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Schools are full By Mary Anne Gill
The full signs have gone up for out of zone students at several Waipā schools including the at capacity Te Awamutu Primary School. The Education ministry has told the primary school it cannot accept any more out of zone students in order to manage the growth. The only exception in Te Awamutu is at the intermediate where principal Pip Mears said the school could take enrolments at both years seven and eight. But elsewhere the situation is dire with Te Awamutu Primary principal Sharon Griffiths saying they were having to turn away almost all out of zone applications.
And at Te Awamutu College, only 12 students from out of zone were accepted this year. Its roll in July last year was 1354 students, up nearly 200 from 2019. The college introduced an enrolment zone at the start of last year to curb the flow of students from Ōtorohanga, Kio Kio, Waitomo, Maihiihi and even as far south as Te Kūiti. “It is the intent of the Ministry of Education that all children attend a school in the area that they live,” said Griffiths. Te Awamutu Primary started the year with 564 students, the same number as at July last year which means it is five months ahead of the curve and likely to exceed 600 students “long before” the end of
the year. “By limiting places at our school to those who live inside the zone, we are managing our roll and ensuring there is enough classroom space and resources available for those that are local.” There are exceptions such as if a child already attends the school, but the family may have moved out of zone prior to the other children’s fifth birthday. They then become priority two under the enrolment scheme legislation. Even then parents and caregivers should not take that place for granted because the places cannot be sustained long term because of increasing enrolments. Pirongia principal Kelly Bicknell
said her school started the year with 366 students and would finish with about 410. There are no available spaces for out of zone enrolments. The same applies at Pokuru School where it started the year with 161 students. Ten of the new entrants were out of zone but there is no room for any others. St Patrick’s principal Shelly Fitness said because her school was a Catholic one, there were no zones as such, but they do have a maximum roll number of 290 which they were close to and could not exceed. Of those 290, only 10 per cent are allowed to be students with no Catholic connections and that
Te Awamutu Primary School is full.
student roll is full with a waiting list in place. Education ministry central deputy secretary Jocelyn Mikaere said it was up to schools that had enrolment schemes in place to manage them. “If a school is becoming full it is the board’s responsibility to ensure there is space for in-zone students first and therefore out-of-zone students will not be able to enrol there.” Several schools in the area still had space for out-of-zone students, even though they are experiencing some growth. “A school without an enrolment scheme is obliged to accept all students seeking enrolment,” said Mikaere.
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On the stage: Old girl Pieta Bouma speaking to Sacred Heart Girls’ College students. Photo: Penny Thompson.
Ōhaupō university student Pieta Bouma – who became a paraplegic in 2019 - was guest speaker at Sacred Heart Girls’ College in Hamilton last week. Pieta, then aged 19, was on a gap year and volunteering as an English teacher while doing environmental work in Ecuador when she fell off a rope swing onto a concrete path, broke her back and punctured a lung. Her parents David Bouma and Monique Reymer, along with other family members, were visiting her in Ecuador when the accident happened.
She is now studying a conjoint degree in global studies and health sciences at the University of Auckland majoring in population health. Pieta – who describes herself as an activist, writer and passionate about social justice - is an old girl of Sacred Heart and was speaking at the all-girls Catholic school as part of its whanaungatanga programme. She still participates in several sports, including waka ama and two years ago climbed Mount Kakepuku which featured in the Bulletproof Attitude Live video series.
Letters… Wide ranging museum
Every time the new museum is mentioned it is referred to as a “Land Wars Museum.” Once again in The Te Awamutu News (January 25) under the photo of the closed museum the caption read “there are plans to build a land wars museum.” This label concerns me. The museum in what was Bunnings is to replace the condemned building. That museum was too small to display many of the artifacts that were stored downstairs. The district’s history is not just about the land wars. It goes back much further, to early Māori settlements, the lifestyles of the Māori people, their own tribal battles, the pa villages along and near the Waipā, Mangapiko and Puniu rivers. The coming of the traders, the missionaries and with them the development of the Māori as successful traders, sending produce from their gardens and flour mills to Auckland and overseas. Then come the land wars, important history, that had a bearing on what was to come, but just a few years of time. Are the archives still kept in the temperature controlled fire-proof room downstairs? It was almost full when I was last there about 15 years ago. Is an archive room planned in the new museum? There are not many such safe storage places in
the country. Why would the cost be so high when the basic building is already there? Is time running out for government funding from the Ministry of Culture and Heritage? (Abridged) Ngaire M. Phillips Te Awamutu Waipā District Council responds: We agree the district’s history is broader than the NZ Land Wars and these events are also being factored in. The wider community can also be assured the treasures currently held by the Te Awamutu Museum continue to be well looked after. As advised in September last year, work continues to be undertaken on the proposal to build Te Ara Wai, noting all of this work is currently funded through Better Off Funding received from the government and not by Waipā ratepayers. Council has already signalled the government decision just before Christmas to put Three Waters back into council budgets has fundamentally changed the financial landscape, with the impact on Long-Term Plan budgets still being worked through. Council has until June 2024 to apply for government funding from the Ministry of Culture and Heritage. Letters
Waipā community groups can now apply for funding to support their projects or events from the Waipā District Council’s Community Discretionary Fund. Cambridge Community Board has $29,595, Te Awamutu-Kihikihi Community Board $8452 and Pirongia ward committee $10,130. Community clubs, groups and organisations are eligible, with one-off projects and fundraising events prioritised. Applications close on March 1.
Medical case
Waikato University and the Ministry of Health have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to progress a business case for the country’s third medical school. The existing schools are at Auckland and Otago universities.
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Briefs… Vandals strike
In the past six months a cabbage tree and oak tree have been cut down, rose plants have been ripped out and over the weekend, 40 teucrium hedge plants were torn out in Te Awamutu’s War Memorial Park in cases of repeated vandalism. The park is a dedicated reserve to men and women of the area who served during World War II and to modern day.
Smaller classes
A commitment from Te Awamutu Intermediate to reduce class sizes has resulted in the opening of an 18th classroom this year and the addition of three teachers – Paige Ellis, Charlotte Miller and Shania Jaunay.
New police
Waikato will get four of the 50 new constables who graduated at the end of last month – and one, Armond Onekawa, will be working in Te Awamutu. A total of 26 of the graduates are being assigned to stations in the upper half of the North Island.
World champ
King Country shearer Sacha Bond has broken two world records for sheep shearing in under two months. The 30-year-old mum has just taken out the 9-hour Strong Wool Ewes world record, reaching a total of 458 (exceeding the old record held by Kerri-Jo Te Huia by six) at Pāmu farm, Centre Hill Station, in the Te Anau Basin. Bond averaged one sheep every 71.1 seconds. Breaking this record has also made her the first woman to hold the 9-hour solo record for both lambs and ewes in over 40 years
Children’s day
Te Awamutu Museum is celebrating Children’s Day on Sunday, March 3 with the return of its Tui and Tama’s Eco Expo. The free event highlights the work being done in the Waipā community to help native plants and animals thrive.
Opponents back ‘call in’ By Roy Pilott
The decision to “call in” the application to build a waste to energy plant in Te Awamutu has been welcomed by a lobby group opposed to it. “We believe that callingin the application is a good thing because a similar incinerator application in Waimate has already been called in,” Don’t Burn Waipā spokesperson Eoin Fitzpatrick said. “If our application also goes to the [Environment] Court a consistent approach to both applications can be made. The factors that influenced the minister to call in the Waimate proposal also apply here so we are optimistic of the outcome even though we now have a different government and minister.” Calling in an application invites a minister to refer the
matter to the Environment Court and takes the decision making out of the hands of local government. Waikato Regional Council made the decision before the turn of the year and Waipā followed suit last week. Two committee members – Cr Dale-Maree Morgan and Bill Harris – declared a conflict of interest and took no part in the debate or vote, which also recommended any national hearing should take place in Te Awamutu. Last September the Waimate District Council and Environment Canterbury asked then Environment Minister David Parker to step in after South Island Resource Recovery Limited sought approval for a waste to energy plant near the township of Glenavy, about 23km north of Oamaru. Fitzpatrick said the lobby group was “busy preparing
The site of the proposed plant.
for a long haul” and said it wanted to set up a group that would represent the whole community.
It may be the group would bring in lawyers and experts to support their position. The company behind the
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Celtic start to Heritage Month By Viv Posselt
Waipā District Libraries launched its annual Heritage Month last week with a talk on New Zealanders who have Scottish and Irish blood coursing through their veins. ‘Southern Celts’ was hosted at Cambridge Library by Celine Kearney, the locally-based author of a book of the same name. It was published last year by Mary Egan Publishing and chronicles the stories of New Zealanders’ connections to their Irish or Scottish cultural roots. Kearney initially wrote the academic work for her PhD, which was subsequently awarded through Victoria University in Melbourne in 2017. It included the stories of 38 people she interviewed through her travels around New Zealand. After re-contacting them about a decade later, this time with the book Southern
Celts in mind, the number of final stories published ended up at 23, among them musicians, writers, a master carver, sculptor, sports people, a church minister, a Treaty of Waitangi educator and a museum archivist. Kearney’s own story, as the granddaughter of three Irishborn grandparents and one born to an immigrant Irish family in Central Otago, is among them. She went on to work as a journalist and researcher, and now works in applied linguistics. She said the book explores the ways Kiwis with Celtic connections bring those cultural aspects to their lives in New Zealand. Heritage Month offers a series of free events across both Cambridge and Te Awamutu through February and early March. Kearney’s talk was one of two planned – the other was in Te
Awamutu this week, previewing a forthcoming release “A Bricks & Mortar Legacy’ at Te Awamutu Library. Two heritage walks in Cambridge, hosted by Michael Jeans and Sue Milner, are set from 9am on either February 15 or 24, while a heritage walk in Te Awamutu is scheduled for 5.30pm on February 21, led by Alan Hall and Sandra Metcalfe. Both walks require advance registration. An interactive talk at Cambridge Library at 10am on February 17 entitled ‘Small Town, Big Stories – Photographs from the Museum’, will be hosted by Cambridge Museum manager Elizabeth Harvey. A talk at the Te Awamutu Library on March 13 will centre on the topic “Unveiling History: Te Awamutu Cenotaph’ and will be hosted by the New Zealand Society of Genealogists’ ‘Southern Celts’ author Celine Kearney spoke last week Te Awamutu branch. about the lives of Kiwis with Scottish or Irish roots.
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TREES AND POWERLINES WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Managing your trees will help prevent power outages and keep the community safe. Check your trees regularly and keep them trimmed so they stay clear of the Growth Limit Zone.
TREE TRIMMING DANGERS Trimming trees near power lines can be extremely hazardous. Contact with a power line can cause: • Injury or death to yourself, family, community members or livestock • Damage to property • Damage to power supply facilities and electrical appliances • Damage to third parties Before attempting to clear tree foliage in the vicinity of live conductors you should phone Waipā Networks for advice.
Branch Movement: Although the tree foliage may appear to be at a safe distance from the lines, once you begin the work the tree may move due to pressure placed on branches, random wind gusts or other external interference. Be wary of any tree branches that may flick up as they are trimmed or as surrounding branches are cleared. Wet Weather: Branches often hang lower when the leaves are wet, so if it starts to rain, or if the leaves are already wet you should expect some movement. Debris: Ensure there is clear space to allow for debris when tree triming.
THERE ARE RULES ABOUT SAFE DISTANCES BETWEEN TREES AND POWER LINES In the Zone The Electricity (Hazards from Trees) Regulations 2003 define two zones: a Growth Limit Zone and a Notice Zone.
Growth Limit Zone In relation to Waipa Networks equipment this is the area within 1.6 metres in any direction of our 11kV electrical lines or 0.5 metres for 400/230V lines. If any of your tree foliage is within this Zone then it must be trimmed to beyond the Notice Zone.
Notice Zone Growth Limit Zone: any tree growing in the Growth Limit Zone (see diagram) must only be trimmed by a Waipā Networks authorised person.
ELECTRICITY REGULATIONS The Electricity (Hazards from Trees) Regulations 2003 set out the responsibilities of tree owners and lines companies in relation to trees and power lines. Waipa Networks has developed procedures to meet these regulations, summarised below:
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Liquor hearing Karakia ‘about information on hold connecting again’ By Mary Anne Gill
Ngāti Koroki Kahukura’s Harry Wilson knows he’s in for a tough time at the next day’s karakia if he has a sleepless night. “I usually get dreams the day before,” he said after he blessed Cambridge Resthaven’s new apartments recently describing it as “spiritual cleansing”. People often tell him a karakia or blessing of buildings and spaces is a whole lot of “mumbo jumbo.”
“I get that all the time, but your senses will know, will pick up on things. It’s all about appeasing those.” The Waikato still has a lot of areas that have not been blessed since the Land Wars of the 1840s and 1860s where an estimated 2990 people, including 736 British and Colonial troops and 2254 Māori, lost their lives. “It’s about connecting again and releasing that energy.” Wilson said he had a clear day before the Resthaven karakia
Harry Wilson of Ngāti Koroki Kahukura.
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By Mary Anne Gill
which he said was like being in a waka. “It was like sailing in with the breeze, plain sailing, using our energy, our thoughts and projecting that onto the space. Everything was cool.” But he recalled another blessing in Hamilton where he saw the image of Satan the night before. “When we went there, we had no information, nothing. So, I connected the energy and made everything safe.” Wilson’s ancestor is Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero Tāwhiao (King Tāwhiao) who was born in Ōrongokoekoeā – halfway between Te Kūiti and Taumarunui in the King Country – in 1822 and died in Pārāwera in August 1894. He was buried on Taupiri maunga but is not resting in peace yet, said Wilson. “He’s usually around with me and will look after me. His energy is there. He was always about the next generation. He’s still trying to fix it up. We want everyone to respect one another.” Wilson often gets calls from landowners to come and bless their land. “It’s all for free, we don’t charge, whether it’s Māori or non Māori.”
An adjourned liquor licence hearing for Five Stags in Pirongia went ahead earlier this month and the liquor licensing authority is using the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act (Lgoima) to process The News’ application for more details. The hearing was to go ahead five months ago but owner Night Pearl (2021) Ltd needed more time to provide supporting information. The hearing was held in Te Awamutu earlier this month to decide whether to grant an On Licence which would include the outdoor dining areas as part of the restaurant. The Waipā District Licensing committee – an independent, standalone committee appointed under the Sale and Supply of
Alcohol Act – told The News it wanted to redact (blank out) some “confidential information” in the papers and to achieve this it would process the request as a “Lgoima”. The director of the company which owns Five Stags – formerly the Alexandra Hotel – is Yafei Bao of Hamilton who was appointed in September 2021, three months after shareholder Xinyan Luo of China bought the premises. Bao’s manager’s certificate was renewed last March. The hotel has a freehold site of more than 4000 square metres with a hunting themed bar and restaurant facilities. Though dating back to 1865, the present hotel was rebuilt following a fire and now has a five-room hotel, dining and bar areas. The restaurant seats 110 people and there are three outdoor bar areas.
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By Mary Anne Gill
Waipā property prices increased 129.3 per cent in a decade making it the 10th best district in the country, figures from Real Estate NZ show. Nationally, the average asking price was up by 77.5 per cent, increasing from $504,388 in 2014 to $895,289 in 2023. The average Waipā asking price in 2014 was $473,697; last year it was $1,086,339. The figures do not take into consideration variances between towns. The median asking price in the last 12 months for Karāpiro was $1,575,000, Ngāhinapōuri $1,349,000, Te Miro $1,300,000, Ōhaupō $1,250,000, Cambridge $1,100,000, Pirongia $1,059,000, Te Awamutu $750,000 and Kihikihi $722,500. Nationally, the standout years for significant price growth were 2019 to 2022, with the average asking price increasing by
almost 40 per cent. Unprecedented growth in 2021 and 2022 can be attributed to several factors, including low interest rates, population growth and limited housing supply, which combined to create a competitive market environment. In the Waikato region, while Waipā’s percentage increase put it at second, below South Waikato in first – its average price went up from $204,292 to $553,926 – it was second in total value behind Waikato district on $1,155,673 from $532,295 a decade ago. Again, it does not consider the significant variances with the median asking price in Tamahere for the past 12 months being $1,779,500 while in Huntly it was $539,000. Districts ahead of Waipā were Hauraki Gulf Islands (171.8), Kawerau (261.2), Taupō (132.5), Wānaka (135.3), Rangitikei (132.6), Whanganui (142.6), Horowhenua (149.8), South Taranaki (131.2), South Waikato (171.1).
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Realising the dream
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Covered up: Te Awamutu College principal Tony Membery, centre, under the 11m high canopy over the multi-use sports turf with Shade Systems’ general manager Nick Suckling, left, and board subcommittee member David Peehikuru.
By Mary Anne Gill
Twenty years ago, a Te Awamutu College staff member had the idea an artificial hockey turf would
be a worthwhile addition to the college grounds. “It was a dream, a fantasy land,” principal Tony Membery told a small gathering of contractors,
staff and board members at the blessing – led by staff members Con Emery (art) and Maria Rauhihi (Māori) - of the school’s new $2 million multi use sports turf
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last week. “I do want to give credit to the current and previous board. The desire to have a turf became stronger, it became more real in recent years,” he said. The dreaming, planning, nagging, chasing up and critically the solutions delivered meant the facility was now open for business. “What a cool asset for a state co ed school to have. It goes with our double gym, our swimming pool, our training room… a very very resourced school. Pretty flash,” Membery said. The 11m high canopy covers the 51m by 37m turf with its 1900 square metres of sand. It will host lacrosse, hockey, netball and football as well as whole of school assemblies, house meetings and an evacuation space. Community bookings for activities like yoga, dancing and Pilates can also be taken. The facility is fully fenced with LED lighting and an integrated sound
Head of Health and Physical Education Daniel Powell points to the photos showing how Te Awamutu College students will look once they’re playing sport on the new $2 million turf. Photos: Mary Anne Gill.
system. Nick Suckling of Shade Systems said the facility was one the school could be proud of for generations while Head of Sport Chris Wynne paid credit to the contractors. Jock Ellis from the board subcommittee which drove the project through said it had been a lengthy process. “It just started with the turf then Dave (from
the subcommittee) had a great idea for a full roof. It really finished it off. It looks awesome, it was a bit stressful sometimes, but it’s been fun.” Funds came from the board, money donated via Momentum Waikato from past pupils and a $150,000 grant from the Rogers Trust meant the project was finished and paid for, said Membery.
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FAITH IN WAIPĀ
Music to our ears By Norris Hall
I have just returned from Cambridge after helping that town’s pipe band play at the monthly Lions’ Club Trash and Treasure Market. The event was well supported by both stall holders hopeful for good support and patrons hopeful for a good bargain or two. Many of those who came obviously enjoyed the music we provided, evidenced by photos and videos being taken and small groups of people stopping to listen. Hopefully, and maybe assuredly, it was music to their ears, enhancing a village fair atmosphere, enjoying glorious sunshine. I come from a musical family. Two of my older brothers played in the then Te Awamutu Municipal (now Brass) Band for numerous years. My mother was a soprano in a local choir, and my Danish grandmother played an accordion. So, the musical genes or DNA somehow filtered their way through the various generations within the family. And I, being the youngest of the brood, much preferred the pipes and drums. The wonderful thing about music is that it is so varied in different genres ranging from acid rock to classical and everything in between, appealing to all sorts of aficionados. And one more wonderful thing about music is playing it; deriving much pleasure and satisfaction not only to the listeners who may appreciate every note being played, the melody, the performance, and also to the players in gaining more expertise in public performance and appreciating the composition of the tunes, plus that important feeling of personal accomplishment. Te Awamutu is not short of opportunities
in musical performance, through schools, bands, choirs, theatre and such like. The sharing and appreciation of numerous musical genres helps to raise the awareness and appreciation of culture, and how it affects us. Music is also important in worship conducted by the varied churches and other religious gatherings. Hymns and songs convey teachings based on scripture and other sources of reference, carefully selected to emphasise the theme of the service. It helps to round out and enrich our lives. It also seems to be ageless. David, the Shepherd King known for exploits both good and bad as recorded in Holy Scripture, was also celebrated as an exceptional writer and composer of many psalms. His inspired offerings plumbed the depths of emotion, ranging from contrition and reflection to rejoicing and ecstasy. But he was not the only psalmist, since others, including the ubiquitous anonymous to that of Moses the Law Giver himself. Each had a message to tell, an emotion to express. They were often referred to as the Songs of Jesus, or the Songs of Israel, becoming an important item in the agenda of worship to this very day. In the busyness of our day to day lives, it is important to both stop and listen, to admire and to appreciate. Whether it be music, or art, or some literary activity, or even physical recreation, by taking advantage of such interests and through participation; it enhances our sense and feeling of ongoing wellbeing and fulness. Try it sometime if you haven’t already done so. It may be music to your ears.=
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One and a half miles past Ōhaupō a gang of 14 men, all casual labourers, were working in a ballast pit under the direction of Ganger Hyde. The pit was used for ballasting the Rukuhia swamp and had a railway siding leading in from the north of the main trunk line. It was around 3.45 on a March afternoon in 1911 and the men, working about 12 feet apart, were breaking down ground for a load in the morning. The work was arduous, the ground being particularly hard. The pit, over 20ft deep, was clayey on the top with a vein about halfway up of a peculiar soapy formation, below which was gravelly clay. The men filled wagons with the broken soil, the end of their workday in sight. Without any warning the ground suddenly gave way. Ganger Hide only just registered the coming danger and immediately called out but, it was too late. Around 150 tons of earth came away, burying three men. Another man had a narrow escape, just managing to jump clear in time. Two other men escaped the fall by running parallel with the trucks. The work of trying to extricate the engulfed men began immediately. George Lammie, 24, was totally buried, apart from one hand, while the other two, Alex Whisker, 32, and Charles Davidson, 26, were jammed up against the wagons and covered up to their necks. A messenger was despatched on a trolley to Ōhaupō to arrange for a doctor and ambulance to be in attendance at Frankton. Alex was out within three minutes, badly injured. The extrication of George and Charles took longer. Charles was saved from instant death by a large piece of clay lodging against the side of the truck which kept the other debris off him. But it was too late for George and, although rushed to Waikato Hospital from Frankton, Alex died about 8pm. Charles, a single man from Tasmania, had a
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The Reserve Bank of New Zealand speech on January 30 didn’t shine much light on what the bank might do with the Official Cash Rate on February 28. So economists and bankers are still speculating. They don’t all have the same view – but when did economists ever manage to agree? Westpac Bank seem to be confident that the Reserve Bank will leave the cash rate where it is and that the next move in the rate will be down. They have recently reduced some of their mortgage and deposit interest rates. The ANZ bank economist on the other hand thinks there is a possibility that the most recent unemployment data might lead the Reserve Bank to be concerned that the economy is stronger than they expected and another rise in the OCR on February 28 may be necessary to bring inflation back to their target range. I will be very surprised if the Reserve Bank does raise the cash rate. The unemployment figure did rise so the economy is moving in the direction the bank expects and wants. It didn’t rise by quite as much as they had predicted. But to make a cash rate move based just on that would be micro-management. The Reserve Bank needs to look at a whole host of information, both from here and overseas. The overseas news on inflation is still predominantly positive. For example, the latest inflation data from China was actually negative (-0.8 per cent). They now have slight disinflation. What happens to prices in China will have a global impact because of their sheer size and their major role in global trade.
But as I said in my last column, it is domesticallydriven inflation rather than imported inflation that is driving our consumer price index. That will require some sort of policy response. But I do not think another increase in the cash rate is the right response as many of our domestic inflation pressures are not market-driven. They are the result of excessive and poorlydesigned regulations. We see examples of these costs every day. They are massive. For example, a pedestriancrossing in Auckland that cost almost $500,000 got lots of publicity recently. What got very little publicity was that costs related to traffic management and health and safety were one-third of the total costs. This is not an isolated case. There have been lots of letters to the Cambridge News recently about the proliferation of road cones around our town. They annoy people for all sorts of reasons. They annoy me because I look at road cones as a cost. And when I see more road cones being used than are necessary, it Is a wasted cost that adds to our price level and contributes nothing. Regulatory costs are not impacted by interest rates so the raising of the official cash rate by the Reserve Bank will have absolutely no impact on them. The appropriate policy response to domestic inflation here is to hasten the review of regulations and their costs that the new Government has promised. To make it a serious and tough review it need to take actions not just write reports.
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The lava in the moon By Janine Krippner
Did you know that the “man on the moon” is actually made of enormous lava flows? I’m talking about the darker patches on the moon that aren’t as bright as the rest of the surface when light from the sun reflects down to us on Earth. Those darker patches are largely basalt lava flows, similar enough in composition to the lavas in the Auckland Volcanic Field, or those we see at Hawaii. About 26 per cent of the nearside of the moon’s surface is basalt, and only about 2% of the far side. Interestingly, Mars also has a lot of basaltic rocks across its surface, and basalt is the most common volcanic rock on Earth. How do we know what they are? Firstly, despite conspiracy theories, after astronauts landed on the moon, they brought back samples of the surface and scientists from many different universities and institutions have since done a lot of work to understand them. We can also use satellite data, utilising physics and chemistry concepts we can map the surface from here. Additionally, lunar meteorites fall down to Earth and scientists analyse them too. Planetary scientists compare all of this to rocks and volcanic processes on Earth. So, we actually have a lot of information about the lunar surface, and theories have been developed about the entire history of the moon and what happens deep below the ground. Working at the Smithsonian Institution I got to see some of these rocks, as well at meteorites from Mars. It’s surreal holding parts of other worlds. Long, long ago lunar lava flows moved across the surface and flooded low-lying parts. These large basalt fields are called
maria (pronounced Mah-ree-a, Latin for ‘seas’), or the singular mare (“Mar-ay”) and they are old. The age of areas on the surface of the moon are calculated after counting impact craters, younger surfaces have less craters, and by analysing samples of the rocks. The mare basalts are old. They mostly crystallized or cooled around three to four billion years ago, with some minor activity recently - until around one billion years ago. There has also been more recent evidence of volcanic activity occurring on the scale of millions of years. We don’t have as many rocks that age on the surface of Earth because our planet is so active. Active plate tectonics and volcanism mean our crust gets recycled and covered with new rock, covering the older areas. I personally prefer working on much younger volcanism (within our lifetime, ideally still hot), but this is seriously cool stuff. The journey of understanding volcanic rock that formed around 400,000 km away has involved many scientists around the world spanning different specialties, working across decades. The scientific process of studying other moons and planets also helps us to understand our own world by inspiring experts to ask different questions, to see things in a new light. For me, knowing all of this makes looking up at the moon even more special. Seeing the results of these ancient lunar eruptions with our own eyes is incredible. Happy Lunar New Year, wishing you happiness and good health.
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Lunch box winners For many parents, the beginning of the great 190-day, sometimes frustrating, guessing game over school lunch boxes begins. For some it is easy — all their kids want are peanut butter sandwiches. However, eating the same thing every day is boring. We need to prevent the ditching of lunches into the bin or having them traded for cans of fizz. Whatever their wants, children need to be well nourished in the middle of the day so they can cope with an afternoon of lessons and getting home. They need carbohydrate for energy, protein to make them feel satisfied and some fruit or vegetables for vitamins, fibre and crunch. All this nutrition can be brought together in a sandwich, a roll, bap, pita bread, croissant, focaccia or wrap. The protein can be in the form of meat, cheese, boiled eggs or cooked dried beans. Try mashing some drained chickpeas (garbanzo beans) with a little lemon juice, olive oil, chopped mint, salt and freshly ground black pepper. Top this spread with shredded leaves and grated carrot and you have a tempting filling. To enhance the menu, add some fresh and/or dried fruit, cherry tomatoes and roasted unsalted nuts to the lunch box. CORN SALAD MUFFINS These yummy muffins are delicious served plain or split, buttered and filled with seasoned tomatoes and salad greens, or cheese and chutney or a yeast-based spread. Dry Ingredients: 2 cups plain flour 4 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt pinch white pepper 1 teaspoon paprika Wet Ingredients: 1 egg 1/4 cup each: milk, finely chopped parsley 2 tablespoons canola oil 410g can creamed corn 1 pickling-sized onion, diced 250g sour cream Topping: 3-4 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese Preheat the oven to 200°C. Line a 10-12 muffin-hole pan with
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