Te Awamutu News | February 23, 2023

What’s it like when voters boot you out of office and

talks to former mayor Jim Mylchreest about life

Make it worth it…

Jim Mylchreest says central government must address issues with local government –and he’s highlighted remuneration as a key one.

Mylchreest served nine years as Waipā mayor, effectively a full-time job with evening commitments added.

“Without another income you couldn’t afford to do the job,” he said.

“Central government politicians get superannuation, local government politicians can’t get Kiwisave.

“Central Government politicians who get voted out or decide to leave get three months’ notice, in local government you only get half the month you were working and it’s just cut off dead.”

He said younger politicians in local government will serve a term – “then they say, look we are in our principal money earning years, we can’t afford to do this for our family where it’s impacting on our superannuation.”

Mylchreest says an indication of the poor remuneration is that many people who run for council waited until they are retired and are receiving a pension.

“I think they probably need to reduce the number of councillors and pay them a more realistic remuneration for the amount of work they are doing – and really follow what central government politicians get.”

He “absolutely” agreed that the present remuneration impacted on the quality of local body councillors.

Local government was a good system.

“In fact, local government is the only democratic governance we’ve got – 40 per cent of central government MPs are appointed and they never face the electorate.”

He thought the country was getting “off

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track” with co-governance.

“We need to be talking good governance and not co-governance in my view.”

He believed the council should spend more time working with central government – “but at least standing up to them when they are making stupid decisions that are not based on fact”.

Three Waters was a classic example, he said. Waipā had forgone a lot of community development to invest in its own three waters – “and now it’s going to be expected to fund other areas which have not bitten the bullet”.

He said central government should call local body councils to account where they were not performing, but disagreed with a blanket approach.

He argued people came to Waipā because of the level of services the district have.

His other gripe was that local government was hamstrung on how it raised finances – “and the moment rates go up central government is criticising”.

“Yet look at the percentage of gross domestic product over the last 100 yearsrates impact is just about level at five per cent and central government taxes had grown exponentially.”

Councils were criticised for trying to manage on a rate base when they had no other sources of income - and he believed those councils should receive finding from other quarters.

“Even if it was GST on development contributions… around Waipā I wouldn’t imagine there’s a section for less than $350,000 – and out of that the government creams $50,000 in GST and none of it comes back to the community.”

• Jim’s life after politics – see page 4.

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Start with the slip

In response to MP Louise Upston’s comment regarding the Piarere intersection (The News, February 16), the most immediate improvement to the intersection would be to make the slip lane far more obvious to the traffic on SH29, so drivers “know”, not to cross over to the left.

Drivers wait for the north bound traffic to pass on SH1, holding up the traffic behind them. The proposed roundabout is not going to alleviate this situation.

Slowing the traffic only sees long queues building up, just look at the end of the expressway at Cambridge, two lanes with a third converging from Cambridge into one. It brings traffic to a screeching halt and takes kilometres to get moving again. The queues at this intersection show the traffic counts from 2019 to support the roundabout are way out of date.

During a three-and-a-half-day court hearing I attended there was no mention of the foggy situation in this area. In August 2022 in fog, a heavy transport truck ran into the stopped traffic causing serious injury to the people.

Visibility is very important here and a graded separation is needed to keep the traffic flowing.

There has to be improvement to traffic flow and safety, the graded separation is the ultimate choice, not the planned roundabout.

If that intersection was in another country it would have been improved long ago. Do things once and do it right, Don’t waste money on holding up traffic.

(Abridged)

John Hansen Cambridge

Rules and regulations

In response to the Mayor, Susan O’Regan, comments last week, sitting on the fence is not a solution to an emerging problem. The recent disasters in the Hawke’s Bay and

Gisborne were exacerbated by the forestry slash.

The slash problem has occurred because of successive public organisations sitting on their hands behind a desk. So abiding by the rules is not what these kiwifruit orchard developers do well. They break the rules to see what they can get away with and the response of the council is weak.

The disaster in Turkey and Syria seems to have been compounded by weak regulations, so we need to be more proactive to avoid future issues, and stick to the rules and regulations which are there for the benefit of us all.

Grant Walker Ōhaupō

Barrier concerns

On Saturday there was yet another serious crash in the southbound lane of the Cambridge-Karāpiro road. Waka Kotahi are telling, not suggesting, a wire barrier will stop the accidents/ incidents on our rural roads. They should live here and see the line of cars back up with nowhere to go, this included young kids in a wire barrier area getting out of their cars and standing on the road to get a look.

My thoughts and opinions are: drop the barriers we are going ahead with and reduce the speed to 90kph coupled with a double yellow line all the way from Cambridge to Piarere. People respect the yellow lines In my opinion. At present they are coming off the 110kph expressway and still travelling 105kph when they reach the 80kph limit.

How does this compact me? I am the owner driver of Safe Drive NZ Travel Shuttle. Installing a wire barrier will increase my travel to Cambridge by around eight kilometres a trip four to five days a week, because they make it impossible to access driveways or turning points on the other side of the road. Added to this is road user charges, time and fuel, adding $1600 to

$2000 to my operating cost a year. Every other person travelling to work will have the same added costs, some will be adding up to 16 kilometres a day for their travel to Cambridge.

If any emergency service needs to get to a property, they will have up to an extra 16 km to drive before reaching the patient. I am also concerned that the enclosed lanes may present issues in the event of an emergency – our nearest defibrillator is only about 1.5km across the road, but 9km if I have to drive around the barriers.

David McNally Cambridge

Museum cost

That the cost of the new museum in Te Awamutu has blown out in five years to more than $28 million (The New, February 19) is abhorrent and unjustifiable in any circumstance, but especially now. Rather than another legacy vanity project that will continue to blow out and add yet more long term financial stress to already overburdened ratepayers, council should consign the project to the scrapheap. Even a small part of the projected amount would be better spent, for example, cleaning the streets, unblocking gutters, repairing roads, improving street lighting in places where it is woefully inadequate and repairing water leaks promptly.

Enough is enough! The contempt council continues to show its residents is exemplified by the public excluded discussions of a “project implementation report”. Ratepayers are paying for this white elephant so have the right to be consulted and have their views made known.

I suspect keeping residents in ignorance avoids a groundswell of opposition to the project. It is though unsurprising that the project has the support of mana whenua. Does that support extend to financial capital and revenue support? I doubt it.

Kelvin Dunn Te Awamutu

I think we owe a debt of gratitude to all the line workers, roading engineers, fire and emergency staff and the guys and girls out in that cyclone and in the days after who got to work getting our district up and running and keeping it connected to the rest of the country so quickly.

The aftermath of the cyclone in Hawke’s Bay and East Coast have shown us that communities are going to need to be selfsufficient for a time after a catastrophic event.

Each time there is a natural disaster, we see the scenes on the 6pm news of the total devastation to those communities.

Soon the stories of the local heroes will start to filter through. The people with the chainsaws getting the roads cleared, for example. These stories show the best of our communities.

Building resilience within your local community is the best chance you have of getting through in the immediate aftermath –by pooling resources and skill sets.

While this disaster is fresh in our minds, it pays to think to the next and prepare as I talked about a few weeks ago in my previous column.

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Library membership

Membership at Waipā’s two libraries in Cambridge and Te Awamutu continue trending upwards as do book issues. Te Awamutu had 16,096 members and issued 78,526 books in the three months from October 1, while Cambridge had 21,538 members and issued 147,529 books, the council’s Service Delivery committee was told this week.

Boy racers prohibited

Roads in Cambridge, Maungatautari, Te Awamutu, Kihikihi, Pirongia and Ōhaupō will be closed between 9pm and 4am under Waipā council plans to curb antisocial driving. The behaviour is often intimidating, creates litter issues and excessive noise.

In rural areas, the noise frightens stock, as well as disturbing residents, council Transportation manager Bryan Hudson told the Service Delivery committee meeting this week.

Survey complete

Analysis on survey responses asking Te Awamutu residents about a brand to replace Rosetown has been completed. A working group comprising all Te AwamutuKihikihi Community Board members, Shane Walsh and Maria Heslop from the Chamber of Commerce and Bill Harris from Ngāti Apakura will now produce a report and make a recommendation to the community board.

High vis reps

There will be no mistaking Te Awamutu-Kihikihi Community Board members following the board’s decision last night to invest $250 in high vis vests for members attending community events.

Ange’s words

Watch out for community board chair Ange Holt’s column in next week’s Te Awamutu News.

History learned, recalled

By Steph Bell-Jenkins

The value of Aotearoa’s new history curriculum was made clear to Waipā students this week.

After about 50 people gathered in the mist on Tuesday for an annual commemoration of one of the country’s most controversial incidents, students from one Waipā school told how it had all been news to them.

Pupils from St Peter’s Catholic School in Cambridge expressed astonishment at the fact they had known nothing of history in their own district at Rangiaowhia – where a confrontation between Māori and pakeha took place more than 150 years ago.

“We were amazed as we delved deeper into the history of Rangiaowhia and learnt about its people, culture and their lifestyle,” said Valentina Di Maio, a student at St Peter’s Catholic School in Cambridge, speaking to a gathering at the Holy Angels Catholic mission site and urupa on Tuesday.

“My parents didn’t even know what it was, and when I told them of the incredibly well-run community that was known as the ‘food

bowl of Auckland’ they agreed with me that this is something important that should be shared and remembered within New Zealand.”

Lying between Cambridge and Te Awamutu, Rangiaowhia was a thriving village where Māori and pakeha lived together harmoniously for more than

two decades.

However, on February 21, 1864, British forces attacked it. A thatched building caught fire and an elderly man who ran out raising a white blanket above his head was shot, as were two others who tried to escape. There are conflicting views on how many died inside the burning building.

The students’ comments came in the week new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins acknowledged he left school with more knowledge of Tudor England than his own country.

The new history curriculum being rolled out in schools and focusing on New Zealand this year has roots in Rangiaowhia.

In 2015, students from Ōtorohanga College, aware of the Rangiaowhia story, presented a petition to parliament supporting a more New Zealand based history curriculum.

There were about 400 school students at this week’s commemoration and among the more than 100 adults was a strong representation from the Catholic and Anglican churches which have enjoyed a close relationship with the community.

The chair of the Ngati Apakura Runanga Trust, Bill Harris, said the commemorations were an opportunity for Ngati Apakura and Ngati Hinetu

to recognise the losses they had suffered.

“It hurts us when Jacinda… and this shouldn’t be a race or a competition, but when Jacinda says the first terrorist attack in New Zealand was in Christchurch, that’s just not true. And for somebody that comes from this area to make a statement of that nature really hurts as well.”

Roto-o-Rangi Rd resident Harland Sinclair, who attended Tuesday’s 6am service at 61 Rangiaowhia Rd with his seven-year-old daughter Kenzie, said he felt it was disgusting he hadn’t learnt about Rangiaowhia until he was 40.

“I think this particularly tragic event should be better known and better commemorated,” he said.

“It would never on the scale of Anzac Day or anything like that, but similar, where work starts a little bit later or something like that and enables people to come and commemorate properly and learn the history of it.”

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Archdeacon Turi Hollis speaks at the dawn service at Rangiaowhia – with the help of torch bearer archbishop David Moxon. Also pictured were Hazel Wanda, Moepatu Borell and Tom Roa. Photo: Steph Bell Jenkins

Year eight student Valentina Di Maio - sister of former Te Awamutu News columnist Matteo – represented St Peters Catholic School at Rangiaowhia

Retire or refire…that is

Roy Pilott catches up with former mayor Jim Mylchreest – and finds him refreshed and keen for a chat…

It was just a day after he celebrated his 70th birthday that Jim Mylchreest was ousted as Waipā’s mayor.

He was aiming for a fourth – and probably final term - having spent nine years in the

job.

“I thought it would be close – but I thought it would be closer,” he said of the result which saw Susan O’Regan win by almost 2000 votes.

They are experts in their field.

Election night was a victory for female candidates in regional and district council elections all over the Waikato. Not so for all male leaders. Mylchreest was rolled, Waikato deputy mayor Aksel

Bech failed to get the top job, the only one he sought, Waikato Regional Council chair Barry Quayle failed to get in after switching from Hamilton to the Waipā King Country

Continued next page

When Mike and Debbie Glasson bought a hydroseeder machine 17 years ago, it was arguably one of the most crucial business decisions they ever made.

The couple have owned Ōhaupō-based Lawn & Turf Contracting (civil and domestic lawn and turf specialists) for 21 years relying initially on Mike’s international experience as a golf course greenkeeper and turf expert.

He realised hydroseeding – hydraulic mulch seeding, or spray on lawns – offered cost effective opportunities to install a quick establishing and healthy lawn.

So, they borrowed the money to buy the hydroseeding machine and they have never regretted the decision.

The company now owns four hydroseeding machines using them for everything from domestic lawns to civil works, small lifestyle blocks and farms.

Mike was an earlier adopter of hydroseeding machines realising what a game-changer they are to the lawn and turf market.

“Preparation is the key and that’s what we pride ourselves on,” he said.

The service doesn’t stop after the lawn or turf has taken either. The company provides a complete package – from preparation and lawn installation through to irrigation and aftercare.

The business worked its way through the Covid pandemic and is now busier than it has ever been.

“Our business has grown due to our ability to provide an all-round service, from site preparation, irrigation design and installation, sowing of seed, hydroseeding and providing aftercare service and lawncare service,” said Mike.

In recent years the company has also branched out into synthetic artificial turf, popular among town house developers as an example.

They are both committed to their community – Mike grew up in Te Awamutu and Debbie in Ōtorohanga and they now run their family-owned business in Ōhaupō because it is ideally placed to cover the greater Waikato area.

The business has a large client base ranging from local councils, building companies, home owners, civil companies and has just completed a large hydroseeding job on the new Waikato Expressway in Tamahere.

They were also brought in to provide their expertise at the new Tīeke golf course (formerly Lochiel).

Swale drains, new roadside and footpath berms are among regular jobs they do for various councils and developers.

“We have a can do attitude – anything to do with lawn and turf, our goal is to get it right so our clients have a great

lawn or turf to be proud of,” said Mike.

Lawn & Turf also has an online shop for everything from lawn seed to fertiliser and garden equipment.

You can also visit their showroom in Ryburn Road (entrance off Forkert Road) in Ōhaupō to look at the various lawn and turf options available.

If you are a golfer, take your putter – Mike has installed a putting green to prove his greenkeeping skills are still top notch.

There are also examples of lawn available – rye-fescue, fine fescue or tall fescue – so you can take your shoes off and try it out yourself.

Debbie and Mike Glasson with one of their trucks and hydroseeder machines at their Ōhaupō Lawn & Turf Contracting premises.

Debbie and Mike Glasson on the putting green set up at their Ōhaupō Lawn & Turf Contracting premises.

Debbie and Mike Glasson at their Ōhaupō Lawn & Turf Contracting premises.

Jim Mylchreest has enjoyed having the grandchildren over – and being able to spend as much time with them as he likes.

Jim’s question

seat and his predecessor Russ Rimmington was also ousted.

Mylchreest banked on his reputation to get back in – he spent a third of what rivals O’Regan and Chris Woodhams paid out for their election campaigns. It’s a decision he says he doesn’t regret.

It’s Thursday morning and Jim Mylchreest is looking relaxed and fit.

There are upsides to not being a mayor.

“Since October I’ve been trying to catch up 30 years of inattention to our lifestyle property,” he explains.

He’s also been able to spend time with his family – including five grandchildren. Being mayor is a seven day a week job and Mylchreest took pride in endeavouring to accept every invitation.

His siblings live close and of the five Mylchreest children, two are in Hamilton, one has returned home, one is in New Plymouth and the other in Wellington.

But now he’s wondering what the future holds – is this retirement life the way, or should be get back into public life in one form or another?”

“I’ve got to make up my mind on whether I do go and look for something else to do or whether I just accept age has caught up with me.”

He now looks back on the election result with a touch of humour, but also reveals the unusual emotions it brings.

“I don’t like to think I’ve passed it at 70 –but a lot of people obviously did.”

The sentence is ended with a laugh.

He found it quite strange when Cyclone Gabrielle was doing its worst n Waipā.

“I’m thinking I should be out there doing something – and I’m not.

Nine years as mayor, then nothing.

“It’s an instant cut off, if you are planning to stand down, it’s probably not quite the shock.

“To lose 45 years of experience and knowledge – it’s effectively wasted. It’s something I’m mulling over – what to do next.”

But it goes with the territory – that’s what you accept when you put your hand up for local or central government, he says.

Our chat covers his views on central government, achievements, critics – and a strange request to the Audit Office.

He acknowledged letter writers to The News – and one in particular - who complain that population growth in Waipa was not necessary.

“There is a kernel of truth in it. One of the big issues for New Zealand is to determine what the level of growth is. There has been no national debate on what size we want New Zealand’s population to be.

“The infrastructure that was put in in the older parts of town and cities around New Zealand was designed for one house on a quarter acre section and 35 per cent site coverage – so it you allow 85 per cent site coverage the system can’t cope.”

Other callers to The News would occasionally reveal they knew something –the mayor’s wife Robyn was chief executive Garry Dyet’s PA – (and still is).

The background was Mylchreest, a Waipā County Council staffer, employed Dyet as an environmental health officer 30 years

ago when Robyn was a council secretary.

“When I got into office – and I’ve got a really good working relationship with Garry Dyet - we said if it doesn’t work, Robyn would resign. We ran it by the Audit Office and got a clearance.

“I would joke that I’m the only mayor in the country that’s got Audit Office approval to sleep with the chief executive’s PA.

“I don’t think it would work in a lot of places, I think it worked well here - there were no secrets, no hidden agendas. It’s critical for good local government for management to work openly with their political masters, for want of a better word … and that’s why I think Waipā has done so well even before I was mayor. There has always been a strong relationship between the political arm and the management and having aligned goals.”

On social media he was less complimentary.

He doesn’t do social media.

And he hopes his successor O’Regan doesn’t spend too much time reading what’s on there – “because it’s soul destroying”.

“Continually you’ve got to tell yourself 95 per cent of the population are good people who appreciate what’s going on.

“You just think what a miserable life they must have.”

Of his successor Susan O’Regan, who he called to congratulate as soon as the result was announced - and who he appointed Strategic committee chair to lead the Long Term Plan consultation … “I’ve got no criticism – she’s an astute lady”.

Chimes challenge

The Kihikihi War Memorial Tower clock’s $70,000 upgrade has hit a snag because council staff have been unable to deactivate the chimes at night. Waterproofing, painting, upgrading the clock face and hand refurbishment all went well. Clockmakers will finalise the electronics and have the chimes fixed by next month.

Te Kanohi fees

Waipā’s four iwi representatives – known as Te Kanohi - will receive meeting fees rather than an annual payment, under a recommendation tabled at the Finance and Corporate committee this week. A $450 half day and $550 full day meeting fee, plus mileage, will be paid. The annual fee will come to about $16,300 – up by $3300.

Property sales stall

John Miles’ resignation as Property Projects manager at Waipā District Council has delayed the disposal of property programme, which is essential for much of the work identified in the Long Term Plan. The position will be filled early next month. Finance staff will identify how much of the programme can be completed in this financial year ended June 30.

Batteries all go

The Te Awamutu-Kihikihi Community Board’s trial collecting batteries at Pak‘n Save has been a big success. More than 442kg of household batteries have been picked up by Urban Miners at a cost of $1991.03 to the community board. The board was to discuss at its meeting last night (after The News went to press) whether to continue the trial.

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The clean up after the storm

Five crews and specialist arborists have been working across Waipā in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle, which destroyed or damaged badly more than 100 trees in the district.

“We’re mindful that compared to some parts of New Zealand, Waipā has got off pretty lightly. So, while we might be facing some inconvenience, we’re a lot better off than many others,” district council chief executive Garry Dyet said.

Cambridge took the biggest battering in the district, and it will take months to complete a district wide clean up.

Garry Dyet said while most of the critical work for council will be completed over the next couple of weeks, less urgent work may stretch into April and possibly beyond.

“That means, if you have logged a job with us, unless the tree deteriorates further, please be patient and know we have it in hand. Our council team, and our team of contractors have done a phenomenal job under incredibly trying circumstances and I couldn’t be prouder.”

He also issued another plea for residents to stay away from unsafe and fallen trees and not take it upon themselves to cut firewood.

“The last thing we need is people wandering around with chainsaws – that’s a nightmare scenario. We’re very happy to leave firewood in piles for people to take away and we’re doing that as fast as we can. But having people come onto work

More take the city’s buses

Half-price bus fares as part of the government’s cost of living support are contributing to an increase in patronage on regional bus services from Cambridge and Te Awamutu to Hamilton.

Those numbers are expected to rise further with the launch of services from Te Kuiti and Tokoroa which stop in both towns.

Figures released to Waipā District Council’s Service Delivery committee show people using public transport is well ahead of last year – when Covid restrictions were in place – and now ahead of pre-Covid levels.

sites is making the whole clean-up more difficult and slower so please folks, keep your distance.”

As with the response to the flooding in Auckland earlier this month, Waipā residents have been offering help to those who suffered much more from the cyclone.

Te Miro farmer Paul Manion is organising an event on Saturday to raise funds.

He is joining forces with other farmers in the area to run what they are calling The Great Te Miro Chop from around 8am. One of their number has a supply of leftover

logs after having his timber milled, and it is these logs that will be available to be split into firewood for sale.

The generosity of local communities is being welcomed by Civil Emergency and Red Cross teams who are collaborating nationwide to support the relief effort, but they are urging donors to familiarise themselves with what is needed.

Wayne Allan, Western Waikato local civil defence controller, said making monetary donations were the single, most helpful things

people can do.

“Donations of money enable support organisations to provide exactly what is needed to those most affected. The donation of physical goods, while extremely generous and well-intentioned, is just not the most effective way to help at this minute. Often those donations don’t match exactly what communities need, resulting in an oversupply and lack of capacity to manage this.,” he said. “This is the feedback we are getting overwhelmingly from those on the ground.”

Transportation manager Bryan Hudson said design and planning was also well advanced for electric bus charging stations in Cambridge and Kihikihi. Diesel powered buses currently run on the regional services.

The once-a-day Tokoroa and Te Kuiti services are on trial for 18 months subject to patronage. The Te Kuiti Connector leaves the town at 6.50am, arrives in Kihikihi at 7.30am, Te Awamutu at 7.37am and Ōhaupō at 7.49am. The service finishes at Wintec Rotokauri at 8.23am where it leaves at 5.15pm, arriving in Te Kuiti at 6.47pm.

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The road through Memorial Park in Te Awamutu was blocked by a fallen oak. Mac Hodgson was among the team called in to cut it up.

Photo: Arthur Uden.

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News A Snip in Time

From sales to dampened spirits

New sale yards at Te Awamutu were officially opened by Waikato MP

Mr H Greenslade who congratulated the Town Board on their initiative in providing such modern yards.

The sale started immediately after the opening and there was a large yarding of cattle of all classes.

Also up for sale were sheep, pigs, two draught horses, tine and chain harrows, a disc plough, fast buggy horse covers, a farm wagon and harness.

Treading on a match had near disastrous results for an employee of Rickit’s hardware and furnishing store at Te Awamutu.

The employee, who was upstairs handling kapok accidentally ignited the match and soon the top portion of the two storey building was well alight. A bucket brigade manned by residents was quickly on the scene and stopped the spread of the fire.

riverbank was lined with crowds of eager picnickers. Children minus shoes and stockings were soon dipping their toes in the river while others got right in. Young folk indulged in various games while older members contentedly sat beneath the willow trees.

held at Pirongia to discuss deepening and clearing a stretch of the Waipā River from Pirongia to Te Kopua. In the past, canoes and barges regularly used the waterways and it was only the arrival of the railway that reduced the use of the rivers and streams.

could be cut giving access to Auckland.

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The building was also occupied by Messrs Empson, dentist, and Mr Warburton, printer and stationer, whose stock was considerably water damaged.

Recent progress though had made it possible to use the Waikato River from Mercer as far as Pirongia on the Waipā.

Heavy rain falling during the Ōhaupō Club’s annual race meeting rather dampened spirits as there was no cover available, apart from a few umbrellas, the jockeys’ dressing room, and the leeward side of vehicles. The bedraggled aspect of some of the ladies, who had sailed forth in their best finery, was comical in the extreme.

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A monthly gardening column, courtesy of Amber Garden Centre

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Great interest was taken in the nail driving competitions for ladies. After tea, the remaining provisions were packed, and horses and wagons readied for the return journey to Kihikihi. The children then scattered to their homes to prepare for an evening concert and social at the Presbyterian Church which was keenly enjoyed by a very large audience.

For settlers along the river, freights would be much cheaper, timber and cargoes of coal could go by boat, wool could be loaded for Auckland, cream could go to central factories and stores could come upstream.

Autumn is nature’s natural planting time, soil temperature and moisture levels return to normal, planting trees and shrubs gives them the chance to establish new roots before winter. Look out for new season’s camellias and rhododendrons available now.

VEGETABLES

As the weather remains so hot, it is important to make sure the garden is well looked after. Watering bigger plants like perennials and hedging heavily a few times a week will be more beneficial than daily light watering. Annuals and vegetables may need more frequent watering. Plants benefit more from being watered in the early hours of the morning or at dusk. This will help prevent leaves from burning in the harsh sunlight

As the weather remains so hot, it is important to make sure the garden is well looked after. Watering bigger plants like perennials and hedging heavily a few times a week will be more beneficial than daily light watering. Annuals and vegetables may need more frequent watering. Plants benefit more from being watered in the early hours of the morning or at dusk. This will help prevent leaves from burning in the harsh sunlight

The first annual Presbyterian Sunday school picnic was held in Mr Allen’s paddock beside the Punui River.

The day was thoroughly enjoyable, in spite of the intense heat, and the

The occasion was a financial success, despite admission being only a humble silver coin.

A public meeting was

The smaller scheme, Pirongia to Te Kopua, should be done first and then, joining hands with fellow settlers lower down the river, two canals

Gardens charge coming

Hamilton Gardens’ enclosed gardens will come at a cost to non-Hamilton residents.

Vegetables – February is the month where everything is ripe. So it’s a great time to preserve or freeze excess produced to enjoy over the cooler months. Inconsistent watering can lead to vegetable plants drying out and becoming bitter, it also increases the chances of pests and diseases attacking.

Vegetables – February is the month where everything is ripe. So it’s a great time to preserve or freeze excess produced to enjoy over the cooler months. Inconsistent watering can lead to vegetable plants drying out and becoming bitter, it also increases the chances of pests and diseases attacking.

Dig potato crops and store in a cool, dark, airy place. Winter crops of greens – cabbage, broccoli, silverbeet and Chinese cabbage – all enjoy the cooler temperatures. Plant seeds of radish turnips along with peas and broad beans. Bare areas in the vege garden can be sown with green crops such as mustard or lupin, to be dug in later to feed the soil for spring.

Herbs – it is common for softer leaved herbs like basil, dill and coriander to go to seed very quickly in this hotter weather. Harvest the young foliage early and dry it or freeze it to use later.

FLOWERS

Herbs – it is common for softer leaved herbs like basil, dill and coriander to go to seed very quickly in this hotter weather. Harvest the young foliage early and dry it or freeze it to use later.

Winter colour for the garden – pansy, viola, primula, poppies and dianthus. Planting while the weather is still nice will get them established and give colour throughout the cooler months. Spring bulbs can be planted now the soil temperature has cooled.

Flowers – While it is still hot and dry, plants like begonias, petunias and portulaca will do better. It is time to start thinking about your winter garden beds but hold fire on planting until it cools down more, or plant in shade.

LAWNS Autumn

Flowers – While it is still hot and dry, plants like begonias, petunias and portulaca will do better. It is time to start thinking about your winter garden beds but hold fire on planting until it cools down more, or plant in shade.

Hamilton City Council has opted to charge visitors a $10 fee to the themed gardens –but there will be a concession arrangement for Waipā and Waikato district residents. The fees will apply to visitors 16 and over and concession rates will include annual passes for nonHamiltonians. The rates are yet to be determined.

The date the new charging regime will be introduced will coincide with the completion of the Gardens’ Visitor Entry Precinct project, expected to be late this year or early 2024.

Access from Waipā to the gardens for cyclists on the Te Awa River Ride opened with the completion of a link from Tamahere at the end of last year.

An important ceremony at Te Awamutu - the opening of the saleyards by Mr H. J. Greenslade, MP for Waikato.

‘Stockade’ for housing

By Mary Anne Gill

A large open space near the centre of Kihikihi locally known for decades as the “Stockade Reserve” has been identified as a much-needed section for housing.

Until recently Riding for the Disabled operated out of the land but Waipā District Council recently purchased land on Herbert Street which the charitable organisation can move onto.

Deputy chief executive Ken Morris said in a report to the Finance and Corporate committee this week it gave the council an opportunity to develop a conceptual masterplan for a housing development.

The planning work would also look into the possibility

Domain job to tender

By Mary Anne Gill

of the new Kihikihi skatepark being based there.

Stockade Reserve is bounded by Grey, Rolleston, Hall and Whitmore streets. Sometimes also called the Government Paddock, it was the site of the British Army military stables during the Land Wars of the mid to late 19th century.

The work, to be done in four stages, will cost $26,000 and produce a proposed plan.

The site is currently zoned as a reserve which would have to be changed for housing purposes.

“There is potential in this for the reserve zoning to be shifted elsewhere, to enable this land to be used for ‘highest and best’ purpose. These aspects will be considered in the master planning work,” said Morris.

The meeting was held after The News went to press.

Waipā District Council will go to the market to find a company to provide onsite management at its Lake Karāpiro events venue.

GL Events Ltd, a company owned by deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk and her husband Andrew Reymer, has provided the service for the past 19 years and is into the last year of a six-year contract.

In a report to council’s Finance and Corporate committee this week – after The News went to press –Property Services manager Chris Ryan said the domain was a legal reserve vested in the council.

“Priority is given for recreation and sporting activities for the physical welfare and enjoyment of the community. There is limited ability to charge for services at the domain which means that council retains responsibility for funding access to services,” he said in his report.

Procuring a management service – as it has done with GL Events – ensured a high quality standard of both service delivery and community engagement.

By putting the contract out to tender, the process would invite competitive bids on

the open market, said Ryan. Hamilton-based The Property Group will handle the tender on council’s behalf. A procurement plan will be finalised by March 1, consultation take place with Mana Whenua and a contract updated by the end of March.

A request for tender would go to the market in early April and close on April 28. The new contract runs from July 1. Stolwyk’s involvement with Karāpiro Domain predates her election as a councillor in 2016. Each term she has declared her conflict of interest and obtained approval from the Office of the Auditor General to continue her involvement at the domain.

In her GL Events report to the finance committee, Stolwyk said the Mighty River-sponsored domain was recognised as an international, domestic and local event centre and had recovered to pre Covid operating levels.

“While it has been a slow recovery back to our normal operating levels, we can definitely look to the future with a lot of optimism that the events industry is moving in the right direction.”

Some events ran with

reduced numbers but were rebuilding, she said.

The wedding market had picked up and gaps in the events calendar were being filled by them. The Sir Don Rowlands Events Centre caters for up to 400 people banquet style.

Stolwyk said the bounce back after Covid highlighted how inadequate the accommodation was for the corporate and recreational market.

A feasibility study showed it was worth further investigation, she said.

“This project may be suitable to work with a partner as a joint venture and should be considered in the next long-term plan.”

Traffic management is another issue.

“Traffic management has moved from something domain staff could handle in

house but now has become so complex it is moving behind our original scope as domain management.

“However outsourcing this has seen event hosts being burdened with costs going from $1200 to run and event to over $19,000. A solution needs to be sought to satisfy event hosts and keep compliant,” said Stolwyk.

Deputy chief executive Ken Morris told the committee Stolwyk’s suggestions “resonate with officers”. Council staff would work to identify, assess and implement solutions.

“The possibility of the development of further accommodation capacity on site will be considered as part of the development of the 2024 to 2034 long term plan,” he said.

Liz Stolwyk and husband Andrew Reymer working during the recent Waka Ama nationals.

Photo: Mary Anne Gill

Riding for the Disabled currently uses the Stockade Reserve.

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Sharing spaces on the streets

By Mary Anne Gill

Erik Van Der Wel is part of a team at the forefront of getting Waipā residents out of their cars and onto a network where they can safely walk, bike or scooter.

The $10.9 million to build a district-wide Urban Mobility Network over the next eight years is already underway and will start ramping up soon on both sides of the district.

Van Der Wel, the Transportation programme engineer, joined deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk and Cambridge Community Board chair Jo Davies-Colley to show The News the start of a safe route from the town which will eventually connect to the Te Awa Cycle way at St Peter’s School west of Cambridge.

To say the project has been mired in controversy is an understatement.

It started with the experimental ‘Streets for People’ with its polka dots and pink traffic sticks and on the way resulted in the closure of a popular dairy in Grey Street as the street was sealed off to accommodate the first stage of the two-way Hamilton Road Cycleway.

Stolwyk and Van Der Wel both conceded there were parts of those projects that were not well communicated.

And as we stop for a photo in a Shared Zone space at the northern

intersection of Grey Street and Hamilton Road – the through route to Cambridge Middle School which has seen a huge increase in cycling and scooter numbers since ‘Streets for People’ – the communication confusion is obvious as cars assume control of the space.

Explaining what a Shared Zone space is to all users is a priority as these spaces will form part of the future network.

“We know most people want fewer cars on our roads and safe pathways for mobility scooters, e-scooters and walkers,” Stolwyk said last year when the government announced Waipā would get up to $10.4 million from its Climate Emergency Relief Fund.

That money will go on two projects – a linked pedestrian and cycleway connecting Kihikihi Town Centre with the primary school and domain – and the protected pathways in Cambridge West taking in the new housing opposite Te Awa Village.

Stolwyk chairs a governance group which meets regularly to establish a shortlist of priority options for the network on both sides of the district.

Its next job next month will be to develop short list options from the project team’s strategic case.

The council will seek further community input at in-person drop in sessions and an online Zoom webinar.

Davies-Colley has three children

who cycle regularly to and from school and she often accompanies them. She is aware of the issues all

road users experience and wants to ensure the community is involved. The same is true in Te Awamutu and Kihikihi where the community

board there is taking an active interest in the network which will eventually link the two communities together.

Stage Three almost sold out

From left, Wiremu Kapa, Kihikihi Primary School principal Sunny West, Mitchell Lawrence and Waipā deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk celebrate plans for safer pathways in Kihikihi.

Did you get the memo?

Phil Strong, Senior Leader, Zion

I think God is trying to get our attention.

In the wake of natural disasters like earthquakes we see horrific tragedies like mass-shootings.

On the back of global pandemics, we see flooding and cyclones.

People are hungry and homeless, and yet many of us are guilty of turning our focus inward. We’re more worried about how we feel than how others fare.

I assume you’ve heard the story of Noah. A big boat built in the desert. Rain for 40 days. Massive flooding. Global apocalypse. The Bible says that life on earth will be like the days on Noah; “In those days before the flood, the people were enjoying banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat.”

Jesus speaks these words to urge us all that in these horrible times we should be looking for God, not focused on ourselves.

With so many crazy events happening, I must ask you, did you get the memo? I think God is trying to get your attention.

For centuries people have asked, “why does God not stop the storm?”

This is a valid question because we know that, as Creator of all things, He holds the power to speak to any storm and make it cease. (Jesus did this several times).

So, when God chooses not to stop the storm, we have to accept He has a better outcome in mind.

God uses the events of our world to try and connect with us.

Countless times in the scriptures, God says “Cry out to me and I will come and save you.”

The truth is, God wants to be involved in your life, He wants to be known as the

God who saves. Often, though, the only time we consider needing ‘help from on high’ is when we are in trouble.

And that’s okay. Ultimately, God is waiting for you to cry out to Him.

I’m sure you’ve all enjoyed a good Christmas dinner in your time.

And in the enjoying of that celebration, it’s possible you have heard the reason for the season is the Son of God; Jesus. What you may not know is the meaning of the name Jesus is ‘God saves.’

As a demonstration God’s deep desire to be connected with us, He sent Jesus as a messenger of salvation.

When the angel told Joseph to name the child Jesus, God was giving us an eternal signpost that points the way to Him.

Jesus shows us that God wants to be involved in our lives. Jesus even gave us this message when he said, “I am the way to God.”

In 1984, vibrant preacher Dr Robert Schuller published a book titled, ‘Tough Times Don’t Last, Tough People Do.’ I love the message of this book and I love the passionate faith of the author. I’ve read this book many times, often when I’m in a tough season of life.

God will use any method He can to get us to look to Him for help. Did you get the memo?

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

The “Devil Dogs” of King Company, Third Battalion, 5th Marines were among the first American soldiers to take the offensive in World World II – and also the last.

They landed on the beaches of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in August 1942 and were present when Okinawa, Japan’s most southerly prefecture, finally fell to American troops after a bitter struggle in June 1945. In between they fought in the “Green Hell” of Cape Gloucester on the island of New Britain, and across the coral wasteland of Peleliu in the Palau Islands, a campaign described by one King Company veteran as “thirty days of the meanest, around-the-clock slaughter that desperate men can inflict on each other.”

The Devil Dogs were asked to do something extraordinary: take on the victorious Imperial Japanese Army, composed of some of the most effective, “utterly ruthless and treacherous” soldiers in world history—and defeat it. This is the story of how they did just that and, in the process, forged bonds of brotherhood that still survive today.

Remarkably, the company contained an unusually high number of talented writers, whose first-hand accounts and memoirs provide the color, emotion, and context for this extraordinary story.

SAUL DAVID is a critically renowned military historian and broadcaster. He is the author, most recently, of Operation Thunderbolt; Crucible of Hell; and The Force. He lives outside of Bath, England, where he is a professor of military history at the University of Buckingham.

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Loafing about

Apparently, during the COVID pandemic, many Kiwis decided to accept lockdown — albeit reluctantly — and simply ‘loaf about’. The increase in loaf pan sales indicates a new-found taste around the country for making bread and other loaves to satisfy comfort-food needs. Sweet or savoury loaves — whether yeast, culture or baking powder-risen — their popularity soared. There are a many different types of loaf pans available including traditional metal, heat-proof glass, fancy designer cardboard shapes and the new silicone variants. The latter do not need lining with baking paper— just a light brushing with oil or melted butter.

If you don’t own the same sized pan as stated in each recipe, fill your pan with water and measure the number of cups it holds. As long as it holds approximately the same as those in the following guide then the recipe will work. Alternatively, you could use two smaller pans, reducing the cooking time.

A guide to loaf pan quantities:

A 24cm x 13cm x 7cm loaf pan holds six cups.

A 21cm x 10cm x 6.5cm loaf pan holds four cups.

A 17cm x 9cm x 5cm loaf pan holds two cups.

For best results, measure all the ingredients first — level metric measurements please — then start the mixing.

GLUTEN-FREE BANANA & BLUEBERRY BREAD

Moist and yummy, this loaf can be stored for 3-4 days covered in the fridge or 3 months (sliced) in the freezer.

1 1/2 cups chickpea flour

1 teaspoon each: baking soda, ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon salt

3 ripe medium bananas

1/4 cup honey

2 eggs

5 tablespoons pure olive oil

2 teaspoons vanilla essence

1 teaspoon cider vinegar

1 cup blueberries

Preheat the oven to 180°C. Line a 4-cup — 21cm x 10cm x 6.5cm — loaf pan with baking paper and lightly brush with olive oil. In a medium bowl combine the chickpea flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.

Mash the bananas well. There should be about 1cup of mash.

Place in a large bowl with the honey, eggs, olive oil, vanilla essence and cider vinegar. Beat until creamy. Fold in the dry ingredients together with the blueberries, until just combined.

Pour into the prepared loaf pan. Bake for 50-55 minutes until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes then turn onto a wire rack to cool completely.

TANGY FRUIT LOAF

A popular coffee accompaniment or lunchbox treat.

1 cup water

125g each: craisins, dried apricots (diced)

25g butter, diced

3/4 cup sugar

1 tablespoon golden syrup

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 large egg

1 1/2 cups plain flour

1/2 teaspoon each: salt, baking powder, baking soda

Place the water in a medium saucepan and bring to a simmer. Add the craisins and diced apricots then add the butter, sugar, golden syrup and spices. Simmer for about 8 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cool completely.

Preheat the oven to 170°C. Line a 21cm x 9.5cm loaf pan with baking paper. Or if using a silicone loaf pan, brush lightly with oil. Lightly beat the egg in a small bowl. Stir into the cold fruit mixture,

Sift the flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda together into a large bowl. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients all at once. Fold together until smooth but just moistened. Tip into the prepared loaf pan. Bake for 50-60 minutes until a

skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes then turn onto a wire rack to cool completely. Store wrapped in foil in a cool place.

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GINGER BEER BREAD

Purchase about 750g pumpkin. I cooked peeled and seeded pumpkin chunks in the microwave then mashed them until smooth. Ensure the mash is dry.

3 cups plain flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano

1 1/2 cups mashed pumpkin

1 egg, lightly beaten

2 tablespoons maple syrup or honey

1 cup ginger beer

1 1/2 cups grated tasty cheddar cheese

1 tablespoon pumpkin seeds

Preheat the oven to 190°C. Line a 24cm x 13cm x 7cm loaf pan with baking paper.

Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and oregano in a medium bowl.

In a large bowl combine the pumpkin. egg, maple syrup and ginger beer until smooth. Add the dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture. Mix until just moistened then stir in the cheese.

Pour into the prepared loaf pan and smooth the top lightly. Sprinkle with the pumpkin seeds.

Bake for 50-60 minutes, until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes then remove from the pan. Delicious sliced and served plain or spread with butter. Also great toasted for breakfast.

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• Previous CNC Laser or pro le cutting experience is an added advantage although not essential as training will be provided. We’re looking for a positive, “can-do” attitude in someone who will enjoy the challenges of this important role. If you think this is you, please submit your application to;

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