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40 years of karate

Te Awamutu’s Seido Karate dojo celebrated its 40th Anniversary last weekend.

Dojo founder and 6th Dan Black Belt ‘Sei Shihan’ Michael McIvor opened the dojo in August 1980, holding classes at Te Awamutu Primary School’s assembly hall. He was a 1st Dan Black Belt (‘Shodan’) and had just moved to Te Awamutu to progress his career as a lawyer.

In 1996 Michael’s wife Brenda purchased an empty section on 350 Bond Rd as a gift to her husband. It was here where McIvor built a purpose-built martial arts training hall (dojo) in the same year, where classes have taken place ever since.

Approximately 60 people attended Saturday’s event and martial artists travelled from Wellington, Auckland, Tauranga, Hamilton, Palmerston North and Hastings to join the celebrations.

They included McIvor’s longtime friends and 6th Dan Black Belts ‘Sei Shihans’ Ben Otang and Danny Watson who have trained with McIvor since the mid 1970s.

The day consisted of a general class, contact sparring and demonstrations by the Te Awamutu Black Belts including weapons and self-defense.

McIvor’s former instructor and the Head of Seido Karate in New Zealand, 8th Dan Black Belt ‘Hanshi’ Renzie Hanham

sent McIvor a special message from Christchurch.

“The Te Awamutu dojo has long been a cornerstone of Seido New Zealand,” he wrote. “It has produced many wonderful karate students led by Sei Shihan Michael, who over these many

years has held steadfast to the Seido philosophy. One could not ask for a better person to head a dojo in the way that he has” “40 years is a long time for any dojo to operate,” Michael said.

“It is still running due to the support of my family and the dedication and commitment of all of the instructors who I have been privileged to teach over the years. I have no doubt the dojo will continue to produce quality students in the future.”

McIvor has helped grade 20 Black Belts through the Te Awamutu Dojo, including active 5th Dan Black Belts Donald Kemp, Gerard McCarthy and Reuben Currie. McIvor’s two sons, Alex and Matt are also Black Belts of the club.

For more information details go to www. karateteawamutu.com or their facebook page “Seido Karate Te Awamutu”.

Seido karate celebrated their 40th anniversary.

Michael McIvor performs a demonstration.

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A book spanning the 2.6 million year geological history of Mount Pirongia – the first such comprehensive publication of its kind in New Zealand – has been launched at the Pirongia Heritage Centre by its author, Dr Oliver McLeod of the Earth Sciences Department at the University of Waikato.

‘Geology of the Pirongia Volcano, Waikato: 1:30,000 Geological Map’, is published by the Geoscience Society of New Zealand and represents the final requirement of Oliver’s PhD on ‘The Geology of Mount Pirongia and the Alexandra Volcanic Group’. It also signifies the end of four gruelling years of study on the mountain, hundreds of hours spent climbing, mapping and conducting detailed explorations of its rocks to unlock secrets that have long remained hidden.

Until Oliver began his study of Mt Pirongia, its geological history was largely unknown. While his work centred on Pirongia, he also examined its sister volcanoes making up the Alexandra Volcanic Group - Karioi,

Kakepuku and Te Kawa; all are basaltic volcanoes that have unique characteristics in New Zealand.

That a comprehensive geological mapping of Pirongia has taken until now to do is largely because geologists have long been drawn to investigations of other volcanoes in the central North Island. Oliver said that had occurred primarily because the activity of those volcanoes warranted more pressing study, which in turn meant funding for the study of extinct volcanoes such as Pirongia was pushed to the back of the queue.

Having had to compete for funding to do the work, Oliver designed the project as ‘low-cost’. “I had a doctoral scholarship and applied for grants, then won a small grant from the Royal Society of New Zealand which covered aspects of fieldwork and lab costs. The main cost for me was time.”

The book is made up of 58 pages of text providing a detailed account of the geological history of Mt Pirongia from 2.6 million years ago to the present day, and has a full colour 1:30,000 map of the area. It acknowledges the support

given by three academics whom he said made a ‘massive contribution’ to the work, Drs Adrian Pittari, Marco Brenna and Roger Briggs. Oliver described the publication as a ‘complete grassroots study’ aimed at producing a geological map that he hopes will remain relevant for 100 years and more.

Oliver completed his initial geology degree, then honours, at Otago University.

He mapped Dunedin’s Karitane area, his first real attempt at geological mapping, then spent about six months studying the Xalapa volcanic field in Mexico before returning to New Zealand and embarking on his PhD. The book launch at Pirongia Heritage Centre was as much about recognising those he collaborated with as it was about celebrating the place. A series of talks on the subject have seen him speak in Kawhia and Te Awamutu in recent weeks.

He will talk at Hamilton’s Continuing Education, Reformed Church of Hukanui at 10am on December 1, and at Raglan Town Hall at 6.30pm on December 2.

Sadly this week I have to gripe about road safety. Recently we have fielded complaints from schools and concerned neighbours of schools in Te Awamutu about parking before and after school.

The schools report some parents/ caregivers parking on yellow lines, over driveways, bus stops and double parking.

The schools constantly inform their parents/caregivers in their school newsletters about parking outside their school.

The law says you must park one metre away from someone’s driveway and 6m away from a corner.

Every school in Te Awamutu, Pirongia and Kihikihi has Traffic Wardens outside their school before and after school to help the students, parents and community members cross the street safely.

Statistic show crossing at the Traffic Wardens is the safest place to cross the road.

Sadly some parents/students choose not to use the managed crossing. They cross the road between vehicles, on corners where drivers view is obstructed by other vehicles.

Please park and cross the street responsibly. You may need to walk a bit further to pick-up your child, you could wait 5-10 minutes once school finishes to pick up your child.

When your child gets out of the vehicle please ensure they get out on the footpath side not the road side.

If a member of staff asks you to park your car somewhere else please take on their advice. Sadly we have received reports of abuse when this is bought up.

“I’m only parking here for a moment” is a common excuse and while true, if you extrapolate this out to all parents doing the school drop off and pick up, it more or less means that the unsafe/unlawful parking spot is permanently used.

We would rather educate than issue an Infringement Notice how ever there are fines that can help people to remember.

These rules are there for a purpose. They keep our kids safe

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While your community paper is sticking to the view that you should read it here first, more stories which have appeared in print are being posted on our website. News columnist Matteo Di Maio (pictured), who pens the monthly Down with the Kids column, is posting our stories throughout the week at cambridgenews. nz. In addition to being more actively updated, the News’ website will now feature web-exclusive maps, graphs and longform stories—while being a great place to quickly catch up on local sports results. Di Maio will also be upping our social media presence, so be sure to follow us on Facebook @ CambridgeNewsNZ and @ TeAwamutuNews for quick access to more local stories.

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Vandals have taken to cutting electrical wires in rural Waikato and police inTe Awamutu, Te Poi, Ngahinapouri and Te Akau have opened files on cases Scholar named A Waipā tertiary student is one of two to receive a $4500 Tourism Industry New Zealand Trust Academic . Alexia Williams (Tainui, Ngati Tamainupo) is studying towards a Tourism and Travel Diploma at the New Zealand School of Tourism.

The scholarships, which have been on offer each year since 2015, are open to young New Zealanders about to commence their final year of tertiary study in a tourism-related course in 2021.

Time to nominate 2020 person of the year

Readers are being asked for their suggestions as to who might be a worthy recipient of the Te Awamutu News’ second Person of the Year award.

The award was first given to Te Awamutu community constable Ryan Fleming in recognition of his ongoing community commitment, his ability to be there for everyone, and – something that may well have swayed the judges - his readiness to don a pair of red heels for the 2019 Walk in My Shoes event marking White Ribbon Day. The Te Awamutu News’ sister paper, the

Cambridge News, has awarded the title over the last three years.

Recipients over there have been Kids in Need Waikato founder Linda Roil, sight-impaired community helper Jan Nesbit, and long-time community stalwart Rosemary Hill.

The 2020 search in both towns is aimed at finding someone who has either been a stand-out in the community during the past year, perhaps going above and beyond to help others, or a person who has achieved particularly well in their own field.

Waipā District Council’s new commmunity advisors have a huge job ahead to help Waipā people recover equitably from the impacts of Covid-19.

Just two weeks into the job Gina Scott and Corren Ngerengere have begun to identify key challenges for the district’s social sector. And they have also begun to see barriers to recovery, particularly one which includes the most vulnerable.

Gina and Corren began their jobs in early November, charged with helping coordinate locally-led initiatives and, in partnership with iwi, working alongside Waipā organisations to assist those hardest hit by Covid-19. The 18-month fixedterm roles are funded from the $795,000 recovery package set aside by Council in June when economic predictions were dire.

Waipā is faring better than expected but Gina and Corren say some locals are doing it tough and will find it harder to bounce-back.

Both have backgrounds in Waipā’s community sector – Gina with Sport Waikato and Corren with social services.

But Gina said they have already found groups and issues they weren’t aware of, or issues they didn’t realise the extent of.

“Our immediate goal is to get out and cast our net far and wide so we can work in those areas of

most need. It’s obvious there are some significant inequities in how some parts of the community are doing. What’s great is that people so far are very receptive to us and they clearly want a more localised, coordinated approach to community services.”

The availability of rental properties and the rocketing cost of housing in the district has been identified as a key issue.

“It’s easy for people to ‘flip’ to social housing because the private rental market is incredibly expensive. But even people with money to spend on a house can’t afford to buy here so it’s extremely challenging,” Corren said.

She has also identified an underlying level of anxiety and a lack of early mental health interventions.

“There are people needing support who may never have needed it before. Some have already spoken to us about specific concerns they have about Waipā children and the additional pressures some children are now under because of stressed circumstances.”

Council’s group manager strategy and community services Debbie Lascelles said there was now a clear conduit between the community sector and Council.

Those with ideas on who might fit the bill for the 2020 Te Awamutu News Person of the Year award are asked to email Viv Posselt at viv@goodlocal. nz with the nominee’s full name and contact details, and information on why they deserve consideration for the award.

Alternatively, telephone Viv on 027 233 7686.

Let us have your nomination by 5pm on Thursday December 3. We will name the award recipient in our last issue of the year, on December 17.

Challenges for community advisors

Corren Ngerengere (left) and Gina Scott have begun new roles as community advisors for Waipā District Council.

“Gina and Corren’s immediate job is to get out into the community, see what’s needed and then create a measurable action plan based on that assessment.

Economically Waipā is holding its own but the next 12-24 months are very uncertain and there will be tough times ahead for plenty of our people.”

“We are navigators of sorts and on behalf of our community, we have a big and important task ahead,” Gina said.

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New ambulance for Ōtorohanga

By Viv Posselt

The generosity of a Cambridge couple who have donated a third vehicle to St John in their town will benefit Ōtorohanga.

Margaret and Bernie Pearson donated their third vehicle to St John last month. The handover was welcomed by St John Central Region fundraising and marketing manager Jeanette Horan, who said: “We are incredibly grateful to the continued generosity of Bernie and Margaret Pearson who over the years have donated not one, but three vehicles to St John.”

She also revealed the the first ambulance, donated in 2017 and fondly referred to as ‘Bernie’s Taxi’, is being redeployed to Ōtorohanga where it will provide a more modern ambulance for frontline staff. The moniker, Bernie’s Taxi, will in turn be handed on to the new vehicle, she said.

The couple view their extraordinary generosity as ‘simply giving back’. Their tally to date includes the first ambulance donated in 2017, a car donated in 2018 for use by Cambridge residents requiring transportation to medical appointments in Hamilton, and now a second

ambulance donated last month.

“Bernie and Margaret maintain an exemplary relationship with St John Cambridge, attending meetings and functions as part of the St John family,” Jeanette said. “They remain outstanding ambassadors for St John amongst the retirement village and wider community, and the community of Cambridge.

We are humbled by their support of St John.”

Bernie explained how it started – with an unexpected windfall and a suggestion that an ambulance might be a good way to use it.

You and your family are invited to:

A Service toRemember Held at: Rosetown Chapel, 262 Ohaupo Road, Te Awamutu Sunday, 13 December, 3.00pm RSVP with numbers attending by 10 December 2020 to 07 870 2137 or office@rosetown.co.nz

“As we see it, charity begins at home, and over time, the vehicles have been well used. I have used

the ambulance three times myself … it got me to the hospital in time. Without it, I would not be here.”

Margaret Pearson with ambulance officer Irene Straker during the dedication ceremony held for the ambulance.

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Pirongia gears up for markets Dairy keeps

Waipā running

By Viv Posselt

Two markets coming up in Pirongia will offer Christmas buyers a wide selection of purchasing options, from crafts to woodwork, soaps to jewellery and a host of sweet-smelling things to boot.

The Pirongia Sunday Market comes up on November 29, with the usual December monthly market following on December 20, slightly earlier than usual to accommodate Christmas. Both are being held at the Pirongia Community Centre in Crozier St from 9am to 2pm on their respective days, and both are being run by the Mt Pirongia Lions Club.

The local Lions club took over the running of Pirongia’s monthly market at the beginning of this year. Lion Jim Henderson said the club had taken it over from a group of local craftspeople who ran the event in previous years.

“We will have around 40 stalls for the upcoming markets, run by craftspeople and other individuals from all around the district, including Morrinsville, Taupo, Hamilton and Te Awamutu,” he said. “We like to call it a craft fair rather than a craft or farmer’s style market, as we like to keep our focus more on crafts.”

Listed among stallholders is a selection of home-made or home-grown items, including lavender products, alpaca knits and felts, jewellery, soap, candles, jams and preserves, bacon products, wooden toys and other woodcraft, plants, baking, art and more. Much the same fare will be on offer in December, but there will be even more items geared to Christmas.

Jim said all the proceeds from the markets would be channelled back into the community.

A regular stallholder for the past

Stallholder Ruth Webb’s creative daughters, Amy and Ruby, with the home-made crafts they plan to sell at the upcoming Pirongia markets.

three years is Ruth Webb, of Ruth’s ReCreations, who sells sustainable crafts at the markets.

She is a passionate exponent of sustainability and waste management, and recently held a free community workshop in Te Awamutu, entitled Zero Waste Christmas Ideas.

She said the market will also feature two stalls manned by eight youngsters.

“The idea is to give children a chance to be involved and become the next generation of crafters. There is so much learning they can take away

from manning a stall at markets like these. First, they have to source the materials, then make their items and handle the process of selling. It teaches a combination of skills.

“During lockdown, I taught my nine-year-old to knit … she has made Christmas tree decorations. My younger daughter has made Christmas elves,” said Ruth. “Another youngster at the market is selling succulents he grew, another is selling suncatchers. These markets are increasingly selling a little bit of everything.”

Waipā’s economy is holding its own,despite the ongoing impacts of Covid-19.

The latest report from Wellington-based economists, Infometrics, says economic activity in the distict has managed to “bounce back” in the September 2020 quarter.

Waipā’s gross domestic product (GDP) was only 0.6 per cent lower than it was a year ago. This was much smaller than the 2.1 per cent contraction in the Waikato region or the 3.3 per cent contraction nationwide.

The district’s consumer spending also bucked the trend. While spending was 0.6 per cent down in the Waikato and 2.7 per cent down across the country, Waipā spending went up 0.7 per cent. Residential building activity was up 4.4 per cent compared to 3.5 per cent nationally.

Waipā’s unemployment rate remained low at 2.7 per cent compared to 4 per cent across the Waikato. Local car registrations were sitting 0.7 per cent up in contrast to the 11.5 per cent drop in the Waikato and a massive 22.9 per cent drop in car registrations nationally.

Infometrics said “dairy in the Waipā district is helping to keep the economy going”, noting the revised farm gate price was above previous expectations.

Waipā District Council chief executive Garry Dyet noted non-residential consents in the district were down, but said it was largely a timing issue.

“We still have plenty of commercial activity in the district with two medical centres going in at Cambridge, new retirement villages planned for both Cambridge and Te Awamutu and a new police station planned for Cambridge,” he said.

“We’ve also had some retail refurbishments plus two great new homeware stores popping up in Te Awamutu.

So there continues to be quite a lot happening with ongoing growth across the whole district.

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Is there a moose loose…?

Mind your manners…

By Ben Carey

By Murray Smith, Senior Leader, Bridges Church

It is an enigma, it is definitely one of New Zealand’s top hunting yarns, and a century old mystery which has featured in many campsite stories throughout New Zealand.

It all starts way back in the 1900’s, 1910 to be exact, when 10 Canadian moose – four bulls and six cows - were released into Fiordland bush.

I believe the government gave them about 10 years protection in hope they would increase in numbers when moose hunting was allowed.

Over the years since, there have been unconfirmed sightings of moose in and around Fiordland, and hunters to this day believe it is possible the descendants of the original herd still roam the isolated bushlands.

They say that you cannot let the truth get in the way of a good story, and in this short tale, I even had a yarn with one of the old timers about the early pioneering days at a Westport pub.

He told a few of us tuna fisherman an interesting story of moose showing up in the Hokitika gorge, where apparently some either moved on or some were shot because they ate garden vegetables.

This bloke, probably in his mid to late 80’s, had hunted all throughout south westland and the fiords right through to the mid 1970’s and said he saw buck rubs higher up in the trees then what a red deer could have reached.

Whether there is any truth to it or not, I’ll let you decide.

The moose were thought to have become extinct in Fiordland in the 1930’s.

However, several others were shot again in 1950 and again they were thought to become extinct again until 1952 when Northland

hunters spotted a small herd of moose again That was the last known sighting, and photographs were taken by hunters who decided to leave them alone. Ever since some people have continued to look for evidence, either skeletal or otherwise in hope they could solve a near century old mystery.

There have been numerous unconfirmed sightings over the decades since.

In March, Te Anau man, Ben Young - who was employed by Southern Lake Helicopters, thought that he had seen one but had no proof.

Young, a hunting guide with previous experience in Canada, was a passenger onboard at the time. He was so convinced he had seen a moose, the helicopter pilot swung back for a look, but nothing was there.

So yes, it’s a good tale and I’m sure some people still love the myth and the mystery about this story.

It’s a bit like Canterbury’s mystery black cat which the New Zealand media have been covering recently.

One would like to think the moose are there, and with thermal night vision cameras, helicopters and guided hunts, if they are there, they will surely be found

Some time ago our family hosted some overseas exchange students on a home-stay basis.

They were pleasant enough kids, but our lasting impression of this bunch was their sense of entitlement. We went out of our way to show courtesy and to indulge their wishes and preferences - all in the name of local Kiwi hospitality. This was particularly around the food area. We’re a family who try to host in ways that please guests. We also understand how cultural differences influence ways that gratitude is expressed (or not!).

What took us aback continually was how the majority among this group responded to questions if they’d like to eat certain foods or if they’d like to go somewhere.

To get a response of “Sure,” or at best, “Sure, that’d be good,” and at worst “I don’t eat that”, was entirely unexpected.

Trivial, I know, but saying ‘please’ and ‘thankyou’ goes a long way. “Big doors swing on little hinges,” the saying goes and parents who neglect diligently encouraging their kids to be thankful and to express gratitude do them a major dis-service.

The thing is, a grateful person will be a more whole, more aware and happier human being possessing a thankful disposition. Gratitude leans towards being positive in outlook whereas a spirit of complaint and ingratitude drifts incessantly to seeing fault and deficit.

I like lyrics to an old poem that say, “two men looked through prison bars: one saw mud, the other saw stars.”

It’s all about perspective. We are going to see the ‘cup’ in life as either half full - or half empty. And thankfulness determines how we perceive our situation, effecting

so much about our wellbeing. Even if life’s circumstances are trying, finding things that we can be thankful for, will lift our joy… a characteristic that never coexists alongside grumbling and discontent.

We live in a very entitled generation.

Travelling in third world settings where happiness and contentment cannot be found through abundance of food, clothing and possessions, deeply challenges a recalibration of your values in life…and what constitutes success too. It is all relative.

Just owning a car places you in the top 5% of world wealth holders according to a world-wide development organisation that mobilises people against poverty.

But are we thankful for our privilege?

Ingratitude is ugly.

At home we pause to thank God for the food we eat at mealtimes. One of our kids was visiting a family where that wasn’t part of their practice. She meekly asked her hosts if they were going to thank God for a meal to which the response was “Why thank God, Mum made it!”

Such oblivion is prevalent pointing to a deeper thoughtless lack of appreciation of where good things come from. People quickly attribute a tragedy to ‘an act of God’but aren’t so quick offering thanks to Him for some blessing enjoyed.

The One supplying life, breath and everything that sustains us deserves thanks.

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Teresa wins ‘dunny’ comp

The new toilets at Centennial Park in Te Awamutu have received a splash of colour, following a public art competition run by Waipā District Council.

The Designer Dunny competition invited artists to submit an original concept which would be applied to the toilet block using a graphic wrap.

Council’s community services manager Sally Sheedy, one of the competition judges, said the calibre of entries was high.

“We received a range of outstanding paintings, photos and illustrations, which made selecting the winning entry a difficult decision.

“The winning entry is a natural fit for the park and evokes a fun, playful spirit.”

The entry was created by Te Awamutu artist Teresa Siemonek, who depicted a kōtare (kingfisher), tūī, kōwhai

tree and raupō plants in her artwork.

Teresa works as an art tutor for support organisation Enrich Plus in Te Awamutu and has been painting and tutoring for 20 years.

She says her painting was inspired by the natural area surrounding Centennial Park.

“I was delighted to hear that I’d won the competition, as it’s so rewarding to have artwork on display for the community to enjoy.”

Council’s community facilities team leader Brad Ward said the artwork would bring colour and vibrancy to Centennial Park.

“It’s great see art by local artists bring public spaces to life.

We know this artwork will be enjoyed by many people for years to come.”

Civtec team flew the coop – with a pigeon A story about a pigeon called George is an ideal anecdote to sum up why a company carrying out a major job in Waipā won the 2020 supreme gong at this year’s Westpac Business Awards.

George joined the Civtec team at their former premises in Te Rapa. He became somewhat of a mascot for the telecommunications and utilities infrastructure company and when the team moved to new premises in Horotiu, so did he.

That move has proved fortuitous for George as he has now found love there.

“We live life by design, we do cool stuff, and we’re good humans,” said Civtec Chief Executive Pele Tanuvasa.

Waipā is very familiar territory for Civtec - in late 2018 it was awarded a contract from Waipā District Council to install replacement

watermains across Cambridge, Te Awamutu and Kihikihi. This covered both rural as well as urban systems and included the Te Awamutu CBD. Civtec started in 2014 from a single person business with one van, to being a nationwide provider in 2020 and employing more than 250 staff.

Since 2016 the company has been regular finalists in the “Business Growth” and “Strategy and Service Excellence” categories of the business awards and took home awards for both this year as well.

Pele said the feedback from judges had been invaluable and a key contributor to Civtec’s extraordinary growth over the years.

Group CEO Renae Smart was the recipient of the Westpac Waikato Business Awards Emerging Leader award in 2018.

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Council’s community facilities team leader Brad Ward and artist Teresa Siemonek

Mobility scheme promoted

Waipā residents with a condition that we need it – and we would highly recommend makes travel tricky are being encouraged to the service to anyone in the district who needs register for Total Mobility, a scheme to help a little help getting from A to B.” make getting out in the community easier and To register interest for the scheme, take the cheaper. survey at www.waipadc.govt.nz/tm or call The national door-to-door transport 0800 924 723. scheme involves disability agencies, taxi Once a Waipā resident has registered their companies, other transport providers and interest, they will be contacted to arrange an local government. eligibility assessment.

Cambridge, Te Awamutu, Ōhaupō, Pirongia and other Waipā residents may be eligible for subsidised door-to-door transport with Total Mobility providers.

Waipā District Council and Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency will cover half the fare, up to $12.50 per trip, with the user paying the remainder.

Since launching in May 2019, the service has provided more than 4300 trips to Waipā residents.

Te Awamutu resident Anne Otto and her husband Geoffrey have been using the scheme since it rolled out in Waipā last year. Te Awamutu resident Geoffrey Otto, who uses Total “We don’t hesitate to use the scheme when Mobility, with Nicky Maaka of Te Awamutu Taxis.

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Beautiful Collision’ makes sound sense new career path.

The pair posted a series of ‘Lockdown Tunes’ to Facebook during the weeks of enforced isolation and were blown away by the response. That exposure,

By Viv Posselt

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together with positive feedback they received when playing at the November 14 Te Awamutu Annual Craft Fair has seen a few bookings go into the diary and may signal new beginnings.

Now they are inviting people to join them at an impromptu Christmas party at Station 32 restaurant in Te Awamutu’s Arawata St on December 6, from 4pm.

“The craft fair was huge fun… we played four-anda-half hours and got a few enquiries from that. We have also been booked for next year’s fair,” said Rosie, who enjoyed musical theatre, dancing and talent shows while growing up in Ōtorohanga. The beauty therapist and early childhood teacher is excited at taking their music further afield.

Blair is a homegrown Kihikihi lad whose parents owned the town bookshop for years. The painter and signwriter is the owneroperator of the Big Red Handyman, but says playing music and performing has always been something he wanted to do seriously.

“I’ve been playing the guitar and singing since I was about 14, probably doing it live for about two years. I helped run a few Sunday open mic jam

Rosie and Blair Shaw - aka Rowdy’s Rose – relaxing at home with their boys, Jasper and Jesse.

sessions in a local bar which is no longer there, but the bug went on from there.

Things began to change when I started teaching Rosie the guitar.”

The couple has been together for 10 years and married for seven. Those guitar lessons came at Rosie’s request about five years ago… she remembers being impressed by Blair when they first met: “We discovered a mutual love of music. It was a beautiful collision.”

Blair is a self-taught guitarist who marketed his early solo performances

as Rowdy’s Acoustic Sessions. He did events such as Christmas markets, birthdays, weddings and the like, and at one stage he recorded a few songs in Hamilton, playing all the musical instruments himself.

“Rowdy was a nickname from a friend when I was in Canada … given to me because I was so quiet,” he laughed. “The name stuck once I decided to go down the music track. Then, when we started playing together, we changed it to Rowdy’s Rose. Everything changed when Rosie started performing with me, it’s

much easier to do the gigs. I feel like she is my right arm in terms of music.”

The pair write some of their own material, but are better known at this stage for the unique twist they put to songs that loosely fall under the country rock, folk genre.

“We really do want to make this our future. When Covid came, we thought it was important to just go for it and not worry about what people thought,” said Rosie.

“I lost my dad earlier this year, and found the music was really helpful in getting me through that.”

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Monday 7th December, 2020, at 6.30pm Alexandra House Chapel, 570 Alexandra St, Te Awamutu This service is for family and friends to remember and reflect on their recent loss. We encourage you to bring photos or other mementos to place with our candles and flowers as we remember our loved ones.

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For more information please phone Te Awamutu Funeral Services on 07 871 5131.

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Have a very kiwi Christmas with Kiwiana Crafts

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The Thirsty Weta is a vibrant wine bar and eatery, offering excellent service.

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Guthrie Bowron’s Te Awamutu showroom features hundreds of beautiful product samples no matter what your home decorating project is. From curtain fabric samples, operational blind and shutter displays, wallpaper inspiration, a full-service flooring department and a Dulux trade depot.

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We welcome new & existing clients to our lovely new salon

HOURS MONDAY 9AM-4PM TUESDAY 9AM-8PM WEDNESDAY 9AM-4PM THURSDAY 9AM-8PM FRIDAY 9AM-4PM SATURDAY 9AM-1PM

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Hammill & Co

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Don’t believe what you read

By Peter Matthews

It must be the internet - so much information so easily.

I don’t remember being as suspicious of news sources in the days before the internet as I am now.

It doesn’t seem to matter what your view is on any given subject; if you search it on the internet you can find plenty of material to back it up.

Just out of curiosity, I did a search using the words ‘climate hoax’ and was surprised to find that there is nothing to worry about.

Forests are regenerating faster than ever before, polar bears are thriving and their numbers rebounding, and CO2 emissions are, in fact, not a problem at all. It’s all just the natural rhythms of the earth. This latest bout of climate change (which happens all the time) is due almost entirely to the changing magnetosphere of the earth, and the resultant cloud formations.

No problem there then.

And, as is usually the way with factually accurate and responsible websites, this one was fairly bristling with links which alerted me to the conspiracies and subterfuge threatening to undermine society as we know it.

How could I not have known about these things?

How could I not have known that the pandemic is a hoax foisted upon the world by the makers of Covid tests and personal protective equipment?

It’s all to do with which rabbit hole you go down.

Every time you visit a web page your movements are tracked by the search engines, social media companies, and internet robots (I’ve read about it - it must be true) and that information is used to

present you with further viewing options which are deemed to be suitable for you.

In other words you are very likely to have your views reinforced if you simply follow your nose in cyber space.

This is how misinformation spreads and gains traction.

Obviously, people who take the trouble to pick up and read a newspaper are less likely to be led up the garden path, so you are safe.

But spare a thought for the unthinking credulous multitudes who trawl the visually lurid and socially shady corridors of the internet becoming more convinced with every mouse click of the veracity in their unquestioning minds of the gospel truths they lap up from every screen.

Sorry, was that a bit much? I don’t know, surely this can be the only way that just under half of all Americans have reached the conclusion that Donald Trump is an appropriate leader for the United States. And while I am on the subject of Trump, must he not be held to account if he, as the president, supposedly responsible for looking after the country, goes and plays golf while one citizen of America dies of Covid every minute?

He may yet get the chance to fix everything though, ONLY since I have learned from PLANET (my part of) the internet that the election, which he won by the way, is far from over.

Rimmington calls for common plan Waikato Regional Council chairman Russ Rimmington will tomorrow call on fellow regional councils to agree to work as a collective with primary sector groups developing farm environment plans.

He is advocating a single user-friendly template for New Zealand farmers to use if they want to make a start on measuring and managing their impact on water quality, emissions and biodiversity.

He told the News it made sense for Regional Councils to be on the same page and support landowners to achieve good financial, social and environmental outcomes for New Zealand.

Regional council chairs gather in Wellington tomorrow for one of six such meetings they hold a year.

Rimmington, who has been a dairy farmer for four decades, welcomed a statement last month from Fonterra that production was now at its optimum level.

"I think farmers should be applauded as conservationists," he said.

"Under the Key Government we encouraged proliferation.

White gold from millions of cows on land that could not handle it."

The national herd was last count was 2019 was 4.946 million, its lowest level since 2014.

"We have got to show that farming is making progress on improving environmental impacts because the bulk of New Zealand's income is never going to come from tourism or international students," Rimmington said.

"By 2025 all farms must have a plan and I advocate we standardise it New Zealand wide and the Waikato Regional Council takes the lead."

The farm plans will be based on industry agreed good farming practice principles that primary industries, central

government and the regional sector agreed to help improve water quality.

The government has agreed with the primary sector that a farm level measurement, management and pricing regime needs to be in place in 2023, with obligations applying from 2025 . Farm environment plans allow farmers to tailor their risks and mitigations to their land and farm business, taking into account financial constraints, soil type, slope, microclimate, and so on.

He suggested it would be preferable if all regions could agree on a common farm environment plan template.

He said environmentallyfocussed farming would increase the product value on the international market.

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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Doug Mienie is almost 81 but could easily pass for 60.

The secret, the gently spoken octogenarian says, is “good living and hard training”.

Doug, recognised in the Cambridge Sports Walk of Fame in 2018, has been striving to succeed in top level sport for six decades.

Earlier this month he competed at the New Zealand Powerlifting Championships in Auckland, where he bench pressed 81kg, breaking his own New Zealand record and qualifying for the World Masters and Oceania Championships.

“I did 130kg and set a New Zealand record a few years ago when I was about 74, but age is catching up on me,” he said.

Now, he wants to be the first person aged over 80 in the world to officially bench press 85kg.

“I had a go in Auckland but just missed,” he said. “I intend to get that at the world champs.”

Doug has represented Waikato in nine sports and New Zealand in four – judo, bodybuilding, masters swimming and masters powerlifting.

“When I was 54, four years after I’d retied from bodybuilding, I was diagnosed with diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis,” he said.

Eighty-year-old Doug Mienie trains at Cambridge Fitness Centre.

“It was that bad we had a two-storey couldn’t get up the steps. As far as £45”. house and we had weights, I could only lift the bar. I Shearing suited him well and he worked on to sell that had to start right back again from farms around the country for the next decade because I zero. I thought by the time I’m before arriving in Cambridge in 1970.

60 I’ll be in a wheelchair. But “But I’d married my wife Dawn in 1967 and by training and going to the we had two young children and I wasn’t able to specialist, who put me on some spend much time with them, so I went to work at good medication, I managed to get the Cambridge freezing works,” he said. well again. I never thought that He later worked as a real estate agent before I’d be starting to powerlift at the he and Dawn opened the town’s first gym, Body age of 70.”

Culture, in 1982. They have since sold the gym, It is the sheer joy of competing now named Cambridge Fitness Centre, but Doug that has kept him involved in sport still works out there three times a week and trains since he first took up bodybuilding at age powerlifters for free. That was his route into the 18. sport 10 years ago.

“I weighed 63kg and I wanted to be bigger so “I was working at the gym as a personal trainer I joined a gym and in nine months I went up to and the owner asked me if I’d train a few boys 83kg and had to buy new clothes.” who wanted to do powerlifting,” he said.

He switched to Olympic lifting in 1960 and “I found out I was lifting as much as them, took silver at the South African junior Olympic so I entered a contest when I was 70 and then I lifting championships and gold at the Transvaal went to Sydney to the Oceania champs and I got championships.

Commonwealth records.”

That year he came to New Zealand after Doug says the time to retire from top-level meeting rugby fan Aubrey Brough, who was in competition may be nearing, but he has one last South Africa supporting the All Blacks and offered record to knock off first. him a shearing gig in the King Country. At 21, “I was thinking it’d be nice to finish at the Doug left home with “nothing but a suitcase and world champs,” he said. “But you never know.”

Name change for Velodrome

Waipā’s velodrome is looking for a new naming rights sponsor.

The velodrome has been known as the Avantidrome since before it was opened in 2014 by Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge.

Velodrome General Manager Scott Gemmill says it was signalled and anticipated that the Avanti sponsorship would come to an end after the brand’s change of owners.

“We are fortunate that the sponsorship arrangement we have with Sheppard Cycles, who manage the Avanti brand, means that funding will stay in place through until 2022. We are hopeful that we will secure a new naming sponsor well before that time, and we are already exploring opportunities,” he says.

Sheppard Cycles NZ Country Manager, Darin Te Paa, says the decision not to carry on with the Avantidrome name came as a result of a refocused business strategy for Sheppard Cycles through new international owners Scotts Sports in Switzerland.

“We have valued our relationship with the velodrome over the past several years and even though we will no longer have naming right we will continue to be associated with the velodrome,” he says.

The velodrome’s Home of Cycling Charitable Trust Chair, Graeme Maw, says the organisation is well placed for the future.

“We’ve become highly successful as both a community space and a high performance venue and have established a very stable financial base,” he said.

Fourth win on the trot for Suburbs

Suburbs Falcons have extended their unbeaten run in the A Division of the Waikato Lacrosse Women’s Club League to four weeks.

Matched against Kaipaki Phoenix Yellow at the weekend, they won round four of their round-robin games 24-3. In the other A division matches, Cambridge TVP Titans beat Kaipaki Phoenix 19-6 to secure second position in the League, and Te Awamutu Sports Lions won against Suburbs Eagles 18-6.

In the Men’s League, Matangi Hillcrest Mustangs remained unbeaten with a 5-0 win over Hamilton Marist and Suburbs beat Te Awamutu Marist Braves 12-2.

In the Waikato Intermediate School League, Cambridge Middle School Power lead the Girls A Division after a 19-1 win over the second-ranked Morrinsville Gold. They now top the League on 12 points, ahead of Morrinsville Gold and Berkley Hawks who are 9 points each. Matamata Blue leads the Girls B Division Group A, and Matamata Yellow and St Peters Blue are on equal points to lead the Girls B Division Group B with one

more game before the semi-finals. In the Boys Division, Morrinsville Cobalt remain unbeaten on 12 points to head the division.

Finals for the Intermediate School League will be held on December 12, and for the Women’s Club League on December 19. The men’s club League runs into the new year, with their finals on February 17.

Results: Men - Matangi Hillcrest Mustangs 5 Hamilton Marist 0, Suburbs 12, Te Awamutu Marist Braves 2.

Women - A Division, Kaipaki Phoenix Yellow 3 Suburbs Falcons 24, TAS Lions 18 Suburbs Eagles 6, Kaipaki Phoenix 6 TVP Titans 19. B Division, Morrinsville 17 Kaipaiki Green 12, Hinuera 5 TVP Rush 22, TAS Emerald 5 TVP Young Guns 17, Suburbs Hawks 23 Suburbs Ravens 3. C Division, Hinuera 8 TVP Saints 12, Wahine Toa 3 TAS Navy 9, TVP Liberty 10 TVP Legends 3, Suburbs Kea 3 Hamilton Marist 2.

Intermediate School League – Girls, A Division, Morrinsville Gold 1 CMS Power 19, TAI Girls A 6 CMS Sting 14, Saints Utd A 7 Berkley Hawks 14. B Division, Group A St Peters Red 19 Berkley Eagles 3, Morrinsville Royal 10 CMS Flames 6, Matamata Blue 8 CMS Storm 2. B Division, Group B, Matamata Yellow 14 CMS Thunder 7, TAI Gold 12 CMS Lightning 11. Boys Division, Mikayla Johnston, Te Awamutu Sports Emerald on defence against Morrinsville in the B Division of the Waikato Morrinsville Cobalt 7 CMS Giants 2, TAI Boys Gold 1 Lacrosse Women’s Club League at Tamahere Park last weekend. Photo: Lou Kibby Photography CMS Titans 9.

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Party pleasers

It’s party season — time for some festive frolics with friends and family and providing those essential finger foods does not have to be stressful or time consuming. Just plan ahead and remember it’s important to provide some choices that are dairy, meat and gluten-free.

Many party nibbles can be prepared ahead. For example, chicken liver pâté can be prepared up to three months in advance, frozen in small bowls then thawed in the fridge for 6 hours. It can be made with an olive-oil based spread to make it dairy and gluten-free. And there is a great choice of GF crackers to serve it on.

Canned beans such as kidney and cannellini also make great spreads or dips: drain and purée, then combine with chopped fresh herbs, lemon juice, crushed garlic and freshly ground black pepper. Or for a zany dip, mix generous amounts of piccalilli into sour cream.

Although dips are great served as ‘dips’ they can also double as toppers for crostini (use generous amounts) or as fillers for hot mini vol-au-vent cases. Add some diced crisp vegetables or salami for interest.

And you can augment your home-made goodies with some store-bought treats. I’ve fallen for Barkers glutenfree and vegan Artichoke Antipasto Spread — excellent dolloped on fresh ciabatta.

INDIAN EGGPLANT DIP A couple of my friends taste-tested this dip and immediately asked for the recipe. I hope you enjoy it too.

If you don’t want to serve the dip in the shell, just peel the eggplants and use all the flesh. Add a little canola oil to make it more spreadable if you wish.

600g or 2 x 300g eggplants 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons canola oil 1 each: small onion, red capsicum, carrot, diced 2 cloves garlic, crushed 2 tablespoons each: tomato paste, cider vinegar 4 tablespoons water 1-2 tablespoons curry powder freshly ground black pepper to taste

each piece and spread with antipasto or chutney.

Top with the onion, pancetta, gherkin and capsicums then sprinkle with a little cheese. Bake for 20-30 minutes on an oven tray, or until crispy. Makes approximately 40.

With a sharp knife cut a slice off the side of the eggplant.

Using a spoon or sharp knife remove the pulp from the inside leaving a 1cm-thick shell. Place aside.

Chop the flesh finely and sprinkle with salt. Stand for 30 minutes, then drain.

Heat the oil in a frying pan and sauté the chopped eggplant, onion, capsicum, carrot and garlic, until tender.

Stir in the tomato paste, vinegar, water, curry powder and pepper. Simmer for about 5 minutes until well combined.

Purée in a food processor or blender until smooth. May be refrigerated for up to 24 hours. To serve, spoon the mixture back into the shell. Serve with potato chippies or crisp vegetable sticks as dippers. Makes about 1 1/2 cups.

PANCETTA & CAPSICUM NIBBLES 1 ciabatta or poppy seed loaf butter or table spread 1 cup smooth sundried tomato antipasto or tomato-based chutney 1 small onion, diced 50g pancetta, chopped 2 large gherkins, diced 1/2 each: large red, yellow, capsicum, diced 1 cup grated tasty cheddar cheese Preheat the oven to 160°C. Slice the bread then cut each slice into four pieces. Butter

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1/2 cup orange juice 12 plump dried apricots 75g camembert 4-5 rashers streaky bacon 1/2 cup spicy tomato relish or chutney Place the orange juice and apricots in a bowl.

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Harvey breaks his duck Stakes recognised Cambridge born trainer Glen Harvey capped a week he will never forget when two-year-old filly Brix upset predictions by taking out the Listed Fasttrack Insurance 2YO Stakes (1100m) at Pukekohe on Saturday.

The son of Cambridge Jockey Club president Bruce Harvey produced one of the feelgood success stories out of the annual NZB Ready To Run Sale on Wednesday when he turned a $5100 outlay into $230,000 through the sale of his Reliable Man colt, purchased as a weanling off New Zealand Bloodstock’s online sales platform gavelhouse.com, to Hong Kong trainer Francis Lui. In his first full season of training in New Zealand following a four-year stint as an assistant trainer in Singapore, Harvey lined up two runners in Saturday’s juvenile feature with last start winner Miss Ipenema expected to more prominent than her stablemate Brix.

The Sweynesse filly, sporting blinkers for the first time after three previous runs had seen her finish fourth twice as well as losing her rider shortly after jumping away at her second start, upset the offs.

Sam Collett had her travelling sweetly in the trail throughout before angling four wide in the home straight to issue her challenge. Just as second favourite Quattro Quinta looked like he would stride to victory, Brix swooped with a sharp finishing burst that carried her to a short neck victory with local runner Cool Change charging home along the rail to snatch third from the heavily backed first starter Beldarra.

Collett, who is celebrating her 31st birthday, was taken with the performance.

“Glen is doing a great job with these young horses at an early stage in his training career,” Collett said.

“She was very brave today. She hopped a wee bit awkward but managed to recover from that good gate (2).

“I was searching for a run a little while out and I thought she was going to be unlucky. When she did get out, she really

Sam Collett steers Brix home,

stuck her head out and had a will to win.”

Harvey was feeling confident leading into the race after the filly came up with her inside barrier draw.

“It is the first time she had drawn a proper gate and then Sam gave her a beautiful ride.

“Funnily enough Sam is one of my oldest friends, but this is only the second horse she has ridden for me, so that was fantastic we could combine for my first stakes win.

“I’m also thrilled for her owners including Mr Caro who is on course today. He is ninety-one and finds it hard to go to race meetings but he’s here today and he’s now had his first winner.

“He’s got the trophy and it’s an awesome feeling to be able to do that for him.”

Harvey will now send both of his runners for a short break before turning his sights towards the $1m Karaka Million 2YO Classic (1200m) at Ellerslie in January. – NZ Racing Desk

A group of Waikato trotting enthusiasts have been rewarded for their innovation, with the race they established this year, the Waikato Trotting Breeders’ Stakes (2700m), given Group Three status.

The race was the brainchild of Cambridge Raceway board member Ken McGrath and his partner Melanie Barker, who were supported in the new venture by a group of local trotting enthusiasts.

“Melanie, my partner, and I breed mainly trotters. We love the trotting gait,” McGrath said.

He said trotting horse has been treated like the poor cousin of the pacer and there had been a lack of good races for them, particularly the mares.

“We have put a lot of money into sponsorship over the years and we thought let’s take some of that sponsorship money and create a new race.

“It is something that was indicated to us when we got it off the ground that Harness Racing New Zealand would look at making it a Group race - we are thankful to Harness Racing New Zealand

for giving us the Group Three status.”

Funding for the $30,000 race remained the responsibility of the Waikato group.

“With all the changes and funding issues happening they (HRNZ) decided that it wasn’t in the budget,” he said.

“We decided that we wanted it to still go ahead and we have funded it again.

“It will be hugely beneficial to the industry and especially the breeders.”

McGrath contested the race as the breeder-owner of the fourth-placed Molly Bones and he is hoping she can go three better on Waitangi Day next year where Cambridge Raceway will host the flagship event of the Cambridge Horse Festival.

“Molly Bones is back in work now and will be targeted towards the race,” McGrath said.

“She is lightly raced and has got a huge amount of ability. She ran a good second in a Group race at Auckland last season and I am looking forward to the future with her.” – Cambridge Raceway

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FUNERAL SERVICES

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PUBLIC NOTICES Section 101, Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

PUBLIC NOTICE

Of an application for On Licence GBJ Group1 Limited has made application to the Waipa District Licensing Committee for the renewal of a on-licence in respect of the premises at 20 Arawata Street, Te Awamutu known as Station 32.

The general nature of the business to be conducted under the licence is restaurant and bar. The days on which and the hours during which alcohol is sold under the licence are: Monday to Friday 11am2am the following day, Saturday and Sunday 9am-2am the following day.

The application may be inspected during ordinary office hours at the office of the Waipa District Licensing Committee, 101 Bank Street, Te Awamutu or 23 Wilson Street, Cambridge.

Any person who is entitled to object and who wishes to object to the issue of the licence may, not later than 15 working days after the date of the publication of this notice, file a notice in writing of the objection with the Secretary of the District Licensing Committee at: Waipa District Council, Private Bag 2402, Te Awamutu 3840.

No objection to the issue of a renewal licence may be made in relation to a matter other than a matter specified in section 131 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.

This is the second publication of this notice. This notice was first published on November 19, 2020.

TE AWAMUTU OPEN HOMES CENTURY 21 GADSBY REALTY Sunday 29 November 585 Teasdale St

Deadline Sale 1.00-1.30pm

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1.00-1.30pm

• Full Class 2, 4 and or 5 clean NZ drivers’ license SITUATIONS VACANT • Ability to work unsupervised and in a team environment • Available for weekend roster and overtime at short notice.

• Punctual • Pass and maintain a pre-employment drug • & Full Class 2,screening 4 and or 5 alcohol test pre-employment drug & alcohol screening test. clean NZ drivers’ license.

• • Mechanically minded • Mechanically minded.

Ability to work • Tidy appearance unsupervised and in a • Tidy appearance. team environment.

• Training provided • Training provided.

• Available for weekend • Full Uniform and • Full Uniform and PPE provided roster and overtime PPE provided. at short notice.

• Candidate should be physically fit and capable • Candidate should be • ofPunctual. physically fit and capable manual work

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

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Pass and maintain a

of manual work.

Applicants in the first instance will need to email in the first instance will need to email a a Applicants current copy of their CV along with a brief current copy of their CV along with a brief cover letter cover letter to me at istirling@bainliquids.co.nz to istirling@bainliquids.co.nz

Based in Te Awamutu we service the greater Waikato and Coromandel Peninsula drilling and maintaining water supply bores. We have a wellmaintained fleet of machinery and an excellent crew to work with. As members of the NZDF we are also committed to on-going NZQA training.

You will:

Be fit, healthy and prepared to perform heavy manual tasks in all weathers Have a strong commitment to Health and Safety Be a team player who enjoys working in a team environment Have a good sense of humour!

Knowledge of water welldrilling procedures and operations and/or welding or mechanical experience would be advantageous.

Applicants must have NZ residency or a valid NZ work permit.

Please call Mike on 0274 925 005 or email a covering letter and CV to enquiries@buwelldrillers.co.nz

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