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MPs names missing By Mary Anne Gill
Three elected Waipā district members of Parliament have been left off a story board in Garden Place, Hamilton which honours Waikato’s female MPs. The omission of Katherine O‘Regan, Louise Upston and Barbara Kuriger is even more bewildering because featured on the board is New Zealand First’s Barbara Stewart, who lived in Cambridge during her 12 years as a List MP. Now the organiser of the board, former Hamilton mayor Margaret Evans, is scrambling for explanations
on how the 'mystery' oversight of O’Regan occurred – she was on the final list - and is vowing to put it right. The statue of the legendary Dame Hilda Ross was unveiled in October 2020 with the story board erected alongside it several months later. On the board’s list of Waikato MPs is Dame Hilda, Iriaka Ratana, Dorothy Jelicich, Marilyn Waring, Dianne Yates, Nanaia Mahuta, Margaret Wilson, Barbara Stewart and Sue Moroney. Of the three Waipā names missing, O’Regan’s is the most glaring as aside from
being an MP from 1984-1999, she was also in 1977 the first woman elected to the Waipā County Council and a member of the Te Awamutu Walk of Fame. “You have uncovered a mystery,” Evans told The News in reference to O’Regan’s omission. She supplied information sent to the Hamilton City Council when the copy for the story board was approved. O’Regan was on that list but missed off the final copy. “You will see that we had 10 women MPs in the final list. “My recall is that we retained Margaret Wilson
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to add in the other list MP Barbara Stewart (which also gave a cross-party theme).” Stewart was by then out of Parliament – she did two stints as a List MP – from 2002-2008 and 2011-2017. But Upston had been Taupō MP for 13 years – she entered Parliament in 2008 - and Kuriger seven as Taranaki-King Country‘s elected representative. The Taupō electorate, despite its name, includes the Waikato towns of Cambridge, Tokoroa and Putāruru. Taupō town is itself part of the Waikato Regional Council territorial authority – established in 1989 - but for sporting purposes, particularly rugby, is in King Country and for other sports, Bay of Plenty. The Taranaki-King Country electorate, again despite its name, includes Photo: Mary Anne Gill Te Awamutu which is as
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Now it’s a sharing shed By Jeremy Smith
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A new book nearly two years in the making has been produced by the Te Awamutu Menzshed as members look to kick start fundraising efforts towards redeveloping their engineering shed. Te Awamutu Menzshed started 11 years ago – in 2012 – and a Menzshed trust was formed two years later. Colin Hall, friends with John and Ann Perry, had a dream to establish a Menzshed in Te Awamutu after hearing about what was happening in the Menzshed network in Australia. Today in Te Awamutu, up to 20 men regularly attend Menzshed gatherings – about 40 are on its books. The engineering shed - a 1950s garage – is one of three buildings on the organisation’s Raeburne St site. The new book, Sheddies, was launched at a function at Te Awamutu Bowling Club this week, after The News went to print. Sheddies has been compiled by Menzshed president Richard
Cato and edited by shed member and writer Kingsley Field and shares the “stories and yarns” of 12 shed members, as written by those members. Proceeds from the sales of the 500 copies in the initial print run, which will be distributed nationwide through the network of more than 100 Menzsheds around New Zealand, will be
put towards the redevelopment. Cato said some copies will make it as far as Australia and Ireland because Te Awamutu members have friends who are part of MenzShed overseas. “We don’t have any idea of costs of timeframes at the moment,” Richard told The News of the redevelopment project.
“But increasing membership means it’s something we need to do.” The Menzshed concept involves providing men with a place to socialise. One of the key projects undertaken in Te Awamutu has been a $50,000 extension of the shed lounge, more than doubling it in size.
Les Liddington, left, Doug Grayling and Te Awamutu Menzshed president Richard Cato look through copies of Sheddies. Photo: Jeremy Smith
On the beat Seven days in review with Constable Ryan Fleming
A look back on our week… Monday - Police received a report of earthing cables being stolen. We attended a family harm incident where both parties made claims of being assaulted, a male was seen unlawfully on a property, a vehicle drove through the road patrol signs outside a busy school in Te Awamutu and a male was scammed online. Police impounded a vehicle after discovering the driver was disqualified and a female was referred to mental health after a self-harm episode. Tuesday – The occupants of a vehicle were seen tampering with mailboxes. Police served a protection order on behalf of the court, attended a minor vehicle collision and served 20 trespass notices on a recidivist shoplifter. A female found driving without a licence was forbidden from driving until she obtains one. Police attended a family harm where an assault was disclosed and a motor vehicle collision on Arapuni Rd. Wednesday - A vehicle was reported stolen in Kihikihi. A family harm incident was
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driving with excess breath alcohol. A burglary was reported. Police attended a family harm where there were allegations of a breach of protection order, Police attended an assault. Saturday - A vehicle was reported broken into in Te Awamutu, two people were found to be driving with excess breath alcohol. A vehicle was stolen and later recovered in Rotorua. A motorcyclist was stopped by police driving in excess of 155kph. Police attended a threatening behaviour incident, a female was assaulted by a tenant and a vehicle failed to stop for police. Sunday - Police attended two family harm incidents. Three vehicles were reported interfered with, a stolen vehicle was located, a female attempted to self-harm, a vehicle was stolen from an address in Te Awamutu and we attended a motor vehicle collision where an occupant received moderate injuries.
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Briefs… Pirongia questions
Residents will be asked for their views on a skatepark and hear about a study on halls when the Waipā District Council talks community facilities tomorrow. The community engagement starts with a public session at the Pirongia Rugby and Sports club tomorrow (Friday) at 4.30pm.
Vercoe dies
Former Matamata Piako mayor and Waikato regional councillor Hugh Vercoe has died aged 80. He was mayor between 1998 and 2013 and then on the regional council until last year. Vercoe served as Waikato Civil Defence Emergency Management group chair from 2010. He was a director and shareholder in the Morrinsville News community newspaper. A service to celebrate his life will be held at the Morrinsville Events Centre tomorrow at 11am.
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Tourism bounces back By Mary Anne Gill
Waipā residents recognise the positive value tourism brings to the district but are still concerned about the rubbish, parking and congestion problems it causes them. International visitor expenditure in the district was up 237 per cent and domestic 26 per cent in the 12 months ended June 30 this year, Hamilton and Waikato Tourism chief executive Nicola Greenwell told Waipā District Council Finance and Corporate committee members last week. The $14.3 million from foreigners and $161.8 million from within New Zealand were above pre Covid levels, she said. The biggest spend in the domestic market was Waikato people visiting in Waikato. Nearly four months into this financial year, it was looking even better. “We’re feeling really quite buoyant.” Waipā has a service level agreement with Hamilton and Waikato Tourism – along with Hamilton, Matamata-Piako, Ōtorohanga, Waikato and Waitomo territorial authorities – to promote Waikato within New Zealand and offshore. “Rest assured what we receive from our district council partners is maximised,” Greenwell said. Waipā’s share to the organisation
last financial year was $171,864 and $183,000 this year. The tourism organisation, using money from the government’s Covid Recovery fund, ran two resident sentiment surveys, boosted its image library and analysed the organisation’s cost per resident. At $3.30 for each resident, Hamilton and Waikato Tourism was among the three lowest – the others were Taranaki, Northland and Auckland. The highest is Queenstown at $172.35 followed by Rotorua ($66.64), Taupō ($56.26) and West Coast ($30.82). Waipā residents showed an approval rating of 50 (“acceptance”) towards domestic visitors and 68 (“approval”) towards international visitors, above the New Zealand averages of 44 and 63. “This is positive news that our Waipā residents are able to identify the benefit that tourism brings to their towns and district,” Greenwell told The News. Challenges found locally were more litter and waste, greater difficulty finding a car park, damage to the natural environment, traffic congestion and a feeling of less safe driving. “These challenges identified are opportunities for Waipā District Council to consider how these might be mitigated,” she said. That included working with retailers/operators to minimise
A former sharemilker has been sentenced to home detention and banned from being in charge of animals. Mark Richardson was in sole charge of a herd of about 165 cows at Te Awamutu between November 2015 and February 2020. After he sold the herd, a vet found evidence of tail breaks and injuries to 84 cows. The 48-year-old was prosecuted by the Ministry for Primary Industries.
waste, look at whether there were sufficient parks in the right places and an exploration of traffic flows through town. Residents also saw benefits such as businesses staying open longer, opportunities for employment, a greater appreciation of the natural environment and a desire to travel domestically. Cr Clare St Pierre said while the figures were impressive, the benefit was not being seen as much on the western side of the district, in places like Pirongia and Te Awamutu. “Is it because they have the businesses and infrastructure over there (in Cambridge)?” Greenwell said other businesses partnered with Hamilton and Waikato Tourism. “Operators choose to partner with us at whatever level and that does accelerate their exposure.” Deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk, who manages Mighty River Domain, Karāpiro for the council – arguably the biggest Waipā tourism attraction – asked why it did not appear buses were returning to the level they were pre Covid. Operators are working differently, Greenwell said. Before Covid, Hobbiton at the height of the season would operate a tour bus through the movie set every five minutes. Now it is one every 10 minutes.
Councils have been told by the Ombudsman to open workshops by default to reduce the perception that decisions are being made behind closed doors. Peter Boshier’s call echoes concerns The News has had in recent months about Waipā District Council’s regular monthly public excluded workshops where it appeared issues were discussed out of the public eye. It could see a return to good old fashioned debating in council chambers up and down the country rather than rubber-stamping exercises at short meetings. Boshier released his Open for Business report on Tuesday. He investigated eight councils. Waipā was not one of them. The News has taken issue with Waipā because of the regularity
The Targa New Zealand Rally was in the region this week as competitors negotiated Aspin, Te Miro, Waterworks, Mangere and Pukewhau roads.
And Waitomo Caves had 24 people on the boat before, now it was 20. “That’s happening up and down the country.” Operators provided tourists with a better experience, better engagement while they were there and a lighter footprint in the community. They were looking for visitors to “stay longer and explore deeper.” Greenwell said Hamilton and Waikato Tourism would continue to support Waipā tourism developments such as Te Ara Wai Land Wars Museum in Te Awamutu and the Sports Hall of Fame at the Velodrome in Cambridge.
Boshier targets workshops By Mary Anne Gill
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elected members cite information received at workshops when making decisions at public meetings. Boshier found no evidence that any of the eight councils were making decisions in the workshops but found some workshop practices were counter to the principles of openness and could contribute to a perception that workshops are not being used in the right way. “I also discovered that a range of council officials and elected members didn’t want to open workshops for a number of reasons including that asking questions could make them look stupid.” Boshier said protecting councillors was not a valid reason to close the workshop doors. “Elected members should be resilient enough to withstand reasonable public scrutiny. It is the job they are elected to do.”
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The mountains around us By Janine Krippner
While volcanoes can produce stressful and scary events, they are a critical part of our planet’s natural processes and they enhance life on Earth in very important ways. Locally, old volcanic deposits have weathered down to contribute to our fertile soils that our agricultural industry is built upon. They also provide ecosystems where diversity of plants, animals, insects, and other life can thrive. Next door we have Maungatautari, which is well known as Sanctuary Mountain, an ecological island where a lot of hard work has led to a safe home for some of our rare and endangered species. Maungatautari is what we call an extinct volcano, which means we do not think it will ever erupt again because activity has since migrated east to the Taupō Volcanic Zone. It was active around two million years ago, making it roughly the same age as the nearby also extinct Alexandra Volcanic Group that includes Mounts Karioi, Pirongia, Kakepuku (not Kakepuka, as I grew up to believe), and Te Kawa. Erosion has since reshaped the flanks of Maungatautari and dispersed the remnants in the surrounding districts through natural processes like water runoff. Sometimes this breakdown of the old cone happened faster. Work by Dr Marlena Prentice showed that towards the north east, part of the volcano collapsed and produced a debris avalanche deposit – a type of large landslide formed when part of a volcano fails. You might be able to spot the resulting U-shaped valley that is now covered in pastures in Google Maps. Below the mountain are ignimbrites (very large pyroclastic flow deposits rich in pumice from very large eruptions) from the Mangakino
caldera, one of the older, extinct calderas within the Taupō Volcanic Zone. Remembering that pyroclastic flows are very hot, fast mixtures of rock, ash, and gas that race across the landscape, our homelands have been through a lot to get to what we see today. During its lifetime, Maungatautari produced a wide range of eruption styles and sizes, which is typical of volcanoes. If you were around back then you may have witnessed lava flows, the growth of lava domes (when solid lava is pushed upwards to form unstable mounds that can collapse dangerously to form pyroclastic flows), and explosive small Vulcanian to larger sub-Plinian eruptions that produce ash plumes potentially reaching up to 30 km (which is partly how we define “sub-Plinian” eruptions), depositing pulverised rock fragments wherever the wind blows them. It would have taken many of these eruptions over a long time to eventually build up such a large edifice, it would be quite the view if this continued today. Understanding our landscape and how it formed helps us to understand hazards, like is there a chance the ground under our feet might collapse? As well as how to make the most of the land around us - like what fertilisers do we need to use to keep our crops and animals healthy? As a volcanologist, looking out at the old volcanoes around us this is what I see. The lifetimes of magma rising from deep below the surface to either quietly form lava flows, or violently blow apart because of the rapidly expanding gases within the magma itself as it reaches the surface. Visualising these dynamic processes brings another level of appreciation of the land around us.
FAITH IN WAIPĀ
A victim’s prayer By Julie Guest, St John’s, Te Awamutu
Two weeks ago, I was on the road with our grandson, heading for a handover meeting with his parents after a delightful week of grandparenting, when I received a phone call. As I wasn’t driving, I was able to answer. The news was shocking. I heard that our church had been broken into. Although we were looking forward to spending time with family when we met for the handover, the rest of that trip was spoilt for me as I worried and wondered about the implications of the break in. Finally back in Te Awamutu, we headed straight to the church. My office been the entry point. Once inside the thieves searched thoroughly and determinedly, throwing contents of drawers, cupboards and containers onto the floor. They were obviously targeting tech gear, and stole the grand stream Wi-Fi extender, a webcam, an external DVD player, wireless keyboard and mouse, monitor, Bluetooth speaker and all the chargers and cables they could find. But it was the callousness with which precious things had been treated that upset me most. One of the ways I care for those unable to attend church is to take church to them, including offering the bread and wine of the Lord’s Supper. When I was made a priest, I was gifted a beautiful home communion set for this purpose. The box that holds the set had been dumped in the church cemetery. The contents were nowhere to be seen. That upset me deeply, as I had shared the Lord’s Supper with many for whom it was their last time, and whose funerals I later lead. Precious memories were desecrated by carelessness
and greed. However, the thieves had not stopped in my office. They moved into the church and, sticking to their plan of stealing tech gear, they ripped out all the sound equipment. Our sound desk was not new, but it was good quality and delivered everything we needed. St John’s also recognises the need to be accessible to all, so not only did we have a good sound desk, but we also had a hearing loop. That was destroyed by the thieves—with no gain to them at all but great cost to us to reinstate. We were not able to hold a service in St John’s the next day. This week we have been grateful for the generosity and skill of friends who have lent us equipment, enabling worship in St John’s to resume. It would be so easy to begin the hating game. The thieves have caused disappointment, extra work, increased distrust and even fear. But as I first glimpsed the destruction, I heard God’s voice whispering in my ear, “Those who did this are as precious to me as you are.” I know that I am loved by God. I grew up surrounded in love from family, church family and community. I did nothing to deserve that, but having received it, my task is to help as many others as I can to know that love too. The people who did this cannot know love as I do - and yet they are loved enormously by God. My hope is that we will find what was taken, or be able to replace it in time. My prayer is that somehow this event will lead to the thieves discovering God’s love and forgiveness for them too.
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Staff explain road map Simrat takes By Jeremy Smith
Waipā District Council staff are not ruling out major renewals or Central Business District street improvements in Te Awamutu but they won’t get on the road this financial year, the Te AwamutuKihikihi Community Board has been told. Council transportation manager Bryan Hudson says the work could be factored into the 20242027 Long Term Plan which is in its early stages. “For the financial year to June 30 next year, there are basic maintenance budgets at the current levels of service,” he said. “The Long-Term Plan development for 2024-2027 includes a possible increase in spending on footpath maintenance and street cleaning. There is also potential for improvements on Market and Mahoe streets to increase pedestrian connectivity.” Hudson’s comments come as he has sought to address the board’s concerns about why some pedestrian crossings, median strips and roundabouts in town are covered in moss and weeds. The board’s concerns – which also included the fact the Sloane St roundabout was “continually” having directional arrow signage knocked over and damaged – were first reported by The News in June when they were outlined in board chair Ange Holt’s
chairperson’s report that month. A particular area of concern was the Cambridge Rd roundabout – which at the time Holt labelled as one of the worst in town because of overgrown weeds. Additionally, crossings throughout town – including on Bank, Arawata and Vaile streets were all covered in moss, she said. “Other cities manage to mitigate these risks and still maintain their road edges, roundabouts and median strips, so what – and when – can something be done about these issues?” Holt wrote in June. In his response, tabled at this week’s meeting of the Te Awamutu-Kihikihi Community Board, after The News went to print, Hudson said council staff had listened to and actioned resolutions to the board’s queries. And ahead of this week’s board meeting, chair Ange Holt told The News she was pleased with Hudson’s response. “We do appreciate the fact that council staff have done something since we raised the issues, and the fact staff are listening and wanting to try and help is good,” she said. Hudson’s response addressed four key areas where the board wants to see action – bicycle stands in the main street, a cleanup of Alexandra St, concerns about state highway signs on traffic islands and roundabouts and CBD street improvements. He said council staff had spent
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three months installing bicycle stands in both Te Awamutu and Cambridge as part of council’s urban mobility and walking and cycling programme. “Cycling groups and advocates nominated locations for cycle stands and gave advice on the best type of cycle stand to suit modern bikes and security,” he said. Meanwhile any sign damage at roundabouts like the Sloane or Vaile street roundabouts had been fixed, and council staff would work with Waka Kotahi to prevent further damage occurring. Hudson said spring weather had accelerated weed growth around kerbs and in gaps in cobbles, but moss and algae on footpaths has been sprayed and was subsequently dying off. • See Ange Holt’s monthly column, Page 13.
A former Waipā primary school student was set to represent New Zealand at an international mathematics competition as this week’s edition of The News went to press. Hours before flying to Sri Lanka to take on the world, year five student Simrat Kaur said she had one goal - “my aim is to be the champion”. The nine-year-old practised through the school holidays and took almost two weeks off school to prepare for the SIP Simrat Kaur, pictured at Tauwhare School. International Prodigy 2023 competition in Colombo, Sri Tauwhare School principal Lanka. Chris May said Simrat was an SIP (Systematic Intellectual and inspiration. Progressive) Abacus is a brain Simrat joined Tauwhare School development programme offered in June after her family moved to in 950 centres around the world. Eureka. She previously attended Students initially use an abacus Puahue School in Te Awamutu. for maths, sliding beads across SIP Abacus New Zealand a frame, but progress to solving country head Harpreet Singh said problems without the device. Simrat has been attending online she had the potential to win a god medal in Sri Lanka. SIP Abacus classes for two years Simrat said her father had and was one of nine students who suggested some sightseeing the represented New Zealand at the day before the competition, but she international competition. was planning to stay home and Up against about 150 competing practise maths. at level 2 she was tasked with “I just really hope that all my solving as many maths problems hard work pays off,” she said. as possible in five minutes.
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Ashlee faces Jock stands down a Vanuatu test By Jeremy Smith
Long-standing Te Awamutu College board member Jock Ellis has stepped aside. His decision comes after nine years on the board – and with nominations for the college’s upcoming mid-term board elections now closed. It’s a tenure board chair Craig Yarndley – who is nearing his own nine-year anniversary on the board - was full of praise for. The college board is looking to fill two vacancies through the mid-term elections process – held every 18 months in between the regular three-year terms.
By Jeremy Smith
Te Awamutu College’s Ashlee Coldrick has been chosen to attend the latest Pacific Student Leaders Programme. The 18-year-old Year 13 student – who has been a deputy house captain, headed the college’s ball committee and worked as a mentor for Year 9 students - is one of 17 other Kiwi students packing their bags in preparation to head to Vanuatu for the week-long course in December. “It will be a great way to end the year,” Ashlee said. The Wellington-based Future Leaders Academy programme aims to develop leadership skills for students training in a cultural setting. The New Zealand delegation will be joined by 12 Australian counterparts and 15 Pacific Island students. The programme features planning and goal setting, cultural awareness, problem solving exercises and community building activities like beach cleaning and tree planting. “I’m excited about the opportunity it provides to meet a lot of new people too,” Ashlee - a former Te Awamutu Primary and Te Awamutu Intermediate School student - said. “I’ve really enjoyed being involved with the leadership roles I’ve had at school, so this will be a fantastic opportunity to build on those skills in a new environment.”
Yarndley said board member Nick Hewlett has been nominated to fill one of them, ahead of an election process set for next month – and the board has enough representatives to operate without the other place filled. He said some others had been identified as possible options to approach about coming onto the board, because they had skill sets which would complement the existing make up. They would be approached in the future, he said. Nominations closed earlier this month, the board’s mid-term election day is set for November 15.
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Mum Natasha found out about the programme and thought it would be a perfect fit for her daughter. Ashlee then applied by filling out an online form. “Even from a young age, Ashlee has always shown leadership potential and ability,” Natasha said. “I’m proud of the positive influence and role model she has always been for younger students.” As she considers next year, Ashlee said at this stage it’s likely she will head to Auckland University of Technology (AUT) to study a Bachelor of Visual Arts, majoring in photography and psychology. She wants to become a secondary school teacher.
Upston said it had been pointed out her name was missing. “It’s great that Dame Hilda was acknowledged with this statue. She was a staunch advocate for women and children and reducing poverty, and her portfolios were very similar to my current ones.” Upston chairs the Dame Hilda Ross Trust set up in the National Party to support and develop women leaders. “She and other Waikato women MPs have paved the way for women like me, and my contemporaries who work so hard on behalf of their constituents.” When the board gets updated, it would be an opportune time to set the record straight by listing all Waikato female MPs, said Upston. That would now include Hana-Rawhiti MaipiClarke who at 21 became the youngest woman ever elected to Parliament when she won the Hauraki Waikato electorate for Te Pāti Māori this month.
Evans said she and Toti (Theatre of the Impossible Trust) that organised the statue and the story board, went round in circles with the entire list and finally decided the focus was on Hamilton-Waikato. The final list (which included Katherine O’Regan but mysteriously left off the board) was: Dame Hilda Ross, the first Māori MP – Western Māori’s Iriaka Ratana (1949-69), Dorothy Jelicich (Hamilton West 1972-75), Marilyn Waring (Waipā 1975-84), Dianne Yates (Hamilton East 1993-2008), Nanaia Mahuta (Hauraki-Waikato 1996-2023), Margaret Wilson (List - 1999-2008), Barbara Stewart (2002-2008 and 2011-2017) and Sue Moroney (List 2005-17). Left off were: Rona Stevenson (Taupō 19631972), Jeanette Fitzsimons (Coromandel 19962010), Georgina Te Heuheu (Taupō 1996-2011), Steve Chadwick (Rotorua 1999-2011, mayor 20122022), Sandra Goudie (Coromandel 2002-2011, mayor 2016-2022), Upston and Kuriger.
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A logging tragedy
Clamp down on feather fall out The source of a mysterious trail of white feathers seen scattered through Te Awamutu last month has been found. Police have issued the driver of a truck which is thought to have spread feathers up to 200km across the North Island – including through Te Awamutu – a $600 infringement notice for travelling with an insecure load. It is understood the trail of feathers was traced back as far south as Waitara after they were spotted in Te Awamutu.
Charles Hunter, a travelling salesman for the Crown Clothing Company, was curious to see how logs were trucked from the bush to Frankham’s sawmill at Pirongia Mountain. It was around 4pm on a May day in 1922 when he accompanied 20-year-old Joseph Turner, bush man and mill hand, down the grade. There was very little rimu in the country equal for size and quality to that grown on Pirongia Mountain and most of it went through the Newmarket and Pirongia
mills of C H Frankham. Joseph and his father were employed by Darcy Jones who had a contract to supply logs to the mill. They used a system of removing the logs from the bush with trucks or trolleys running on wooden rails operated through the agency of an endless rope attached to a drum which was worked by Josph’s father. Joseph was in charge of two trucks on which had been placed a log estimated to contain 3000 superficial feet of timber, which was an exceptionally heavy load. The fork of the log rested on the front truck and the balance on the rear one. Joseph walked along on the right side, with a rope controlling the front truck in one hand, and a lever, operating the brakes on the rear truck, in the other. Charles Hunter was on the left side. All went well until a set of points was reached, this being where the empty trucks going up cleared the line in order to allow the full ones to proceed down. The front truck negotiated the points all right, but the
back one appeared to jump and skip off the rail and sink into the ground. The tail end of the log left its position on the truck and swerved over, the weight causing the truck to tilt, and it crashed on to Joseph who was then attempting to run out of the way. Death was instantaneous. At the inquest Joseph Turner, snr, and Darcy Jones said they had been working on this particular line for five months with no mishaps. Nothing similar had ever happened during the many years in which the sawmill had been operating. They felt no improvements could be made to stop a similar accident happening again. They concluded that when the back truck struck the points the enormous weight caused the wooden rails to sink into the ground. A verdict of accidental death, no blame being attachable to anyone, was returned. Joseph was single, and lived with his parents. He was well known and liked in the district, where he was born. He was a keen member of the Pirongia
Logs being placed on trolleys to be hauled to the mill.
Football Club and the news of his death came as a shock to the community. Ten months after Joseph’s death the sawmill manager, Darcy Jones, while riding on a truckload of logs, overbalanced, and fell headfirst into a dry creek
bed 12 metres below. He miraculously survived but both forearms were broken, and he was badly bruised, almost another victim of the lax safety standards in the timber industry at the time. Joseph was probably buried at the Kaipiha Urupa.
Society to celebrate 21 years The Pirongia Te Aroaro o Kahu Restoration Society will celebrate its 21st birthday on November 4. The organisation, led for many years by Waipā councillor Clare St Pierre, was set up to restore native flora and fauna on Mt Pirongia. At that time the mountain’s forests were the domain of possums and pest mammals and native bird numbers had plummeted. The society’s initial aim was to re-establish robins – pitoitoi - and kōkako. It has since expanded to cover 1300ha across the eastern slopes of the mountain and has 2500 bait stations placed along 250 km of access tracks. A total of 54 kōkako from Pureora and Tiritiri Matangi were
reintroduced from 2017 to 2022 and are breeding. Last summer 16 breeding pairs found in the society’s predator control area. Seven nests were monitored and these produced 11 fledglings. The society also has another area of bait stations covering 1000ha in North Pureora Forest Park. Today, as well as baiting and trapping, volunteers look after Dactylanthus - pua o te Reinga - plants, monitor long-tailed bats, watch kōkako nests, do restoration planting and look after an envirocentre in a 100 year old school building on Rangimarie Reserve in Pirongia village. The birthday celebration will be held at the Pirongia Memorial These kōkako are part of the Pirongia colony. Hall. Photo: Bernie Krippner.
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Firefighter eyes senior status By Jeremy Smith
Pirongia Rural Fire Force will get its newest female senior firefighter early next year. After seven years in the brigade, Jodi Reymer is training with an eye to stepping into the role when she qualifies in March. In achieving that rank, Reymer will become the Pirongia brigade’s second current female firefighter – alongside Sheryl Ellis – to hold a senior role. The Pirongia brigade attends about 100 callouts a year, and a quarter of its 20
or so firefighters are women. Reymer and Ellis are joined by firefighters Kat Craig and Nikki Steenson, and new recruit Nicole Daniels. “I’ve wanted to be a firefighter since I was a little kid,” Reymer said. She did not set out to be a senior firefighter. It became an opportunity which presented itself because of her time in the brigade. “For me, the most special part is the teamwork and camaraderie.” Reymer continues her senior firefighter training having returned from the
Jodi Reymer does some hard yards on the world championship course. Photo: Sha Jackman
32nd World Firefighter Challenge Championships in Florida earlier this month. Te Awamutu’s Rob Wiley competed in the over 60s men’s category. A first-time participant, Reymer won two bronze medals – one in the under 40 female individual event, the other in a women’s relay category. She is the only Pirongia firefighter competing in firefighter challenges. More than 350 firefighters from 17 countries flocked to Florida for the challenge which simulate the demands of firefighting by having
Te Awamutu’s Rob Wiley competing in Florida. Photo: Sha Jackman
competitors climb a fivestorey tower, hoist and drag hoses, and rescue a lifesized, “victim”. Competitors wear a full firefighting kit, including breathing apparatus, which weighs up to 20kg. Reymer began training for the worlds in February with the Hard Ducks Firefighter Combat Challenge Team, made up of Te Awamutu and Pirongia firefighters. She joined the team in 2018 and competed in her first challenge in 2019. Rob Wiley is one of her Hard Ducks teammates. Training on a practice challenge course at the Te Awamutu Fire Station in preparation for Florida, Reymer also completed gym workouts, went on runs and often walked up the Hakarimata Summit Track with friends. Competition wise, she enjoys the process of setting and achieving goals. “I’m so grateful for the Hard Ducks – they have trained me all the way. I certainly wasn’t expecting an individual medal though.” Reymer is the open female national champion. She won that title at this year’s United Fire Brigades Association Firefighter Challenge in
Jodi Reymer at Pirongia Fire Station, where she is training to become the brigade’s newest female senior firefighter, bronze medals from the United States in tow. Photo: Jeremy Smith.
Wellington in May. There, she and Te Awamutu firefighter Dave Shaw were also co-ed tandem champions. Individually too, Shaw was named over 50 male champion, while Wiley was over 60s male champion. In her individual event in Florida, Reymer finished in a time of 2m 18s - just two seconds shy of the New
Zealand record. “It really was a battle against the heat in Florida,” she said. “You dig deep and are completely running on empty by the end of the course.” Pirongia Chief Fire Officer Roan Gouws said Reymer is a “wonderful firefighter, and an asset to the Pirongia brigade”.
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Just some of the more than 80 cars which parked at Albert Park on Saturday.
Photos: Jeremy Smith
Classic cases of passion By Jeremy Smith
Craig, ‘Haggis’, O’Hanlon knows exactly where his love of classic cars comes from. One of his earliest memories is of his dad - an automotive spray painter painting a client’s 1936 Willys Coupe. “That car really left an impression on me,” he said. Now, as O’Hanlon stands in front of his own 1934 Ford V8 Coupe with eyecatching flames running down each side, the Te Awamutu Rod and Custom Club committee member of nearly 30 years - and past club president – says of his love for classic cars “it’s just a passion”. O’Hanlon, who has followed in his father’s work footsteps, has owned his V8 Coupe for about eight years, spending that time “bringing it up to standard” as a tribute to the vehicle which appeared in the 1974 movie The
California Kid. With a 1985 Mustang motor and a five-speed gearbox, it has been a top 10 hot rod at the New Zealand Hot Rod Association nationals five times. O’Hanlon’s coupe - wisely parked under some shade - was amongst more than 80 Hot Rods, classic cars and motorcycles which stopped at Albert Park on Saturday at the National Street Rod Association’s Show & Shine display. It was the first time the display had been held in Te Awamutu as the Waikato branch of the association hosted the weekend-long nationals in Waitomo. Money was raised via gold coin donations collected on Saturday for charity. “Isn’t this just magic?” O’Hanlon said as he surveyed the scene at Albert Park. “There’s nothing like it.” Te Awamutu Rod and Custom club
and president Murray Peterson - who brought along his 1956 Chevrolet Pickup - was delighted with the day. “Everything on this car was taken back to square one,” he said of his pickup. Peterson spent about an hour a day for a year restoring it. “I do have other cars, but, yes, this is probably my favourite,” he smiled. The Te Awamutu Rod and Custom club has nearly 50 members, and Peterson said the venue, and the fun that was had would certainly spark an interest in having another national display in Te Awamutu. National Street Rod Association Waikato delegate Kevin Archer told The News owners and their cars came from as far afield as Christchurch and Northland for this year’s nationals. “What a great day this was to get everyone together, we’d love to be back.”
Te Awamutu Rod and Custom Club president Murray Peterson with his 1956 Chevrolet Pickup on Saturday.
John Lee with his 1958 Chevrolet Biscayne.
Craig, ‘Haggis’, O’Hanlon parked his 1934 Ford V8 Coupe under shade at Albert Park.
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Rachel Numan talks about the value of being part of the community.
Books, plantings and playcentres When dairy farmer Rachel Numan (pictured) started writing Tractor Dave children’s books for her sons, it soon turned into a positive initiative giving back to Kiwi communities nationwide. Tractor Dave is a colourful character having adventures on a dairy farm. Rural children get to see their lifestyle in the books, and Rachel hopes to inspire children from towns and cities to consider farm life. A portion of the proceeds from the books go to charity. Rachel is also involved in a wide range of local community and environmental initiatives in Pokuru, where she farms with husband Chris. “I love working with family, neighbours and community groups – we achieve so much more working together,” says Rachel. For every copy of the first Tractor Dave book sold, Rachel donates 50 cents to the charity Meat the Need. The charity supplies meat and milk donated by farmers to food banks and community organisations nationwide. “It’s great contributing to a positive initiative that’s making a real difference in people’s lives,” says Rachel. Meat the Need was founded by dairy farmers Siobhan O’Malley and Wayne Langford, to help families in need. For every copy of the second book sold (Tractor Dave – Digger Disaster), a native tree is planted on the Numans’ farm – to help protect waterways and enhance native birds and insect biodiversity. “I’ve been inspired by nature and conservation since I was young and hope my
story might inspire others to get involved in their own communities. Rachel and Chris call their sons Jack (6) and Oscar (4) tiny farmers, so have their eyes firmly fixed on progressing a positive future for dairy farming and New Zealand. “All Kiwis want their children to grow up in a healthy environment and supportive communities,” says Rachel. The Numans pay the Pirongia Te Aroaro o Kahu Restoration Society to help plant trees on their farm, with over 5000 planted so far. Another 1000 will be planted every year. The
couple donate to the society to support work to protect kōkako on Mount Pirongia. The Numans also receive trees from Trees that Count, a charity that matches gifted seedlings to planting projects nationwide. The goal is to strengthen projects in every corner of New Zealand – from community groups, schools, iwi, hapū and whānau projects to local councils and farms. Rachel says many farmers get involved in local communities because they want to see them thrive. “Farming can be isolating so it’s great to get out and develop strong
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community connections. I find the more I give, the more I get back.” The Numan farm lies between Pirongia and Kakepuku maunga. Rachel volunteers with the Kakepuku Mountain Conservation Society to re-stock bait-lines on the mountain several times a year, as part of the pest management programme. A goal is to ensure the native birds and chicks are safe during nesting, so the population of tūī, kererū and North Island robins continues to grow. “Going up the mountain makes me feel really connected to my community. It’s great for me – I’m out in nature, enjoying the beauty of the bush and getting exercise.” Rachel helps run the Pirongia Playcentre. She works eight hours a week alongside other parents and teachers to ensure the playcentre runs smoothly. “Many of my friends are playcentre mums – you get great friends from getting off the farm and into your community.” Rachel made the move to farming after seven years as a vet in Te Awamutu, where she worked mainly with dairy cows. “I highly recommend both careers – it’s perfect if you love animals and being outdoors.” For her next venture, Rachel is developing a small flower farm to trial different methods of improving soil health. She sees is as part sustainability science experiment, part relaxation. Rachel says she gets so much out of all her activities and shares what she learns with her children. She strongly encourages others to get in touch with their local community and environment groups and get involved.
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CONFERENCES VENUESEVENTS
2023 Whether you are new to running an event, or just looking for some refreshers, there are some important considerations to have in mind. Here are some steps to ensure a successful event.
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DEVELOP EVENT GOAL AND OBJECTIVES
SET THE DATE
The very first step is to establish tangible aims. To do so, ask yourself questions like - “...why am I organizing this event?, “...what do I hope to achieve?, “...who is this event for and what are my metrics of success?” Setting a goal, or goals, with quantifiable metrics of success will make it easier to ensure you reach them.
EFFECTIVE PLANNING
Next up, effective planning is paramount. Once you’ve set your goals, another important step is to pull together the right team to help you make your event a reality. Are you trying to raise awareness for a cause, or collect a predetermined amount of donations for your next project? Are you hoping to attract 50 guests or 500? You need to know the purpose of your event, and running it will look a bit different depending on these answers.
ESTABLISH YOUR BUDGET
Setting your event’s budget is one of the most important parts of planning an event. Some of the critical expenses you need to include in your budget for running an event are the venue, the food and drink, entertainment, decor, any staff costs and marketing.
Even if you haven’t fixed all your costs yet, for example, you haven’t yet picked a venue, it’s important to keep the maximum that you can afford to spend in mind before making those decisions. Give yourself enough time. Ideally, you should have between four and six months to plan, if not more depending on the event. Avoid school holiday time periods and, if you have key participants in your event, check the dates with them. You need to know they can attend.
BOOK YOUR VENUE
Once you have the date nailed down, it’s key to book your venue as soon as possible. Your event has to have a date and location nailed down before you can begin advertising, so this task is actually priority number one once the initial groundwork is done. When picking a venue, consider these event planning guidelines: Accessibility. Many factors go into choosing a space all participants feel comfortable in. Size. An event for 50 people will need a very different space than one for 500. Additionally, consider whether or not you’ll need separate rooms for breakout sessions or other small group activities. Parking. Is there a parking lot, or is it easy to access via public transit? Audio and video capabilities. If your event needs speakers and microphones, make sure it’s easy to set them up. The same goes for wifi access or any other technological needs your event has.
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Keep the feedback coming By Ange Holt,, Chair, Kihikihi-Te Awamutu Community Board
Constantly beavering away, we continue to progress Community Board decisions. Of late this has included attending the CommSafe Community Day out at Kihikihi, progressing the Holmes Garage Community Market and Events Place and meeting with council staff regarding the new Rewi Maniapoto playground. From all the feedback received it sounds like the CommSafe Community Day was a great success, so thank you and well done to the team at CommSafe especially organiser Mandy Merson. Unfortunately for me I was unable to attend. We were well represented by Kane Titchener, Lou Brown and Bruce Thomas. Sally Whitaker and Jill Taylor also had done a great job of arranging prizes for our survey. I’d also like to thank all the sponsors of those prizes. It sounds like the team had some great conversations and got some excellent feedback in the surveys, so thanks Kihikihi for sharing with us. I met with staff to see if we could do something to prevent children running from the Rewi Maniapoto playground onto the road. There were a few good ideas bandied around and I was hopeful we may get something changed. Unfortunately, with the cycleway going in over the coming months it was decided to not do anything until that was completed. Staff felt that the narrowing of the road, therefore slowing the traffic, widening the footpath and removing parked cars will provide traffic with more visibility and the ability to stop should a child shoot out. So please parents keep a close eye on your
children here and please do not send your children to this playground with younger siblings in their care. A feasibility study on the Holmes Garage Events and Market Centre at 90 Mahoe St is being completed by the TA Business Chamber and the Community Board. This will be presented to the Finance & Corporate Committee in November. The project would provide Te Awamutu with a covered space for markets and community events. It has had an encouraging response to date from the community, with a good deal of strong support on Facebook as a result of the first media article, and from various people and groups we have spoken with to date. We would really appreciate more community feedback so if you have a group or organisation that you think could be interested in using the space for an event or activity, please let us know. We’ve had lots of great ideas from people, like various markets, a café foodie night with live music, a place where our kids could have a rock concert for local bands, somewhere for rain sensitive events, a place to hang out during the day and play a piano, giant chess or Jenga, it could display local artists murals or artwork, maybe the book fair… the list goes on. We really want this to be a well-used and loved community space that is safe and fun. The plan is to open and close it daily and provide a town connection with Selwyn Park.
TALKING ECONOMICS
Time for another shake-up
By Peter Nicholl
The major state-sector reforms of the late 1980s gave the New Zealand public sector a huge shake-up. Its size was significantly reduced and its performance significantly improved. The impact of these reforms has gradually faded over the last 35 years to the point where it is hard to know what the systems of performance monitoring and accountability are in the New Zealand public sector today. There are many examples of poor delivery of outcomes by government agencies, but nobody seems to take responsibility, and nobody seems to be held accountable. What we do know is that the public service has got a lot bigger again. On June 30, 2017, the public sector employed 348,000 people or 13.8 per cent of the work force. By the end of 2022, that number had risen to 448,000 or 18.7 per cent of the work force. On top of this, most Government departments make significant use of outside consultants for many of their projects. The spending on consultants in 2022-23 was just over $1200 million. The much-vaunted ‘do-ityourself’ mentality of New Zealanders seems to have disappeared from our public service. While the number of public servants has risen strongly, satisfaction with the delivery of outcomes from the public service has fallen. Last year, a survey on the “Mood of the Boardroom’ gave the public service a score of only 1.63 out of 5 for the ‘execution and delivery of policies’. That’s an extremely low score. Examples of poor delivery from public sector agencies appear in our newspapers frequently. The latest one was the Electoral Commission failing to get easy-vote cards to almost a million voters before the recent election.
Another survey done last year titled ‘Working in the Public Service’ also had some worrying conclusions. Many of the respondents said that most government agencies are risk-averse and tell ministers what they think they want to hear. That isn’t being an advisor. The ministers are the decision-makers, but their advisors should give them a range of options on most issues and if the advisor thinks something being considered by a minister would not be a good policy, they should say so – and why. Also, public agencies are spending more and more on communication but most of what is being communicated is more accurately described as advertising than information or accountability. I have been told that the Reserve Bank of New Zealand now has 26 people in its Public Relations department. When Don Brash was Governor and I was Deputy Governor, there were three public relations staff – and Don made a lot of speeches. The focus of much of the public sector now seems to be on writing reports, media campaigns and advertising programmes rather than implementing policies. The new government will have to reform the public sector’s culture urgently so the emphasis goes back on implementation - and accountability is based on outcomes and not on writing long reports or having fancy advertisements campaigns. If they don’t, they will have a hard job implementing their policies too. The public service, not the cabinet, is the delivery mechanism for a government’s policies.
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Chill out on cheese
This month we celebrate the pleasure of New Zealand cheeses and in particular specialty cheeses such as gouda with fenugreek, a traditional Indian spice; an oyster and stout cheddar; and a drunken Windsor blue. Many of our specialty cheeses are created by boutique cheese producers located from Kaitaia to Invercargill. Some are only available from the ‘farm gate’, some online, but increasingly supermarkets are showing keen interest in the more exotic varieties. This year we’re also celebrating our Top NZ Cheese Stores. The winners are spread across the country from Northland to North Otago. Over the Moon Dairy Company in the South Waikato town of Putararu specialises in traditional and non-traditional cheeses using milk from cows, goats, sheep and buffalo and vegetarian rennet. I’ve marinated their Just Kidding Goat’s Milk cheese for something deliciously different on a cheese board. The company is also one of New Zealand’s top cheese stores. On Banks Peninsula, Barrys Bay hand-crafted cheeses are consistent medal winners, their aged Maasdam taking numerous awards over the years. Maasdam is a traditional semi-hard Dutch cheese with eyes (or holes) and a creamy, sweet, buttery, nutty taste. Barrys Bay is also rated as one of the country’s 29 top cheese stores. Check out www.cheeselovers.co.nz. MARINATED GOATS CHEESE 100g Over the Moon Just Kidding Goat Cheese or similar 3 tablespoons each: extra virgin olive oil, finely chopped parsley 3 cloves garlic, crushed 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika flaky sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste Place the cheese in a shallow dish. Score it as for a ham to allow the marinade to permeate the cheese. Whisk the remaining ingredients together and pour over the cheese. Cover and marinate in the fridge for 2-3 hours or overnight. Spoon the marinade over the cheese occasionally. Drain and place on a serving dish. Serve with crackers or sliced ciabatta. Serves 4-6
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WALNUT & CRAISIN BRIE A great cheese to serve after dinner in place of dessert. I used The Waimata Cheese Company’s Traditional Brie 4 tablespoons each: firmly packed brown sugar, chopped walnuts 2 tablespoons dried cranberries (craisins) pinch ground cinnamon 2 tablespoons brandy 250g round brie Combine the brown sugar, walnuts, craisins, cinnamon and brandy. Stir well to mix. Stand overnight for the juices to develop. Place the cheese on a heatproof plate. Bake for 5 minutes at 500°C, or microwave on high for 1 minute, until soft and gooey inside. Spoon the walnut mixture on top and heat through for a further 2-3 minutes in the oven or 30 seconds in the microwave. Cut into wedges to serve. Serves 4-6.
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One of New Zealand’s most respected sporting sons, Rob Waddell, attributes much of this country’s global sporting success to its ability to collaborate effectively. Speaking at this month’s Cambridge U3A (University of the Third Age) meeting, he said Kiwi sporting agencies and organisations work particularly well together. “We’re big enough to have economies of scale but not so big that we are clumsy. Our ability to share information gives us a competitive advantage internationally.” He said New Zealand’s ranking just outside the top 10 listed Olympic nations rates the country just under some of the world’s far larger players, including the United States, Britain, China, Australia and France. Rob’s multi-faceted involvement in New Zealand sport has spanned decades and covers his roles as a high-achieving athlete to that of a successful sports administrator. The former brought the talented rower acclaim as a New Zealand Olympic gold medallist and double world champion single sculler before he segued into a different role as America’s Cup yachtsman. He was named New Zealand’s Supreme ‘Halberg Awards’ Sportsperson of the year winner three times and made a fine fist of his later role as Chef de Mission of the New Zealand Olympic team, leading them through the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and the Summer Olympics in 2016 and 2022. Rob’s prowess at giving sports organisations a leg-up was evidenced through his involvement in helping secure $32 million in funding for the Cambridge
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Eight events will receive help from the $18,210 remaining in Waipā District’s Promotion and Community Event funds. The Takapoto showjumping classic in February gets $3000 while the New Zealand Big Air freestyle BMX nationals – both at Lake Karāpiro - gets $1210. They had requested $10,000 and $4000 respectively. Two new recipients – the Te Awamutu Skatepark Burger Fuel event and the Cambridge Christmas window display and Santa’s workshop – get $500 and $600 each. Other events to receive community event funding include the Te Awamutu Craft Fair ($700), Te Awamutu Boxing Academy Youth development ($1700), CPC NZ Powerlifting Nationals ‘Summer Slam’ ($1500) and Waikato
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