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Need a short walk to entertain the kids and prevent cabin fever? The Leamington Walkway is a gem. There are a few ways to tackle this walk depending on everyone’s energy levels. You can park at the Leamington Cemetery and walk down the stairs to the small regenerating wetland area, before heading along the easy path to the boulder strewn dam and stream. From here, you can continue beside the hilly farmland to exit at Addison Street. Then, either head back the way you came, or stroll through the streets to the cemetery. Google maps helps out here. It’s an easy walk and you can see the huge effort that the Cambridge Tree Trust and local students have put into converting the former wilderness of bramble and gorse into a small nature reserve. It would have been backbreaking work for the volunteers.
Arriving from the cemetery also means you walk beneath the towering eucalyptus trees, which is probably the most scenic way to attack this adventure. And, if the kids still have energy left in the tank afterwards, there are the miniature trains that chug around Leamington Domain every
Sunday weather permitting. Facilities: No toilets. Time: Allow 30 to 45 min for an easy explore. Accessibility: Mix of dirt paths, bridges and steps. Dogs: Dogs on leads. How to get there: Parking is available at Leamington Cemetery.
Super knitters do a count up When the Te Awamutu Machine Knitting group met for the first time since Lockdown, they did a tally of items produced for charity. The list included 38 sweaters, 43 hats, 37 blankets, baby apparel and 10 soft toys. Club spokesperson Janet Greenall said the items will be distributed between Plunket Te Awamutu, Mothercraft Waikato Hospital, and Te Awamutu Birthing Centre. “Parents appreciate these gifts and they are well received,’ she said.
The long-established group meets at the Presbyterian Church hall in Mutu Street on the fourth Wednesday of each month from noon to 4pm. “During this time there are selected demonstrations, and the opportunity to discuss our projects,” Janet Greenall said. “New members are always welcome. Machine Knitting is a useful, fun hobby, that takes a great deal of skill, and our ladies are more than happy to share their knowledge with those less experienced.” For more information call Janet 027 929 9447.
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So many our districts assets are being run-down or neglected, the evidence speaks for itself. Take for example Te Awamutu Memorial Park, Te Awamutu rotunda, Palmer Street pensioner units, Cambridge pool and of course our infrastructure which now conveniently requires millions upon millions to put right. If Elected Councillors were to acknowledge this neglect by Council, would you not think as representatives of the people that they would be obligated to act in the people’s best interests by asking the following so as to not have a future re-occurrence of this neglect - what has happened to all the funds allocated for the ongoing maintenance of these assets, why haven’t these assets been maintained, who is responsible for this? We may never know what ever happened to all of our funds or why our assets have been neglected, but it is a poor reflection on the leadership at Council and begs the question why nothing has been done about it? Hayden Woods Te Awamutu
Author Ceana Priest’s series of suggested walks around Waipā today takes readers to Leamington. For more information go to www.outdoorkids.co.nz Leamington Walkway.
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A few weeks ago, I thanked the outgoing Community Safety Officer for Commsafe Daryl Nix. This week I would like to welcome the newly appointed Community Safety Officer Amanda (Mandy) Merson to the team. For those that don’t know Commsafe is a Community Trust that manages Neighbourhood Support in the Waipa region. The Community Safety Officer liaises with Police and provides a conduit for information to me that otherwise wouldn’t get through to us. But it is more than just that. Neighbourhood Support also has a community welfare/resilience arm to it and now that Mandy has been appointed, I am
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looking forward to working with her. I would like to highlight an example of how having a community that cares and shares information is a well-protected community. I stay in contact with residents in the Wharepapa South Community. When they observe suspicious behaviour, they notify me and Commsafe. There have been rural thefts out that way recently including a substantial theft of fuel from a farm bowser. A few days later residents who had been communicating to each other noted that they had noticed a suspicious vehicle in the area. One resident has been quick enough to obtain a photograph of the vehicle, this was forwarded to me and was immediately
recognisable as a vehicle belonging to someone who is likely up to no good out there. I speak of this to highlight how important it is for people to join the Commsafe network. I urge you all to look into it. Last Friday we had a minute of Silence for our colleague at the flagpole outside the station. A lovely member of the public attended and joined in with us. I don’t know who she is, but I hope she reads this because I would like to convey that the gesture was well appreciated, and the flowers were lovely.