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October Issue

Archaeological Display at the Tauranga City Library Joanna Lumley at 74 – “Age is my friend” Memories of Elections Long Past

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Our Mayors – One Year on Paula Southgate Mayor of Hamilton

Tenby Powell

Mayor of Tauranga

e m o c l e W 2020

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From the Editors

Spring is a hopeful season! It brings transformation and change; from darkness to light, from cold to warmth, from grey to bursts of colour. It is a time for cleaning house, new growth in gardens, and tuis twittering in the trees. The new life, new beginnings, and bright, colourful new look that spring brings are hopeful signs that life on this earth renews again and again.

The British moral philosopher Sir Bernard Williams said, “The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day He created Spring.”

We trust that you will find our October edition of Prime an interesting, informative, and entertaining read. We have an overview from both the Hamilton and Tauranga mayors on first year in office, information about the upcoming elections and referendum – and articles from our regular contributors. The Auckland University, School of Nursing is doing research on the End of Life Choice Act (2019) in light of people’s experience of COVID-19 and would like your help – you can read more on page 21.

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I’ll Be Thinking Of You

A chance discovery has lead the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) band to re-connect with World War II veteran, and last surviving member of the wartime band 98-year-old, Leading Aircraftman (Rtd) Doug Kelly.

In 1944, while stationed with the band in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Doug wrote a song ‘I’ll Be Thinking of You’ for his then fiancée Joy who was back in Christchurch.

Fast forward 75 years and RNZAF Band Director Flight Lieutenant (FLTLT) Dave Gallaher discovered the sheet music for ‘I’ll Be Thinking of You’ in some boxes in the band room.

“I made contact with Doug to enquire about the song and such a delightful story evolved.

We wanted to be able to connect with him and play his song to him,” he said.

Doug was surprised to get the call “I never thought I’d hear it again, I was very fascinated to find out that they found my song”.

The RNZAF Band played a short concert to Doug and his family at the Air Force Museum in Wigram in early August, including his song. The RNZAF Band arranger Sergeant Andre Paris had rearranged Doug’s song for a vocalist and the Band, fittingly the vocalist was the arranger’s wife Leading Aircraftman Stephanie Paris.

‘I’ll Be Thinking of You’ was being published by Charles Begg & Co, a piano and musical goods retailer in New Zealand and the band played the song on their tour of Australia in 1945, it became a regular tune of the band.

FLTLT Gallaher said it was special to perform the song to Doug and members of his family.

“The legacy of Doug and his fellow musicians in the wartime RNZAF Band is significant.

“It was fitting to honour the RNZAF Band’s most senior alumni not only for his wartime service, but also for the wonderful contribution Doug has made to enrich the lives of thousands of children in the Canterbury area,” he said.

The Royal New Zealand Air Force Band perform a World War II veteran’s song “I’ll Be Thinking Of You”, which he wrote for his fiancée while deployed in 1944.

“It was played everywhere, especially on our tour of Australia, and broadcast on shortwave radio programmes which Joy and her family heard back in New Zealand.

“That was my start, and it was a real boost for me.

It was a very important part of my life because it started my career of writing arrangements for various groups and radio programmes,” said Doug.

Doug said he has very fond memories of the band and the experiences he had while serving “They were all very fine musicians”.

Doug and Joy married in January 1946 following the war, and enjoyed 69 wonderful years together.

Following the war Doug left the band and went on to have a career in music which included being a music teacher and spending more than 20 years as the District Music Advisor for Canterbury schools, and to this day still plays his trumpet.

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Progress During A Tumultuous Time As the end of the first year of the Council triennium draws near, we can reflect on what has been a tumultuous time for our community, region and country.

When the council began it’s planning for the 2020/21 year, a global pandemic and a significant economic downturn were not factors we thought we’d be dealing with. Addressing the effects of COVID-19 on our community has required agile thinking and a huge effort – and it’s far from over.

New Zealand’s ‘team of 5 million’ may have flattened the COVID-19 infection curve, but this is a sneaky virus and as we’ve seen, we need to be extraordinarily vigilant to keep it at bay. The return of level 3 and 2 restrictions has been a setback, but if we all work together, our business sector and community will get back on its feet and recover from the damage caused by pandemic.

Here in Tauranga, it’s time for the team of 140,000 to step up. Our three Mainstreet organisations are collaborating in a ‘Buy Tauranga: Buy Local’ campaign, which has had my full support, as have other initiatives, like Tourism BOP’s ‘No Place Like Home campaign. So, when you are purchasing, please spend locally and help support the businesses that support our livelihoods.

The Council is committed to assisting in the recovery in a number of ways. A key advance was the adoption of a progressive annual plan, which delivered rates decreases for about 30% of our households, but still managed to retain a strong level of investment in muchneeded infrastructure. That’s crucial, because it not only addresses our city’s long-term needs, but provides jobs and income for people when they most need it.

Another significant role is the work we do with the Government and our regional partners. Our improved relationship with the Government has delivered significant infrastructure funding – more than $900 million for key roading improvements for Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty – and the recently announced grant of $45 million to upgrade a section of Cameron Road, our main north/south transport corridor.

These major projects address some longstanding needs and will create jobs and lasting benefits for the region.

While that is very positive, we have to recognise that Tauranga’s fast-growth will continue to put pressure on our infrastructure.

To deal with that, we have to be able to invest in improvements and that means we also have to focus on revenue, so that we can fund the debt required for the water, wastewater, roading and amenity projects our city needs. That will be a significant focus as we develop our 2021-31 long-term plan next year and address the challenge of keeping rates affordable.

Another key advance is the contribution that strong relationships with our key partners can make to getting things done. The Mauao base track is a good example and after years of indecision, full accessibility was restored early this year, at a fraction of the budgeted cost.

Fostering trusting and cooperative relationships with iwi and hapu remains an important goal. Tangata whenua have a key role to play in virtually every significant decision council makes. The Council’s decision to transfer the title of 11 Mission Street to a Ngai Tamarawaho trust, to be leased to The Elms at a peppercorn rental, was a small but highly symbolic gesture that we are willing to recognise the wrongs of the past and do the right thing.

Dealing with the Western Bay’s homelessness issues is another pressing need, and again, a team approach is beginning to see some real progress made. Local government, central Government agencies, local philanthropic funders and community organisations have joined forces to eliminate homelessness through the ‘Kāinga Tupu’ regional strategy and action plan. After years of inaction, this multi-disciplinary team of committed people and organisations is beginning to make some real progress – and again we’re seeing the Government recognising our efforts and getting in behind us. I look forward to seeing some major changes in this crucial space over the next two years.

Nga mihi nui

Tenby Powell, Mayor of Tauranga

Archaeological Display at the Tauranga City Library “In 2015 the development of 107 Wharf Street triggered an archaeological investigation that has allowed the layers of the past to be scientifically recorded and artefacts collected through excavation.

The job of the archaeologist is to unpick the evidence left behind, often buried, by people who have lived before us to understand the way they lived and when.”

– Brigid Gallagher, MishMish Heritage You can visit the Tauranga City Library and see archaeological finds that illustrate fascinating phases of the town’s history from Maori to British Imperial troops to colonial settlement. The last day of the exhibition is 10 December 2020.

(Image supplied by Fiona Kean)

Genealogy Support Group – drop-in help sessions (Tuesday 13 October from 10-12) Fancy having a chat about your family tree? Want to learn to use the library’s genealogy databases or perhaps you need some assistance with your research? Feel free to join us on the second Tuesday of each month, (excluding December & January) at our Genealogy Support Group drop-in help sessions.

Where: Ngā Wāhi Rangahau Research Collections, 1st floor, Tauranga City Library.

Brain Watkins Working Bee (Friday 9 October from 10-16) The Tauranga Historical Society is also holding a Working Bee at the Brain Watkins House and Museum on Friday, 9 October. There are many jobs available which are sure to suit your special skills such as trimming, weeding and planting in the garden, cleaning in the hall, sorting in the garage and cleaning in the house as well as sorting archives and our book collection.

Contact Julie on tauranga.historical@gmail.com or phone 07 578 1835 to register your interest.

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Return to Paradise: Indian Char Bagh Garden Re-Opens at Hamilton Gardens After an unprecedented long-term closure, Hamilton Gardens’ Indian Char Bagh Garden has re-opened to the public from Monday 7 September 2020. The ‘Persian carpet of flowers’ will be in bloom again thanks to work behind the scenes to restore this centrepiece of the Paradise Garden Collection.

Along with all other Hamilton City Council facilities, Hamilton Gardens was closed from Sunday 22 March as the global COVID-19 pandemic became an imminent threat in New Zealand. Staff were able to return in a limited capacity once Level 3 was in place from 28 April.

“Its greatest value is as a deterrent against roundworm and fungi. Best practice is to chop the plants down prior to seeding and incorporate them into the soil while still fresh.

Then they can work their magic.”

Since its opening in 2005, the Indian Char Bagh Garden has become a firm favourite with visitors to Hamilton Gardens, which aims tell the story of gardens throughout civilisation. The char bagh or ‘four quartered’ garden was common throughout the Muslim world between the 8th and 18th centuries.

There are references to its symbolism in the Koran, the Book of Genesis in the Bible, and in Hindu cosmology. It is sometimes known as the ‘universal garden’ due to its widespread and long period of use.

New plants being placed to create the ‘Persian carpet’ design

Mustard seedlings growing under cover in the garden beds

The Hamilton Gardens example is an interpretation of a 16th-17th century garden built by the Mughal aristocracy in India. The Mughal emperors were initially descendants of the Mogul invaders who spread their empire eastwards from Persia into northern India from the 13th century onwards.

They brought Persian garden design to the Indian subcontinent which was then in turn influenced by local Hindu culture.

The garden beds in the Indian Char Bagh Garden are re-planted three times annually to keep the floral display in top condition. Due to lockdown, the usual turnover date was missed and the Municipal Nursery was unable to immediately restock plants which didn’t survive the closure.

As Hamilton Gardens re-opened to the public, the Indian Char Bagh Garden remained fenced off. Staff took advantage of this rare closure period to implement biofumigation, a sustainable horticulture technique which is highly beneficial for soil quality and plant growth in the long term.

Answers on page 27

“We sow mustard seed as it’s fast and easy to grow.

The plants rapidly cover the ground suppressing weeds,” says Gus Flower, Hamilton Gardens Operations Manager.

1. What would be stored in a pātaka?

6. Which bone are babies born without?

2. Which racer holds the record for the most Grand Prix wins?

7. Where was Dame Kiri Te Kanawa born?

11. How many times does the heart beat per day?

8. Which New Zealand city has its airport at Bell Block?

12. Mexico’s Dia de los Muertos, means what in English?

9. On the West Coast (NZ) what is ‘the barber’?

13. The Chinese New Year is celebrated on what day and month?

10. In what year was the first-ever Wimbledon Championship held?

14. Which country did the rock band AC/DC originate in?

3. Which planet is the hottest in the solar system?

4. Who is often credited with creating the world’s first car?

5. What is the national dish of Spain?

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Hamilton Gardens staff using a rotary hoe to incorporate the mustard plants into the soil

Please Note: Due to the on-going risks of COVID-19, visitors to Hamilton Gardens are asked to be mindful of physical distancing requirements, particularly in areas such as the narrow entrance to the Indian Char Bagh Garden.

Hamil�on in Octo�er A programme from the Hamilton Operatic Society’s second production of My Fair Lady, which starred Max Cryer and Wendy Dixon, and was presented at Founders Theatre in SeptemberOctober 1989. (HCLE_PA00266) A programme for the Hamilton Operatic Society’s production of The Rocky Horror Show, which was presented at Founders Theatre in October 2005. (HCLE_PA00306)

Looking north along Victoria Street from the vicinity of Hood Street. Gwynne’s Hamilton Hotel is in the mid-ground left of centre. It is the building with the veranda. The white building in the centre of the photograph is the old post office.

It burnt down on the 7th of October 1899 . (HCL_02312)

The Post Office on Victoria Street in Hamilton, New Zealand. This original wooden post office was subject to expensive additions in mid-1899 and burnt to the ground in the early hours of October 7th 1899. The alarm was raised at midnight. The building comprised the Post Office (left) and post master’s residence on the right.

The Raglan Coach stands in front. Also visible are men and horses. (HCL_02313)

Special constables recruited in Hamilton parade north up Victoria Street on their way to Auckland. The Great Strike of 1913 was a series of strikes from October 1913 to January 1914. Approximately 15,000 workers across the country went on strike during this time. The special constables were largely farmers and rural labourers who were given the full support of Massey’s Government in vanquishing the striking unions. (HCL_00993)

This Hamilton Post Office was opened on 5 August 1901. The previous wooden building burnt down in fire in October 1899. The building was extended in 1916 and later became the New Social Security Building in 1964.

More recently it houses ArtsPost Galleries and Shops. This image is from a Cartwright postcard. (HCL_01405) 7

Paula Southgate: My Year in Review Twelve months ago I was honoured to be elected Mayor of Hamilton and I remain very grateful for your support. I feel privileged to lead one of New Zealand’s most wonderful cities, a place I have called home for more than 40 years.

And we need to work much harder to ensure we have a range of housing options in our city, including affordable options that will allow our children and grandchildren to get into their own homes, just as we did.

A strong team I am very pleased to report your Council is continuing to work well as a team with committed Councillors and hard-working staff. We all have a passion for our city and want what is best for Hamilton.

Government investment Last October my Mayoralty began with a roar!

Within weeks of my inauguration, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was in Hamilton, announcing her government would invest $12 million into our new Waikato Regional Theatre.

Our ranks were swelled in the most joyful way in June, when Councillor Sarah Thompson gave birth to her gorgeous baby son, Leo. With the support of her husband, Sarah is continuing to contribute fully in all Council business – and occasionally I get to have a cuddle! We have a second Councillor, Kesh Naidoo-Rauf, also due to have a baby later this year and we look forward to that.

This announcement was very welcome and in the last year I have continued to forge and strengthen relationships on behalf of our city in Wellington.

I am fighting hard to ensure Hamilton ratepayers will not carry the burden of major infrastructure investments which benefit not only our city, but the wider region and country.

That work, alongside that of others, has resulted in ongoing government investment into our city, for projects like the Rotokauri Transport Hub, our beautiful river paths and recently, the Te Awa Cycleway between Hamilton and Cambridge.

We have also seen significant government money flow into the Ruakura Inland Port.

I am committed to continue working alongside the government and our other partners to get the very best for our city. It is very much ‘my style’, to work collaboratively, to create win-wins and to ensure that our city partners well with others.

Investing in our city Meanwhile, Council is also continuing to invest in things I know are important to you, including our stunning Hamilton Gardens. In October last year the new Picturesque Garden opened followed by the unique Surrealist Garden in January. As I promised, Council has now reconsidered further development plans to ensure we can retain the much-loved Rhododendron Lawn.

We also reached a huge milestone in November when an ecological project very close to my heart – Lake Waiwhakareke – opened to the public after many years of work from groups and volunteers.

Meanwhile, investment in other projects around Hamilton has also continued under my watch.

We have resurfaced the netball courts at Minogue Park, put new turf at FMG Stadium Waikato and opened Korikori Park in North Rototuna.

Work at Peacocke, our newest growth area in the south of the city, has also continued over the last 12 months as we finally unlock a new part of Hamilton that will, over time, be home to 20,000 people. Our city is growing, and growing fast. But I remain determined to ensure we are developing sustainable communities and not just building houses. We must create neighbourhoods where families feel safe and want to live.

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Councillor Maxine van Oosten (left) and Mayor Southgate managed a cuddle with Cr Sarah Thompson’s newborn son, Leo, in June

Covid-19 That strong teamwork was critical in March as your Council reacted very quickly to protect our people and our city’s economy from the ravages of Covid-19. The lockdown we were all plunged into presented enormous logistical challenges for Council. But we were the first city to get up and running and able to make critical decisions, fast, to help those who needed support the most.

I am very proud of that.

It was an incredibly challenging time for all of us as our world was turned upside down. I know this was particularly hard for older people, for those who live alone and for those separated from friends and family.

Covid-19 also had a dramatic impact on events and the cancellation of Anzac Day commemorations was particularly poignant. While I joined others on my street at dawn, I also released a special video and ensured our Council did all it possibly could to remember the fallen. It was an Anzac Day none of us will ever forget but I do hope that next year, we will be able to gather together again.

As we adjust to the new world, Council has also adjusted accordingly. I promised you I would keep rates and Council spending under control and I have. This year I and some other Councillors pushed very hard to soften your rates bills. We secured an average annual rates rise of 2.8 per cent which was lower than what had been forecast.

I felt this was important, noting that this is also the last year of the city’s transition to rates based on the capital value of properties.

In response to the financial impact of Covid-19, my Council asked staff to delay 14 capital projects worth nearly $60 million.

We are still however, continuing to invest in our city and we are proceeding with more than $300 million worth of capital projects that simply must go ahead.

We also made special provision for residential ratepayers whose livelihoods has been significantly impacted by Covid-19 by providing a discount on their Hamilton City Council rates.

Meanwhile, we continue to offer a rates rebate scheme to help low-income homeowners.

Some older people may be eligible for this scheme. To find out, please call Council on 07 838 6688 and staff will work through it with you.

The year ahead As I look ahead to the second year of my Mayoralty, I know times will continue to be challenging. In a growing city like ours, change is constant and is not always easy. I am very supportive of our new kerbside recycling and rubbish collection, but I know that there are still issues to be worked through. Staff are working very hard to do that.

We will continue to have major long-term infrastructure issues to consider, including how best we manage growth. Early in 2021, we will start putting together a budget for the coming decade and I personally will be looking very closely at how we get the very best value from the finite funds we have available. Our community has provided a clear steer on what our priorities should be, and I have listened closely to that feedback.

As we head into 2021, you will hear more about those priorities. I look forward to hearing what you have to say so I, as your Mayor, can continue to do my very best on your behalf.

Paula Southgate, Mayor of Hamilton Opening the new Surrealist Garden at the Hamilton Gardens earlier this year

The Treasury, Thames Scattered remnants of past lives have been brought together in an extraordinary collection at one of New Zealand’s most unique organisations, The Treasury Research Centre and Archive in Thames.

From its grand and elaborate exterior to its elegant interior this ex- Carnegie library is shelter to a wealth of historical items belonging to the families and businesses of the entire Thames – Hauraki – Coromandel region.

Not only for seasoned historians, researchers or genealogists The Treasury is accessible to anyone.

Many of the records The Treasury holds are not available online.

As well as birth, death and marriage records there is a collection of funeral service sheets which contain valuable details of a life story.

This 161 year old original Shaw Savill & Co’s passenger ticket to New Zealand notes that the passenger “shall be victualled during the voyage”.

Victuals included preserved meat, barley and lime juice.

Full headstone inscriptions have been deciphered and recorded before deterioration causes them to be lost forever.

The school records collection provides a window on families and their movements, information which can fill in the gaps of a census.

A large collection of sports club photos can help put a face to name.

The Treasury volunteers are one of its more special features. They have a wealth of local knowledge which has seen people linked up to family members they did not know existed.

There are very specific book collections including one on Maori and another on Captain Cook.

The works of notable local historians – David Arbury, Alistair Isdale and Toss Hammond – all dedicated to preserving the past, are available here.

The New Zealand Gazette collection, the official newspaper of the New Zealand government, contain nuggets of information on anything that went through official channels.

One of the most outstanding achievements of The Treasury are the oral histories – lives patiently listened to, coaxed out and transcribed to be filed along with a CD recording.

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A particularly unusual item at The Treasury is an ingenious artificial arm. After Harold Hoyle accidentally cut off his lower arm while working at his mill in the 1920s he was fitted with this artificial arm custom made at either Prices Foundry or Judd’s engineering works in Thames. The arm consisted of spring loaded clamps that were splined into an iron forearm sleeve. It was designed to allow a type of grasp and was an improvement on the plain steel hook which was more usual in those days.

In an eerie coincidence the same saw which caused the loss of Harold’s hand was also the cause of his death a few years later.

As well as personal histories The Treasury documents social history such as the confidential instructions received by Thames engineering firm A & G Price, which built boats and minesweepers as well as trains and machinery. The secretive directive was from the Ministry of Defence detailing what to do in case of Japanese invasion during World War 2.

The Treasury also publishes books. Its ‘True Tales’ series are the results of dozens of fascinating contributions.

The Treasury building itself is distinctive.

Work to bring it back to its original state included the refurbishment of doors and arches, the reproduction of old door handles, restoring original gas fittings, heritage tiles, ceilings, floors, fireplaces and ceramic lights.

The huge sash windows were water proofed to protect historical records. The original skirting boards are double the height of those found in Victorian villas.

The building is believed to be the most intact and original example of Carnegie libraries in New Zealand and is a New Zealand Historic Places Trust Category 2 building.

The archive was awarded the Heritage Award for the Waikato/Bay of Plenty district by the New Zealand Institute of Architects.

This remarkable organisation is the result of many hundreds of hours spent by volunteers from all corners of the community and is a must for anyone interested in researching the rich past of the area.

Open: 11am – 3pm, Monday, Thursday & Saturdays, except public holidays. There is a charge to use the research facilities.

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Says Thank You By Releasing Thousands Of Fares Under $50 Air New Zealand is making more than 180,000 of its cheapest fares available for sale across all 20 ports it flies to following the removal of physical distancing on aircraft.

The airline is also removing change fees for domestic flights booked for travel up until 31 March 2021.

Air New Zealand Chief Executive Officer Greg Foran says 2020 has been a difficult year to plan travel but “we’re thrilled to be able to offer 160,000 of these fares for under $50, with 9,000 of these available during the upcoming school holidays. This is our way of saying thanks to our customers for their support over the past few months. While our borders are closed, we know Kiwis are keen to get out and explore or visit friends and family, so we want to make travel as easy as possible – and this is also great news for local tourism.

“Waiving domestic change fees also means customers can book with confidence in the coming months knowing if their circumstances change, we’ll look after them.”

Customers will be able to change their flight to a new date or time, or if they no longer wish to travel, they can put their fare in credit for a later trip. Any fare difference will apply.

Customers who choose to put their fare in credit before the end of March 2021 will have until the end of December 2021 to book using their credit and a further 12 months to fly after the date of booking.

The airline is encouraging anyone who no longer wishes to fly to place their fare in credit through the online booking tool.

This is to ensure those who wish to travel can do so. If a customer does not turn up to their flight, normal fare rules will apply.

All customers with international flights booked for travel up until 31 March 2021 can also opt-in for credit.

Flights are available to book at www.airnewzealand.co.nz (Air New Zealand Communications)

Memories of Elections Long Past My maternal grandparents (the only ones that I remember) were both born five years before women were granted the franchise in New Zealand, both of them reaching their majority the same year that women gained the right to represent an electorate (1919).

Which all sounds very ho-hum, one is sure, in these cynical days that seem to be upon us, but at the time was earth-shattering for many, especially conservatives, who primarily fear change. After all, the practice of politics, like mathematics, was certain to cause the fair sex to develop aneurisms and cease to desire those important feminine virtues such as motherhood, domestic economy, and home-bound bliss. Good Lord, they might even demand jobs with equal pay!

My own introduction to national politics was, as with all of us, via my parents. Dad was staunchly Blue, even if he neither liked, nor agreed with the local MP – which caused angst at times – whilst Mum was probably Red leaning most of the time, if not firmly in their camp. She would have loved MMP. And strangely enough there never seemed to be overt pressure put on over the voting: we would drive to the closest polling place, usually a school or the area hall, they would enter their booths, perform their arcane arts, and drive home, NOT discussing who either had voted for.

And then we would either listen to, or watch the results as they came in – it was a marvelous excuse to sit up late, watching as Dad religiously recorded which party had won which seat, grumbling when there were too many Red wins in a row, looking smug when there was a run of Blue results.

And then, the day after the election, no matter who was now the Government, they would all be relegated to just being “the bloody government” overnight. Quite confusing for a child at times, but part of how things were.

So, 127 years after women gained the vote in Aotearoa, the message is still the same: I don’t care WHO you vote for, that’s between you and your conscience, but I do care IF you vote. This is a rare and precious right internationally, and one that can be taken away far more easily than it was ever gained: Use it. Encourage all those passionate young people around you to take part, to get involved, to be informed about the issues that are important to them, and, more importantly, that will affect them in the future. Be daring and vote in your electorate for the PERSON that best represents you, regardless of party, and if you feel strongly overall about a particular party, give them your party vote; the beauty of MMP. Be as daring as those who decided that giving women the vote was the right thing to do for our young country, fairer than what went before, and something they could be proud of.

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Prime Words A pair of words that are occasionally confused are herd immunity and herd mentality, as President Trump appeared to do in mid-September.

At a town hall hosted by ABC on Tuesday, the president contradicted himself, claiming – falsely – that he had in fact “up-played it, in terms of action.” Trump also said repeatedly that the virus would ultimately go away thanks to “herd mentality”. It was unclear whether he meant to say “herd immunity”.

– Tim Walker, The Guardian (London, Eng.), 16 Sept. 2020.

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‘Herd mentality’ Herd mentality is “the tendency of the people in a group to think and behave in ways that conform with others in the group rather than as individuals”; herd immunity is “a reduction in the risk of infection with a specific communicable disease (such as measles or influenza) that occurs when a significant proportion of the population has become immune to infection (as because of previous exposure or vaccination) so that susceptible individuals are much less likely to come in contact with infected individuals.” Both came into use in the first quarter of the 20th century.

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This simple dish looks great and tastes delicious.

It is adapted from a Heart Foundation recipe and serves four people. It takes approx an hour to prepare.

INGREDIENTS • Spray olive oil • 2 tablespoons olive oil • 400g lean chicken breast, cut into 1cm pieces • 2 small leeks, sliced (or one medium onion) • 2 cloves garlic, crushed • 300g button mushrooms, sliced • ¼ cup wholemeal plain flour • 1½ cups reduced fat milk • ½ teaspoon cracked black pepper • 4 sheets Filo Pastry • 1 egg, lightly beaten • 8 baby potatoes

Chicken and Mushroom Pot Pies

with steamed greens and baby potatoes • 2 bunches broccolini, trimmed (or two cups of broccoli) (Broccolini is a cross-breed of broccoli and Chinese broccoli, a leafy vegetable commonly referred to as gai lan in Cantonese or jie lan in Mandarin.

You get the florets found in broccoli and the longer stems and leaves found in Chinese broccoli. This hybrid was first created in 1983.)

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Pétanque at Club Mount Maunganui Anytime is Petanque Time

Preheat oven to 200°C. Spray 4 medium sized ramekins or oven dishes with olive oil.

Place a medium heavy based pan over medium heat and add 1 tablespoon olive oil. Add the chicken and cook for 10-12 minutes or until cooked. Remove meat from the pot and set aside.

Add remaining olive oil to the pan and saute leeks, garlic and mushrooms for 5-6 minutes, or until just softened. Add the flour and cook for 1-2 minutes. Add the milk and black pepper and cook for a further 4-5 minutes or until thickened. Return the chicken to the pot and stir to combine.

Refrigerate mixture until cooled completely.

Meanwhile, bring a medium sized pot of water to the boil. Add potatoes and cook until tender, approximately 15 minutes, drain.

Bring a small pan of water to the boil. Add broccolini and simmer for 4 minutes until tender. Drain.

Once chicken mixture has cooled, divide chicken mixture between ramekins/oven dishes. Roughly press down 1 piece of filo on top of every ramekin and brush with egg.

Bake for 20 minute or until golden.

Serve with steamed greens and potatoes.

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Spring in Tauranga

CRAPP FAMILY PICNIC AT OMOKOROA, c. 1912 – Photograph of Captain Crapp and family picnicking at Omokoroa. A. Crapp was mentioned in chapter 16 of The New Zealand Wars: A History of the Maori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period: Volume II: The Hauhau Wars, (1864–72). He was a prominent figure in Tauranga. (Tauranga City Libraries Image 14-0204)

KAIATE FALLS SCHOOL PICNIC , 1913 – A picnic held to celebrate the opening of Kaiate Falls School (then calle d Papamoa No. 2 School) in 1913.

Seated in the front row (left to right) are; Evelyn Sorrenson, Mary Fox, unk nown, Hilda Sorrenson. At the far right fron t: Mr and Mrs Sorrenson with baby Sein a on Mrs Sorrenson’s lap. Behind Hilda Sorr enson (woman in dark coat and large hat) is Mrs Bob Gilmore (Letitia). (Taurang a City Libraries Image 04-161)

PICNIC AT PILOT BAY, MOUNT MAUNGANUI, c. 1945 – Picnic held at Pilot Bay, Mount Maunganui during the 1940’s. (Tauranga City Libraries Image 11-030) 12

PICNIC PARTY AT THOMPSON’S TRACK, KATIKATI, 1900 – Edward Bruce Killen and William James Katt erns with a picnic party at Thompson’s Track in Katikati in 1900. Back (left to right): Edward Bruce Killen, Phoebe Kathleen Gledstanes, Mary Sophia Ethe l Stewart, Mary Gledstanes, Maud Nin a Margaret Stewart, Evyleen Frances Stew art, Angela Julia Isabel Stewart. Front (left to right): William James Katterns , Dorothea Kate Gledstanes, Helen Gledstanes, George Cecil Stewart. (Tau ranga City Libraries Image 16-307)

PICNIC ON MOTITI ISLAND, 1901 – The photographer’s friends and ee family enjoying a picnic on Motiti Island in 1901. From the Dunnage/Hartr 00-688) Image photographic album. (Tauranga City Libraries

SINTON FAMILY PICNIC AT KATIKATI, c. 1910 – The Sinton family picnicking at Katikati with a horse in the background. Photograph from Rita Hume (nee Johnston). (Tauranga City Libraries Image 02-590)

Our winners for the Henley Hotel prize Ian and Audrey Henderson

Audrey is seated next to Ian

The Blue House (which is now white) The following is from the pen of Samantha Cutler, our Forget Me Not Life Stories Writing Partner who is based in the Waikato.

Ever keen to discover the history of our elderly villa home, my husband and I enjoyed a stroke of luck earlier this year. I presented my introductory spiel during the beginning of a personal history talk delivered to a group in Te Awamutu. “My husband and I live between Arapuni and Pukeatua, above the Mangare Stream, and close to the top of Lake Arapuni.” I’m quite precise because we live in the wop wops, and for some strange reason (perhaps my pommy accent), most listeners assume I’m a city girl!

With a sigh of relief (I always heave a sigh of relief at the close of my talks), I opened the floor to questions and discussion. Little by little sub conversations ensued, and I mingled with the crowd. A lady approached and asked me to be more specific about where we lived, which I thought odd because, as I previously mentioned, I am quite specific. “I think I lived in your house.” The lady (Lois) stopped me in my tracks.

She explained moving our home (in two sections) from the other side of the lake in 1960. The house (a simple four-roomed box back then) was the first to be relocated in the district and Pukeatua School children were released from class to watch the spectacle. Lois, her husband, several children, and foster children remained in our home until 1964 at which point, they moved to her parents’ land across the road. The family retained ownership for several years, renting to various tenants.

Since the 1970s, the house has changed hands, size and appearance at least five times. Last year we changed the last remaining original face (the front/ back/side door end as we call it because it’s an ongoing debate as to which is the front and which is the back of our house), through adding a second bathroom and moving the spare bedroom out into the verandah space.

Coincidentally, the day building work began, Lois and her son visited for lunch. They viewed and recognised that last side of the house before it changed forever more. Amid exclamations about how big the trees were, it was a joy to watch Lois point where the copper used to be, the old leanto wash house, the stove, and who slept where. We learned that the best part of a small plane was chucked over our wire fence into the gully below – where I suspect it remains today.

What stories do you have to preserve? The team at Forget-Me-Not Life Stories has been helping families preserve treasured family memories and stories from around New Zealand for over ten years. Our speciality is taking a headful of memories and a boxful of photos and transforming them into an enduring family heirloom.

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November IN YOUR GARDEN

This month offers garden abundance as spring moves into summer.

The days are getting longer which gives gardeners more time to enjoy their home patch.

Kitchen Garden

Tomatoes are growing quickly so need staking, regular deep watering and feeding with Tui Tomato Food.

Sow your favourite seeds directly into the garden such as PUMPKIN, COURGETTES, PARSNIP AND RADISH. For continuous harvesting sow at two to three weekly intervals.

Passionfruit plants now available in store!

Place a layer of Tui Mulch & Feed around the base of your edibles and fruit trees to help conserve moisture.

Cabbage, capsicum and leeks can be sown in trays for transplanting later.

Flower Garden

Attract butterflies to your garden with Swan Plants – now available in store!

Place a layer of Tui Mulch & Feed around the base of your perennials, trees and shrubs to help conserve moisture and suppress weeds.

Plant new season’s Hibiscus plants for a tropical flavour in your garden.

Plant your favourite summer flowering annual seedlings, such as Lobelia, Impatiens, Larkspur, Portulaca, Phlox and many more.

Install in-ground watering systems for economical summer watering.

Container Gardening Plants in pots dry out quicker than those in the ground so water all plants in pots daily. Feed with Tui Organic Seaweed Plant Tonic weekly to keep them healthy.

Plant hanging baskets and terracotta pots with flowers for summer.

All our plants are of the highest quality, but if something fails to grow in your garden, we’ll simply replace it for you – that’s our Palmers Promise.

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Plant your favourite summer edibles now such as TOMATOES, CUCUMBERS, EGGPLANT, LETTUCE, SWEET CORN, SPRING ONIONS, WATERMELON AND CELERY.

Plant a crop of seed potatoes in your garden or in a large tub or planter bag.

Feed all citrus trees with Palmers Citrus Fertiliser, and other fruit trees with Palmers General Garden Fertiliser.

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By planting basil next to your tomatoes you’ll improve their flavour.

All Chrysanthemums and Dahlias can now be planted.

Side dress roses with Palmers rose fertiliser. A layer of Tui Mulch & Feed around the base will help retain soil moisture over summer.

Plant water lillies and other pond plants.

Lawns For a lush green lawn apply Palmers Lawn Fertiliser when rain is due or water it in with a sprinkler.

Waikato Hospital: Wearable Devices at the Heart of Patient-Centric Care It’s a new era for monitoring patient vital signs at Waikato Hospital with the introduction of a new telemetry device which allows real-time monitoring on the go.

Telemetry patient monitors have been used in the clinical setting for many years, however technology has progressed.

Waikato DHB has introduced 30 new Mindray TM-80 devices from Connected Healthcare, which are about the size of a smartphone, weigh just 210g, and are waterproof and durable.

The WiFi-capable device displays heartrate, oxygen saturation and ECG waveforms in real-time on an LCD touchscreen.

“The telemetry of old was a plain grey box attached to the patient providing visibility of their vital signs from a central station only,” says Waikato Hospital Nurse Director Colleen Vandy.

She says while the old equipment has done a great job, the difference in approach is like going from “a flip-phone to an iPhone”.

The hard-working team behind the project: Back row from left: Niki Houghton, Brenda Tai-Rakena, Bridget Killion, Colleen Vandy, Preston Gash. Front row from left: Cherian Sebastian, Amanda Bull, Sara Valeti, Jennine Stevenson, Lisa Inglis (on the stick), Noor Syed, Syed Hussaini

Ms Vandy says the new devices support patients to be mobile and also provide better work practices for the clinician because they can see the patient and their vitals in the same space, and not necessarily just by their bed.

The WiFi capability also ensures each piece of equipment can be tracked wherever users go throughout the hospital.

“So if the patient goes to the cafeteria, you can see where they are.”

Charge Nurse Manager Bridget Killion believes the devices will streamline workflows.

Mindray TM-80 Telemetr

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“Nurses and doctors at the patient’s bedside will be able to view what’s actually happening on the device, rather than having to ring up the Coronary Care Unit to access data,” she says.

It could also paint a more accurate picture of the patient’s wellbeing. Patient symptoms may not come on while they’re in bed, so allowing them to go about their usual daily activities, like having a shower, means clinicians can see what’s going on, providing a greater understanding of any underlying health issues.

(Images courtesy of Waikato DHB)

Tauranga Firm To Continue Te Reo Billboard For The Year The boutique PR agency, Whare PR, has decided to use its high-profile billboard to promote te reo Māori all year around, not just this week.

Bridgette Tapsell, CEO of Whare PR, says their electronic billboard is situated above the bag collection carousel at Tauranga airport.

To celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori their billboard displayed a simple phrase ‘Kia pai tō wiki’, which included the translation ‘Have a good week’.

“(During Te Wiki o te Reo Māori) it’s been exciting to see so many people having the confidence to give it a go in the form of basic conversational phrases.

The efforts by media, government and the business community to acknowledge and embrace our language in their marketing has been really heartening.

Tapsell says they will change the billboard phrase each month.

“We are just small, but our billboard is big and high profile. Everyone can do their bit,” she says.

(Image courtesy of Whare PR)

“We’ve had feedback from travellers that they love seeing this billboard. Simple, everyday phrases is a great way to start, to weave them into your daily kōrero. If we just saw two phrases a day, while out and about, before long it would be normal for everyone and is a great building block towards being conversational or fluent.

“Te Wiki o te Reo Māori is an incredible concept and New Zealanders are embracing the language in record numbers, and as businesses we can continue the movement throughout the year by ensuring we are using te reo in our business communications,” Tapsell says.

Whare PR specialises in iwi communications and works with many Māori organisations and Trusts around Aotearoa.

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Prime Crossword Across 8. Modify (4) 9. Positive pole (5) 10. Leave out (4) 11. Perplex (6) 12. Encirclement (8) 13. Breaking and entering (8) 15. Ascribe (6) 17. Not an art (7) 19. Violent rotating windstorm (7) 22. Scant (6) 24. Fury (8) 26. Marine crustacean (8) 28. Termagants (6) 30. Learning method (4) 31. Well-known (5) 32. Make do (4) Down 1. Border (4) 2. Fight (8) 3. Photographic necessity (6) 4. Cattlemen (7) 5. Speed (8) 6. Come up with (6) 7. Discover (4) 14. Open, as a bottle (5) 16. Basic belief (5) 18. A type of curved shape (8) 20. A black candy (8) 21. Outcomes (7) 23. Eluted (6) 25. Dwell (6) 27. Affirm (4) 29. Sponge (4)

Prime Walks

By Ceana Priest

TUI DOMAIN TRACK

This outing ticks all the boxes. A stroll through a forest, views over Te Aroha and a cascading waterfall to paddle in.

The trail starts beside the Mōkena Geyser in the Domain and sidles its way around the base of Mount Te Aroha. The main route continues to Tūī Road but follows the signs to Tutumangao Waterfall and Noel’s Lookout for a more interesting family adventure that loops back to the car park.

Along the way take in the Crusher Falls and some historic reservoir relics. From the lookout you pass by an old quarry filled with murky emerald water, to Colin’s Lookout which is near the Tutumangao Waterfall. Through the small gate, walk along a rugged little outcrop to the base of the waterfall. This can be slippery after rain and little kids will absolutely need a helping hand here. Or, if that doesn’t appeal just take in the sights from the lookouts and head back the same way you came. But exploring the waterfall is fun! There’s a small pool at the base of the waterfall to dip your toes in. Then clamber over the wooden planks and up the other side to head back to the car park along the Pipe Line Track/ Old Reservoir Detour. Look out for the kawakawa dotted along the path.

Can you spot the weird lines that have been cut into the privet tree trunks? A mysterious person has been doing this for a decade in a crusade to eradicate the pest trees.

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FACILITIES: Toilets, cafe and playground at the Domain.

TIME: Allow 60 minutes return.

ACCESSIBILITY: Well graded paths, steps, y

couple of shallow streams and some rock sections.

DOGS: Dogs on leads.

HOW TO GET THERE: Parking available near Te Aroha Domain. Walk starts near Mōkena Geyser.

a is a ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Ceanorer called

Hamilton mum raising an expl Finn who adores bugs and splashing in forest streams. After struggling to find accessible adventures, she has published family-friendly guidebooks for Auckland, Central North Island and Hamilton & Waikato.

Kiwi Pickers

I have had a busy few weeks quoting and, also, buying amazing collections as of late. Two lots stand out for me and will probably stay in my own collection for quite a while. The first lot came locally and was an unusual family collection of military medals that spanned three generations: from the new Zealand Wars in Taranaki (1860 to 1866), World War I, and the North African campaign in World War II. I believe this to be an important collection and one that must never be broken up.

10 Ways Reading & Writing Can Give Your Aging Brain a Boost!

Reading is a passion we can take into our old age and not worry about our performance! After all, it’s not a game we’re playing… we’re just keeping our brains functioning at optimum level.

The second interesting lot came from an elderly gentleman in Waihi. He had a shed full of the good, the bad, and the ugly and was so packed it was difficult to get to and see what was in a lot of the boxes. It turned out to be a nice collection of old bottles, oil tools and other items perfect for the man cave.The best part of this game is you never know what to expect and the personalities you come across! It is a lot like the American Pickers TV show at times, however I must say they do have a lot more history and a huge amount of older items – especially when it comes to garagenalia.

One day I would love to do a similar show here in Godzone and from what I have seen there are plenty of interesting and eccentric characters and collections to work with. I have also expanded by taking another site at the Depot antique shop in Paeroa. This shop is a co-op and it is big with plenty for all to see and hopefully buy.

The shop is run and owned by Vickie who is a real pleasure to work with. I have also kept an eye on the auction houses to see if the rally in antique prices is continuing and to a large extent it is.

Old China Kitchenalia Glass Old Tins Military Instruments

An example is Waterford crystal.

If you are fortunate enough to own a stunning set of champagne flutes and in perfect condition they could fetch over $1000. On the China front, good quality and condition is the order of day with signed Aynsley fetching good numbers.

Sadly however, you see the odd Royal Doulton sets go for peanuts.

One thing I have noticed though was because of the good prices – a lot of people have been sending in their shell collections and the serious collectors know what they want and your normal shells will go for a fraction of what the big pieces go for. However, the coral pieces often fetch into the thousands .

Finally, at the moment I am searching hard for any old oil products like the old oil bottles, signs, tins etc. And of course any old coins, military, china, art glass and early kitchen items too. I don’t mind giving advice too as some items like furniture I have some knowledge of, but I also know of many people who are very keen to help out.

Until next month, Mark

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Let’s be clear. Scrolling through Facebook is not a brain workout.

Reading a book is. In fact, all the new-fangled brain games we play are really no substitute for plain old reading which can be called the first brain game. Reading gives our brain a serious workout.

As you’re reading this, for example, your brain is decoding a series of complex symbols (bet you never heard letters described in that way before!), and then creating complex ideas from the synthesised results.

The Benefits of Reading The benefits of reading include: 1. Stress Reduction Reading lowers your stress levels.

Focussing on what you’re reading is far removed from everyday life and its problems.

2. Mental Stimulation and Improved Vocabulary Whatever your read will exercise your brain, get you thinking, and help your imagination to soar.

Your vocabulary has grown over the years and continuing to read will make it grow further.

3. Improved Social Skills Reading enhances empathy, and reading fiction helps you to understand the mental states, differing ideas, wants and needs, and beliefs.

4. Enhanced Memory Reading is known to improve memory – even if only for discussion with fellow readers in the book club you’re going to join! Reading has been shown to stimulate memory as well as slow cognitive decline as we age.

5. Improved Sleep Ditch the screen and make reading a part of your bedtime ritual. But limit the time. There are some books that are really hard to put down and you won’t sleep better at all!

Benefits of Writing After 60 When it comes to writing, we become better at it as we age. Here’s why: 1. More Experience to Draw on because of your Greater Life Knowledge If you’re telling your story or writing something fictional, you have years of experience to share. Draw on it! Yes, you have become wiser! You know things you may have even forgotten learning, but once you put pen to paper, the flood gates open.

2. Brilliant at Creating Work Plans The big tip here is to write everything down. Create lists and tick off items only when they are done. Don’t waste valuable brain space by trying to remember everything. You have better things to do.

3. Broader and More Interesting Vocabulary You have a lifetime of words to play with; recall and re-learn and just expand.

4. Emotions Management You may need to manage our emotions, especially when it comes to editing the writing we produce.

5. Better Communication Between Left and Right Brain Halves Your logical left brain communicates far better with your creative right brain as you age. It makes it easier to gather your thoughts and use them to your best advantage.

You probably noticed that reading and writing have the same effects, though in slightly different ways. But they are both crucial to slowing the aging of your brain.

Whatever reasons, or excuses, you have used not to write, get rid of them now. You have the time and the inclination so start writing.

If you didn’t read when you were younger because you never had the time, now you can make the time.

Stimulate your brain and let your imagination out of its cage.

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DID YOU KNOW? Hummingbirds are the only bird that can fly backwards.

New Zealand’s first hospital was opened in 1843.

Almonds are members of the peach family.

Tiger Woods’ real first name is Eldrick.

Your foot and your forearm are the same lengths.

Coconuts kill over 150 people each year (more than sharks).

Months that start on a Sunday will always have a Friday the 13th.

It took Leonardo Da Vinci 10 years to paint Mona Lisa.

More people are allergic to cows milk than any other food.

A flea can jump 350 times its body length.

Japan is the largest exporter of frog legs.

The Greek national anthem is the longest in the world with 158 verses.

Funeral Insurance Overpriced & Overhyped Overpriced funeral insurance policies are leaving consumers thousands of dollars out of pocket.

An 85-year-old woman who paid $18,900 for funeral insurance worth just $10,000 has been denied a refund of overpaid premiums by a well-known New Zealand insurance company.

Selling funeral policies that result in customers paying thousands more than the cover will ever be worth doesn’t wash with us.

The woman took out funeral insurance in 2003, paying for cover for herself and her son. The policy had a value of $5000 for each life insured.

Funeral insurance is heavily promoted, playing on people’s fears about being a financial burden on their families.

However, our research has found it can be an expensive way to pay for your final send-off.

Over 17 years, the woman ended up paying $8900 more in premiums than the policy would pay out for funeral costs.

The insurance company has since offered to stop billing her for further premiums and make the policy “paid up” to $5225 for each life insured. However, it won’t refund premiums that have been paid above this amount.

No refund policy The insurance company defended its stance stating, the “policy is working as it’s designed to so we’re unable to offer [the customer] a refund”.

It said, “with risk-based insurance, there’s no money refundable if the insured risk doesn’t occur or if the amount of a claim is less than the premiums paid”.

Consumer NZ disagrees with this argument.

Funeral cover isn’t like other riskbased insurance products, such as house insurance. Your home may or may not burn down. But funeral insurance covers a certain event – everyone is going to die. There’s zero risk it won’t happen.

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Overhyped and oversold

Marketing of these policies also risks misleading consumers about the cover they’re getting: policies can require premiums to be paid until the person is 90 but the lifetime costs are seldom disclosed.

If customers can’t afford to keep up premiums, there’s no refund if they cancel. Most policies only have a short cooling-off period after purchase when the customer can cancel and get a refund.

Consumer NZ advice If you want to put money aside for your funeral costs, the simplest option is setting up a savings account. You’ll have control over your money and get to keep the interest it earns.

If you’re considering funeral insurance, check the terms and conditions carefully. Don’t buy a policy that requires you to pay more in premiums than it will ever pay out.

Humbly Yours

By Chris Packer

“Cobbler Cobbler mend my shoe Get it done by half past two Stitch it up, and stitch it down Then I’ll give you half a crown” I recently came across a suitcase full of shoe lasts (from the old English word laest meaning footprint). Shoe lasts were a vital tool of the cobblers’ workshop, much like mannequins are to the dressmaker. The lasts were carved and smoothed in hardwoods like beech or maple by skilled crafts people called cordwainers. Cast iron shoe lasts were also produced to be used by the cobbler mainly for shoe mending.

A shoe last was not the carbon copy of any one foot but one of many sole sizes and shapes (each individually identified and numbered) which all shoemakers used for the base of the shoe; the upper was designed to the requirements and intended use of the customer. That said there was one last in the suitcase that looks like it was made especially for a foot with huge bunions.

Some of these numbered sole designs are iconic and have been used in the creation of expensive footwear brands right up to today; such as Doc Martens, Last No.59 and Red Wings workboots, Last No.8.

Munson Service Shoes Last No.42 became the prototype for military service boots. Some modern very expensive shoe designers start with using plastic moulded lasts made to the traditional specifications.

Probably thousands of old shoe lasts have survived in storage and are now recycled into interesting and attractive decorations; glowing, polished examples of the cordwainer art.

The badly worn and damaged examples as the ones stored in the old suitcase are a blank canvas for decoration using paint, collage, buttons, laces and bows.

The collection at Humble is growing into a shoe shelf of quirky colourful designs for use as ornamental door stops, bookends, lamp stands or whatever use your imagination comes up with.

Humble Gifts & Collectibles (the little shop in the corner of Cafe Fresca garden), 78 Alison Street, Hamilton Lake. Phone 0210 2334 7606.

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10 Classic Movie Quotes

1. “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.” – Gone With the Wind, 1939

5. “Here’s looking at you, kid.”

– Casablanca, 1942

2. “I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.”

– The Godfather, 1972

6. “Go ahead, make my day.”

– Sudden Impact, 1983

3. “You don’t understand!

I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could’ve been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am.” – On the Waterfront, 1954 4. “Toto, I’ve got a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.”

– The Wizard of Oz, 1939

7. “All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up.” – Sunset Boulevard, 1950 8. “May the Force be with you.”

– Star Wars, 1977 9. “Fasten your seatbelts.

It’s going to be a bumpy night.”

– All About Eve, 1950 10. “After all, tomorrow is another day!” – Gone With the Wind, 1939

Waste Minimisation Plans a WINNER for Pacific Lakes Village Plans to set up worm farms and green waste composting has seen PaciďŹ c Lakes Village in Mount Maunganui receive a $10,873 grant from the Tauranga City Council Resource Wise Community Fund.

The annual $50,000 contestable community fund supports waste minimisation initiatives in Tauranga.

PaciďŹ c Lakes Village, currently under development, is one of the newest additions to the Generus Living Group of retirement villages and the ďŹ rst with a sustainable approach to design.

Central to the village is the creation of its own ecosystem via a series of waterways, fed from rainwater and natural aquifers that will support the regeneration of plant and birdlife. The village community centre, The Lake House, is designed to operate o the grid with its own solar and rainwater recycling systems.

The goal of the waste minimisation project at the village is to design and introduce good waste practices that can be used across the retirement village sector. “The ďŹ rst step is developing the necessary infrastructure to support behavioural change,â€? says Generus Living Group director Graham Wilkinson. “We are thrilled to be working with Tauranga City Council to support its Waste Management and Minimisation Plan. Sustainable awareness is rapidly increasing, but there is still a lot we must do, both as individuals and as businesses. Through this project, we want to empower our senior communities by providing meaningful support and tools.â€?

The project will include the establishment of worm farms for residential kitchen waste and large-scale green waste composting trials on-site, complemented by an ongoing educational programme and workshops for residents. Sustainable irrigation solutions will also be explored.

There are many other eco-friendly features within the village, including homes pre-wired for solar, electric vehicle charging stations, LED lighting, and community gardens and greenhouses.

Generus Living Group launched its ďŹ rst waste minimisation pilot in October 2019 at its sister village, PaciďŹ c Coast, also in Mount Maunganui, with a focus on reducing operational waste to landďŹ ll and improving waste management eďŹƒciencies.

As a result, 100 percent of landscaping green waste is being diverted from landďŹ ll from the extensive 16.2ha property, and glass depositories and battery separation bins have been installed. Considerable work has also gone into ďŹ nding the best solutions for restaurant and cafe food waste. “Our PaciďŹ c Coast team has fully embraced the operational waste challenge,â€? says Graham. “The progress made has really demonstrated the impact we can make with simple behavioural changes and decisions. “As a business, sustainability is important to us, and to our iwi partners Mangatawa Papamoa Blocks Incorporation. We are committed to embedding sustainability into our organisational culture, through a shared vision for a sustainable future and our role as kaitiaki (guardian).â€?

The PaciďŹ c Lakes Village waste minimisation project forms a key part of the company’s sustainability strategy, which focusses on health and wellbeing, nature, energy, water, waste, community, employment, conversation, and innovation.

For more information contact Generus Living Group director Graham Wilkinson, phone 021 346 844.

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Original Art Expo and Trustpower Supreme Award It’s exhibition time again for the Tauranga Society of Artists.

The Society is the largest group of vibrant artists in the Bay and comprises some 200 members who participate in a wide range of art genres and mediums and produce an astounding variety of original artwork.

Following on from the very successful Original Art Expo in October 2019, the Society are hosting their most prestigious exhibition of the year including the Trustpower Supreme Award.

Where: Tauranga Boys College gymnasium, corner 14th Ave and Devonport Road, Tauranga.

When: Thursday 1-4 October.

Doors open: 9.30am and close 5pm Thursday, Friday and Saturday Sunday 9.30-4pm. Entry by gold coin donation.

Some 300 paintings were on display and for sale at the 2019 Expo and they expect to have a similar number at the 2020 October Expo.

This will be a very special collection of local original art for sale. This exhibition introduces some interesting initiatives by the Society.

The TRUSTPOWER SUPREME AWARD is the Society’s most prestigious annual award. It is judged from a SUPREME section of the Expo wherein the artists can enter just one artwork. This year the judge will be Nicol Sanders O’Shea, Academic Leader of Arts, Music and Media at Tauranga and Rotorua Toi Ohomai (Polytech). There will be 5 Merit Awards and 1 Supreme Award presented at the Gala Opening. The Expo will be opened

by Mayor Tenby Powell.

PEOPLES CHOICE AWARD – the People’s Choice Award which was won by Natalya Doudell in 2019 was very popular and will be held again. This gives the visitors to the exhibition the opportunity to vote for their favourite painting.

TINY ART – For the first time, there will be a TINY ART section where artists can enter up to 3 miniature artworks- no larger than 22.5cm2.

It’s a bit of fun and these artworks have a price cap of $150 so makes for a special economical original artwork for art hunters.

LIVE ART – Another new aspect to the exhibition is going to be LIVE ART – there will be artists working on artwork live at the exhibition so visitors can see art in action.

Artists will be working in different mediums e.g. oils, watercolour, acrylic and pastels. ‘We may even be lucky enough to have some live portraiture happening’ says Debbie Clarke, President of the Society – ‘we have many tremendously talented artists and would love to show them off and perhaps inspire visitors to take up some sort of art that they may always have wanted to do but not had the time or confidence to do so. We welcome new members and have lots to offer them.’

Tauranga Floral Art Group will be displaying their talents with some beautiful floral displays, complimenting the Artworks.

The Society offers members daily opportunities to be involved in workshops, open sessions, tutorials and camaraderie, at their base Art Room in Elizabeth Street East which is complimentary to the creative energy and skill that goes on in their own homes and studios.

Special thanks to our sponsors: Trustpower, Farmer Auto Group, Harrisons Framing, Bethlehem Paper Plus, Heartland Bank, Brookfield New World.

A group of our talented artists at a recent social gathering in the club rooms

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HOW OLD IS OLD? IS 60 REALLY THE NEW 40?

How old is old? In most western countries, retirement age is the milestone after which someone becomes “elderly” or a “senior.” But, is this really fair? According to StatsNZ, in 1950, women could expect to life to 71 and men to 67. By contrast, today, women could expect to live to an average age of 83, and men to 79 years.

How Old is Old Really?

If you are in your 50s now, chances are your life-expectancy by the time you reach “retirement age” will be considerably higher. So, this raises an interesting question: If life expectancy continues to increase, why have our definitions of “old age” remained the same?

It’s Not Just a Matter of Life-expectancy Our generation’s expectations for life after 65 are dramatically different than our parents and grandparents. Most of us aren’t planning on retiring any time soon. Even those of us who want to quit our jobs eventually see “retirement” as a time for pursuing our passions, not embracing invisibility. In addition, we all experience the aging process differently. I know people in their 80s, who are roller-skating and jumping out of planes. I also know people in their early 50s who are cynical, grumpy and inactive.

So, the question is this – do you become “old” when you reach a certain age, whether 60, 65, or 70? Or, is being “old” a state of mind?

Do you think that retirement age is the point at which someone becomes “old?” Why or why not? Is “old age” something that happens to you at age 65 or 70? Or, is “old age” a state of mind?

Let us know what you think by sending your response to info@ manuelmedianz.com – and we will publish your letter or highlight your activity.

We Need Your Feedback on the End of Life Choice Act Researchers from the University of Auckland, School of Nursing are keen to hear your views on assisted dying and the End of Life Choice Act (2019), in light of our experience of COVID-19.

Given the upcoming referendum on the End of Life Choice Act (2019), we are interested in finding out what your views are on hastening death, what you understand about the End of Life Choice Act 2019, and if the impact of COVID-19 on life in New Zealand has brought any change in your attitude to assisted dying.

If you are an adult aged over 60 years of age, we want to hear from you. You can go to the Prime website (manuelmedianz.com) to be taken to the online survey. Alternatively, if you want to receive a copy of the questionnaire in the post or via email, or to request to complete the question in-person, send your email or postal address to d.balmer@auckland.ac.nz or ring us and leave a message on (09) 373 7599 ext 81353. The questionnaire will take about 15 minutes to complete. The survey closes the 18th of October.

Dr Rosemary Frey, a Senior Research Fellow, and Dr Deborah Balmer, Research Fellow, at the University of Auckland lead this project

About the End of Life Choice Act 2019 The Act gives people with a terminal illness the option of requesting assisted dying.

Parliament passed the End of Life Choice Act, but it has not come into force. The Act will only come into force if more than 50% of voters in the referendum vote ‘Yes’.

Terms used in the Act In the Act, ‘assisted dying’ means: • a person’s doctor or nurse practitioner giving them medication to relieve their suffering by bringing on death; or

• the taking of medication by the person to relieve their suffering by bringing on death.

In the Act, ‘medication’ means a lethal dose of the medication used for assisted dying.

Who would be eligible for assisted dying?

To be able to ask for assisted dying, a person must meet ALL the following criteria. They must: • be aged 18 years or over • be a citizen or permanent resident of New Zealand • suffer from a terminal illness that’s likely to end their life within 6 months • have significant and ongoing decline in physical capability

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• experience unbearable suffering that cannot be eased • be able to make an informed decision about assisted dying.

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A person would not be eligible to ask for assisted dying if the only reason they give is that they are suffering from a mental disorder or mental illness, or have a disability of any kind, or are of advanced age.

Who would be considered able to make an informed decision about assisted dying?

Under the Act, a person is able to make an informed decision about assisted dying if they can do ALL of the following things: • understand information about assisted dying • remember information about assisted dying in order to make the decision • use or weigh up information about assisted dying when making their decision • communicate their decision in some way.

Making sure the choice is freely made

Includes:

The doctor must do their best to make sure that a person’s choice to ask for assisted dying is their own.

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If, at any time, the doctor or nurse practitioner thinks a person is being pressured about their decision, they must stop the process.

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A health practitioner is not allowed to suggest that a person consider assisted dying when providing a health service to them.

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78% of Kiwis Willing to Pay More for Appliances Built to Last In a new survey by Consumer NZ, 78% of New Zealanders said they are willing to pay more for kitchen or laundry appliances that last longer – but fewer than half (46%) find it clear which appliances will be more durable.

Consumer NZ chief executive Jon Duffy said the research shows the public clearly want better information on which brands are built to last.

“Appliances come with price labels and detailed functional specs, but no data on how much use they will stand up to. Given this lack of information from manufacturers, Consumer NZ is stepping into the breach. We are starting to introduce durability to our product performance testing, as part of a significant new focus on durable, reliable products. We’re also starting a campaign called #BuiltToLast,” he said.

Also, 87% of consumers believe some brands are more reliable and 73% say they choose more durable kitchen or laundry appliances. However, less than half of consumers think warranty periods are a good indication of product life.

“There is a clear gap between the public’s interest in built to last appliances and the information available to consumers to help buy them,” Mr Duffy said. What’s more, the research shows New Zealanders are loyal to their appliances, with 78% saying they only replace appliances when they break down.

With the public’s strong focus on reliability and durability, alongside the usual price and performance considerations, Consumer NZ is calling on manufacturers to test and disclose how long their appliances are expected to last.

“This Government focus on what happens to electrical/electronic products at their end of life shows just how important it is to help people choose durable and reliable products.

Which is why Consumer is launching the Built to Last campaign,” said Mr Duffy.

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The cast of Simply The Best have touched down in New Zealand and are now in the process of completing their 14 day quarantine before starting rehearsal and the restart of the New Zealand tour from the 31st October.

The show’s original 13-stop tour launched in Kerikeri on March 16th earlier this year but was abruptly shut down by producers just two days later due to the ever-worsening COVID-19 situation.

The dynamic, high-energy show will provide New Zealanders with a much-needed opportunity to venture out and enjoy some quality live music after months of forced hibernation for the live entertainment industry.

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This show recreates the magic and energy that is Tina Turner with an amazing band, dancers, and Tina.

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Council Seeks The Jurisich Final Feedback on Experience at Founders Theatre Site It’s time to decide what should happen on the Founders Theatre site.

Gaye Jurisich has developed an international reputation for creating large-scale art installations and now she has created four new ones for a special exhibition at Waikato Museum.

‘The Jurisich Experience: In-situ Installations by Gaye Jurisich’ is now open and runs until Sunday 1 November.

Children have already started having fun interacting with one of her installations on the Museum’s forecourt called ‘Gathering’ – a colourful piece that entices young visitors to hop from tile to tile as they make their way in to the Museum.

‘Long Long Summer’ – a huge yellow waterfall of compostable strips made from cornflour starch – greets visitors in the museum foyer and draws your eyes up to another work of yellow powdercoated steel ‘Carcass’ hanging from the vaulted ceiling. A fourth installation, ‘Still’, employs multiple strands of fine white and black twine that stretch across the full expanse of The Barry Hopkins Gallery, inviting contemplation.

Hamilton City Council recently unanimously approved a fourweek community feedback process on three options for the Tristram Street site.

Founders Theatre has been closed since March 2016 due to safety concerns over the operation of the stage house fly system, fire and other safety hazard protection.

The building, which opened in 1962, is also earthquake-prone.

Past estimates for restoration have ranged from $12M to $20M. This is the third time the general public have been asked for feedback on the site since it closed.

A new regional theatre proposal is now a reality, with the new venue due to open in late 2022 on Victoria St. The Council will contribute a total of $25M. The new theatre cost is $77M and construction is due to start in the new year.

The community feedback process will begin on 5 October and run for four weeks. It will include open days, so people have the opportunity to ask questions about the options.

Inspired by mid-20th century land artists forging a new type of outdoor sculptural art in the United States and Europe, Ms Jurisich has been creating and exhibiting largescale land installations for the past 15 years in New Zealand, Australia and the United States. She has created extensive works for NZ Sculpture OnShore, Devonport, and Sculpture on the Gulf, Waiheke Island, and has been invited to exhibit at similar events overseas.

She was winner of the Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award in 2019 with a work called ‘Snare’.

Her passion is to create works that awaken people to the world around them.

Waikato Museum Director Cherie Meecham says, “We’re delighted to have this opportunity to feature Gaye Jurisich’s work at Waikato Museum and I encourage visitors to come here to experience it.”

Hamiltonians will be asked whether the Council should reinstate the site as a basic park or create a community park suitable for events, community activities and informal play. The second option supports the vision of the West Town Belt Masterplan.

The Council is also inviting interested parties to submit a proposal for a third option that keeps the theatre partly or fully intact.

Mayor Paula Southgate says the community may have fresh ideas on how the Founders site can be transformed into a vibrant space that reflects Hamilton’s changing profile.

“We have a chance to do something really interesting here that gives inner-city residents accessible green space, is a drawcard for residents and visitors to connect with our central city and provides a gateway to the West Town Belt. It could be a really wonderful community space,” Mayor Southgate says.

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Joanna Lumley at 74 – “Age is my friend” She captured the hearts of the nation playing feisty Purdey in The New Avengers and eccentric Patsy in Absolutely Fabulous.

But it is Joanna Lumley’s part in fighting for the Gurkhas’ rights that has cemented her place as a national treasure.

At 63, Joanna took on the British Government to change the law that banned any Gurkha who retired before 1997 from settling in the UK. The Nepalese soldiers have been a key part of the British Army for nearly 200 years. They fought in the two world wars and conflicts such as Iraq.

In May the Government finally agreed that all Gurkhas who had served more than four years could live in Britain.

Joanna was briefly married in 1970 to actor and TV writer Jeremy Lloyd but it wasn’t until she was 40 that she found the true love of her life.

She and conductor Stephen Barlow have been married 32 years, and spend their happiest days in their “tiny basic shepherd’s cottage” in a remote part of Scotland.

Joanna said: “This has been the most rewarding thing I have done. We owe them a debt of honour – a debt that will now be paid.”

The secret to the success of their union, she says, is the fact that Stephen is used to her and her ways, and is perfectly content to go without “scratchy, patchy” mobile phone calls while Joanna is off working in far-flung parts of the planet.

Lumley was born in India on May 1, 1946, where her father had fought with the British army’s 6th Gurkha Rifles in World War II. Lumley’s family later returned to Britain, where she was educated at private schools. She took up modeling, but her lifelong ambition was to be an actress. Though she failed an exam at 16 to enter the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she appeared in a series of small roles, including one in the James Bond film On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969), and she enjoyed a stint (1973) on the television drama Coronation Street.

Joanna is a mum, and a grandma! She had one son, 52-year-old Jamie Lumley, who has two daughters. Joanna has a very close relationship with Jamie, who she raised as a single parent.

“I am the champion of the second-raters,” Joanna says. “I’m an example of someone who was always overlooked and underrated and who got there in the end because I had to learn so many lessons along the way. The biggest lesson was to learn that you always have to keep on trying. Never give up.”

Lumley achieved stardom when she was cast as Purdey in the popular British TV show The New Avengers (1976– 77). Other substantial parts followed, notably the female lead in the science-fiction series Sapphire and Steel (1979–82), but her defining role came in 1992, when she began appearing in the TV situation comedy Absolutely Fabulous.

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Hamilton Vintage & Classic Car Club Despite inclement weather with showers threatening and Covid-19 restrictions in place, the September Classics Car Meet and Boot Sale at Classics Museum and Jukebox Diner in Railside Place, Frankton was well patronized. Although numbers were down on previous months due to the above-mentioned factors a very broad mix of cars turned out. The boot sale sellers were also down due to the conditions but some treasures changed hands over the morning. However, a light shower later during the event sent everyone packing.

The JukeBox Diner, now under new management and working under the present Covid-19 regulations, coped well with the large numbers wanting the Big Brekkie and coee.

The JukeBox Diner Voucher for Car of the Day was awarded to a very nice original and quite rare Red Lancia Delta Integrale evo 2 (pictured on the right).

Classics Museum cash prizes were awarded as follows: Runner-up car of the Day went to a lovely original red Morris Minor, Furthest Travelled to a gentleman from Tauranga and Youngest Person with a Classic went to a young gentleman driving a Mazda MX5. A nice original rustic blue Morris Minor took out the ďŹ nal award of the day.

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MORRIS MINOR The British Motor Show of 1948 opened on October 27th at Earl’s Court and attracted more than half a million people. After the austerity and rationing of the war and postwar years (you could drive just less than 100 miles a month on the petrol ration in 1948) a keen demand had built up, sharpened by many who had discovered the joys of driving in the armed forces.

The stars of the show were the sturdy little Morris Minor and the smart Jaguar XK 120.

While the new Jaguar took the prizes for stylishness, it was the Morris with its rounded nose, frog-like headlamps, and a windscreen split by a vertical bar that was the motor everyone might hope to own. This ‘people’s car’ of its day was the brainchild of the Greek-born engineer and designer Alec Issigonis, who had started work for Morris in 1936 and who would later go on to design the Mini.

William Morris, the future Lord NuďŹƒeld, started his company in 1913 and the ďŹ rst Morris Minor was launched in 1928. During the war, the NuďŹƒeld group diverted its energies to the patriotic production of munitions. In 1945 Issigonis was given a free hand to develop a new small car for the postwar period. Lord NuďŹƒeld thoroughly disapproved of the design and thought that the new Morris Minor looked like a poached egg. In light of this setback, the crew worked through the night and literary cut the car in two down the middle.

Then they added four inches down the center of the car – this then made all the dierence to its appearance. Originally called the Mosquito, the Minor was designed to combine maximum seating space with minimum size (12ft 4in long, 5ft 1in wide, 5ft high) – which was why it had such small wheels – as well as reliability, inexpensiveness, and a top speed of 62mph.

Looks were obviously not a top priority.

The engagingly half-timbered Minor Traveller and the Minor vans were introduced in 1953 and the Minor was the ďŹ rst British car to hit the production mark of one million, at the end of the decade. Sales declined and although not axed when British Leyland was formed in 1968, the convertible was phased out in 1969, the two and four-door saloons in 1970, and ďŹ nally, the popular Traveller version in 1971.

Soundly engineered, reasonably priced, and cherished in its day, the Minor has become a classic, eagerly sought after by collectors.

(Images of Morris Minors supplied by HVCCC)

 Ratepayers whose livelihood has been signiďŹ cantly impacted by COVID-19 are encouraged apply for a discount on their Hamilton City Council rates.

Applicants are required to show evidence that their drop in income is a direct result of COVID-19.

Council is oering a rebate to provide targeted support for residential ratepayers whose income has been directly aected by COVID-19. Ratepayers who are receiving ďŹ nancial support (beneďŹ t or accommodation supplement) from Work and Income (WINZ), or whose household income has reduced by 30% or to below $60,000 as a result of COVID-19, and have a minimal level of savings and investments, are eligible.

Council initially introduced the rebate in April as part of its COVID-19 12-point recovery plan.

The rebate is up to 50% of a homeowner’s quarterly rates instalment, to a maximum of $564.

Financial Support Services Manager Matthew Bell says the decision to extend the rebate for another 12 months was prudent given the recent return to Alert Level 2 and potential for further impacts.

“Oering a rebate for households signiďŹ cantly impacted by COVID-19 is just one of the levers we’ve pulled to help our city recover,â€? he says. “Every year, we also oer a substantial rebate for low-income earners and administer the nationwide rebate scheme on behalf of the Department of Internal Aairs (DIA).â€?

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Referendum: The Proposed Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill The proposed Bill sets out a way for the Government to control and regulate cannabis. This regulatory model covers how people can produce, supply, or consume cannabis. The Bill’s main purpose is to reduce cannabis-related harm to individuals, families/whānau and communities.

The Bill legalises restricted access to cannabis

The Bill’s purpose is to reduce harm to people and communities

The Bill would allow people to possess and consume cannabis in limited circumstances.

The Bill intends to reduce cannabis-related harm to individuals, families/whānau and communities by:

A person aged 20 or over would be able to:

• providing access to legal cannabis that meets quality and potency requirements

Humour An elderly man decided his wife was getting hard of hearing. He called the doctor to make an appointment to have her hearing checked.

The doctor said he could see her in two weeks, and meanwhile, there is a simple, informal test the husband could do to give the doctor some idea of the problem.

“Here’s what you do. Start about 40 feet away from her, and speak in a normal conversational tone and see if she hears you. If not, go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response.”

• buy up to 14 grams of dried cannabis (or its equivalent) per day only from licensed outlets

• eliminating the illegal supply of cannabis

• enter licensed premises where cannabis is sold or consumed

• restricting young people’s access to cannabis

So that evening she’s in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he’s in the living room, and he says to himself, “I’m about 40 feet away, let’s see what happens?”

• limiting the public visibility of cannabis

“Honey, what’s for supper?” No response.

• requiring health warnings on packaging and at the time of purchase

So the man moved to the other end of the room, about 30 feet from his wife and repeats, "Honey, what's for supper?" Still no response.

• consume cannabis on private property or at licensed premises • grow up to 2 plants, with a maximum of 4 plants per household • share up to 14 grams of dried cannabis (or its equivalent) with another person aged 20 or over.

• raising awareness of the health risks associated with cannabis use

• improving access to health and social services, and other kinds of support for families/whānau • making sure the response to any breach of the law is fair.

For further information you can access the New Zealand Government website – referendums.govt.nz

So he moves into the dining room, about 20 feet away. “Honey, what’s for supper?” No response.

On to the kitchen door, only 10 feet away.

“Honey, what’s for supper?” No response.

So he walks right up behind her. “Honey, what’s for supper?”

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Stardust and Substance: New Zealand’s Election Becomes a ‘Third Referendum’ on Jacinda Ardern’s Leadership Stephen Levine (Professor, Political Science and International Relations, Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington)

The delay to the New Zealand election date – to which not every country’s citizenry would have adjusted with such alacrity – was only the latest event in a year when the unexpected and the extraordinary have become constant features of a fragile “new normal”.

What was expected to be a prime ministerial contest between Jacinda Ardern and Simon Bridges led, briefly, to one with Todd Muller before settling on a choice between the prime minister and Judith Collins.

The crises have arisen with almost Shakespearean qualities, prophesied in Hamlet: “When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.”

New Zealand responded well in each case, displaying unity, resolve and concern. That speaks volumes for the government and its leadership, but also for the country and its people in general.

A leadership that calls on a nation to unite can only succeed when the public complies.

At the same time, public compliance is likely when there is respect for the country’s leadership. Respect is an impermanent reputational asset, of course, won or lost as a result of decisions made and communicated.

Labour might have set the precedent with its desperate leadership change just weeks out from the 2017 election, but it’s unlikely this was what the National Party had in mind when it first contemplated the dismal opinion poll figures.

For a country whose politics have sometimes been considered boringly predictable, the prelude to the October 17 election has been anything but.

So it is virtually impossible to judge the Labour/ New Zealand First/Green coalition’s performance by conventional measures.

The government’s original programme – as articulated in the November 2017 speech from the throne — reflected the three parties’ policy preferences, modified by post-election negotiations and agreements. But that bears little resemblance to the events that have subsequently shaped the reputation of the government and the prime minister.

The pandemic election Nothing in the Labour Party’s 2017 campaign could have prepared the party, its leadership or the electorate for a succession of life-and-death crises: the attack on the Christchurch mosques, the disaster of the Whakaari/White Island eruption and finally the COVID-19 pandemic, with its lockdowns, border closures and economic consequences.

The prospect of single-party government Amid these unpredictable and disruptive events, then, New Zealand’s electoral system (though still relatively new) now represents a kind of certainty and stability.

The 2020 parliamentary elections are the ninth to be held under the mixed member proportional (MMP) system. Having been approved, established and reconfirmed by referendums in 1992, 1993 and 2011, the system is no longer particularly controversial.

However, MMP’s success in delivering greater parliamentary diversity has also accustomed New Zealanders to coalition governments. Might this change in 2020?

If the leaders’ debates and other campaign events don’t significantly affect voter preferences and current polling, an outright Labour majority is possible.

That would be the first such election result since the introduction of MMP in 1996. But, as with other voting systems, MMP does not guarantee a particular outcome. The country may yet see a return to single-party government.

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A third referendum So, this election is not a normal contest in which political parties parade their programmes and ideological predilections before intermittently interested electors.

Instead, voters emerging from semi-traumatic circumstances – from confinement, new social habits and financial stress – will be asked to reflect on the performance of leaders whose decisions have had literally life-or-death consequences.

New Zealand elections have traditionally been about the economy. Voters make choices along semi-tribal lines, reflecting traditional party alignments. Those features will be present in 2020 as well, but they are likely to be influenced by other considerations.

New Zealanders are being called on, first and foremost, to reflect on the performance of the prime minister, whose image dominates every Labour billboard and advertisement.

Alongside the referendums on legalising recreational cannabis use and the End of Life Choice Act, the election itself has become, in effect, a third referendum on the prime minister’s instincts, judgment and determination.

When we published our analysis of the 2017 election we titled the book “Stardust and Substance” – a reference to her then-opponent Bill English’s description of Jacinda Ardern’s supposedly ephemeral “stardust” quality.

This time around, while the stardust is still there, what most voters will be contemplating is the substance of the prime minister’s achievements, and whether other leaders and parties could have done as well, or better, faced with the same constellation of challenges.

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