Time’s up on the clock, you’re 23-18 down and you need to punch a hole in the Marist defence. Step up Dillon Martin who had Te Awamutu Sports fans in raptures – and even found time to smile for The News camera on Saturday. His last gasp try at Marist Park on Saturday was just another part of the thrill in a cup final full
Waipā ratepayers paid nearly $74 for each vote cast in the by-election won by DaleMaree Morgan last month.
The cost of running the election to replace Māori ward district councillor Takena Stirling was $22,932.33. A total of 311 votes were casta 13.11 per cent return.
Just over $20,000 went to Christchurch contractor ElectionNZ and the rest covered advertising, voting stickers and graphic design.
The local body election last year cost ratepayers $9.23 a vote when 39.65 percent of voters had their say.
Significant changes are being considered on the local body scene, one which could lift voting rates.
There are calls to lower the voting age to 16 – and that change is one of a raft which are likely to be put to the Government before the end of year. A second round of public consultation on changes ended this week.
Read about it today on Page 12.
Four kākāpō from Whenua Hou –Codfish Island near Stewart Island – were booked on a trip north this week to new surroundings in Waipā.
The flightless parrots will be the first in four decades to reside on the North Island –on Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari. They were scheduled to be heading north as this edition of The News went to press.
It is a “translocation” of kākāpō from Ngāi Tahu to Ngāti Koroki Kahukura, Raukawa, Ngāti Hauā, and Waikato.
The arrival ceremony was to include a signing of a memorandum of understanding at Pohara marae, Pukeatua. Preparation for the arrival of the latest in a long line native fauna back to Maungatautari has included an $800,000 parrot-proofing of the fence which protects the native wildlife and vegetation from introduced species. Kākāpō cannot fly – but they are adept climbers.
• Read more about the unique birds today on Page 5.
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Cambridge Primary School’s student ambassadors have been busy generating goodwill –about $2000 worth to be exact.
Combined fundraising efforts from a school disco and other initiatives which raised $1850,
a $400 donation given by the Parent Teacher Association from the school’s gala in March and a “sharp” deal from Mitre 10 Mega has enabled the purchase of a DeWalt generator and its delivery to Ngai Tupoto Marae in Kohukohu in the far north.
Jerry – or fuel – cans were also
provided with the generator.
The marae also serves as a Civil Defence Centre, Cambridge Primary School principal Mike Pettit told The News.
The generator was delivered during the two-week school holidays which ended last week.
Pettit added how proud he
was of the initiative the school’s student ambassadors - who essentially “champion the school” - had shown.
“It really epitomises our school vision of creating powerful students through quality, tradition and innovation.”
Cambridge Primary School Parent Teacher Association chair Tammee Wilson echoed those sentiments.
Ngai Tupoto Marae secretary Aimee Matiu said marae trustees were grateful for the mahi Cambridge Primary School students put in to fundraise for the generator.
“During and after Cyclone Gabrielle, we realised how vulnerable we are as a marae without reliable back up energy sources.
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Looking back on how the week panned out for police in Te Awamutu.
Monday - Police recovered two stolen motor vehicles. One had been seen frequently throughout the day. A number of people saw it and rang 111. As a result of this the vehicle was located and two youths placed before the court. Thanks to all who saw something suspicious and did something about it. Police also attended a self-harm episode, a vehicle was broken into at an address in Te Awamutu and a motor vehicle collision.
Tuesday - Police attended a threatening behaviour incident at a workplace. There was a burglary at an address in Te Awamutu, four family harm incidents, a motor vehicle collision, and a female breached her bail conditions and is currently being sought. There was a family harm incident where a female was assaulted and a burglary at a
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“Our responsibility as hau kāinga, or hosts, on the marae, and mana i te whenua, is to look after our people and the wider community. And, this generator will help us to do that when future weather events inevitably occur.”
Aimee said Cambridge Primary school students and staff are always welcome on the marae.
“We hope we get the opportunity in the future to host them and repay their kindness.”
rural property.
Wednesday - Police attended a motor vehicle collision, two vehicles were broken into in Te Awamutu, one was stolen and later recovered and we attended a family harm incident
Thursday - Police attended a wilful damage matter at a licenced premise and two family harm incidents. A female was arrested for drink driving for the fourth time and there was a non-injury motor vehicle collision.
Friday - Police attended a disorder matter in the central business district, a male threatened another with a screwdriver, police attended a motor vehicle collision where a driver was found operating a vehicle carelessly, and we also attended a civil dispute. A stolen vehicle was recovered, there was a self-harm incident, a male was charged with reckless driving, assault and
threatening to kill during a family harm incident and we found cannabis in a vehicle during a traffic stop.
Saturday - Police attended an incident at a market where fisheries officers were exercising their powers under the Fisheries Act and there were three family harm incidents, one of which resulted in an assault. Three females were arrested for shoplifting, there was a sudden death and a person was found to be driving with excess breath alcohol.
Sunday - Police attended an attempted theft of a motor vehicle and a self-harm incident and a vehicle was broken into. During a burglary a vehicle was stolen and later recovered, a family harm resulting in a Police Safety Order being issued. The order was breached and a male arrested.
Te Awamutu Volunteer
Fire Brigade stalwart Colin Munro will receive his Gold Star award on Saturday as he’s honoured for 25 years' service. His service has been shared between two brigades - a decade with the Papakura Volunteer Fire Brigade to 1990, and 15 years with the Te Awamutu brigade, which he joined in 2008.
Consents reviewed
Waipā council staff are reviewing around 50 building consents signed off by a worker who allegedly borrowed colleagues’ identities. Engineering
New Zealand allege Taupō based Jonathan (Jon) Beau Hall, director of Kodiak Consulting Ltd, filled in and signed documents without their permission. Once the review is complete, council staff will advise homeowners affected first, a spokesperson said. Similar reviews are being carried out in other districts
Waikato District Council is proposing changes around freedom camping in the region and wants community feedback by August 14. The council is considering increasing stay times and changes to where freedom camping is and is not permitted at some reserves.
The construction of a turnaround bay at the intersection of State Highway 1 and Hydro Road, could be finished by the end of the month. The turnaround is part of a Cambridge to Piarere programme and the first of five planned.
A link between the King Country and South Waikato will be closed between 8am and 3pm next Monday and Tuesday. A culvert is to be installed before repair work starts on a slip on State Highway 30 south of Kōpaki.
Kihikihi’s Mānawatia a Matariki celebrations – held to “bring whānau together” - saw hundreds attend the community event last Saturday.
The day was organised by Ngāti Apakura Runanga Trust and supported by Waipā District Council and the Te Awamutu-Kihikihi Community Board.
The free event at Kihikihi Domain was a mix of live music, art, harakeke, or flax weaving, tree plantings, hangi and more.
Trust chairman Bill Harris told The News he was grateful to everybody who helped organise the day, and to the public for attending.
“Our premise was to bring families together and see them out having fun in the community. Without those who attended, it’s not an event,” Harris said.
“We made sure there were lots of activities for kids and people really bought into the day and had a lot of fun. One of our other key objectives was to showcase our amazing, homegrown, up and coming musical
talent through waiata and the performing arts.”
This year – the second time the event has been held - more than 200 hangi were also distributed.
Harris said Rangiaowhia had initially been considered as a possible venue, but the ground proved too wet.
So, Kihikihi Domain was chosen, and had proven a fantastic venue.
He paid tribute to the domain committee and Kihikihi Rugby Sports Club.
He was also delighted that Te Awamutu Riding for the Disabled had held
an event near the Matariki celebrations at the same time.
“Lots of people came across from them to us and vice versa, it was wonderful to be able to share the community space in such a way.”
Among others, organisations represented on Saturday included the Te Awamutu Māori Women’s Welfare League, Harris said, and representatives from the
Department of Conservation (DoC) and the Ministry for the Environment’s Jobs for Nature initiative.
Tamariki planted seedlings in cups during the day, with plans to later pot - then plant - them at either Mātakitaki or Tarawera.
Harris said next year’s event was already being considered.
• Matariki at Maungatautari – See Page 10.
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Janelle Ward first met a kākāpō in 2008 at Massey University and was in awe.
“They are incredible birds, stunningly beautiful chunky, full of personality – and a face like an owl.”
She has seen them in new havens on pest free offshore islands where they are “real characters”.
So little wonder that Maungatautari’s biodiversity team
leader has been looking forward to this week.
The maunga is to be gifted as many as four kākāpō through the Kākāpō Recovery Team and Ngāi Tahu as part of a programme to save the world’s most unusual parrot.
The birds – whose total numbers are about 250 - were due to arrive yesterday - after The News went to press.
Kākāpō, the world’s only flightless parrot, are critically
endangered and have not lived in the North Island since the last bird was caught in the 1980s. The remnants of what was a huge population now live on offshore islands.
Getting kākāpō is a massive vote of confidence and acknowledgement of the vision to establish the inland pest free island at Maungatautari.
And it comes after a major renovation of the fence which protects native animals from
introduced species – had the work not been done, the birds could have climbed out.
For Maungatautari’s kākāpō population this week is just a first step.
As many as four birds are being released initially, and up to 10 by the end of the year – and they are all male.
Those birds will be monitored closely and occasionally given personal health checks to ensure their new environment is right. There are many factors to consider – for example the temperature on Maungatautari is warmer than the birds are used to on offshore islands.
If all goes well, females will join the Waipā based bird in a few years.
The birds are not prolific breeders and breeding is every two to four years in a mast season – when there is an abundance of fruit on rimu trees. Mast comes from the old English word maest and refers to the fruit of trees.
Those seasons are excellent news for New Zealand’s fauna – but today they are a bonus for introduced pests such as rats, hedgehogs and mustelids who prey on native chicks.
“Kākāpō are an iconic species and this is a huge step for their protection,” Ward said.
“Our offshore islands are running out of room. On Anchor Island [in Dusky Sound] there are 100 or more birds.”
As an example of how a successful breeding programme might look, the Maungatautari sanctuary is almost three times the size of Anchor Island. Their arrival is being rightly celebrated – but comes with a caveat.
Kākāpō are shy and they are masters of camouflage.
Once they are released, they could go anywhere on the maunga in their new safe haven. The public will be invited to share their space – but they will be told not have any expectations around actually seeing them.
We shouldn’t complain –mammals haven’t actually been particularly kind to one of the world’s most endearing birds.
A Brit, a Jamaican, and a Kiwi sit in a kitchen on the side of a volcanic island talking about what would happen to us if the volcano above erupted…
We have been struggling through the heat wave in Tenerife, heading out into the field to learn about the volcanic deposits around the island that teach us about how eruptions built the landscape over millions of years.
Two scenarios for this very popular tourism destination stand out, a smaller Strombolian-style eruption that would likely build a small cone (like we see in Auckland) and a lava flow (possibly like what I have been working on in La Palma), and the far less likely but potentially much more impactful explosive eruption option.
In the international volcanology community this island is famous for the bigger kind, the large eruptions that emplace ignimbrite deposits – thick sections full of pumice from pyroclastic flows that raced hot and fast across the landscape just like we have around Taupō and Rotorua. Here, many are surprised to hear about this potential danger.
Discussions lead to how we could begin to prepare communities with these volcanic events that we cannot control. It is a complex mix of understanding the science and working with communities to understand the risks then take real steps to be prepared. We begin with understanding what the volcano can do and what the more likely scenarios are by studying the deposits –each volcano is different, so it is important to know the history. Here there are several historical eruptions that produced lava flows and ashfall across this landscape. These were relatively small compared to the explosive options but as we see at La Palma, when you
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have thick lava around 1000 degrees making its way to the ocean even the smaller events can have big impacts.
Understanding the eruption record is still in progress but there is a good baseline to start with. We can combine the likely eruption processes and where they may occur with the understanding of what is in the way. What are all the aspects of society that could be impacted by lava, ashfall, pyroclastic flows, and other eruption processes? This step is what we have students working on over the next few weeks. Alongside these efforts there are local groups working to raise awareness of the volcanic landscape that nearly a million people live across, and numerous tourists vacation in. We have been discussing how we can work with these groups moving forward.
To get any location prepared for volcanic eruptions takes a range of experts to bring their skillsets to the table and work together. It requires an ongoing commitment to working with local groups with respect to their different needs and interests. The intersection of where people and volcanoes meet is where we help communities that are at risk of experiencing the devastation we see around the 2021 La Palma lava flow. Learning from past eruptions is where we can see where we need to improve for the next time around, as long as we take into account the local culture and customs. This is where experts in different areas and from diverse backgrounds sitting around a kitchen learn from each other to incrementally move forward towards a more prepared society.
IN WAIPĀ
Phil Strong, Senior Leader, Zion
I find the cold and dreary winter weather has a negative effect on me.
I’m more tired than normal, more grumpy than normal, and don’t have as much bounce in my step.
The thing that keeps me going through winter is the hope of a warmer, brighter season to come. Roll on summer, I say.
While I cannot define what summer will be like, I am confident it is coming.
How can I have this confidence? Well, the past has proven the future, which leads me to believe.
Sometimes life feels cold and dreary and a season like this can steal our bounce. In times like this, hope can be lost. I find faith in a brighter season is what gets me through.
Perhaps the reason some people struggle with dreary times is the absence of hope for a brighter future and, without the evidence that would prove otherwise, I can see why hope can be lost.
Truth be told, I’m not sure I would be so hopeful without the faith I carry for a brighter day.
The Bible tells us, “faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see.” This is why I can weather the dreary season.
My faith in God is based on what I have experienced in the past and has become the conviction I carry for the future. The future will be brighter because God has proven this to me many times.
What’s my point for you to consider, dear reader?
The absence of hope is caused by the absence of faith, or faith in the wrong things. The absence of faith is caused by
the lack of confidence that comes through lack of conviction which is the result of lack of evidence.
If you lack experience with God, it’s no wonder you do not have hope.
But I urge you, find a way to have that experience and you will see the door open to lead you into a life filled with hope.
One song from the Bible reminds me of this often. “For you are my hope; O Sovereign Lord, I have trusted in you since I was young. I have leaned on you since birth, you pulled me from my mother’s womb. I praise you continually.”
To quote someone wiser than I, Matthew Henry notes, “He that was our help from our birth ought to be our hope from our youth.”
Jesus, the master of truth, says it this way: “Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?” Truly, I agree, you are more important to God than you may realise.
I have walked in dark seasons and experienced the feeling of hopelessness that some may feel today.
I have also learned that there is a compass inside us all that helps us to orientate our focus toward the true source of hope. You, too, have that compass inside you. God will never disappoint the hope that is of his own raising.
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The announcement last week that Lisa Vanin had made the finals of the 2023 World of Wearable Art (Wow) show had the Waipā mum fizzing in anticipation.
Together with 120 finalist designers from 23 countries, she will now go through two further stages of judging before the winners are announced at the 2023 Wow Show Awards night in Wellington on September 22.
Just getting to this point is a mammoth task for anyone entering the global spectacular. Lisa has been a Wow finalist before. She fell under its spell after first visiting the event in 2012 with her sister and sister-inlaw – her 2023 co-finalists from Hamilton Sacha Mail and Jenny Jack respectively.
“We’ve all got a bit of a creative edge,” said Lisa. “We’ve entered together at various Wows since then and all got something. As far as I know, we’re the only group from one family involved in it. As finalists again this year, we’ll go to the awards show in September together. It’s actually a great girl’s weekend away.”
Lisa originates from Tamahere and was educated in Hamilton, finishing off with a Bachelor of Modern Arts degree, majoring in graphic design. She segued into a management job at
Waikato University for a while before teaching art at St Peter’s Cambridge until she resigned recently to tackle some life admin needing her attention.
Her creativity has shone throughout. In 2014 she made a garment called Belle of the Ball, using tennis balls. A year later, she fashioned She Dreams in Colours out of coloured pencils and pencil shavings. Both of those were entered in the children’s category.
In 2017 she placed second in the Aotearoa New Zealand category with The Cloak of Pīwakawaka, inspired by the native bird’s tail and made of bamboo and copper. In 2019 she won two Wow awards, taking the top slot in the New Zealand Design Award and
scoring a second in the Aotearoa New Zealand category with her garment Kaitiaki, this time inspired by the tui and featuring more than 700 handmade feathers.
She created a piece for the show’s major sponsor, Mazda, last year, that was displayed at the front of TSB Arena in Wellington.
Lisa said the Wow boundaries established by the initial brief give her the starting point for her creations.
Time after that is given over to creative design and many hours spent in her garage. “I’ve long since been kicked out of the lounge room.”
Wow was founded in 1987 by Nelson sculptor Dame Suzie Moncrieff. She is also a long-time judge and this year will join fellow judges Aotearoa New Zealand sculptor and Arts Foundation Laureate Brett Graham, designer and director of World, Benny Castles, and Weta Workshop chief Sir Richard Taylor.
Last year’s Wow show attracted an audience of nearly 64,000 people and netted $30 million for the Wellington region.
This year’s event will carry the theme ‘Beyond’ and offer $185,000 worth of awards and prizes to contestants.
“You really do have to jump through multiple hoops before you get anywhere … it’s very humbling,” said Lisa. “The whole event still blows my mind.”
By Peter Nicholl
On July 12 the Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee agreed to leave the Official Cash Rate unchanged at 5.5 per cent.
For the second time in a row, I think they got their decision right. There are plenty of signs that the current levels of interest rates are dampening spending and inflation pressures.
There are also further interest rate increases for many mortgage holders still to work their way through the financial system from the previous rises in the Official Cash Rate. Monetary policy always works with a significant lag so the Reserve Bank is correct to pause and wait to see the full impact of its earlier interest rate rises.
When I was in the Reserve Bank, we regarded an official interest rate that was a little below the rate of inflation as neutral or even easy rather than restrictive. What the Reserve Bank, and all other central banks, have to avoid is taking interest rates back down to the ridiculously low levels of a few years back. It is this period of extremely low interest rates that have generated most of the economic problems we have experienced in the last few years.
Te Awamutu College’s junior girls’ football team made a discovery – of sorts – in Hamilton last Sunday.
They’re at their best when attacking.
At Flagstaff’s Discovery Park in Hamilton – the home of Northern United – the side placed third overall in an U14 tournament which attracted teams from around the Waikato.
The two-day tournament featured boys’ games across four grades last Saturday, and U10, U12 and U14 girls’ games on Sunday.
A slightly bigger tournament for women kicks off tonight. New Zealand takes on Norway in Auckland in the opening match of the FIFA Women’s World Cup.
Former Waipā based player Grace Wisnewski has been called into the Football
Ferns squad as a training player and injury cover.
Wisnewski, who played at a junior level for Cambridge, is a Wellington Phoenix midfielder and New Zealand under-20 representative.
She replaced defender Meikayla Moore, who withdrew as a training player for personal reasons.
Meanwhile, World Cup football links for a Waipā player follow on the heels of English Premier League news involving another former Cambridge club member.
New Zealand skipper Chris Wood, who went on loan from Newcastle to Nottingham Forest last season, will start the new campaign as a Forest player following a transfer deal worth more than $30 million.
Some commentators thought the Reserve Bank may need to go back to raising the Official Cash Rate again later this year. I doubt that. Global inflation is easing in most countries – except the United Kingdom. In New Zealand, the signs of economic weakness are increasing. The Reserve Bank needs to be careful not to overdo the monetary policy pressure as this would introduce economic instability rather than stability.
The Monetary Policy Committee at its July 12 meeting did not talk about raising the Official Cash Rate further. That’s good. But it did say the Official Cash Rate ‘will need to remain at a restrictive level for the foreseeable future’.
How long is the Reserve Bank’s foreseeable future? It seems to be the end of next year. The Reserve Bank described the current level of interest rates as restrictive but they are only restrictive because they have come from such a low level. It is the sharp change in interest rates that has caused the economic pressure.
For the first time in several years, people who save by depositing in a bank are getting a reasonable rate of return. They are the ones that central banks’ low interest rate policies penalised. Many central banks, including the Reserve Bank, seem to regard their experiment with ultra-low interest rates to have been a success which means they could repeat it.
I think it was a disaster and we are still living with the economic and social consequences of the creation of so much cheap money.
The committee also said it was ‘confident that inflation will return to within its target range of 1-3 per cent’. According to the Reserve Bank’s forecasts, this should happen late next year. If it does, the inflation rate will have been above the Reserve Bank’s target range for just over four years and the price level will have risen by almost 25 per cent over that period.
Getting the inflation rate back to the target range doesn’t bring the price level down again. These price rises are a permanent cost of the lax monetary policies of the low interest rate years.
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Waipā District Council’s road safety coordinator Megan Jolly – who’s spent more than two decades getting safety programmes on the road in the district - has received the Leo J Tooman road safety accolade at the 2023 Waikato district police awards.
Known as the Waikato Police Pay Parade, the annual gathering acknowledges acts of bravery, long service and good conduct. It also recognises people who have significantly improved the safety of Waikato roads.
Leo Tooman is a former New Zealand police roading manager and Hamilton city councillor.
In receiving the award, Jolly was praised
for her commitment to, and expertise in, her work.
While calling the accolade humbling, Jolly was quick to point out road safety requires a collaborative approach.
“It’s a huge honour to be recognised for the work I’m so passionate about.
“But it’s important to recognise road safety is a team approach involving a broad range of people.
“And I’m grateful to have worked alongside many different people over the years - including police, roading engineers and many others – all of whom are experts in their field.”
As well as her role in Waipā, Jolly is the Waikato District Council’s road safety co-
Something did not seem quite right to Sarah Henrickson.
There was confusion among the cows her husband, Llewellyn, was shifting from a paddock near the house to one on the other side of Te Rore Road. It was about 8 on a February morning in 1925 and cows were running up and down the road and one seemed to be down. Sarah went over to the spot and discovered Llewellyn lying on his back under the wire fence. She went to help him but on lifting him up found that he was dead. Her first horrified thought was that the bull had attacked him. She also noticed a cow lying dead in the fence a few yards away.
Sarah called for help, and two neighbours William McKinnon and Herbert Coxhead came to her aid. Coxhead’s employee, John Carruthers, recently arrived from Canada, went to return the cows to a paddock and while attempting to climb through the fence suddenly collapsed. It was then they realised the fence was somehow electrified. As well as the cow, a horse belonging to another neighbour and Herbert Coxhead’s dog were all fatally electrocuted. Dr Hall arrived about 8.40am. He had John Carruthers, who had sustained a severe electric shock and bad burns, removed to Waikato Hospital. He could do nothing for 33-year-old Llewellyn.
At the inquest Frank Patrick, foreman for the Te Awamutu Electric Power Board, said that he had made a thorough examination of the Te Rore electrical system on the road frontage of Henrickson’s property. A dead and partly burnt bittern was found beneath some 300-volt broken wires. In his opinion
the bird had flown into the wires causing contact between the two-phase wires. The wires had burnt through and fallen down, coming in contact with the wire fence dividing the Henrickson’s property from the Te Rore Road, lethally electrifying it. On three previous occasions similar birds flying into the wires had caused the points of supply to disconnect.
The coroner said Power Boards should print leaflets pointing out what would happen if a break occurred, as in this case Mrs Henrickson and Mr Coxhead and Carruthers might very easily have been killed.
He thought if the boards distributed such leaflets annually it might help to eliminate such cases in the future. The jury found that Llewellyn met his death by accidentally coming in contact with fence wires that were electrified by the main line being broken by a bittern flying into it. There was no suggestion of negligence on the part of the Power Board or its staff, the accident being caused by actions that were beyond anybody’s control.
Llewellyn and Sarah had lived at Te Rore for about six years. They had two small children. Llewellyn was a highly respected settler, with several years’ war service. He began farming at Te Rore following repatriation. He was buried at Te Awamutu cemetery.
His funeral was well attended with almost all of Te Rore being there to farewell the man whose life ended in such an extraordinary way on such an ordinary morning.
ordinator. She has held both roles for 22 years.
Her work is guided by the national road safety strategy Road to Zero – the vision of there being zero deaths and serious injuries on New Zealand roads.
“That helps us focus on and support key issues and messaging from a national perspective, which we can then deliver at community level,” Jolly said.
Among others, her campaigns include young driver education days, fatigue stops, campaigns around rural speed, Lights on Bikes and bike skills, Plan B4 U Party campaigns, motorcycle skills training, rural billboards and community presentations.
An integrated approach of education, encouragement, enforcement and engineering works best when implementing the programmes, Jolly said.
Two of the longest-standing initiatives include the young driver education days and the fatigue stops.
The fatigue stops – which dovetail in with Police speed operations - are run on SH 39 during the ski season.
They have been running for 20 years, and the campaign has since been replicated around New Zealand. Hundreds of teenagers have attended young driver education days
in the 15 years that programme has been running.
“I believe we are making a difference. We get a lot of positive community feedback, and reports of how people have changed their behaviour.
“I thoroughly enjoy the people I work alongside - whether it’s the community, or people from other organisations equally passionate about making a difference. I enjoy the variety too. No two days are ever the same.”
Jolly would like to see each road user take responsibility for their own behaviour.
“We all need to drive to the conditionswhether that’s weather conditions, or the conditions of the road and roadsides.
“Equally, it’s also important to reinforce good behaviours. Many Waipā drivers are great road safety role models who continually upskill and strive to help others keep safe on our roads.
“Road Safety is everyone’s responsibility, and we should all play our part in keeping ourselves and others safe. The ripple effect of poor decision making can affect so many different people. Families and communities can be torn apart by someone’s unwise choice.”
It all hinged on a late penalty at the end of extra time – and when Marist missed, Te Awamutu Sports could celebrate winning the premiership B Waikato rugby title in Hamilton on Saturday.
The match was an epic – and the trophy presentation was followed by a haka to acknowledge a gallant Marist, beaten 30-28.
That haka, written for the club by Mikaera Hemara – in his second season wth the club - was performed for just the fourth time and, after last week’s rendition by the team and the juniors ahead of Sports’ premier club semi, only the second time in public.
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Adam Thompson’s success is, literally, growing.
The Te Miro farmer has won a national conservation award after planting one million native trees in his Restore Native nursery last year - and on-selling the seedlings to roughly 200 farmers looking to undertake planting projects North Island-wide.
Restore Native provides seedlings like mānuka, kanuka, pittosporum, cabbage tree, flax and kōwhai - the majority of which Thompson says will go into riparian planting, planting next to streams and riverbanks, and be used when fencing off waterways and steep, erosion-prone land.
For his efforts, Thompson won the 2023 Primary Industries New Zealand Guardianship and Conservation, or Kaitiakitanga, award in early July.
Now, he’s looking to the future, with Restore Native tipped to grow more than 1.5 million native trees next year.
“Honestly, I want to put myself out of business, in a sense. I’d love every piece of non-suitable farming land in New Zealand to be native trees.”
“I was over the moon,” he said of winning.
“It’s said if you find your passion, you’ll never work a day in your life. I’ve absolutely found mine. What’s even more amazing is how this encourages our team.”
At the height of Restore Native’s “busy season”- April through October - about 16 people work with Thompson.
“They all wholeheartedly believe in what we’re doing. You don’t come along to plant trees outside in the rain and mud in the middle of winter unless you do.
“Personally, even on the wettest, coldest, muddiest days, when you’re planting trees it‘s absolute gold.”
Thompson, a mortgage broker in Cambridge since 2007, turned farmer, first grew trees on his land about a decade ago.
He has owned his 175-hectare Te Miro farm for about five years - and allocated five of those hectares, including roughly 1000 square metres of green houses, a potting shed with
automated potting lines and plant production spaces, to Restore Native’s work.
The remainder of the farm on which Restore Native sits is home to 200 beef - or Charolaiscattle. About 50 of those 175 hectares are now native trees.
Simply put, Restore Native was born out of a desire to find a simpler, more cost-effective way to source those native trees.
“Planting them is something I’ve always been incredibly passionate about - I knew there had to be an easier way of sourcing them, because I was in that position wanting that myself.”
Thompson describes his environmental passion as a partnership.
“I believe every farm should be a mix of productive areas on which we farm, grow food, feed people, create jobs and stimulate the economy. Unproductive areas which can’t be farmed should be put back into native trees.
“The majority of farmers already think intergenerationally about how they can leave their land better than how they found it when it comes to biodiversity.”
When talking intergenerationally, Thompson makes a thought-provoking point. As a father of two - Clara, 7, and Maverick, 4 - he’s glad his children are growing up at Restore Native.
“They love it. Importantly too they see the tangible difference it makes. I get a bit reflective in those moments. My grandparents on both sides were also environmentally conscious.
“One of my grandfathers, also a farmer, was incredibly passionate about an area of trees he’d fenced off on his land.
“My other grandparents were viticulturalists, or wine growers. I spent a lot of time in those environments.
“I suppose growing trees is in my blood, and formative to who I’ve become. So, to share what I’m doing now with my family and see their passion is awesome.”
To that end, Thompson gifts a proportion of his plants to community and school groups every year.
“In giving back in that small way, we’ll hopefully spark a passion for the environment in the next generation.”
A roadmap for improved water security developed by Waikato Regional Council is regarded as a key step to safeguarding sustainable access to quality freshwater.
The council has backed a draft strategy for publication and supported the development of an implementation plan.
Strategy author, council Science Manager
Mike Scarsbrook said the regional economy and people’s wellbeing are dependent on the availability of water.
“Quite rightly, Waikato communities are increasingly concerned about climaterelated reductions in water availability and the implications for freshwater ecosystems, urban and industrial water supply/demand, ongoing delivery of electricity generation, primary sector productivity and future growth,” he said.
At the heart of the problem was the impacts of a prolonged period of reduced rainfall on water resource supply and an increase in demand in parts of our region, he said.
“The effects of climate change are likely to exacerbate constraints on water availability and increase demand, and this in turn can impact quality.
Water allocations were already approaching or exceeding limits in several major catchments including Piako and Whangamarino.
“It’s likely that further resource limits set through the Government’s national policy statement for freshwater management will reduce water availability in order to improve environmental outcomes. This will increase competition among water users,” Dr Scarsbrook said.
The strategy will support and provide leadership in conversations on regional and local water security issues and identify
potential solutions.
Regional council chair Pamela Storey said concerns about the security of freshwater for the rohe had been raised by regional councillors and the previous mayoral forum.
“This strategy is a first step to providing a detailed understanding of the current state and confirms the need for a smart, integrated plan to manage the scale, severity and impact of water security issues for the Waikato region,” she said.
The strategy builds on national and local water security initiatives to identify a roadmap for a coordinated regional response to changing water security.
It recommends the development of a collaborative, multi-stakeholder and regional-scale Water Security Implementation Plan to identify roles and responsibilities in addressing the significant water security challenges facing the region, and to establish partnerships to implement appropriate solutions.
The 30-year plan has already been identified as one of the council’s three goals for success in its strategic direction adopted earlier this year, and is expected to be completed by 2025.
The strategy also recommends development of a more detailed water accounting system for Waikato that can provide timely and robust information on water availability and demand – including better information on actual use – to communities.
Potential solutions identified in the strategy include managing demand, enhancing supply and increasing ecosystem resilience to periods of water deficit, but it was recognised all options need to be “on the table and assessment of options should follow a robust process,” Dr Scarsbrook said.
By Stu Kneebone, Waipā-King Country Councillor
Following legislation that was passed by the Government in 2020, the Freshwater Farm Plan regulations were published in June requiring pastoral or arable land use of more than 20ha and/or horticultural land of more than 5ha to have a Freshwater Farm Plan.
The intent of these plans, part of the Government’s Essential Fresh Water package of reforms, is to improve freshwater utilising Farm Plans to enable flexibility within different farm systems. Plan Change One is expected to be fully operative by the middle of next year.
The Ministry for the Environment has agreed on a staged rollout of the new regulations and Waikato and Southland will be first. The Waikato rollout will take two years starting in Waipā.
The Waipā is one of the catchments to be chosen first to ensure alignment with both sets of regulations – Plan Change One and the Freshwater Farm Plan - can be designed to comply at the same time.
The regional council acknowledges the frustration and unnecessary compliance costs of having to comply with both regulations when the output is effectively the same, however that decision was out of our control.
This staged approach supports the scaling up of resources required across the sector for design, certification and implementation of Farm Environment Plans.
The council is not looking to take on extra staff for this work, but will support the sector to grow its capacity to work with and support farmers to meet the new regulations. The regional council will still be the regulatory
body charged with ensuring compliance in situations where freshwater plans are not being adhered to.
We have a farm plan implementation work programme underway, working alongside the ministry and Assure Quality (the National Accreditation Body).
A programme is underway for the training of certifiers and auditors - certified environment plans will be subject to audits. The training is mostly online, and in modules.
At a national level, an Integrated National Farm Data platform is being developed to enable regional councils and others to track the certification of freshwater farm plans and progress with actions across the region. The regional council is developing its own farm registration tool to comply with one of the requirements of Plan Change One, and this will work with the national platform. So, from the start date of, August 1, farmers in the Waipā catchment will have 18 months to submit their Freshwater Farm Plan to a certifier for sign off. For those who already have farm plans, the intent is that the process will enable these to be upgraded where necessary to meet the new requirements. I appreciate there is a heap of detail that I have not covered here, and the process is evolving all the time. My intention here is to make farmers aware of what is coming, as the 18 months will no doubt roll around quickly.
Don’t hesitate to reach out if you have questions.
Te Awamutu milk tanker drivers can take a bow.
Their work has helped Fonterra’s Te Awamutu site win an award at the company’s annual Best Site Cup ceremony,
The site won the Transport Cup and was also the runner-up for best medium site.
The plant, which supplies 10 per cent of butter in the Greater China region, was awarded the Greater China CEO Special Quality Cup at the 2021 awards.
The awards, in their 17th year, encourage some friendly competition between plants and the opportunity to win in a range of areas, from sustainability and innovation to efficiency.
They celebrate the successes of
Fonterra’s manufacturing sites across the country.
The Transport Cup is awarded on Tanker Activity Management System scores.
The scoring system helps to ensure Fonterra tankers are driven safely and efficiently by monitoring the vehicles’ acceleration, braking and speed.
A company spokesperson said having won the cup, Te Awamutu can claim to have the safest and most efficient Fonterra fleet in New Zealand.
“Considering the weather events that have affected the past year, as well as the twists and turns in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty’s roads, the Te Awamutu fleet’s score is a remarkable achievement,” the
spokesperson said.
The Best Medium Site Cup recognises the best medium-sized site for the 2023 financial year and is based on performance and site culture.
Judges said Te Awamutu was runner up for the Best Medium Site Cup for reasons including making remarkable progress in the sustainability space, showcasing strong improvements throughout
the year, particularly with waste to landfill and water quality – and success with site engagement and culture, measured in a people and culture survey taken by employees across Fonterra.
Te Awamutu Operations Manager Russell Muir says being recognised as one of the best is a real feather in his site’s cap.
“We take real pride in the fact that we’re improving year on
year and creating great results for shareholders and the local community.”
The Te Awamutu employs more than 330 people and produces whole milk powders, skim milk powder, buttermilk powder, butter and anhydrous milk fat. In peak season it processes up to three million litres of milk every day, The site was established as a creamery in 1889.
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Pasta and noodles are great comfort foods plus they are key ingredients in a huge range of delicious vegetable, meat and seafood combos.
The origin of the noodle is disputed. The Chinese claim they first appeared about 4000 years ago in north-western China. However, the Italians also claim they created noodles. Whatever their origin. I love both, Chinese and Italian noodles. Chinese noodles are usually prepared from rice flour, bean paste and/or tapioca flour while Italian pasta noodles are prepared from hard durum wheat flour. The exception to the rule is Chinese egg noodles which are prepared from wheat flour and powdered beans or rice. Sometimes egg is added. The variety of Italian pasta shapes certainly adds interest to meal-making. My fave at present is the wide noodle pappardelle. Fettuccine can be a substitute and I particularly enjoy the variety that has a slight rough texture so the sauces cling to it more readily.
Gnocchi are grouped with pasta — they are similar to little dumplings and prepared from semolina, plain flour or potato. Check out the new varieties in your supermarket or deli chiller. They just need reheating in a sauce.
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1 cup warm water
2 packed tablespoons soft brown sugar
1/2 cup dark soy sauce
3-4cm knob root ginger, finely grated
5 cloves garlic, crushed
1 teaspoon chilli flakes (optional)
6 skinned and boned chicken thighs
200g (about 3 cakes) fine dried egg noodles
Garnish: coriander leaves
2 spring onions, chopped
1 red chilli, sliced (optional)
Combine the warm water and sugar in a medium roasting dish. Stir to dissolve the sugar.
Add the soy sauce, ginger, garlic and chilli flakes. Mix well. Cool.
Place the chicken in the marinade and leave for at least 30 minutes or up to 3 hours covered in the fridge. Meanwhile, place the egg noodles in a bowl and cover with boiling water. Stand for at least 5 minutes to soften.
Preheat the oven to 190°C.
Oven cook the chicken in the marinade for 20 minutes. Remove the chicken to a plate. Drain the soaked noodles and add to the marinade.
Place the chicken back on the noodles and continue cooking for 10-15 minutes. The noodles will soak up the cooking liquid.
Serve the chicken on the noodles then garnish. Serves 4.
FETTUCCINE WITH LAMB
Other veggies could be added to this easy dish.
100g dried fettuccine
2 tablespoons olive oil
200g lean lamb leg steaks, cut into thin strips
1 each: celery stalk, small carrot, diced 345g jar good tomato based pasta sauce
1/4 cup vegetable stock
Cook the fettuccine according to the packet instructions. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large saucepan. Add the lamb
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I used the virtually cook-free gnocchi from my local supermarket chiller. Prepare other gnocchi according to the packet instructions.
1 tablespoon olive oil
4 rashers rindless bacon, chopped
2 cups good Mexican-style salsa
2 tablespoons each: sliced pitted black olives, chopped parsley
2 cloves garlic, crushed freshly ground black pepper to taste
500g fresh potato gnocchi
Heat the olive oil in a frying pan. Sauté the bacon until crisp. Add the salsa and bring to the boil. Gently stir in the olives, parsley and garlic. Season. Mix well. Add the gnocchi and heat through for 2-3 minutes. Serves 4.
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BRAND, George Fredrick – Passed away at home on Friday, 14th July 2023. Aged 84 years. Dearly loved husband of the late Patricia. Loved father to Jason and Jarrod and their families. At George's request a private farewell has taken place. All communications to the Brand Family, c/- 262 Ohaupo Road, Te Awamutu, 3800.
FARRELLY, Lawrence Patrick, (Larry, Soup) –Passed away at Waikato Public Hospital surrounded by his family on Friday, 14th July 2023. Aged 74 years. Treasured partner of Sharon. Much loved dad of Sarah, Matt & Lucy, Connor & Catherine, and granddad to six grandchildren and one greatgrandchild. A celebration of Larry’s life will be held at the Ohaupo Rugby Club, 13 Forkert Street, Ohaupo, on Thursday, 20th July 2023 at 2:00pm. All communications to the Farrelly Family, c/- 262 Ohaupo Road, Te Awamutu, 3800.
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