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Going to the next stage From the outskirts of New Jersey to Chicago. Last year’s highly successful Te Awamutu College stage production of the Addams Family has provided impetus for the establishment of a new Te Awamutu Youth Theatre. The theatre is already preparing auditions for a June performance of Chicago: Teen Edition and its committee will host an introduction evening tomorrow (Friday) in the Fahrenheit Event room. The new theatre aims to
establish a youth drama organisation which will provide performing arts opportunities for 13 to 20 year olds in Te Awamutu and surrounding areas. Te Awamutu College Drama teacher Morag Carter, who directed The Addams Family, described it as a great opportunity to develop the youth theatre community in Te Awamutu. She will also direct Chicago: Teen Edition. “In the 90s, when I was growing up, Te Awamutu was where the serious
Hamilton performers in their late teens and 20s would come to participate in great theatrical opportunities. It would be awesome to see this community have those opportunities for our young people again,” she said. Carter said it was hard to find performing opportunities in the late teens “because you’re no longer a child, but not yet an adult”. “Hopefully once teens get a taste for performing arts we can work with Talos (Te Awamutu Light Operatic
Society), the Little Theatre, and other arts groups to help the post-Covid revitalisation of the Performing Arts community here in Te Awamutu again.” Committee member and secretary Michelle Stevens said tomorrow’s meeting was an opportunity to see how things are going to work, “and to support Te Awamutu Youth Theatre as we work hard to get it off the ground. “We’re keen to have more people involved behind the scenes as well as onstage,”
Down on the farm Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand Harinder Sidhu, centre, with dairy farmers Holly Forbes, left, and her father Andrew Flay, right, joke about the New Zealand heat. Sidhu visited Flay’s dairy farm in Sutton Road, Te Awamutu - overlooking Maungatautari to the east and Pirongia to the west – as part of a two-day Waikato trip hosted by the Waikato Chamber of Commerce. She was suitably impressed – and vowed to be back for Fieldays. Mary Anne Gill joined the farm visit – see story and pictures starting in Country Life on Page 13.
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she said. The inaugural committee comprises parents of teenagers who want to see more opportunities for their children in the community, as well as engagement with those teens who live in the community, but are homeschooled or travel to other schools. “There are limited opportunities for teenagers who aren’t sports focussed, so we wanted to give them an opportunity to rehearse and perform a show,” chairperson Liz Dixon said.
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It’s time to tag Spark back in
Christchurch researcher Susan Turnbull has taken an interest in how communities respond when they learn they are about to get a cell tower. How to do you avoid them? How do you get more of them? “I can’t help much except by giving information as to how this stuff works, as fast as I can learn about it myself,” she says. As a Pirongia lobby group faces a last ditch battle to convince Connexa and Spark to go out of town, she offers her take on the issue. In 2019 Pirongia was in the news for the sustained resistance of some residents to the installation of a second Spark cell tower. They formed a Tower Action Group - Tag. The cell tower was not installed, not being needed at the time, in truth, except as futureproofing. The population of Pirongia is around 1300 people. The triad of towers on the lowest slopes of Mt Pirongia, Spark, One NZ (till recently Vodafone NZ) and Two degrees have hitherto served Pirongia. The proposed site, while a petrol station/ commercial section, is surrounded by homes, which will only increase in number. The primary school is a short walk away along Beechey Street. Children will go to school in the new radiofrequency radiation (RFR) environment, and go home to sleep in it. No one yet knows much yet about the interaction of this constantly evolving RFR environment with lifespan wellness. We have moved into the telecom age of microwave radio frequencies, and there are well-documented historical cases from military and occupational sources, of harm from microwave deployment mistakes. Now Pirongia is back in the news for the same issue, about the same service station site. In 2019 there was community
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consultation with telco Spark. Those against the proposed site in the village demand the tower be away from homes as much as possible. Future business planning had been in fact very busy indeed behind scenes, as the community has found out, with a raft of change in 2022 across the motu. All cell towers, except Rural Connectivity Groups’ [RCG] towers, have been sold. There is a new world-model of deployment. We must understand now that each cell tower has two owners – on the one hand the owners of the “passive” tower which is the physical structure and infrastructures above and below ground, like cabinet and cabling. On the other hand there are the active assets – that you do not see. The radio frequency licence, the antennas, the leasing of spectrum. The physical assets are sold, and then leased back by the company which has in part bought them. Standard business practice, on a large scale. So Pirongia residents got notice, pretty much after the fact – in December and January of course – from Connexa, the physical assets partner in the Pirongia tower installation. Connexa takes over the
engagement officer role, but engages by email and after the fact. The information to residents is soothing in tone and in my view full of omissions and incorrect statements. Spark should have engaged again because the strategy and deployment rationale is Spark’s role, not Connexa’s. Spark is just hiding behind Connexa and pulling the wool. Pirongia’s northernmost sports fields on the way north out of town are the best place for a new tower, seeing that Telcos spurn the road reserves these days. The north boundaries of the sports fields and their margin land, and proximity to streams make them appropriate and non-intrusive. Tamatea on the northern end of Napier provides a good template for how this can work. People must bravely explain to Connexa that it is not the right avenue for hearing protests about strategy, policy and about deployment decisions. People must go off and knock on Spark’s door. The Tower Action Group are doing the right thing for Pirongia, Spark must stop pretending it is not responsible. The cheapest option so often brings bad consequences in its train.
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Cyclists dodge missiles Here’s how last week played for Te Awamutu police. Monday - police attended following reports of a stolen vehicle, a fraud, an unlawfully takes motor vehicle, a workplace assault and a threatening behaviour incident as a result of a workplace dispute. Tuesday - A group of cyclists had objects thrown at them during a cycling event and enquiries are ongoing into this assault. A male breached court bail, a motor vehicle was stolen from an address in Te Awamutu and another male who had tailgated police was processed for drink driving. Wednesday - police attended a family harm incident where a police safety order was issued. We located cannabis while executing a search warrant, received reports of a shoplifter at a supermarket and attended a breach of protection order incident. There was also an attempted theft of a motor vehicle, a burglary, a family harm case, a
warrant was executed to uplift a child and there was a minor vehicle collision. Thursday - police attended a family harm matter. A male who had earlier been served a police safety order breached the order and was arrested, police served a trespass notice and attended after reports of a suspicious person near a residential dwelling. A vehicle was stolen from a rural property. A group shoplifted from a supermarket, police attended a family harm matter and a vehicle was stolen in Kihikihi. Friday - police attended a mental health incident. Cannabis was found after police were alerted to reports of a suspicious person. There was a family harm incident that had a mental health aspect, and a threatening behaviour incident as a result of a civil dispute. Four other family harm incidents were attended and a male was found to be driving with excess breath alcohol.
Saturday - police attended a family harm incident, a vehicle was impounded because the driver was suspended, police attended a burglary, a male was arrested for breach of bail, and there was a threatening behaviour and a family harm incident. A male reported his Eftpos card stolen and it was subsequently used in several transactions. Sunday - police received reports of fires being deliberately lit in a rural area and another scam was reported. Two family harm incidents were attended, and a male was arrested at another family harm incident, police located a number of weapons during a mental health incident, a driver failed to stop for police, a vehicle was taken from a residential address, a male was found unlawfully on a property and another male was arrested for breaching bail
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Briefs… Hazard collection
A household hazard collection in Te Awamutu recently collected 5.578 tonnes of waste including six kilograms of cyanide.
Driving south
Waipā roading engineer Paul Strange has been appointed roading manager at Ōtorohanga District Council.
Talks bear fruit
An agreement between Ōhaupō lifestylers Nick and Vanessa Jennings and Kiwifruit Investments Ltd over the landowner’s appeal to the Environment Court is close, according to Waipā Consents team leader Quentin Budd. The consent for artificial structures and shelterbelt plants at a kiwifruit orchard in Parallel Road, next to Jennings’ property, was granted in March last year.
Cup winner dies
Melbourne Cup winning jockey James McDonald is mourning the loss of the mare Verry Elleegant who died this week following complications giving birth. The jockey had been expecting a call with good news about a colt or a filly. “…to get that call she had lost her life, I couldn't believe it at first. It brought tears to my eyes,'' he said.
Pirongia bar licence denied By Mary Anne Gill
Pirongia’s Five Stags is losing its licence from May 19. The announcement was made on the Waipā District Council website this week. The News understood the licence for the Five Stags in Pirongia was about to be suspended when we asked questions on the day of a Waipā District Licensing Committee hearing on February 2. We were aware the restaurant/bar had failed a Controlled Purchase Operation late last year but we did not have confirmation so we requested the agenda papers. Waipā’s communications department told The News later that day there was some confidential information contained in the papers and under legal advice it would be processed
as a Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act request. That would give the committee - which is an independent body that receives administrative support from the council - 20 working days to respond – a date in early March. The News editor Roy Pilott said the Act could be used to delay responses to topical news issues – the opposite of what it was established for. “It is frustrating to drive a story, be told to wait up to 20 working days for an answer and then see the organisation we have asked break the story on their own website,” he said. “This is a story in the public interest. Five Stags was a liquor establishment which was found to have sold alcohol to a minor. We have reported in the past when Waipā’s alcohol compliance manager has
Five Stags in Pirongia.
been critical of aspects of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act in submissions to regulatory bodies and we have supported his call for greater media interest,” said Pilott. The council does not usually report licensing committee decisions – they appear on the New Zealand District Licensing committee’s site - but ran the story on its website
that the company, Night Pearl, was the subject of a negative Employment Relations Authority ruling. In its published decision on Monday the Liquor Licensing Committee said it considered Night Pearl under the management and control of Nong Fu was not a suitable entity to hold an on-licence. She had earlier abandoned an off licence application.
A good result By Mary Anne Gill
Piggy backing
Waipā Networks has moved power poles to make way for the new paths and roundabouts in Kihikihi. Piggybacking on that work, contractors have formed indented parking bays on Rolleston Street, completed footpaths in Oliver and Whitaker streets and started the new roundabout at the intersection.
Double take
The sight of a doubledecker bus around the streets of Cambridge, Te Awamutu and Kihikihi was a trial undertaken by Waikato Regional Council staff to test the bus’s routes for low-lying trees and access issues before its introduction later this year.
and issued a media release when the full decision was released on Monday. The News has been following the issue since the restaurant/bar applied for a renewal of its on and off licence in February last year and asked questions when the hearing in September was abandoned. Concerns were raised about where alcohol was being sold on the site and
Billie Brown-Wahanui, formerly of Te Awamutu College, recently graduated from Waikato University with a Bachelor of Communication which she puts to good use in her role as marketing and campaign coordinator at Houston Technology. She organised a Chinese New Year ‘Yee Sang Ceremony’ in Hamilton last week for many of Waikato’s movers and shakers at the Canton Hong Kong restaurant. Guests included Hamilton mayor Paula Southgate and deputy Angela O’Leary, MPs Ryan Hamilton and Tama Potaka, new city councillor and former MP Tim Macindoe and Waikato Regional Council chair Pamela Storey. Photo: Mary Anne Gill.
A near miss involving a Fonterra tanker and a Ōhaupō Primary school cyclist last year has had a positive outcome. The dairy company and the school asked Waipā council’s Road Safety team for help. Thirty-one students from the school attended a cycle truck awareness workshop which focused on blind spots that certain trucks have. Students learned where the safest place was to ride on the road and placement around trucks. Each student sat in the truck cab so they could see blind spots for themselves. In other road safety news in his report to the Service Delivery committee this week, Transportation manager Bryan Hudson said 30 billboards were refreshed before Christmas last year with the message ‘Slow down mate Make it home’. “The use of Te Reo on previous billboards was deemed successful. However, timeframes and translation issues didn’t allow it for this placement,” he said. It was difficult having both Te Reo and English on a sign due to a seven-word limit recommended by New Zealand Transport Agency. Meanwhile another campaign urging people not to get a ride home with police, St John or a funeral director was well received, said Hudson. The team’s job is to provide ongoing liaison with road safety organisations, police, NZTA, the community and council staff to establish and foster a safety culture.
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FAITH IN WAIPĀ
ON SHAKY GROUND
Fissure eruptions
Monday meal By Julie Guest
By Janine Krippner
We volcanologists love our terminology. Having specific words with defined, agreed upon meanings helps us to effectively communicate ideas, and compare events at different volcanoes and through time. Often though, the meanings are lost and jumbled when shared online and in headlines. “Fissure eruption” is something hitting headlines over the past few months as several eruptions have occurred in the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland, so let’s clear this one up. If you have been watching the fissure eruptions in Iceland you may have noticed a pattern in how they progress, and you may have seen the same thing reported at volcanoes like Kīlauea in Hawaii. They begin when lava erupts from long cracks (fissures) in the ground that may or may not have been there before. These fissures are different to cracks that can form during unrest, where the deformation of the ground from magma moving below, this is what has happened through the town of Grindavik. We call something a fissure once lava emerges from it. This can start out as small bubbling, or it can erupt violently as a lava fountain, where lava shoots high up into the air reaching potentially hundreds of metres or even several kilometres above the vent. A fissure can be one long fracture, or multiple fissures can occur close together. Leading to a fissure eruption, magma moves towards the surface as a long sort of sheet that we call a dike or an intrusion. This can happen over many kilometres, making it difficult to know where exactly the eruption will occur. This is why we can get these eruptions occurring at multiple spots along a line, or through long fissures. Eruptions are always driven by what is happening below. When lava fountaining is occurring across
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Every Monday at 5pm in St John’s church lounge in Arawata St, there is a free community meal. A wide range of people from across Te Awamutu come together to share company and good food. Members of the Anglican and Catholic churches in Te Awamutu work together to cater the meals. As for where the food actually comes from… have you ever heard of the Old Testament story of Elijah and the widow? During a period of severe drought, Elijah was in need of food and a place to stay. God guided Elijah to the widow and directed him ask her to feed and house him. In Elijah’s day it was a requirement to offer food and drink to travellers. So the widow told Elijah she would happily bring him water and bread, but she only had a small jar of flour and very little oil left, and she had a young son to feed. Making a loaf of bread for Elijah would be the end of their food and survival. Elijah promised her that if she shared her flour and oil to bake bread for him, her flour and oil would never run out. My guess is that she thought he was talking porkies, but she went ahead and followed her cultural tradition - she baked bread for Elijah. And sure, enough, her flour did not run out. Every day she was able to bake bread, enough to feed her son, herself and Elijah. Our community meal is like the Elijah story. The people who volunteer to make the meals often do not know where the ingredients are going to come from, but somehow there is always enough. Generosity, the willingness to give what there is, is rewarded through many
a long fissure, this can be called a “curtain of fire”, even though there is no fire involved. Remember that volcanoes don’t produce smoke either, the plumes we see above this type of eruption are often a mixture of volcanic gases and some ash (pulverised rock). These eruptions often don’t produce much ash. The 2010 Eyjafjallajökull fissure eruption that grounded flights across Europe was different because the lava mixed with glacial water to make it more explosive and fragment (blow apart) to form the ash. The gas, however, can cause issues. The number and size of fissures can evolve throughout an eruption, like at Kīlauea in 2018 where 24 fissures formed in around three months. Activity usually eventually focuses in on one location and begins to form a spatter cone, where blobs or splashes of lava accumulate around one or more vents and lava flows from there. If you travel around somewhere like Iceland, you may see many smallisha cones that might have formed in this way. Fissures can reactivate, like Fissure 8 at Kīlauea that led to around 22 square kilometres of land and hundreds of buildings being overrun by lava. There is never a good time to get complacent. In Iceland we have been watching fissures open in different locations across months, with periods of inactivity between them. There has been speculation that there could be a series of these eruptions into the future, and hopefully this helps clear up a few of the words used to describe them. As always, my heart is with those being impacted by the eruption and we should always keep in mind that none of us are immune to disasters of the geological kind.
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sources. Some people who can no longer cook meals regularly donate money enabling cooks to buy what’s needed. Local organisations have supported the meal over the years, some local businesses are equally generous. Parishioners with productive gardens contribute what they can, as do those who attend weekly. And there are surprises. A Hamilton based producer of meat products who can’t store their daily surplus, heard of the community meal and now donates excess meat products. This meal is open to anyone. Do you know someone who eats alone every night? Why not invite them to come with you one Monday? When I’ve shared this invitation with people, some have replied that they don’t need a free meal. Well, that’s wonderful for them, but the while Monday meal is an opportunity to stretch the budget, it is also about sharing - your food, your conversation, your company. For those who are alone, a place to eat together is as important and valuable as the actual food. There is also research that shows that sharing meals with others leads to longer life. Jesus ate with many people across the broad spectrum of society. His demonstrated his love for all people through sharing food and conversationoffering a listening ear and loving presence. Monday night. Come and eat, come and cook, bring a friend. All are welcome.
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Historians set a sales target By Viv Posselt
The Te Awamutu community is being asked to help preserve its history by supporting a presales format to bring a unique publishing project to fruition. Sandra Metcalfe and Alan Hall – members of the Te Awamutu branch of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists – have for the past seven years been working on ‘A Bricks & Mortar Legacy: Stories of Commercial Buildings in Te Awamutu 1890 – 1957”. They have led genealogy group research into the 32 buildings selected for inclusion, with Hall writing up their findings. Now at the curly end of the project, Hall is finishing off the final two of 32 chapters, and momentum is building to secure sufficient support to make a print run of 500 viable. Part of that push was a Heritage Month talk they gave at Te Awamutu Library last week covering the book’s contents and offering a guide as to how locals can help bring it across the line, particularly as a sticky old ruling governing the use of museum photographs could prove burdensome. “It is very easy to self-publish a book if you have the money, but with only 28 members, the Te Awamutu Genealogy Group doesn’t have that sort of financial resource,” Metcalfe said. “Neither do we have the required marketing
Alan Hall outlines details around the book’s contents.
and sales channels. Another challenge is the difficulty in getting funding grants when you don’t have a finished book to show potential backers.
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“It is really thanks to the Te Awamutu Chamber of Commerce that we have been able to get this far. Their support has provided us with the marketing expertise
we need and the sales channel via their website. Their time, and that of Alan and myself, has all been pro bono.” Metcalfe said early discussions with the chamber focused on budgets. They wanted to avoid potential financial losses and ensure the finished product wasn’t advertising heavy – hence the decision to go down the pre-sales route. “We decided on a print run of 500 copies to give us the option of overseas printing so as to keep the per-unit cost down,” Metcalfe said. “If we can pre-sell 250 of those copies, it gives the chamber the confidence to underwrite the project so we can go to print. By the start this week, we had presold 120 books, so we’re nearly at the 50 percent target for the number we want to pre-sell by March 31.” Needing covered are printing costs (the biggest segment), editing and graphic design, and the licence fee from the Te Awamutu Museum for the use of their photographs. “That licence fee is a contentious issue,” Metcalfe added. “The museum is caught in the middle here as that policy was set by [Waipā District] council many years ago, and they don’t have any discretion to make exceptions. At the moment, the best the mayor and staff can offer us is to apply to the Community Discretionary Fund. We will certainly do that but the fact that there is only $8452
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Meghan Hawkes looks back on the news in Waipā from 1913
Scouts at The Narrows The Te Awamutu troop of the Waikato Battalion of Dominion Boy Scouts attended its second annual camp on the banks of the Waikato River at the picnicking ground The Narrows. There were four troops in the Waikato and they mustered about 120 boys, around 80 of whom spent 10 days under canvas. The spot chosen was an ideal one, with plenty of fairly level ground for exercises and sports and a suitable surrounding country for scouting pure and simple. While the first few days in camp were fairly wet, it was compensated for during the last week by more favourable weather, and work and play went along right merrily. The Rev Mr Drew, of the Melanesian Mission, conducted a service at the camp and pointed out the things in common between a good scout and a good Christian. The camp was afterwards inspected by Major Rastrick and the District Commander, Captain Bennett, the officers expressing themselves well pleased with both the Scouts and their tents. Many boys qualified for various proficiency badges, and they were all put through various forms of instruction under the Chief Scoutmaster, Rev Connolly, and Scoutmaster Richard, of the Te Awamutu Troop. On sports day there were numerous events well contested in a good scout spirit. There were also a good number of visitors, the major portion consisting of members of the fair sex, and they had no cause to complain of want of hospitality. There were no accidents and no sickness during the camp and on the final day the consensus among the boys was that it ought to last another week at least.
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Putting it in context A Snip in Time By Tom Roa, Tikanga Advisor, Waikato University
The Pirongia Lawn Tennis Club was blessed with glorious weather for their official opening. The ceremony was performed by the patroness of the club, Miss Miller, by hitting the ball over the net and declaring the courts open for play. Visitors from several surrounding clubs all seemed to thoroughly enjoy themselves. The club had the courts looking very nice and in good order, though a bit soft in one or two places. Afternoon tea was provided by the local ladies, and, served as it was in the shade of the pine trees which sheltered the courts, was greatly appreciated. During the afternoon the club and their friends were photographed by Mr Prentice. Play was kept up until nearly 7pm. In the evening there was a social in the hall, where about 25 couples graced the floor. Light refreshments were dispensed about 10.30pm and one of the most enjoyable little dances held at Pirongia for some time came to an end at 11.45 pm. Visitors to Ōhaupō remarked on the wonderful progress the little settlement had made during the past few months. A large number of sections were being cut up in anticipation of building operations. The Government had provided funds for a new Post Office, and the preliminary work had started. As soon as the building was completed the telephone was to be installed, 29 subscribers having notified their desire for connections. The settlers were out for progress, and the erection of a new hall was contemplated, while some were thinking it quite time they had their own Town Board.
A ‘preamble’ to a treaty or a contract in general terms provides the context of what led to the parties’ engaging in a contract or treaty process and the goals they will pursue in their continued engagement following the conclusion of the signing of the treaty or contract. Although not ‘enforcable’ legally, the preamble is an important aid in gaining an understanding of that context. As such it is an integral part of the record. The material of a preamble can be reviewed by a court to determine if a party has acted in concert with that context. The Preamble to Te Tiriti/the Treaty o/of Waitangi is very often overlooked or merely of passing note when Te Tiriti/The Treaty is discussed. Yet the context and the principles it asserts should be of more than a passing interest in the present call for Aotearoa-New Zealand to give more time and effort into what Te Tiriti/The Treaty was, is, and should/could be. There is some concern for and controversy with the accuracy of the Maori translation, especially in the Articles. The contra proferentem rule asserts that an ambiguous contract term should be construed against the drafter of the contract. In the Te Tiriti/The Treaty context that means that should there be a dispute in the ambiguity of meaning in Te Tiriti/The Treaty the reo Māori version is given a precedence. Interestingly the English and the Māori texts of the Preamble express similarly high level aspirations on the part of Queen Victoria and her representative drafters of Te Tiriti/The Treaty. Both versions state clearly that Queen Victoria ‘s intentions were firstly to protect Māori interests from encroaching British settlement; to provide for that British
settlement; and to establish a government to maintain peace and order. The Māori text including similar statements places another emphasis in suggesting that the Queen’s main promises to Māori were to secure tribal rangatiratanga and to secure Māori land ownership. That Māori version provides a context for the rangatira of that time to consider in light of the earlier Declaration/He Whakaputanga with growing concerns for the very bad behaviour of certain British citizens and how they might in the context of that excellent relationship work together with Queen Victoria’s representatives whereby both could benefit from a binding agreement of this nature. I would assert that this context played a major role in the fact that more than 500 Māori signed the Māori version and less than 50 signed the English. In the context of this Waipā District, in particular in the township of Rangiaowhia, the 10 years following the signing of the Treaty saw a burgeoning realisation of the promise of a shared prosperity where Māori and Pākehā worked together to mutual benefit. And then the unconscionable avarice of powerful businessmen and women and corrupt politicians who created opportunities for them to seize that prosperity for their own. The commemoration of the ‘pāhuatanga’, the invasion and subsequent atrocities committed at Rangiaowhia on February 21, is a reminder of the potential that was beginning to be realised. Knowing our history leads us to an understanding of how we got to be what we are today; and can guide us to what we might be should we learn the lessons of our past.
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Stanford rests on enormous financial reserves thanks, in the main, to alumni-related sponsorship or donations. A sad reflection is the lack of such largess in this country where our universities are struggling with the ability to keep staff – or courses – due to lack of funding. The ridiculous ‘free’ first year over recent years (instead of dangling the carrot for the final year) brought to the universities a plethora of young people who squandered away a year with no intention of continuing. Meanwhile we are also watching the antics (and politics) of the possible creation of a third medical school at Waikato. This, a university in the heartland of agriculture, which scrapped their mainstream agricultural courses for reasons that were never fully explained. Now they want to become famous for a seat of medical learning aimed at producing second-level medical doctors to patch up the growing chasm apparent in the GP arena. And where will the money come from? Coincidental to this is a notable number of very bright young Year 13 students who yearn to become medical doctors and are held out of the opportunity by the crazy government rule that keeps places for some of lesser academic talent due to their ethnic background. Now I am not in any way trying to start a war here but if a university has the teaching ability to produce the brightest and best in a nation - where doctors are walking away from their country - what are we left with?
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Sister city relations flourish
By Mary Anne Gill
Cambridge’s unique sister city relationship with Le Quesnoy in France will be in the spotlight at the annual Global Cities two-day conference in Blenheim next month. Sir Donald McKinnon, who chairs the Le Quesnoy Liberation Museum Trust, is the keynote speaker at the conference’s opening day on March 14. He will talk about the relationship between Cambridge and Le Quesnoy which culminated in the opening of Te Arawhata – New Zealand Liberation Museum in October last year. Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan and Cambridge Community Board chair Jo Davies-Colley represented the district at the ceremony. The board has responsibility for Waipā’s sister city relationships with Le Quesnoy and Bihoro in Japan. Final costs of $4361.51 - $108.66 under budget - for the trip to France by O’Regan and Davies-Colley were tabled at the Cambridge Community Board meeting last night (Wednesday) after The News went to press. Costs for trips to Cambridge by delegations from Le Quesnoy and Bihoro were also received. The French group visited for Armistice Day and other activities for $8286 - $3072 under budget - while Bihoro’s mayor Koji Tsuchiya brought an eight-strong group later in November costing $6520, nearly $4000 under budget. Sundry costs and gifts cost $1442. Davies-Colley said she and the board valued the sister cities’ relationships and will attend the Global Cities conference hosted by Marlborough District Council. The budgeted cost is $1600 plus GST. The conference will also feature speeches by the Australian, British, Chinese, Japanese,
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Sidhu’s farm commission Andrew Flay is not sure why his farm was selected for a visit from Australian High Commissioner Harinder Sidhu, but he made certain she had a real ‘down on the farm’ experience. Sidhu, who was appointed two years ago, brought along suitable attire last week to Flay’s Waipā dairy farm - a pair of Skellerup Red Band gumboots. She showed her experience swatting away flies as she watched Flay’s herd of 379 cows head into afternoon milking at the Sutton Road dairy farm’s rotary cowshed, six kilometres northeast of Te Awamutu. She arrived too late to see Flay’s star milk producer – cow number one who delivers more than 40 litres a day. “She’s been milked and is back in the paddock. She’s an aggressive eater and an aggressive walker,” said Flay. Sidhu was on a two-day trip to the Waikato hosted by the Waikato Chamber of Commerce. The trip to the dairy farm was her last before she flew back to Wellington vowing to come back for Fieldays later in the year and visit Maungatautari, the largest mainland fenced project in New Zealand. She was told the mountain had a 47 kilometre pest-proof fence aimed at restoring endangered native flora, fauna and wildlife by eliminating predators like rats and possums. “I’ll have to come back for a week next time. It’s amazing you’ve been able to achieve that.” Flay is part of the Taiea te Taiao ecological corridor project which stretches from Maungatautari to Pirongia via the Mangapiko Stream connecting two ecologically
significant maunga and enabling native species to move safely between the two. Intensive farming over the years has seen the degradation of the stream, part of which flows through the Flay farm. As part of the project, he has riparian fencing and planting alongside the stream and any tributaries on the farm with an average setback of five metres. Existing tree stands, such as the large kahikatea one he planted several years ago, are fenced off. “There’s certainly a lot of pressure on farmers, we’re in the spotlight, in the cross head when the rivers are not right,” said Flay. The planting along the ecological corridor helps with run off by absorbing it and keeps the stock away from the stream and provides shade. Flay has been on the farm since 1983. He originally supplying the Waikato Co-op Dairy Company and latterly Fonterra. He produces about 170,000kg of milksolids a season. At the end of last month, he was about four per cent behind after eight months of the season but 15 days into February, he was 16 per cent ahead for the month to date. Sixty percent of the herd is still milking twice daily and 90 per cent of the cows are in calf. Flay and his daughter Holly Forbes, who works on the farm with her husband Jesse, had just started feeding out maize for the first time in the season and by this week they expect to move onto the silage grown on the farm. Depending on cow condition and the climate, they expect to still be milking by the end of May. Forbes, who attended Te Awamutu College and did an undergraduate degree in science at Massey and then her masters while working at Dairy NZ, returned to the farm
this season with Jess and their daughter. “We’re still learning but Dad’s pretty open to learning too,” she said. Like the trial underway in one of his paddocks with Barenbrug, formerly Agriseed. The seed company is running a trial in one of Flay’s paddocks, planting 40 per cent of it in a mixture of tetraploid (dark green) and diploid (light green) rye grass – 60-70 varied species planted out in squares. Flay is not sure what the mix is but has noticed the tetraploids are darker green and growing at various times of the year than he is used to seeing. “I just treat it like a paddock. They were interested in doing the trial so if I allowed them to do the trial here, they would pay for (sewing) the rest of the paddock.” Barenbrug regularly return to see how the grasses do over the seasons. Next year the company will do a hybrid rye grass trial in another paddock. In addition to her trip to Waipā to see a working dairy farm, Sidhu visited Waikato University, Visy in Rukuhia, Tatua Co-op, Hamilton City Council, Gallagher Group, Tira (formerly NDA) and Innovation Park. Chamber chair Senga Allen said the high commissioner’s visit was a precursor to closer connections between Waikato businesses and opportunities in Australia. The purpose of the visit was to continue to develop connections between the countries’ business people, give Australia a better understanding of what goes on businesswise in the Waikato and look to facilitate introductions at events such as Fieldays. Chamber chief executive Don Good said much of what happens
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The Environment Court proceedings for Plan Change One (PC1) have concluded, and we are now awaiting a decision which is due in the middle of this year. The new Government has signalled they intend to make changes to national rules around freshwater regulations on farm in an effort to make things more pragmatic for farmers, however we as a council are yet to understand the details of what this will look like. The regional council is continuing our mahi to support the region’s farmers to improve freshwater management, particularly with regard to the adoption of Fresh Water Farm Plans (Fwfp), noting that these will be required under PC1 as well as via national regulations. Regardless of any changes in central government regulations, the regional council supports the implementation of farm plans as a really good way to enable the uniqueness of individual farms and their systems throughout the region to continue while demonstrating good management of the environment. To refresh, farmers in the Waipa Freshwater Management Unit (FMU) or Waipa catchment need to submit a Fwfp for certification by February 2025. For those in the middle/upper Waikato FMU, the final date is July 2025. These dates are part of the phased rollout of Fresh Water Farm Plans (Fw-fp) in both the Waikato and Southland regions, and cover all farmers with 20ha or over in arable or pastoral use, 5ha in horticultural use or 20ha of combined use. One of the obligations that councils have is to develop what is known as a Cccv (Catchment Context, Challenges and Values) for each FMU. A Cccv is a collection of all the relevant information about the catchment you farm in, including the catchments unique features such as soils, climate, water quality, areas of cultural
significance and so on. This then enables a farmer to understand the issues and challenges in their catchment and use this information to design their Fwfp to manage or reduce the impacts of their farming operation on the health and wellbeing of the catchment. All of this information is available on the regional council website. A lot of work is also happening to ensure as best as possible that there is consistency across regional councils with this stuff. Te Uru Kahika (representing regional councils) is working with the Ministry for Primary Industries and the Ministry for the Environment to develop a Fwfp template for farmers to use. Our council farm engagement team continue to engage and work with industry stakeholders to ensure constant messaging, consistency where possible, and be as supportive as we can to help the sector with this process. This includes working with farmers that already have farm plans to enable these to meet new regulatory requirements. Another focus has been on the training of developers and certifiers of Fwfps. We continue to see a good level of interest from those wanting to undertake this role and work with farmers to help them develop their plans. To date, we have 38 people undertaking regional specific training, and have held 4 on farm training days for certifiers and developers. Five more training days are scheduled through to April. Regardless of what happens with government regulations, our focus continues to be on doing stuff that helps and supports farmers in the region to manage their farm system to deliver really good environmental best practice.
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Getting to understand methane A joint New Zealand-Ireland research programme starting this month aims to provide a better understanding methane emissions from pasture-based farm systems. The four-year programme will see researchers, students, professors and database technology experts from DairyNZ and Ireland’s Agriculture and Food Development Authority, University College Cork and Irish Cattle Breeding Federation working together to quantify methane emissions from dairy cows in pasture-based systems. DairyNZ principal scientist Jane Kay says they aim to determine the effect stage of lactation and pasture species, management and seasonal growth have on base methane emissions, and how these factors influence cows’ response to methane-reducing technologies. “The joint programme strengthens our connection with Ireland and enables NZ to leverage current and future research. It also fits within DairyNZ’s wider research programme. “This wider programme sees our worldleading scientists working with NZ farmers, research organisations and commercial companies to develop workable and scalable mitigation solutions that can be widely adopted on-farm to reduce emissions in a sustainable and viable way.” DairyNZ was awarded funding in 2023 for this work, as part of a pilot joint research initiative between New Zealand and Ireland. The programme will also develop a methane database for pasture-based systems to ensure emissions and mitigations are accurately accounted for at a farm and national level in NZ and Ireland. Both countries face national and market targets to reduce methane. New Zealand farmers are among the world’s most emissions-efficient. Consumer and dairy
supplier expectations are a driver for dairy farmers to continue reducing emissions, so the country can remain competitive in the market. “Finding solutions to help farmers reduce emissions while maintaining on-farm profit remains a research priority,” Kay says. Over the past 20 years, potential technologies to reduce methane emissions have emerged from all over the world. DairyNZ is focused on potential technologies that fit within NZ’s pasture-based systems, such as early life intervention, which involves feeding a natural product to young calves, with the aim of reducing methane emissions for the animal’s lifetime. “This is an attractive delivery mechanism for NZ, as it’s cost-effective and occurs well before product processing, such as milk harvesting,” Kay says. Most of the research on methane mitigation technologies is completed Newstead’s Lye Farm, one of DairyNZ’s two Waikato research farms. Lye and Scott Farms are an important sector resource, enabling scientists to carry out pasture, animal, and farm systems trials under relevant conditions. This ensures the technologies and tools developed are practical and can be widely adopted into different farm systems. Farmers are involved in all the projects, to provide their thoughts and advice on opportunities or barriers for adoption of these solutions into NZ farm systems. “We’re excited about our continued work alongside farmers and other sector and research organisations to develop mitigation solutions for our unique pasture-based farm systems – and to get ahead of the environmental challenges farmers face,” Kay says.
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Hot Tips for Successful Farm Succession Farming is a way of life, so it can be difficult to imagine handing over the reins, exiting from it altogether or selling a particular farming asset. For many, planning for rural farm succession doesn’t come easily, forcing you to think about the unexpected and plan ahead for what you want to happen. In this article, Gallie Miles rural farm succession experts Sue Garmonsway and Alex McIvor walk you through the rural farm succession process and share their top tips on having a robust rural succession plan. 1. Consider the ‘what ifs’ While you’re busy living your day-to-day of life, thinking about the unimaginable ‘what if’ scenarios of life can be difficult. Working through these is key to having a robust succession plan. “In life, things can go wrong and the unexpected can crop up,” says Sue. “A good succession plan requires consideration of all the ‘what ifs’ – death, separation, loss of capacity, family falling out, new in-laws becoming involved.” “As part of our succession planning discussions, we encourage you to have those difficult conversations and workshop through all the ‘what ifs’ so that you can be
clear about what you want to happen.” “I’m like the pessimist in the equation. I come up with everything bad that could happen and derail the outcome they want and force people to think about those ‘what ifs’. They’re all relevant to the succession equation.” 2.Get everyone in the same room Having a good professional team surrounding you helps you to map out your options and shape your plan. “Ideally, your lawyer, accountant and banker are all together in the one room when the plan is being discussed and formulated,” says Alex. “Each professional brings a slightly different perspective to the debate, which helps you to consider all avenues and options.” “What I think of as a fantastic plan may have disastrous tax implications. What your accountant thinks will work might not be legally robust, and what your accountant and lawyer come up with, the bank might not finance,” adds Sue. “It’s really important to have all those professionals involved at the outset to try to make a difficult process easier.” 3. Every plan is different There is no one size fits all solution, or one single approach.
“It depends on the assets, outcomes and personalities involved,” says Sue. “For the person leaving the farm, it’s about ‘how much do I still want to earn as a living,’ and for the ones coming in, it’s a question of ‘what can I afford to pay?’” “Managing expectations can be hard and everyone’s perspectives need to be considered.” 4. It’s a commitment in time and energy Alex says the process takes time to get it right, and it’s a commitment in both time and energy. “It takes time and requires commitment from all parties,” says Alex. “Some people take longer to get onto the same page or come around to a succession discussion, and emotions can run high at times. Some are happy to take risks, and others want to mitigate every risk possible and don’t care what it costs.” 5. Consider all structures Good succession requires consideration of all of the structures available, says Sue. “Each situation is different, and a company, a trust, or partnership may be appropriate,” she says. “Trusts add an extra level of complexity and were often drafted for specific reasons at a
given moment in time. But they are still a useful way to achieve succession,” she says. “However the farming business is being operated, documentation also needs careful consideration, including Wills, Enduring Powers of Attorney, Shareholder Agreement and Partnership Agreement.” At the end of the day, it’s about being thorough, seeking professional advice and having those difficult conversations to get everyone on the same page. “The biggest thing we can’t stress enough is the need for a really well documented plan. A lawyer is crucial to that,” says Alex. “When you look at the individual farm succession transactions in isolation, unless you have context, it’s really hard down the
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With a theme combining The Year of the Dragon and the dairy industry, the 2024 Waikato Dairy Industry Awards dinner promises to be an evening not to be missed. One of the highlights of the dairy industry calendar, the winners will be announced at an Awards Dinner at Claudelands Event Centre on March 13, with categories for Share Farmer of the Year, Dairy Manager of the Year, and Dairy Trainee of the Year. For the first time, regional nominees of the Fonterra Responsible Dairying Award (FRDA) will be acknowledged at their local dinner. The three winners of each category and the three FRDA finalists will then go to the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards National final, with national winners announced in Queenstown on May 11.
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The New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards attracted 340 entrants from across the country, working in all levels of the dairy industry. The three categories give entrants the chance to challenge themselves, earn a regional or national title and to share in substantial regional and national prize pools. Waikato Regional Managers Rachel and Brian Basi say the regional awards dinners are always a night of celebration, and not just for the winners. “The regional dinners not only focus on the regional winners and those in other categories, but provide another opportunity to meet, network and socialise with like-minded
The theme of the dinners centres around ‘The Year of the Dragon’, which according to the Chinese zodiac, is associated with strength, prosperity, and good fortune and signifies the beginning of new adventures and the realisation of dreams. “The dragon’s energy reminds us of the strength we find within ourselves to persevere in our daily work on our dairy farms which are not merely businesses; they are a source of sustenance for our families, our communities, and beyond,” Rachel says. “Just as the dragon soars into the sky, we too can aim for new heights in our farming practices. We can embrace innovation and sustainable methods to ensure that our dairy farms thrive for generations to come.”
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The ultimate experience The past three years since Pete and Ann Morgan won the 2021 Responsible Dairying Award have been fantastic, the pair say. “To be recognized by your peers, to have what you are doing endorsed is definitely the ultimate experience, no doubt about it,” Pete says. “What it’s allowed us to do is refocus, with the keyword being responsibility across all areas at our stage of life.” The Te Awamutu farmer says the nomination for the award was humbling - and not particularly easy, because unlike other awards, nominees have to get up and talk about themselves and what they are doing to a familiar industry sector who are all looking for new concepts and ideas going forward into the future. “We were at an established phase in our career, having gone down the traditional pathways from sharemilking and so forth, what we’d learned along the way encompassing everything
from environmental sustainability to managing of staffing resources. “So we were having to present our hopes and dreams to our peers and it was, in retrospect, a huge privilege to being doing this,” he says. The Morgans have a lot to be proud of. Their farm is an open book to many, with groups coming almost every week and not only from different parts of New Zealand, but internationally as well. “We do provide an industry interface with a variety of groups, we had a set last
week from the United States looking at our technology, we’ve had environmental groups – even animals rights.” The unusual latter group isn’t as rare as one might think. “It’s really great to have them – the great thing is, we are able to teach what our reality is, and they often go away realising we do care for our animals, for our environment, for our communities and often, much more than they thought.” Pete says the intergenerational approaches ranging from economic and environmental sustainability through to more precise
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farming via technology has always been there for many farmers, it’s just a question of educating such groups as to how that’s being achieved.
always surrounded by people; field days, on the farm or on the phone with those exchanges of ideas and concepts.”
“The Responsible Dairy Award [is an excellent way] of achieving this; it allows us as farmers to talk through tangible concepts and develop definitive sustainability practices for all the resources we have.”
The importance, he says, can’t be over-emphasised.
He says this starts with the economic sustainability, which allows them to reinvest themselves, their staff and through into the wider community. “It allows us to have conversations about what we are passionate about, and what we can achieve in those areas.” Perhaps the biggest plus as he says it, is the networking. “It’s one of the central tenets of New Zealand farming; the really successful transference of ideas and concepts – you can run with ideas that best apply to you and where you are going. “For me, one of the biggest advantages of winning the Responsible Dairy Award has been the contact, something that is critical for me. I’m
“There so much happening, from regulation changes, climate change, technology – I’m in the middle of a new virtual farming programme which is in equal parts extraordinary and challenging, that is rewriting how we do things; it’s both inspiring and daunting.” Pete encourages others to look towards the Dairy Industry Awards, both as something to aspire to, and as a huge opportunity to come away with ideas and concepts that can be shaped to fit better farming practices going forward. “It opens the door to wider conversations, normalizing explorations and nudging us out of our comfort zones. “We need to be preparing for the future which includes everything from climate change, inflation, regulations as we as the ongoing requirements for environmental improvement and sustainability.”
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Old traditions combine with today’s technology One of the key phrases that has come much more into use in the dairy sector is that of ‘precise farming’.
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It allows farmers to be able to pinpoint with absolute accuracy areas where attention is immediately required on any aspect of the operation from paddocks to animals. And technology such as CowManager is helping change of the face of farming by integrating traditional farming methods with the very
best of today’s technology when it comes to the care of cows. After four generations of farming in The Netherlands, CowManager founder Gerard Griffioen knew farming could be done easier. His drive was to find a way to measure a cow’s health, fertility and even recognise heat stress and transition issues before these things became a problem. He changed the dairy business forever by inventing
the first ever cow monitoring ear sensors in 2004, which in essence, always keeps a detailed eye on every head in a herd, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. CowManager, a system now used in more than 40 countries around the world and being implemented in many farms around New Zealand, is built and continuously upgraded on years of knowledge, university research and worldwide on-farm tests. But that doesn’t mean Gerard isn’t still passionately involved in improvements and research himself.
“We actively listen to our customers. We have CowManager allows customers (and local a farmer to keep an representatives) eye on every cow in worldwide who their herd 24 hours a day. actively think along about innovations and test them onfarm.” The key to this success? Ear temperature, in which Gerard says the answer lies to most things. “Back in the day, whenever dairy farmers would doubt
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Eggplants are one of the world’s most widely eaten vegetables. Originating in India and introduced to Europe over 1500 years ago by Moor and Arab traders, the eggplant was initially regarded with suspicion because — like tomatoes and potatoes — it belongs to the nightshade family, some of which are poisonous. The eggplant has other names including garden egg in West Africa and aubergine in the Mediterranean. Eggplants vary in shape, colour and size. The most common is the large, glossy deep-purple variety but long slender mauve Asian eggplants are now more readily available. There are also round white eggplants, about the size of a tennis ball and Thais enjoy a small green eggplant about the size of a pea. There is no need to peel young eggplants. Sometimes older fruits develop thicker skins and bitter flesh. These are best peeled, the flesh salted then left to stand for 30 minutes to draw out the bitterness. Rinse in cold water and pat dry before using. Another reason for salting is eggplants absorb masses of oil. So for a lower calorie dish, salting the flesh first will collapse the cell walls and less oil will be absorbed. IMAM BAYILDI The most famous eggplant dish, eaten all over the Arab world, is called Imam bayildi — ‘the priest fainted’. One story claims that the priest fainted because of the deliciousness of the dish; another that he fainted when he learned how much precious olive oil his wife had used the preparation of this delicacy. 1 medium purple eggplant 4 tablespoons olive oil 1 medium red onion, diced 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1 teaspoon each: ground cinnamon, cumin, paprika pinch chilli flakes 400g can chopped tomatoes in juice 4 tablespoons pine nuts or slivered almonds 1/2 cup flat-leaf parsley, chopped Preheat the oven to 190°C. Halve the eggplant lengthways. Score the flesh almost through to the skin. Brush well with olive oil. Place in a baking pan. Cover loosely. Roast for 20 minutes, until soft. Meanwhile, sauté the onion in a little olive oil until soft. Add
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8. Classroom favourite (8,3) 12. Able to handle difficulties (9) 15. Desert (7) 16. Ghost (6) 19. Fragrance (5) 20. Decant (4) 23. Pat (3)
Last week Across: 1. Stud, 4. Deputy, 8. Chassis, 9. Blush, 10. Area, 11. Incident, 13. Exonerate, 17. Imposter, 19. Spur, 21. Chair, 22. Twosome, 23. Shield, 24. Even. Down: 2. Trapeze, 3. Dusk, 4. Disinterested, 5. Publican, 6. Truce, 7. Photo, 8. Char, 12. Conserve, 14. Explode, 15. Disco, 16. Free, 18. Peach, 20. Gone.
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Make your lawn better
H TS 112 Husqvarna Series™ Engine - 10.9hp - 38” Cutting Width
Compact yet powerful garden tractor offers intuitive operation and delivers excellent results on large open lawns. Its streamlined design enables effortless navigation in narrow passages and convenient storage.
4,690
$
H TS 142T
H TS 142 TXD
L TC 242TX
H TC 138T
Husqvarna Series™ V-Twin Engine - 23.0hp - 42” Cutting Width
Kawasaki FR Series V-Twin - 21.5hp - 42” Cutting Width
Kawasaki FR Series V-Twin - 21.5hp - 42” Cutting Width
Compact side discharge tractor with smart, userfriendly design, developed for use in small to mid-size gardens.
Ideal for homeowners with larger gardens who need a durable and comfortable tractor with high manoeuvrability. Differential transmission gives superior traction in slippery conditions and slopes.
Husqvarna Series™ V-Twin Engine - 23.0hp - 38” Cutting Width
6,990
$
$
7,990
Powerful and comfortable tractor for use in medium- to large-sized gardens. Pedal-operated, hydrostatic transmission and low vibe deck drive. BioClip® from the 15” deluxe seat, LED lights and soft rim steering wheel.
10,490
$
An efficient garden tractor that offers excellent collection of grass clippings giving tidy cutting results.
8,490
$
H TS 142
L TS 242 TXD
L TS 248 TXD
L TS 354
Husqvarna Series™ Engine - 19.0hp - 42” Cutting Width
Kawasaki FR Series V-Twin - 21.5hp - 42” Cutting Width
Kawasaki FR Series V-Twin - 23.0hp - 48” Cutting Width
Kawasaki FR Series V-Twin - 24.0hp - 54” Cutting Width
$
5,990
$
9,390
$
9,690
$
H TC 114
H TS 114
Trailer
This reliable effective garden tractor maximises the feeling and finish of every cut. Packed with carefully selected features for an enhanced sit-in experience, its easy-toreach levers, side-by-side pedals and spring-assisted cutting deck let you cut in comfort.
Purposely engineered for ease of use, this reliable garden tractor delivers an exceptional mowing experience on any large lawn – even in narrow passages.
Quick and easy slip pin to attach trailer to your ride on mower for towing. 300 kg max load, 280L capacity, 39kg weight, UV resistant Tub.
Tractor, Rider and ZTR Covers
6,990
$
5,790
$
Ideal for small to mid-size gardens. Side ejection, smart design plus a powerful engine and pedal-operated hydrostatic transmission.
$
Ideal for regular use in medium-sized to large gardens with an efficient ClearCut™ deck, intelligent design and simple starting process for ease of use. Differential transmission gives superior traction in slippery conditions and slopes.
A powerful and comfortable side discharge tractor with sturdy ClearCut™ deck for medium to largesized gardens. Differential transmission gives superior traction in slippery conditions and slopes.
499 RRP
Premium tractor with ClearCut™ fabricated deck, heavy-duty transmission with electric diff lock and superior comfort features. Differential transmission gives superior traction in slippery conditions and slopes.
11,390
Heavy duty fabric. Handy storage bag. Designed to suits tractors, riders and ZTR mowers without ROPS.
209
FROM $