Te Awamutu News | July 6, 2023

One of the ‘great ones’

By Jeremy Smith

Robbie Morriss’ favourite colour was red.

When he was a builder, his work van and all his tools were red, he loved red jelly, red roses and even owned a red diary.

“So,” his daughter Christine Morriss said last week, “...we thought it perfect for him to rest easy in a red casket painted by his family using his final pale of red paint.”

The life of a man described as outgoing, articulate, meticulous and family-orientated was honoured last week as Robbie’s family and friends gathered at Te Awamutu’s Alexandra House Chapel.

Robbie, who served almost 60 years with the New Zealand Fire Service - 58 to be exact - died aged 85 on June 22.

He was a former chief fire officer of both Te Awamutu Volunteer Fire Brigade and Pirongia Voluntary Rural Fire Force.

Robert Morriss was born on October 11, 1937 in Te Awamutu, the youngest of four children.

When Robbie’s mother died when he was seven, his siblings helped raise him while his father George ran the family business.

At 17, he was employed as a building apprentice by Jack Dalton.

“The two,” Christine said of her father and Jack, “...would go on to have a wonderful working relationship.”

Robbie ultimately became a selfemployed builder and it was Jack who encouraged him to join the Te Awamutu Volunteer Fire Brigade in January 1955. It was a dedication which would last decades and bring accolades.

He was president of the United Fire Brigades Association in 1986-87, recognised with a Gold Star for 25 years’ service in 1980 and made an honorary life member of the Te Awamutu brigade in 1987.

He was appointed Te Awamutu’s chief fire officer in 1990 and was awarded a Queen’s Service Medal in 1995.

In 1994, about a year after the Pirongia

Voluntary Rural Fire Force was established, force members asked Robbie to help train them. For about 18 months, he held both the role of Te Awamutu’s chief fire officer and a role in which he helped with training at Pirongia.

After retiring in 1996, he formally joined Pirongia as a training officer – ultimately becoming Pirongia’s chief fire officer in 2003.

In 2007, Robbie was honoured with a medal for 50 years with the fire service at a ceremony at Pirongia Rugby Sports Club.

Among other roles, Robbie was, at various times, president of the King Country Fire Brigade Sub Association, the Waikato Fire Brigade Sub Association and the Auckland Provincial Fire Brigades Association.

He retired in 2012.

Te Awamutu Volunteer Fire Brigade chief fire officer Ian Campbell noted that, “In between the few dates that have been mentioned, Robbie devoted many volunteer hours, and made multiple contributions to his community.”

Robbie’s time in the fire service, Christine said, was sustained by a combination of his compassion for his community, his outstanding practical ability and his love of camaraderie.

He and wife Margaret – “two peas in a pod”, were married 60 years.

Summer weekends were spent travelling up and down the country attending “intense and exciting” fire brigade competitions - Te Awamutu were a formidable team.

Those competitions became a large part of Robbie’s life. He won three national titles and numerous other district titles.

Former Pirongia Volunteer Rural Fire Force chief fire officer Bruce Budd said Robbie was one of the “great ones”.

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Robbie Morriss served 58 years with the New Zealand Fire Service, a tenure shared between the Te Awamutu and Pirongia brigades.

Clam work

As the only regional paper in these parts, it’s fair the Waikato Times has a chance to set the record straight on The News’ claim that “MPI handpicked a regional newspaper to break the story and take photographs in the lake last month – but did not approach The News.”

A Times reporter heard about the arrival of this pest in our waterways on May 25 through the old journalistic practice of talking to sources. This was soon stacked up through questions put to the regional council and MPI, who then subsequently put out press releases to other media outlets - but that’s their job. Finding news first is ours.

The reference to ‘taking photographs in the lake’, appears to refer to a Waikato Times story on June 8 where NIWA and MPI officials were interviewed and photographed at Bob’s Landing.

Again, a Times reporter did a basic journalistic task by going to check out some popular spots in a hunt for the clams himself. He co-incidentally found not only clams but a host of officials at work and gathered a story while our photographer took pictures.

This option would also have been available for Cambridge News if a reporter had cared to burn the shoe leather to go looking.

Jonathan Mackenzie Editor, Waikato Region, Stuff

Editor’s note: Congratulations to the Waikato Times for some excellent journalism. We acknowledge errors were introduced into our story on June 22 in the editing process. MPI did not “handpick”, it emailed media including The News on May 25 to report the presence of the clams. We apologise and are happy to set the record straight. We have updated the online version of this story.

Sowing the seeds

By Jeremy Smith

Practically speaking, a mandarin tree may have been planted at Central Kids Hazelmere Kindergarten on Tuesday – but seeds of something much bigger are being sown.

For the last five years, staff have been helping the centre’s nearly 40 children, aged 2-5, learn about Matariki – the Māori new year.

Central Kids Hazelmere Kindergarten kaiwhakāko, or head teacher, Tina Singh said planting the tree was a way of acknowledging Papatūānuku, Mother Earth, and the star Tipuarangi, linked to food grown above ground.

She said it was part of a variety of other initiatives planned throughout this week – including a vegetable soup and pyjamas day tomorrow (Friday).

On hand on at Tuesday’s planting was Kainga Aroha Community House manager Kane Rangitonga, who led the children in a short karakia before helping to plant the tree

“We’ve been discussing the themes of Matariki - including rembrance, celebrating the present and also taking the opportunity to look to the future and set goals and aspirations for ourselves in the coming year,” Tina Singh said. Kane Rangitonga was delighted

On the beat with Constable Ryan Fleming

Here’s a look at what has kept Te Awamutu police busy over the past week.

Monday - Police arrested a male as a result of a family harm issue, a supermarket reported a shoplifting incident, we attended two other family harm events and a motor vehicle collision on Pirongia Road

Tuesday - Police attended a family harm and issued a Police Safety Order and assisted Te Awamutu Mental Health with sectioning a male in crisis. Police discovered a male on burglary charges had breached bail and a youth on bail who breached his curfew. Police were called to suspicious event where it had sounded like a gun had been discharged. This could not be confirmed.

Wednesday - Police received a report of a phone scam where an unknown person convinced a female to delete her banking app and install a new one. Police also attended commercial burglary, two family harm events and a civil dispute. A male was referred to youth aid for driving with a suspended licence, a vehicle was interfered

with at a commercial premises and a male was arrested for breaching his bail.

Briefly, I would like to speak to the scam phone call. It is a must that you confirm the identity of the caller. The easiest way to not be a victim of a scam is to ring your bank with the number from the phonebook or from google directly to confirm the caller is genuine.

Thursday - Two youths were found by members of the public attempting to break into cars. Police also attended a family harm and a disorder incident.

Friday - Two family harm events, a mental health incident, a male stole a fishing rod from a commercial premises, two vehicles were broken into and a male was found to be driving with excess breath alcohol.

Saturday - A stolen vehicle was recovered, police attended a sudden death, a person reported a scam, (In this case they have seen it for what it was), and police attended a mental health incident.

Sunday - Police attended four family harm

to hear the children were taking time to honour and observe Matariki, adding it was an important value to instil while they’re young.

events, one of which resulted in a Police Safety Order being issued. I have mentioned in the above summary a few times about Police Safety Orders so I’ll explain. A Police Safety Order (PSO) is a tool police use to ensure safety during a family harm event. They are typically for use when no evidence of an offence is present but attending staff can see that the family harm is likely to escalate should no action be taken.

Police can issue the order for up to 10 days and it prohibits the person being served the order from making any form of contact (including through intermediaries). This can include children as well. The order also prohibits the person being served from going to any address the protected person may be, including the home address. There are checks and balances on the order - for example a sergeant must authorise the issuing of the order.

Kainga Aroha Community House manager Kane Rangitonga, left, with Central Kids Hazelmere Kindergarten kaiwhakaako, head teacher, Tina Singh and Nikau McDougall and Royce Aarts planting the mandarin tree.

Rates dispute

Almost 400 property owners have objected to the new values put on their properties in Waipā by Quotable Value. Some complain their values are too high, others that they are too low. QV’s value of Waipā properties as at August 2022 was 45.4 per cent up on 2019. The 384 objections amount to about 1.5 per cent of owners in the district.

Matariki events

Cambridge’s Town Hall Community Trust and Ngāti Koroki Kahukura will host the inaugural Matariki ki Te Oko Horoi – Matariki celebrations – in Cambridge on July 14. Ngāti Apakura will host Mānawatia a Matariki at Kihikihi Domain the following day.

Author named

Waipā author Nikki Crutchley has been named in the long list for the 2023 Ngaio Marsh Award for best novel award. Crutchley’s In her Blood is one of 14 titles longlisted. The winner will be announced in August.

Bird lost

Efforts to save an endangered Australian bittern – a matuku-hūrepo - by the Conservation Department have failed and prompted a warning to hunters to identify their targets. The bird was found with serious injuries after being shot near Oparau in late May. Doc Conservation

Principal Compliance Officer

Hayden Loper said matukuhūrepo are protected wildlife – and the hunter responsible used lead shot, “which is banned in the vast majority of hunting and shooting circumstances”.

Dollar a week

A rate rise approved by the Waikato Regional Council will amount to less than $1 a week for 85 per cent of ratepayers. The council set a budget of just over $200 million – a 5.4 per cent revenue rise from rates – at its meeting last week.

‘Sheddie’ Les to the rescue

Annette Whittle had no idea what to expect when she walked up the drive to the Te Awamutu Menzshed last Thursday. Earlier in June, she had dropped off a battered, rusty old trike to see whether members of the Menzshed could restore it.

The trike had a long family history dating back 51 years. Annette thought it

would be great to hand it on to her great-grandchildren.

Te Awamutu Menzshed sheddie, Les Liddington, in true “Repair Shop” fashion, unveiled the newly renovated trike for Annette.

“Oh, my God! Isn’t it beautiful,” she exclaimed.

First gifted to Annette’s older son, the trike was quickly repainted on Christmas Eve, then

wrapped up for the next sibling to enjoy when the older child grew too big to play on it.

This ritual continued through three families and a total of eight children. The trike travelled the length and breadth of New Zealand

with the families.

When Annette brought the ancient trike to the Menzshed last month, it was a rusty hulk, battered and bent from years of use by young and boisterous children.

Les dismantled it, sanded

it down, replaced broken parts, then painstakingly put it back together.

After giving it an undercoat of rust-proof paint, he then gave the trike a final coat of red and cream paint - bringing it back to life.

Holt calls for a clean sweep

By Jeremy Smith

Te Awamutu-Kihikihi Community Board chair

Ange Holt wants to weed out the reason behind the state of some areas of the CBD.

In her chairperson’s report to the board at last week’s June meeting, Holt said several areas including pedestrian crossings, median strips and some of the roundabouts are covered in moss and weeds.

A particular area of concern she outlined – and labelled one of the worst - was the Cambridge Rd roundabout which she said falls under the responsibility of transport agency Waka Kotahi.

“That’s currently just full of weeds around the roses,” she said in her report.

She said the Sloane St roundabout was “continually” having directional arrow signage knocked over and damaged.

“It looks awful. Can the signage be placed nearer the middle, so it’s not where trucks catch them on their way around?” she asked. Additionally, crossings throughout town - including on Bank, Arawata and Vaile streets were all covered in moss, Holt said.

“Other cities manage to mitigate these risks and still maintain their road edges, roundabouts and median strips, so what – and when – can something be done

about these issues?

“I’d be interested in seeing a level of service undertaken to keeping them free of weed and moss.”

Holt said feedback regarding the state of the main street was also prevalent in the recent Who Are we Te Awamutu survey.

She said she spoke with Waipā District Council’s transportation manager, Bryan Hudson, who stated works and upgrades were on the radar for Mahoe, Arawata, Sloane and Market streets.

Dim lighting over some pedestrian crossings was also

being addressed, he said. In the meantime, Holt recommended the board ask council for more details about when – and how regularly – a street and amenity clean is carried out. “Let’s start with that,” she said.

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Before: the trike as it was

After: Les Liddington presents Annette Whittle with the restored trike.

The roundabout at the intersection of Sloane, Arawata and Alexandra streets.

Noldy honoured for civic service

By Viv Posselt

Noldy Rust was presented with a community service award at last week’s annual changeover at Te Awamutu Rotary Club.

The retired farmer’s contribution to the dairy

industry was recognised along with his extensive community involvement in other areas.

He was among those who established Smash (Smaller Milk and Supply Herds) in 2010 to help dairy farmers with smaller operations run

successful businesses.

Noldy and his wife Bev ran a 59ha farm at Te Pahu until they retired to Pirongia.

Noldy now works in real estate in Te Awamutu and is involved with several community organisations, including the Pirongia Rugby Club, the Te Awamutu Light Operatic Society, and Stay Well, an organisation that carries out free health checks for farmers.

He was described at last month’s event as a ‘taonga to our Te Awamutu and Waipā community’.

The meeting also saw Hugh Baxter, father of Ōtorohanga mayor Max Baxter, made an honorary member of the club. The annual Te Awamutu Rotary Log of Wood award was presented to Ross and Carol Turner.

Te Awamutu’s Gill Johnston was officially handed the reins as incoming club president at the meeting. She follows Stephen Cox, who said in his outgoing president’s report that with the support of his board, he had achieved many of the successes he had set as goals.

“My objectives at the beginning of the year were to increase membership, expand our reach, enhance

participant engagement and increase our ability to adapt.”

He spoke about achievements linked to the club’s biodiversity exercises at Lake Rotopiko and the expansion of the club’s relationship with the NZ Wetland Trust. The club has also succeeded in terms of adapting to challenges facing the community, he said, including homelessness, mental health, flood damage and poverty.

“We have engaged speakers and made

donations to charities whose work revolves around those less fortunate than us. The $15,000 to the Hawke’s Bay Flood appeal is a case in point.”

Gill Johnston said one of her aims as incoming president would be to continue to increase membership.

“We need younger members, and we need diversity,” she said. “We will continue to do more around the Rotary Youth programmes, which will

include working closely with Te Awamutu College.”

She said club members would continue with work at Lake Rotopiko, the Urban Miners and the annual Santa Parade, and would work with the Te Awamutu Chamber of Commerce to put together the Black Friday Blowout.

The event was also attended by Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan, District 9930 district governor Kevin Forgeson and assistant governor Johnny Dryden.

Outgoing Te Awamutu Rotary president Stephen Cox and incoming Gill Johnson standing behind Hugh and Justine Baxter. Hugh Baxter was made an honorary member of the club at last month’s meeting.

Outgoing Te Awamutu Rotary president Stephen Cox with community award winner Noldy Rust and his wife Bev.

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Jimmy’s fired up for dragons

By Jeremy Smith

Te Awamutu Intermediate School deputy principal Jimmy Heta is set to make a splash on the world stage next month.

He’s been selected in the New Zealand Black Dragons team to compete at the 2023 International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) World Nations Championships in Pattaya, Thailand.

The championships were last held in 2019 –before the Covid 19 pandemic.

The New Zealand squad will be made up of about five crews.

Heta will compete in the senior B crew and coach the New Zealand premier team. Dragon boating, a canoe sport about 2000 years old, involves crews of up to 22 people in each boat.

With 20 paddlers sitting two abreast,

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another crew member sets the boat’s pace and a sweep steers from the back while standing.

“I love the sport,” Heta said.

“We have paddlers from all over New Zealand - as far south as Dunedin - and we’re about to complete the last of two training camps at Hamilton’s Lake Rotoroa before we leave.”

Heta first picked up a paddle in 1985 while in high school and started in waka kaupapa, traditional maori canoes, before shifting to waka tētē and then waka taua - ceremonial war canoes.

He’s previously paddled at Ngāruawāhia’s Turangawaewae regatta.

After competing in waka ama, he set his sights on dragon boating in 1991.

Heta first trialled for the New Zealand men’s team four years later in 1995, though wasn’t selected.

“Looking back, I can see I was still quite young in the sport.

“A lot of my friends encouraged me to stick with it though - and so, as a group, we have.

“Since about 1996, we’ve all paddled together in the same club team, Hamilton City Watersports. Staying together as a group for so long has helped us build that team up to the point we’ve now been national champions many times.”

When a team wins a national title, they can represent New Zealand at the International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) Club Crew World Championships.

Hamilton City Watersports have represented New Zealand at international club level many times - the last occasion being in Szeged, Hungary in 2018.

Splitting their paddlers into men’s women’s and mixed crews to compete, and pitting themselves against the “world’s best club teams”, the crew placed fourth overall.

“It’s all about the consistency of competing together and that time spent simply paddling together.

“Our women’s crew have been dominating the world in the club scene - they’re current world club champions in their division as well.

“It’s funny, we’ve got some guys in our crew who are nearly 70 years old, and we regularly come up against strong, young, up and coming paddlers.

“When we line up at the start, I smile when they see us, guys with grey hair and beards, and maybe think ‘we don’t need to worry about them’.

“But, counting us out is their biggest mistake,” Heta smiled.

Those young paddlers are among the demographic Heta wants to see increase in dragon boating.

“I’ve been around the sport for a long time

now, so with coaching, for me it’s been all about sharing the knowledge I’ve gained with others.”

Last year, Heta started coaching the Waikato Treasure Chests Dragon Boat Club crew, made up of paddlers who are breast cancer survivors.

Under his guidance, at April’s International Breast Cancer Paddlers Commission (IBCPC) Participatory Dragon Boat Festival at Lake Karapiro, the Treasure Chests won the world title in their category.

“In dragon boating, lots of friendships are developed - I even met my wife Jenny through the sport.”

In Thailand, where he’ll be joined by several of his Hamilton Watersports teammates in the New Zealand squad, crews will race over 200m, 500m, 1000m and 2000m.

The Black Dragons leave for Thailand at the end of the month, giving themselves a few days to acclimatise before the world championships hit the water in early August.

Jimmy Heta at Te Awamutu Intermediate School.

Jimmy paddling in a previous dragon boat race.

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A production to Count on…

By Jeremy Smith

Te Awamutu Intermediate School’s own “cross between Hotel Transylvania and Dumb and Dumber, with a sprinkling of Bugsy Malone” has received excellent reviews.

Bats: The Musical wrapped up last Thursday after its three-day showing, and director Tracy Ellis told The News on Friday watching the students go from strength to strength had been amazing.

Though not set in a specific time, Bats: The Musical was a “definite comedy”, she said.

“It was very funny and, at times, quite crazy.”

Audiences were taken on a journey which relayed how the remote village of Humperdink, in the shire of Engelberta in the Transylvanian Alps, has survived for centuries by growing grapes.

And even though they could boast about Count Dracula’s castle, no one really seemed to care.

All told, about 90 students aged 11 to 13 - a total which also included a range of other backstage roleswere involved in bringing the production to the Te

Awamutu Intermediate School stage.

Ellis started initial preparations over the Christmas break, andfollowing an audition process in the first term - the cast rehearsed for 10 weeks.

“Our audiences definitely laughed a lot. “I think the children didn’t realise how funny it was until the

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adults were there. From my perspective, I just feel really proud, especially when you can see how much the students have grown.

“You see them finding confidence and making friendships, and hearing feedback about how much the audiences loved it makes a real difference. Most importantly too, everyone

had fun.”

She has been part of the Te Awamutu Light Operatic Society, Talos, for several years, portraying roles in many productions in town in that time.

Put simply, she loves the stage.

“And by helping to facilitate the production here at school, I’m able to share

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that passion and love with the next generation, which is fantastic,” she said.

When Educating Rita was held at the Little Theatre, for example, she played Rita.

“There’s so much incredible acting talent here at school too.”

Te Awamutu Intermediate School holds a production every two years.

The teawamutunews.nz home page was the most visited last month with 20 per cent of all views for the month. Roy Pilott’s review of Te Awamutu College’s production of The Addams Family was second followed by our report from a community meeting called to discuss bullying at the college. Publications, our online version of the newspaper was fourth with Haere rā Aunty Barb, our farewell to the inimitable Barbara Tane rounding out the top five. The top pages for the first six months of the year are led by Alpha to serve again, the story about the reopening of the historic Kihikihi pub. The home page was second followed by Constable Ryan Fleming’s April 19 column on the fire at the Kiwipie Ricket Road factory.

One-two for Waipā

Te Awamutu will host Hamilton Marist in the semi-final of the Waikato Draught Breweries Shield Premiership at Memorial Park on Saturday. In the other senior men’s rugby semi-final, Waipā neighbour Hautapu Sports will play Hamilton Old Boys. In Division One Pirongia hosts Southern United in one Mooloo Shield semifinal and Leamington travels to Putaruru in the other.

Te Awamutu Intermediate School’s Bats: The Musical cast pictured backstage last week.

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Kihikihi club aims high

By Jeremy Smith

With a new $35,000 roof over members’ heads, Kihikihi Rugby Sports Club members are kicking on with a simply-stated aimgrow rugby in the region.

The roof, completed thanks to Grassroots Trust funding, was finished in April.

Collective work being undertaken by president Selwyn Hohepa, secretary Sherrianne Emery, club manager Taurene Rehua-Yates, club captain Kahiwi Morgan and treasurer Chyna Hohepa - with help from many others - is being undertaken ahead of the club’s 140th jubilee in 2026.

Additionally, thanks in part to a $2200 grant from the Te Awamutu-Kihikihi Community Board’s discretionary fund as well as fundraising efforts, an oven and a refrigerator have also been purchased.

The present committee has been helping oversee the club for the past two years and Emery told The News more projects are being brainstormed.

“Next up, we’re looking to replace the goal posts, eventually we want to give the clubrooms a new paint job and within the next three years we’d also like to extend the clubroom’s viewing deck,” she said.

Kihikihi Rugby Sports Club has three junior rugby teams - two rippa rugby teams and one tackle team - and two senior teams, a senior women’s side, and a presidents’ team.

It’s in the president’s team that Selwyn jokes that he plays in the “anywhere” position, wherever he’s needed.

To a large degree, it’s with those young

players in mind that Emery said the upgrade work is being undertaken - to encourage, and foster, future talent.

“We are very aware of both the history that has gone before us, and in light of what’s to come, we’re doing all we can to help give grass roots rugby some new life, and the players some new opportunities.”

Emery was excited to see Waipā’s Cam Roigard named in the first All Blacks squad of 2023.

“Similarly, who knows what future talent will come through the ranks of Kihikihi Rugby Sports Club.”

The signs are already there - with an air of excitement about the club.

In this year’s Gallagher Waahine Premiership, which wrapped up last month, Kihikihi placed third, beating University 20-19 in a closely-fought third and fourth playoff.

There are hopes that when this year’s Farah Palmer Cup - New Zealand’s highest level domestic women’s rugby union competition - kicks off, several Kihikihi players might be in the Waikato Women’s squad.

The 2023 Waitomo Chiefs Manawa squad in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition also featured three Kihikihi players - Carla Hohepa, Chyna Hohepa and Merania Paraone.

“We’re all very proud of our women, Emery said. “They’ve done so well.”

As well as rugby, among other sports, Kihikihi Rugby Sports Club also has softball, tee-ball, netball and touch rugby under its umbrella.

Four of Kihikihi Rugby Sports Club’s five committee members at the clubrooms - Selwyn Hohepa, left, Taurene Rehua-Yates, Sherrianne Emery and Kahiwi Morgan.

Unhappy homecomings

By Meghan Hawkes

The bride was a fine looking young lady radiant in a handsome costume of white silk crepon, trimmed with lace and orange blossoms, and the customary veil and wreath. She was attended by two bridesmaids, both of whom wore dresses of cream cashmere and pink trimming, with cream hats to match. It was April 1893

and the marriage ceremony of 20-year-old Amy Edwards and Augustus Scott, 27, at Ōhaupō’s Catholic Church was crowded with the friends and relatives of both parties.

Augustus was a popular teacher at Ōhaupō and highly thought of. Amy was well liked and admired for her charm. After the ceremony the happy couple drove away amidst showers of

rice to Amy’s parent’s home where a large number of friends were entertained at a wedding breakfast. The couple received many presents, both useful and ornamental, among them a photo album from the school committee. At 2pm Amy and Augustus left for Te Aroha, the bride wearing a travelling dress of brown, with matching hat, amongst a flurry of wishes for both

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happiness and a long life.

But when Amy returned to Ōhaupō seven years later she was met at the train station by grieving friends and relations who accompanied her back to the Catholic Church, this time for her funeral.

Augustus and Amy had moved to Karangahake in 1896 when Augustus was appointed school headmaster. By 1900 the Scotts were well settled at Karangahake, Augustus a respected teacher and Amy a “general favourite”. They had three children, and a fourth was due in November. But the joy of this occasion turned to tragedy when, after the birth of a son, Amy developed blood poisoning and died within weeks. The news was received at Karangahake and Ōhaupō with great shock.

Amy was taken back to Ōhaupō by train, the Karangahake School

children and committee accompanying her part of the way to the Paeroa railway station. At Ōhaupō residents in over 40 vehicles, and many others on horseback and on foot, followed the cortege to the cemetery. Only a few short years before Amy had left as a happy bride, now she was laid to rest by the little church where she was married.

In 1903 wedding bells again rang out at Ōhaupō’s Catholic Church when Augustus married Amy’s sister, Mary. The wedding was very pretty, but quiet. Mary wore a dress of electric blue cloth trimmed with creme silk, with picture hat to match. The bridesmaid’s dress was of French muslin with matching hat. Again, as the bridal party left the church they were greeted with showers of rice and again friends and relations assembled at the residence of the bride’s

ON SHAKY GROUND

No time for cocktails

After spending over a week in the field (shared in last week’s paper) recording the damage inflicted by the 2021 Cumbre Vieja eruption in La Palma, I am now working long hours to go over the information we recorded. I am sitting in an historical Spanish house high on a volcanic mountainside in Tenerife, with the view clouded by dust blown over by Africa. Unlike the Waipā right now, we are in a heatwave. It’s a juxtaposition being in such a gorgeous place and being solely focused on the devastation and loss I am examining on my laptop. Yesterday sitting around ta table, a group of us worked past 10:30pm, the days are long. My colleagues Sharon and Ben are working tirelessly to put together part two of a documentary, Lava Bombs, on the impacts to the communities (I recommend watching part one), and the suffering they are still experiencing. My colleague Elodie is back at NASA in the USA, working with me on satellite data that shows the impacts from space. My colleague Arianna is back in North Carolina, thinking about the lava flow itself that

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caused so much loss. My colleague Tamsin has been organising drone footage collected in the field to give an important link between the information gathered on the ground by us, and from satellites in orbit.

Messages and emails go back and forth discussing issues and observations that are popping up as we go. Emails have been fired off to colleagues in New Zealand asking about work done at home to help people through the issues I am seeing here, as well as setting up the next steps in moving my research forward. This is a glimpse into what international research looks like.

It is definitely not sipping cocktails by the pool in the Canary Islands, but it is so very rewarding working towards our goals with likeminded friends and colleagues who truly care about people and volcanoes. The planning process for this trip began over a year ago, now we are starting to see results.

Our goals revolve around learning as much as we can, then putting our results into a format that is useful for the local people, and communities that

parents, where they were entertained at a sumptuous wedding breakfast. The presents were both numerous and handsome. Later Augustus and Mary drove to Hamilton enroute to their home at Karangahake, taking with them the good wishes of all present.

They had two children, but again Augustus’s wife died not long after the birth of a child, in 1910, possibly from the same thing that killed her sister Amy. Mary was brought to Ōhaupō’ by train and met by the funeral cortege. The sisters are buried together at Ōhaupō Catholic cemetery.

will be impacted by eruptions in the future – including in New Zealand. Too often research is undertaken then published in academic journals with no thought of getting the results to people who need it, in a format that can be useful. This is partly because it is not an easy task, but my team and I are dedicated to this process.

The images I am focused on are of people’s homes and businesses, banana plantations, a school, neighbourhoods… Now with cracks and holes from dense, hot, thick lava flows bulldozing their way though. In many cases, there is no sign of the house that once stood there at all. I walked across the sharp lava flows with satellite images taken prior to the eruption in my hands. Many times, I experienced a sinking feeling when I realized I was standing on someone’s home, or I should have been looking right at someone’s front door. If I ever needed more motivation to push forward, this is it.

A panoramic view of Karangahake gorge, showing the Ohinemuri River, and a train crossing the bridge between Paeroa and Waihi.

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Dickensian times

Phil Strong, Senior Leader, Zion

“It was the best of times; it was the worst of times...”

Charles Dickens penned these words as the opening line of his epic masterpiece, ‘The Tale of Two Cities,’ in 1859. He goes on to write, “...it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”

The reference point for his story of contrasts and comparisons is the violent bloodbath of the French Revolution that took place in France, ending with the coup d’état of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1799. London rested while Paris revolted.

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How often do times of change present to us the radical tension of testing and contrast?

Our community of faith that we call Zion people has been through a season of preparation and now transition, as we move from our long-term home on Racecourse Road.

We have willingly relinquished this land into a joint venture with Habitat for Humanity and we are preparing the property to offer social housing solutions to the local community. We are excited to see the land repurposed to meet this need.

This means Zion people have travelled a short journey to relocate into our new premises on Churchill St, near the centre of town.

The Zion Hub, as we affectionately call it, will be our new base of operations to gather together for worship and to reach

out to serve the local community.

This transition has not been without challenge, as we have wrestled with the tension and uncertainty change brings, the grief of loss of the old while seeing to embrace the potential held within the new. Truly this has been the spring of hope and the winter of despair, to quote Dickens again.

And yet, as followers of Jesus, we embrace the words of our teacher who said, “Those who want to gain their life must first lose their life.”

There is an inherent need for us to choose to let go of what we currently have in order to reach for the promises God holds out before us. This in itself is a tightrope that is difficult to walk.

A life of faith, by definition, means trusting what you believe to be true, even when you can’t see it or prove it to be so. Faith in what you see is not faith.

So, as people of faith, we choose to walk in faith. To connect with Dickens, we would say we are walking in wisdom, even if we may look foolish; we walk in the light while darkness seeks to overcome us; we hold on to hope and fight against despair that may rise.

As people of faith, we choose to believe and fully expect the incredulous, supernatural, divine intervention of God in our journey.

To live this way is our only option, for to choose an easier path would be a faithless walk.

TALKING ECONOMICS

University challenge

By Peter Nicholl

Many organisations in New Zealand that come under financial pressure blame government under-funding.

The health sector has for a long-time and is probably justified in making the claim. The latest set of institutions to make this claim is our universities. It’s harder to say if they are justified.

New Zealand has eight universities. Last financial year, six had financial deficits. The two with a financial surplus were our biggest, Auckland, and our smallest, Lincoln. So, the results weren’t due to the advantages of scale that being big can provide.

The government has accepted the claim of government under-funding in part. They announced a rescue package of $128 million last week. But the funding has strings attached, a requirement to do a thorough review of the whole sector.

Some thought part of the problem was too many universities. I did a comparison with Australia and Canada. New Zealand has one university for each 640,000 people. Australia has 43 universities, one for each 615,000 people. Canada has around 100 universities, one for each 390,000 people. Eight universities in a country the size of New Zealand does not therefore look to be out of line with similar countries.

The main reason why many of the universities slipped into deficit is that their revenue is heavily dependent on student numbers - and student numbers have fallen over the last few years. The drop in foreign students coming to New Zealand for university study was dramatic due to the borders being closed. The borders are now open and the universities are hoping the number of international students will bounce back quickly. It is a huge international market, but also a very competitive market.

The most important influences on students’

choices are the cost and quality of the overseas study. New Zealand probably compares favourably on the cost side but not on quality. There’s an annual international survey that ranks the world’s top 1500 universities. The latest ranking came out recently. New Zealand universities proudly announced that all their rankings rose. That’s good. But when you look at the rankings, the picture isn’t so good. Auckland University was the highest ranked New Zealand university with a ranking of 68. To put that in context, there were six universities in Australia with a higher ranking. Waikato ranked 250th. That put it sixth among the New Zealand universities

The number of New Zealand students also fell by about 6000 students last year. Interestingly, the number of people in apprenticeships or traineeships rose by a little more, 6,700. Having many young people switch from studying for a university qualification to studying for a trade qualification is probably a good thing for the country but it’s not a good thing for the universities.

The forthcoming review could ask if universities should offer such wide ranges of courses? For example, seven of the eight Universities offer MBA courses and there are six law schools.

Some universities have opened campuses in the regions of other universities. Won’t they just poach the other university’s students with the end result being higher costs but no additional students overall?

The staff ratio of academic/research staff and other staff is around 1/1. That is a usual ratio in other countries too but it seems high to me. Maybe universities everywhere have an overheads problem.

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Morgan takes her council seat

By Mary Anne Gill

Tears flowed as Dale-Maree Morgan’s whānau handed her over to Waipā District Council following a pōwhiri welcoming the new Māori ward councillor on Friday.

Both Morgan and mayor Susan O’Regan were visibly emotional as the handover took place in the packed Te Awamutu council chambers.

It was less than a week since Morgan had been confirmed as the new councillor replacing Takena Stirling who resigned earlier this year after his suspension by the Law Society. When she sat down at the council table – despite an initial technological hitch –Morgan looked ready to hit the ground running.

The agenda gave her little opportunity to follow up on the issues she identified as

being important to her when The News had an exclusive interview last week.

Council is taking a month’s break from meetings which gives her a chance to find her way around the building and for O’Regan to confirm what her responsibilities will be.

The Strategic Planning and Policy committee meeting on August 1 in Cambridge will be Morgan’s first chance to get stuck into some debate.

Stirling had been the councillor with an iwi portfolio which saw him earning $47,177 a year.

His key responsibility was assisting in the building of strong engagement and collaboration between council, mana whenua and iwi together with particular responsibilities for representing council on various committees and external groups which seek to work with mana whenua and iwi.

OPINION

Chasing voters: no pain, no gain

By Mary Anne Gill

The almost indecent haste Waipā District councillors decided to continue with First Past the Post for the next two local body elections, given the woeful 39.65 per cent turnout at last year’s election, came as a surprise.

No doubt they were influenced by neighbours Hamilton City Council – which has the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system - with its 29.4 per cent turnout.

STV is straight forward once you realise it is not compulsory to rank all the candidates – just vote for your favourite - but First Past the Post also has obvious benefits. When the polls close, a result is not far away unlike the ponderous STV.

Out of 78 councils in New Zealand, only 15 councils used STV voting for last year’s elections.

All up the agenda item took just a whisker over two minutes.

Lou Brown moved the motion to stick with First Past the Post and made supporting comments, which are impossible to hear on the council’s livestream as his microphone was not on.

But The News was there, and he cited economic reasons for the decision to stick with the system.

Councillor Mike Montgomerie (or Monty as he is now called in the debating chamber) seconded and so it was passed with no dissension or other commentary.

“Reasonably painless Jo,” mayor Susan O’Regan observed to Governance manager Jo Gread.

The News asked the council whether the agenda item had been “workshopped” previously giving councillors an opportunity to discuss it outside of a

“formal” setting.

But no, that was it. Two minutes’ discussion coming a week after an election turnout of 13.11 per cent in the Waipā Māori ward by-election.

To be fair to O’Regan, earlier in the meeting she had commented on the recently released report into the future of local government which among other things raised ideas on ways to lift voter turnout including giving 16-year-olds the vote.

She hoped the document would “encourage further conversation” but that it was a good start. There were “thumbs up” for some parts, lukewarm for others, she said.

The News has been told holding a discussion about the system used for voting is not the appropriate place to start a discussion on Waipā’s woeful voter turnout.

So, when is? We want to be there.

Dale-Maree Morgan, front right, with her supporters during the karanga at the start of the pōwhiri. Iwi Relations advisor Shane Te Ruki speaks.

Photos: Mary Anne Gill.

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Cup hope looks Sharp

“It’s the race to win.” – Graeme Rogerson

By Mary Anne Gill

Save yourself the anguish in November, the Melbourne Cup winner will be Sharp ‘N’ Smart.

Well, that’s the inside word from former Cambridge trainer Graeme Rogerson and part owner, Horsham Downs rally car driver Todd Bawden.

If the 3-year-old gelding wins, Cambridge will not be adding to the 14 locally bred winners since the race, which stops two nations, was first introduced in 1861.

Sharp ‘N’ Smart is a Westbury Stud Karaka product - sired by resident British stallion Redwood out of the now late-dam Queen Margaret. Rogerson bought him for $55,000 and retains ownership with breeder Gerry Harvey and Bawden.

The $NZ650,000 2023 Melbourne Cup was in Cambridge on Sunday night as part of a seven country, 41 destination tour by the Victoria Racing Club, to highlight the upcoming Melbourne Cup Carnival.

Owners, trainers, breeders and race commentators were at Alpino to hear from club executive general manager Leigh Jordon and the “Keeper of the Cup”, Joe McGrath.

McGrath rattled off the names of all 14 Cambridge-bred winners of the Group One race saying: “14 in one particular community is not seen in any part of the world.”

It helped he had been in town all day and saw the plaque in the main street which listed them all: Hiraji, Foxzami, MacDougal, Galilee, Silver Knight, Van der Hum, Gurner’s Lane, Kensei, Empire Rose, Might and Power, Jezabeel, Brew and Ethereal.

Missing is Efficient, which in 2007 became the third Melbourne Cup winner sired by champion Cambridge Stud sire Zabeel following on from Might And Power (1997) and Jezabeel (1998).

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Fallen soldier’s history revealed

By Mary Anne Gill

More details have emerged about John Patrick O’Brien, the former New Zealand soldier buried at Hautapu Cemetry in May after his body went unclaimed in Waikato Hospital’s morgue.

Tauranga reader Wendy NapierWalker is an amateur family historian and her interest was piqued by our May 25 story.

Through family history forum Rootschat.com she found out the man his friends knew as “Aussie”, because he told them he was born in Australia, was in fact born on March 14, 1943 in Paddington, England.

His parents were Patrick Gerald O’Brien and Rose Elizabeth Cochrane who married in England in 1935, both died in Australia – in 1973 and 2008.

They had two children –Margaret Rose O’Brien, born 1942 in Dublin and John Patrick O’Brien, a year later in England.

The four of them emigrated to Australia from London on the P & O ocean liner Strathnaver and arrived in Freemantle in July 1957. What is unknown is why the family subsequently moved to New Zealand and returned to

Australia, without John, in 1963.

John went on to join the New Zealand Army, serving in the Service Corps in Vietnam. All told he had a 20-year army service.

Research by other distant

family members show that Patrick O’Brien had two other children, Theresa born in 1936 and Anthony born in 1938. They too moved to Australia.

The News has contacted family

members in Australia for further information.

John O’Brien died in Hamilton on March 2 this year and his body went unclaimed in the hospital morgue until Cambridge funeral

director Jim Goddin made a formal declaration so he could be interned at the Hautapu RSA cemetery on May 18. His service medals remain unclaimed in Defence Headquarters in Wellington.

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Photo: Mary Anne Gill

Former Cambridge trainer Graeme Rogerson, who trained Efficient the last Cambridge-bred winner of the Melbourne Cup, with the 2023 Melbourne Cup he hopes to hold again in November.

Photo: Mary Anne Gill.

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Throwing a midwinter Matariki party is high on my celebration calendar this year. It will be a great antidote for the winter blues. I love a cheerful get-together with family and friends. And the cooler temperatures are more suited to indulgent dishes.

Matariki is the Māori name for the cluster of stars also known as the Pleiades. It rises in midwinter and for many Māori it heralds the start of a new year. Iwi across New Zealand understand and celebrate Matariki in different ways and at different times. This year, New Zealand will celebrate Matariki will on Friday 14 July. As this coincides with Bastille Day in France, this could be some weekend.

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LAMB RACK WITH HERBS

Herb Coating: 3 large cloves garlic, crushed 1/4 cup finely chopped parsley

1 tablespoon finely chopped thyme leaves

2 teaspoons finely chopped rosemary leaves

salt and pepper to taste

2 tablespoons olive oil

Lamb: 2 racks lamb, 6-8 cutlets each freshly ground black pepper to taste

2 teaspoons olive oil

Preheat the oven to 180°C. Combine the ingredients for the herb coating in a small bowl.

Season the lamb with the black pepper.

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Roast the racks for 15 minutes. Loosely cover the racks with

foil and continue roasting for 5-8 minutes (internal temperature 60-65°C). Remove from the oven and rest for 5 minutes before serving. Serves 6.

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Can be prepared a day ahead and reheated. Use the remaining half of the mulled wine to serve with the lamb.

Mulled Wine: 750ml hearty red wine

1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1 orange

2 each: star anise, bay leaves

1 teaspoon each: black peppercorns, whole cloves

Pinch freshly grated nutmeg

Cabbage: 1/2 (750g) medium red cabbage

75g butter, chopped

1 large onion, thinly sliced

3 large cloves garlic, thinly sliced

2 red-skinned apples, cored and thinly sliced

Place the wine and sugar in a saucepan. Bring to a simmer, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Peel the orange thinly then squeeze out the juice. Add both to the saucepan together with the remaining mulled wine ingredients. Simmer for 5 minutes.

Cool. It can be refrigerated overnight.

Preheat the oven to 160°C.

Remove the core from the cabbage. Thinly slice the leaves. Melt the butter in a large non-stick frying pan. Add the onion and garlic and cook gently until softened, about 10 minutes.

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Add the cabbage and apples. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Strain half the mulled wine over the cabbage. Pour into a suitable baking dish, cover and cook in the oven for 1 1/2 - 2 hours until the cabbage is softened and the flavours have developed. Serve immediately or cool and chill overnight, then reheat. Serves 6.

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The Irish Cream marries well with the bananas. However, a coffee or orange liqueur could be substituted. The dessert can be made 24 hours in advance, covered and refrigerated. 300ml cream

2 tablespoons icing sugar

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1 teaspoon vanilla paste

200g chocolate sponge, chocolate cake or brownie

2 large bananas, peeled and sliced

1 1/2 cups vanilla custard

1/2 cup butterscotch caramel sauce (Barkers) grated chocolate to garnish

Combine the cream, icing sugar, 1 tablespoon of the Irish cream and the vanilla paste in a bowl. Whip until thick. Crumble the chocolate sponge into six serving dishes or glasses. Drizzle each with 1 tablespoon of the Irish cream. Top with the bananas and custard. Pipe the whipped cream on top. Just before serving, garnish with the butterscotch sauce and grated chocolate. Serves 6.

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Pouako - Kura Takawaenga (Tau 7-8)

“He Taonga te Tamaiti”

He tangata mōhio ki te manaaki i te mauri me te wairua o te tangata? He tangata e ngākaunui ana ki ngā tamariki? He pūkenga pouako rawe āu? Kei taumata kē tō arero tūpuna me ngā kōrero tuku iho? Tēnā, tono mai!

E rapu ana mātou i tētehi pouako e kaingākau ana ki ngā mahi whakaako tamariki. Me mōhio hoki te tangata ki ēnei kaupapa:

• Behavior Management (PB4L)

• Differentiated teaching and learning

• Te Marautanga o Aotearoa

• Mahi tahi, hei painga mō te katoa o ngā tamariki o te kura mai i te tau 0-13

We are seeking a kaiako to support the wellbeing of our tamariki. Our aspirations are to uplift, inspire and nurture our young leaders within the context of our Poutikanga and kaupapa matua, he taonga te tamaiti.

Our kura is located within the takiwā of Ngāti Apakura, Raukawa ki Wharepuhunga. If you are interested in being part of a dynamic team who focus on the mauri of our tamariki and strive for excellence.

Tukua tō Tātai Oranga (CV) ki te Tumuaki: tari@npota.school.nz

Tukua mai mā te poutāpeta rānei ki: attention: Te Wharekura o Ngā Purapura o te Aroha. Enquiries 021 225 7577

MARICH, Kathleen Mary (nee Ginn) – Passed away at Matariki Hospital on Saturday, 24th June 2023, after a brave battle with cancer. Beloved mother of Tatiana and Alex. Treasured Ama to Oliver and Mila, and dearly loved sister of Jennifer, Heather, Elizabeth, the late Graeme and their families. Many thanks to the staff at Matariki Hospital for their warm and loving care. A memorial service for Kathleen has been held. All communications to the Marich family, c/- 262 Ohaupo Road, Te Awamutu 3800.

We love you Mum, finally at peace.

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