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Swapping the beach for River Road After five years of living the life in the beach resort of Orewa, Kathryn and Rex are looking forward to a change of scene beside the mighty Waikato River.

While they loved being beachside and spending time with their youngest grandchildren, the couple says it’s time to share the love and hang out more with their family in the Waikato.

Their brand new home in Ryman’s Linda Jones Retirement Village in Flagstaff will be just a short distance from Kathryn’s daughter in Rototuna.

“I’m looking forward to having a bit more hands-on time with the teenage grandchildren,” says Kathryn.

“They’re at the age now where they can bike round to Nana and Pops.”

The two semi-retired teachers, who met while both working at Auckland’s Mt Albert Grammar School, have six children between them and always delight in thinking of fun things to do with the grandchildren when they come to stay.

“Rex sets up a room with activities for them to do and then we all bunk down in the lounge together overnight,” says Kathryn.

“It’s been wonderful investing in their lives and we feel very fortunate.”

While it was time with the children and grandchildren that influenced the move to Hamilton, it was because of their parents that they decided to move into a retirement village.

Both Kathryn and Rex had had to move their parents into resthomes and didn’t want to put their own children in that position.

“We thought we would make the move so that way the kids don’t have to worry about it. We don’t want to be a burden on them.”

And the seal of approval came from another family member - Kathryn’s brother, who acts as their lawyer.

“He knocked our socks off really because he was so positive about it. He said you’re buying something intangible. So that was a wonderful affirmation,” Kathryn says.

Once the decision was made that was it. The couple became two of the first people to sign a contract for the new village.

“It was just a paddock at that stage, so it was very early on,” says Kathryn.

As they get ready for the big move the couple will be winding down their lives in Orewa – Rex works part time doing financial mentoring through the Salvation Army while Kathryn does a few days relief teaching at the local high school.

“We all need significance and meaning and we’re both keen to contribute and get involved in the community. I’m thinking about becoming a life coach,” says Kathryn.

“And then there’s our church activities,” adds Rex. “Our faith is important in our lives.”

The other attraction of the Waikato, says the couple, is the country roads which are crying out for them to explore on Rex’s Honda Shadow cruiser motorbike.

“I don’t want him to sell it, we’ve had so many amazing holidays on it,” says Kathryn. “We’ve been down the eastern seaboard of Australia to Port Arthur, and the best holiday was five weeks touring around the South Island in 2008.”

Just the mention of the bike puts a huge smile on Rex’s face, as he visualises his life in a few months’ time.

“Just imagine it now, it’s a beautiful spring day, you wake up and say ‘let’s go to Matamata for a coffee….’It’ll be bliss!”

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Issue 33 October 2019

From the Editors

Welcome to the October edition of Prime Hamilton!

This month you will find an editorial on the Chinoiserie Garden, one of the spectacular features of the Hamilton Gardens. When visiting the gardens last week with Julia and her nanna (see front cover photo!) I was blown away by the architecture and design of all the new gardens that have been opened recently – or will be opened soon. If you haven’t already do go and check them out! I always enjoy strolling through the different parts of the gardens and, as a local, it is one of my favourite spots to visit with friends and guests!

This month we are also focusing on Breast Cancer Awareness and featuring a contribution by Jamie Strange, the Labour List MP for Hamilton. He highlights some of the government’s many achievements over the last year in our city. We would like to thank all of our new and regular advertisers as well as our loyal contributors and of course, our wonderful readers! The Rugby World Cup is well underway now and we can’t wait our boys to secure the Web Ellis Cup on the second of November.

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Vintage Cars Pontiac Firebird 1968 Pontiac’s upmarket version of Chevrolet’s Camaro ponycar appeared in mid-1967. Brought to market under John Z. DeLorean’s watch at Pontiac, the original Firebird offered deluxe accoutrements in addition competitive ponycar performance.

From 1967 to ‘69, Firebird offered an unusual single overhead camshaft inline six, available with a fourbarrel. carburetor in Sprint models.

Pontiac’s 326- and 400-cid engines comprised the V-8 offerings.

Firebird was little changed for ’68, with deleted vent windows and added side-marker lamps among its minor updates. A redesigned SOHC six was touted, while the mid-year 340-hp Ram Air II 400 V-8 reigned as the year’s most powerful engine. Pontiac offered many options with the Firebird so that customers could truly own a unique sports car, different from other cars, even Pontiac drivers.

The Firebird would never catch up to the sales and popularity of the first Pony car, the Mustang, but it was still successful, nevertheless.

Pontiac Grand Prix 1970 The 1970 Grand Prix stayed mostly the same from the 1969 because of its overwhelming success. Slight changes included new vertical slats in the front grille and vertical hash marks on the front fenders just behind the front wheels.

New interior upholstery patterns and the reintroduction of bench seats summed up interior changes.

The two 400ci V8s carried over, but both 428s were dropped and replaced with Pontiac’s brand new 455ci. This new engine had a fourbarrel carb and was rated at 370 hp and a staggering 500 lb-ft of torque.

The biggest news, however, was the introduction of a special Hurst SSJ: a semi-custom conversion with an electric sunroof, gold-colored wheels, and a Hurst shifter. Only 272 of these were produced and painted either Starlight Black or Cameo White. Frost Gold accents were applied to the hood, side windows, front of the roof, and Rally II Wheels, and a landau-style half top was installed, as was a steel electronically operated sunroof all at the Hurst plant.

Production dropped to 65,750 as the big, powerful car culture began its descent.

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Earthworks Reveal Links To Hamilton’s Wartime Past Earthworks to complete Hamilton’s Ring Road and link to a future new bridge have unearthed tangible reminders of the city’s wartime past. Remnants of bullets have been found in topsoil between Dey St and Cobham Dr, a site which housed ammunition factories during World War Two. The area is part of the works to extend Wairere Dr to Cobham Dr.

Hamilton City Council Development Group General Manager Chris Allen says the site’s history was known and processes were already in place to deal with any finds of this nature.

“We followed our site procedures and contacted police, specialised consultants, the archaeologist and our site engineers. We also had the Bomb Squad from Auckland on site to identify whether there was any risk of unexploded ammunition,” Mr Allen says.

Specialist staff will remove the material from the site before works can resume.

The ammunition factories were built in Hamilton after concerns the existing Auckland-based factory was liable to Japanese air attack. The first lots of ammunition were produced on 24 June 1942, a remarkable achievement as the decision to move the factory was only made five months earlier.

As well as the factories, there were guards’ huts, accommodation buildings and a storehouse, known as a magazine, for the millions of bullets before they were shipped to soldiers. Today only the distinctive brick building that was the magazine remains in what is now Flynn Park.

The Hamilton operation employed up to 1200 people, many of them women, including Claudelands resident Dorrie Connelly-Caitcheon, who ‘filled the top of bullets with lead’ as she described in an interview as part of the Hamilton Libraries Oral History Programme.

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Interviewed by Christine Mauchline in 1995, Dorrie enjoyed working at the factory, making a lot of friends and meeting many workers who had moved from Auckland. She recalled being promoted to the examining room where she had to check the finished bullets for cracks or flaws but didn’t enjoy the role and went back to her former job.

The war effort saw many married women entering the workforce, Dorrie noting there were few married women working anywhere prior to the war.

Images of women working in the factories, held by the National Library, include a note that 577 women worked there during the war.

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The fragments of ammunition and other items found at the site will be removed in the next few days.

The Wairere Dr extension completes the city’s Ring Road, and works will see Cobham Dr raised to allow four-laned Wairere Dr to pass underneath and link to a future bridge over the Waikato River to Peacocke.

The Ring Road is expected to be complete early 2022.

(Image courtesy of Hamilton Libraries.)

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helmets then) VICTORIA STREET – NORTH – A policeman on foot (they wore white cafe open popular very a was nt patrolling Victoria Street. He is walking southwards. The restaura ones clothing inantly predom were all day called the “Red Rooster”. The shops on the right Grubb and fabrics dress and including McCready Fabric specialist, Bennett & Bain lingerie & Mortensen outfitters. Date 1976 Johnny Rogers and his performing horse. Date c. 1960

aerial RAILWAY BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION – An n ructio view looking east towards Claudelands at the const .

River of the low level Railway Bridge over the Waikato later The old Railway Bridge is on the right and would become a road bridge once the new railway bridge was completed. Date c. 1963

MASONIC HALL – The Fow family poses in a horse-drawn cart outside the ivy covered Masonic Hall on Grey Street. The family includes Jack (John Robert), Emmie (Emily), Elsie, Ivy, Arthur and Dolly. John Robert Fow was Mayor of Hamilton for four terms. Date c. 1908

FLOODING AT INTERSECTION OF ANGLESEA AND THACKERAY STREETS – Flooding at the intersection of Anglesea and Thackeray Streets.

The Central Power Board building is to the left of the photo and Midland Private Hotel to the right. Date c. 1950

STATION – The busy platform of FRANKTON JUNCTION RAILWAY rs leave the train stopped at the right. The Frankton Junction railway station as passenge the Frankton Junction sign. Several bicycles telegraph and refreshment room is behind t of the telegraph office. Date c. 1937 are visible near the telegraph pole and in fron 5

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Prime Walks in the Waikato

By Ceana Priest

This Edition: PORT WAIKATO SAND DUNES

Looking for vast sand dunes to let the kids clamber up and roll down before heading home exhausted with sand between their toes? This is the spot.

Don’t forget your sunscreen and hat – also shoes because the black sand gets very hot.

Choose your own personal playground from acres of rolling sand dunes stretching beside the Waikato River as it exits into the wild Tasman Sea. A great spot to start your adventures from is Maraetai Bay Reserve. The Reserve is on your right before you reach Port Waikato so keep an eye out for the sign.

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There are picnic spots galore near the car park or grab a blanket and head into the dunes. On a wild day expect some serious windswept action but on calmer days the Reserve is a good launching spot for kayaks to paddle around the shallow waters.

Take care as the beach gets wild so any swimming should be done when the Surf Life Saving Club patrols the southern end of Sunset Beach.

To make your outing even more entertaining for the kids, there are fossils at Port Waikato. So fossickers can get stuck in looking for ancient remnants around the cliffs and coastal rocks.

Visit the seaside township of Port Waikato and take a stroll along the exposed Sunset Beach.

Let the kids tire themselves out on the black sand beach or have a paddle in the west coast surf.

Port Waikato has a population of around 1,000 and its first store opened in 1893. Today, the township boasts a community hall, fire station, library, surf lifesaving club, yachting club, fishing club, and a holiday camp.

TIME:

Allow a couple of hours to explore the beach, play in the small lagoon and have a picnic.

More if you head out to the main beach.

ACCESSIBILITY:

This walk has an easy gradient but due to the steps and dirt paths it is only suitable for walking. Dogs are welcome on leads.

HOW TO GET THERE: Head west from Pokeno through Tuakau. Follow the Tuakau Bridge-Port Waikato Road. It’s 28km from Tuakau.

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The Rotorua Festival of Gardens 2019 ‘Share in the Joy of Gardening’

The Festival occurs every two years and the 2019 event has forty gardens open for your enjoyment. The gardens are open on Friday 15th November, Saturday 16th November, Sunday 17th November, between 9am and 5pm.

Gardens to Visit Over 40 gardeners are preparing their gardens for the Festival so the public can ‘share in the joy of gardening’ while raising funds for the Rotorua St John Ambulance Shuttle. For those who have supported the Festival in the past there are ten new gardens to visit as well as their favourites from past events. Gardens are ever-changing and gardeners are always finding new plants and experimenting with design.

Rotorua is a wonderful location for gardening.

The city has a tradition of outstanding public and private gardens. The Rotorua Festival of Gardens encourages beginners and ‘old hand’ gardeners to gain ideas for their own gardens while supporting a worthy cause. This year the organisers have donated Festival tickets to several local community groups to distribute to their hard-working supporters as a token of appreciation for the many volunteers that work tirelessly in the Rotorua community.

Tickets A entry ticket costs $45 per person which covers the three days. The ‘Ticket’ is a book with a brief description of each garden and a series of maps to locate the gardens and plan your garden tour for each day. The Ticket gives access to each garden. It will be posted to you if you buy your ticket online but it can be purchased at the three outlets in Rotorua listed below. A ‘Friday Special ONE DAY ONLY’ is now available online. Buy 10 or more Tickets at $15 per ticket. To BUY your ‘Friday Special’ Group of tickets GO TO www.rotoruagardens.org.nz/2019TicketSales - Purchase Online Tickets - First Name write your GROUP NAME - Last Name write FRIDAY. The ticket holders do not have to visit the gardens as a group as each person will be issued with a Friday Bracelet.

How to Buy Tickets 2019 • Festival Website www.rotoruagardens.org.nz • Email rfogtickets@gmail.com • Write Ticket Sales, PO Box 2264, Rotorua 3020 • Phone Treasurer, (07) 345 6755

Special Guest – Lynda Hallinan Lynda Hallinan is well known in New Zealand gardening circles as an expert gardener and entertaining author. You can meet Lynda on these occasions.

On Friday evening, 15th November at 5.30pm at Te Runanga Tea Rooms, Government Gardens, Rotorua. Lynda will present Gourmet Gardening: from plot to pantry, an edible gardening session where she will share tips for growing edibles and share her favourite recipes and preserving methods.

On Saturday morning, 16th November at 8.30am she will be at Palmers Garden Centre, Sala Street, Rotorua with fresh ideas for your gardens using the best new plants together with old favourites. Learn some tricks and techniques and some eco-friendly options for pest and disease control. Bring along your questions.

On Sunday morning, 17th November at the Farmers Market, Te Manua, Rotorua CBD between 9am and 11am Lynda will be selling and signing her book.

The Zonta Tea Party Zonta will host a Tea Party on both Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th November between 10am and 2pm. These will be at Te Runanga Tea Rooms in the Government Gardens, Rotorua. The cost per person is $15 and tickets can be purchased online at www.rotoruagardens. org.nz to book a place.

Cash entry will be possible each day. The funds will be donated to the Zonta special projects.

Government Gardens Tours

Buy Direct from three outlets in Rotorua: • Palmers Garden Centre, 147 Sala Street • McLeods Booksellers, 1148 Pukuatua Street • Living Colour, 1197 Eruera Street

These are available at 11am, 1pm, 2pm, each day and will be conducted by the Rotorua Lakes Council Senior Council Garden Advisor, Mark Paget. You could combine a Tour and a Tea Party.

Tickets will be available throughout the weekend – check the website for further details. Festival Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/rotoruagardens/

CONTACT: Please direct any general enquiries to Jude Livingston, 027 503 4001.

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Vege Of The Month

PEAS

Peas are one of the first crops I plant in the spring.

I just love their juicy crunch and fresh flavour.

I get my seeds sown as soon as I see the first signs that spring is on its way. These can be different for you depending on your local climate. Where I live, when I see the mornings are lighter and the temperatures are just warming, I know it’s time to plant the peas.

Pea plants are easy to grow, but have a limited growing season. Also, peas don’t tend to stay fresh for too long after harvest, so enjoy them while you can!

There are two types you can grow. Snow peas (edible flat pods with peas in side), and snap peas (edible pods with full sized peas).

Companions

As with other legumes , peas will fix nitrogen in the so il, making it available for other pla nts. This makes them a great co mpanion in your garden. They are a great companion for a large variety of vegetables from carro ts to spinach and broccoli. The one vegetable family to keep them se parate from is onions and ga rlic.

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From now the soil is warming up and there’s generally a bit more sun in the day. In between the spring showers and deluges where soil is not too wet, continue getting planting areas ready by removing any lingering weeds and adding some compost, chopped up seaweed, pea straw or well-rotted manure to revitalize your garden.

Seeds to Sow Seeds to sow direct from now include climbing and dwarf beans, beetroot, carrots, coriander and rocket. Make sure you are checking and watering any seed trays you have sown under cover for your late spring planting too.

Tomatoes, capsicum and eggplant seeds may have all come up but they’re still small and fragile and need care.

Harvesting We are enjoying broad beans, cabbage, fennel, lettuce, leek, mizuna, mesculan and radishes from our garden. Those of you with avocado trees will be enjoying a harvest of these too.

Seedlings to plant I’m planting these seedlings direct in my garden this time of year: beetroot, kohlrabi, lettuce, leek, silver beet and spring onion. Now is also a good time to plant blueberries as a young plant.

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Pea and Spring Greens Salad Ingredients 1 knob of butter 1 lug of olive oil 1 lug of white wine (optional) ½ cup chopped small leek or spring onion

2 cups fresh or frozen peas of any variety ½ to 1 cup spring salad greens or young pea shoots 1 avocado diced

Method In a pot slowly fry the leek/spring onions for a couple of minutes with a lug of olive oil and a knob of butter. Then add the peas and cook for another few minutes. Then add the wine if you choose, and simmer for another few minutes.

Season with salt and pepper and dish onto a serving plate or bowl. Add the diced avocado and serve.

Serving Suggestions • Can be served on its own as a side or as an addition to other vegetable sides such as picked beetroot.

• Can be garnished with some fresh chopped mint, or a squeeze of lemon.

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Hamilton Vintage Cars

By Richard Moore, President, HVCCC

The October Classic Car Meet and Boot Sale at Classics Museum/ Juke Box Diner Frankton Hamilton got off to a slow start.

Heavy overnight rain had patrons waiting to see if the weather was going to hold before bringing out their pride and joys.

By 8.30 the sun was shining and with no rain in sight, the cars started rolling in.

A diverse range of cars turned out with British, European, American Muscle, and Japanese makes all represented.

The Juke Box Diner Meal voucher for “Car of the Day” went to a lovely 1929 Buick Master.

The runner-up was a recently restored 1972 yellow Plymouth Satellite and the third place went to a very nice Datsun 1200 – both receiving Classics Museum cash prizes.

A few boot sale vendors tried their luck with more than a few sales taking place. The buffet breakfast in the Juke Box Diner was also well attended.

CONTACT: Richard Moore, Hamilton Vintage & Classic Car Club, phone 855 2250, email richmargm@gmail.com, www.hvccc.co.nz

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1. A man stands on one side of a river, his dog on the other.

The man calls his dog, who immediately crosses the river without getting wet and without using a bridge or a boat. How did the dog do it?

2. A sundial has the fewest moving parts of any timepiece. Which has the most?

3. What is unusual about the following words: revive, banana, grammar, voodoo, assess, potato, dresser, uneven?

4. What makes this number unique – 8,549,176,320?

5. Put a coin into an empty bottle and insert a cork into the neck. How can you remove the coin without removing the cork or breaking the bottle?

6. Two boxers are in a match scheduled for 12 rounds.

(Pure boxing only – no kicking, UFC takedowns, or anything else). One of the boxers gets knocked out after only six rounds, yet no man throws a punch. How is this possible?

7. What do these words have in common: polish, job, turkey and august?

8. A man takes his car to a hotel.

Upon reaching the hotel, he is immediately declared bankrupt. Why? 9. In 1990, a person is 15 years old. In 1995, that same person is 10 years old.

How can this be?

10. You’re standing in a hallway with three light switches on the wall, each of which turns on a different lamp inside a closed room. You can’t see inside the room, and you can’t open the door except to enter the room. You can enter the room only once, and when you do, all the lamps must be turned off. How can you tell which switch turns on which lamp?

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Minister Martin said there were three main changes: • Revamping the website and updating the details of all businesses • Creating a SuperGold App for smartphones, linked to the website information, so that people can find where deals are when they are out, and • Working with current partners and bringing on new ones to increase the range of discounts available.

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New Breast Cancer Foundation App Puts Power In Kiwi Women’s Hands Courtesy of The Breast Cancer Foundation

This October, your breast health is in your own hands – literally.

Pre Check, an innovative app from Breast Cancer Foundation NZ – launched to mark the start of Breast Cancer Awareness Month – will take women into a whole new world of breast health awareness. Visual, tactile and audio cues help you search for signs of breast cancer on screen. When you find one, you can learn more about it before being invited to look for other signs.

Once you’ve explored all the symptoms, a ‘how-to’ guide will teach you what to look for when selfchecking. You’ll even have the option to set your own reminder for regular self-checks. This will send a push-notification to your phone, urging you to ‘touch, look and check’ and showing you how.

“Pre Check is a significant new wellbeing tool for women in New Zealand,” says Breast Cancer Foundation NZ’s chief executive, Evangelia Henderson. “It’s an innovation that empowers women and gives them confidence to take control of their own breast health.”

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The information has been available before but this is a new way of putting it in people’s hands, Mrs Henderson says.

“If Pre Check encourages women to be more alert to breast changes and to see their doctors earlier, we believe it will save lives.”

“We encourage everyone from the age of 20 to ‘know your normal’. We urge women of breast-screening age to stay vigilant between mammograms, and younger women to be breast aware at all times. The beauty of Pre Check is that it puts vital information, quite literally, at people’s fingertips.

Sarah Gandy, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in January this year at age 36, says the new app is a safe, credible source of information that will get people away from ‘Doctor Google’.

“Having something that gives you the confidence to know you’re self-checking properly, and reminds you to do it regularly, is amazing,” Sarah says.

“Because it’s totally portable, you can check whenever and wherever it suits. It’s such a great way to be proactive with your breast health. And because it’s accessible to everyone, it transcends age, cultural background, income and education levels,” she says.

“Breast cancer is most treatable when it is found early, so early detection is your best protection. That’s why it’s vital to know the signs and ‘know your normal’ – and if you notice any changes, see your doctor immediately.

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Prime Recipe

My mum turned 97 last week so thought I’d share this recipe with you – a favourite that she often baked for large family gatherings!

Mum’s Shortbread

Happy birthday beautiful Mum xx

INGREDIENTS • 450g butter or margarine • 450g flour • 225g sugar

• 225g cornflour • A pinch of salt

METHOD 1 2 3 4 5

Melt butter and sugar and mix well to a creamy consistency Add flour, cornflour and salt Knead dough and press into a baking tray Use a fork to prick holes in rows the length of baking tray Bake at 180 degrees (“fairly hot oven” – Mum had an Aga !) until golden-brown

6 Cut while hot, sprinkle with caster sugar and allow to cool in tray

PS: If anyone has special recipes that they would like to

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Growth In The Waikato Region

Jamie Strange MP (Labour List MP)

Growth continues to take place in the Waikato region. In this article, I will focus on three key areas: education, transport and the Provincial Growth Fund.

Rototuna Junior and Senior High Schools will receive a combined $16 million expansion for 500 extra students across the two schools, while 30 other Waikato schools will receive 79 classrooms. This Government investment totals $42 million and includes three kura, who will receive 12 new classrooms.

The Waikato regional growth plan is part of the wider National Education Growth Plan which forecasts that an additional 100,000 new student places are needed across the country by 2030. This plan was supported by $1.2 billion in the recent Wellbeing Budget.

Minister of Education Chris Hipkins recently approved Hamilton Christian School’s application to enter into negotiations with the Ministry of Education, as they look to become state-integrated.

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Hamilton Christian School is a well-respected school with strong leadership and a supportive community, and this is another step in increasing access to this learning institution.

As an integrated school, they would be able to significantly reduce the school fees, making the school accessible to more families.

Futureproof have combined with the Hamilton to Auckland Corridor team, in order to collaboratively plan the future growth in the Waikato region. The Hamilton to Auckland Corridor Plan maps development between Cambridge/ Te Awamutu in the south and Pukekohe in the north.

This corridor is the busiest in New Zealand and will be a key economic growth area over the coming years.

A passenger rail service between Hamilton and Auckland is due to begin in July next year. I recently visited the Hutt Rail Workshops to view progress on the carriages, which will have WiFi, working stations on tables, a café, accessible toilets and bike racks.

Two key components of the passenger rail service will be the ability to be productive while traveling and having certainty of arrival time. Alongside this, the Ministry of Transport is undertaking a business case to explore rapid rail between Hamilton and Auckland (around a one-hour journey).

This business case will be completed in April 2020.

Work is being undertaken by Hamilton City Council to explore the potential of a Hamilton metro rail network linking Hamilton with Ngaruawahia/ Huntly, Morrinsville, Cambridge, Te Awamutu, and Hamilton Airport.

Tracks are already in place for the majority of this area, and a feasibility study will explore what it would take to have passenger rail service in this area.

Thousands of cars enter Hamilton every day from outlying regions, and providing a range of transport options is vital for a growing region. Good progress continues on the completion of the Waikato Expressway. It’s important we have a balanced transport network, combining road and rail in the most efficient and accessible manner.

Work has begun on the completion of the Hamilton Ring Road and a bridge across the Waikato River near Hamilton Gardens.

This will unlock the 8,500-house Peacocke development through $180 million from the Government’s 10-year interest-free loan and $110 million of NZTA subsidies.

Three successful Waikato-based Provincial Growth Fund applications were recently announced by Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones.

Smart Waikato’s Secondary School Employer Partnership has received $449,000. This programme connects students with local businesses, providing a real-world context to their education.

Te Waka, Waikato’s economic development agency, has received $400,000 to ensure it has sufficient capacity and access to resources and systems, for promoting economic growth in our region.

Paeroa has been granted $700,000 for its Historical Maritime Park Marine development project, including the construction of pontoons and a wharf.

The Waikato region continues to play a key role in New Zealand’s economy.

I’m proud of who we are as a region.

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With a highly experienced team, and the latest in audiology equipment, you can trust us to give an accurate assessment of where you are at with your hearing health.

If you have started to experience noticeable hearing loss, we are able to help you return to a normal state of being by custom fitting you with the latest hearing products, designed to let you experience the world around you loud and clear.

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Inland Revenue & The Accident Compensation

Corporation Are Calling ‘Time’ On Cheques From March next year, IR and ACC will no longer accept payments by cheque from customers who are able to use alternative payment options. This includes post-dated cheques (cheques dated after 1 March 2020).

IR received more than 430,000 cheques last financial year, the largest number received by any public sector agency. ACC received approximately 25,000 cheques from business customers.

Those numbers have been dropping by around 20 per cent annually and at the end of the financial year (June 2019) only around 5% of payments received by both IR and ACC were by cheque.

Inland Revenue Deputy Commissioner Sharon Thompson says New Zealanders are already embracing the digital world and IR wants to do everything it can to help customers switch seamlessly to cheque alternatives.

“Cheques are part of a paper-based world and don’t mesh with the increasingly digital world we now operate in. The number of cheques being used is spiralling down and will continue to trend that way.

Electronic payments are simpler, easier and safer,” Sharon Thompson says.

“IR already has a number of alternative ways for people to pay their tax bill. We want to help as many as possible shift to those before the technology used to process cheques comes to the end of its working life next year.

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Both organisations will be supporting customers to transition to alternative payment methods, whether that be face to face, over the phone or with written material.

“We’ll be working closely with our affected customers to give them as much support as we can to make this change.”

ACC Head of Business Customer Service Delivery Phil Riley says ACC and IR have both agreed that business customers are better serviced using electronic payments.

Inland Revenue and ACC Payment Options:

“Electronic payments are more efficient and secure, with only a small percentage of customers still choosing to make their payments by cheque. Our digital portal MyACC for Business makes it really easy for business customers to set up and manage their payments.”

• Electronically via internet banking or direct debit.

• By debit or credit card over the phone or online.

• By cash or eftpos but only at Westpac bank branches.

Growing Strawberries There is not a fruit that captures the essence of summer better than strawberries. Whether they spill out of strawberry towers, tumble from hanging baskets, troughs and containers or share a spot in the flower or vegetable garden.

Strawberries do not require a lot of space and are great fun for the kids to grow.

What you need to know If you get plants in early you will get stronger growth, fruit earlier and more fruit overall.

There are several varieties so consider planting a combination of different types.

Planting New plants should always be planted in fresh soil to avoid the spread of disease.

Strawberries are susceptible to the same diseases as potatoes and tomatoes, so therefore, don’t plant in soil where tomatoes and potatoes were grown last season.

Strawberries are adaptable and grow in most sunny situations, but do not tolerate wet soils. Plant strawberries in a fertile, welldrained soil. If planting in pots, hangers and troughs use Tui Strawberry Mix. Traditionally strawberries are planted in raised mounds.

Mounding improves the drainage, increases air circulation around the plants, preventing the spread of disease and gives shallow soils more depth.

Plant strawberries 40cm apart in rows 40cm wide. Where possible planting rows are best positioned in a north to south direction to ensure even ripening of fruit.

When planting, dig Tui Strawberry Food into the soil and spread the roots over the mound making sure the crown is level with the soil surface, then cover with soil. Firm soil around the plants.

Water plants in well after planting. In early spring remove flowers until the plant has made plenty of leaf growth.

Caring for your strawberries Watering Plants need to be watered regularly in the growing season, especially in summer if it is dry. Reduce watering as berries start to redden, over-watering at this stage can result in soft, flavourless strawberries.

Harvesting Allow the fruit to become fully coloured before picking.

Birds love ripe strawberries, so protect with netting to keep them at bay. Remove old leaves and stems when fruiting has finished.

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PRIME JOKES Do You Know Me?

Queen’s Riddle

A small town prosecuting attorney called his first witness to the stand in a trial – a grandmotherly, elderly woman. He approached her and asked, “Mrs Jones, do you know me?”

Barack Obama met with the Queen of England.

She responded, “Why, yes, I do know you, Mr Burns. I’ve known you since you were a young boy, and frankly, you’ve been a big disappointment to me. You lie, cheat on your wife, you manipulate people, and talk about them behind their backs. You think you’re a rising big shot when you haven’t the brains to realize you never will amount to anything more than a two-bit paper pusher. Yes, I know you.”

The lawyer was stunned. Not knowing what else to do, he pointed across the room and asked, “Mrs. Jones, do you know the defense attorney?”

He asked her, “Your Majesty, how do you run such an efficient government? Are there any tips you can give to me?”

Biden asked Powell, “Colin, can you answer this for me? Your mother and father have a child and it’s not your brother or your sister. Who is it?”

Colin Powell yelled back, “That’s easy, it’s me!”

“Well,” said the Queen, “the most important thing is to surround yourself with intelligent people.”

Biden smiled, and said, “Thanks!” Then, he went back to speak with Obama. “Say, I did some research and I have the answer to that riddle.

It is Colin Powell!”

Obama frowned, and then asked, “But how do I know the people around me are really intelligent?”

Obama got up, stomped over to Biden, and angrily yelled into his face, “No! You idiot! It’s Tony Blair!”

The Queen took a sip of tea. “Oh, that’s easy; you just ask them to answer an intelligent riddle.” The Queen pushed a button on her intercom. “Please send Tony Blair in here, would you?”

Tony Blair walked into the room and said, “Yes, my Queen?”

The Queen smiled and said, “Answer me this please, Tony, your mother and father have a child. It is not your brother and it is not your sister. Who is it?”

She again replied, “Why, yes I do. I’ve known Mr Brown since he was a youngster, too. I used to baby-sit him for his parents. And he, too, has been a real disappointment to me. He’s lazy, bigoted, and he has a drinking problem. The man can’t build a normal relationship with anyone and his law practice is one of the shoddiest in the entire state.

Yes, I know him.”

Without pausing for a moment, Tony Blair answered, “That would be me.”

At this point, the judge rapped the courtroom to silence and called both counselors to the bench. In a very quiet voice, he said with menace, “If either of you asks her if she knows me, you’ll be jailed for contempt!”

“I’m not sure,” said Biden. “Let me get back to you on that one..” He went to his advisors and asked everyone, but none could give him an answer.

Finally, he ended up in the men’s room and recognized Colin Powell’s shoes in the next stall.

“Yes! Very good,” said the Queen.

Obama went back home to ask Joe Biden, his vice presidential choice the same question. “Joe, answer this for me. Your mother and your father have a child. It’s not your brother and it’s not your sister.

Who is it?”

Insurance Salesman Airman Jones was assigned to the induction centre, where he advised new recruits about their government benefits, especially their military insurance.

It wasn’t long before Captain Smith noticed that Airman Jones was having a staggeringly high success-rate, selling insurance to nearly 100% of the recruits he advised.

Rather than asking him about this, the Captain stood at the back of the room and listened to Jones’ sales pitch.

Jones explained the basics of military insurance to the new recruits and then said, “If you are killed in a battle and have military insurance, the government has to pay $200,000 to your beneficiaries. But, if you don’t have military insurance and get killed in the battle, the government only has to pay a maximum of $6000.”

“Now,” he concluded, “which group do YOU think they are going to send into battle first?”

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By Major Blunder

It must be said that there is nothing quite like the feeling one experiences on winning.

Indeed it is so much of a colloquial “buzz”, that professional sportspeople spend entire careers chasing that rare and oft-times elusive drug. No less so the average person, or the average Modern Victorian; victory always tastes sweet, defeat leaves an unsatisfactory taste in one’s mental mouth.

Indeed, this is true from a very young age; anyone foolish enough to believe children of two are unaffected by victory need only watch the vision of exultation displayed by said child when they achieve what to them feels like an immense milestone. Victory tastes good, and so it should, as it is only rarely that coming second gets a prize.

However, there is such a thing as winning well. Most of us have hopefully learnt how to lose graciously, although at times one wonders. If nothing else we have learnt how to put a brave face on the fearful adversity of not winning, although observing the worse than childish antics of tennis stars, one wonders about that rather too often as well. But winning well is no longer something we are taught, it would seem.

Far too often, the victor forgets that without the vanquished, there is no victory to taste sweet, sour or non-fat latté, just a pointless exercise with no purposeful outcome.

Graceful victors are few and far between at times; children gloat, but it is not acceptable behaviour and should certainly be actively discouraged. Arrogance, as has been said, breeds contempt; contempt breeds a false sense of superiority, and that way lies abuse of power at best, and the world’s worst excesses at the other extreme.

It is a hard lesson to learn, but vitally important. Nor should one ever consider “playing less hard so ‘they’ win one, and don’t feel too discouraged.” Such a lack of respect for the effort, the intelligence and the very heart and soul of your opponent is reprehensible. Play hard; play to win; play to the very best of your ability at all times; and above all play fairly. As has been written elsewhere, “Bowl up, bowl up, and play the Game,” otherwise there is no point; you cheat yourself as much as you do “them”.

Competition is certainly a good thing, especially for children; it teaches them many things that will be useful when they are no longer sheltered by your roof, striking out on their own, making their own way in the world.

And yes, sometimes they will fail, horrendously, but the way that they react to both failure and glorious, delicious, sweet, ever-desireable victory, is what separates the child you knew from the adult they become.

Being sportsmanlike, being fair, being honest and upright, and accepting your hard-won victory gracefully is hard at times, but is always the mark of a real adult.

And the Victory itself still tastes just as sweet, perhaps more so for being far more humane.

CONTACT: Major Blunder, Officer Commanding, Fifth Waikato Dragoons Regiment, Northern Command, Alf’s Imperial Army, Humour in Uniform. Phone 07 855 3851, email alfs@hnpl.net, www.alfsarmy.hnpl.net 20

Construction Begins On Key Waikato Walking And Cycling Link Courtesy Hamilton City Council

Walkers and people on bikes in the Waikato received a boost on Monday 30 September as Associate Transport Minister Julie Anne Genter announced the start of construction on the first section of the 20km Cambridge to Hamilton Te Awa shared path.

The path, which runs from Hamilton Gardens to Cambridge’s Avantidrome, will be an important link for the Tamahere community, as well as linking together the existing routes that will make up the full 60km Te Awa River Ride. Minster Genter says she is confident the shared path between Cambridge and Hamilton will be a fantastic addition to the network of cycle trails in the Waikato, and says she expects up to 225 walkers and cyclists to use the pathway each day.

“In addition to providing safer cycling and walking links to key facilities such as the school, shops and the church for the Tamahere community, this final link in the Te Awa shared path will bring further recreational and tourism opportunities to communities along the mighty Waikato River.”

The path will be predominantly off-road and will follow the banks of the Waikato River in places. It will also include bridges over stream gullies and boardwalks.

Hamilton City Council Project Engineer Pune Brown says the shared path from Lake Karapiro to Ngaruawahia will help link people to the places that bring people together.

“I think it will give people like me the chance to get out of our comfort zones knowing that If we’re biking or walking, we will be safe. I will be able to treat my family to a picnic or treat myself to getting out and exercising.”

The New Zealand Transport Agency delivered section of the Te Awa shared path is expected to be completed within six months and will cost $7.9 million.

In total, the cost of the full 20km shared path between Hamilton and Cambridge is estimated to be approximately $20 million. The three councils are expected to begin construction of their sections within the next year, with the full path complete by 2021.

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Prime Events BEERESCOURT BOWLING CLUB 68 Maeroa Road, Hamilton Visitors and new members welcome.

All you need are flat soled shoes, our Club will loan you the bowls to play with. Club days – Tuesdays and Saturdays, Have a Go – Sundays, arrive between 1pm and 1.30pm.

Just come along or to arrange another time, call Barry 027 5292174 or Diane 847 4970.

WE WILL ROCK YOU 11-19 October Clarence St Theatre, Hamilton The hilarious futuristic comedy musical written by Ben Elton (The Young Ones, Blackadder, Popcorn) boasts 24 of Queen’s biggest hits, biggest hits including: We Are The Champions, Radio Ga Ga, I Want To Break Free, Somebody To Love, Killer Queen, Don’t Stop Me Now, Under Pressure, Bohemian Rhapsody, Another One Bites The Dustand, of course, We Will Rock You. Buy Tickets 0800 842 538.

E HINA E! E HINE E! MANA WAAHINE MAAORI/MAOLI OF PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE Ongoing, Waikato Museum E Hina e! E Hine e! explores the contemporary relevance of female Maaori and Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) akua/atua (ancestors).

Focusing on our profound connections, and told through contemporary and traditional taonga (treasures), oratory, and visual storytelling, this exhibition celebrates the female essence. Free.

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SHAPING HAMILTON HURINGA KIRIKIRIROA Ongoing, Waikato Museum Maps, historical artefacts, art, photographs and installations tell the story of the changing demographic and geographic shape of Hamilton.

PICTURESQUE GARDENS Ongoing, Waikato Museum With a kiwi can-do attitude, Europeans began to transplant picturesque gardens onto New Zealand soils.

In support of Hamilton Garden’s newest garden, the picturesque garden, this exhibition looks at the way New Zealanders engaged with the idea of the picturesque.

RURAL WOMEN NZ – PAMPER DAY Saturday 12th October, 11am-3pm Te Awamutu Bible Chapel, 110 Chapel Drive, Te Awamutu Join us and be spoilt ‘top to toe’. Cost $20, includes entry, finger food lunch.

Contact Malvina Dick 027 354 3590 or Susan Black 027 274 9795.

SYNTHONY Saturday 12 October, 9pm Claudelands Arena The Auckland and Christchurch Symphony Orchestras will perform the biggest dance tracks of the last 30 years alongside Kings, Helen Corry, Jenny B (Corona) & more. Tickets can be purchased online or at Hamilton i-SITE. DIAL M FOR MURDER 12-26 October, 8-10.30pm Riverlea Theatre, 80 Riverlea Road, Hillcrest, Hamilton This play is a classic thriller based on the Alfred Hitchcock crime mystery.

Tickets – 07 856 5450, General $28, Senior Citizens $25, Thu/Matinee $20.

WAIKATO WESTPAC RESCUE HELICOPTER – OPEN DAY 2019 Sunday 13 October, 10am-2pm Waikato Hangar, Pembroke Street, Hamilton A fun-filled day with your local rescue helicopter crew! We will be joining forces with the wider community to bring our fellow emergency services teams together for the day. There will also be live demos being performed by emergency services teams, and you will have the opportunity to see the chopper up close and personal.

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OPEN SUNDAY 13, 20,27 October, 10am-5pm Waitakaruru Arboretum and Sculpture Park, 207 Scotsman Valley Road, Tauwhare Set out on an art-in-nature adventure to delight you, your friends and family. Lookout for the more than 100 sculptures, listen for the frogs and tui, watch the kingfishers prepare to nest, make a den, be inspired to create a work of art out of natural materials, or spot a skink scurry past. Adults $15.

WAIKATO UNIVERSITY: PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES – ‘MIGRATION: GEOGRAPHY, DESIRE AND INEQUALITY’ Tuesday 15 October, 5.45-6.30pm Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts, Gate 2B, Knighton Road, University of Waikato Professor Francis L. Collins will address the question of migration, the indirect route he has taken to become a migration researcher and his own discomfort with some of the core claims of the field of migration studies. Please register your attendance by registering on the University of Waikato website and bring your e-ticket with you on the night.

HAMILTON EAST STREET MARKET Sunday 20 October, 9am-1pm Grey Street, Hamilton East BAROQUE TO ROCK Sunday 20 October, 3pm Waikato Museum Join us for an afternoon concert with Cambridge Brass Quintet.

LIT – LIGHTS IN TREES 26 October – 9 November, 12.05am-11.55pm Garden Place, Hamilton Lights in Trees is brought to you by the Crochet Crew, in conjunction with the 2019 Hamilton Fringe Festival, NZ. LIT will be lit after dark.

FYI – FIND YOUR INSPIRATION CRAFT SHOW 2019 2 and 3 November, 10am Mystery Creek Events Centre, 125 Mystery Creek Road New Zealand’s Top Craft retailers gather from across the Country at Mystery Creek for an incredibly arty and crafty weekend of fun for the whole family! Buy Tickets – 07 889 7838 (Entry $10).

SWAN LAKE – IMPERIAL RUSSIAN BALLET COMPANY Tuesday 12 November, 7.30-10pm Claudelands Arena, Brooklyn Road, Hamilton The Imperial Russian Ballet Company return to New Zealand with Swan Lake... the most loved classical ballet of them all. This masterpiece ballet is presented in two acts and follows the original storyline. Buy Tickets – 0800 TICKET. Adult $94.50, Concession $84.50.

CLASSICS CAR MEET Sunday 3 November, 8am Classics Museum, 11 Railside Place, Frankton

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Our dedicated team, Linda, Mark and Helen, is available at any time to help you arrange the funeral ceremony of your choice. Understanding your wishes and needs at a time of loss is our priority.

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Osteoarthritis –

Is NZ Neglecting Our Ageing Population?

It’s not just the elephant in the room – it’s a herd of elephants on the rampage. Osteoarthritis is a severe health issue that is only going to get worse. New Zealand needs to be much more proactive in acknowledging the seriousness of this debilitating condition.

“By 2040 as even Generation X begins to feel the impact of osteoarthritis there will be over 600,000 people with osteoarthritis in New Zealandup from 406,000 in 2018 – a large increase due to the ageing of our population,” says Arthritis New Zealand CE Mr Philip Kearney.

“Unfortunately, there is a common perception that joint replacement is an inevitable outcome of osteoarthritis. We have clients tell us they were told to go back to their GP when they are in so much pain they can no longer walk,” noted Mr Kearney.

“This ageing population requires much better care of osteoarthritis and failure to do so will be seen as open neglect of them. We know that arthritis affects pain, mood, sleep, fatigue and other limitations on daily life, including mobility. Social isolation, depression and anxiety are associated with chronic pain which is common for those with moderate to severe osteoarthritis. In Australia arthritis is the second most common reason for people aged between 45 and 64 years of age leaving the workforce due to ill health” continued Mr Kearney.

Concern at such management of osteoarthritis has led Arthritis New Zealand to invite Professor David Hunter, a world expert in osteoarthritis and a trailblazer in its management to visit New Zealand. Professor Hunter was a key advisor in the development of the New South Wales Managing Osteoarthritis Chronic Care programme – a programme which saw a reduction in surgical waiting lists for joint replacement. We have to stop burying our heads in the sand and recognise that osteoarthritis is a significant health concern and requires a national plan and management. *An Osteoarthritis mo del of care should be a national priority for New Zealand – J Baldwin, A Briggs, W Bagg, P Larmer- MZMJ Dec 2017

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Humbly Yours

By Chris Packer

Once upon a time souvenirs of New Zealand were made in New Zealand. They were quality items that provided lasting memories for visitors to the shores of Aotearoa.

Their workmanship reflected the skills of designers and crafts women and men, often using natural materials like wood, leather and clay pottery. Some items ceased to be produced because of protection of those native resources, like the Sovereign range of souvenirs made from strips of NZ native timbers; now these finely crafted bowls, trays, boxes and board games are highly prized and collectible.

Maori dolls wearing genuine piupiu skirts and feather cloaks were unique items for any serious doll collector. Fine paua jewellery set in sterling silver mounts in designs taken from NZ flora and fauna showed off the beauty of the shell and the skills of the jeweller. Chips of paua set into resin were mass produced useful household items like letter-racks, trays, salt and pepper shakers and ashtrays; practical pieces for the tourist to take home.

In the 1960’s and 70’s NZ became a hub of pottery making with men and women, dubbed the hippies, moving into alternative lifestyles that included a pottery wheel and kiln and often spinning and weaving equipment for producing woollen handmade clothes and decorative items like wall hangings and cushion covers.

New Zealand became renowned for the unique, beautiful and skilled designs produced by the potters.

Many shops sold only the work of local potters and visitors travelled the country searching for the best.

Some potter’s work from the era remain highly collectible pieces.

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CHINOISERIE GARDEN at the Hamilton Gardens In Europe during the 18th century, China seemed a mysterious, distant land. As trade with ‘the far East’ began, anything exotic and decorative became extremely fashionable.

This led many European designers and craftspeople to imitate Asian works and create their own fanciful versions. Very few had ever visited the countries they were evoking! Their reinvention of Chinese and Japanese art often produced work that was quite original. Chippendale furniture, Wedgwood china dinnerware, and ‘willow pattern’ plates all emerged from this creative period.

The design style became known as Chinoiserie, pronounced “shin-wahzuh-ree”, which is borrowed directly from the French word ‘chinois’ which means Chinese.

The social trend was reflected in gardens of the time. The influence was mainly in decorative structures, such as pavilions or pagodas, although it also encouraged informal garden layout.

The ornamental details of these gardens were often inspired by the artwork on Chinese ceramics.

Chinoiserie elements in the Hamilton Gardens’ interpretation include the gateway shaped like a perfume bottle, red garden seats, scoria rockwork, and Asian plants.

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The richly decorated Chinoiserie Pavilion is closely modelled on the ‘Chinese House’ which was built in 1738 at Stowe, a landscape garden in Buckingham, United Kingdom. The Chinese House went missing for 150 years but was eventually found in an Irish garden and returned to Stowe in 1992.

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It has subsequently been refurbished by the National Trust, who provided Hamilton Gardens with the designs for the pavilion and its artwork.

The Chinoiserie Garden is grouped within the Fantasy Collection at Hamilton Gardens, as this garden is an expression of a pervasive Western fantasy of the mystique of the Orient.

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1. Did you know grapes light on fire in the microwave?

Back in 2011, a physicist at the University of Sydney went viral after he placed a grape in the microwave and filmed the fiery aftermath. And oddly enough, scientists couldn’t explain the phenomenon until quite recently.

A March 2019 study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reported that the fruity fireball occurs as a result of the loose electrons and ions that cluster to form plasma when grapes get hot.

2. Did you know spaghetto, confetto, and graffito are the singular forms of spaghetti, confetti, and graffiti?

Although it might sound a little strange, the word for an individual piece of spaghetti is spaghetto. The same goes for a single piece of confetti, which is confetto, as well as a single piece of graffiti, which is graffito, according to Merriam-Webster.

3. Did you know Einstein’s brain was stolen when he died?

When Nobel Prize-winning physicist Albert Einstein passed away on April 18, 1955, he left behind specific instructions when it came to the disposal of his body, according to one National Geographic investigation. Einstein didn’t want his corpse to be worshiped or his brain to be studied, so he instructed those who were responsible for his remains to “cremate them, and scatter the ashes secretly in order to discourage idolaters.”

However, Thomas Harvey, the pathologist on call when Einstein died at New Jersey’s Princeton Hospital, didn’t quite follow those instructions. Instead, he stole Einstein’s brain.

From there, things got even weirder. When Einstein’s family found out, his son apparently didn’t object to the theft and Harvey was able to keep the brain in two jars in his basement before moving it to “a cider box stashed under a beer cooler.”

4. Did you know lobsters have clear blood?

Most of us are well aware that lobster shells change color when exposed to heat (like in a pot of boiling water, for example). But the sea creatures’ blood is also intriguing. Lobster blood is initially clear and turns blue when it hits oxygen.

5. Did you know McDonald’s once created bubblegum-flavored broccoli?

McDonald’s is always introducing new items for their loyal customers. And obviously, some are more successful than others. But their bubblegum-flavored broccoli, which the fastfood chain developed in 2014 as a tastier version of the leafy green for children, was a complete failure. McDonald’s CEO Don Thompson admitted that kids were confused by the taste.

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6. Did you know the longest place name in the world is 85 letters long?

Unfortunately, this is one of the ‘did you know’ facts you probably can’t repeat to your friends – and that’s because it’s nearly impossible to pronounce. Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu is in New Zealand and is 85 letters long. And when it comes to other super long place names, it’s followed by Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch in Wales, Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg in the U.S., Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein in South Africa, and Azpilicuetagaraycosaroyarenberecolarre in Spain.

7. Did you know there was a prehistoric dragonfly that’s wings spanned more than two feet?

More than 300 million years ago, the Meganeura established itself as the largest known flying insect to ever exist on Earth. The dragonfly-like creature had a wingspan that stretched around 2.5 feet. The bugs were also big enough to hunt prey like frogs and newts which it could eat with its teeth-like mandibles.

8 Did you know Shakespeare invented more than 1,700 words?

Shakespeare wrote some of the most beloved and revered pieces of literature the world has ever known, but in order to craft his plays and poems, he sometimes resorted to making up his own words. In fact, the Bard is said to have come up with more than 1,700 words including moonbeam, laughable, eyeball, bump, puking, champion, bedroom, excitement, and zany.

Windows Scams From the Editor

Not so long ago I received a “cold call” from a caller who identified himself as a Windows technical support person and that they have discovered a “virus” on my computer. After assuring the caller that I did not own a computer, he hung up and that was the end of my interaction.

This is a standard type of scam and unsuspecting victims are conned into thinking they genuinely have a virus issue.

After all, you don’t want to lose your hard work, all those precious photographs – or be without your computer due to a virus, right?

The aim of the scammer is for you download a small file containing a programme that they can use to remotely access your computer.

Once done, this will allow them to steal your data and install ransomware. Your scammer will no doubt also perform some “tech support theater” to look as though they know what they’re doing.

Once the “virus” is discovered, of course, the scammers will demand money for their services of “removing” it. If you refuse, you will be held to “ransom” as the scammers have remotely changed your password or encrypted your files so that you are essentially “locked out” of your own computer. The scammers now have full control over all the data on your computer, including all your passwords. Netsafe reported that in 2018 Kiwis lost at least $33 million to phone scams.

In a recent study from Microsoft it is reported that New Zealanders are the most targeted in the world when it comes to tech support scams. More than three-quarters of Kiwis in the study reported having experienced at least one such scam, well above the global average of 62 percent.

But the biggest surprise may come in who those were that were falling victim to tech scams …

While many people believe the tech-naïve older generation are easily fooled when it comes to scammers, it was male millennials who were the most likely to experience financial losses from a scam.

This reminds me of the story of an elderly lady’s highly indignant reply when she was harassed by one of these scammers – “I can assure you there are no viruses on my windows, I washed them all just last week!”

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The best advice in dealing with these scam calls is to simply put the phone down and not engage in any conversation with the caller. You can be sure that no legitimate Windows employee will ever phone you – even if you happen to have a virus on your computer.

Anyway, unless you are an employee, Microsoft does not have your phone number.

Netsafe offers support and advice for people who have lost money in a scam, or think they are about to.

You can contact Netsafe http://www.netsafe.org. nz/report , or you can report the scam to the New Zealand Police.

Brain Teaser Answers 1. The river was frozen.

2. An hourglass, with thousands of grains of sand.

3. Take the first letter of each word and place it at the end. It will spell the same word backwards.

4. It contains each number, zero through nine, in alphabetical order.

5. Push the cork down into the bottle.

Then shake the coin out.

6. Both boxers are female.

7. All three words are pronounced differently when the first letter is capitalized.

8. The man is playing Monopoly.

He lands on a property with a hotel and doesn’t have enough money to pay the rent.

9. The person was born in 2005 B.C. 10. Turn on the right switch and leave it on for two minutes.

After two minutes, turn on the middle switch and leave it on for one minute. When that minute is up, turn off both switches and enter the room. One light bulb will be hot (1st switch) and one will be warm (2nd switch). The cold bulb will correspond to the switch you didn’t turn on.

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