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Lost…and found!
By Caitlan Johnston
Korakonui School was celebrating the return of the missing Te Awamutu A&P Agricultural Shield last Friday - thanks to a Te Awamutu News story. The 85-year-old shield, also known as the Challenge Shield, was found stacked up on a wall in Scotty Dog Engravers shop on Kihikihi’s main street. The shop has been owned since earlier this year by Raj Mistry and he was unaware just what the shield was until a travelling trophy representative visited – having seen it featured on last week’s Te Awamutu News front page. “The phone call at lunchtime on Friday was very welcomed, we have it back and that’s all that matters,” said Korakonui School office manager Faye Ashmore. The school was keen to find the shield as they will be hosting the Te Awamutu Group Agricultural Day on October 23 where calves will be competing again having been excluded last year because of a mycoplasma bovis outbreak. The shield is awarded to the school whose team of three students and their calves perform the best collectively at the group day. Last week’s Te Awamutu News featured the 2014 holders of the shield Crystal Fitzgerald and cousins Mackenzie and Bailey Fitzgerald – and they were among those to celebrate its recovery. Te Awamutu Intermediate’s agricultural day organiser, deputy principal Sue Germann, said the shield had been collected in September 2018 while she was away on a school trip, presumably for engraving, but no contact details were recorded. The school had followed up by checking with engravers, including Scotty Dog, but by that time it had been sold. Celebrating the recovery of the shield this week were Crystal Fitzgerald and cousins Mackenzie and Bailey Fitzgerald, who were pictured (top right) when they won it in 2014.
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Lookout for Daffodil Day volunteers By Caitlan Johnston
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Today over 40 volunteers will be out on the streets in efforts to raise money for Daffodil Day and the Cancer Society. Stands with silk daffodil pins, fresh daffodils and donation boxes will be at Pak n Save, Countdown, Fresh Choice, The Warehouse, Caroline Eve and Viands Bakery in Kihikihi from 9am to 3pm.
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Students from Te Awamutu College and other volunteers will also be walking around the streets and businesses with baskets of fresh daffodils and donation boxes. Te Awamutu Daffodil Day co-ordinator Kathy Keighley has been organising the day for the town for over ten years and says it’s always special to see everyone and their daffodils. “The heart-warming thing for me is seeing
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Kathy Keighley has been organising Te Awamutu’s Daffodil Day for over 10 years.
On the beat Working through bullying
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Every situation of bullying is different. Here’s a few ideas about what to do that you can choose from, depending on what’s been going on. Don’t reply: Especially to messages from phone numbers, profiles or people you don’t know. Don’t attack the person back: Avoid giving the bully the satisfaction of a reaction. Have a conversation: If it’s safe, try talking to the person privately about what they’ve said or done to work things out. Get support: Talking to friends or whānau can make you feel better – or you can reach out to Youthline, Lifeline or others. Save messages and images: Take screen shots of the bullying in case you need evidence later. Cut off the person bullying you: Block their phone number or block them on social media. Report it: If the online bullying is happening on social media, you can find out how to report it. There is a New Zealand law to help: The Harmful Digital Communications Act aims to help people dealing with online bullying, abuse and harassment. Get help: Contact Netsafe for help. They can help with any of the above, tell you if
there’s anything you can do to stop the abuse and let you know how to stay safe. Netsafe has a wealth of information including different types of bullying and how to effectively deal with it and information on the various social media platforms and how to strengthen your online security. Here is some advice for parents Stay calm: Your child needs to be able to talk to you and know that you’ll be levelheaded, thoughtful and helpful in your response. Evaluate the situation: It’s important to know exactly what’s going on before you can work out what to do next. Is it a few off hand remarks, or is it something more serious? Understand how your child is being affected: If your child is upset about a situation, let them know that you understand and it’s OK to be upset. Don’t take away the technology: Taking away your child’s laptop or mobile phone can alienate them from their most important support network – their peers. Work through a plan together: If you need help about what you can do next email help@netsafe.org.nz or call 0508 NETSAFE 0508 638 723 seven days a week.
people around town with their bunches of fresh daffodils or their silk daffodils on their tops, it’s just so nice,” said Keighley. Last year Te Awamutu raised $8400 for Daffodil Day but Keighley says any amount is greatly received and she could not predict how this year’s fundraising efforts would go because “each year it changes.” The money raised nationwide goes to the Cancer Society to fund vital scientific research into the causes and treatments of all types of cancer. The Cancer Society have been running Daffodil Day since 1990. In the lead up to Daffodil Day thousands of fresh daffodils have been picked and donation boxes have already been filling up, “Z (service station) have already called me three times to go and collect the money.” The Te Awamutu Girl Guides helped to pick over 7000 daffodils on Sunday and have been making this effort for Daffodil Day since 2012. Each year they go to a farm whose owner specifically grows paddocks full of daffodils for Daffodil Day’s in Te Awamutu, Cambridge and Hamilton. “We only did half a paddock and he has quite a few full paddocks full of them,” said Te Awamutu Girl Guides manager Natasha Marwood. “One of our main things to do is give back to the community.” On September 10 the Te Awamutu Girl Guides brownies group will be going back to the farm to pick the leftover daffodils, they will then bunch them up and pass them around the town to deserving people.
History online
A 14-month project to digitalise the collection at Te Awamutu has gone online. Information on 18000 items went live at collection.tamuseum.org.nz/explore on Wednesday. The items, ranging from the beautiful to bizarre includes taonga Māori and social history artefacts. Museum collections manager Haylee Alderson said getting the collection live was a huge achievement and something that had been a long time in the making. “We aren’t able to physically showcase the entirety of our amazing collection to the public at once so this is the next best thing,” she said. “We are still working our way through digitising the whole collection but when it’s finalised it will bring the museum into the digital era for everyone to appreciate. Alderson said digitisation would help research efforts for people wanting to find out more about their family history or information on historical events. Each item has been photographed, captioned and uploaded to the museum’s website. Alderson said the digital collection would be continually updated and added to.
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Fluoride call shunned
Waipā district councillors have eschewed an invitation to make a stand against fluoride at the start of local body election campaining. The prompt came from lobbyist Kane Titchener, of Fluoride Free NZ, who asked that councillors rescind their support of the Local Government of New Zealand stance that would take fluoride decisions out of the hands of councils. The LGNZ supports placing that responsibility with the Director General of Health, Ministry of Health or District Health Boards. The Waikato District Health board has traditionally supported fluoride dosing. Titchener, a local body election candidate for the Te Awamutu Community Board, argued councillors had allowed an “undemocratic situation to arise” and it would result in mandatory fluoridation. District Councils covering Waipa, Otorohanga, Waitomo, Matamata, Hauraki, South Waikato (excluding Tokoroa) and Thames Coromandel (excluding Thames) do not add fluoride according to Fluoride Free NZ; Hamilton and Waikato do. A bill tabled by Health minister David Clarke would provide District Health Boards with authority to make decisions which traditionally have challenged district councils. The Health (Fluoridation of Drinking Water) Amendment Bill went through its first reading and select committee stages in 2017 but is still to have its second reading. The latest push against fluoride came on the back of the publication of a report linking fluoride with lower IQ. The research, published in the respected JAMA medical magazine, echoes findings quoted in 2017 in the Environmental Health Perspectives publication which also studied childen whose mothers were drinking fluoridated water when pregnant. The report prompted media to report that pregnant women who drank fluoride-treated water may have children with lower IQs. Earlier this month another report claimed to find links between fluoride and reduced kidney and liver function in adolescents. Those findings published in JAMA, with an editor’s note highlighting concerns, have been trumpeted by the anti-fluroide lobby, but in the UK the National Health Service was sceptical, questionig the size and robustness of the study. It’s not the first time Tichener has challenged Waipā over its support of the LGNZ stance. In mid-2017 Fluoride Free New Zealand complained that the community was not given a say. Mayor Jim Mylchreest responded at the time that the public could provide feedback on the bill itself. He said for council to “sift through the huge amount of information from both sides of the argument would require technical advice from consultants which is extremely costly” and that was the main reason for the council’s backing of a unified national approach. The Cambridge and Te Awamutu News papers will be asking candidates in the 2019 local body elections for their views on fluoridisation.
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Grey Power to host candidates meeting Cambridge Grey Power will once again host a candidates meeting for the 2019 local body elections. After a slightly less-than-expected turn out at the organization’s 2017 event for central government elections, Grey Power members are hoping to see a good turnout from the public at the free event on Sunday, September 22. Running from 1pm to 3.30pm at the St Andrews Church Hall, entry will be free or by optional gold coin donation. Candidates running for the Cambridge Ward of Waipa District Council, and those running for the Cambridge Community Board, will be in attendance. Not all have yet confirmed their attendance but organisers hope to see a complete turn out.
Hazel’s a superstar An Ōtorohanga service station staffer has taken the top award at the Ōtorohanga Incite and Customer Service Awards. Hazel Ngataua from Ōtorohanga Mitsubishi and Mobil won the Customer Service Superstar award after receiving the most nominations from the public. The 60-year-old has worked at the petrol station for about six years and when she first heard of her nomination, she tried to get her name pulled out. “I told them to scratch it off,” she said. “I thought though that there was heaps of people here that would get it over me so I was absolutely surprised to win it, you should’ve seen my face, my eyes were bigger than my glasses and my mouth bigger than the front door,” said Ngataua. Nomination comments expressed how Ngataua was always cheerful and willing to help and that attitude encouraged customers to come back. “She makes buying fuel a pleasure,” one nominator wrote. “She always comes out, rain, hail or shine and if I say I am fine to fill up she will still stand there and have a conversation with me,” wrote another. The awards event was organised by chairperson of the Ōtorohanga District Development Board, Carolyn Christian. More than 230 people attended the event at the Ōtorohanga Club, which celebrartes it 80th
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anniversary tomorrow. The event was hosted by a Waipā favourite, The Crowd Goes Wild host James McOnie. Ōtorohanga Information Centre manager Teresa Ferguson said a highlight of the night was a couch chat session between McOnie and cricketing legend Ken Rutherford. “Everyone really enjoyed listening to them speak about cricket in the past and the present,” said Ferguson. Highly Commended certificates were given to Rebecca Pevreal from Hello Rosie Nails and Beauty, Dallas Matarautahi Tauriki from
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“We are hoping as many candidates as possible will attend,” said Cambridge Grey Power’s Michael Cole. The event is believed (but not confirmed) to be the only opportunity for the public to speak with the candidates in a public forum setting, as Waipa District Council is not organizing a candidates meeting. “The public have the opportunity to put questions to the candidates, so we really hope to see a good turnout from the community this year,” said Cole. The meeting will start with a three-minute intro from each candidate, before opening up to the floor for questions. “We’re all looking forward to it being a very successful event.”
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Parenting 101 with Pio By Caitlan Johnston
A key message Maori comedian Pio Terei shared with a group of parents at Kihikihi School on Tuesday was to avoid downstream solutions. That message was especially enforced with the news this week that suicide in New Zealand is now at the highest level with 685 people dying by suicide in the year to June 30. “600 people? That’s a whole town of people, whatever they’re doing to reduce suicide out there is wrong,” said Terei. “I’m sick of down streaming solutions and trying to clean up all the messes down here but not looking back up here to stop us from getting to this point.” Mr Terei bought his parenting show to the school, an hour-long presentation outlining how parents can be better parents for their children which can have a significant impact on how children grow up, how they feel and what they become to be. “People turn out good and some not so good because of a series of events, that’s why I am so passionate about parenting,” said Mr Terei. He talked about five different types of parent’s people shouldn’t be, starting with
Parentus Sergeant Majorcus – the bark and bite parent, someone who taps into their red brain easily and a common phrase made is ‘because I said so’. “Because I said so has no contribution to the upskilling of that child, there are lots of rules but no actual reasons why for those rules,” Mr Terei said. “What happens with this style of parenting is that you go into your red brain and if you’re say a 30-year-old, your intelligence drops to the level of a 9-year-old.” The other types were jellyfish parenting – someone who doesn’t set boundaries, the too busy parent, the helicopter parent – someone who comes in and out of their child’s life and the absent parent. In his opinion there was just one type of parent everyone should strive to be – the Parentus Backbonius, someone that is firm, fair, friendly, flexible and doesn’t sweat the small stuff. “If there is anything you get out of today it is this, be firm with your kids but don’t have blood coming out of your eyes and steam out of your ears, you might as well put the roller door down. Be fair, you can’t say one thing and do another and be friendly, learn how to say no like Anthony Hopkins,” said Mr Terei. “As parents we need to build bridges, not burn them.”
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Students back a SADD message
From challenging people to navigate an obstacle course while distracted, to a competition to design a Snapchat filter with a road safety message, and a “be safe” message chain – Waikato students are joining students nationwide this September to highlight important road safety issues. Students taking part in SADD’s (Students Against Dangerous Driving) nationwide SAFER September campaign hope their activities will influence all New Zealanders to drive safely and make an impact on reducing road trauma. SADD National Leader Oksana Voznyuk, a year 12 student at Te Awamutu College, says they’re hoping their activities, which will start on September 17, will inspire their peers and the wider community. “Personally, I really like the SAFER September campaign because it really captures what SADD is all about - students fighting for the safety and wellbeing of their communities
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around road safety,” Oksana says. “The SAFER slogan (Student Advocates for Everyone’s Road Safety) is very inclusive and positive, stating what students are advocating for rather than what we are against, which in turn creates a feeling of students wanting to stand up together for everyone’s safety.” SADD National Leader Charlotte Mitchell, a year 13 student at Cambridge High School, says they hope the activities will have a long-lasting impact. “I am really excited about the possibilities of this new campaign and hope to see a range of students encouraging the positive messages around SADD,” Charlotte says. Over the four weeks of September, Cambridge High School’s SADD committee will also do a SADD poster drop; have a competition to decorate a door with key tips for safe driving; create a giant snakes and ladders board that students can progress on when they correctly answer road code questions, and create a roundabout out of chalk for students to practise the giveaway rules on. As of August 25 this year, there had been 11 road deaths among 16 to 19-year-olds – a drop of nearly 50 per cent of deaths for the same period in the past four years. However, young drivers are still overrepresented in some areas – for example, of fatal crashes involving cellphone use in the last five years 30 per cent have featured a 16 to 19-year-old driver. SADD National Manager Donna Govorko says she’s really impressed with the SADD groups’ efforts to make a difference to these statistics. “Having experienced the tragedy of road crashes first hand as a police officer, it is heartening to experience the
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passion our SADD students have to help influence all New Zealanders to be safe on our roads. “I also applaud the students’ aspiration to help prepare their peers to be safe on our roads heading into summer and the end of the school year.” AA Policy and Research National Manager Simon Douglas says the AA is right behind SADD and SAFER September. “Seeing the number of deaths among young people nearly halve so far in 2019 is heartening, but at the same time young people are still getting hurt in ways that can be prevented, like not wearing seatbelts, driving too fast for conditions, being drunk or drugged behind the wheel and using a phone featuring in so many deaths. “These messages aren’t just for teens. We can all do more to be safer on our roads in September, and from then on, to help reduce these devastating crashes.” SADD charitable trust is still going strong more than 30 years after it launched in New Zealand, and has a presence in 75 per cent of secondary schools, reaching more than 220,000 young people every year. SADD delivers against its vision through its student National Leadership Programme and its larger student membership. SADD works closely with New Zealand Transport Agency, New Zealand Police and New Zealand Automobile Association as well as maintaining strong links with local authorities.
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Youth charged with latest ram raid
Steel bars could be used to discourage thieves following yet another ram raid at a Waipā Stirling Sport outlet. It was the eighth ram raid on a Waipā Stirling Sport outlet in three years and the third in Te Awamutu. Three people were charged on the day of the Te Awamutu ram-raid and are described by police as youth offenders. That means they are likely to appear in the Youth Court and their details will remain suppressed. The Alexandra St shop is owned by Richard and Mike Waters who say their landlord is considering adding steel bars. In Cambridge Waipa district council responded to repeated raids on the chain store by placing large boulders on the road berm. “It’s just very frustrating, our insurance goes up and we must pay for more security, the costs just add up,” Richard Waters said. And of the offenders in past cases, “there usually too young to be charged and just go to the youth court which is frustrating too”.
The Te Awamutu Stirling Sports store was ramraided for the third time in three years.
They understand the trio were arrested after a 40-minute high speed chase which ended in Hamilton. The pair have recovered some $8000-plus worth of stolen property this time. After thieves rammed the shop two years ago and took more than $10,000 in goods, they rolled the
vehicle they were using, damaging the property. Richard Waters said his shop was exposed because it had a street front location, where major rival chain Rebel Sport often opted for shopping malls sites. The thieves target Stirling Sports to steal sports-branded items. Cambridge Stirling Sports owner Sarah Nicholl sympathised with her Te Awamutu counterparts following the latest ramraid. “I think it’s just horrendous. We’re just trying to make a living, just like the Te Awamutu guys are,” Nicholl said. Her store now has a fog cannon which, when activated, frustrates thieves because their vision is heavily restricted. Police also made arrests following the last Cambridge raid. Nicholl said some of the stolen good were returned, but some was damaged. What was found was still in the car used by the thieves. She said she had her fingers crossed that the current measures would continue to deter thieves – who are given the message about the fog cannon via a sign on the shop front.
Working and walking for our birds
The journeys migratory wader birds make to and from New Zealand will be revealed during a talk by renowned ornithologist David Lawrie at the annual meeting of the National Wetland Trust tomorrow. Before the presentation, the Trust will unveil its new lake-side walkway at Rotopiko (Lake Serpentine) and reveal plans for a bird hide, floating pontoon and viewing tower at the site. The track completes a circuit of East Lake and was built with the support of the Waipa District Council and the Lottery Environment and Heritage Fund. Track sides have been planted in natives by Te Awamutu Scouts and Te Awamutu Intermediate School students.
Members of the public are welcome to join the Trust at Rotopiko (off SH3 south of Ohaupo) for the opening and guided walk at 1 pm, and then head to the 3pm annual meeting at the Waipa District Council Chambers in Bank Street, Te Awamutu. The addition of the new track for the public comes as the country’s biggest inland wildlife reserve and is prepared to host Kākāpō “ambassador” Sirocco. Sirocco has visited Maungatautari Mountain twice in recent years and his latest arrival comes as it’s confirmed the native parrot could be introduced to Maungatautari. A fencing trial will determine whether the flightless, nocturnal bird – which can live to almost 100 - could live on Sanctuary
Mountain Maungatautari. The organisation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Gallagher Group Ltd and Mankaaki Whenua - Landcare Research - to trial a barrier designed to prevent them climbing out of Maungatautari’s pest-proof fence. Waipa District Council has provided $10,000 from its Heritage Fund towards the project. Kākāpō live and breed on pest-free, offshore New Zealand islands, having been moved from the mainland. The gaint parrot, once common, was at one time thought to be extinct, having been hunted by mammals – including man – and to date it about 150 exist.
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Op-portunity knocks at St Pats By Caitlan Johnson
Teachers at St Patricks Catholic School found a treasure trove as they went through the old school hall ahead of its demolition. The 61-year-old hall built by St Patrick Catholic church volunteers has not been in use since March last year because of health and safety concerns and will be demolished either during the September school holidays or the following school holidays. Teachers who went through its contents found a photograph of Queen Elizabeth, gifted to the school at the time of her coronation in 1953, production costumes, lawn bowls equipment and retro furniture. “One of the teachers loves op-shopping, so when we were cleaning the hall out, she was in heaven,” said school principal Shelly
Fitness. Parents have been snapping up old chairs and lights as the old items are given away. The hall has seen better days and that’s evident from the sinking roof, the peeling of the pink and green paint on the walls and the dust collected on the retro style fans. The hall is thought to have been used in its early days for community dances and film screenings. St Pats has been using four conjoined classrooms for assemblies. “The hall was beautifully designed, and we’ll never be able to build something like this one again,” said Mrs Fitness. The school will keep two items from the hall - a plaque that marked the the completion of the building and a glass window with ‘St Patricks Hall’ written in
gold lettering. It is hoped both will feature in a new hall which is in the final stages of planning and awaiting sign off. The new hall, a project managed by Gisler Architects Ltd, will be built in the current staff car park and join onto the church at the school, allowing both the school and the church to make use of it. “It’ll be smaller than the old hall, but it will be able to open up through to the church foyer if we need more space,” said Mrs Fitness. “We’re very excited for it because it has now been 18 months that we have been without a hall.” The school is giving the lawn bowls club some of the approximately 100 bowls found in the hall. PICTURED RIGHT: Principal Shelly Fitness with the portrait of Queen Elizabeth
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Pirongia has told Waipa District Council it wants to keep its hall. The Pirongia War Memorial Hall will enter its second century 2022 – but it must be strengthened to meet new seismic requirements before it can be used again. Work required to bring it up to scratch will also involve a check for asbestos. About 40 people who attended a public meeting hosted by Pirongia Community Association and Waipa District Council backed a call to invest in the old building – but the cost of such a project has not been determined. It was closed last year by the council following a seismic assessment that gave it a 15 per cent NBS (National Building Standard). The
minimum required is 34 per cent. The Waipa District Council manager of property services, John Miles, said residents favoured upgrading the hall to become a modern facility. A structural engineer from BCD Engineering will complete a detailed seismic assessment of the hall. The council hopes that, and
a review of the Pirongia Town Concept Plan, will be completed in about nine months. Work required on the hall includes earthquake strengthening, dealing with a borer infestation and water damage in the ceilings and walls, rewiring, improving ventilation, providing access for disabled people and upgrading toilets.
The hall has been closed since last year.
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risk and perpetuates the problem.” The talk was peppered with visceral details of his own life which underlined his message with a unique authenticity. His parents were wracked with instability, and at the age of nine, Peter elected to become a ward of the state rather than go with the father he believed didn’t want him. He turned to drugs and crime, eventually dealing guns, stealing, selling meth daily, and dodging authorities under a pall of paranoia. Change came hard and fast, and he now heads one of Australia’s toughest rehabs, one where 140 addicts are expected to share cleaning rosters and work a regular 9-5 day. The number of people applying to enter is growing daily. “It is all self-funded,” he said. “I don’t believe we should have to pay for another person’s stupidity. They are what they are because of the choices they made. I don’t force them to go on courses – people go on courses generally because they are forced to. I want 100 percenters at Shalom House. Nothing else works.” He spoke of the five stages of addiction – A, B, C, D, and E. Stage A was the occasional recreational user; B the weekly user with changes in behaviour starting to appear; C the ‘mind-made-up’ user, now unteachable; and D the daily user on a pathway to destruction. The multiple stages under E see the user moving toward ruination. “You as family are not qualified to help them in the way you want to, but you are qualified to help in they way they need you to,” he said, urging people to intervene early and unite as family and friends in steadfast determination not to support the addiction. He described meth as the “most evil
Te Awamutu’s Education Hub Owner and Pirongia volunteer firefighter Jean McKenzie has been nominated for the Women of Influence award. She has also been selected as a finalist for the Leadership Award in the Waipa Networks Business Awards tonight at the Mystery Creek Events Centre. McKenzie launched Impact Tutoring five years ago and now runs that business from her Education Hub on Market Street with a team of 15 tutors to help over 100 students. In 2016 she also founded the Mathematics for a Lifetime Trust which since its inception has helped 58 students with subsidised math tutoring. She was nominated for the Community/Not for Profit category. “It’s a special honour for me, I think it’s one of those awards that normally you think is out of reach. I am thrilled to know that there are other women out there supporting me,” said Mrs McKenzie. The Women of Influence Awards celebrates exceptional women striving to create change within their Jean McKenzie says girls can do communities. Last year’s anything. Community/Not for Profit winner was Jackie Clarke - founder of The Aunties, a charity support service for women effected by domestic violence. Clarke also won the Supreme Award. McKenzie hopes other women will be able to stand up and take praise for their work. “There are amazing women of influence in Waipa, but women are very modest and find it very difficult to accept praise, as a whole a lot of New Zealand women tend to stand back.” She has spent about five years as a firefighter. “I am always aware of not only girls in the school observing what I am doing but also women in the community and families we helped. I am proud to be leading the way to change community thinking and that ‘girls can do anything.”
By Viv Posselt Meth turns people from those “you love the most to those you hate the most”, a former addict says. A hard-hitting talk on drug addiction and how families and communities should tackle it drew scores of people to a Sunday afternoon seminar in Te Awamutu last weekend. The ‘Tough Love’ talk was delivered by Peter Lyndon-James, founder and CEO of Australia’s largest and strictest self-funded rehabilitation centre, Shalom House. Lydon-James, who turned his life around from being an addict and criminal to receive Australian of the Year awards, delivered his message barefoot and with unfettered directness. “I’m not here to be your friend; I’m here to tell you things you don’t want to hear.” The stop in Te Awamutu was part of a seminar series touring New Zealand throughout August. The presentations are aimed at equipping people with the tools to overcome addiction, show addicts how to change their life, and families how to bring their loved ones to the point where the addicts themselves want to change. At its heart was the need for addicts to accept responsibility for their own actions and for families to resist the urge to pay an addict’s rent or bills, or even allow them to continue living in the family home while using. “If you continue to shield a person from the consequences of their choices, they don’t learn,” he said. “Putting a roof over their heads when they are using is wrong. It puts other family members at
Former addict and criminal Peter LyndonJames brought his message on addiction to a talk at the Te Awamutu Baptist Church.
drug on the planet” and said addiction was “not the government’s problem, it’s ours”. “We don’t need prisons; we need rehabilitation centres – and they need to be near temptation. All we’re doing with the current system is breeding more criminals and destroying children.” His tour is also to promote his new book, Tough Love: Tackling Drug Addiction and Seeing Change. Need help? Advice is available check out https://www.drugfoundation.org. nz and https://alcoholdrughelp.org. nz/
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Elections We asked candidates to provide profiles and views in the build-up to the local body elections.
Today we look at the Te Awamutu Ward of the Waipa District Council, where 13 people are chasing four seats, and the Kakepuku subdivision of the Te Awamutu Community Board where two candidates are competing for one seat.
Te Awamutu Ward, Waipa District Council Candidates: Hazel Barnes, Andrew Brown, Lou Brown, Michael Emery, Bernhard Fynn, Marcus Gower, Bill Izard, James Parlane, Dennis Pennefather, Craig Sanders, Cassidy Temese, Bernard Westerbaan and John Wood Statements provided: Hazel Barnes Te Awamutu and Kihikihi have benefited from my strong dedicated representation on Council promoting a healthy, progressive, safe and affordable Waipa. Throughout developing services, rates have been kept at a minimum and core services within budget. I will again commit my experience to working constructively and consult with you to go forward. Your vote for me will be for commitment, honesty, integrity, openness and common sense using my knowledge of residents, growth and activities in our area I have gained immeasurable knowledge of affairs in Waipa, collaboration, business development, good practice and shared services with surrounding councils. With predicted growth of our senior residents we need a more active Age Friendly policy for safety, security and service Transport and parking are other issues needing active attention. Our seniors are the fountains of our history and their stories are needed to record the prominent place Te Awamutu and Kihikihi have in New Zealand history.
Our young need to know where they came from to help them understand where they are today and to create employment opportunities to keep them here. All folk living in our area need consideration to make our piece of the world a safe place to live, work and play. Lou Brown For many years I have served our community in roles, including Founding and Life member of Te Awamutu Motorcycle Club, Federated Farmers Dairy Section Chairman, President of Te Rahu Cricket Club, President and Life Member of Te Awamutu Sports Rugby Club, and organiser of Te Awamutu Business House Cricket. I am currently in my second threeyear term as President of the Te Awamutu RSA. Practical experience and expertise gained as a Regular Force soldier serving in Malaysia and Vietnam, a self-employed Dairy Farmer for 30 years, 18 years as a service technician with Norwoods Te Awamutu as well as my community involvement contribute to a practical and common-sense approach to problem solving. Rates and bureaucracy must be kept under reasonable control with many residents in the Waipa community on declining or fixed incomes. Local government is very important and must not be absorbed into a Multi Council entity without protecting our rates payers, infrastructure, governance and contribution. Future Waipā growth and expansion must be planned in an affordable and sustainable manner with social and environmental costs to always be considered. Supply of utilities and services must be carefully planned while catering for future demands and needs without rate payers being compromised.
Michael Emery Building a great community demands on competent decision-making to ensure the best return on your rates. I have a tertiary education in biology (BSc) and geography (PGDipSci), providing a solid foundation in science that informs every decision made on your behalf. Over a decade of military service as an Army Officer has armed me with the wisdom to make hard choices, leadership skills to get things done, and experience representing our interests at an international level. I have managed national product support services for Vodafone, worked predominately in the technology industry and defence, and recently tutored computer science at Massey University while contributing to research in software engineering. For several years I volunteered as a seasonal supervisor for Youthtown, introducing young children to camping, hiking, and skiing. I supported Hato Petera Boys High as a live-in dormitory master and was also a regular volunteer at Auckland City Mission. These experiences taught me the value and rewards of community participation. My vision for Waipā is an economically strong district, with a strengthened and restored environment, and an integrated community. Issues covered in my policies include housing supply and affordability, private sector partnerships for employment and development, land and waterway restoration, town beautification, iwi research partnerships, support for new clubs and interest groups, accountability for waste management and minimisation, traffic safety, bicycle and walkway networks, and local art investment to strengthen local identity. Ko Tainui te waka, Ko Maniapoto tōku iwi, Ko Te Koopua tōku marae, Nō Te Awamutu ahau. Bernie Fynn I have lived in Waipa most of my life, from 1950, Cambridge, 1976 Waikeria Prison Village and Te
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Awamutu since 1989. I have lived in Te Awamutu for 30 years. Cambridge High School 1st XV, started and ran a judo club in Te Awamutu, taught and coached swimmers, Cambridge Swim Club, Prison Officer for 25 years. Fixed income people need protecting from excessive rates and spending needs to be controlled. Our money should be spent on needs not wants. Growth has to be slower and more controlled. We still have water restrictions in the summer, and we have roads damaged and congested roads. Things like parks and playgrounds can be done the same way as sports clubs, rugby, soccer, boat clubs at Lake Karapiro all through interested groups. Marcus Gower At 42 I’ve been one of our youngest councillors. I run my own IT business and my kids Sam and Grace go to Pokuru School. I live at Kihikihi and love being part of this awesome community. I’m active in my community, I am a member of the Kihikihi Kyokushin Karate Club, I donate my IT skills to Kainga Aroha, and I enjoy our great natural heritage, getting out amongst our maunga and lakes. I’ve served three terms on Council, backing projects like the Kihikihi to Te Awamutu cycleway, Pop n Good kids’ playground, Te Awamutu library, the new recycling bins and the redevelopment of Lake Ngaroto. I’ve also done the hard stuff. I’ve been deputy Chair of the Waipa Liquor Licensing Committee and Chair Council’s Regulatory Committee. I know how Council works, and what our community needs and I’m prepared to fight for it. In the next three years, there’s more I want finished including the cycleway between Te Awamutu and Pirongia, Te Ara Wai and sorting out Te Awamutu’s water supply. I need your continued support and your vote to do it.
Bill Izard I am 62, married. We live in Kihikihi where we are active volunteers in community groups including Age Concern. Studied agriculture at Massey University, gaining experience in cattle and sheep farming in Australia & US. Including Rodeo and teaching Americans to shear sheep. In Oregon my farming interests changed, to a family manufacturing business that covered management rolls, International Sales, distribution Marketing. I’ve employed many people over the years, gaining lots of experience, delegating and trusting people, Key to any successful organisation. My top priority is taking action on current issues, to represent residents truthfully while cultivating ideas with enthusiasm. I’m spearheading a new Te Awamutu Action group to be formed so residents can get involved in community and action positive ideas together If elected my focus would be on warm housing, facilities for residents of Te Awamutu and Kihikihi while keeping pressure on council to keep costs down Bernie Westerbaan This election is about you and what I can do for you. Representing the Te Awamutu ratepayers first and foremost. Standing for triple A service. Being approachable, accountable and your advocate in Council matters. Also, honesty, transparency and feedback. Ideas/concerns, big or small, will all be treated with the same passion and importance, regardless of what or where it is. There is no I in team and if the Councillors can work as a team things will happen. It will still be ok to agree to disagree. A dedicated family man living in the Waipa District for 39 Years, married for 45 years, with five
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Elections children and eight grandchildren. Being involved in the Community through Commsafe night patrols, fifth term Board of Trustees TA Intermediate, Treasurer of Local Grey Power, Menzshed, six years - Te Awamutu Community Board and local government work experience. Able to speed read and understand large reports. I love many sports, but football would be the main sport for me following the Dutch, English and local teams. I welcome your support and much needed vote so that I can best represent you at Council level. John Wood Involved with the district for over 35 years, I am a semi-retired drainlayer/ plumber. Prior, I owned and operated a dairy farm in Tihiroa, retraining as a drainlayer/plumber 20 years ago. I am heavily involved
with the Waipā community, in particular as chairperson of the Pirongia Community Association, (11 years). My children attended Te Awamutu College and I have been active in a number of community activities including Pirongia Lions and coaching and playing sport locally. I am passionate about where I Iive and the Waipā district as a whole. Te Awamutu, Kihikihi and Cambridge are growing rapidly. My trade experience and my experience working with Waipa Council and staff through the Pirongia Community Association, give me a strong insight into the workings of the district and the infrastructure needs of our growing community. Growth within the Waipa district must be sustainable and our rates must be used responsibly. Te Awamutu Community Board Kakepuku subdivision, - 1 vacancy Candidates: Viki-lee Springer, Kane Titchener.
Viki-lee Springer Ko Maungatautari te maunga, Ko Mangaohoe te awa, Ko Tainui te Waka, Ko Waikato te Iwi, Ko Panehakua te hapu, Ko Te Taumata ki Parawera te Marae, Ko Viki-lee Springer taku ingoa Tena koutou katoa I was educated at Parawera Primary in the early 80’s then spent the remainder of my school years in Cambridge. Four generations of my family have lived in Parawera on Maori Whenua which is where I currently reside. I have two daughters aged 25 and 21 and a 15-year-old special needs son. I work locally as a primary school teacher and have been teaching for 14 years at this level. I have a genuine interest in history, so my local knowledge gives me a sound platform to understand issues around the district. I am enthusiastic about having the opportunity to take an active role
in progressing our district into the future in particular to our rural residents and community by ensuring that our standards of service are well maintained and improved. My vision is to treasure and protect our natural heritage so many generations from now will benefit. Nga mihi nui kia koutou Kane Titchener I was raised on a farm in the Kakepuku Ward and am passionate about seeing the area improve. I am a Chartered Accountant with 10 plus years’ experience in commercial business. Currently I work in a senior role in the tourism industry and I am sure my insights can benefit the community. My main reason for standing for the Community Board is that I am concerned with how the Council engages with the community. I would like to see more involvement and discussion on important
issues. As the parent of two young children I am particularly concerned with the health issues that the Waipa District Council controls. I will champion the health concerns where Council is responsible and will work to hold Council to account. One example of this is the lack of consultation the Council has had on fluoridation. A bill before parliament is at its second reading and will mean mandatory fluoridation if passed. Council has done nothing to consult on this important issue. Recent research published on 19 August 2019 from the Journal of the American Medical Association, Paediatrics found that mothers who were exposed to fluoridated water had offspring with lower IQ. The editor of the JAMA, Paediatrics article has advised that pregnant woman should avoid fluoridated water. 97% of Europe does not fluoridate. Only 22 of 67 Councils in New Zealand fluoridate. As an Accountant I will keep a careful watch on Council spend. If elected, I look forward to serving the Kakepuku community.
Club says cheers to 80 years 25 members. Today it has over 1700. Club manager Pauline Tait was the first female executive on the committee, in 1979, and became manager in 2015. Her father Merv Merrin was also very involved in the club from 1946 to 1972. “I’m excited for the anniversary because I don’t think I’ll be here for the 100th and I’ve been a part of this club for 66 years, it’s special for me,” said Mrs Tait.
Celebrations kick off with classic cars displayed in the carpark from 11.30am followed by vintage The Otorohanga Club has tractors on show on Pine Street at seen one name change, one raid, noon. Then there will be a high tea at one flood, four revamps of their 1pm, a gold members’ event at 2pm, Maniapoto Street building, about rock ‘n’ roll at 2.30pm, line dancing 13 presidents and tomorrow it at 3.30pm, a burger competition will celebrate its 80th Anniversary at 4pm, raffles drawn and a buffet starting with a show of classic cars. dinner at 5pm and Toucan Duo band The club, originally the Otorowill be performing from 7.30pm. hanga Workingmen’s Club, was Memorabilia will be on display all founded in 1939 by Ted Milne with day. “We’ve tried to contact as many older members that we have left in town to come and join in on the celebrations with us, we have about 75 gold card members,” said Mrs Tait. Brent Kelly Law the club boasts a bar, a AVAILABLE, APPROACHABLE, Today HONEST large indoor seating area, a Brent Kellycasual Law - directors’ profile restaurant, an alfresco dining area, a patio, a hall, snooker and 8-ball tables and 18 gaming machines. King Country was a ‘dry’ area from 1884 and after Ted Milne caught wind of a unique set up in Te Kuiti, where a group of men The first club premises hiding behind the façade of old shops. The entrance to the hole in leased a building, filled it with lockers for each of its members and wall is shown at the left. By Caitlan Johnston
placed alcohol in the lockers at the members request. This was deemed to be within the law, though it was often tested by police. With inspiration from Te Kuiti, Mr Milne leased a billiard room and two shops that together would become the club. The space consisted of a lounge, a servery – not a bar, a card room and of course lockers. It was referred to as ‘The Hole in the Wall’.
Alcohol arrived in town by rail from a Hamilton brewery company and was paid for in cash on pick-up. It was smooth sailing for 18 months until a raid by police resulted in all liquor not in lockers being confiscated and the chairman and manager charged and fined under the Sale of Liquor Act. The club continued to operate, and the ‘dry’ area issue was resolved by referendum in 1957.
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understand,” Mark said, adding that this is one of the firm’s cornerstone values and a priority for all staff. Because it’s only by making sure everything is clear that they can work with their clients to secure the best outcome, the pair explained. The firm also prides itself on completing work in a timely fashion, keeping clients informed every step of the way. “It’s that professionalism that is important in any profession, and it’s the standard we set for ourselves,” Alex said. It’s their down-to-earth approach and efficiency that set Brent Kelly Law apart from the rest, and their convenient location in Te Awamutu is a bonus, eliminating the need for clients to travel into Hamilton and the associated hassle that entails.
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Mark Davies is a Cambridge local, having lived in the town for 15 years. He was born and bred in the Waikato/King Country and started his legal career at Brent Kelly and Associates in 2007, where he worked until 2010. After this he spent 5 years travelling extensively overseas and working in Auckland law firms specialising in property law. Mark returned to the firm in early 2015 and works predominantly in the property and commercial law space. He regularly advises clients on all aspects of property related matters including commercial, residential and rural transactions. He has particular experience in the field of leasing after acting for numerous clients with considerable commercial/ rural property portfolios. Mark also regularly advises clients on all aspects of general commercial and company law. Mark lives in Cambridge with his wife Jules, their son Elliott and daughter Rosa. Alex McIvor was born in the Waikato and completed his secondary schooling at St Paul’s Collegiate in Hamilton. After secondary school Alex worked for a year at the Te Kuiti Meat Processing plant during which time he decided to pursue a career in the law. Alex graduated from Waikato University in 2009 with a double degree in Law and Social Science majoring in Psychology. He joined the firm in March 2010, progressing from a staff solicitor to an associate, and now director of the firm. Alex’s primary focus is on property law and private client matters, including residential and rural property transactions, along with relationship property matters. Outside of the office Alex has a passion for martial arts and holds a third-degree black belt in Seido Karate. Alex also enjoys all sports, spending time with family and friends and visiting his in-laws farm with his wife Jennifr, their son Boston and twin daughters Sienna and Summer.
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Papamoa reach summit at TA’s expense After finishing as runnersup in The Soccer Shop WaiBOP Premiership in 2018 Papamoa have gone one step better this year, wrapping up a maiden title following Saturday’s 4-0 home win over Gisler Architects Te Awamutu. The result left Te Awamutu just five points clear of second to bottom West Hamilton United, who still have two games to play in the league. Te Puke were condemned to bottom place several weeks ago. There’s no shortage of incentive for TA to stay up – because near
neighbours Otorohanga will be promoted from the Championship at the end of the season. In what was their final match of the season, Papamoa knew victory would seal top spot, putting it out of reach of the only side that could catch them, 2018 champs Taupo. They completed a clinical job over Te Awamutu, with a Strauss Boom double supplemented by goals from player-coach Colm Kenny and Liam Molloy. The Bay of Plenty club has elected not to contest a play
off for a place in next season’s Northern Region Football League second division. That division, now occupied by Claudelands and Cambridge, is dominated by Auckland clubs. Papamoa entered Saturday’s match on the back of a 13-win, one draw run, which is exactly the sort of consistency that wins titles. As it turned out, Papamoa needn’t have bothered too much as Taupo was beaten 5-2 at Waikato Unicol. Joe O’Donoghue opened the scoring early for the deposed champions, but Matt Nixon levelled the scores inside the first quarter hour and the match entered half time all square. After the break, Unicol blew the Lakesiders away thanks to goals from Krishaant Singh, Thomas Wright, Shaun Morgan and an own goal in a result that now gives Unicol a sniff of a
top three finish. Otumoetai now look like finishing as runners-up after beating West Hamilton United 3-1. An own goal, alongside strikes from Jordi Langton and Scott Walpole, was enough to increase Otumoetai’s lead over Taupo to four points. They still have a game to play, against Matamata in a fortnight, while Taupo has two visits to Hamilton, to play Melville United and West Hamilton United, over the next two weeks. West Hamilton must now win their final two matches, first against Unicol then Taupo, to claim the six points they need to jump ahead of tenth placed Te Awamutu. Tauranga Boys’ College completed Safer Team Te Puke United’s tough season at the top, wrapping up a 2-0 victory over the league’s bottom side thanks to an
own goal and one from Campbell Browne, while Noor Mire, with two goals, and Liban Mire, helped Ngaruawahia United to a 3-1 victory over Tauranga Blue Rovers. Comag Matamata Swifts drew 2-2 with visiting Melville United. A brace from Andrew Clothier helped the Swifts twice peg Melville back, after Sok Ven, then David Vhavha had scored at the start of each half for the Hamiltonians. Bulk Lines Otorohanga carried on as they have for most of the season, piling double figures on The Soccer Shop WaiBOP Championship’s bottom side, Waharoa Transport Matamata Reserves, for the second time this season. Jack Connor’s six goal haul was the highlight as Otorohanga rattled along to an 11-0 victory that took them one goal short of a century for the season.
World champs off to good start Te Awamutu rower Hannah Osborne has made a speedy start to her campaign at the World Rowing Championships in Linz, Austria. Having stepped up from the women’s reserve to the women’s quad on the Rowing NZ Elite team, Osborne rowed in the first heat race alongside crew mates Kirstyn Goodger, Ruby Tew and Sam Voss on Tuesday (NZ time). The team finished in second place and moved forward to race the repechage later this week. Racing on ideal flatwater conditions, the young women make up one of 11 crews representing New Zealand at the eight-day competition which concludes this Sunday, September 1. They are joined by nearly 1200 athletes from 80 nations with this year’s event also acting as the qualification regatta for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
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Cambridge Stud this season. Roaring Lion had been making a steady recovery and his support team were very pleased with his progress. Unfortunately, he suffered a further bout of colic late night Friday and the decision was made to put him down. “Cambridge Stud would like to acknowledge everyone from Cambridge Equine and the stud who supported the horse through a very difficult time,” chief executive of Cambridge Stud Henry Plumptre said. “We particularly feel for Roaring Lion’s UK connections, Sheikh Fahad al Thani and his family and David Redvers and his family at Tweenhills. Our loss is keenly felt in New Zealand but theirs is unimaginable.”
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Stephen Marsh, whose training operation is expanding, is stepping in to take over Hawtin’s Cambridge stable and Hawtin’s father, Keith, will reapply for his trainer’s license to continue the Te Awamutu stable, which he has been managing for his son. Hawtin made his mark in Sydney when heading over earlier this winter with Simply Optimistic, who had been off the scene since winning at Ruakaka last September. The Encosta de Lago gelding produced a top effort to win over 1200m at Randwick before suffering a setback. Hawtin began training in the 2006-07 season with his father, who had topped the New Zealand Trainers Premiership twice when in partnership with Graeme Rogerson. Hawtin branched out on his own account when his father handed in his trainers’ license in 2015 and has now netted 161 wins in New Zealand.
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1105 Crozier Street
Tender
1.30-2.00pm
52 Downes Street
$550,000
3.00-3.30pm
$399,000
2.00-2.30pm
Offers
1.30-2.00pm
Sunday 1 September
LJ HOOKER Saturday 31 August
Sunday 1 September 36 Blundell Place
RURAL & LIFESTYLE Sunday 1 September 136 Lake Road
Contact listing agent prior-visiting as Open Homes times can change.
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FRIDAY AUGUST 30, 2019
Movies…
Things to do this weekend The Kihikihi Lazy Sunday Spring Ukulele concert series kicks off this Sunday at the Anglican Church Hall from 2pm. Cambridge’s StrumD ukulele band will be performing and there is a workshop on after the concert. Entry for the concert is a koha and the workshops are $40 for four.
Spoil dad this Father’s Day and take him to the Redoubt Bar and Eatery where they eat for free from 10am till late. Booking are required, call 07 871 4768 to make a reservation.
The Cambridge monthly Dutch Market is on again this Saturday at the Bridges Church on Duke Street. Running from 10am – 1pm, guests can enjoy a morning of Dutch treats including poffertijes, oliebollen, korketten and much more.
MIA AND THE WHITE LION Mia is 11 years old when she develops an extraordinary relationship with Charlie, a young white lion born in Mia's parents’ farm, in South Africa. For three years they grow up together and live a beautiful friendship. When Mia reaches the age of 14 and Charlie has become a magnificent adult lion, she discovers the unbearable truth: her father has decided to sell the lion to trophy hunters. Desperate, Mia has no other choice than to escape with Charlie in order to rescue him, and there is a build-up of suspense as their story unfolds. Filming has been spread over 3 years so lion and children grow up in parallel. Even though story is fictional it's hard to feel detached from the animal’s fate and Mia’s family issues. It's a beautiful movie with a powerful message.
THE KITCHEN Between 8th Ave. and the Hudson River, the Irish mafia runs 20 blocks of a tough New York City neighbourhood known as Hell's Kitchen. But for mob wives Kathy, Ruby and Claire, things are about to take a dramatic and radical turn. When the FBI sends their husbands to prison, the three women take the business into their own hands, running the rackets and taking out the competition. “I came out feeling like I had just taken a wild ride into the 70's and amazed at how much I enjoyed every moment of the trip. It was an entertaining film, with a little bit of sex, a whole lot of violence, and interesting character development,” said one reviewer. Melissa McCarthy is one of the stars.
AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 4 Te Awamutu
Film Name Film
Thu,Thu, 29 Aug
A DOG'S JOURNEY (PG) 2 hrsWay Home (PG) A Dog's
3.50pm 3.45pm 12.40pm 1.50pm 2.40pm 4.10pm 11.30am 6.15pm 6.15pm 11.30am 11.30am 11.15am 3.40pm
14 Mar
Film 1 hr 51 mins
ANGEL HAS FALLEN
Thu, 3.45pm 14 Mar
2.45pm 8.15pm
(R16) 2 2hrs mins Colette 615 mins A Dog's(M) Way hrs Home (PG)
Fri, Fri, 30 Aug
15 Mar Fri, 15 Mar
3.00pm 8.30pm
Destroyer (M)11 (E)
1 hr 48 mins
2 hrs 16 mins Colette (M) 2 hrs 6 mins
BLINDED BY THE LIGHT
Green Book(M) (M) 2 hrs 25 mins Destroyer (M) 2 hrs 9 mins 2 hrs 16 mins
Hotel DANMumbai CARTER(M) A Perfect 10
PALM BEACH (M)
Swimming 1 hr 55 With minsMen (M) The Guilty (M) 1 hr 40 mins 1 hr 52 mins
THE KEEPER (G) 2 hrs 15 mins
12.15pm 8.20pm
8.20pm 11.15am
6.00pm 11.00am
8.30pm 12.45pm
1.10pm
8.15pm
8.15pm
4.00pm
4.10pm
6.00pm
1.30pm 1.45pm 11.15am 6.15pm 11.15am 8.00pm 8.00pm 5.30pm 5.30pm
1.40pm 11.00am 5.45pm 8.10pm
1.05pm 12.45pm 8.15pm 5.50pm
3.45pm 1.40pm 8.30pm 5.45pm
2.30pm 1.05pm 8.15pm
4.00pm 3.40pm 1.45pm 1.15pm 1.30pm 6.10pm 6.00pm 8.00pm
4.15pm 1.45pm 6.15pm 8.00pm
11.30am 11.00am 8.00pm 1.00pm 12.45pm 11.00am 3.00pm 11.00am 1.30pm 11.30am 5.00pm 12.30pm 7.45pm 4.10pm 4.00pm 1.45pm 4.15pm 3.45pm 2.30pm
5.50pm 6.15pm
3.40pm
11.00am 4.10pm 5.50pm
6.00pm
The Guilty (M) 1 hr 40 mins
11.30am 8.30pm
Wed, 20 Mar
6.20pm 11.15am
4.10pm 1.45pm 6.15pm 8.00pm
mins
11.00am 6.00pm
Tue, 3.45pm 19 Mar
20 Mar
8.30pm 3.15pm
LION KING (PG) Stan & Ollie (M)Could If Beale Street Talk (M)
1 hr252hrs mins54 1 hr 53 mins
Sun, 3.30pm 17 Mar
19 Mar
8.15pm 11.15am
1.45pm 1.15pm 11.15am 4.20pm 3.15pm 8.00pm 6.00pm 6.00pm 8.00pm
mins
ONCE UPON A TIME IN
11.00am 8.15pm
17 Mar
Wed,Wed, 4 Sep
11.15am 3.00pm 1.00pm 11.00am 12.30pm 11.45am 1.10pm 8.15pm 8.15pm 4.00pm 4.10pm 6.00pm 8.30pm 1.30pm 6.10pm 1.30pm 5.30pm 3.50pm 3.40pm 1.35pm 6.10pm 1.15pm 8.10pm 3.20pm
If Beale Street Could LATE NIGHT (M) Talk (M) Hotel Mumbai (M)
Swimming (M) HOLLYWOOD (R16) Stan & OllieWith (M) Men
Sat, 1.10pm 16 Mar
Tue, Tue, 3 Sep
1.40pm 11.00am 11.00am 2.00pm 12.00pm 5.45pm 6.00pm 2.15pm 8.00pm 1.00pm 5.30pm 3.30pm 5.30pm 8.30pm 8.10pm 4.10pm 5.50pm
2 hrs 20 mins (PG) 1 hr 47 Green Book (M)mins 2 hrs 25 mins
1 hr253hrs mins5 mins 2 hrs 15 mins
16 Mar
Sun, Sun, 1 Sep
8.30pm 3.45pm 3.20pm 1.30pm 11.30am 6.15pm 11.30am 11.30am 11.15am 3.40pm 3.45pm 1.10pm 3.30pm 3.45pm 1.30pm 12.30pm 1.30pm 10.45am 3.50pm 10.40am 1.35pm 6.30pm 1.15pm 6.20pm 3.20pm 11.00am 6.00pm 8.15pm 8.30pm 6.20pm 8.20pm 6.00pm 8.30pm 8.30pm 3.45pm 3.20pm 1.30pm
1 hrAPOLLO 51 mins
1 15 hrmins 57 2 hrs 2 hrs 20 mins
Sat, Sat, 31 Aug
5.50pm
6.30pm
1.00pm 5.50pm
4.00pm 6.10pm 8.40pm
6.00pm
11.00am 4.00pm
8.40pm 8.00pm
1.15pm 6.15pm 6.40pm
11.00am 8.45pm 1.15pm
8.30pm 8.30pm
4.00pm
11.30am 6.40pm 8.30pm
4.30pm
12.30pm 4.30pm
6.40pm 11.20am
4.10pm 8.45pm www.tivolicinema.co.nz
6.40pm
THE KITCHEN (R16) 1.00pm 1.30pm 1.30pm 4.15pm 12.00pm 6.00pm 8.30pm 5.45pm 5.20pm Bookings 823 50648.30pm – 32 Lake Street, Cambridge 1 hr 57 mins
www.tivolicinema.co.nz
Bookings 823 5064 – 32 Lake Street, Cambridge
2.40pm 6.05pm
Ph 871 6678 www.flicks.co.nz/cinema/regent-theatre-te-awamutu/
MIA AND THE WHITE LION
A young girl from London moves to Africa with her parents where she befriends a white lion cub. It’s a beautiful movie with a powerful message. THU & FRI 5:35, SAT 12:20, SUN 10:20, TUE 5:30, WED 10:20
M
www.teawamutu.co.nz/regent/sessions.html
THE KITCHEN
The wives of New York gangsters in Hell’s Kitchen in the 1970s continue to operate their husbands’ rackets after they’re locked up in prison.
R16
THU 7:45, FRI 7:55, SAT 11:55 & 8:00, SUN 9:55 & 6:00, TUE 7:45, WED 7:55
“A beautiful story turns into a lovely movie, or is it the other PALM BEACH M way around.” Allan. Excellent feedback. THU 5:25, FRI 10:20 & 5:25, SAT 1:55, SUN 11:55, WED 5:25 RORY’S WAY M ___________________________________ FRI 10:10, SAT 4:00, SUN 2:00, WED 5:25 ___________________________________ ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD R16 YESTERDAY M THU & FRI 7:20, SAT 4:40 & 7:05, SUN 2:40 & 5:05, TUE 7:25, WED 7:20 ENDS SOON: ___________________________________ SAT 2:40 & 7:45, SUN 12:40 & 5:45 ___________________________________ A DOG’S JOURNEY PG THE LION KING PG FRI 5:45, SAT 12:30 & 4:55, SUN 10:30 & 2:55, TUE 5:40, WED 10:10 THU & FRI 5:30, SAT 12:00, 2:30 & 5:00, ___________________________________ SUN 10:00, 12:30 & 3:00, WED 5:30 ___________________________________ ANGEL HAS FALLEN R16 It goes at a fast and furious pace. Okay, so it’s over-the-top, THU & FRI 7:50, SAT 2:20 & 7:30, SUN 12:20 & 5:30, but for sheer entertainment, action and humour this entirely TUE 7:35, WED 7:50 ___________________________________ new, unlikely duo in a fresh story, are to be enjoyed. BLINDED BY THE LIGHT M HOBBS AND SHAW M THU 5:35 & 8:00, FRI 10:00, 5:35 & 8:00, SAT 12:10 & 5:05, THU & FRI 7:30, SAT 2:25 & 7:20, SUN 12:25 & 5:20, SUN 10:10 & 3:05, TUE 5:20, WED 10:00, 5:35 & 8:00 WED 7:30 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ IT CHAPTER 2 Celebrates the men from different islands of the South Pacific “It is a genuinely terrific film – fifteen minutes in and you’re who gave voice to a generation and the issues of the time, gripped until the very end.” Mark. through their iconic music. DANGER CLOSE: THE BATTLE OF LONG TAN M HERBS: SONGS OF FREEDOM PG BOTH START NEXT WEEK THU 5:45, SAT 6:05, SUN 4:05, WED 5:45 MORNING SESSIONS FRIDAY, SUNDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH ESPECIALLY SELECTED FILMS
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FRIDAY AUGUST 30, 2019
OPEN HOME
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TENDER: Closes 4:00pm to Wednesday 11 September 2019, LJ Hooker Office, 41 Mahoe Street, Te Awamutu OPEN: Saturday 1.30 – 2.00pm VIEW: ljhooker.co.nz/19MGGG8 Contact Pamela Thackray 021 184 1255 pamela.thackray@ljhta.co.nz
Welcome To Pirongia! 1105 Crozier Street Pirongia
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Newly renovated home with open plan kitchen, dining, living room & spacious lounge is warm and inviting. This house has plenty of storage with a large cupboard or office, attic space above the master bedroom plus a well-equipped internal laundry. Close to the front door is the double garage and workshop which is surrounded by a large concrete driveway and expansive lawn and paddock.
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TENDER: Closes 2:00pm Thursday 26th September 2019 , LJ Hooker Office, 41 Mahoe Street, Te Awamutu VIEW: ljhooker.co.nz Contact Tania Ruki 027 441 3264 tania.ruki@ljhta.co.nz
Hot Preview of Premium Lifestyle 2/2127 Arapuni Road Pukeatua 2 acres (approx.) of premium lifestyle living. A beautifully fashioned home & impressive commercial workshop suitable for all serious projects or work from home options, panoramic views over pastures to Mt Mangatautari at your doorstep. Call Tania for more details.
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Your Own Piece Of Country Wharepapa South Road Te Awamutu
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PRICE: $385,000 OPEN: By Appointment Only VIEW: ljhooker.co.nz/19K5GG8
This tidy two bedroom home with tranquil rural views offers a modern kitchen, new wood burner & has been freshly renovated throughout. The great outdoor living in the summertime, a good double garage & outside room are complimented by the large section.
Contact Nadine Wells 027 444 0774 nadine.wells@ljhta.co.nz
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PRICE: $399,000 OPEN: Sunday 2.00 – 2.30pm VIEW: ljhooker.co.nz/19K3GG8 Contact Ema Wilson 027 788 7730 ema.wilson@ljhta.co.nz
Bargain On Blundell! 36 Blundell Place Te Awamutu Wow at $399,000 this tidy three bedroom starter or investment property is fantastic buying. The kitchen, bathroom and laundry have all had a makeover with fresh paint and new vinyl planking. As well as fresh paint in the lounge and new wallpaper down the hallway.
OPEN HOME
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PRICE: $509,000 OPEN: Friday 12.00 – 12.30pm VIEW: ljhooker.co.nz/19DUGG8 Contact Gary Derbyshire 021 149 4371 gary.derbyshire@ljhta.co.nz
FOR SALE: By Negotiation OPEN: By Appointment Only VIEW: ljhooker.co.nz/19EZGG8 Contact Sonia Furniss 027 540 0726 sonia.furniss@ljhta.co.nz
Ken Hagan AREINZ 021 353 488
Rhonda McGuire Property Mngr 021 353 046
What A Start! 215 Puniu Road Te Awamutu
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Freshly renovated with open plan living and a large fenced section, this three bedroom home with great garaging is just waiting for your family. Vendors relocating ... call now for a viewing!
Build Your Lifestyle Dream 300 Puahue Road Te Awamutu
John Halliday 021 308 641
Fiona Collins 027 295 4250
Tania Ruki 027 441 3264
Ian Jones 027 447 1758
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PRICE: $795,000 VIEW: ljhooker.co.nz/18ZFGG8 Contact Ian Jones 027 447 1758 Fiona Collins 027 295 4250
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Check out this 4002m2 (approx.) section offering a prime elevated building platform which maximises the stunning rural and mountain views of both Pirongia and Kakepuku. Accentuate the benefits of rural living whilst enjoying town edge convenience. Build the home of your choice, big or small, or build the shed you have always desired.
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PRICE: $795,000 VIEW: ljhooker.co.nz/18w4GG8 Contact Mark Weal 027 451 4732 mark.weal@ljhta.co.nz
Gary Derbyshire 021 149 4371
Sonia Furniss 027 540 0726
Vendors Have Bought! 620 Bellot Street Pirongia All the boxes will be ticked for retired farmers or families wanting to take advantage of this friendly bustling village with great schooling, cafes, a popular bar and restaurant, plenty of walking tracks! This is a home deserving of urgent attention as properties of this calibre don’t last long in Pirongia, so call Fiona or Ian today to arrange a personal viewing.
Rich With Rustic Elegance 678F Mangaorongo Road Otorohanga Nestled amongst executive homes and featuring stunning rural views, this brand new three bedroom home is a must see for those keen on lifestyle living close to town. The 3 bay implement shed will impress tradesman wanting to base their business from home or car enthusiasts needing room to store their ‘toys’. Call Fiona or Mark today to arrange a personal viewing.
Pamela Thackray 021 184 1255
Mark Weal Rural 027 451 4732
Ema Wilson 027 788 7730
Nadine Wells 027 444 0774
LJ Hooker Te Awamutu Te Awamutu Realty MREINZ Phone: 871 5044