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There was no live stream of this week’s first face to face gathering in months for Te Awamutu Community Board and just one person there to watch it. Te Awamutu News’ Benjamin Wilson reports from the press bench.

Together again

Councillor Lou Brown with community board members Ange Holt, Jill Taylor and Kane Titchener.

By Benjamin Wilson

Tuesday was a special day for Te Awamutu Community Board members – it was the first time in nine months that the board had met in person.

Upon mention of the fact, Cr Lou Brown said, “they let us back in!”

All community board members were present, except for Richard Hurrell and Susan O’Regan, who attended via Zoom.

The board last met in the chambers on August 10, 2021, one week before the lockdown. Tuesday’s meeting was also the

first meeting since then that was not streamed online. The News understands the council will not be livestreaming community board meetings in future.

They discussed the council’s Water Control Bylaw, which is going to public consultation tomorrow, and received reports on the council’s dog control policy, and animal nuisance bylaw.

Strategic Projects Driver Graham Pollard insisted the board submit feedback to council regarding the Water Control Bylaw.

Members Titchener and Taylor said they would make personal submissions, and after

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some deliberation, Holt moved the decision for the board to also submit feedback as a whole.

“It shows that we do take an interest in our own water, rather than having it controlled by somebody else,” Holt said.

Titchener attended Zero Waste Aotearoa’s meeting on Te Awamutu’s proposed waste to energy plant and shared his concerns with the board.

“I think there are some reasonably big questions to ask about the incineration issue… certainly a concern I think.”

One of Titchener’s concerns was the impact

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Holt reported the Te Awamutu Chamber of Commerce was working with local retailers to set up a committee to stop ramraids.

The News was the only media at Tuesday’s meeting, and at its conclusion, it was suggested future meetings continue to be live streamed, because of the engagement they have had from the public.

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Letters…

Jigsaw competition a winner

In response James Parlane (Letters, May 5) the first point he made is correct. There are many definitions of inflation. The definition I talk about in my columns is Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) because that is the definition of inflation specified in the RBNZ’s Policy Target Agreement with the Minister of Finance. That is the measure of inflation the RBNZ is responsible for controlling.

His second point about underlying inflation is wrong. I was Don Brash’s Deputy Governor when the RBNZ stopped targeting underlying inflation.

But in most instances, underlying inflation was lower than the headline CPI number published by the Department of Statistics. So the figures we have heard for the last 25 years have not been a huge underestimate as claimed by Mr Parlane.

His third point was that for the ‘last 50 years this country has lived beyond its means’ and that is why we now have inflation. But for the last 25 years, inflation in New Zealand has been very low. It has only reappeared strongly in the last two years. One of the main contributors to its reappearance is the excessive liquidity and low interest rate policies of the world’s major Central Banks and the RBNZ. Central Banks used to be described as the ones who took away the punch bowl just as the party got started. In recent years, however, they have been the ones who kept topping up the punch bowl even as the party moved into a dangerous phase.

In a recent statement, the RBNZ admitted despite the increases in its official cash rate, its policy settings are still below neutral. So it still hasn’t taken away the punch bowl – it is just filling it more slowly.

Peter Nicholl Cambridge

A new competition run by Waipā District Libraries during the April school holidays found a clever solution to the problem of jigsaws made maddeningly frustrating through lost bits.

‘Jigsaw Art’ ran across both Cambridge and Te Awamutu libraries, combining their usual April holidays art theme with one using jigsaw pieces from incomplete puzzles. It called on contestants in both towns to recycle random jigsaw bits into something creative and original.

Dee Atkinson, Waipā District Council’s outreach librarian, said the uptake had been great, with 27 entries coming in across the two libraries. Judges were brought in from outside the libraries.

The Cambridge competition was won by the Hawkins siblings, Jessica, 6, and Mason, 8. The pair decided to make a ‘library’ out of their pieces, with Jessica telling staff on receiving

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The Te Awamutu competition was won by Corey Powell, 10, who created an outstanding drag truck with his pieces.

There were also runnerup and youth prizes awarded.

Corey Powell won in Te Awamutu with his drag truck.

with Constable Ryan Fleming

Talking toxic relationships Continuing on from my column last week about family harm, I intend to break down some of the reasons behind why sometimes it’s difficult to leave a relationship and explain about toxic relationships.

Last week I referenced the Duluth Power and Control Wheel. This week I will begin to expand on some of the behaviours.

Using coercion and threats is a trait of toxic relationships. Often the abuser will threaten to make a report to Oranga Tamariki if the victim decides to leave. Or make comments such as “if you ring the police, they will make a report to Oranga Tamariki. You are such a bad mum you will lose custody”.

Let me dispel this myth here and now.

The police do not make erroneous reports to Oranga Tamariki. If we have genuine concerns for a child’s welfare, we will obviously, however having a family harm episode in of itself will not trigger a report of concern to Oranga Tamariki. Phrases and comments like this are evidence that the abuser is attempting to gain some power and

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control over the victim. It forces the other party to make a difficult decision and uses children as a weapon against the victim.

Sometimes this even extends to pets. I remember a lengthy case I dealt with where the abuser would threaten the victim’s dog.

To this victim, her dog was her whole world.

It was a protective factor in an otherwise pretty grim life.

The dog was a barrier to her getting support from the various agencies as at the time there was no safe place that could take her and the dog. That case took several weeks of problem solving to work through.

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Another very common trait I hear regularly when speaking to victims of family harm is the abuser has threatened suicide to coerce the victim to stay. This is, sadly, a common tactic using emotional guilt to coerce a victim into staying in an abusive relationship. This manipulative behaviour

is nothing more than emotional abuse and if this is something you are faced with, contact the police on 111. The Police will ensure that Mental Health Crisis Team get involved, ensuring the safety of the abuser. Police will also be able to offer support to assist in the Family Harm aspect of the situation and it also demonstrates you have boundaries.

This is, I believe, important. By engaging with experts, you are not wearing the emotional abuse on your own. It immediately negates the manipulative behaviour, and it forces the abuser to face the behaviour.

Next week I am going to expand on Intimidation.

If you or someone you know is in an abusive or toxic relationship, seek help – you can use these resources: Waitomo-Waipa Women’s Refuge on 0800 733 843 and Kainga Aroha on 07 871 6506.

If it is an emergency, dial 111.

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Briefs…

Third bridge closer?

A Waipā transport strategy has confirmed the need for a third bridge over the Waikato River in Cambridge.

The strategy was agreed following a six-week consultation period earlier this year. More than 170 submissions were received, traversing issues ranging from climate change to public transport and the desire for a third river crossing in Cambridge. A business case will make a pitch for government funding to help pay for the new bridge.

Murder admitted

A teenager who appeared in the High Court at Hamilton this week has pleaded guilty to a charge of murder, Open Justice – a journalism initiative funded by NZ on Air, reported. It said Jack Kaea, 19, admitted the charge of murdering Raymond Kaea, 48, at a Hazelmere Crescent property in Te Awamutu last December and will be sentenced on July 26.

Funding cut

The Waikato Regional Council has put the brakes on its contestable Environmental Initiatives Fund to enable it to be replenished. About $50,000, a fifth of the usual sum, will be available this year. A total of $200,000 will be available from 2023-24 and a reserve balance of about $44,000 will be in place for future years.

The fund provides money for community projects that benefit the environment.

Chopper missions

The Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter carried out 65 life-saving missions in April, including 39 hospital transfers, 11 medical “events”, seven rural or remote missions and eight vehicle crashes. There were calls to Te Kuiti twice and Taharoa on three successive days in the month.

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Legal twist in council sacking

By Roy Pilott

The vote of a single councillor when Waikato Regional Council chair Russ Rimmington got rolled this week prompted his suggestion it would result in a judicial review.

Rimmington was dumped by an 8-6 margin on Monday and then nominated Barry Quayle as his successor.

Ironically, Waipā’s Stu Kneebone, who moved that Rimmington be sacked, seconded the motion for Quayle.

But councillors were told Fred Lichtwark’s vote on the sacking could compromise it because he had earlier announced how he would vote on radio.

Rimmington, 76, has been relegated to the benches five months out from the local body elections.

If the former Hamilton

mayor was thinking of retiring from the political scene this year, it is a fair bet he will now seriously consider another term as a Hamilton ward member.

He told The News this week he had “unfinished business.”

Rimmington remains a passionate supporter of the Te Huia rail service, which he believes needs marketing – and he is also concerned that the major political parties cannot agree on Three Waters, and a new Government could scrap it, effectively wasting the millions of dollars already spent on the process Rimmington had to get one of the eight councillors who earlier called on him to stand down to change tack – but had not done so when the issue went to the vote on Monday.

Lichtwark was never

going to be one of them – with Rimmington in the chair he was suspended from all council committees, subcommittees and other representative roles early last year following complaints about his behaviour.

Rimmington told The News the result of the vote went against the advice of constitutional lawyer Mai Chen. Whether or not he will take legal action so close to an election is a moot point, but he did suggest the electorate would have its say in October.

He estimated it would cost $100,000 to take private action.

His ousting has exposed a bitter division in the council.

Rimmington was gracious in defeat, telling councillors it had been an honour to lead them – but he signalled there would be a judicial review on the issue.

Deputy chair Kataraina Hodge and councillors Lichtwark, Tipa Mahuta, Denis Tegg, Angela Strange, Jennifer Nickel and WaipāKing Country representatives Andrew MacPherson and Stu Kneebone ousted the chair.

Pamela Storey, Stu Husband, Hugh Vercoe, Kathy White and Quayle all backed him.

Hamilton city councillors Geoff Taylor and Mark Bunting both spoke at this week’s council meeting urging councillors not to roll their chair. Both said they appeared in a private capacity.

Rimmington’s directness – variously described as being a bit too blunt and shooting from the hip – put him offside with councillors when he questioned the level of Māori influence on the Three Waters plan.

But councillors did not

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heed Bunting’s call to “focus on what is said, not how it was said,” and the man who moved the motion – Waipa councillor Stu Kneebone said Three Waters was not the issue.

He accused Rimmington of misrepresenting the council’s position on issues.

• See: Ongoing quarry stoush, page 14.

Chamber combats ram raiders

By Benjamin Wilson

A Te Awamutu committee is being formed to address ram raid issues.

In 14 months, Te Awamutu’s Noel Leeming has been ramraided three times.

The company has previously declined to comment to The News about the issue.

“They are at the point where it is almost not viable to remain open, we don’t want to lose a business like that,” said Te Awamutu Chamber of Commerce chair Maria Heslop.

“It is awful, and from the chamber’s point of view, having that thing happen all the time puts people off coming to live in Te Awamutu, opening businesses and it is chasing businesses away.”

The store is one of many to be targeted in what can be considered a national crime wave.

Last week a school van was used in a ramraid on a Te Aroha dairy.

The Chamber is spearheading the committee, which had its first meeting on Tuesday.

Heslop told The News that a lack of council action has caused shop owners to take charge of the situation. “It is up to shop owners to keep their own shops safe,” she said.

As well as chamber members, the meeting saw shop owners, CommSafe and local police attend.

Constable Ryan Fleming also attended Tuesday’s meeting, is supportive of the committee, and works closely with CommSafe.

Last month bollards were installed in front of

Concrete blocks provide new protection for Noel Leeming in Te Awamutu.

Noel Leeming to deter future ramraids. Fleming told The News giant concrete pot plants could be an alternative to any subsequent bollards.

“There are so many different ways to go about it, that is the idea of getting the committee together,” Heslop said.

“It also kind of feeds into the Who Are We Te Awamutu Survey, because most of that survey is finding an identity to the town and trying to make the main street look like that identity… if we are going to put pots in and all the rest of it, it kind of feeds back to that.”

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Kaipaki faces fence battle

By Mary Anne Gill

The conflict between ruralbased industries and lifestylers is something Waipā District Council says is not uncommon – and the latest example is in Kaipaki.

Agricultural contractor Karl Schwitzer has resource consent to operate a contractors’ yard for cutting and supplying hay to farmers. He also has permission to put a new shed on the site at the intersection of Goodwin and Kaipaki Road opposite the primary school.

But some Kaipaki residents are unhappy saying Schwitzer has built an ugly corrugated iron fence which is higher than what he has consent for and two additional shed bays are larger than what was shown in the consent.

They also say Schwitzer plans to move the former Bunnings building onto the site which would be an inappropriate building for Kaipaki and not in keeping with the rural zone.

Schwitzer acknowledged the fence at 2.5m is higher than the allowed 1.8m high but says he put it up because burglars scaled the smaller fence he had, cut open 55 bales of hay and stole them.

The fence was silver but this week he painted it black so it would blend in with a nearby hedge. “The fence is no bigger than the hedge,” he said. “Now it looks pretty smart.”

Schwitzer also said the council

had visited his yard three weeks ago and said the shed bays comply with his resource consent.

He confirmed he had asked the council about the possibility of moving part of the old Bunnings building out to the yard for a storage shed but nothing had come of it yet.

“I understand you’ve got to comply with the rules,” said Schwitzer who acknowledged the conflict between businesses like his and rural lifestylers.

The corrugated iron fence residents say is not in keeping with the rural environment in Kaipaki.

"I can understand from their point of view.” effects in the rural zones that removed or he would have to which was to establish a rural He said he supported the would justify a plan change.” obtain a resource consent. based industry, build a workshop community by recently felling 12 If Schwitzer’s fence was higher Quickfall said a planner last storage shed, one implement shed big poplar trees from the school than 1.8m, it would breach the visited the site on April 13 last year and move an industrial building grounds.

District Plan rules and must be to process the original application from 13 Matos Segedin Drive.

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CommSafe and the Te Awamutu Police gave our journalist Benjamin Wilson a glimpse into what a night on patrol is like.

Here’s his report.

A night on community patrol

Last Thursday was Te Awamutu patrol coordinator Johanna Tong’s first-time riding in CommSafe’s new patrol car.

CommSafe act as the eyes and ears of the police with their community patrols and CCTV monitoring.

Trustee Chris Smith joined Johanna on Thursday’s patrol. The pair are both long-time community servers, Tong was a paramedic for over 30 years and Smith was one of CommSafe’s (originally the Te Awamutu Safer Community Charitable Trust) founding members.

“I always have done community service work, right from when my children were born. This is an extension of me being able to help in my community, and I find it extremely rewarding,” Johanna said.

Before the patrol started, she undertook a routine safety check of the vehicle, checking its lights, tyres, warrant of fitness and registration. This safety check is signed off before every patrol.

Next, using their two-way police radio, Johanna logged the patrol with the police, informing them of the length of the trip, who and how many people were in the car, and their call sign, which is TACP1.

During her time as a paramedic, Tong became well accustomed to radio protocol, and says that good radio etiquette is very important to her. Before making any transmissions on the police radio, CommSafe patrollers must check that there are no active police activity, or ongoing calls for radio silence.

“I am very particular with radio protocol… it needs to be short and concise,”

CommSafe Trustee Chris Smith was the driver of last Thursday’s patrol.

Johanna said.

The importance of this etiquette was made known on Thursday, as a ramraid in Te Aroha resulted in a police chase. It could be heard through the radio where

cars were being directed and what the alleged offenders were driving. At the time, any irrelevant radio activity would have hindered the police’s work.

Chris drove while Johanna managed the

cars scan lights and radio. Every 15 minutes Johanna would write down a situation report, logging any events or lack of events.

The pair patrolled Te Awamutu schools, residential and industrial areas, and known problem spots. They looked for open windows, out of place cars, unusual gatherings, and paid close attention to any mention of Te Awamutu on their police radio. In addition to their surveillance work, the presence of community patrols can help to deter criminal activity.

Constable Ryan Fleming told The News the presence of a marked police vehicle or patrol car in an area can dramatically reduce crime for up to two hours.

With the exception of a domestic violence concern, which was investigated by police after CommSafe had scanned the area, Thursday was a relatively quiet night for the patrollers.

“That is often what it can be… that is the nature of the job,” said Johanna.

She said the patrollers “do have to have a certain amount of interest” in what they do.

And to keep that interest going, she makes sure to share the successes of the patrols with one another.

“It makes a huge difference to how people think, when they know that there has been results.”

Johanna said that even if the patrollers do not capture a specific incident, the data collected through their dash camera can be used to connect dots.

“The more dots you connect, the more evidence, the greater the chance of getting a conviction.”

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The nature of the beast

By Peter Matthews

In choosing to write about environmental issues, I never did intend to go into facts and figures in any great depth or to explore particular occurrences in detail. There are any number of sources of information to back up the generally accepted view that humans are causing global warming, and that the consequences of this are going to be predictably dire.

As is usually the case with humans, some are taking it seriously and doing what they can about it, others believe it and do nothing.

Some governments do enough to be seen to be doing enough, others don’t see the need. A minority of people seek actively to discredit the whole idea. There seems to be a sector of the community who think it is a load of rubbish. Well, we all know it’s rubbish, there’s just a difference of opinion on whether rubbish is one of the causes, or a description of, the concept.

Despite many good intentions and a vast array of good science the human race as a whole doesn’t seem to be making very good progress with this.

It bears repetition, which is lucky because I’ve said it before, that people simply aren’t that bothered because it doesn’t affect them - yet. It’s not like we’re living in the Maldives - there’s a community looking down the barrel of the problem. Or Jakarta - which is the fastest sinking city in the world. It has been predicted that a third of the city will be submerged by 2050. To be fair that’s not all due to global warming; it’s happening because of excessive extraction of groundwater.

It’s all part of the same story though.

The rapidly growing human population is putting pressure on the environment. This is

a species which is about to become a victim of its own success. We have dominated the ecosystem of the planet absolutely, ever since we started walking upright.

I’m pretty sure no other species which has enjoyed time at the top on Planet Earth has ever worried about their environmental footprint. It’s a philosophical point I know; no other species has (that we know of) ever had the mental capacity to consider their impact on their surroundings.

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We eat too much because our bodies are hard-wired to accumulate fat reserves against leaner times to come. Our highly evolved brains have allowed us to take precautions against leaner times by farming but not yet to counter the desire to eat when we don’t need it.

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OPINION

Our governance role

By Susan O’Regan, Waipā District Councillor

Maybe it’s the lawyer in me, but events at Waipā District Council over the last few months have given me cause to reflect on the process of our decision-making and the importance of getting this right.

Standing Orders, Codes of Conduct and meeting etiquette are all things elected members are made aware of when first elected. However, putting these rules into practice is often harder than you might think. And getting them wrong means things can go pear-shaped, pretty quickly.

For those who follow our meetings, which are now livestreamed, you will have seen a regular Agenda Item 2: “Declarations of Conflicts of Interest”. This is an opportunity for councillors to let everyone know they are in a position which makes their involvement in decision-making around an item, improper or wrong.

There’s a variety of reasons. A councillor may declare a financial or even perceived financial gain from a decision. A councillor could be considered biased, having been shown to be closed minded about a specific issue. It is up to each councillor to declare their situation, meaning we rely wholly on the honesty and integrity of individual councillors. Our entire governance system is predicated on trust.

At our Strategic Planning and Policy meeting last Tuesday there were eight conflicts of interest declared. That is a lot.

There are risks and dangers with this number of conflicts; even more so if conflicts aren’t declared.

When you become an elected member, you make a formal declaration to “faithfully and impartially, and in accordance to the best of my skill and judgement, execute and perform, in the best interests of the Waipa District, the powers, authorities,

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At that meeting, I addressed a couple of conflicts firmly.

That was my job, as chair of that meeting. I did so because it is not possible to speak to a matter as a councillor neutrally and impartially and with ‘an open mind’, while at the same time holding and sharing a fixed position outside the Chamber.

This is the very textbook definition of a “conflict of interest”.

It is a complex issue. All councillors will, at times, have extra information they think could be helpful in the decisionmaking process. Given so many councillors are elected because they are active in their respective communities, this is not surprising.

But all councillors must leave any pre-formed positions at the door in order to make good decisions on behalf of the entire district. If you are a councillor, you must be impartial in your decision-making and you must also be seen to be impartial. This impartiality includes coming to the table with an open mind, free from bias.

If you cannot do that, you have a Conflict of Interest. And you must declare it and if necessary, abstain from voting on that issue. If not, our decisions can be successfully overturned if challenged and the integrity of our organisation can be called into question.

With local elections coming up this year, it’s a good time to remember what the role of governance is. As a councillor, it can be tempting to delve into operational matters. But that’s not our job. Our role as governors is to set the strategic direction and vision for the district, ensure there is sufficient funding available and hold the chief executive to account in terms of delivering those plans. We should be “nose in” not “hands in”.

Councillors have a key role in protecting the integrity of our institution by ensuring there is honesty, openness and transparency in the way we operate. Our residents and ratepayers must have decisions made on their behalf by people who are free of bias or favour. When they cannot be, or there is a perception they cannot be, they must willing to declare it.

Mayoral race

Waipā mayor Jim Mylchreest remains the only confirmed candidate for the top job five months out from the local body elections.

There appeared to be a potentially deep pool of contenders from within his own council a few months ago – but another ruled out a bid this week.

Cambridge ward councillor Philip Coles has confirmed he will stand for council again at October’s local body elections, but not

mayor.

Deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk is thought to be reluctant to stand against Mylchreest and Susan O’Regan has announced she will stand down from local body politics in October. Kihikihi based Marcus Gower has yet to show his hand.

The News understands at least one lobbyist is planning to put his hand up to ensure there will be a mayoral election. Mylchreest was elected unopposed in 2019.

The challenges of a mum

By Julie Guest

Today I want to talk about Mother’s Day and mothering or parenting.

I am sure there will be many who, like me, are astonished at how quickly the years of mothering young ones at home passes by.

But others of you will at this moment be immersed in the work of mothering and overwhelmed by how long each day seems.

From the moment you become a mother your life changes forever.

The changes are disguised in pain and hormones and adjustment and coping so that at first you don’t notice the permanency of the change.

You are so absorbed in the moment-by-moment observations it takes to be the mother of a new-born, hours, then weeks and eventually months go by and voila, you are a mother.

As the journey lengthens, you begin to realise the cost of mothering (or parenting).

This person relies on you for everything.

You have to think for them, imagine what it is that is causing this particular upset in this moment, and even when you can’t discover the cause, you continue to offer the reassuring presence of your body and heartbeat as you hold your distraught baby and wait out the tears until you can find the thing – food, clean nappy, burp, sleeping position, whatever it is that will bring them and you - the peace you both want so much.

The cost of parenting with empathy and love is huge.

Too much in fact for one person - mother, father or caregiver, to manage alone.

That is why we say, often so flippantly, that it takes a village to raise a child.

As a mother myself I know how true that is. How often I relied on the support of friends who were immersed in parenting around me – who offered their care to my children when I had nothing left to give.

I found my support though church and parenting groups I was able to belong to.

I was very fortunate to work part time and share caregiving with a group of friends which meant there were always others who my children knew and felt safe to be with.

And of course, I was able to care-give for others in the same way.

How are those networks formed today I wonder?

Zoom meetings do not take a screaming baby out of an overwrought mother’s arms.

Who is caring for the mothers today? Where is the village?

Each of us, whatever our age, has a responsibility to notice the parents in our community and offer them whatever care and support we can and that they would welcome.

It is not intrusive to offer care. It is vital and necessary.

God bless all mothers for the work they do. May God especially strengthen those who did not have loving mothers themselves and are struggling to find the depth of love required now.

May you know God’s grace and care for you.

And if you reach the end, seek out your local church – you will find many programmes planned to help you find a loving community where you and your children can have fun and thrive together.

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The water supply to Kihikihi Village will be turned off from Thursday, 19th May 2022 at 10pm to approximately 2am on Friday 20th May 2022 as Waipa District Council contractors will be connecting a new water main on Rolleston Street.

Residents are advised to store water for drinking and essential use during this period of time. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and every effort will be made to minimise disruption and restore the service as soon as possible. For further information please contact Waipa District Council on 0800 924 723.

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Looking ahead to disability reform

By Benjamin Wilson

New Zealand’s disability sector is about to be overhauled and Enrich Group chief executive Karen Scott says she is cautiously optimistic for the change.

“There is a lot of choice taken away in the current system. We hope that with a systems transformation, it can give people the opportunity to choose what their good life looks like,” she said On July 1 the government will introduce its new Ministry for Disabled People. The ministry was announced late last year and will overhaul how New Zealand’s disability sector operates.

Enrich Plus is one of the largest disability providers in Waipā. The Te Awamutu-based charitable trust, founded in 1990 as Graceland Charitable Trust and renamed Enrich Plus in 2013, works under the tagline ‘a life like any other’ and assists people with disabilities and neurodivergences in the Waikato, King Country and Bay of Plenty.

New Zealand disability providers like Enrich must seek funding from three separate agencies:

the Ministry of Health (MOH), Ministry of Social Development (MSD), and the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC).

The Ministry for Disabled People hopes to streamline how this funding is allocated, and how information is shared.

“By having one ministry, hopefully we get rid of some of that siloed, different eligibility criteria.”

The current system’s separate criteria for funding means that somebody with a physical disability and a co-morbid mental health condition – such as an amputee who has depression – may be eligible to get funding for prosthetics but won’t necessarily be eligible to receive funding for counselling.

“This is the problem in the disability sector, which is why we are looking forward to change.

“At the moment it is kind of like a deficit model, you’ll go for a needs assessment, and they’ll ask you what you can’t do, not what you want to do and how you think you can achieve it.

Your funding is based on that.”

The new ministry will incorporate the Enabling Good Lives (EGL) approach,

Pictured at a recent celebration luncheon were from left, Enrich Group chief executive Karen Scott, Shannon Clark, board member Maree Haddon, Caleb Wickenden, and service manager Shelley Blair.

which views people in their entirety, instead of their separate conditions.

Enrich already incorporates the EGL values into their services but are limited by the current funding system.

“We hope that whatever someone needs to live a good life, they will get the right budget to support that.

I think we have got to stop looking at ‘what is your disability and what can’t

you do’ to get your funding.

What we are passionate about is the whole person.”

The government did not address minimum wage exemption permits in their announcement of the new ministry. The permits allow for employers to pay employees less than the minimum wage, if they have a disability and a labour inspector deems it reasonable and appropriate to do so.

Scott says Enrich’s employment team never makes use of these exemptions and wishes the permits would be reviewed.

“I’m fully against having a

minimum wage for disabled people… It is a fine line, because historically that is how some of the social enterprise services have been able to operate. And yes, it does give someone with a disability a job, but is it giving them a job where they’re able to input back into society and live a life like any other? I wouldn’t imagine so.”

With the upcoming changes and the peak of Covid-19 now steadily in a decline, Scott is also cautiously optimistic for the future of her sector.

“We have now got pretty much full capacity with

everyone back, which is the first time in over two years that we have been able to say that.”

The optimism that I have for the future is that anybody that wants to access our service, gets the choice of who they do that with, and how they can achieve it.”

“I hate to say I am a cynic, I started working for the disability sector when I was 17. I suppose I am really passionate about the changes; it has just taken a very long time to happen. So, I hope it happens. If it does, it will be a brilliant opportunity for people to choose what a good life looks for them.”

A background which includes netball, police, policy making, and support work is part of the legacy that led Karen Scott to become the chief executive of Enrich Group.

Scott, who lives in Cambridge with husband Roger and their son, joined the disability sector as a support worker when she was 17, after completing a teaching people with disabilities certificate.

However, this was initially a means to an end.

She studied early childhood education at the University of Waikato, but focused her career on being a professional athlete.

“At that time, I thought my career was netball.”

She played goal shoot in the ANZ Cup for the Waikato Wildcats in the late 90s and would later go on to play for the Counties Manukau Cometz and internationally in Cardiff.

She moved on from her athletic career when she returned from Cardiff in 2002, and began work for the Halberg Trust, which

helps to enrich the lives of disabled people through sport and recreation.

“That is when I caught the bug around policy and found out that changes need to be made for people who have disabilities.”

That ‘bug’ led Scott to study policy and political science papers at the University of Waikato.

She would later work for the Ministry of Justice on the sale and supply of alcohol, and its impact on youth offending. Then the police’s Alco-link division in Wellington, to help implement processes centred around the relationship between alcohol and offences.

She eventually became a project manager for ACC and did more work to prevent alcohol related harm.

Scott left the government sector because she found the lack of synergy between the different agencies frustrating.

“I wasn’t the best government bureaucrat, my values are around no

duplication, and I love synergising.”

She joined Enrich Plus as an executive project manager in 2017 and became Enrich Group’s chief executive in 2019.

Scott is Enrich’s (formerly Gracelands) third CEO and considers her position to be a privilege.

“Everybody needs the right to have what their good life looks like.”

“If I can make a difference by writing the right policy, or getting the right contract in, and someone achieves something little or big, then I think I’ve been really successful.”

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Waikato’s environmental watch dog has finally visited the site of an illegal Waipā sand quarry – 28 days after it was alerted to its existence.

Waikato Regional Council says there were no “apparent risks” to the environment on the day of its inspection and members of the incident response team took the opportunity to provide advice on the installation of erosion and sediment controls while they were there.

The Oreipunga Road quarry in Maungatautari operated without a resource consent for at least five years by Beacon Hill Contracting.

All operations at the quarry were suspended on April 13 by Waipā District Council.

One of the four shareholders in the company is Elwyn AndreeWiltens who resigned as a Waipā district councillor on April 25 because of her involvement in the quarry and “perceived” conflict of interest.

In a response to The News on why it took the regional council so long to visit the site, compliance manager Patrick Lynch said the council receives more than 2200 complaints a year regarding the environment.

Pressed on how many related to illegal sand quarries close to the Waikato River, Lynch said the calls

were “many and varied.”

And in another confusing development, Waipā District Council says it received a resource consent application for the quarry on Monday after it was submitted two days earlier by consultants acting for Beacon Hill yet AndreeWiltens told The News it was submitted on April 20.

Mitchell Daysh, a Hamiltonbased specialist consultancy, said it provided the district council with a draft consent application to show Beacon Hill made “meaningful attempts” to address the noncompliance.

Rhys Powell, who originally tipped off the regional council to the quarry’s non-compliance on April 1, said if neither the regional nor district council decide to take any subsequent legal action against the quarry, he would.

He told Waipā chief executive Garry Dyet in a Code of Conduct complaint against Andree-Wiltens on April 23, he was prepared to take a private prosecution for breaches of the Resource Management Act (RMA) if the council did not act.

Lynch confirmed anyone could do that, including the regional council, if it deemed there were any serious breaches of the RMA. “While we are still completing our enquiries, a breach of the aspects of the RMA administered by the regional council has not

An image from Google Earth shows a sand quarry metres from the Waikato River at Oreipunga Road.

been identified.”

No rivers were impacted at the time of the inspection or would have been when the quarry was operating, he said.

The regional council was now establishing whether the activity met Permitted Activity rules under the Waikato Regional Plan.

Yet Mitchell Daysh consultants, who lodged the resource consent application with the district council, also filed an earthworks consent application with the regional council just before close of

business on Friday May 6.

The incident response team told Beacon Hill the regional council would complete assessments to check whether any other consents were needed.

“The landowners submitted a consent application on Friday prior to any further feedback from ourselves,” said Lynch.

Meanwhile Waipā District Growth and Regulatory services group manager Wayne Allan, who was unavailable to talk to The News but provided a statement

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Following his explosive international bestseller Red Notice, Bill Browder returns with another gripping thriller chronicling how he became Vladimir Putin’s number one enemy by exposing Putin’s campaign to steal and launder hundreds of billions of dollars and kill anyone who stands in his way.

When Bill Browder’s young Russian lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, was beaten to death in a Moscow jail, Browder made it his life’s mission to go after his killers and make sure they faced justice. The first step of that mission was to uncover who was behind the $230 million tax refund scheme that Magnitsky was killed over. As Browder and his team tracked the money as it flowed out of Russia through the Baltics and Cyprus and on to Western Europe and the Americas, they were shocked to discovered that Vladimir Putin himself was a beneficiary of the crime.

As law enforcement agencies began freezing the money, Putin retaliated. He and his cronies set up honey traps, hired process servers to chase Browder through cities, murdered more of his Russian allies, and enlisted some of the top lawyers and politicians in America to bring him down. Putin will stop at nothing to protect his money. As Freezing Order reveals, it was Browder’s campaign to expose Putin’s corruption that prompted Russia’s intervention in the 2016 US presidential election.

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Unity’s golden trip to Hokitika

By Viv Posselt

Te Awamutu para cyclist Unity Collins has become a national champion after winning gold at the Age Group Road Racing National Championships in Hokitika.

The gutsy 27-year-old, who rides with the Morrinsville Wheelers Cycling Club, took gold in the BVI (tandem) road race. Riding as her pilot was Vicki Fleming, a Cambridgebased coach and rider with whom she has paired since March 2021.

By chance, second place went to fellow Morrinsville Wheelers’ Steve Donelley, who was paired with Vicki’s husband Mark Fleming.

Unity pulled out all stops in Hokitika.

She also took bronze in her time trial event, making for a successful weekend that has inspired her to push further still.

“I am very keen to take it further. I want to take the next step up… it might mean riding offshore. Vicki knows me well, she knows what I’m capable of. She’ll look at the schedule and let me know what goal I need to be aiming for,” Unity said, during a break in her regular dog-walking activities in Te Awamutu.

Vicki said Unity’s level of commitment to training and her work ethic made her a delight to work with.

“We know each other really well. Unity was a great swimmer before she decided to take up riding. In the three years since she has shown herself to be very capable. The gains she has made already are huge.

“We’ll look at doing some able-bodied cycling over the winter and there are more time trials coming, but she needs more exposure to move her from her current position as a community rider to the development programme – ideally, she needs to go offshore for that.”

Unity trains with Vicki at the velodrome in Cambridge and does some road training with her dad, Ross Collins, who has been with her every step of the way. The dad and daughter duo have done a lot together over the past few years, including the Tough Guy and Gal Challenge.

Unity has also competed at various other events, and works with a personal trainer who helps maintain and build strength in her legs.

She said: “Vicki trains me quite hard … but she has a way about her that means I get

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When not training or competing, Unity is walking her clients’ dogs, going to guitar

Powering to the finish line in Hokitika are sight impaired Unity Collins (rear) and Vicki Fleming.

Cup clash ahead for Reds Te Awamutu’s outstanding start to the WaiBop premier league football season hit a significant speed wobble with a five goal drubbing at Otumoetai.

Miroslav Sindler bagged four of the Bay club’s five goals – including three in the last 20 minutes.

Te Awamutu now faces what should be an even tougher test in the first round proper of the Chatham Cup. The Reds host Auckland club Metro in the 2pm main Saturday game at The Stadium in Armstrong Avenue.

The Mount Albert based club is one of the oldest in the country and reached the semifinal of the Cup in 1998.

Metro plays in the top flight of the northern regional league, one step below the Northern League where Melville and Hamilton Wanderers feature.

It sits at the foot of the table with four other clubs after winning two and drawing one of its eight games this season.

One of those wins came last weekend - a 1-0 win over East Coast Bays.

Other Waikato teams in the cup this weekend are Cambridge – home to Onehunga-Mangere, Unicol, who host Tauranga City, West Hamilton United – home to Waiuku – Taupo who play Hamilton’s Northern and Ngaruawahia who host the delightfully named Auckland Sunday league club Sperm Whales.

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Thomas Edgar attempts to shield the ball during last weekend’s reserve clash which saw Te Awamutu beaten 3-2 by Melville Corinthians.

There are no WaiBop premier league matches this weekend.

Unicol look the team to beat after a 6-1 win at Ngongotaha kept them top of the table with a game in hand.

Meanwhile, junior football kicked on last Friday night with 80 youngsters picking up their first kicks kit.

There will football at The Stadium tomorrow night as the over 35s take on Claudelands Rovers under lights.

Derby battle for Sports Te Awamutu and Ōtorohanga square off in a derby clash in this weekend’s Waikato premier men’s rugby competition.

The clash is a case of second top playing second to bottom.

Te Awamutu has enjoyed a superb start to the new campaign, breaking the 100-point barrier in racking up three successive wins.

Only reigning champions Fraser Tech can better that, courtesy of an extra bonus point. Ōtorohanga celebrated its first win of the campaign last weekend, getting the better of Melville 26-20 at home.

The weekend also saw 2020 champions Hautapu snap a losing streak seeing off Matamata 24-5. Ōhaupō and Leamington will look to keep the pressure on early leaders Southern this weekend. They have won three of their first four matches, while Southern won all their clashes.

The South Waikato also faces a derby – against old rivals Putaruru this weekend.

Weekend results: Waikato Draught Premiership, Fraser Tech 22 Morrinsville Sports 13 (Ron Crawford

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