years 1 to 6. The current roll is 40 students but that is growing again, says Thatcher after the board of trustees resigned in 2018 and a commissioner was appointed. A board is back in place with former Hautapu School principal Marilynn Jones the chair.

It recently celebrated its 100th year on its current site – prior to that it had been further east towards Taotaoroa Road.

Which is why the upcoming community engagement between

Karāpiro School and Waipā District Council over its Ahu Ake spatial plan is even more fascinating.

One of the suggestions is that the school move into Karāpiro village.

“It’s quite timely as we are celebrating a community relocating to our current site 100 years ago. The more things change, the more they stay the same. It’s like history repeating,” she says.

“We have 137 years’ worth of a fluctuating school roll where we grow - we might have two, three, four classrooms and we’re back down to two and then more.”

That is a trend because of

the land around the school.

“We are the community hub. It just feels like the time to have some conversations about the future of Karāpiro and the school.”

There will be some rich conversations to have, says Thatcher.

“We know who we are and what we stand for. We’re not afraid of change. Schools have a place in the community to strategically plan for and be part of those conversations,” says Thatcher.

“We do really put the children at our centre and that includes keeping their families safe.”

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The Te Awamutu News named Special Olympics swimming coach Shelley Blair as our person of the year for 2022. Our sister paper the Cambridge News broke with tradition and gave the award not to a person, but a school. Mary Anne Gill finds out why.

Person/s of the year: Karāpiro principal Tina-Maree Thatcher, chair Marilynn Jones and the whole school celebrate.

Photo: Roy Pilott.

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Doing our bit for the planet

By Peter Carr

Over the holiday period my thoughts –and some of my reading - turned towards how we as a nation are levelling with the requirement to dampen down the quantum of carbon emerging into the atmosphere.

And as a result, I have found myself enmeshed in a dichotomy. On the one hand etc…

So how have I – a retiree not formally contributing to commerce these days - taken some action? Essentially on the use of vehicles where I can have a degree of control on the way I drive and the type of vehicle I use for transport.

In September we traded in a gas-guzzling older vehicle (2008) for a brand new hybrid – or HEV to give it a formal nomenclature. This is to be the ‘run around the Waikato’ vehicle. In the small grade series of cars available there were essentially four models from which we whittled down to a short list of two.

One of those not making the final list uses 95 octane petrol and the salesman was not even aware of that until I directed him to a YouTube clip describing his model.

The two on the short list were just five dollars different in their gross price but as one had a very long waiting list for delivery we went with the other. I am sure that either would provide a similar result in carbon saving terms but suffice to say there is a certain smugness in driving quietly using the batteries and a greater satisfaction when cruising downhill while the front axle charges the battery – known as regenerative charging. My overall petrol consumption improves as we get to know the car better and the litres/100km is reducing steadily.

Meanwhile our large modern petrol driven vehicle is essentially for the longer runs.

It provides excellent dashboard-presented facts regarding consumption, and we have changed our long-distance drive motoring pattern over the holidays.

We undertake a regular 6-hour drive to visit one of our families just north of Wellington. Our standard pattern has been to maximise cruise control (in itself a carbon saver). Hitherto we have set the control at 105kph but over the recent break we dropped it to 95kph. There was a notable drop in consumption (and hopefully less carbon) plus a financial saving. The overall journey time hardly changed due as we caught with the speedier units at a multitude of roadworks sites.

Which takes me on to a wider issue on which I must undertake some more research before penning another opinion piece. That is the seemingly rapidly expanding drift towards taking planting tree on good arable and livestock-supporting land.

But the really scary matter is that there are learned academics who are postulating a move into greater areas of timber and a number of senior politicians in Wellington being brainwashed to become believers. Call me silly if you will – and even wearing blinkers – but all my working life I supported the growing use of efficiency in food-related exports to bring a satisfactory economic return to this lovely country. Are we barking mad or is the tail swinging the dog?

I’m back, and anything goes

By Peter Matthews

A very Happy New Year to one and all. Yes I’m back. It turns out I missed writing my weekly communique more than I thought I would.

I won’t assume there will be whoops of joy across the Waikato at my return, but I do hope to provide a moment of reflection or diversion for some, every now and then.

In fact during the pre-Christmas party season a number of people commented to me that they were regular readers of my column.

This was something of a surprise, as I hadn’t contributed for months! Not wanting to be confined to environmental issues this time; I have requested, and this fine publication’s editor has agreed, that my remit may include almost anything.

Given the inevitable slide into antiquity which ambushes me every day, this will no doubt include observations on the nature of the modern world, and how and why it is not as satisfactory as the one on which we seem to be losing our grip.

Looking around me here, the ‘News neighbourhood’ seems fairly familiar, and I hope to fit in without making too many waves. Do, of course, write to the editor and tell him if you think I am breaching any social or political mores.

I am only too well aware that there are those who have disapproved roundly of things I have said in the past and I expect it will happen again. However I shall do my very best to stay out of Jeremy Clarkson territory!

There is a man who seems hell-bent on ruining his own reputation; even his own daughter distanced herself from his latest

outburst. If you missed it - it had to do with his distaste for all things Meghan.

The three teenagers of whom I have written from time to time, are still at home and doing their best simultaneously to redefine what constitutes good music, prove that hours spent on-line is the social equivalent of a good night out, and redesign the English language; “I mean like, it’s low-key like sort of - ick, and that kind of stuff, dude and I’m like -ew!, and yeah nah, so....”. That, by the way, is technically known as a ‘hanging so’ and is utterly useless.

I’m thinking of a new hashtag (you know what that is right?): #givelikearest. What do you think? Miriam Margolyes agreesGoogle her on Graham Norton and delight in her preventing young celebrities from using the word ‘like’ and thus, to their intense frustration, rendering them incapable of articulating a thought.

I should mention the passing of Sir Patrick Hogan, a true giant of the community. He used to shout his entire team breakfast at our cafe every morning in the busy season. The line of work boots outside the door was legendary, as was the quantity of breakfast they could eat, while Patrick had peppermint tea and toast. The Waikato and New Zealand can be justly proud of him and his many achievements.

Now, let’s get into this year.

By Mary Anne Gill

When Sir Patrick Hogan heard there was opposition to a Riding for the Disabled organisation’s plans to build an arena to provide therapeutic riding under cover, he penned a letter for the local newspaper.

In an abrupt but purposeful way, he told the community how such an arena would enable and support disabled people to ride all year round.

Plus, he put his money where his mouth was by contributing to the Cambridge facility and helped to facilitate a significant contribution from the Rodmor Trust.

Sir Patrick Hogan died in Waikato Hospital last week aged 83. His funeral - a requiem Mass - was held at the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Hamilton yesterday.

In lieu of flowers, mourners were asked to donate to the Cambridge Riding for Disabled.

The Te Awamutu and Cambridges branches are two of more than 50 branches across the country providing interaction with horses to improve health and wellbeing outcomes for people experiencing disability, or who have specific challenges or needs.

Cambridge operations manager Vanessa Donnelly said Sir Patrick turned the

sod when the arena construction got underway more than a decade ago.

“He didn’t seek any publicity, but whenever we needed help, he was always available.”

If that meant writing a letter or picking up the phone, Sir Patrick would do it, she said.

He was a frequent visitor to the facility even striking up a friendship with a horse called Paddy who did not take easily to strangers.

While most readers would instantly think of that great stallion Sir Tristram – given the stable name Paddy by Sir Patrick when they first met – it is a 31-yearold bush bred horse who carried hundreds of disabled people over the years to which she is referring.

“Sir Patrick had a way with horses. Even though our Paddy was fantastic, he told you if he didn’t like you, but he took to Patrick straight away,” says Donnelly.

She and other RDA members were at yesterday’s funeral and earlier in the week told The News any money raised by Sir Patrick’s last wishes, would go towards getting more horses.

Meanwhile, Paddy, who had been with RDA since he was 14, retired last year and is helping rear a foal on a Waipā farm.

Mary the mother

By Norris Hall

Christmas is now but a distant and expensive memory, a time ideally for many family gatherings and celebrations.

That special day is after all the joyful observance of Jesus Christ's birth in the small settlement called Bethlehem.

He was born in a lowly, if not unhygienic, stable attached to a crowded inn. Mary and her husband – Joseph the carpenter – were his somewhat relieved and awed parents.

As the accounts of Jesus are shared in the various Gospels in the Christian Testament, so Mary and Joseph, his foster father, fade into his shadow.

Mary however is the unsung heroine in the ageless Christmas story so to speak.

She was set aside by her elderly parents in her betrothal to the village carpenter; an arranged marriage which promised benefits for all concerned.

But Mary, to the horror of all the contracting parties found herself to be pregnant.

Who was the father? Mary faced the penalty of being stoned to death for committing adultery at worst or cast out of the village as a fallen woman. But Mary was sent away for several months to allow the scandal to die down and her betrothed did marry her, ending her time in disgrace.

Perhaps that episode will remind us of unmarried mothers who live in our communities.

Sometimes they have nowhere to go but stay where they are, and often they must endure the reaction and opinions by others for what has happened to them. And unlike Mary's case, they eked out an existance on the then DPB.

Mary is the refugee as well. She and her

small family fled for safety to a neighbouring and foreign country.

And like her, women and mothers are innocent refugees in different nations, wondering about their future, how to feed their offspring, living in tents or make-do shacks. Things and history never change.

She was also subject to the Law of Moses, as was Joseph, in the raising of her first-born. Her son was circumcised at the age of eight days, she redeemed her infant 22 days later in the Temple and underwent the ritual of purification. And prior to her becoming a mother, she had to register in that Roman imperial census.

Today the mother or her husband or partner is required to register the birth of the child in accordance with the law of the land. So nothing much has really changed there either.

That young girl is venerated by both Christians and surprisingly Muslims. To Orthodox Christians she is referred to as “the Mother of God”, in other Christian traditions “the Mother of our Salvation”, and in the eyes of the Muslims she is considered to be “the Mother of us all.” And there are those who see the veneration of Mary as borderline idolatory. Mary demands a response.

Mary reminds us that through her motherhood, and almost sacrifice, that we should always honour our mothers, or their memory, because often we do not know what they have experienced and felt when they raised and nutured us.

Mary is like our mother, and our mothers are like Mary.

Sir Patrick met veteran riding for the disabled horse ‘Paddy’ – and struck up an immediate relationship.

In

From Ngaio Marsh Award shortlisted author, Nikki Crutchley, comes an enthralling, suspenseful, tightly-wound novel of secrets, lies and suspicion.

Jac Morgan never planned on going back to her hometown. Seven years after the fatal house fire that killed her mother and branded Jac a killer she’s back - but for only one reason. Her sister, Charlie, has gone missing. Charlie’s the only good thing in Jac’s life, and she doesn’t believe she would ever run away. Jac is certain the answer to her sister’s disappearance is somewhere in the town.

Because twenty years ago, another teenage girl went missing. Paige Gilmore, daughter of eccentric matriarch, Iris Gilmore, disappeared. As Jac starts the search for Charlie, she is drawn to the Gilmore Hotel - the haunted house of her childhood, a place that holds its own secrets and mysteries and is still home to the enigmatic Iris and her long-suffering daughter, Lisa. Meanwhile, as Jac desperately hunts for answers to Charlie’s disappearance, another Open Day looms, and Jac begins to realise everyone at the hotel has a secret - and that someone is willing to kill to keep the truth from coming out. ‘This story weaves past and present with unknown places, becoming more unsettling with every page. In Her Blood is a chilling slow burn, sure to grip fans of psychological thrillers.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Cambridge-based NIKKI CRUTCHLEY is the author of To the Sea (HarperCollins, 2021). Prior to this, she self-published three police procedurals set in NZ, and was a finalist in the Ngaio Marsh Awards for her first two books. She has been published in Flash Frontier, Mayhem Literary Journal, Flash Fiction Magazine and in Fresh Ink anthology (published by Cloud Ink Press). She was longlisted and regional winner at National Flash Fiction Day in 2016, and at the 2017 National Flash Fiction Day she had two stories short-listed and was regional winner.

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Super seafood

I’m looking forward to dangling a fishing line over the back of a boat this summer. It’s years since I’ve enjoyed fish straight from the sea. My only fresh ‘catch’ in recent times has been a trout — given to me by a neighbour. Do salt-water fish taste saltier than the freshwater variety? No. Fish have a special physiological mechanism that prevents them from becoming as salty as the water in which they live. They are, in fact, low in sodium. A 100g portion of raw fish contains only 100 milligrams of sodium, just five per cent of the recommended daily amount for a person on a low-sodium diet.

The same amount of fish contains between one-third and one half of the protein required by our bodies each day. It is also high in vitamin B12 — important for a healthy nervous system — and iodine that assists the thyroid gland to function competently.

And don’t be put off oily fish such as tuna or salmon. Although they may have a slightly higher kilojoule count than leaner fish, the fat they contain is full of healthy omega-3 fatty acids. Studies have shown that people who include oily fish in their diet at least once a week are less likely to suffer from heart disease.

SIMPLE SEAFOOD CURRY

Delicious, quick and easy.

2 cloves garlic, crushed 1 onion, quartered

2 tablespoons plain flour grated rind and juice 2 lemons

3-5 teaspoons good curry powder

1/2 teaspoon salt 400g can coconut cream

600g assorted seafood eg skinned and boned fish (tarakihi, salmon), mussels, squid rings, shelled raw prawns

Place the garlic, onion, flour, lemon rind and juice, curry powder, salt and coconut cream in a food processor and blend until smooth. Pour into a saucepan and simmer until reduced and thickened.

Meanwhile, cut the fish into chunks. Add the seafood to the saucepan 5 minutes before serving and poach until just

cooked. Great garnished with coriander leaves. Serves 4.

OYSTERS THREE WAYS

Prepare the toppings in advance and garnish the oysters just before serving.

Basil Topping: 1 cup tightly packed basil leaves

1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil

3 tablespoons lemon juice salt and white pepper to taste

1 chorizo sausage

1 teaspoon olive oil, extra

Caviar Topping: 4-5 tablespoons salmon caviar 1-2 tablespoons mirin

Oysters: 24 oysters

8 large basil leaves

1 large lemon

Blanch the basil briefly in boiling water, until limp. Drain and pat dry. Place with the 1/2 cup of olive oil in a small blender. Process, until smooth. Strain.

Measure out 100mls of the basil-infused oil. Whisk with the lemon juice and seasoning. Set aside.

Skin the chorizo. Dice. Briefly fry in the extra olive oil, until crisp. Drain and pat dry.

Place the caviar and mirin ready to be used. Serve the oysters in their shells or individual serving dishes. Place a basil leaf in eight of the shells or dishes. Top each

with an oyster, a little basil oil dressing and the chorizo. Top 8 more oysters with a little mirin and the salmon caviar. Top the remaining 8 oysters with a squeeze of lemon juice. Serves 4 as a starter.

CREAMY SMOKED FISH FETTUCCINE

Use smoked white fish or smoked salmon in this yummy dish.

200g dried fettuccine

2 shallots, diced

2 tablespoons olive oil

1/4 cup white wine vinegar

200g skinned and boned smoked fish, flaked 1 cup cream

8 cherry tomatoes, halved freshly ground black pepper to taste

Boil the fettuccine in a large saucepan of boiling water, until tender.

Meanwhile, sauté the shallots in the olive oil in a large pan until very soft. Add the vinegar and simmer until almost evaporated.

Stir in the smoked fish and heat through. Add the cream and simmer for a few minutes until slightly thickened. Add the tomatoes and black pepper. Heat through and serve over the drained fettuccine. Great garnished with chopped parsley. Serves 4.

Creamy smoked fish fettuccine

Simple seafood curry

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Cambridge race gets bigger

The Race by Grins at Cambridge Raceway will join the thoroughbred code’s Karaka Million races and New Zealand Derby as the country’s richest races in April.

Waikato-Bay of Plenty Harness committed to a $1 million stake for the second edition of the Waipā race.

But its hopes of launching an equivalent trotting race have been dashed, at least for this year.

The first running of the race last year attracted some of the best standardbreds in Australasia and was won by the Mark Purdon and Hayden Cullen-trained Self Assured.

“We were really proud of what we achieved with the first edition of the race and

we’re excited to build on that foundation and create a bigger and better event next year starting with the increase in prizemoney,” Cambridge Raceway chief executive Dave Branch said.

The Race by Grins is the top billed race of the newly branded Grins Night of Champions, a nod to the Waipā district’s slogan, home of champions, which will take place on Friday April 14.

It is a slot race – this year 10 slots were sold, securing the buyers a spot in the race for three years.

They then liaise with owners and trainers to fill their slots with independent deals done on the distribution of any prize money won.

The terms and conditions of The Race by Grins have also been amended.

“Last year Dunstan’s horse was withdrawn prior to the fields being drawn which was disappointing for everyone involved, so we want to avoid another situation like that,” Branch said.

The 2023 edition of The Race by Grins will have a pool of horses available from which slot holders can select a replacement for any horse withdrawn prior to acceptance time.

There will also be one emergency drawn in the field.

While the prizemoney has increased for The Race by Grins, Branch said funding from Harness Racing New

Zealand (HRNZ) was less than expected and meant that there could be no trotting slot race in 2023 as planned.

“We would have loved to also be announcing a trotting slot race but unfortunately the funding situation has made it impossible to do both races.

“As a club our priority is to support the inaugural slot holders who backed this concept from the beginning with the intention of getting the stake to $1 million in its second year.

“It’s disappointing as it is the next logical step for growing the event and something we were pushing hard for, but we will try again for 2024.”

Double success for White

end of 2022 and the start of 2023 with three-year-old filly Mhai Surfer Girl and veteran gelding Sly Punter.

White trains Mhai Surfer Girl and guided her home to an over the odds first victory at the Raceway’s last meeting of 2022.

He wrapped up his year with a win on New Year’s Eve driving the Paul Nairntrained mare Resolve to victory in the Group 3 Green Lane Cup at Alexandra Park.

White’s first drive of 2023, seven days later, was the Susan Branch-trained Sly Punter owned by a Cambridge family syndicate including Branch and her son Dave, who is chief executive at the Raceway.

The eight-year-old took out the win in Cambridge’s first race of the year at Saturday’s Summer Festival – the Gavelhouse.com 2700m trot – three quarters of a length clear of Sans Au Revoir.

Mhai Surfer paid more than $30 for her debut win in Race 4 on December 29 – the 2200m Happy New Year From Woodlands Stud Mobile Pace - grabbing the victory with a sprint down the inner

to pip Jono B on the line.

She was bred and owned by Ōtorohanga dairy farmer Doug Courtman, who was trackside to celebrate the win. Mhai Surfer Girl is the third horse White has trained for him.

“She is the most promising of the three,” he said.

“She has always shown a bit of ability but has taken a bit of time to put it all together so it wasn’t a big surprise she won the other night although we weren’t

expecting it, more hopeful that she would go a good race.”

Punters who showed faith in the filly and in White, who was born and brought up in Cambridge, collected $31 for the win and $6.50 for the place. It was the 38-year-old’s seventh and final win for the year as a trainer.

White’s haul for last year as a driver from 193 starts was 22 wins, 23 seconds and 25 third places for earnings of $345,404.

Waipā driver Matthew White bookended wins on Cambridge Raceway at the

Cambridge trainer and driver Matthew White with wife Brigette and filly Mhai Surfer Girl.

Photo: Chanelle Lawson.

South Coast Arden leads the field around the top of the home straight for the first time in The Race at Cambridge Raceway. Photo: Angelique Bridson.

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CULLEN, Ruth Evelyn –Passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Monday 2nd January 2023, aged 90 years. Beloved wife of Garth and loved mother and mother-in-law of Stephen & Judith, Barry & Yvonne, Tim and Alan & Pat. Blessed grandma to her 13 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. A celebration of Ruth’s life has been held. All communications to the Cullen Family, cl- 262 Ohaupo Road, Te Awamutu 3800.

SUBRAMANI, Naksh Jay – Peacefully slipped away at Waikato Hospital on Thursday, 22nd December 2022, with his parents and family at his side, aged four years. Loving only son of Arun & Shelly. Dearly loved by all his family. A celebration of Naksh's life has been held. All communications to the Subramani Family c/- 262 Ohaupo Road, Te Awamutu 3800.

WINDERS, Kevin John, (Johnny) – Passed away peacefully at Waikato Hospital on Sunday, 8th January 2023. Aged 57 years. Loved father of Gemma Fraser. Very much loved son of Shirley and the late Bede. Awesome brother and brother-in-law to Martin, Jan & Geoff, Denise & Roger, Tony & Jodie, Sue & Dick, and Brendan & Laura. Loved and respected uncle to all his nephews and nieces. Special thanks to the Waikato Hospital ICU Team for the wonderful care shown to Johnny over the past two weeks. At Kevin's request a private cremation has taken place. All communications to the Winders Family, c/-262 Ohaupo Road, Te Awamutu, 3800.