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Bats get the benefit
By Mary Anne Gill
A Waipā District Council plan change going operative next Monday will help the endangered long-tailed pekapeka native bat. And it can’t come soon enough for Waikato Regional Airport boss Mark Morgan who said the ratepayer owned company can now plant and pest proof two blocks of land it owns to the north of the airport to attract pekapeka-
Vulnerable to Recovering - are New Zealand’s only native land mammals.
“You can hardly signpost it for pekepeka, but we will develop these in a way that they’ll come. We’ll put a lake in, and we’ll do all sorts of stuff,” Morgan said pointing to a map showing the extent of the airport’s Northern Precinct development.
Waipā’s 20th change to its 2017 District Plan is ground-breaking for the area between
significance” list - will start in Hamilton at Kahikatea Drive and finish at the Waikato Expressway in Tamahere.
It includes 21kms of state highways and 11kms of arterial roads, largely in Peacocke. No starting date has been set.
A new design build for the Northern Precinct has begun and should start in late 2026.
The airport company – owned by Hamilton City, Waipā, Matamata-Piako, Ōtorohanga and Waikato district councils – lodged the district plan change in September 2022.
Because Waipā was a shareholder, it declared a conflict of interest in processing the change but was able to make a first stage
An independent planning firm took over and also granted the application, but Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society appealed the decision in the Environment Court saying the change would further threaten the
The airport company and Forest and Bird thrashed out an agreement which requires Waikato Regional Airport to develop bat habitat areas within the Northern Precinct. Work can begin on the 4ha and 11ha blocks of land off Raynes Road –the latter fronting the Waikato River - the airport company will develop and then transfer to a charitable trust.
Pekapeka have habitats throughout the Waikato but rapid development, which included the loss of roost trees, more street lighting and an increase in predators
like rats, possums and domestic cats, put them perilously close to extinction.
Six years ago, as part of its Southern Links investigation work, New Zealand Transport Agency and Hamilton City Council found that the pekapeka had roosted in artificial bat houses - first established in Hamilton in 2011 as part of a Waikato University student’s masters study into promoting bats within the city. The bats were more prevalent in the region than previously thought but still nationally critical – the highest threat category for a New Zealand species, the research found.
A female long-tailed pekapeka bat. Photo: Colin O’Donnell, Conservation Department.
The bats are tiny, as this picture shows.
Photo: NZ Transport Agency.
Mark Morgan points to the map which shows two blocks of land (marked in yellow) the airport company will develop to protect the pekapeka bat and the new Northern Precinct.
Photo: Mary Anne Gill.
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Choral op spot for Zara
By Mary Anne Gill
Zara Thompson knew performing arts was where her future lay when she was plucked from the chorus five hours before opening night to sing a solo.
She didn’t know the words and hadn’t practised the song but the singing teacher at St Peter’s Catholic School in Cambridge was convinced the 12-year-old could fill in for the lead who had called in sick.
Once she got permission to hold song cards and the nerves were gone, Zara was away.
“That was quite a special moment,” the Wintec Bachelor of Performing Arts student says five years on.
Zara, who went on to attend St Peter’s School, left after Year 12 to pursue her passion and is in her first year at Wintec.
She has secured a role in the chorus of the New Zealand premiere of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, the Hamilton Operatic Society’s
This week I want to talk about alcohol. A large number of incidents that require police intervention are caused or exacerbated by alcohol – including family harm, disorderly behaviour, assaults and road trauma. How we address this is multi-faceted. We proactively police alcohol licencing through regular hotel and off licence visits to ensure adherence to district licencing regulations. We also vet liquor licence and manager certificate applications made to Waipa District Council. Police conduct proactive alcohol checkpoints and respond to driving complaints to prevent road trauma by taking drunk and drugged drivers off our roads. We have a reassurance presence aimed at maintaining order at sports events and other fixtures where alcohol is served.
Part of our response to family harm involves identifying contributing factors which may include referrals to nongovernmental organisations for alcohol and drug counselling. If you think that alcohol is a problem for you or someone you know, alcohol and drug counselling is available free for adults over the age of 18 at Cambridge Community House.
I received a text last week pretending to be from ANZ bank. The message said someone had changed my online banking details and provided me a link to follow to change
production which opens at the Clarence Street Theatre in Hamilton next month.
The 17-year-old is the youngest of several Waipā performers in the production. The
my access details. It easily stood out as a scam to me because I don’t hold accounts with that bank, but if I had and wasn’t aware, clicking on the link could have given my bank details to the scammers. Please remember that you should never click on links received in such a way. Phone the organisation or navigate completely separately to their website to confirm the validity of it.
Within the last week a member of the public also reported receiving a call from someone purporting to represent BNZ bank. The phone call followed what seemed to the victim to be a normal process of obtaining their access number and authentication details.
Unfortunately this was a scam and the victim subsequently found a sum of money had been transferred out of their bank account without their permission.
Banks will not proactively contact you and ask for your personal banking details. If you ever receive such a call, do not engage with the caller and contact your bank directly by a publicly advertised number to advise them.
Lastly, if you are heading away this Matariki long weekend, remember to be patient, drive to the conditions and immediately report to Police any dangerous driving that is putting others at risk.
others include Corrine LawSchuitemaker, Chris Gale, Jessica Ruck-Nu’u, Simon Brew, Scot Hall (all from Cambridge), Felix Rowe (Te Awamutu) and Christy Park (Koromatua).
There are some familiar faces around the show – director David Sidwell worked with Zara when she played the lead in Anastasia at St Peter’s last year and the year before that when she was part of the School of Rock ensemble.
Felix is a fellow Wintec student and was in St Peter’s School Musical Theatre Academy with Zara.
The musical is based on Victor Hugo’s novel and includes songs from the Disney animated feature.
The set will recreate Notre-Dame de Paris, the mediaeval Catholic cathedral in France which sustained damage in a structural fire five years ago and is expected to reopen in December.
Zara - who learned music from Sam Cleaver at St Peter’s School and this year by Julia Booth at the School of Media Arts - is one of two sopranos involved in the on stage choir.
Quizzed about what her dream role would be, Zara says she would love to play Anna of Arendelle in Frozen, Kathryn in Newsies and Éponine in Les Misérables plus to sing as well as Phillipa Soo, who played Eliza in the musical Hamilton on Broadway, would be a dream come true.
Waipā performers in Hamilton Operatic Society’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame clockwise outside the Clarence Street Theatre stage door, from bottom left: Simon Brew, Corrine Law-Schuitemaker, Christy Park, Zara Thompson, Jessica Ruck-Nu’u, Scot Hall and centre Chris Gale. Photo: Sarah Hughes.
Rates set
Waipā District Council’s Enhanced Annual Plan and Development Contributions policy was adopted this week. It authorises the council to levy ratepayers $99 million and borrowings of $105 million in the financial year starting on Monday. Rate notices will go out on August 1.
Ticked off
New Zealand Transport
Agency Waka Kotahi says a routine annual inspection of the Narrows Bridge on SH21 in March gave the historic structure a tick of approval. It remains fit for purpose with an estimated remaining lifespan of over 30 years.
Chateau appeal
Ruapehu Mayor Weston Kirton is calling on the public to support a parliamentary petition for government action to save the Chateau Tongariro. The building, owned by the Department of Conservation, has been closed since February last year and it requires earthquake strengthening.
Virtual Te Kūiti
A virtual heritage and culture tour of Te Kūiti has been launched. Created by Hamilton and Waikato Tourism with support from Waitomo District Council, it takes in the Te Kūiti shearing statue, Tatsuno Japanese garden, Te Kūiti and district historical charitable trust heritage house, Legends Gallery, Sir Colin Meads Statue and the Millennium Pavilion.
Panel confirmed
Three independent commissioners have been appointed alongside two regional councillors to the proposed Waikato Regional coastal plan hearings panel. Warren Maher and Stu Kneebone, who were appointed by council in May, will be joined by commissioners Greg Hill (chair), Hugh Leersnyder and Vicki Morrison-Shaw.
Effigy, abuse, threats
By Mary Anne Gill
Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan has called on the community to draw a line under “appalling” and “threatening” behaviour directed at her and other elected officials around the country.
She was responding to comments made by Hamilton city councillor Andrew Bydder in a submission to Waipā District Council’s Cambridge Connections project where he wrote that O’Regan should “get off your fat arse and do your job.”
O’Regan revealed it was the third incident of threatening behaviour directed at her last week and added to other threats, including one at a Cambridge Connections information session in March.
An effigy of her sitting
on a toilet was installed in front of a Waipā information board in Cambridge on the morning when O’Regan was at the opening of Fieldays.
Later, a member of her family was followed to their Kakepuku farm. Both incidents were reported to the police who have found a car “of interest” in the second one.
“It forms a part of a broader phenomenon around New Zealand but when it’s directed at you personally and in such a nasty, and aggressive and dare I say in a misogynist kind of way, you can’t help but catch your breath a little,” O’Regan said.
“When it comes to the safety of your family, that’s the point you get your heckles up and will do everything and anything to protect them.”
The effigy was “pretty unnerving,” she said.
“Other than the obvious messaging and the symbolism that some of it displayed and conveyed, there were some issues that were a little perplexing,” she said.
The News has seen a photograph and chosen not to publish it.
When no pictures of the effigy appeared on social media, O’Regan said she hoped the community was taking a bit of a collective breath and saying “this isn’t us, this isn’t Cambridge, this isn’t Waipā.”
“In an ideal world I would love everybody to say, that’s not okay. Some of the places these people inhabit are online and on social media. And it’s really hard to combat that. But it would be really good if the community would draw a line somehow, some way to express a real repugnance to this sort of behaviour.
A predicament for
By Chris Gardner
A senior Department of Conservation manager says she really feels for cash strapped Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari and hopes that something can be worked out concerning funding.
“I think they’re in a really tough predicament,” said DOC Waikato District operations manager Jane Wheeler. Wheeler’s comments come after Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari general manager Helen Hughes told The News a cash flow crisis could force the closure of the world’s largest predatorproof fence by the end of August.
Hughes said the project had lost $1.5 million worth of funding over four years with the loss of the contestable Department of Conservation Community Fund and other sources of funding, and $500,000 was
needed to continue the work currently underway.
“We moved from baseline funding contribution to funding specific projects,” Wheeler explained.
Over the last four years DOC had supported Maungatautari with $589,000 of Jobs for Nature funding to support the work of mountain rangers, $441,000 worth of threatened species monitoring funding, such as kākāpō and hihi (stitch bird), and $140,000 worth of operating costs funding.
“So, we do provide a lot of actual practical in-kind support,” she said.
“We have a situation where we are really prioritising where we put our money at the moment. We don’t have lots of money to spend. I hope that something can be worked out for them.”
DOC was directed to find 6.5 per cent savings from its budget to meet the coalition
“You don’t have to agree with us, that’s totally acceptable. But what’s not acceptable is that kind of behaviour.
“I would like the community to say that’s not okay and be very cognisant of the fact what you choose to ignore, you’re actually choosing to accept.”
O’Regan confirmed she and other Waipā councillors had made Code of Conduct complaints to Hamilton City Council about Bydder’s submission.
Bydder lives and works in Cambridge and his home in Vogel Street is just west of the Blue Blob identified as a potential landing spot for a third bridge and subsequently put on hold by the council.
Hamilton mayor Paula Southgate said she and other city councillors had also lodged Code of Conduct complaints, but they would not result in Bydder having to resign.
“The ability to do anything about him is flawed,” she said.
Behaviour towards elected members around the country had become “normalised”, she said.
“What has happened to Susan is hideous. It is not appropriate. We have to stop the rot.”
It was the worst she had seen in her 24 years in politics.
Maungatautari
Government’s savings target.
“We are looking at other options, but I’ve got a lot of work to do to find out if I have any options,” Wheeler said.
“We need discussions with Helen and [co-chair] Don [Scarlet] and the governance board and people above me in the organisation. At the moment I can support with staff and expert advice.”
The News is seeking comment from Conservation Minister Tama Potaka who, on June 18, told Parliament’s Environment Committee it would probably cost trillions
of dollars to save all New Zealand native species so New Zealand should adopt a targeted approach.
“If we say, hand on heart, we’re going to save every single species and get it out of a space where it’s endangered or at risk that job is going to take an absolutely probably superhuman effort that will cost, I don’t know, I wouldn’t want to imagine the cost, but that is literally hundreds of billions probably trillions of dollars,” Potaka said.
“I don’t think we’re in that space, we’re in a much
more practical space to say what are the species, what are the areas, what are the ecosystems that we’re going to focus our attention on and get to that.”
Labour spokesperson for conservation Priyanca Radhakrishnan said the Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust was carrying out important work with others.
“It’s a challenging time for them and others in the conservation sector,” she said.
“Everyone has a role to play in safeguarding our precious animal and plant life here in Aotearoa New Zealand. It is disappointing that the coalition government has cut the Department of Conservation’s budget by 6.5 per cent. This will undoubtedly have an adverse impact on Aotearoa’s biodiversity and the health of our ecosystems.”
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Government firm on housing rule
Waipā District Council has failed in an attempt to stall new rules which will make it possible to put more buildings on properties in the district.
A request to extend the time it has to introduce medium-density residential housing rules to next February has been declined by the Government.
It paves the way for two houses, up to three storeys high, to be built in Cambridge, Te Awamutu and Kihikihi, without a resource consent or notifying neighbours.
The introduction of high density rules under Plan Change 26 decisions will, as a result, come into force by the end of August,
When the council sought extra time, mayor Susan O’Regan said the requirement for the plan change was a blunt, heavy-handed instrument that had caused huge angst.
At the time, the Government had indicated it was looking to make these mandatory requirements optional.
In his letter to the council declining its request, Housing Minister Chris Bishop said until the Government made decisions
on the ‘Going for Housing Growth’ policy, the current legislation stood and must be complied with.
O’Regan said the council was now in the position where it had no option but to follow the directive given by the minister.
“We still maintain that Waipā should not have been lumped in with cities like Auckland and Wellington to start with,” she said.
“We are not against dwelling intensification if it is done well in the right location, but being forced to go down this track has the potential to see houses built that could adversely impact how other people use and enjoy their properties. We also need to take into account the required infrastructure to support those houses at a cost of in excess of $600 million. We’re stuck between a rock and a hard place.”
The council will consider recommendations from the Plan Change 26 independent hearings panel at a public workshop in early August before making its decisions.
Tea Time at Harold’s place
Ōhaupō’s Community Sports Centre will host a fundraiser for Life Education New Zealand next month.
Waipa King Country Life Education Trust requires more than $200,000 a year to maintain educational initiatives across the region – and on July 12 it will be raising funds via a high tea.
Mascot Harold the Giraffe, and friends Nicky Wise and Abby Miles, plan to charm children and caregivers at Harold’s High Tea.
Children and adults will be invited to don their finest attire and join Harold for an elegant high tea experience.
The event will feature disco dancing, colouring activities and a lucky prize draw — plus the opportunity to engage in a reading session with the author and illustrator of Harold’s Spots.
“We are excited to host Harold’s High Tea as a fun-filled way to support the invaluable work of the Waipa King Country Life Education Trust,” said Wise and Miles, the trust’s teachers who are involved in teaching life skills to local school children.
“Through our Life Education programmes, we empower tamariki with essential skills to navigate life’s challenges and make healthy choices.”
Wise and Miles love to work with the children of the region’s primary and intermediate schools, teaching them how to look after their bodies with good nutrition and good decisions, and also teaching about how to be good friends with lots of ideas about how to work together and be a great community member.
Waipa King Country Life Education Trust members are volunteers. The trust funding pays for two classrooms and educators, who last year visited more than 50 schools and taught lessons to almost 9000 students.
How Jean makes it all add up
At the 2024 Volunteering Waikato Awards last week, Jean McKenzie was named Education Innovator of the year. She says her aim is to give all students the best opportunities to influence their futures.
On an uncharacteristically warm winter’s day earlier this month, Jean McKenzie stood on the sideline of a rugby game where 16-year-old Xavier Shields was playing for Te Awamutu College First XV.
Like parents and supporters, she cheered for the home team. But her interest in the match was much broader than the scoreline.
Also watching the game that day were Xavier’s parents, the school principal and the First XV coach. Jean spent much of the game chatting to each about Xavier’s future. In the business world that would be termed ‘networking’.
McKenzie likens it to a spider’s web. “It’s all about matching people up,” she says. The aim is to establish connections that will influence the future of young people like Xavier beyond the classroom.
At this year’s Volunteering Waikato - Te Ohu Tuuao o Waikato - annual awards, held at a function on June 20, McKenzie was named Education Innovator of the year in recognition of “hard work, dedication and commitment to volunteering and community engagement.”
She was delighted to be singled out but sees the accolade more as recognition of the success of the nearly 700 students who have enrolled in Mathematics for a
Lifetime, a charitable trust founded by her, which offers initiatives, including free tuition to students from low income families who are struggling with maths.
Xavier was one of those students. Before he attended MFAL in Year 8, he would experience blind panic when faced with a maths problem he couldn’t solve. In Year 9, after tuition, he topped his class in maths and captained his rugby team.
McKenzie says the results have given him confidence and skills for life. She has also introduced him to prospective employers, including Waipā Networks, a sponsor and partner of Mathematics for a Lifetime.
“The aim is to set up a ripple effect that goes beyond the classroom. All kids deserve to have opportunities to change their paths. If I can do that by bringing the right people together, that gives me huge pleasure.”
A former primary school teacher with a passion for maths, McKenzie has seen firsthand the impact of deprivation on education.
“Some kids would come into the classroom tired and hungry with no routines, being exposed to things they should never have seen.”
She remembers the moment her mindset around education changed forever.
“I was standing in a classroom and I had this epiphany. I knew if I just had more time with this one child, I could turn them around and change their life for the better.”
Ten years ago she established Impact Tutoring, a tuition programme, based in Te Awamutu, which also offers online courses for individuals and schools. Mathematics for a Lifetime is the charitable offshoot of that business.
McKenzie’s charitable work extends beyond tuition. For nearly 18 years, she was a volunteer firefighter with Pirongia Fire and Emergency. She stepped down late last year to devote more time to her business and the charitable trust.
She says she has always been a person who steps towards something, rather than turning away. “I believe people should help others.”
She also believes strongly in modelling the roles others can follow.
“Firefighting gave me the skills to deal with situations under pressure, and a belief that I can accomplish things. I don’t see mountains as daunting, I see them as something to climb. “
In 2019, Jean Mc Kenzie was named as Leader of the Year in the Waipā Excellence Business Awards.
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Jean McKenzie with Waipā district councillor Clare St Pierre (left).
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Inspiring events
By Tom Roa, Tikanga Advisor, Waikato University
Through most of the last year I have suffered with global osteo-arthritis so this column has not been high on my list of priorities!
However over the last couple of weeks two special events in our neighbourhood have lit a spark which has led me back to my computer keyboard to share some thoughts.
Two weeks ago my colleague Dr Rodrigo Hill and I opened a photographic exhibition at the Ōtorohanga Museum launching with it a book, both titled, ‘Ki te kapu o taku ringa - In the palm of my hand’
We have spent the last two years exploring the notion of an indigenous Māori lens, and what that might be in juxtaposition with a non-indigenous, other-than-Māori lens.
In the Western world ethic, all rights to a photograph reside with the photographer. It is very important that their Intellectual Property is to be respected and all rights to that IP upheld.
The Māori philosophy of acknowledging and according a principled respect to the ‘mana’ of the subject (or should that be object?) of the photograph is not a high priority.
Our project asserted that a photograph of moment in the Māori world should recognise the ‘mana’ of its subjects thru ‘wānanga’ with the ‘mana whenua’ the people of the land, the landscape, the flora, the fauna, whose narratives shared through those ‘wānanga’ (which Linda Tuhiwai Smith describes as ‘thought spaces’) accord
a principled respect of the subjects of the photograph.
The Regent Theatre in the centre of Te Awamutu is showing a movie whose narrative is arguably at the centre of our district’s history.
The heroism in Manga’s (Rewi Maniapoto’s) reported assertion at Ōrākau, ‘Ka whawhai tonu au ki a koe , ake, ake, ake!’ resounds locally, nationally, internationally.
Three hundred Māori, men, women, and children, at that time essentially still a stoneage culture, protecting their lands, lives, and livelihoods, held at bay for three days 1500 soldiers of the most powerful army in the world with the most modern arsenal of weapons of that time.
The production team spent weeks in preproduction preparation holding wānanga with the descendants of those who fought in the battle.
During the filming groups of descendants were again involved in front of as well as behind the camera. Post-production the launch of the movies premiere in Hamilton and subsequent showings in Te Awamutu attracted full houses.
Māori in those audiences remarked, often too loudly, ‘Look there’s So-and-So!’ In doing so asserting their relationship to the movie and its subject(s), acknowledging their (collective) mana.
The hard questions
By Janine Krippner
In a BBC article, a colleague, Professor Matthew Watson, is warning of the dangers of tourism at Fuego – a twin volcano which erupted with deadly consequences in Guatemala in 2018.
Watson stopped taking student on annual trips to Fuego in 2015 – but tours continue and he warns “It’s only a matter of time before someone gets killed”.
I am writing this while sipping coffee and fighting jet lag on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands, Spain. Like last year, I am here to better understand how eruptions impact society. Tomorrow, I fly back to the island of La Palma, where in 2021 an eruption produced lava flows that damaged and buried communities. This scenario is possible here on Tenerife, a very popular tourism destination. It is also possible in Auckland. And we are all aware of the tragedy on Whakaari White Island in 2019.
It’s one thing trying to prepare locals for eruptions when you don’t know when the next one will be. It is another to help tourists who often have no idea of the chances of an eruption, no idea where to get information or help, or where to go.
How do you prioritise a less likely event that will have much greater impacts if we aren’t prepared for it? We expect that someone will be doing that work behind the scenes, that people will send the right kind of help and get critical systems up and running.
People leap to blame someone for an
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incident as soon as one strikes, but all these things take an enormous effort and a lot of funding to understand and implement. Learning from eruptions around the world is a great way to help with this.
We can put in place programmes to work with local communities, but what is the right way to educate tourists? When there are no signs of an eruption in the near-future, how do we balance the cost and effort of preparing different groups? If a volcano, like Fuego, has been erupting for many years, how do we warn people that something much larger and deadly might happen?
People flock to erupting volcanoes to see the raw power of our planet in action. I cannot say I blame them. In places like Tongariro it’s relatively easier because you can shut down access to a national park. How do you manage an eruption in the middle of a complex city? How do you prioritise funding when we have issues like a threatening economic recession?
These are big and difficult questions. I think through these situations with compassion. I don’t appreciate the “what did they expect?” mentality that often follows a fatal incident. We all make bad choices, whether we understand that we are or not. Most of the time those choices don’t end our precious life. We expect people who know better to help us.
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Sallies back booze ban call
By Chris Gardner
The Salvation Army is supporting Te Awamutu and Kihikihi Community Board member Jill Taylor’s call to ban the sale of alcohol in Waipā supermarkets.
Taylor suggested Waipā follow Australia’s example of not selling alcohol in supermarkets, during a Local Alcohol Policy workshop in May.
Salvation Army social policy analyst and advocate Ana Ika told The News the Salvation Army supported Taylor’s suggestion.
“We have always advocated for alcohol harm mitigation through minimising advertising, accessibility, availability and affordability of alcohol because of the level of alcohol harm we see with many we support,” Ika said.
“The supermarkets go against these as alcohol is often the first thing you see when you walk into many supermarkets, a lot cheaper than on-licences, supermarkets are everywhere and are open for longer periods.
“People drink their cheap alcohol in the privacy of their homes, and this is often where
we see incidences of violence and family violence.”
‘…alcohol is often the first thing you see when you walk into many supermarkets’ – Ana Ika.
The Salvation Army advocated for the trust model found in West Auckland and Invercargill where alcohol is not sold in supermarkets, but in bottle stores where profits are returned to the community.
Participants in the Salvation Army’s alcohol and drug dependency programme purposefully shopped in these areas so as not to be confronted with alcohol when they are doing their grocery shopping, Ika said.
“Alcohol in supermarkets also portrays the idea that alcohol is an ordinary commodity and, in our view, perpetuates the role that alcohol negatively plays in our society,” Ika said.
“The supermarket duopoly has a stronghold on how alcohol is sold in New Zealand. Any time alcohol is restricted from being sold in supermarkets would be a way to loosen that stronghold.”
Woolworths New Zealand public relations specialist Seán Rose said the group did not have a specific comment on Taylor’s remarks.
“We take our responsibilities as an alcohol retailer very seriously and are always willing to engage with relevant stakeholders on our approach.”
Woolworths New Zealand owns Woolworths, SuperValue and FreshChoice supermarkets.
Foodstuffs New Zealand, owner of Four Square, New World and Pak’n Save, did not respond to the request for comments.
Health New Zealand regional clinical director William Rainger said Health NZ took alcohol harm, and the risk of alcohol-related harm to communities seriously.
“Medical Officers of Health work
within the legislation, the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012. The Act requires several agencies including council, police, and health to make assessments when considering new licences or licence renewals to ensure all the rules under the act are being adhered to,” he said.
“If any local alcohol policies are in place, these agencies can provide further support to minimise alcohol-related harm. For example, Local Alcohol Policies can include rules around times which establishments and off-licenses are open.
“However, the District Licensing Committee is ultimately responsible for making final licensing decisions.”
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The sallies say supermarkets sell alcohol cheaper than on-licence outlets and are open longer. Woolworths NZ says it is willing to engage with stakeholders. Foodstuffs New Zealand did not respond to our questions.
Theatres of dreamers
By Peter Carr
Every three years we – the whole nation – are subject to the nonsense put forward by council wannabees as to their suitability to govern the organisation that keeps our districts clean, warm, liveable and safe. More on them shortly.
To stay local in Waipā (and keeping away from personalities) we have an organisation that, in its most recent reporting year, had a budget revenue of $157 million, an equity of $1.99 billion and an asset base of $2.27 billion. Note these figures are rounded and, in fairness to the council, I have refrained from using the actual figures experienced due to the downturn caused by Covid and its aftermath. This is not an article about Waipā but the wider local body governance scheme.
Now many of you are investors in the share market either directly or through the services of professional business advisers. And before you place your hard-earned savings with one or another public company (or private for that matter if possible) then you take a hard look at that company. Performance, debt to equity ratio, past history and management. Most important of all is the breadth and depth of business experience shown by the board of directors. To what extent are they qualified in both tertiary and experience terms to look after your funds?
I am sure that if you find a company with anything approaching the figures mentioned above you would wish to ensure that your funds will, at the very least, given that share deposits carry risk, be cared for by those ‘at the top’ who understand the role of governance and practice their craft well clear of interfering with management. As an
insurance policy for those governance practitioners the chief executive is often carrying an ‘at risk’ segment to his/her gross income package that keeps the nose to the grindstone.
So why this lurch out into the wilderness of local body governance? Look back to the last local body election and recall the utterances of those seeking office ‘in your interest’. Where did you see or hear examples of high standard qualification that gave them the right to govern an organisation with figures displayed above?
The city of Tauranga has been governed for several years by (I think) four commissioners after the mayor and council were removed by the National government. Shortly, those commissioners will hand over the reins to a newly elected group of wannabees and, as the lead commissioner stated last week, “there are several of those hoping to return for which I would not vote”.
So, my question to you is this. Would you feel happier if the board table in Te Awamutu was a mix of elected and professional appointed people? On say a two thirds / one third basis? Where the amateur attempts to govern currently displayed are very much hidebound by the control of the senior council officers?
Having a third of the board placed there for the right reasons can, at the very least, bring a degree of sense and commercial sensibility to the final decisions that affect us all.
Advent hope
By Sam Pullenger, Ministry Assistant, St John’s Anglican Parish
I love how “small town” Te Awamutu feels, especially when I read the local newspaper.
I find it encouraging that we have a few constables who care so much about our town and the people who live here that they would take the time to update us, weekly, on what they have been doing.
Although we are a growing town, we still have those “small town” characteristics. However, I am saddened by what the constables often have to report in their weekly segment - car theft, family harm and other burglary often coming out on top. These incidents, especially when they happen to you, can make you feel unsafe in your own town. We begin to feel more wary of the people around us than we would usually be. We can be tempted to follow the Trumpian way of building higher walls and adopting greater security. Although it is not wrong to build fences and put up security lights or cameras around our properties, I do not believe this actually gets to the root of the issue.
The “small town” feel is the feeling that you know everyone. Everyone is either a friend, a neighbour or a neighbour’s friend. This is what makes a small town feel safe. Not because everyone abides by the law, but because everyone knows each other and cares for each other.
One of the Biblical writers was a man named Paul - he wrote a lot of the New Testament. Paul is well known for creating new words as he tried to instruct the Church on how they should act as followers of Jesus. Many of the new words that Paul created began with the prefix “co” which really means “with”. The idea is that following
Jesus cannot be done alone; we are called to be in and create community. Christians believe that we live our best lives when we work together in community, guided by the Holy Spirit. But community is a hard thing to foster. It is not simply about smiling at the person walking past on the street. To foster community we need to be open to building relationships with the other; with those who we do not know, and with those who are different than we are. When we cross boundaries of difference, in relationships, we are recognising the dignity and value that the other holds simply for being human.
As we read about the crime in our town of Te Awamutu and evidence of it is projected across social media, I want to encourage us not to isolate further. Senior constable Deb Hann encouraged us, in her recent segment, “If you hear a car alarm go off in your neighbourhood, pay attention and check”. I encourage us to go further, meet your neighbours, talk with them and build relationships. The more we are able to foster community among ourselves, the longer we will not only be able to hold our “small town” vibe, but also truly experience the “small town” safety.
Chamber chief considers council
By Chris Gardner
The first candidate for next year’s Waipa District Council elections may be confirmed soon.
Te Awamutu Business Chamber chief executive Shane Walsh said “I’m thinking about it,” he said when The News asked him.
“I am getting a lot of people asking me that at the moment. You can’t go in there as a single person and make changes. There needs to be a group of you. It would be very difficult.”
Walsh’s comments come after a Te Awamutu Business Chamber submission to the Enhanced Annual Plan in which he shared alarm
that the council starts next financial year with $296.8 million debt and ends with $398.5 million debt.
“Possibly council has over borrowed in the good times and is now considering huge rate increases in the middle of a recession,” he said in the submission.
“Chamber is concerned about the quantum of capital investment allocated to support growth expectations which, according to council’s analysis of keys risks, are at best uncertain. The draft plan notes that at the end of the 2024/25-year, 57.8 percent of council debt is estimated to be growthrelated. Growth-related
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three waters debt makes up 35 per cent of the total debt. Infrastructure costs significantly impact council debt levels, especially for high-growth councils that are seeing slowdown based on the current economic climate.”
The chamber suggested “a massive scale back” in the current projects for a new Cambridge Library, the Cambridge Town Hall upgrades, the Te Awamutu to Pirongia Cycleway and the Te Ara Wai museum.
At the same time the chamber did not support council cutting funding to community organisation and events.
“Maintain the existing level of council discretionary grant funding, District Promotion Fund, Heritage
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Fund and Community Events Fund. The chamber considers that this can be achieved by further reduction in capital spending from $158.4m,” the submission said.
Walsh, also chair of Destination Te Awamutu, spoke out against the council’s decision to slash Te Awamutu i-Site’s $157,000 grant.
According to Hamilton Waikato Tourism figures, visitor spend in Waipā for the year-ending October 2023 was $216 million with domestic visitors contributing $172 million.
“You have stopped funding at a time when tourism numbers are close to pre-Covid and we are in the middle of recession when any efforts to grow the economy should be supported,” he told the recent Enhanced Annual Plan hearing.
“Since the decision was made, we’ve gone through the process of making two staff redundant and one other gave notice before the process started.”
“We were never given the opportunity to present an alternative funding plan,” he said.
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The council subsequently granted Cambridge and Te Awamutu i-Sites a one off
$30,000 each.
The board is now exploring how that could work.
“The grant buys us a bit more time,” he said.
Board outlines rates plans
Cut staff and turn to service organisations for help. That’s the message Te Awamutu and Kihikihi Community Board chair Ange Holt took to Waipā District Council as it considered its Enhanced Annual Plan.
“Based on community feedback we believe that the average rate rise of 14.8 per cent is unsustainable and too much for many of our community to bare,” Holt said in a submission. “We would prefer to see it trimmed further and sit an average of between 10 per cent and 12 per cent.”
Holt told the council to cut operational expenses by reducing staff, consultancy costs and service levels, except for roading. She also asked for the council to defer growth plans and lobby central government for more support. She pleaded for the council to go easy on the board’s discretionary funding before sharing a list of projects she would like to see the board lead with service organisations such as Rotary and Lions.
• Move Te Awamutu War Memorial Park Perfumed Garden to enable better access to the pathway.
• Provide adult fitness equipment at a couple of parks.
• Clean up Te Awamutu War Memorial Park lake to improve water quality.
• Re-establish a gravelled walkway beside Te Awamutu College rugby fields and Te Wananga o Aotearoa between Eileen Montiforte and Fonterra.
• Provide furniture, trees and fix the gate at the new dog park in Pekarau Park.
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The decision to slash funding for i-Site in Te Awamutu was criticised.
Leave it to the experts KNOW YOUR PROPERTY MANAGER
Not knowing the law is no defense when it comes to being a landlord.
And these days, it’s much more important to be informed about both your rights, and tenants’ rights than it has ever been.
It is now more common to find Tenancy Tribunal decisions are now landing in tenants’ favour in terms of compensation when it comes to homes that have either not fully been certified under the Healthy Homes Act, or issued 14 day Notices to Remedy have been ignored.
There are incidences where some landlords have forfeited the entire rental take of a tenancy when work which should have been done under Act was not, or a property that was not legal as a habitable dwelling was rented out.
So on that basis, it’s now more important than ever that as a landlord, unless you are extremely familiar with the rapidly changing landscape of being one, that you appoint a good property manager.
The basis of the Healthy Homes Act, also known as the Healthy Homes Standards, introduced under the Healthy Homes Guarantee Act 2017, was to ensure all rental properties in the country are warm, dry, and ventilated. To do this effectively, the Act sets minimum standards for heating, insulation, ventilation, moisture ingress, drainage, and draught stopping in rental properties to improve the living conditions for tenants and their overall health and well-being.
One of the key components of the Healthy Homes Standards is heating. Landlords are required to provide a fixed heating device in the main living area that is capable of maintaining a temperature of at least 18 degrees Celsius. This is crucial for ensuring that tenants can live comfortably and avoid health issues related to cold and damp living conditions.
Insulation is another important aspect of the Healthy Homes Standards. Rental properties must have ceiling and underfloor insulation that meets the required thickness and quality
standards. Old insulation does need to be replaced. Proper insulation helps to retain heat inside the property, making it easier to maintain a warm and healthy indoor environment.
Ventilation is another key requirement of the Act. Landlords must ensure that rental properties have adequate ventilation to reduce the build-up of moisture and prevent mold and mildew growth. This can be achieved through the installation of extractor fans in kitchens and bathrooms, as well as opening windows to allow for air circulation. Landlords are required to ensure that the property is weathertight and that any sources of moisture are properly managed to prevent dampness and mold growth. This also includes addressing any gaps or holes in the property that could allow cold air to enter and warm air to escape. This helps to improve the energy efficiency of the property and make it easier to maintain a comfortable temperature. A home must be certified under the Act
and a copy of it must be part of any tenancy agreement a tenant and landlord or their agent signs.
But it’s not just the Act. Properties that are not consented under current rules are also illegal to rent – and this could cost a landlord a lot more than they bargained on. This is why it pays to use the services of a property manager who has been trained in all aspects of taking care of one of your biggest assets.
Flood and fear of famine
A record rainfall swelled the Waikato and Waipā Rivers to their highest levels since the last big flood in 1875.
The Waikato River, already higher than usual due to snow water coming down from the higher reaches, rose quickly with the heavy rainfall. Not much attention was paid until the waters began to assume a serious aspect.
The old Waipā Bridge at Whatiwhatihoe was washed
away from one end and swung over on to the far side of the river, being held by only one cable. Had the bridge been taken down the river it was probable that the bridges at Te Rore, Whatawhata, Ngāruawāhia and Tūākau would all have been swept away. Settlers at Pirongia Mountain were cut off from the township and the five or six of them who supplied the dairy factory had to dump their milk. Farmers suffered serious
damage; all the oats and hay that had been cut being completely ruined - stocks of oats were left looking like heaps of black soil. The Puniu and Mangaohoi rivers were in high flood, all lowlying lands being covered, and in some cases settlers’ homes were surrounded by water. The excessive rain also brought back potato blight, and it was feared there could be a famine as supplies of bread, flour and meat ran short.
At Ōhaupō the so-called footpath from the hotel to the public hall was no better than a sheep track, and in wet weather was dangerous to walk along. A person going to the hall to attend a concert fell over some projecting roots on the path and broke an arm. Other slight mishaps also occurred frequently. The main thoroughfare was utterly impassable.
The roadway had been ploughed up and limestone
From cells to sales
By Chris Gardner
Rob Pierce has swapped one blue shirt for another.
Pierce has moved into real estate as a lifestyle and residential sales consultant after serving 31 years in the New Zealand Police.Pierce was based in Te Kuiti and Ōtorohanga from 1993 until 2005, becoming the north King Country town’s first detective. He continued as a detective in Te Awamutu from 2005 until 2009. He moved to Raglan in 2009 and became the town’s first sergeant. In 2011 he moved to Cambridge where he served as sergeant. He returned to Te Awamutu in in 2012 where he completed
12 years as a sergeant. From 1996 until 2023 Piece also served as a personal protection officer for the prime minister and other dignitaries visiting the Waikato.
Receiving a District Commissioners’ Commendation for saving the life of a motorist who suffered a seizure at the wheel was one of the highlights of his policing career.
Pierce was driving Paterangi Road when he became stuck behind a truck doing 60kph in a 100kph zone.
The car in front, a red Toyota, was straddling the centreline.
Pierce overtook the truck, got behind the car and activated his lights and siren, but the car continued before crossing the centreline.
Pierce realised the driver was having a seizure.
“I needed to put my car in front of his to stop his vehicle,” said Pierce.
He brought car to a stop and called for backup.
Pierce remembers attending seven aircraft crashes during his time in the police, including one on Kaipaki Road.
“It was one of the trainee pilots who had engine trouble and crash landed through the top of a tree landing in a horse paddock. Only minor injuries
thankfully.”
Pierce decided to become a sales consultant after encouragement from a friend.
“He was very successful and trying to get me into it for two or three years,” Pierce said.
“It was time for a change.”
metal laid down which made it very disagreeable to walk over. People going to the railway station had to wade through mud or stumble over rough metal until they met a horse and trap of some sort, and then had to stop in ankle deep mud to let it pass.
The new Paterangi school teacher, Mrs Bates, opened school but owing to the prevalence of measles and influenza, only two scholars put in an appearance.
Paterangi meanwhile was advancing with the times.
The timber for a new post and telegraph office was on the ground, and the farmers hoped to have everything in readiness for the new post mistress, Miss Gordon, to take up her duties.
The Anglican, Methodist and Presbyterian Sunday schools planned a combined
annual picnic. Each school would cater for its own scholars in regard to refreshment, but a general sports committee would arrange games in which all children could take part. Arrangements were to be made to supply hot water to visitors.
Mr Reynolds kindly gave permission for the picnic to be held on his splendid property at Mangapiko known as The Norwegians. The teachers were relying on the help of their friends having vehicles to assist in the conveyance of the little ones.
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Two floods in one: the wide stretch of rushing water at the junction of the Waipā and Waikato Rivers.
Night riders return
By Mary Anne Gill
It was such a success last year, the Light Night Te Awa River Ride is back again but with some subtle changes.
Te Awa River Ride Charitable Trust trail manager and Olympic gold medallist Sarah Ulmer says the event ran out of glow sticks for the children so there will be more of them plus there were more walkers than expected so organisers will be watching out for them.
“We were victims of our own success,” said Ulmer who estimated there were more than 1300 people who turned up to the Gaslight Theatre in Cambridge on a cold winter’s night to ride, scoot and walk the Te Awa River Ride.
It was so well received, Ngāruawāhia wanted a piece of the action.
Three weeks after the Cambridge event on July 6, Ngāruawāhia will have its inaugural ride from The Point along Lower Waikato Esplanade to Market Street and back.
Bikes must have lights on both rides because there are no street lights on Te Awa.
“Only parts of the path will be lit up and some will be pitch black. So even if you’re strolling, not rolling, for obvious safety reasons, everyone must bring lights.
“Head torches, torches, lights on phones are all totally acceptable.”
Several walkers in Cambridge last year were not well lit and walking three or four abreast creating issues for cyclists. There will be reminders to pedestrians to keep left and light up, said Ulmer.
The 2km course from Gaslight Theatre finishes at the boardwalk below the Velodrome. No one has to go up the steep hill, but they can go down the boardwalk bridge which will be lit up.
Volunteer marshalls will position themselves along the route to keep everyone safe plus there will be entertainment at strategic locations and hot chocolate to warm people up.
More fame for James
Melbourne Cup winning jockey James McDonald will have his name added to a Waipā Walk of Fame.
The announcement was made by Waipā District Council last week and is welcomed by staff at The News – he was nominated by editor Roy Pilott.
After McDonald won the Melbourne Cup there was support in the racing industry for him to be inducted in the walk of fame in Cambridge – including from Sheila Laxon, who has her own plaque on Duke
Street. The induction will come with an unveiling ceremony of his bronze plaque in the town centre.
McDonald said he was “absolutely gob smacked” when he found out he would be joining the Sports Walk of Fame alongside “some of my idols”.
“It is an honour to be inducted and the recognition means a lot to not only me, but also my family, and all the people who have supported and contributed towards my career.”
The 32-year-old was
Cambridge Bowling Club was well represented at Kihikihi’s tournament last week – and celebrated a win. Winter ills, and the weather, cast their shadow on the day. There were several teams that cancelled ,with flu and Covid the primary reasons. The day was fine but miserably cold
born in Kaipaki and having established himself by winning the apprentice and premier riding titles in New Zealand moved to Australia. In 2021 he won the Melbourne Cup on Verry Elleegant – who died due to complications whilst in foal in February – and was named World Jockey of the Year.
Waipā District Mayor Susan O’Regan said James was a remarkably talented jockey and had rightfully earned his spot among other sporting legends.
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“I’m delighted that his achievements will be publicly recognised and celebrated,” she said.
in the afternoon and a gusty south easterly wind made life difficult on the greens.
There were three 4 winners on the day and the best of the 3 winners took fourth place.
First place went to Cambridge, Scottie Buchanan (skip), Brian Watt and Ian Moore.
They won 21 ends and scored 47 points. Second place went Piopio’s Wendy Weinberg (skip), Jocelyn Lutz and Eileen Hayes, scoring on 20 ends to register 40 points and narrowly head off the Kihikihi team of Lyn Comins (skip), Rance Wilson and Di Mandeno who also won 20 ends but scored one less point, 39.
Fourth place featured Cambridge Bowling Club once again with Bob Philpot (skip), Bill James and Bill Edge coming out on top of the three winners with 19 ends won and 33 points scored.
The next tournament at Kihikihi on July 10 will signal the start of the second half of the winter programme for this year.
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The winning Cambridge team - Ian Moore, Scottie Buchanan and Brian Watt. Waipa
NOTICE OF ABANDONED LAND
Notice of intent to review the Lake Ngā Roto Recreation Reserve Management Plan 2009
TAKE NOTICE that Waipa District Council intends to exercise its conferred by s.77 of the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002 in land described below.
District Court one month after the date of this notice for an order land to be abandoned, and
PURSUANT TO SECTION 41(5) OF THE RESERVES ACT 1977, Waipā District Council hereby gives public notice of its intention to review the Lake Ngā Roto Recreation Reserve Management Plan (RMP).
Lake Ngā Roto Recreation Reserve contains a peat lake of local, regional and national importance, treasured for its cultural, biodiversity, recreation and amenity values.
Waipa District Council to sell or lease the land - because the rates paid to Waipa District Council for three (3) years and the rate payer of
unknown, or cannot be found after due inquiry and has no known New Zealand or deceased and has no personal representative, or given notice to the Waipa District Council of his or her intention to land or has abandoned the land.
The RMP directs management and development of the reserve, including what activities occur and what infrastructure is established or maintained. The review will enable us to understand mana whenua, stakeholders, and the wider community’s aspirations and ensure the RMP responds to current water quality and ecological conditions, and legislation and policy frameworks.
number: 0464114001
We propose to extend the scope of the new RMP to include the property at 114 Bank Road (Lot 6 DP 526717), paper roads surrounding the reserve and any land that may be acquired in the future to enhance the reserve and improve the health of Lake Ngā Roto.
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BENNETT, Jane Angela –
Passed peacefully at home after a courageous fight on Saturday 22 June 2024. Dearly loved wife of Grant. Loved and respected Mum of Lauren and William. Loved daughter-in-law of Robert and Jenny Bennett (Te Awamutu). Loved sister-inlaw of Julie and John Clark, and aunt of Kirsty, Matthew and Amy and baby Olive. A hard-fought battle, now at rest. Service has been held on Wednesday 26th June in Hamilton.
Plan South Auckland 3563 (SA1267/4 South Auckland land registry)
Peter Stewart Reid. The property is situated at Wharepapa South Awamutu and is within the territory of the Waipa District Council.
During this notice phase, you are invited to provide feedback on how you would like to see the reserve developed, long-term outcomes and what activities you’d like to see the new RMP provide for. That feedback will inform a new draft RMP, which will go out for public consultation in early 2025. The public will have the opportunity to formally submit on the draft RMP and speak to their submissions at a public hearing.
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Deposited Plan 7825 (SA11B/94 South Auckland land registry) in the name Haylock. The property is situated at Grice Road, Cambridge and is within the Waipa District Council.
Suggestions or comments can be made online at haveyoursay.waipadc.govt.nz/ngarotoreview, or emailed to haveyoursay@waipadc.govt.nz with ‘Lake Ngā Roto Recreation RMP review’ in the subject line.
interest or any information relevant to the proposed application District Council, you should contact Aimee Osborne on 0508 436 269, or DMC, DX PA84005, Feilding.
You can also write to us at Waipā District Council, Private Bag 2402, Te Awamutu 3840. Feedback closes at 5pm, Sunday 28 July 2024.
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TORRIE Eric James – On 22nd June 2024 surrounded by his loving family, aged 88 years. Devoted husband of the late Anne for 60 years. Treasured dad and adoring grandad and great grandad. A service for Eric will be held at the Te Awamutu Bible Chapel, Chapel Drive, Te Awamutu (today) Thursday, 27th June at 11am followed by burial at the Te Awamutu Cemetery. The service will be livestreamed, please email office@teawamutufunerals. co.nz for the link. All communications please to the Torrie family, PO Box 137, Te Awamutu 3840.
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