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Issue 36 February

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Most of the northern Waikato is currently experiencing extreme drought conditions and Hamilton has moved to water alert level two for the first time this summer. Hamiltonians are using 25 million litres more water each than during the winter months! So, in spite the heat of the day, we hope you are enjoying the beautiful summer evenings we have been blessed with.

This month our features include a special message from Labour MP Jamie Strange on safe communities, and articles on the 75th Anniversary of the Holocaust and David Attenborough’s thoughts on getting older – at 93! We also have a special feature from The Conversation on a review of Prime Minister Jacinda Adern’s time in office – so far. All these, plus our regular features including Prime Walks, Historically Speaking, Recipes and Homegrown Harvest! We also feature the latest Hamilton Gardens addition – the fantastic Surrealist Garden.

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Hamilton’s Summer of Events Boosts City Economy Hamilton Mayor Paula Southgate says the HSBC New Zealand Rugby Sevens kicked off a spectacular series of summer events for the city.

Mayor Southgate said major events like the HSBC New Zealand Rugby Sevens add huge vibrancy to the city but provide much more than “just a feel-good factor”.

“When the Sevens was held here for the first time in 2018, analysis showed more than $3.3 million extra cash was pumped into the city – and that’s huge,” Southgate said.

“There was a 47 per cent increase in spending our CBD during the event compared to the same weekend the previous year. Those numbers make a big difference to retailers, moteliers, restauranteurs and other businesses so I’m delighted to see there are lots more summer events scheduled.”

Largely staged within the magical setting of Hamilton Gardens, plus around the city’s CBD, the festival is one of the region’s most popular annual events, drawing more and more people from outside of the region. And amid all of this came the news that Hamilton has been selected as one of the host cities for the Women’s Cricket World Cup 2021 – including featuring a semi-final decider at Seddon Park.

“We have top-class facilities in our city and these are enabling us to attract more and more events which is good for all of us economically and culturally.”

“Last year Hamilton was the number one summer destination on Bookabach driven by city events and it would great to see that again.”

“Whether you’re a sports fan, an arts fan or both – it’s pretty clear the place to be this summer will be Hamilton,” Southgate said.

As well as the HSBC New Zealand Sevens, thousands of car fans converged on Claudelands in Hamilton over Auckland Anniversary weekend for the 4 & Rotary Nationals.

The city also hosted the Black Caps v India T20 match and the White Ferns v South Africa.

The same four teams will be in action again in early February.

The city is also to host the Investec Super Rugby clashes between the Gallagher Chiefs and the reigning champions Crusaders, the iconic New Zealand band Six60 at Mystery Creek, as well as a $US15,000 World Tennis Tour event at the Waikato Tennis Centre.

On 19 February the annual Hamilton Gardens Arts festival launches its vibrant outdoor festival.

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Prime Walks in the Waikato

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This Edition: WAIRERE FALLS

Walk past mammoth moss covered boulders that have been tossed down an ancient river.

This walk is not for the faint hearted. It can be slippery on the rocks, steps and exposed roots, so allow extra time for kids and enjoy a few snack breaks on the way up. It’s worth it.

The trail climbs steadily from the car park to the base of a cliff. Along the way there are bridges over water holes that would be perfect to explore in summer.

A steep stairway takes you into the upper gorge where you wander through groves of nīkau and pūriri before arriving at the lookout platform and a well deserved break. The tiered waterfall drops 153 metres off a steep escarpment formed by the Okauia fault line. It is impressive at all times but particularly in windy conditions when the falls are swept sideways.

Wet conditions also create small waterfalls that drip off moss covered rock walls beside the track. For the fit and keen, a rugged trail continues another 45 minutes to the top of the waterfall which has great views over the Waikato countryside.

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Humbly Yours

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The recent film in cinemas “Little Women”, though worth seeing, led me to think about the classic stories that are often captured on film but nothing compared to reading the book and allowing your own imagination to form pictures as you read. The film versions are the producer and directors’ intake of the story; not the same as sharing the original between author and reader.

That led me to think about the fun and discovery of shared reading of classic literature with children.

Bedtime reading for many years with my own children began with the Beatrix Potter and AA Milne books. As they grew older it was a chapter by chapter wander through Alice in Wonderland, Swiss Family Robinson, Treasure Island, and Robinson Crusoe.

Classic children’s literature is always growing like the wonderful books from Dr Zeus and Roald Dahl that have an irrepressible charm and humour when read aloud. Classic stories will always continue to emerge over time.

Introducing children to fairy tales, myths and legends of Maoridom and other wonderful picture books like Peter Pan, Bambi, Pinocchio and Black Beauty (pre Walt Disney) is the doorway to discovering their own imagination and a slice of heritage to be shared.

Children are often enthralled to find there is an original book to the story they knew only through a film and they are eager to take a copy home and read it.

Despite their harsh criticism at times fairytales are mostly just tales of the power of good over evil, of heroes and heroic actions and an interlude of escape into fantasy. What’s wrong with that?

In the early 1900’s in England the Chatterbox series of annuals was a favourite at home reading material.

The bulky hardcover books with glorious illustrations (colour plates of picturesque paintings and black and white lithographs in great detail) and page after page of stories that could be pored over for a year until the next edition appeared. There is a Chatterbox Annual at Humble that is a page turning delight.

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HAMILTON FIREMEN – At the rear of the fire station on Anglesea Street.

The firemen (according to the caption on the negative) from left are: Archer, Morris, F Matheson, Cross, Davis. Date c. 1920

is from a postcard SWIMMING AT LAKE ROTOROA – This image Lake (Lake Rotoroa) from Cartwright’s Tourist Series no.8173. Hamilton when chemicals were added was a popular swimming spot until the mid 1960s knee” bathing suits to control the spread of noxious weeds. “Neck to were compulsory until December 1938. Date c. 1927

E DURING WORLD WAR TRENCHES BEING DUG IN GARDEN PLAC during World War II. Mr R 1940s II – Garden Place trenches being dug in the early while “in between” farms. cil Coun W Beet (second to the right) was manpowered to rground’ Gentlemen’s ‘unde the of In the immediate background is the concrete roof on Victoria Street and ing) build Lavatories. Beyond is the Patriotic Hut (small white rs Ltd – Ford Moto trong Arms is is the Chief Post Office. The white building to right Early 1940s Date .

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CHORUS SINGERS FROM “PIRATES OF PENZANCE” – A group of chorus singers from Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Pirates of Penzanc e”.

The show was performed at the Frankton Town Hall. Date c. 1950

CHILDREN’S PLAYGROUND AT HAMILTON LAKE DOMAIN – Two children play on a slide at the Hamilton Lake Domain playground.

Also visible are some swings, a merry-go-round and several palm trees.

Hamilton Lake (Lake Rotoroa) is in the background. Date 1959

FOUNTAIN AT HAMILTON GARDENS – This fountain is at the entrance to the Victorian Flower Garden at Hamilton Gardens. Houses can be seen on the far side of Cobham Drive. Date 22nd August 1979 7

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With over 150 years combined experience in selling, their committed and enthusiastic staff provide confidence and peace of mind to clients dealing with any real estate matter.

At Cambridge Real Estate, the experience and special commitment of staff, as well as their innovative marketing strategies, gives sellers that extra advantage to gain a premium price for their property.

The counsellors work with vulnerable children in the five to fifteen year age group. As such, this service has become an integral part of the support network available to the children of Cambridge.

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While the extensive range and quality of listed properties the company is marketing enables prospective buyers an excellent variety to choose from.

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Harmonic Resonators & The Nukes Together for the 1st Time This coming February 2020 sees the coming together of two classic kiwi groups.

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Both groups are in demand, performing at Festivals around the country. Tapping into the heartland of kiwi-culture a concert combining these two groups promises to have audiences singing-along, laughing out loud and tapping their toes. This will be great family entertainment, so gather the whanau and get along to one of their combined concerts.

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SMART WATER David Attenborough ALERT LEVELS At 93 Sir David Attenborough is still going strong.

During the summer and high demand periods, water alert levels or restrictions are put in place to make sure there is enough water for everyone to use during this time.

The alert levels apply to all residential and commercial customers on Council water supply.

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• No sprinklers • Hand-held hosing anytime There can be no outdoor water use for commercial/ non-residential properties.

In the trailer for David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet, he said: “I’ve had to most extraordinary life… It is only now that I appreciate how extraordinary. The living world is a unique and spectacular marvel, yet the way we humans live on earth is sending it into a decline.”

Last year, Attenborough told a reporter of the Independent he shudders at the word ‘retirement’.

“You never tire of the natural world,” he said. “Putting your feet up is all very well, but it’s very boring, isn’t it?”

David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet will be screened at Rialto Tauranga on Friday, April 17. After the film audiences around the world will hear from the great man himself live via satellite from the iconic Royal Albert Hall.

The naturalist has no plans to slow down with his broadcasting and admitted recently that he is “coming to terms” with the fact he is not as sharp as he used to be.

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As one of the world’s most widely respected TV broadcasters he has become known as the face and the voice of natural history documentaries. Just recently, in the trailer for his newest documentary, “David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet,” he stated that humanity has reached a “moment of crisis.” The legendary environmentalist further accused humans of “overrun[ning] the planet,” warning that all life on earth now faces impending “disaster.”

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Speaking to the Telegraph shortly after a trip to the Jura Mountains in Switzerland, he said: “There were these searing yellow fields and I can’t think of the damn name. I wanted to say something about it but I couldn’t and it wasn’t until we got quite close to Geneva that I thought, of course, oil seed rape.”

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Left-leaning Australians May Look To New Zealand With Envy, But Ardern Still Has Much Work To Do Grant Duncan Associate Professor for the School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University

In October 2017, 37-year-old Jacinda Ardern became prime minister of New Zealand. The world looked longingly at a young and inspiring female leader who had unexpectedly catapulted the Labour Party into office.

Ardern promised that kindness, compassion and carbon-neutrality would bless the Antipodes. She then gave birth to a beautiful girl and took six weeks’ parental leave, after which dad took over as caregiver. And baby made a star appearance at the UN General Assembly.

Ardern was also widely praised for her compassionate responses to the terrorist attacks on two mosques in Christchurch on March 15.

Across the Pacific, Australians unhappy with their own conservative government may have been, and may continue to be, envious of New Zealand as a bastion of progressive, compassionate government.

But on closer inspection, it may not be as compassionate as it seems. US President Donald Trump, for example, envies New Zealand its tough, skills-based immigration policy. And it doesn’t need a wall to keep people out, thanks to the Pacific Ocean.

Despite all the lauding of the Ardern government, Kiwis who have left for life in another country – including the 600,000 in Australia – are not flocking home. It may have something to do with higher incomes and better weather.

Indeed, sometimes New Zealand likes to emulate Australia. Ardern sensibly copied John Howard’s post-Port Arthur firearms ban after the Christchurch attack. It’s genuinely tragic that New Zealand didn’t follow Australia’s example back in 1996.

Lives would have been saved.

The Ardern you meet face to face is “as seen on TV” – a highly intelligent and empathetic person. There’s nothing fake about her. But the business of government is complex, grinding and (when you fail) unforgiving. And, in a democracy, it’s not about one person.

Due to proportional representation, to be prime minister of New Zealand, you have to build and maintain coalition relationships with other parties, and you may have little in common with some of them.

Like a curmudgeonly uncle who spoils the youngsters’ Christmases, the veteran conservative populist Winston Peters has been propping up Ardern’s coalition government as deputy prime minister.

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And that deal came with a big price-tag, including a one-billiondollar-per-annum provincial growth fund.

It also gave Peters the power to block progressive policies, such as a tougher capital-gains tax.

Ardern over-promised on policy, especially on solving the housing crisis, and is now seen as struggling to deliver.

Auckland’s housing market remains one of the world’s least affordable – although not outdoing Sydney.

Many Kiwis are still struggling with costs of living.

Ardern created an indefinable aura of promise – about a better and “kinder” politics – that resonated emotionally. In May 2018, Facebook called her the world’s “most loved” leader.

People often fall in love, but then they fall out of it.

The beloved was supposed to make bad things go away. But the unspoken promise doesn’t materialise.

There is now disappointment that Ardern wouldn’t visit the land-claim protestors at Ihumātao, that she isn’t fixing the country’s electoral-finance laws, and that it took the Labour Party six months to investigate a serious sexual assault against a young female party volunteer – and even then they botched it.

Ardern readily accepts that there is still a lot to fix.

But the latest polls suggest that the next election, due in November 2020, may not go Labour’s way, and so she may not be around to fix stuff.

Ardern’s rise to power, domestically and globally, meant shouldering a burden of frustrated left-wing hopes and dreams, most of them needing radical reforms – too radical for Peters.

Ardern did not follow her predecessor Helen Clark’s third-way maxim – “under-promise and over-deliver”.

New Zealand’s three-year parliamentary term means that a new government has to face the electorate before it has had a chance to produce results.

In the May 2020 Budget we can expect big new capital expenditure to raise employment and incomes, and to fix some problems.

But it remains to be seen whether Labour and the Greens can muster enough voters to overcome Kiwi conservatism.

The opinions of many Kiwis are sufficiently of the protectionist “New Zealand first” variety that, if a wave of refugees were to arrive, the reactions would be just as polarising as they have been in Australia.

In a large online survey in 2017, 55% agreed that the numbers of immigrants arriving were “too high”, nearly 53% believed new arrivals should be told “do things the Kiwi way”, and 72% said New Zealand should “strictly control foreign ownership of property”. The numbers of immigrants have not declined much since 2017.

New Zealand’s populist and decidedly less progressive politics are discernible, if you ask the right questions. It’s just not obvious at the moment to the outside observer.

So if you feel a twinge of Kiwi-envy, just remember it always pays to take a closer look.

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Thank God for Rebels Mike Moore “One of the Without rebels there would have been no Star Wars trilogy of trilogies (not to mention all the Disney spinoffs), no exploration, no rock ‘n’ roll, no inventions, and no art.

Without people who refuse to “make themselves fit”, to subsume their individuality into the crowd, to not put their heads above the parapet, none of what we take for granted as being the here and now would be as it is. Without rebels, slavery would still be the norm everywhere, women would not have the vote anywhere, the current world map would be utterly different, and people would be dying in droves from preventable illnesses.

Rebels are important to all the rest of the world, because they just don’t see things how the rest do, they won’t accept things as they are just “because”, and they mostly cannot imagine sitting back and doing nothing. Age doesn’t seem to be a factor, nor does culture, status, or employment: rebels are lurking everywhere.

Although the timing has to be right, like any great comedy act timing is key, otherwise your rebellion will probably just be ignored: either that or keep on operating underground.

How often have the media picked up on a “new” story about people doing amazing things in their community – usually because no-one else will, and they have seen a need – that has been happening for years, but nobody has noticed because they are just getting on and doing it.

Rebellion does not have to be huge, nor does it have to be destructive, hurtful, or violent, but it does seem to be the way that humans develop. At its purist, rebellion is just growth, a change of direction, a change of thinking. Sixty years ago hippies were telling us to “love the planet, man”, 30 years ago the Berlin wall came down peacefully, and last year we had students striking for climate action across the globe. Rebellion takes many forms: thank God for rebels.

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Great New Zealanders” Tribute by Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Winston Peters has lauded former Prime Minister Mike Moore as “one of the great New Zealanders”.

“Mike spent every day of his life trying to make things better for New Zealand and New Zealanders,” Mr Peters said.

“From the time he was elected to Parliament at the age of 23, to his final year on this earth, he was constantly thinking about how to advance New Zealand’s interests.

“Mike will be very sorely missed by everyone who knew him.

He was a warm, passionate, funny, mischievous man, and my condolences go out to his wife Yvonne and the rest of his family.

“Mike was the rare politician whose outlook was improved by his life in politics. Mike seriously grew in the job. He took to heart the idea that it was his job to learn more about the issues, and evolve his views over time. He never stopped learning, which is rare in politics.

“Many New Zealanders will have fond memories of his political career – whether his championing of lamb burgers, his witty turn of phrase, his restless energy, or his passion for helping New Zealanders of all walks of life.

“By the time he left Parliament, Mike was a champion of the role that trade can play in lifting people out of poverty and improving living standards.

“As Foreign Minister, it’s important to acknowledge Mike’s role on the international stage: as the only New Zealander to lead the World Trade Organisation, and then as New Zealand’s Ambassador to the United States.

“Everywhere he went, people saw the passion Mike had for New Zealand and connecting it to the world,” Mr Peters said.

“The following quote which Mike loved was typical of his worldview: ‘Well it works in practice, let’s see if it works in theory!’”

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Hearing Awareness Week 1-7 March 2020 Purpose • Extending World Hearing Day on 3rd March 2020 in NZ, into a week of awarenessraising to prevent noise induced hearing loss.

• To promote safe listening levels across New Zealand and draw attention to the rising problem of noise-induced hearing loss.

• To encourage all New Zealanders, both young and old alike to turn their attention to the health and longevity of their hearing.

Theme for Hearing New Zealand for 2020

“Make Listening Safe” Once you lose your it won’t back

The World Health Organisation says hearing, that noise exposure is the biggest cause of permanent hearing damage around come the world – and it is avoidable. Hearing Associations across New Zealand are urging their communities to have more concern about the long-term impact excessive noise can have on their health.

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Prevent hearing loss and reduce its impact Protect your ears from loud sounds Seek treatment if you have ear pain or a hearing loss Check your hearing regularly Use hearing devices wisely and as directed.

Hamilton Hearing Association Your “first port of call” for all your hearing The Hamilton Hearing Association’s goals in 2020: • To spend more time in the community educating on the importance of protecting your ears, targeting our young people by presenting our version of the Dangerous Decibels program to primary Schools in the Waikato.

• Continue our rest home service on a regular basis if funding allows / provide support and assist for all hearing impaired in our community.

We will be at Bunnings in Quentin Drive on Sunday 1st March, and would love a visit from you. We will be able to provide you with information and advice on hearing loss and the help available.

We will have our special little white cat pins for sale (a Koha), a lovely symbol for Hearing Awareness as many white cats are hearing impaired.

Hospice Waikato’s popular fundraising event Fashion over a Teacup returns with an exciting new look.

Hospice Waikato’s ‘Fashion over a Teacup’ fundraiser is back by popular demand as part of this year’s Cambridge Autumn Festival in April.

The event, a fundraiser for Hospice Waikato, was a sell-out occasion last year and thoroughly enjoyed by an audience of over 180 people.

Organised by Hospice Waikato’s Ladies Volunteer Committee, this year’s event will be held in the on Sunday 5th April.

Hospice Waikato’s Ladies Volunteer Committee Chair Jane Burgess says “It is exciting to be taking Fashion over a Teacup to Te Awa, breathing a fresh new approach to this year’s show. Ideally, the aim of the show is to encourage people to shop at Hospice Shops and to highlight the wonderful potential of what is available from the shops”.

This year the event is being held at Te Awa Lifecare Village and has an exciting new look and feel.

Moving from the Cambridge Town Hall to Te Awa Lifecare Village prompted the organisers to take a fresh approach to the event…and the result is ‘Ploughman’s by the River’.

This year, on arrival guests will be offered a complimentary glass of bubbles or beer and enjoy the beautiful setting of The Woolshed. They will graze the afternoon away on delicious platters of food while being inspired by a wonderful selection of inspirational fashion curated from Hospice Waikato’s Hospiceshops.

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The ticket cost includes a glass of bubbles or beer on arrival, delicious Ploughman’s platters to share followed by afternoon tea and sweets. Cash Bar available. We would love for you to join us for this delightful afternoon.

Hamilton Hearing Association is a Not for Profit organisation advocating for all hearing impaired in our community. We are open Monday to Friday 9am to 3pm and encourage you to call in and see us if you have any concerns re your hearing, or need assistance with your hearing aids.

27 O’Neill Street, Claudelands. Ph 07 852 5725, email hamhearing@xtra.co.nz. Visit www.hearing.org.nz for more information on hearing issues.

YOU MUST JOKING Arrogance is Equal to Stupidity Ministry of Transport officials stopped at a farm and talked with an old farmer. The man in charge told the farmer, ‘We need to inspect your farm for a possible new road.’

The old farmer said, ‘OK, but don’t get out in that pasture over there.’

The Ministry official flashed out his identification card and said, ‘I have the authority of the New Zealand Government to go anywhere I want. See this card?

I will go wherever I wish.’

So the old farmer went about his chores. It wasn’t too much later when the farmer heard loud screams and yelling.

He looked over and saw several officials running for their lives and right behind was the farmer’s huge prize bull. The bull was madder than a hornet’s nest and was gaining on the men from the Ministry at every step.

The old farmer yelled out, ‘Show him your card, Smart *ss....

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What: Fashion Over a Teacup When: 12noon, Sunday 5th April Where: Te Awa Lifecare Village, 1866 Cambridge Road, Cambridge Cost: $60 per person.

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Join us for a Ploughman’s lunch followed by an afternoon of Fashion 12 noon, Sunday 5th April at Te Awa Life Care Village, Cambridge.

For tickets please phone Marie Treleaven at Hospice Waikato on (07) 859 1260 or email marie.treleaven@hospicewaikato.org.nz. Tickets can also be purchased at Paper Plus Cambridge or Va Va Voom Boutique in Hamilton.

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How To Improve Sleep By Reducing Worry & Anxiety...

Perhaps you’re someone whose mind is always busy. Do you think about the events of your day as you wind down for the evening? Do you worry about your family, your job, your finances, and what tomorrow will bring?

Sometimes it’s difficult to empty your mind of all these details long enough to fall asleep.

This can lead to tossing and turning as your mind fights sleep.

Make a separate list in your notebook that contains only those things in your life over which you have no control. Firmly tell yourself that these items are beyond your power.

One way you can reduce the worry about situations and events in your life long enough to allow you to rest and fall asleep is the practice of writing down all your worries and concerns before you retire for the night. Keep a notebook available for just this purpose.

Once you have completed your two lists it is time to close the notebook and repeat to yourself that you will not think of these worries until tomorrow.

If, during the night, you find yourself thinking about any of the items in either list make a mental note to catch yourself and sternly remind yourself that the covers of the notebook are closed and cannot be opened.

List in point form those things that you are worrying about. Make note of which of these items you can deal with tomorrow. Have a decisive plan of action for what you are going to accomplish tomorrow.

This will make you feel positive that tomorrow you will take care of certain items on your “worry list”.

Or perhaps reading quietly will keep your mind from wandering back to the stressful thoughts you had during the day.

Once again, the goal here is to relax and prepare you for a night of restful sleep.

The act of physically writing is the key here to acknowledging that you are worried while at the same time giving yourself permission to rest and deal with these feeling tomorrow.

You may also want to consider a combination of soothing music and meditation to clear your mind.

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Fruit Of The Month

BLUEBERRIES

It is well and truly blueberry season! One of the joys of our summer are the sweet mouthfuls of fresh blueberries we pick from our garden.

These versatile berries are wonderful fresh, and also store really well frozen. We use them in jam, smoothies, and in all kinds of baking recipes.

They are relatively easy to grow in your garden, even if you only have a small space, and can be grown successfully in pots. Their only real predator is birds, which you can beat to the berries by netting your plants when the fruit are ripening. Blueberries naturally grow as a 1.5 metre shrub, but can be pruned to remain 1 metre tall. They flower in spring, and the fruit then grows and sets, ripening into a deep blue colour.

Here’s some tips on growing your own blueberries:

1. There are early (December), mid-season (January), and late (February) fruiting varieties to grow, so choose a variety that will suit your unique climate and activities over summer. We chose a late variety so they’re ripening after the summer holidays when we’re actually at home to enjoy them. They can be frost sensitive in winter so seek advice on this from where you buy them.

which 2. Blueberries do well in slightly acidic soil, soil is ing drain Free . describes NZ soils perfectly s. wind best, as is shelter from high few months 3. A good all round garden fertilizer every ies plants. is good as feed for your growing blueberr during a Regular watering as they are growing and t dry out. dry summer is important so their roots don’ the plants 4. After their fruit is finished, you can give a light prune to reshape the shrub.

Garden Planting

Garden Harvesting

It might be a bit strange to be thinking of seed sowing and planting in January and February as we’re in the midst of enjoying a bountiful crop from the garden. I’ve learnt it can be valuable to sow second crops of beans, lettuce, kale and even cucumber and zucchini to see you through into autumn. I’m also beginning to sow some trays of broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and kohlrabi so these seedlings are ready for planting in autumn also.

The tomatoes are ripening beautifully at the moment, as is the cucumber, spring onions and zucchini. Our first capsicums are almost ready too. I’m picking every day to encourage more crops. I’m making sure to water well and deeply every second day in this dry weather.

I’ve been feeding with blood and bone and liquid seaweed fertilizer for extra minerals for the plants while they’re growing and cropping.

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They're are easy to make and great to whip up and share with friends, or to fill the lunch boxes.

Ingredients ¾ cup brown sugar ½ cup grape seed or canola oil 2 eggs 1¼ cup plain or fruit yoghurt 1 tsp vanilla essence

Optional: ¼ tsp salt 2 cups flour 3 tsp baking powder 1 cup blueberries fresh or frozen

1 tsp cinnamon Or the zest of one lemon

Method 1. Pre heat oven to 200°C fan bake.

2. Beat sugar and oil until smooth. Add eggs and beat again until mixture light and creamy looking.

3. Pour in yoghurt, vanilla and salt and blend until combined.

4. Gradually add in sifted flour and baking powder stirring gently until combined with not lumps.

Add blueberries and stir lightly through.

5. Pour into 12 regular muffin tins (lightly spray tins with oil before pouring to ensure they are non-stick).

6. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. Once removed from the oven leave to stand for 2 minutes before removing from muffin tins.

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Prime Brain Teasers

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1. How can a baby fall out of a 30-story building onto the ground and still be alive?

6. The day before yesterday, I was 50 years old, and next year I will turn 53. How is it possible?

2. Before Mount Everest was discovered, which was the highest mountain in the world?

7. In what countries a man can not marry his widow’s sister?

3. Two fathers and two sons go out for fishing. Each of them catches two fishes. However, they bring back home only six fishes. How so?

8. Cross out nine letters so that the remaining letters spell a single word.

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4. Bruce is standing behind Tony and Tony is standing behind Bruce. How is this possible?

9. Mary’s father has 4 children. Their names are April, May, June and ????

5. How can you throw a ball and have it come back to you, even though the ball is not attached to anything, doesn’t bounce off anything and nobody catches it and throws it back to you?

10. You are running a marathon and right at the finish line, you pass the runner in the 2nd position.

In which place do you finish the marathon?

75th Anniversary Of The Liberation Of German Nazi Concentration & Extermination Camp Auschwitz: 27 January 2020 27 January marked the anniversary of the liberation in 1945 of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp – and the subsequent end of the Nazi Holocaust in World War II. The German Nazis deported to Auschwitz at least 1.3 million people of more than 20 nationalities. Of that amount, 400 thousand were registered and incarcerated in the concentration camp as prisoners while 900 thousand were murdered in the gas chambers on arrival. Jews constituted 85% of all deportees and 90% of those who were murdered. From among 1.3 million Auschwitz deportees, at least 1.1 million were murdered.

The Holocaust (The Shoah in Hebrew) was the attempt by the Nazis and their collaborators to murder all the Jews in Europe. From the time they assumed power in Germany in 1933, the Nazis used propaganda, persecution, and legislation to deny human and civil rights to German Jews. They used centuries of antisemitism as their foundation.

With the outbreak of World War Two in 1939 Germany invaded Poland, subjecting around two million Polish Jews to violence and forced labour.

Thousands of Jews were murdered in the first months of the occupation.

Shortly after the occupation Polish Jews were confined to particular neighbourhoods that came to be known as ‘ghettos’. Living conditions in these ghettos were appalling – a deliberate attempt by the Nazis to cause the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Jews. This approach was repeated across Eastern Europe in other countries occupied by the Nazis.

By the end of the Holocaust, six million Jewish men, women and children had been murdered in ghettos, mass-shootings, in concentration camps and extermination camps.

Image of Auschwitz – with permission from auschwitz.org

In 1941, the systematic murder of Europe’s Jews began – a plan known by the Nazis as ‘The Final Solution to the Jewish Problem’. Death squads called Einsatzgruppen swept Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, killing Jews by firing squad. By the end of 1941 the first extermination camp, Chelmno in Poland, had been established, giving the Nazis their method to continue murdering on a giant scale between 1941 and 1945.

Angela Merkel at the Holocaust Museum – with permission from auschwitz.org

Witness Account: Dov Paisikovic, former prisoner of Sonderkommando, stated in 1964: “The SS ordered the dismantling of the crematoria in November 1944. We began disassembling the furnaces. We placed the fire-clay and bricks in neat piles. At first, we carried out demolition work in Crematorium I, and went back to Crematorium II for the night. Crematorium II] was still operating at this time, burning corpses supplied from the camp. After the disassembly of the furnaces, the demolition of the chimneys of both crematoria began. For this work, they sent additional prisoners from the camp, from other Kommandos [labor details]. The metal furnace parts were taken after dismantling to the railroad platform and loaded onto cars.

Supposedly, they were being shipped to GrossRosen [concentration camp]... We did this and similar jobs until January 18, 1945.

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On December 6 2019, Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel visited together with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki (Poland), Auschwitz – with permission from auschwitz.org

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Mystery Revealed as New Garden Opens at Hamilton Gardens Looming ivy-clad forms emerged during the development of the Surrealist Garden, raising questions about what could be behind the walls at Hamilton Gardens. All is now revealed as the new garden was formally opened to the public by Mayor Paula Southgate on Monday 3 February.

The new Surrealist Garden, in which everything appears to be five times the normal scale, adds an intriguing chapter to the Hamilton Gardens theme that explores the context, meaning, and history of gardens. A crowd of people eagerly waited to be amongst the first to walk inside and see the garden. Entering the Surrealist Garden is like stepping into a strange world where mysterious dreams have come to life...

Mayor Paula Southgate and John Dobson, chair of the Hamilton Gardens Development Trust

The Surrealist art movement in the 1920s and 30s was inspired by the work of Sigmund Freud regarding the subconscious mind. However, garden designs have incorporated surrealism well before last century, from mythical miniature Chinese landscapes to quirky topiary in English stately homes.

“Generally they manifested through distortions of scale, the inclusion of biomorphic shapes and incongruous elements, surrealist sculptures, or through the use of materials behaving in an unexpected manner. Each of these features are represented in the Surrealist Garden.”

The biomorphic shapes which loom over the entrance to the Surrealist Garden have become known as ‘the trons’.

“They’re intended to look slightly sinister!

It’s our twist on the tradition of carving topiary into strange surrealist shapes,” says Sergel.

“The best known examples of this strange topiary are probably Packwood House and Levens Hall in Britain. As you enter the garden, they’re shown in the pictures in the passageway. It’s decorated as if it were a 1930s home, but you soon realise nothing is what you expect.”

“Surrealist elements have long been found in garden design,” says Hamilton Gardens Director Dr Peter Sergel.

Dr Peter Sergel, in costume as the iconic Magritte painting

Hamilton Requires Wise Water Use With the high temperatures Hamilton is experiencing currently, the temptation to use water unnecessarily will be prevalent.

“Despite the heat, it’s important that we limit our water use,” says Hamilton City Council Compliance Manager Trent Fowles.

“We are all responsible for our own water use, and if we don’t start taking it seriously more stringent restrictions will need to be put in place,” says Mr Fowles.

“Water conservation can be as simple as letting your grass grow longer or not overfilling your pool, there really is no excuse for unnecessary usage.”

Mr Fowles encourages everyone to adopt some of the smart water tips into their day-to-day.

Letting your grass grow longer in summer will help it hold water better and stay greener for longer.

Deep soaking your lawn every three to five days, rather than a short daily water, will let it grow deeper and stronger roots, reducing water use.

For more information about the water restrictions you can sign up to receive updates about water alerts at smartwater.org.nz

Sprinkler monitors are out on the streets now looking for anyone not following the rules of our current water restrictions (water alert Level 2). They will be searching for sprinklers being used out of hours or on the wrong days, as well as any water wasting.

“Hamilton’s current levels of water use is unsustainable and as a result it requires monitoring and, where necessary, intervention,” says Mr Fowles.

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Hamilton Vintage & Classic Car Club A beautiful fine morning greeted patrons for the February Classic Car Meet at Classics Museum/ Juke Box Diner Frankton.

A very interesting assortment of cars rolled in during the morning from a vintage Model A and Hot Rods through to modern American muscle and everything in between including some very nice minis two of which were for sale.

Second placed car of the day went to a very nice 1974 AMC Matador. Third place was a very nice EH Holden.

The furthest travelled prize was awarded to a couple from Tauranga in a very well restored 1965 Mustang.

The crowd stayed well into the morning with many stories told around the cars or under bonnets. A great morning of Classics and Coffee. Speaking of coffee the Juke Box Diner's Breakfast was well patronized – as was their coffee.

The classic boot sale vendors where a bit short on numbers but the two sellers who did front up did very well with sales.

So come on all you wouldbe classic boot sale sellers and get yourselves organised for next months Classic Car Meet on Sunday 1st March.

The Juke Box Diner car of the day award went to a very nice 1972 Dodge Dart. Cash prizes courtesy of Classics Museum where as follows.

Richard Moore, President HVCCC

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Hamilton Square Dance Club Formed in 1975, the Hamilton Square Dance Club has been offering a mix of Fun & Friendship Set to Music to people ranging from the young to the young at heart.

What is Square Dancing?

Think of it as “Team Dancing”. You dance in a team of eight people – four men & four women – set up in the formation of a square (approximately 4 metres x 4 metres). From this formation we also dance in lines and circles but it is all “Square Dancing”.

While learning to Square Dance you become familiar with the square dance terms. From that time on, you simply follow the calls or directions` of the person at the front of the hall (a bit like “Simon Says”). This person is the “Caller”.

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There is no “fancy footwork” and has been described as “Rhythmic Walking” by some of our members.

As a rule we dance a bracket of dances called a “tip” lasting around 15 minutes and then rest a bit before dancing again. The music comes from a wide range of genres from the classics through to modern day including 60’s, 70’s and Country plus many more.

Although traditionally the dress included petticoats and bolo ties (and lot of members still love to wear this), these days we are a lot more relaxed and smart casual is the order of the day!

Why should I Square Dance?

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SQUARE DANCING Modern Music Casual Dress Fun & Challenging The New Social Network

The reasons are many and varied!

Recreation: When you enter the square dance hall you leave your cares and worries of everyday life behind you.

Intellect & Challenge: Your brain, as well as your feet, will be kept active.

Square Dancing stimulates your thinking and the challenge results from not knowing what the caller will call next!

Health & Fitness: Square Dancing will keep you fit, both mind and body. During an evening of dancing you could walk 5 kilometres, and the best part about it is that you probably won’t realise you have done it!

Other Reasons: Friendship, Team Effort, and general social interaction.

Modern Square Dancing is a world wide recreation which was standardised in the 1970’s so that you can “Learn Here – Dance World Wide”, and the dancing is “called” in English no matter where you are in the world – Japan, Sweden, Germany...USA.

How do I learn?

During March and early April the Hamilton Square Dance Club is offering three FREE introductory nights (Thursday’s March 12th, 19th and 26th) where you can come and ”Give It A Go”. These nights will be followed by a 10 week course starting Thursday April 2nd). All nights are in the Frankton Primary School Hall on Rifle Range Rd, starting at 7.30pm and going through to 9.30pm. If you would like to see what Square Dancing is all about come and see us at the Hamilton Gardens on the Round Lawn between 1pm and 3pm on Sunday March 8th. We look forward to seeing you there!

For more info phone 0800 8 2 Square or find us on Facebook Hamilton Square Dance Club.

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TRY SQUARE DANCING TODAY! Free Introductory Evenings Frankton School Hall, Rifle Range Rd Thursday’s March 12th, 19th & 26th 7.30pm to 9.30pm See You There!

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Historic Venue for Annual Festival The annual Hamilton East Community Festival will be held on Sunday February 23rd from 10am to 3pm, at the suburb’s historic Steele Park. Originally named Sydney Square on the 1864 town plan, the park has now served as a community focal point for more than 150 years.

In 1889 an auspicious festival was held there to celebrate 25 years of European settlement. Numerous oak trees were planted by pioneering Hamilton residents around the perimeter of the park.

The 2020 Festival will be held in the shade of some of those trees and will include market stalls along with live music and cultural acts. Fun and games for children will also feature at this a family friendly community event The Community Festival is organised by the Hamilton East Community Trust, a group of local residents dedicating to preserving the suburb’s heritage and ensuring it remained an attractive place to live. Among other community initiatives over recent years, in 2018 the Trust secured Lotteries funding towards the publication of a pictorial history book; “Hamilton East: Foundation for a Future City”. Completed in September last year, authorsigned copies of the book will be available at the Festival.

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James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5 is the Most Classic Movie Car of All Time It was back in the 1964 film Goldfinger that the iconic Aston Martin DB5 first made its James Bond movie debut.

The car was named for British industrialist David Brown, who purchased Aston Martin in 1947. The legendary DB5 first graced British roads in 1963. In Ian Fleming’s original novel, 007 drove a DB Mk III. By the time the film version was in production, the DB5 was Aston Martin’s latest model, and thus became James Bond’s car.

The Aston Martin was outfitted with several features that the road-going model didn’t have. It sported revolving license plates, twin Browning .303 machine guns, a bulletproof rear window, an ejector seat, battering ram bumpers, vicious tire slashers, and what may have been the first-ever in-car navigation system.

The Aston Martin DB5 is a delight to drive.

Never intended to be an out and out sports car, it combines luxury with performance and does so in an eminently stylish way.

The cabin is spacious, luxurious and comfortable, and the engine smooth and responsive. This is a superb grand touring car. It sports a 4 litre engine, 6 cylinder that has a maximum quoted speed of 229 km/h, or 142 mph.

The popularity of Goldfinger made the DB5 popular as well and is credited with saving Aston Martin from a period of financial peril. Only around 1,000 DB5s were sold before Aston scrapped production to begin offering the DB6.

Keep in mind, the cost to buy a new DB5 at the time was the equivalent of around $130 000. In August 2019 an Aston Martin DB5 used to promote the James Bond film Thunderball was sold for about $10 million (£5.2m) at the world’s biggest classic car auction in California.

Cats vs Dogs: Which Make the Better Pets?

The Cats vs Dogs controversy has gone on for thousands of years, ever since they were domesticated. Cats and dogs living together is not necessarily a sign of the end of times. These two species can actually get along quite well despite their significant differences. Our family owns both and we have made a few observations based on our experiences.

Dogs are intensely loyal to the people who feed them. They can be hostile to perceived “invaders,” and a goodly number of them have shown a willingness to put their own lives on the line to protect their owners. The downside to this behaviour is that they demand lots of attention. An owner can sit and scratch a dog’s ears for hours and still receive a hurt look from the animal when it’s time to do something else.

Cats, although also attention seekers, seem much more aloof and independent. Just don’t expect them to be there for you if a burglar breaks in. An intelligent, well-trained dog makes a great hiking companion. Cats couldn’t care less. This is why the owner’s preferences are an important part of the Cats vs Dogs debate.

Dogs Are Pack Animals In the wild, dogs form packs in which each member cooperates to find food and provide protection. This pack mentality also makes it really hard on dogs to be left alone, especially for long periods of time. Dogs crave closeness and attention. Having a dog may be comparable to having a young child.

Cats Are Lone Hunters By contrast, with the exception of lions, most cats in the wild are solitary nocturnal hunters. Unlike dogs, cats are able to jump and climb, which aids them in hunting and makes it easier to flee from danger. Their sharp, retractable claws provide a distinct advantage when it comes to catching prey and defending themselves from bigger predators. Because of this, cats have no need to work together to care for themselves. While cats might not be as affectionate as dogs at first, overtime cats can develop quite the liking to their human parent fully equipped with a snuggling purr machine movie night. Cats also tend to live longer than dogs, which is sometimes a consideration when searching for a lifelong furry companion.

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2020 Vision: How Cambridge Retail will Perform This Year In a recent article Rachel Helyer Donaldson in The Register focused on the growth and economic future of Cambridge.

Since the four-lane Cambridge section of the Waikato Expressway came to town in 2015, the population has grown by 1200 people, to around 20,400.

As a “safe, accessible and a desirable place to live”, it’s attracting both younger families who have relocated from larger cities as well as their older family members.

The Expressway linked Cambridge to Hamilton, Auckland, Taupō, Tauranga and Rotorua, bringing new people and companies keen on commercial expansion. Waipā District Council expects nearly 10,000 more people to arrive in the next decade, and is planning several retail hubs and housing developments.

Rerouting SH1 has created “a more pedestrian ambience” but it’s also meant many consumers, particularly those who work in Hamilton and younger consumers, spend their money out of town or online. It’s estimated that $70 million of $158 million of Cambridge residents’ money is spent elsewhere.

Cambridge was named 2019’s NZ’s Most Beautiful Large Town, and the CBD is flourishing.

Since the relentless snake of State Highway 1 traffic got re-routed from the main street, footfall in the central retail zone has increased by 12 percent year on year (2017-2018; Cambridge Chamber of Commerce).

In October the Cambridge Business Chamber launched ‘Totally Locally’, a marketing toolbox to help retailers to better engage with locals.

Bouzaid says that if every adult spent just $10 a week in a local store it would generate $6 million back into the local economy.

Retailer Barbara Holmes, owner of clothing and footwear boutique Holmes & Co, hopes the scheme will add to the Cambridge shopping experience.

“When locals ‘shop locally’ it boosts our local economy, gives retailers more diversity and provides a more vibrant retail sector attracting tourists and out of town shoppers.”

(NZ Retail issue 765 December 2019/January 2020)

Tourism is a massive success story for the region. Infometrics figures show visitor activity Waipā District continues to bolster local earnings and retail activity, particularly in Cambridge. Commercial guest nights in Waipā rose a staggering 22.6 percent and visitor spending rose 16.5 percent over the year to June 2019.

“Waipā’s growth is impressive against the national picture of slowing tourism growth, [and] highlights the strength of local offerings,” says Infometrics senior economist Brad Olsen.

Cambridge is another wealthy retiree town, with a higher proportion of senior citizens and a large and growing number of retirement villages.

This fresh, easy pasta salad recipe comes together in under 30 minutes! With a tangy salad dressing tossed in and filled with veggies, it’s a sure summer hit!

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The dressing is easy to make with this magical formula: 1 part vinegar to 3 parts oil and then salt and pepper to taste. For further flavour you can experiment by adding a little bit of finely grated garlic, mustard, chilli flakes, finely minced onion and herbs like dill, parsley, mint, or thyme (dried herbs work as well). You can mix it all together in a blender or whisk it in a bowl. I cheat a little by putting it all in a glass jar and just shake it until blended. In this way I save on cleaning and it is already in a container.

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3 cups uncooked pasta (spirals or elbows) 2 cups halved cherry tomatoes 1½ cups cooked chickpeas, drained and rinsed 2 cups chopped spinach leaves 1 cup cucumbers, sliced into thin half moons

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1 cup crumbled feta cheese 1 cup basil leaves, torn ½ cup minced parsley ½ cup chopped mint ¼ cup toasted pine nuts

METHOD Making this recipe is a breeze! Just follow these simple steps: Cook your pasta in a large pot of salted boiling water. Drain it, toss it with some olive oil, and set it aside to cool. Chop your cherry tomatoes and cucumbers, mince the parsley, and crumble the feta. Whisk together the dressing ingredients. And toss everything together in a big bowl! Season to taste and dig in.

BEST PASTA SALAD TIPS Cook your pasta a little longer than normal.

It should be just a tad past al dente (but not mushy) so that the pasta stays soft when it cools. I find that the higher time range listed on box instructions is usually just about right for pasta salad.

Let your pasta cool completely before tossing it with the other ingredients. If it’s still warm, the hot pasta will start to cook and wilt the veggies. No one’s a fan of warm cucumber, so make sure you’re tossing cold pasta into this dish.

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Save some herbs for garnish! This pasta salad recipe is a great one to make ahead, but if you do, save some of the herbs and pine nuts for garnish.

The pine nuts will keep their crunchy texture and the herbs will be extra fresh, pretty, and flavorful.

Taste and adjust. Like most salad recipes, this one is super flexible, so be sure to taste and adjust it to your liking before serving. Add some lemon juice if you prefer a tangier salad, toss in more greens if you’re all about the veggies, and always, always salt to taste.

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Our 12 night tour is carefully planned around this picturesque short season as visitors and locals alike, gather to celebrate the arrival of Spring ‘Hanami’.

As a small group, you will gain a deep insight into the culture, both old and modern, while discovering a very authentic Japan with our popular tour leader, Robyn Laing. Travelling by coach & train we stay in Tokyo, Kanazawa, Takayama, Shiga area & Kyoto.

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Linking the Community to Aspirational Opportunities!

There’s a new Show in Town! ASPIRE! Expo: Community on Show connects the community to local clubs, wellbeing and lifelong learning organisations, with up to 100 exhibitors from a broad community wellbeing theme.

This unique community-led collaborative show at Claudelands Events Centre offers something for everyone, celebrating the Waikato people, environment, and successes.

Reflecting local diversity and vibrancy, the Expo brings together the best of the Waikato under one roof, with 2000m2 of interactive exhibition space (half-an-acre in old money). This is the local community coming together to gain understanding, knowledge, and have fun – a smorgasbord of things to see, do, learn, eat, participate in and enjoy, including: • 9th annual Wellbeing Show • Lions Bookfair • 2nd annual Lifelong Learning Expo • A Performance Space • 7th annual Clubs & Creativity Showcase

DID YOU KNOW? Did you know “dreamt” is the only word that ends in mt?

Did you know honey is the only natural food which never spoils?

Did you know the first letters of the months July through to November spell JASON?

Did you know the smallest bones in the human body are found in your ear?

Did you know a cat has 32 muscles in each ear?

Did you know cats spend 66% of their life asleep?

Did you know Perth is Australia’s windiest city?

Did you know Switzerland eats the most chocolate equating to 10 kilos per person per year?

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Houseplants There are a wide range of houseplants available in shops or can be grown in your own gardens.

Houseplants are one of the quickest and least expensive way of brings life and interest to a room. A splash of green instantly revives a rather tired scheme, and flowering plants provide a lively range of colours. There are few design rules about where to put plants and flowers to look good almost anywhere, as long as they are not in the way of everyday activities.

You should treat large floor-level plants as focal points, making full use of your lighting to show them off to best effect.

Houseplants and flower help bring the garden indoor and add a human touch to your decorative scheme. The delicate structure of leaves and flowers also helps to soften hard outlines of modern furniture. With care, and frequent dead heading, they will last a lot longer than cut flowers, as long as they get sufficient sunlight at some time during the day. Choose plants with a variety of shapes and colors and try to include some trailing plants to break up horizontal lines.

Some houseplants need less light than others, but normal artificial lighting is no substitute for the natural daylight that all plants need. Medium-sized plants can be placed on furniture, but there are alternatives, hanging baskets, wallhung planters, stands or window shelves. Small plants, such as African violets need placing with care. They usually look and grow best grouped in a box or on a stand.

Make sure you match a plant to its growing conditions.

Houseplants bring a fresh, lively look to a bathroom and ferns, ivies, bromeliads and epiphytes thrive in low light levels. Maidenhair ferns are delicate and are unsuitable for draughty windows. You can also buy plastic hanging baskets with drip trays attached. Cacti and succulents need plenty of direct sunlight; ferns and palms survive in the shade. To avoid drips, stand plants in saucers or on shallow, gravel-filled plastic trays and keep permanently moist.

Enter the Best Dressed Superhero competition!

Saturday is Superhero Day – Superman’s Birthday being 29 Feb (Leap Day): judging at 2.30pm! We’ve made entry a community-friendly price of just $5, with kids under 13 FREE, so the whole family can come.

Open to the public Saturday 10-5 / Sunday 10-4, with a Grand Opening / Powhiri at 9.30am on Saturday 29 February.

For more information contact the Event Director, Ralph Evans: Ph 07 855 3851 | Txt 022 064 8087 | Email info@AspireExpo.co.nz Websites: www.AspireExpo.co.nz www.WellbeingShow.co.nz www.LifelongLearningExpo.co.nz www.ClubsShowcase.co.nz

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Prime Events TAI CHI CLASSES – FALL PREVENTION Mondays, 11am-12pm St Albans Church Hall, Comries Road, Chartwell TAIJI4WELLNESS. You can trust an exercise program that’s BEEN AROUND LONGER THAN YOU HAVE – ACC. Mayo Clinic & Harvard Medical School calls Tai Chi “medication in motion”. Join us. Ph: 021 288 2380, taichi9000@ yahoo.co.nz HAMILTON AGLOW Tuesdays, 9.15am-12.30pm Manifest Love Church, 191 Ellis St Aglow is known as a radiant group of encouragers who continually speak of who God is and who God is, in us. Any inquiries contact Barbera: 021 267 5856.

WEEKLY ZUMBA DANCE FITNESS CLASSES Tuesdays, 6.30-7.30pm Hukanui Primary School, Pickering Crescent De-stress, lose weight, have fun, boost your confidence & connect with the community with fun sessions at Hukanui Primary School Hall (opposite Chartwell Mall). Cost: $7 door sales.

TWILIGHT GOLF Wednesdays, 3-6pm Narrows Golf Club, 512 Airport Drive, Tamahere Join us at the for the Twilight Golf Series. It runs every week (except public holidays) through daylight saving. Tees open from 3pm to 6pm.

The bar and cafe are open after your round. Cost: $10.

REBUS CLUB OF HAMILTON First Thursday of month, 9.40am Hamilton Bridge Club, 20 Richmond St A social organisation for retired, semiretired or about to retire persons in that “golden age”. Contact Jo: 07 827 6661.

AQUA ZUMBA Fridays, 10-10.45am Gallagher Aquatic Centre, 40 Collins Road Also an excellent therapy for people who suffer from joint problems (particularly if you’ve had hip or knee replacement surgery, or suffer from arthritis). Admission: $9.50.

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HAMILTON LAKE PARKRUN Saturdays, 8-9am Innes Common, Lake Domain Dr Free 5km run or walk. All fitness levels welcome. Register at the Parkrun website.

FRANKTON MARKET Saturdays, 9am-1pm Frankton Town Commerce Street Market; good range of quality books, lovely baby knitting, Greenstone jewellery plus a good range of other stalls selling all sorts.

CLASSICS CAR MEET First Sunday of every month, 8am Classics Museum, 11 Railside Place, Frankton The aim of the event is to attract Classic Vehicle owners to a monthly gathering of like-minded people to enjoy showing their vehicles and chatting about them. The event is free and also open to the general public.

SUNDAY FUNDAY Sundays, 2-6pm St Andrews Golf Club, 64 St Andrews Terrace Every Sunday – $10 for 9 holes of golf, $10 pizza from Matteblack cafe or $10 for two drinks from the Hamilton Golf Club bar. What a deal!

All welcome! Door sales only.

ANTIQUE AND COLLECTABLES FAIR – RAGLAN 11 & 12 January, 10am Raglan Town Hall, Bow St, Raglan A quality antique fair not to be missed. All items are for sale.

Admission is by gold coin donation.

PAINTVINE IN THE PARK – SOCIAL PAINTING 2 & 9 February, 2pm Hamilton Gardens, Cobham Drive Paintvine in the Park is a BYO beginners painting class in some of New Zealand’s most beautiful parks and gardens. Sit in the sun and paint the day away. Admission: $39.

ANNUAL WAITANGI WEEKEND MINI-RALLY 6-9 February 50a Trentham Road Camping, sports and entertainment for the family – all facilities on site.

Admission: $45.

THROWING TASTER SESSIONS Sundays, 3-5pm Waikato Society of Potters, 2 Seddon Road Total beginners welcome to this gentle Sunday afternoon class with Artist in Residence, Susan St Lawrence. Buy Tickets: 07 838 1950.

FABRIC FLOWER WORKSHOP Saturday 8 February, 10am-2pm Waikato Museum, 1 Grantham St Learn traditional techniques for making flowers with ribbons and fabric for dressmaking, millinery and home crafts. Admission: $45.

GOURMET IN THE GARDENS Sundays, 4-8pm Hamilton Gardens, Cobham Drive Choose from a large range of food vendors offering food from around the globe. Bring a picnic blanket and enjoy the sunshine, while listening to live music. Admission: Free.

CALLIGRAPHY – LEARN ITALIC Saturday 8 February, 10am-3.30pm Oaks Christian Centre, 3 Garfield Street, Gordonton Using a calligraphy duo pen, you will learn the strokes that make up this beautiful and versatile style.

Buy Tickets: 021 033 1735.

SCULPTURED POTTERY 10 February – 30 March, 6-9pm Waikato Society of Potters, 2 Seddon Road A sculpture class for all. Learn how to build, sculpt and manipulate clay into works of art. This is an 8 week course.

Buy Tickets: 07 838 1950.

EDUCATION ANGELS – FOREST WALK Wednesday 12 February, 9.30am Taitua Arboretum, Taitua Road, Temple View Forest Walk is a free play session that lets your child (grandchild) experience full action and enjoy the great outdoors. Here we return to simple pleasures such as climbing trees, walking through streams, and stomping in the mud.

TAMAHERE COUNTRY MARKET Saturday 18 February, 8.30am-1pm St Stephens Anglican Church, Cnr Airport & Tamahere Drive, Tamahere An open air Market featuring local produce and products made, grown, and created in New Zealand. There are 110 sites, offering a huge variety of craft, food and produce together with buskers and great country atmosphere.

DEMYSTIFYING ART CRIME Thursday 20 February, 5-6pm Waikato Museum, 1 Grantham St Penelope Jackson, author of Females in the Frame, discusses the reality of profiling art criminals, looking specifically at New Zealand cases and those involving women. Free.

MUSIC IN THE MEADOW Saturday 22 February, 5-10pm 259 Raynes Road, Tamahere Gather your friends for an afternoon in the sun and sit back and relax with some great live music! Pack a picnic, a hat, a blanket and BYO food and bevvys to enjoy while basking in superb live music! Admission: $75.

Buy Tickets: 027 493 6203.

Supporting the Hamilton Community for over 50 years And proud to be one of the area’s most established businesses. Linda, Mark and K-M, are available at any time to help you arrange the funeral ceremony of your choice, offering free information and planning packs and happy to answer the many questions you may have about funerals and our services.

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LOVE YOUR BIKE DAY 2020 Sunday 23 February, 10am-12pm Claudelands Park, Cnr Boundary Rd & Heaphy Terrace, Claudelands A fun day full of all things biking – from races and bike decorating, to skills and prizes, plus much more!

Register at the official website. Free.

GERMAN CHAT EVENING Wednesday 26 February, 7-9pm Lido Cinema, Centre Place, 501 Victoria Street We welcome all people who have an interest in getting to know other Germans or simply to have a chat and practise this language, native or not!

JUILLIARD415 Thursday 27 February, 7.30-9.30pm Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts, Gate 2B, Knighton Rd, University of Waikato Next generation baroque, this chamber orchestra of young players from one of the world’s most distinguished music schools starts our season with a bang. Tickets: Adults: $52. Buy Tickets: 0800 383 5200.

Cambridge & Te Awamutu Bus Services Improved TE KOWHAI COUNTRY MARKET DAY & SUMMER FLY-IN Saturday 29 February, 10am-3pm Te Kowhai Airfield, 172 Limmer Rd 150 stalls, food, arts and crafts, helicopter rides, plane and classic car display. Market runs till 3pm but the local Pilot brewery will be open till 8pm. Contact: Delwyn 0274 795 991 for more information.

Two popular bus services from Hamilton to Cambridge and Te Awamutu are getting an upgrade with the addition of several extra evening and weekend runs.

From 20 January 2020, Waikato Regional Council’s BUSIT service will offer extra weekend and public holiday runs and a weekday evening run on both of its services. The new evening run will depart Hamilton at 6.15pm for Cambridge and Te Awamutu – an hour later than the current latest evening run. The 8am Te Awamutu to Hamilton service has also been brought forward to 7.45am, to better meet the needs of passengers.

Waipā District Council service delivery group manager Dawn Inglis said it is hoped that these additional runs will make it more feasible for commuters to use the bus service as their daily method of transport.

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“The bus service needs to be an option for everyone. With the last run back to Cambridge and Te Awamutu at 5.15pm some people weren’t able to make it to the bus stop in time, so this later service will mean they won’t miss out.”

Waikato Regional Council public transport manager Andrew Wilson said feedback received from passengers had shown there was a great demand for additional runs on each service.

“We’ve been hearing from our daily commuters for some time that a later evening service would make balancing work, life and travel much easier for them.”

Changes have also been made to bus times on both services throughout the day. Passengers are encouraged to check the timetable at busit.co.nz or call the 24-hour bus Infoline on 0800 205 305.

National Average Asking Price Hits a Record High for the 2nd Month Straight Real-time data from shows that while more people put their homes on the market in January 2020 than in December 2019, there is still a shortage across the country with total homes available for sale down by 21.7% when compared to the same time last year.

In the middle of the North Island, however, January was a busy time for sellers. Increases in new listings across four regions could be an early indication of a market shift.

Asking prices were also up nationally for the second consecutive month with highs in four regions. The average asking price bumped over $700,000 for the first time at the end of 2019 and it appears that prices are continuing to rise into the new decade.

The national average asking price increased to $710,393 in January 2020, a marginal increase on December 2019’s high of $703,780.

Vanessa Taylor, spokesperson for realestate.co.nz, says it will be interesting to watch what happens to the national average asking price in 2020.

“We often see the national average fluctuating quite a bit in response to what is happening around the country, so we will be waiting to see if the price holds above $700,000 or drops back down to the mid to high $600,000s that we saw throughout 2019,” says Vanessa.

Otago, Southland, Marlborough and the Central North Island also hit record asking price highs in January 2020.

These all-time highs were consecutive monthly records for both Southland and Marlborough who also hit record highs in December 2019.

Asking price January 2020

Year on year increase

National

$710,393

2.2%

Otago

$497,127

13.4%

Southland*

$386,210

16.3%

Marlborough*

$581,106

16.5%

Central North Island

$536,704

9.0%

Region

*Record highs for the second consecutive month.

Despite low stock in all regions, increased activity in the middle of the North Island could be signalling a market shift, says Vanessa.

In the Waikato, Central North Island, Manawatu/ Whanganui and the Hawke’s Bay, the number of new listings coming onto the market increased last month when compared to January 2019.

(From realestate.co.nz)

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Keeping Our Communities Safe

Jamie Strange

Too many of us know the damage crime can do in our communities. Beyond the suffering of the victims, whole neighbourhoods can be shaken by burglaries or assaults, let alone more serious crimes. My family and I were burgled a few years ago, and it was certainly a difficult experience. Last year our next door neighbour suffered the same fate.

In 2017 this Government made a commitment to add 1,800 new Police officers to the force.

I’m pleased to say we’re making tremendous progress; very soon more than 1,800 new officers will have graduated on our watch.

The Waikato region has received an extra 158 graduates, and the Bay of Plenty an extra 146.

There has also been a renewed focus on community policing. Waikato Police have acquired a new mobile policing van, in order to be more visible and accessible to the community.

The primary objective of this Community Hub vehicle is to give police the ability to get out into our communities to build relationships and strengthen trust, while at the same time reducing crime and victimisation in those areas.

This Government have given Police greater search and seizure powers to target the manufacturers and suppliers of synthetic drugs, to get these drugs off our streets.

Legislation has been passed to stop methamphetamine entering the country, giving New Zealand Customs greater power to board vessels suspecting of carrying this drug.

We’ve installed 500 fog cannons in dairies, liquor stores and petrol stations across the country, supporting our small businesspeople by reducing the risk of aggravated robbery.

reminder of the suffering that can come from hatred and extreme violence.

This Government takes community safety seriously and we’re making the investments needed to intervene early before people break the law, or commit more serious crimes.

But those events also spotlighted the weaknesses in our gun laws. We have now banned militarystyle semi-automatics and assault rifles, and introduced new firearms offences with tougher penalties. We’re launching a gun register with stricter licensing rules.

The total Police workforce is now the largest it has ever been, and is expected to surpass 14,000 by early 2020.

We’re doing all we can to ensure that only honest, law-abiding citizens are able to obtain a firearms licence, and that they take care with their guns.

The current recruitment drive has seen the number of Maori Police officers exceed 1,000 for the first time, the number of female officers exceed 2,000 for the first time and Pasifika officers exceed 500 for the first time.

As a member of the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee, I have recently been hearing submission on the Arms Legislation Bill, which aims to improve public safety by introducing tighter controls on the use and possession of arms and ammunition.

The Government has announced a new Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment court for Hamilton, following the success of two trial courts in Auckland.

While the Government plays an important role in keeping our communities safe, I believe we all have a part to play.

The old ways of treating criminals have failed us.

They have resulted in too little rehabilitation and therefore more crime, while not doing enough to support victims.

Our local community watch, neighbourhood support, Maori wardens, and other groups do a wonderful job building our community spirit and keeping us safe.

Our sense of safety as a nation was undoubtedly rocked on March 15. The tragic events of that day will stay fixed in our memories, a painful

New Zealanders deserve to live in safe, vibrant, healthy communities; we must continue to work hard to ensure this is a reality.

New Year, Old Scams At this time of the year the Police are reminding New Zealanders to be extra vigilant when receiving unsolicited phone calls, especially when the caller asks for personal details or money.

A number of scams are operating nationwide at any one time and, while some of the details vary, the general premise is often the same.

In one recent case, a man lost $57,000 to a caller claiming to be from Spark. The man was told his internet would be disconnected unless he logged onto his computer and followed their instructions.

In another well-tested scam, a woman narrowly escaped losing more than $12,000 after receiving a call about suspicious bank transactions. The woman was told she had been over paid by the bank when it reimbursed her for purchases she hadn’t made. Fortunately, the bank was able to put a stop to the transfer.

Crossword Answers

While it’s a new year, these scams – and our advice – remains the same: • Never automatically trust someone over the phone or online who you haven’t met in person.

• If you are receiving a call from someone purporting to be from a business, ask them for credentials and never hand over personal details such as computer passwords or bank account details. If the caller is legitimate they won’t mind verifying their identify.

• If you think a call may be suspicious, hang up immediately and do not engage with the caller.

And remember, if something looks or sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

Anyone who believes they are a victim of a scam is advised to contact Police on 105.

(NZ Police)

Prime Brain Teaser Answers 1. The baby fell from the first floor.

2. It was still Mount Everest (even though not yet discovered).

3. They were a son, his father and his grandfather – 3 people in total 4. Bruce and Tony are standing back to back.

5. Throw it straight up in the air.

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Look after your personal details in the same way you would your wallet and other possessions.

6. If today is 1st January and if my birthday is on 31st December then it is possible.

Because day before yesterday that is 30th December I was 50 years old. Yesterday, that is 31st December I became 51.

On this year’s 31st December I will become 52 and in the next year’s 31st December I will be 53.

7. In no country, a man can marry his widow’s sister, because he would be dead.

8. Cross out every other letter starting with the first one – N I N E L E T T E R S. The remaining letters are – A S I N G L E W O R D. 9. Mary.

10. You finish 2nd. Before passing the runner you were at 3rd place.

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