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New CBD rate proposed

By Mary Anne Gill

A plan to hike rates in the central business district to fund some Te Awamutu Business Chamber activities better have business support or it has wasted a lot of time, Waipā deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk has warned.

The council’s Finance and Corporate committee on Tuesday approved the Business Improvement District proposal – with only Roger Gordon voting against it going out to landlords for approval.

It needs a 30 per cent response from them and 60 per cent support from within that cohort.

But sources The News spoke to said now was not the right time to introduce the targeted rate.

“Ratepayers are already looking at bigger increases than anyone ever anticipated two years ago,” one said.

And buying a battle with ratepayers when the most recent residents’ satisfaction survey had the council at an all-time low seemed an odd thing to do, another source said.

Gordon said as much in the debate, also suggesting if it was introduced, so too should a district-wide business rate. He was concerned the presentation by chamber

chief executive Shane Walsh and deputy chief executive Ken Morris inferred council supported the project.

“I don’t think that’s right,” he said.

Stolwyk told Walsh she hoped he and the chamber had done the background work because staff spent time investigating the proposal.

Earlier Morris said other towns and cities had introduced the rate, which in Te Awamutu seeks to raise $50,000 in its first year.

It is not the first time councillors have talked about a targeted business rate. It was on the agenda for a public excluded workshop and briefing day for councillors in August.

In a newsletter distributed to businesses earlier this month, Walsh said businesses were masters of their own destiny.

Benefits of a targeted business rate for landlords and the establishment of a business improvement district included increased competition and rental income potential along with enhanced aesthetics which would increase property values.

Tenants would see increased foot traffic and revenue, town development and collaborative initiatives, he said.

In his paper to the committee, Morris said

council would collect the targeted rate on an agency type basis.

“In this respect the arrangement is similar to what we already have in place for rural halls, where rates are collected from rural communities and passed on to the relevant hall entity.”

The council would then pass the proceeds on to the chamber to fund the initiatives it was proposing – to help CBD businesses.

Other towns and cities had introduced business improvement rates, so it was a proven model, he said.

Palmerston North, Warkworth, Gisborne, Taupō, Napier, Whanganui, Rotorua and Kaitaia had all introduced differing forms of the rate.

Cambridge tried to introduce a similar rate several years ago, but it was unsuccessful as it needed 75 per cent support from CBD retailers.

In response, staff lowered the threshold for

Kuriger celebrates

By Jeremy Smith

It was thumbs up from Barbara Kuriger on Saturday night.

The National Party MP enters her fourth term after being re-elected to the Taranaki-King Country seat.

The MP was at a low-key gathering at Fahrenheit in Te Awamutu – surrounded by husband Louis, campaign staff and some close friends on election night.

She described it as an “exciting evening” in stark contrast to 2020 when National candidates had far less success.

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the Te Awamutu rate to a 60 per cent support from 30 per cent of the ratepayers.

If the chamber secured support at the revised threshold level, the rate would go into the draft Long Term Plan for discussion next year.

Walsh said the money from rates would be supplemented by other private and public funding for initiatives such as events and promotions.

Te Awamutu and Kihikihi Community Board also supported the rate, he said.

“Business improvement districts have yielded remarkable success in other New Zealand towns and cities, revitalising communities, boosting local economies, and enhancing the quality of life for residents and visitors alike.

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The second of the four remaining have a go days is scheduled for the Monday following Labour Weekend.

Talent on show

Members of the Rosebank Arts Centre put 75 pieces of their work on display last weekend at the Te Awamutu Visual Artists’ Annual Exhibition at the library, with most of the items for sale. In addition, the event featured a series of photographs chronicling a recent facelift for the Churchill St art centre. Artists Gretchen Gavey and Maryanne Wolter-Pryke also exhibited items illustrating their upcoming workshops – mosaics and drums in the case of Gretchen, and Christmas-themed decorative arts in the case of Maryanne.

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An inaugural open day has served up a winner – and the community appears to be rallying around the idea of adding a potential new Special Olympics sporting code in Te Awamutu.

With a membership of more than 30 athletes, Special Olympics Te Awamutu currently has a sole sport – swimming – under its umbrella.

But, just 24 hours after Special Olympics Te Awamutu held one of its biggest annual swim meets to date at Livingstone Aquatic Centre on Sunday, the first of five weekly ‘have a go’ days aimed at gauging interest in adding table tennis as a second sport was held at the Kihikihi Town Hall on Monday.

The News first reported in August that the idea was being batted around.

And, a full roster of 15 athletes - and 10 support staff - tried their hand at the sport this week.

Waikato Table Tennis coach Mark Page ran the evening, facilitated by Special Olympics Te Awamutu committee member Mel Coleman and supported by the organisation’s governing body, Special Olympics New Zealand, Table Tennis New Zealand and Kihikihi Table Tennis Club.

Mel told The News she was delighted with the level of interest shown.

“It’s wonderful seeing everyone having so much fun, that’s why we do what we do.

Such great friendships are made too, which

really does impact the athletes’ lives.”

Kihikihi Table Tennis Club president Hyrum Sunnex described the day as “next level” as he surveyed the action taking place in the hall.

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Starting with a good resolution - police became aware of a serious assault that happened recently in town.

The good news is that people have been identified and are being held to account.

It highlighted two things to me, however.

Firstly, the incident happened without any immediate report to police despite there being members of the public nearby.

Secondly, the incident was videoed and shared online, exacerbating the harm and possibly glorifying the offenders.

If you see something happening, particularly involving harm to another person, please call 111. In relation to the video, sharing such videos causes digital harm to others. It ties nicely into the next topic I want to discuss today.

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I think for many the presentation would have been a bit of an eye opener but it is good to be fully informed and to have an outside perspective as parents. I fully recommend that if any parents of tweens or teens have the opportunity to attend such presentation, they do so.

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Similar incidents happened on Thursday and Saturday nights.

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Briefs…

Roads named

Pukehoua (pathway across the mountain from Pirongia to Kawhia) Lane is the new name for a private road in the DS Syndicate subdivision in Pirongia. The two public roads will be called Manatuu (a reference to a tree species whose inner bark was used for fishing net making) and Taraire (a tree species which provides berry for birds) have been approved by Waipā’s Service Delivery committee this week subject to Land Information New Zealand approval.

Student concert

Following the success of its 50th anniversary celebrations, Te Awamutu Concerts Alive is hosting an Instrumental Student Concert at St John’s Anglican Church on Sunday afternoon, at which Waikato University’s Conservatorium of Music students will present a programme of chamber music. The performers are among around 40 students at the Conservatorium’s instrumental department.

Resignation goes viral

Our story on Hamilton Boys’ High School headmaster Susan Hassall’s resignation went viral last week accounting for nearly a quarter of visits to cambridgenews. nz and teawamutunews.nz websites and hundreds of views and comments on our Facebook page. Hassall has lived in Cambridge for more than 30 years and at Hamilton Boys for 42 years. She was appointed to lead the school in 2000 and retained the masculine ‘headmaster’ title throughout.

Bus stats down

School holidays saw a dip in regional bus statistics in both Te Awamutu and Cambridge last month. There were 8900 patrons on the Te Awamutu 24 service, down from 10,480 the previous month and 7847 on Cambridge 20, down from 9217. Similar drops occurred on the Tokoroa and Te Kūiti connector runs which stop in Cambridge, Kihikihi, Te Awamutu and Ōhaupō enroute to and back from Hamilton.

‘Workshops’ under review

By Mary Anne Gill

Waipā District Council’s monthly public excluded workshop sessions are now under the Ombudsman’s spotlight.

The News recently requested details under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act (LGOIMA) about the meetings held throughout the year and asked for copies of regular mailouts from staff to councillors.

The Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier launched an investigation last year following the airing of concerns councils were undermining local democracy by using workshops to discuss issues and make decisions behind closed doors.

We sent Waipā council’s response to his office and asked for an update on that investigation and for help with our request.

“The Chief Ombudsman

intends releasing his investigation report in the coming weeks. He will be available for comment once the report has been published,” a spokesperson said.

Waipā’s response to our request showed public excluded councillor only and council and executive team “informal” discussions took place in February, March, April, May and June. There were also similar meetings in August, last month and last week.

Public excluded workshops were also held involving the police, dog control, Ahu Ake – Waipā Community Spatial Plan, Plan Change 26, Setting the Organisation’s Internal Strategic Priorities for 2023/24, Code of Conduct, an item for discussion at an elected member session, Long Term Plan matters on infrastructure strategy, finance and financial position and Level of Service

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reviews.

Mayor Susan O’Regan told us the meetings were an opportunity to compare diaries, allocate events councillors would attend and rejected any notion they were “secret”.

“We don’t make decisions in workshops.”

Governance manager Jo Gread said the matters discussed at the workshop were for “information only”.

“They are being held in a public excluded setting due to the nature of the

content which includes commercially sensitive and legally privileged information, and a requirement to protect the privacy of identifiable individuals. The matters will become public when presented at formal meetings,” she said.

Last week’s public excluded workshop involving only the councillors was disrupted due to a misunderstanding.

Councillors panicked when they thought The News was viewing the meeting through livestream and sought assurance from the newspaper that a data breach had not occurred.

They were worried about something Cr Mike Pettit said about sports playgrounds. We have asked Pettit what that was but did not get a response in time for our deadline.

Good Local editorial director Roy Pilott said there were concerns

councillors were influenced by information presented in workshops to the point that the public did not see issues being debated.

“We cover the open meetings and are sometimes confused when a decision is made without any debate and councillors refer to advice they received at ‘workshops’ where, of course, the media was not present.

“It makes it difficult for us to report the decision when we only have part of the story,” he said.

Pilott said The News would wait for the results from the Ombudsman’s investigation before deciding what further action to take.

The Ombudsman’s investigation focussed on eight councils - Rotorua Lakes, Taranaki Regional, Taupō District, Palmerston North City, Rangitikei District, Waimakariri District, Timaru District and Clutha District.

Kihikihi views… yes, no, maybe?

By Jeremy Smith

The first tangible steps towards Kihikihi’s $8 million walking and cycling path, Te Ara Rimu, are underway - but the town’s residents and ratepayers’ association won’t be drawn on whether or not they are steps in the right direction.

That’s because individual members have different views.

The first sod of the two-stage project – slated to take nine months – was turned last week. When finished next May, Te Ara Rimu will include two new roundabouts, cycle paths, footpaths, raised pedestrian crossings and bus stops on Whitmore Street.

Waipā District Council is working on Te Ara Rimu as a partnership project with Waka Kotahi, which has put up $5.64 million. Work on the first phase started last week.

Kihikihi Residents and Ratepayers’ Association secretary treasurer Ruary Laidlaw told The News the organisation wouldn’t be making a statement on the project.

There were varied opinions among the 18 people at its meeting last month.

“There were quite a few people who had mixed views, perhaps depending on the streets in which they live. We respect that,” Laidlaw said.

Waipā District Council’s transportation manager Bryan Hudson said while Te Ara Rimu was a big job, the outcome would be worth it.

Work has started on the Te Ara Rimu walking and cycling path.

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New allies for three MPs

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National Party MPs Louise Upston, Barbara Kuriger and Tim van de Molen have all been re-elected with increased majorities.

Taupō, Taranaki-King Country and Waikato electorates are all in The News’ circulation area.

The sitting trio were joined by a raft of new MPs as voters across the country turned away from Labour to the benefit of Te Pati Māori and parties both left and right.

In the Hauraki-Waikato Māori seat, which also covers Waipā, voters ousted veteran Labour politician Nanaia Mahuta in favour of Te Pāti Māori’s Hana-Rawhiti MaipiClarke, who turned 21 last month.

She is not only the youngest MP elected but also the youngest in 170 years. James Stuart-Wortley was 20 years and seven months when elected as MP for Christchurch Country in the first general election in 1853.

Maipi-Clarke (Waikato, Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Porou, Te Atiawa, Ngāi Tahu), took the seat

Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke

from Mahuta, who has held it since 1996 – but voters were strongly in favour of Labour when using their party vote.

Because Mahuta did not put her name forward on the list, the former Foreign and Local Government minister is gone from Parliament.

Taranaki based Angela Roberts, a Labour list MP who covered Taranaki-King Country during the last term, is 35 on the Labour list, and appears to have no chance of returning to Parliament. Labour’s MP numbers will drop from 65 to the mid-thirties.

The News was at the Hidden Lake Hotel on Saturday night when Upston, 52, joined her supporters and family – partner Hamish Craig, sister Rebecca Gibson from Te Awamutu, brother Matthew McGill, children Hamish, Mac and Jessica - to celebrate her election for a sixth term.

Prior to entering Parliament in 2008, Upston was self-employed as a project

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management consultant.

She is sixth on National’s party list and expected to return to Cabinet, probably with the Social Development and Employment portfolios.

Kuriger, 62, an MP since 2014, was 36th on the list, and van de Molen, 38, and in for a third term, 58th.

Both have a bit of work to do to get back in National’s good books.

Kuriger stood down from her roles as National’s agriculture spokesperson last year due to what was called a “significant conflict of interest” relating to her son’s animal welfare prosecution and her ongoing correspondence with the Ministry of Primary Industries.

Van de Molen was censured earlier this year for threatening behaviour directed towards a Labour MP. National also won neighbouring Hamilton East and West seats. City councillor Ryan

Louise Upston

Hamilton, in the east, held out Labour’s Georgie Dansey, who at 31 on the party’s list is another too far down to head to Parliament. Sitting MP, Labour’s MP Jamie Strange, announced last December he would not seek re-election.

Across the river Tama Potaka retained his seat, beating Labour’s Myra Williamson.

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Rose town attracts big names

By Viv Posselt

Two of the world’s top rosarians will visit Te Awamutu next month, adding a never-before international sheen to the town during its peak rose season.

Global rose expert Michael Marriott and US-based specialist Paul Zimmerman are leading a nine-day Botanica World Discoveries Tour to New Zealand next

month. It is on day four of that tour, November 16, that they will segway from a trip to Hamilton Gardens to view Te Awamutu’s roses.

British-based Michael Marriott was an integral part of David Austin Roses for 35 years and is said to have an encyclopaedic knowledge of roses. He has designed many of the world’s top rose gardens and borders. Paul Zimmerman is internationally

respected as a top rose horticulturalist.

He writes extensively on the topic, hosts workshops and lectures, and judges international rose shows.

Te Awamutu Rose Society president Anne Oliedam said it was Te Awamutu’s longstanding ‘Rose Town’ moniker that attracted the tour.

In a ‘Who are we Te Awamutu’ survey conducted earlier this year, it was evident residents thought it was important to retain the town’s ‘Rose Town’ brand name, initially adopted in the late 1960s.

“As far as I know, we have never had experts of their stature visit before,” she said, referring to Marriott and Zimmerman. “This is a big feather in our cap.”

Fellow Rose Society member Linnie Jones said the society had been approached by those organising the Botanica tour.

The visit by the group will fall between two rose-oriented events in Te Awamutu during November, the town’s peak month for the blooms.

The first is the Rose Society’s 59th Annual Rose Show at the Te Awamutu Rugby and Sports Club on November 3-4, and the other is Rose Sunday on November 26.

Both events attract serious rose growers and breeders as well as fledgling growers.

Linnie was one of those herself until recently and is now a convert.

“I was a complete novice when I entered the show last year, yet I still came away with the Best Bloom title,” she said. “It just shows you … if I can grow them, anyone can.”

Anne said the Society had a long history with Te Awamutu and its residents and the upcoming rose show was a popular annual event.

“We have about 43 members at present, but not all of them choose to show their roses,” she said.

“One interesting aspect of the show that is increasingly popular is our invitation to any member of the public to bring along a rose they have grown and enter into the show for an award.”

Briefs…

Senior prizegiving

Te Awamutu College’s 2023 senior prizegiving ceremony will take place on Friday, November 3. Meanwhile the college will announce its head students for 2024 in coming days following an interview process this week to fill the positions.

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Te Awamutu Rose Society president Anne Oliedam, right, and fellow member Linnie Jones.

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Objections to burn…

Waipā District Council has a legal obligation to consider a proposal to build a waste to energy plant in Waipā, its council’s district growth and regulatory services group manager Wayne Allan says. Waipā District Council received close to 900 responses on the proposal to build a waste incineration plant in Te Awamutu. It was the highest number of submissions the council had ever received on a resource consent application.

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Facilities trust makes a splash

By Mary Anne Gill

The level of swimming pool and event centre use in Cambridge and Te Awamutu is up 55 per cent on last year and exceeding pre-Covid numbers.

Waipā Community Facilities Trust runs the Te Awamutu Events and Perry Aquatic centres in the towns under a services agreement with the district council.

Chief executive Matt Horne provided figures in an update to the council’s Service Delivery committee this week.

The centre in Te Awamutu includes the Livingstone Aquatic Centre, the ASB Stadium and the Club Waipā gymnasium.

The Perry Aquatic Centre, formerly the Cambridge swimming pools, reopened in May 2021.

Total visits across the two sites in the 12 months starting July 1 went above 350,000 for the first time – up from 195,000 three years ago

when Cambridge was closed for refurbishment.

“Maintenance and recruitment have been the major challenges for the year. It has been difficult to fill all vacant positions across both sites which has been a common theme across our industry,” Horne told the committee in his report.

“Many aquatic facilities throughout the country have reduced their opening hours or services to combat these challenges.

“Go Waipā has managed to maintain operating hours and services with minimal interruptions to our customers,” he said.

The five-yearly maintenance closure and the stadium floor refurbishment affected Te Awamutu Events Centre’s numbers which were still up against last year but down from pre Covid.

The closures came in June this year and the floor refurbishment in the first three months of this year.

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Visitor numbers at Te Awamutu’s Te Awamutu Livingstone Aquatic Centre have bounced back to more than 130,000.

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Visitor numbers at Livingstone Aquatics in Te Awamutu were up 41 per cent on last year – with 130,659 people - but down from two years ago when there were 141,826 users.

Meanwhile the ASB Stadium had a record 31,000 users and Club Waipā, which has 843 members, had nearly 58,000 visitors, slightly down on two years ago.

In Cambridge, the Perry Aquatic Centre had its first year without restrictions since its refurbishment.

“Overall attendance was 147,625 up 52,452 visits or 55% over 20212022 figures of 95,176,” said Horne.

“Operationally we continue to work through and address teething issues and most of the outstanding remedial works should be

completed early 2023-2024.”

Swim Waipā is another success with membership up 16 per cent with water safety participation a highlight. The Kickstart holiday programme attendance is a standout.

Customer behaviour has been a concern though with an increase in trespasses from three in 2020 to 11 this year.

Accidents and contaminations were up but that was more a reflection of the increased visitor numbers, he said.

Compliments were down and complaints and suggestions were up.

Ratepayers covered 50.25 per cent of the facilities’ overall costs with the council contributing $2.6 million

and another $586,500 on capital renewal.

Surplus before tax was $452,375, up from $234,038 last year but still well short of the $867,864 from two years ago.

The ASB Stadium seats up to 800 spectators and is used for a variety of events or sporting activities.

Perry Aquatic Centre consists of an indoor 25m x25m pool, a learner/hydrotherapy pool, tots pools and splash pad. It also has an upgraded 50m outdoor pool, which is open during the summer months.

The Livingstone Aquatics is an indoor facility which includes a 25 metre pool, hydroslide, hydrotherapy pool, learners pool, toddler‘s pool, spa, sauna and an inflatable obstacle course.

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Musings from days at sea

Eruptions and agriculture

A quiet night. A calm sea. The only sounds disturbing eternal peace are the lapping of the water as the bow pushes aside the warm Pacific Ocean and the ticking of the course change gyro compass as the ship’s head gently sways from side to side of the allotted course.

On the chartroom table - sitting under the orange glow of the eyesight supporting ‘night’ light - sits the chart indicating the gentle bow-shaped curve of the great circle course the navigator has set for this long leg up towards Panama. To the uninitiated a straight line between two far-apart points is much longer than the curve that sees the ship bend southwards towards Antarctica.

The fact that the earth is not an exact sphere, but an oblate spheroid, has something to do with it.

The Second Officer – in his dual role as Officer of the Watch (OOW) and navigator – has been plotting the stars and planets that he estimates will be in ideal positions above to be used by the following OOW. Then, at dawn, he will stand, feet braced apart, gently swinging his sextant to bring the heavenly bodies down to the emerging dark horizon shortly to be extinguished by the emergence of the hot Pacific sun. And from angles of three heavenly bodies the position of the ship will be calculated The OOW switches on the kettle to ensure that his oncoming counterpart will be welcomed at 4am - having been dragged from his warm bed after a relatively short sleep. The dinner the night before - with the passengers on his table - required a crisp white mess jacket adorned with brass buttons and epaulettes on the shoulder indicating his rank. The light starch in his black bow tie-topped dress shirt tucked into

Part of being prepared for volcanic eruptions is understanding what aspects of our lives might be impacted.

Many may remember how the Eyjafjallajökull (or “that Icelandic volcano”) eruption shut down airways over Europe in 2010, we know much more about volcanic ash now. Here in Aotearoa/New Zealand, agriculture is a significant consideration, especially here in the Waipā district.

I spent much of my childhood on my grandparent’s dairy farm with their Jersey cows, I understand how important this is. As a reminder, volcanic ash is pulverised rock that was magma, blown apart during explosive eruptions. Volcanic ash from Ngāuruhoe reached my grandparents’ farm just north of Te Awamutu in 1975. That won’t be the last time.

It is important that as a country that depends on agriculture, we prepare for events and individually have a solid foundation of good information so that we can act faster, and therefore recover faster. When we have our next eruption, these are the aspects our farmers and industries will be wanting to be aware of, as well as all of us who may have to take some precautionary steps. At least 2000 grazing animals died from fluorosis following an eruption of Ruapehu on October 11, 1995.

We take this seriously and there are testing protocols in place to determine if this is a threat during an eruption.

There are a lot of misleading headlines out there about “toxic” volcanic ash, but we need to test the properties of the ash before those conclusions are reached. There are several important aspects that influence what the impacts are. This includes the chemistry of the ash and any coating on the ash surface, like high concentrations of fluoride that can lead to fluorosis; how fine or coarse the ash particles are; how thick the deposit is, which changes with the distance from the volcano;

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his black trousers being kept in place by a smart horizontal cummerbund.

It all seems a lifetime away from his pre-dawn stumble onto the bridge to take over the safe overview of the ship for the next four hours.

This was in the days when – 60 years ago – those of us lucky enough to be employed in this maritime paradise were charged with millions of dollars’ worth of care of ships with both passengers and cargo. Where a month-long passage from Auckland to London enabled relaxation for the passengers, good food, the occasional movie, dancing, bingo, card games, deck golf and an aura of total relaxation. Not for them the body-wracking sardine-can cocoon that now graces our options as, squeezed into the 32-inch spaced economy seat, we ache bodily for a period more than 24 hours. Not for them the foil-wrapped glutinous mess that masquerades as an airline dinner. Only for them the chance to dress smartly and enter an ambience of polite social exchanges where owners of large South Island farming stations would rub shoulders with relaxing business leaders and a myriad successful professionals.

Yes, we had a great deal of fun. We worked long, arduous hours but played hard, had to ensure we could dance the Gay Gordons (the real one not the Antipodean sham) – and to be ever polite with those passengers eager to ensure that they enjoyed every minute of the journey.

Did I enjoy it? You betcha. It was a superb grounding for management of men, the ambiance of social graces and the satisfaction at the end of the voyage of a job well done.

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the abrasive nature of ash; the size and type of the eruption plus wind direction, determining what areas are impacted; the existing environment, such as vegetation types, pasture length, climate, and rainfall; the species, age, and health of livestock; and the precautions and response actions taken by people. We continue to learn about these aspects from the impacts of eruptions around the world.

Depending on those factors, ash can damage machinery and vehicles, result in crop and livestock losses, contamination of water sources, damage to forestry (depending on tree age and/or the amount of ash), block transportation routes, impact power supply and communications, block gutters (which can lead to flooding inside), and can collapse roofs (depending on roof type and ash thickness).

I want to stress that these really are dependent on the factors I mentioned above. Having ashfall on your farm is not an automatic disaster.

There are naturally big concerns about water contamination, research shows that chemicals that may leach out of ash usually affect the taste long before toxic concentrations are reached, and short-term exposure is unlikely to cause harm (thanks to Dr Carol Stewart for sharing this during the recent Tonga eruption). We are fortunate enough to have researchers here in New Zealand who are experienced in testing and researching ash and the impacts.

The GNS website has ash impact posters for infrastructure managers, and possible effects with different thicknesses of volcanic ash deposits.

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Meghan Hawkes looks back on the Waipa headlines in 1908.

They will consider it The Prime Minister, Sir Joseph Ward, as part of his country tour, arrived at Te Awamutu by early train from Te Kūiti.

He and his party were driven to the Commercial Hotel, where they were entertained to breakfast by the Te Awamutu Town Board. After breakfast Sir Joseph received a number of deputations – the first being a request that Te Awamutu should be made a stopping station for the Main Trunk railway when the route was completed.

It was pointed out that Te Awamutu was the centre of a big farming district, and also possessed several historic battlefields.

Several other requests included a government survey made between Te Awamutu and Kawhia for a railway to connect those two rapidly growing districts, a new front be provided for the Te Awamutu post office and an improved mail and telephone service for Kihikihi. All these requests met the reply that they would receive consideration.

Despite the bureaucratic tone of the visit it was more successful than his next stop Kawhia. Owing to bad roads and adverse tides it was very late when the party arrived.

Consequently the tide was out, and a launch journey delayed. Then the launch, in trying a short cut to Kawhia, ran onto a sandbank, and had to be poled off.

The great mountain of Pirongia, covered to the summit with a dense growth of bush, was now being completely denuded by the settlers owning the greater part of it. The Government was opening a 45,000 acre block on what was called the Long Spur—all forest land.

Warnings were given about the effects of clearing the hillside. There would be a

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regular recurrence of too dry summer seasons. A great part of rainfall came over Pirongia, and the bush-covered mountain acted as a magnet in drawing down clouds which would otherwise pass over.

All geographers agreed that the wholesale clearing of forest was fraught with serious consequences for future rainfall. The Waikato could not live without a copious rainfall. The effects of a dry season on dairy cattle were so disastrous that whatever steps were necessary to obviate more severe droughts should be taken.

On a lighter note – ‘Extraordinary Weather’ was predicted for Ōhaupō It was expected great ‘clouds’ of people would ‘roll up’ to the hall; ‘showers’ of coin would fall into the ticket box; the ‘thunder’ of applause would greet the Te Awamutu Concert Party, and laughter and enjoyment would ‘reign’ supreme.

The saying ‘Everything comes to those who wait’ appeared to be perfectly true for the settlers of Te Rore who had long waited for a creamery to be built in their district. The chosen site was Mrs Totty’s farm.

After a little delay in the erection of machinery, the newly built creamery started operations, everything working smoothly and in splendid order. A fair amount of milk was brought to the factory, and every day the quantity increased.

Mr C. Richdale secured the contract for the carting of the cream, and by this means Te Rore was brought into daily communication with Ōhaupō.

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A special meeting

By Jeremy Smith

Athletes from around New Zealand were at the Livingstone Aquatic Centre as Special Olympics Te Awamutu hosted one of its biggest annual swim meets on Sunday.

The long-standing meet attracted about 120 athletes representing 13 clubs. More than 20 club members competed for Te Awamutu.

Meet organiser and Special Olympics Te Awamutu head swimming coach Shelley Blair was delighted with the day.

In a typical calendar year, Te Awamutu swimmers head to a handful of swimming competitions, and then host their own meet – as was the case on Sunday.

Special Olympics Te Awamutu also had two newcomers who competed in their first swimming competition – Robert Millow

and Amelia Trotman.

“Not only the first time competing, so it’s jumping into the unknown in a way, but it was a pretty big meet too. I’m so proud of them, they did it incredibly well,” Shelley said.

Also competing was Te Awamutu’s Matthew Smith, who won a bronze medal in the 4x25m freestyle relay at the 2023 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Berlin earlier this year.

The News was there as Matthew swam in the 100m backstroke on Sunday.

“I’m having lots of fun,”

he told The News from the stands in between races.

“Honestly, I’m just so blown away by the sportsmanship that’s displayed – all the athletes are so supportive of each other,” Shelley said.

“And they really gave it their everything as they swam each race.”

Shelley said she received good feedback from athletes and parents.

“The day means so much to them too, so that’s wonderful to see.”

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French mission accomplished

By Mary Anne Gill

Cambridge Community Board chair Jo Davies-Colley heaved a sigh of relief last week when she was reunited with the handmade poppy bowl she sent to France five months ago.

“It arrived,” she told The News minutes after arriving in Le Quesnoy for the opening of Te Arawhata – New Zealand Liberation Museum.

She and Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan then gifted it to MarieSophie Lesne, mayor of Le Quesnoy before the formalities started.

Hokitika resident Jimmy Gordon made hundreds of poppy bowls out of recycled matai and

pounamu during the pandemic and gave two to the Cambridge RSA who gifted one to Le Quesnoy.

Getting it there was a torturous process for Davies-Colley involving Customs’ clearance in both New Zealand and France.

The museum was blessed on October 10 after The News went to press last week by Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Waewae before the opening the following day. The blessing in Le Quesnoy also revealed the pounamu cleansing stone at the entrance of the museum which was donated by the rūnanga.

The project has been funded through donations – including $150,000 from Wāipa District Council – and fundraising continues with the aim of reaching beyond a

Waipa mayor Susan O’Regan, Cambridge Community Board chair Jo Davies-Colley and Le Quesnoy mayor Marie Sophie Lesne with the poppy bowl gifted from Cambridge, New Zealand.

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Cambridge has a long standing sister city relationship with Le Quesnoy set to be continued next month when officials visit for Armistice Day commemorations on November 10 and 11.

“It is really moving,” said O’Regan.

“It’s about the symbols and the themes and stories it (the museum) tells which is really unique and something we need to celebrate.”

Cambridge features prominently

inside the museum’s Friendship Room Former governor general Jerry Mateparae and Lesne opened the museum. Also present was Wāipa deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk.

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Alana Mackay, community board Sister Cities relationship liaison and Cambridge-Le Quesnoy Friendship Association chair has confirmed the Cambridge Brass Band will play a concert in the Town Hall on November 10 with Le Quesnoy representatives present.

Representatives from Bihoro in Japan, the town’s other Sister City, will visit Cambridge later next month.

Waipā Youngsters descended on the Karāpiro Domain last weekend for Kerfuffle – a twist on the event at the Cambridge Cycling Festival earlier this year. The new event catered for pre-schoolers through to Year 8 and provided them with an obstacle course to tackle on two wheels. At the same time the 23rd Karāpiro Flyer event was held as riders took on a 100km circuit.

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Historic home under the hammer William moved from Auckland to Cambridge to manage Dingley Dell and ultimately purchased the land.

He and wife Grace married in 1885 and raised their family of eight there.

Katharine and her siblings - brother Guy, sister Stephanie, and the late James – also grew up at Dingley Dell.

Their parents - the late Bill and Margaret Vosper – had settled there after marrying in 1960.

Margaret lived there for 55 years, with Katharine and David’s sons Andrew and Chris also spending a chunk of their childhood there when the couple returned from overseas.

Two Vosper family reunions have been held at Dingley Dell – one in 1973, the other in 2008.

“I’m very attached… there’s lots of special memories for us here,” Katharine said.

“But we have had time to think about it as a family, and we know the timing is right.”

The 165-hectare farm, which was converted to dairy from sheep and beef in 1994, has been leased to JD & RD Wallace for nearly four decades – it operates with two other neighbouring properties.

A Cambridge property steeped in history, with a capital value of $17.8 million, could change hands for the first time in more than a century.

Dingley Dell, a 165ha Maungatautari dairy farm will be auctioned next month.

Dingley Del is the former home to Cambridge Polo Club and has been owned by four generations of the Vosper family for nearly 140 years.

Current residents Katharine Milson - nee Vosper - and her husband David, have lived there since returning from overseas in 2009 and say the sale is necessitated by family circumstances.

Listed with “mixed feelings” earlier this month, the property is on the market exactly 150 years after Katharine’s great grandfather William Vosper arrived in New Zealand from England in 1873.

Cambridge Museum records show Dingley Dell - originally Every Maclean’s Maungatautari headquarters – was established in 1877.

The name came from a popular Charles Dickens novel.

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Milking 630 cows, the property’s three-year milk solid average is just shy of 220,000 kilograms.

Katharine recalls idyllic rural years there, rearing orphaned lambs, shearing times with tables creaking with food, Margaret bottling enough seasonal fruit to last the year and laughter-filled indoor and outdoor games.

“Personally, it‘s also been quite meaningful hosting groups of people for events like women’s groups, woodworking groups and even Christmas dinners.”

The current six-bedroom bungalow is the third on the property. Built in 1928, along the lines of designs by architect James Douce, it is a category B heritage building.

The first cottage belonging to William burnt down in May 1884 while he attended a church service in Cambridge.

The second, a large villa-styled home, was burnt down the night of the 1926 Hunt Ball.

Sport has always played a big role in the lives of the Vosper family - Dingley Dell having been home to a rifle range, dog

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trials and polo over the years.

At one time, there was even a separate room which housed a marble king-size billiard table.

Since polo came to Cambridge in the early 1900s, the polo club has had many homes – the trotting club and Dingley Dell being among them before WWII. Then, when the polo club recommenced in 1947, the Vosper’s front paddock was the club’s practice grounds until 1964 when it moved to Vogel St. “I can remember polo being played,” Katharine said.

“My grandfather Gordon was very involved - he was even in the New Zealand polo team.

“For a while during my childhood, there was an old polo grandstand in the driveway,” Katharine said.

As the Milsons now plan for one significant chapter to close, Katharine said she and David want to stay in Cambridge.

“I’m not sure that after having lived somewhere as beautiful as this we could shift into town though.”

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DairyNZ chair re-elected A sharp reminder Ōhaupō’s Jim van der Poel was re-elected at DairyNZ’s annual meeting in Te Awamutu last week Chairman Van der Poel reported on a challenging and busy year where farmers tackled inflation and regulation issues.

“There is no doubt it has been a challenging year but, despite this, our farmers remain committed to delivering for their teams, families, animals and land.

We produce world class products and should be incredibly proud of that,” he said.

“DairyNZ is working with farmers to help them manage the current economic climate, so our sector can work through current cost pressures and continue producing high-quality products long-term.

“We will also continue to work hard to find fair and practical solutions on issues that matter, advocacy on your behalf, including a solution to emissions that is better for farmers than the Emissions Trading Scheme.”

North Canterbury’s Cameron Henderson joined the DairyNZ board and chief financial officer Robyn Marsh said he and van der Poel would play a key role as directors representing farmers.

“Cameron and Jim are motivated and driven dairy leaders who will have an important role supporting the leadership and direction of DairyNZ, and dairy farming in New Zealand,” she said.

The pair are two of five farmer-elected directors along with three board-appointed directors on DairyNZ’s board.

Colin Glass did not seek another term.

Mary-Anne Macleod was confirmed as an appointed director for another term, while Robbie Byars was also elected unopposed to the Directors’ Remuneration Committee.

DairyNZ’s chair will be confirmed at its next board meeting, in two weeks’ time.

Meanwhile DairyNZ has been encouraging farmers to plan for the months ahead, amid increasing costs and an expected El Niño weather pattern.

General manager of farm performance, Sarah Speight, said farmers need to focus on growing and utilising as

much pasture as possible, as it remains the cheapest source of feed.

Being cost-conscious was particularly important with DairyNZ having updated the national breakeven forecast to $7.78kg/MS, an increase from $7.51kg/ MS. The breakeven milk price is the milk sale price per kilogram of milksolids to cover the farm’s costs in a season, excluding capital expenditure and principal repaid on loans.

DairyNZ head of economics, Mark Storey, said that the breakeven figure had been updated based on new pricing information, tax changes and in response to milk price and dividend payment announcements.

“Outside the breakeven milk price, we have seen farm expense forecasts increase, impacting overall costs, while revenue expectations have shifted with high dividend payouts, accompanied by decreasing milk price expectations for the 2023/24 season,” he said.

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Chilean Needle grass presents a significant threat to sheep and beef farmers.

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The Waikato Regional Council is sounding alarm bells about grass so invasive it could put half a million hectares of sheep and beef farming at risk.

Chilean Needle grass is considered a big enough threat in Canterbury that a researcher uses dogs trained to track it down.

Rural News reported a successful proof-of-concept season has shown trained dogs can reliably pinpoint the plants.

Regional Council Pest Plants Team Leader Darion Embling says the grass is not found in the Waikato.

The council wants to keep it that way – but Chilean needle grass seeds can easily hitch a ride from other regions by screwing into clothing and stock pelts, skin and flesh, on equipment and machinery, and even in gravel or fodder.

The needle-like seeds, which are about 7 centimetres long, can penetrate skin and the flesh of animals.

“This is really nasty stuff and it is

found in the North Island in the Hawke’s Bay and in the South Island in Marlborough and Canterbury,” Embling said.

“We really need farmers to be vigilant about inadvertently bringing Chilean needlegrass into the region, so that means understanding the likely pathways of spread and always ensuring biosecurity starts at any farm gate.”

Chilean needle grass does well in drought and will displace other pasture grasses.

“If gets caught in sheep’s wool it’s next to impossible to remove, in the eye it can cause blindness, and if eaten by stock it can cause mouth abscesses or internal injuries,” says Embling.

“It’s also very hard to eradicate as it seeds prolifically and builds up large seed reserves in the soil.”

Needle grass is a tussock like grass up to a metre. Leaves are up to 5mm wide and up to 30 centimetres long and bright-green in spring and summer.

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Plan Change One (PC1), Waikato Regional Council’s proposed regulatory framework to better manage freshwater in the Waikato and Waipa river catchments has finally reached the Environment Court hearing stage.

This is the final part of the process where the formal appeals to the proposed plan are heard by an Environment Court judge who will make a final decision on the parts of the plan that are still in contention following court assisted mediation.

Work and engagement with the community to develop policy options for both the Waikato Regional Policy Statement and Waikato Regional Plan to give effect to the National Policy Statement Freshwater continues, with the process on track to notify the proposed plan in December 2024.

For those farming in the Waikato and Waipa catchments, the regional council will be doing its best to align this process with the outcomes of PC1 to ensure as far as possible a practicable and functional set of new plan rules that make sense for farmers.

Don’t forget that the Fresh Water Farm Plan regulations are a seperate but related part of the Governments Freshwater Initiatives that require all pastoral or arable land use of more than 20 hectares and/or horticultural land use of more than 5ha to have a certified Freshwater Farm Plan (FWFP).

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Some special guests took centre stage at St Patrick’s Catholic School’s ag day last week.

Among the action, even Inter Miami captain Lionel Messi – owned

by Liv Sexton - and 101 Dalmatians’ Cruella de Vil, and her owner Addyson van der Poel, made an appearance.

Teacher in charge of ag day Nicole Voorend said 18 lambs and seven calves came along with their owners – for lambs there were call, follow, run, leading and rearing categories, while for calves there were leading, rearing and beef and dairy categories.

School classes which didn’t have animals entered in ag day also made sure to check out proceedings.

“It’s a bit of work to put together,” Voorend said while looking around at entrants.

“But it’s so fun when it arrives and we see everyone having fun like this,” she said.

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Savour the season

Spring is a time for freshening up menus with delights such rhubarb, asparagus, strawberries and whitebait. The rhubarb in my garden has long, plump, red stalks, my strawberries are looking more luscious by the day, and a friend has provided fresh whitebait for my favourite roulade. Divine!

This year, the official whitebait season runs from 1 September until 30 October. A Kiwi favourite, whitebait are the young of five native fish collectively known as Galaxiidae. They spend time at sea and then make their way up rivers and streams.

Whitebait is a special treat, one that could be endangered as species run low.

Asparagus has made a slow start this spring, but my tastings have been chock-full of flavour. Freshly picked asparagus has the best taste and maximum goodness. If the buds on the ends have started to open, it indicates that the asparagus was picked when it was too mature and it may be tough. If the white ends extend too far up the stem, then the asparagus was picked too early.

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Beat the egg whites, until stiff. Fold 2 tablespoons of the egg white into the whitebait mixture then gently fold in the remaining egg white so the volume is not lost.

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Cool. Spread with the sour cream. Sprinkle with capers, lemon rind, salt and pepper. Carefully roll up. Carefully wrap in foil and chill in the refrigerator.

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Counselling rates at a Waipā school have skyrocketed and its principal says children are being exposed to new pressures via smartphones.

About 40 students at Cambridge Middle School are receiving counselling, principal Daryl Gibbs says.

“There are a variety of reasons behind that, including friendship issues and social anxiety, which can be compounded by social media use,” he said.

Gibbs spoke to The News after more than 100 adults attended a cyber safety evening at Cambridge Middle School last Thursday.

He said the school board had funded a counsellor for the past two years, “because of the need for these kids to have someone to talk to...”.

In the United States a “massive study” had looked at the exponential increase in teen anxiety, suicide, selfharm and bullying since the introduction of the smart phone “and it’s undeniable”.

Last year 142 students were diagnosed with anxiety at the school – compared with only one or two a year just 5-10 years ago.

“Smartphones certainly

aren’t the only cause of anxiety, but they are a contributor,” Gibbs said.

“Without mum and dad right beside them necessarily children have been given a phone and permission to sign in to Snapchat, Messenger, whatever... then as parents we start seeing the aftermath of my child disconnecting, my child constantly scrolling or my child anxious.”

Rob Cope, who produced the 2020 documentary “Our Kids Online”, is a regular visitor to schools, where he discusses the impacts of social media and gaming on developing brains.

Gibbs said his messages, which include the importance of delaying social media, using appropriate filters and talking to children about how they interact online, are essential.

His school had increasingly dealt with the fallout of students’ activity and behaviour towards each other online through social media platforms over the past five years.

“A lot of this behaviour happens in the parents’ house in their lounge, in their bedroom, on a Saturday night and then the eyes sort of turn to us to fix it on a Monday.

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Ka kati tēnei tono hei te 27 o Oketopa, 2023 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.

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