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Zone concerns raised

By Benjamin Wilson

A proposed enrolment zone for Te Awamutu College at the start of 2023 makes sense – but it could divide school mates in some rural communities.

College deputy principal Wayne Carter says the enrolment zone is what is best for his school and community.

“An enrolment scheme means we can staff and timetable the school with absolute certainty… rather than having a potential walk-up of population at the start of the year of 25 or more enrolments,” he said.

But in the Ōtorohanga district, one principal sees potential problems.

And there are questions over where the

line of the southern boundary is proposed, because it cuts through rural communities.

The enrolment zone map is open for public submissions until July 22.

Maihiihi School, which sits just outside of the proposed zone, saw 70 per cent of its year eight students leave for Te Awamutu College last year.

“It would make planning and preparing for next year a lot harder for our families and may cause anxiety in some of our students who have siblings already at the college or are currently attending Te Awamutu Intermediate,” said principal, Vanessa Hinerangi Koroa.

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The News reported last week that while Te Awamutu College’s roll had boomed, numbers at Ōtorohanga High School were dropping and the plans of hundreds of students from Kio Kio, Ōtorohanga, Waitomo and Maihiihi were now up in the air as the ministry considered the zoning option. Ōtorohanga College board chair Duncan Coull said he is confident “things were on the up” and Ōtorohanga would become the college of choice for the community.

Of Te Awamutu College’s 1300 students, about 250 came from out of zone areas this year, including 120 from the Ōtorohanga

area.

“Without an enrolment scheme, you can’t turn those kids away, so that is a big unknown and it was a big potential for us to be caught out this year,” Wayne Carter said.

It takes the college from September to December to timetable classes and finalise next year’s enrolments, but often out of zone applications complicate the process.

Carter first approached the Ministry of Education two years ago to discuss the enrolment zone’s implementation.

The pressure on Te Awamutu College was acknowledged by the ministry at the start of this year when it fast-tracked the arrival of three modular classrooms to accommodate extra students.

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There are times when writers are rewarded beyond their wildest dreams for going the extra mile.

In researching for one of his books while in Britain, Graeme Woodfield was given access to a treasure trove of information, including extensive diary notes, written by Arthur Porritt.

Whanganui born Porritt, who died in 1994, was an Olympic Games 100 metre bronze medal winner, a Rhodes Scholar and surgeon, a member of the House of Lords – and New Zealand’s Governor General from 1967 to 1972.

Woodfield teamed up with Joseph Romanos to tell Porritt’s story – No Ordinary Man, in 2008.

Woodfield has also penned a book on a second great athlete, Jack Lovelock, a thought provoking 2020 analysis of our alcohol consumption – Alcohol: a dangerous affair - with George Seber, and a book of poetry.

And as he sat in his office in his Tamahere home, pointing to a picture of his favourite mountain, Aspiring, he quipped there was enough information for a second book on Porritt – and another book of poetry is close.

But it’s not his writing that the

octogenarian was celebrated for in the Queen’s Birthday Honours this month.

He was made Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to transfusion medicine.

Like Porritt, Graeme Woodfield is no ordinary man.

His work in the blood service field, and establishing services, has been on a national and international stage and he is recognised as an international expert in transfusion medicine by the World Health Organisation.

He is a Life Member of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion.

The Geraldine born doctor spent four and a half years as a house surgeon in Auckland before heading to Scotland, where he became a member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

From there he was offered the role of Director of Blood Services Libya – where he treated Muammar Gaddafi – before leaving to take up a new role which lasted five years in Papua New Guinea.

His next move was back to New Zealand in 1976 and he was, for the next 20 years, voluntary Medical Advisor and Executive member of the Red Cross Society Auckland branch.

He says New Zealand has one

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of the best donor services in the world.

The service requires 4000 donations a week to ensure there is enough plasma and blood stocks – but just three in every 100 people donate. A total of 28 per cent of blood donated is used to treat medical conditions and in surgery – and 26 per cent is used for cancer patients.

He and wife Annabell – they celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in December – moved to Tamahere from Ōrākei

in 2017 when they purchased their son Mike’s home. Mike – a plastic surgeon in Hamilton – moved a short distance up the road.

The couple are members of the St Stephen’s church community in Tamahere and neither drink.

“We both come from Baptist households,” he said.

He recalls as a youth being in a car that crashed – and alcohol was the major factor.

“I’ve seen the rages of alcohol – best not to.”

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Briefs…

Regional rates set

Waikato Regional Council rates will levy $121.7 million from ratepayers for the year starting July 1, a rise of 7.7 per. WaipāKing Country councillor Andrew MacPherson voted for the increase but said the council needed to put more in its Annual Plan about the realism of the current situation facing ratepayers.

Health change

Waikato District Health Board will merge into Health New Zealand next week and become part of Te Manawa Taki region comprising four other DHBs, Lakes, Bay of Plenty, Tairāwhiti and Taranaki, previously known as the Midland DHBs. A new Public Health Agency led by chief executive Dr Andrew Old, takes over control of public and population health next.

Award winners

Te Awamutu bed retailer Murray Hunt Furnishers has taken out a prestigious BedsRus award for having the highest sales growth in the Sleepyhead Swisstek range. Owner Bev Cooper said local support was a big factor in the win and she was “stoked” to even get an award coming up against the big guns nationally.

Waipā recycling sabotaged by

‘Blatant laziness’

By Benjamin Wilson

Bags of blood, human faeces, pig heads, and dead cats.

These are some of the horrors that Waipā residents have left for people like Pare Te Huia to sort, by hand, out of their recycling.

“It is absolutely disgusting,” said Te Huia.

She is the second leading hand at Metallic Sweeping, the company who collect and sort the district’s recycling. She and two other workers vomited last week after human faeces were smeared across their sorting line.

“People need to see what those people up there (on the sorting line) are dealing with on a daily basis,” said site operations manager, Rob Hamblin.

He said they encounter contamination every day.

Last year, it cost the resource recovery company up to $40,000 a month to dispose of recycling that had been

contaminated.

Used engine oil, chlorine, live ammunition, unemptied gasoline containers, needles, transfusion bags, whiteware, car parts, paint, and the body parts of dead animals, are all things that have contributed to this.

Trevor Sheldon, Metallics Sweeping national operations manager, said that during transportation, one contaminated recycling bin can contaminate up to 500 houses worth of recycling.

“All that has to go to landfill,” he said.

“It is a national problem; it is not a Waipā only problem.

But it seems to be more intense here than some other places.”

Hamblin said the district’s worst offenders are Kihikihi and Leamington, but reiterates that at large, it is the entire community who is responsible.

The poor recycling habits of parents are setting a bad example for their children,

Highway closure

Work to make State Highway 1 (SH1) Waikato Expressway safer at Tamahere will get underway next week, with two overnight closures planned – on June 29 and 30 - so temporary steel barriers can be installed. SH1 will be closed overnight between Hillcrest intersection and the Cambridge interchange for two nights in a row.

The closure will only affect one direction of traffic at a time, southbound lane first, followed by the northbound.

While SH1 is closed at Tamahere, all traffic will be Rob Hamblin said his workers could be infected, if they were stabbed by a used syringed like this one. detoured

Pare Te Huia is “disgusted” with what some Waipā residents think is okay to recycle.

said Te Huia.

“Is that the type of education that our tamariki will be brought up with?” she asked.

The day after human faeces contaminated their sort line last week, a bucket of paint did the same thing, causing the company to halt all processes for 45 minutes while they cleaned the mess up.

“We are trying to make a difference. We are trying to leave something for future generations. But we are just battering our heads up against the fricking wall,” Hamblin said.

Mincemeat also made its way to the sort line last week, causing another shutdown.

“Over the last week, my staff have had an absolute gutsful… basically, what they are telling me is ‘if you can’t get this problem sorted out, we don’t want to work here anymore.’ And, if we don’t

have the staff to work it, we can’t pick up your recycling,” said Hamblin.

Pickups from around 30 Waipā houses were suspended last year, due to repeated misuse of the service. Jennifer Braithwaite, the council’s operations team leader, called the behaviour blatant laziness.

“They know very well they shouldn’t be putting these things into their recycling,” she said. “They need to stop this; this is not the service we provide. This is not what these people were employed to do.”

She said things like medical waste should be double bagged or placed into sharps containers before they’re sent to landfill, owners of industrial containers used for oil or solvents, should consult transfer stations before disposal. And, if people are unsure of what to do with

their materials, the council has information on what can and can’t be recycled online.

“Clean, washed-out recycling, that is the service that we provide. It is not a rubbish service, and it is not a free for all, for people to put whatever they want into those bins.”

Hamblin said a worker was once stabbed by a needle. They had to wait 14 days before their doctor could tell them that they weren’t infected with anything.

“They’ve all got families they want to go home to.

They don’t want to get sick from human faeces or catch something off syringes or medical waste. What is it going to take until people wake up and realise this has got to change?”

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Quarry consents on hold

By Mary Anne Gill

Nine of the 13 major resource consent applications received

by Waipā District Council in the last quarter are on hold pending further information.

They include plans to operate a sand quarry in Ōhaupō, extend one in Karāpiro and change consent conditions for another in Kaipaki.

But the application to retrospectively grant a resource consent to Beacon Hill Contracting, who unlawfully operated a sand quarry in Maungatautari resulting in the resignation of district councillor and quarry co-owner Elwyn AndreeWiltens, is being processed.

The council’s Regulatory Committee met this week in Te Awamutu.

Four of the 13 applications related to sand quarries but do not include one for RS Sand Ltd which has yet to lodge its application to establish a giant quarry on the outskirts of Cambridge near the Cambridge golf course, Consents team leader Quentin Budd said.

Demand for sand has intensified in recent years as construction activity intensifies, particularly in the upper North Island.

Waipā district has a wealth of soil suitable for the gravel and sand quarrying industry, worth about $434 million nationally every year.

But that demand, which is expected to increase resulting in higher profit margins for industry operators, often attracts opposition from residents concerned about the environmental implications.

Budd told the committee no resource consent applications were heard by Hearing Panels in the quarter starting January 1, but one consent was granted by an independent commissioner. That was the removal of a protect black walnut tree in Le Quesnoy Place, Cambridge.

Mitchell Daysh, Hamilton-based resource management specialists, are handling three of the four quarry applications.

They are for Rukuhia Land Company for a new sand quarry at 3558 Ōhaupō Road, Beacon Hill’s retrospective application at 599 Oreipunga Road and Shaws application for change consent conditions at 928 Kaipaki Road.

The Taotaoroa Quarry application near Karāpiro seeks to

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extend its pit area for 35 years and is a concurrent application with Waikato Regional Council and Matamata-Piako District Council.

Three applications are ‘in process’ including one at 401 Ariki Street in Karāpiro. The property previously housed the Power House café, restaurant, bar and conference centre which closed more than five years ago.

The application seeks to establish a visitor accommodation facility and undertake additions and alterations to a Category B building.

The property, a few hundred metres from the dam and Lake Karāpiro, the country’s premier aquatic sporting hub, housed

administration staff during the power station’s construction in the 1940s.

The other applications on hold, most awaiting further information, include: • Global Contracting Solutions’ plan to build and operate a plant to generate power in Te Awamutu • A 20-unit subdivision in Hall Street, Kihikihi • Two subdivisions in Pirongia • A 77-lot subdivision in Te Awamutu • Three storey mixed used development in Te Awamutu • A function and events centre in Maungatautari Rd, Leamington.

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The change challenge

and road maintenance costs, while improving air quality and the In the future, a network of health of active transport users. shared paths and cycleways could The council estimates that with cover much of Te Awamutu and the proper infrastructure, both Te Cambridge – but why?

Awamutu and Cambridge could “The reality right now is that shift 20 per cent of their transport we can’t just widen or create more away from private cars over time. roads to accommodate more cars, That would equate to a seven to nor can we expect to park outside 10 per cent reduction in transport our favourite shop at any time, emissions. hard to accept but a reality for “Part of our job is to showcase fast growing communities,” said what can be done and get people to deputy mayor, Liz Stolwyk. think differently because it is quite This push towards active a mindset change,” said Hudson. transport is “During called mode ‘The current system of just relying Covid, shift, and it people said is what the on cars is not going to cut it’ our streets

– Bryan Hudson were so council’s Urban much nicer Mobility Business Showcase without all that traffic on them. encourages.

People got a taste of what it could “It is recognising that as New be like.”

Zealand grows, the current system An estimated 30 per cent of of just relying on cars is not going car trips in town are less than six to cut it. The business-as-usual kilometres in distance. approach is going to grind to Dawn Inglis, the council’s a halt, and we won’t meet the Service Delivery group manager, government’s emissions goals,” said people have become used said transportation manager Bryan to a high level of convenience in Hudson. their lives, and need to think more Under the Paris Accords, carefully about the choices they New Zealand agreed to reduce make. its greenhouse emissions to 30 When discussing mode shift per cent of what they were in projects, Hudson says the focus is 2005 by 2030. Hudson says the often on the negative impacts of move towards active and public moving away from cars, with angst transport is critical in reaching that typically given to the loss of car target. parks and the cost of building new It would also reduce congestion infrastructure.

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“It is alright for old guys like me, it’s not so stressful because I have been through it all before. I guess I am protective of the junior staff who encounter that for the first time, or when they get it badly and it really stresses them out. It is about understanding that we are dealing

with human beings,” said Hudson.

Two weeks ago, Te Awamutu Community Board members criticised the council’s urban mobility plans, saying cyclists couldn’t justify the removal of some Mahoe Street carparks in favour of a cycleway.

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Uniform fees at College Te Awamutu College school uniforms will be sold at cost price from the school’s uniform shop starting next term.

The decision was made by the board so it could support parents and caregivers in an equitable way during a time when prices and living expenses are rising significantly.

Board chairperson Craig Yarndley said sound financial management and funds from the Rogers Trust would fund the move.

The decision will be reviewed by the board next June.

In another Covid related move, the board has decided to close the school on July 8 so the term two break can start a day earlier.

“We have been able to continue staffing the school through our dedicated and loyal external relievers and teachers taking extra classes,” said Yarndley.

Those teachers lost their noncontact periods but meant the college did not have to roster home any students.

“Our priority is both students’ learning and achievement and the wellbeing of our staff and students.”

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Events return to Waipā

Waipā can look forward to a bumper crop of community events as the country moves out of Covid restrictions.

A council committee yesterday considered a raft of funding applications from groups planning to hold events in the community.

Among them was a Waipā day for the Hamilton based Balloons over Waikato event next March. Balloons over Waipā was granted $5600.

Major grants went on the water - $50,000 for a week-long Dragon Boat Festival next April and $20,000 for the Waka Ama national sprint championships in January – both to be held at Lake Karāpiro.

The District Promotion Committee was provided a total of $243,637 to allocate - $150,000 from the 2022-23 budget and $93,637 rolled over from 2021-22 unspent funds.

A total of 37 applications were received – seeking a total of $405,670 and the council went almost completely with staff recommendations in allocating a total of $227,600.

The District Promotion committee comprised mayor Jim Mylchreest, deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk, Clare St Pierre, Marcus Gower, Philip Coles and community representatives Kevin

Burgess and Merv Gyde.

The report to council said two and a half years into the pandemic, which had had significant and negative impacts on the event sector, “we are starting to see a slow but steady return to events in the world and, albeit slightly slower, a return to events in Waipā too.”

District Promotion event to receive funding: IBCPC Participatory Dragon Boat Fest $50,000, Waka Ama Nationals Sprint Championship $20,000, Maadi Cup $10,000, Ride New Zealand Cycling Festival $20,000, Armistice in Cambridge 2022 $12,000, Kihikihi Speedway Opening Meeting and Fireworks 2022 $8500, Black Friday Blow Out $12000, Karāpiro 100K Flyer $3,500.

Hydro Thunder National Championship $5000, Long Course Weekend $10,000, Wake NZ 2023 National Championships $3000, North Island Rowing Championships $3500, Balloons Over Waipā $5600, Waipari Climbing Festival $5000, Christmas Regatta $3500, Festival One $3,500, MD Dirt Drags $3000, Kihikihi International Polo $4000.

Mystery Creek Women's International Polo Tournament $3000, Stars Dance Rock and Roll $4000, The Race by Grins $10,000, North Island Secondary Schools Regatta $3000, Xmas Eve at the Races 2022 $2000, Ngati Apakura Matariki Celebration $2000, Frazzled Kiwi Adventure Race $3000, Soaked in Adventure Race 2022 $3000, 2023 Canoe Racing and Oceania Sprint Championships $5000.

National Track Cycling Championships $1500, Branded Country Music Festival 2022 $1000, Cambridge to Hamilton Paddle race $2000, Masters Track Championships $1000, Clive Steenson Memorial Regatta $1000, A better Earth Eco-village International Youth Art Exhibition $2000, Karāpiro

Balloons were hugely popular when they last came to Te Awamutu.

Rowing Club Regatta $2000.

Community events Cambridge Christmas Festival $5200, Cambridge Autumn Festival $5000, Waipā Fun Run $3000, Stragglers Rod and Kustom Car Club Family Day $3500, Cambridge Cycling Festival $6000, Pirongia Trail Run $4000, River Tunes Concert $3000, Ngati Apakura and Rangiaowhia Commemoration $5000, Combined Cambridge Schools Kapa Haka Festival $1000, Kihikihi Waikato Eventing $3000, Cambridge Half Marathon $3000.

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FAITH IN WAIPĀ

The alcohol dilemma

This past week, we have witnessed a well-known journalist discuss alcohol use in New Zealand.

Previously in this series, Patrick Gower has brought us “Gower on P” and “Gower on Weed”. In the opening comments of “Gower on Booze,” Gower explained that the previous two documentaries had been about substances which are illegal in New Zealand.

Booze is legal and yet, Patrick stated, the harm from booze to individuals as well as to our whole community is far greater than from the illegal substances.

Alcohol is accessible and legal, made enticing to the widest possible market.

Enjoying a drink is fine, and fun - so long as you are in control of the booze and not the other way around. And there is the rub. Because booze is addictive. Long after the feel-good moment has past, drinking continues and often eventually becomes the greatest cause of pain.

The programme took a dramatic turn when Patrick met with fellow journalist, Corrin Dan with whom Patrick had, in the past, spent hours drinking away the stress of work.

Corrin told Patrick that even then

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he and others were worried about his drinking. Corrin said “I just can’t see it ending well for you.” Patrick was deeply impacted by those words. So much so that the rest of the documentary focused on his wrestle with his relationship with alcohol .

As we watched, Patrick interviewed others who had problems with alcohol.

Each of them revealed that their drinking had started as a result of feeling inadequate in some way. How they looked or learnt or felt in a social situation, teasing or bullying from peers, the shame of abuse at home. For them, alcohol was the easer of the pain or awkwardness. It could pave the way to conversation, or to walking into the classroom. Or it could blot out the pain all together – for that moment at least.

Feelings of not being good enough are hugely debilitating. And we know that the number of young people struggling with such feelings are rising.

In a pre social-media world young people may have suffered bullying at school, but could retreat to a supportive safe place at home. Not true any longer.

The taunts keep pinging into the in box 24/7. There is no respite.

So is there anything that can help?

Yes. The whole story of God as told in the Bible is one of God’s love for each and every person.

Scripture tells us that we are each made in the image of God. That means that we reflect in ourselves the essence of God. That we are wonderfully and marvellously made. Not one person is “not good enough”. We are created to know God’s love for us and to share that love into the world.

But we won’t know God’s love for us unless we see it reflected in others.

That is in essence what a worshipping community such as a church is about. It is a gathering where we focus on God’s love for us and for each other through our words and actions. I have seen that kind of community bring dramatic changes in the people who had almost given up on life. I have seen them overcome addiction, and their talents begin to shine.

We know that if you are fighting a drinking problem going solo does not work. You need a reason and a team.

God loves for you is your reason and a church could be part of your team,

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O’Regan challenges Mylchreest

By Mary Anne Gill

Susan O’Regan is putting her political career on the line with an “all or nothing” run at the Waipā mayoralty.

Twelve weeks after she announced she was getting out of local politics to work in the private sector, she has had a change of heart and wants to lead the community she was born and grew up in.

O’Regan, 50, a sitting councillor of six years and chair of the powerful Strategic Planning and Policy committee, will not stand for council but will be the first person in six years to challenge four-term mayor Jim Mylchreest, 69.

O’Regan announced in April she was standing down from her Kakepuku ward because she felt she had served her constituents well and someone else should have

the chance to do the same.

“It's super important that representation does not become stale, and I wanted to leave the seat on a high note.

“I thought that it might be time for me to re-enter the private sector. I was wrong and realised so within days.

“I still have a lot of energy to give and want to serve the wider Waipā community,” she said.

“It actually took starting to step away from local government to realise that now is not the time to leave public service.

“I had an honest conversation with my new-found colleagues and said that my heart was still in local government.”

O’Regan has politics seeping through her veins – she studied it at Otago University and her mother Katherine, who died in 2018, was a Member of Parliament for 15 years.

Susan O’Regan īs challenging sitting mayor Jim Mylchreest.

An award-winning dairy farmer, she and husband John Hayward have a blended family of five children – Emily 23, George and Ben 20, Lily 12 and Jack 7.

Before her election to council in 2016, O’Regan was a practising barrister in Te Awamutu specialising in family law.

“I'm standing for mayor because it's time for change. As a district, we have a lot to be thankful for.

In most areas, council is doing a reasonable job. Our direction of travel - where we are headed strategically - is good. But there are some key areas of improvement which need to be made,” she said.

Communications is something O’Regan has taken a particular interest in.

Last week she told The News she was unhappy with the way the council communicated its dog policy review. Hundreds of people took to social media when the council said it was looking at banning dogs from Lake Te Koo Utu in Cambridge and Memorial Park in Te Awamutu.

In fact, the council is not looking

to ban dogs from those popular spots but limit them to dogs on leashes.

“We need to make it easier for people to deal with council.

Council needs to communicate much more effectively - and that includes listening to our community much more actively.

“And we need to focus on a future Waipā which is exciting, attractive and a viable option for young people once they enter the workforce,” she said.

Nominations for Waipā council open on July 15 and close at noon on August 12.

The public will elect a new Māori ward councillor, four in Cambridge, one for Maungatautari, three in Te Awamutu-Kihikihi and two in Pirongia-Kakepuku.

Candidates will also line up for community boards in Cambridge and Te Awamutu. The mayor is elected from the whole district.

Council warned over discharge

By Mary Anne Gill

A discharge into the Mangauika Stream near Pirongia, which supplies treated drinking water to Te Awamutu and Pirongia, has copped Waipā District Council a formal warning from Waikato Regional Council.

The stream, which arises from Mount Pirongia and flows into the Waipā River, is downstream from the council’s Te Tahi Water Treatment Plant.

On May 18, the backwash discharge flow rate exceeded the regional council’s resource consent limit for more than three hours.

Water Services manager Martin Mould told the Service Committee this week the non-compliance was probably caused by the draining and desludging of the backwash pond the previous day.

When the alarm went off about midday on

May 18, the duty operator stopped the flow, notified the regional council and prepared an incident report.

All discharge valves from the backwash pond had been shut down but flow rates continued. An inspection of the backwash pond chamber found an open valve in the scour drain.

The flow rates exceeded the consented limit of 8.7 litres per second and reached a peak flow rate of 12.96 litres per second during the incident. Once that valve was turned off, the flow into the stream stopped.

Readings taken at the discharge spot and downstream showed no evidence of any sludge discharges.

The valve handle was removed on May 24 to prevent any other accidental opening, said Mould.

Councillor Susan O’Regan said she

The Mangauika Stream’s backwash pond showing the desludging process.

was concerned it took so long for elected representatives to find out. The first she knew about it was when the Service Committee agenda was published.

“With something as crucial as water supply, we need some really clear assurances,” she said, that there would not be other instances.

The Pirongia reservoir was opened on the

Maungauika Stream in 1914.

The stream is a water quality and ecology site. It is hard-bottomed with the stream bed consisting of cobbles and bounders while the predominant vegetation upstream is indigenous forest. The stream passes through dense native forest with no stock access and good riparian cover.

Greys are back in power

By Benjamin Wilson

Following a year of limbo, Te Awamutu Grey Power has formed a committee.

Last year the local 50 and over lobby group saw its president Hazel Barnes, secretary Meryl Reardon, and treasurer Bernard Westerbaan all announce their intention to resign.

However, nobody stepped forward to take on their responsibilities.

“We were stumped when I called for nominations for each role and received not one response,” said Barnes, at Grey Power’s annual meeting last Thursday.

Michael Cullen, who expressed his desire to revive the organisation last month, chaired Thursday’s meeting. He was voted to be its president by existing committee members and sought to form a new committee from the roughly 30 people who attended

“If we don’t get a committee, we don’t get Grey Power in Te Awamutu,” he said.

District councillor Barnes, now ex-president, supported Cullen with his call to action.

“It is imperative that this Grey Power organisation retain its role, not only here in Te Awamutu, but nationally. To keep the powers at be reminded of the special role senior folk play in our society,” she said.

“It is our responsibility to speak up and be heard, and be able to enjoy, be safe, and be respected in our community.”

They found a new committee in Westerbaan, who retained his position as treasurer, Dennis Howell as secretary, Chrissy Cullen as membership secretary, David Strawbridge, Susan Sircombe, and Colleen Neal.

“I think we have the makings of a good team,” Cullen said.

Unfortunately, they were unsuccessful in finding a vice president, and did not find the seven to eight committee members that were hoped for.

After the election, Cullen asked attendees what they wanted from the recently revived Grey Power.

“I see a great deal of people who want to do things, but there needs to be a catalyst to bring them together,” he said.

He hoped to introduce a social element to the Grey Power, which normally is politically focused.

“Is there another element that we could introduce to make Grey Power Te Awamutu more interesting, and more enjoyable for its members?” he asked.

“I know we have a political side, but I want to see the social side go as well. I believe they both go together, as a support mechanism for our Grey

From left, past and present Grey Power members; Hazel Barnes, Michael Cullen, Meryl Reardon, Bernard Westerbaan.

Power members.”

A lukewarm response was given to his inquiry.

“I am more interested in the concerns of the political side than I am of the social side. I feel you can get the social side at any other meeting; you can belong to

a garden club,” one member said.

Others shared the same sentiment, which was turned into a point of motivation by Barnes.

“So, if it is not to be socially, let’s get cracking politically,” she said.

Constable Ryan Fleming also spoke at Thursday’s meeting. He addressed elder abuse, a concern of Cullen’s that was recognised globally the day before, as well as the Chamber of Commerce’s Ramraid Committee.

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THURSDAY JUNE 23, 2022

Debate over fluoride flares

By Mary Anne Gill

Public health officials have identified Waipā as a place they want to see community water fluoridation introduced this year.

And the first community cab off the rank is likely to be in Cambridge, Water Services manager Martin Mould told the Service Delivery committee this week.

But some committee members said they were furious about the plans before the community had been consulted.

“We want meaningful consultation,” said deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk.

Waipā’s water has never been fluoridated – nor debated by council in several years - but the passing of the Health (Fluoridation of Drinking Water) Act last year

transferred the authority from district councils to the Ministry of Health and its public health officials.

Adding fluoride to water supplies is a measure to help prevent tooth decay – and it makes a “significant difference”, according to the Ministry of Health.

Sources have told The News, Waipā children are waiting on average three years to be seen by a dentist.

The last time any significant research was done on dental decay rates in Waipā was in 2015 and it revealed eight in 1000 Waipa children had been hospitalised for dental caries and dental caries were twice as common in Māori children than non-Māori.

The last time any significant investment in prevention of decay in Waipā children’s teeth was done 15 years ago

when some dental clinics were closed and replaced by mobile dental vans.

The council has six water treatment plants and last year told The News adding fluoride would cost ratepayers $1.2 million upfront and about $60,000 a year.

Mould said the Ministry of Health, which becomes Health NZ next week, contacted all councils in December to check out their preparedness for community water fluoridation.

“This included estimated costs and timelines to install fluoride dosing capability.”

Waipā had no plans or funding to introduce fluoridation in the Long Term Plan, staff told the ministry and said it would cost $400,000 per plant.

The estimated costs for

Cambridge, which would include the Karāpiro and Alpha Street plants, would be $480,000 with annual operating costs of $130,000.

Some funding would be available to support local authorities with the capital costs associating with introducing community water fluoridation.

The estimated time for implementation after receiving a directive to fluoridate water, is nine months.

“Seeing this in my agenda raised my hackles,” said Stolwyk.

Mayor Jim Mylchreest said he wanted the Ministry of Health to come and talk to the council about its plans.

“What is the evidence which is requiring fluoridation in Cambridge?

“Have we got a problem

in Cambridge that needs addressing?” said Mylchreest.

Cr Roger Gordon said community water fluoridation was a divided issue in the community.

“We should do all we can to whoever is making this decision to say they need to come into the community and undergo real consultation.”

Cr Mike Pettit said ratepayers wanted council to stand up to something like Three Waters and would expect the same about water fluoridation.

If there were any public meetings needed, they would have to be well chaired because “I can see this getting reasonably hostile”.

Outgoing DirectorGeneral of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield has told other local authorities that adding fluoride to water

Water Services manager Martin Mould.

supplies would reduce the prevalence and severity of dental decay. There were significant opportunities for improvement as there were inequitable oral health outcomes between Māori and non-Māori, he said.

Housing Council back predator attacks developments unveiled Work is progressing on two housing projects aimed at different markets in Te Awamutu.

Nineteen high-end sections being developed on Greenhill Drive are being billed as the costliest in town.

And on Racecourse Rd, Te Awamutu church Zion has announced it is moving ahead with plans to release land for 40 new “affordable” homes.

The project includes various sized townhouses that would be offered in a mixture of tenure types, including ownership and rental.

Pastor Phil Strong said the church had embraced an opportunity to repurpose its land to serve housing need in the community, while realising an aspiration to “build community”.

“We desire to be active contributors of solutions, and felt the church land could be better used to have some real impact where it’s needed – for us, we saw the most urgent need to be housing,” he said.

“Housing simply needs to be more accessible, which requires it to be more affordable.”

“The proposed site plan includes a wide, open common green space and homes will be a mix of one, two and threebedroom, and range from subsidised rental to private home ownership.”

The Greenhill Drive project aims at the top end of the market and sections prices will range from $430,000 to $560,000, and 501sqm to 727sqm in size.

The development will be an extension of Greenhill Drive and is to be known as Taylors Hill.

“They are for people who it will be their subsequent, or perhaps last home,” property developer Margaret Kirk said.

Habitat for Humanity Central Region chief executive Nic Greene said the Racecourse Rd development could help many families achieve their housing aspirations and was one of many similar scale projects underway across the region.

Habitat for Humanity operates Freeman Court and Palmer Street pensioner housing in Te Awamutu, and would be the provider of social rental and Progressive Home Ownership at Racecourse Road.

The plans are being considered for resource consent by Waipā District Council.

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Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari

Waikato Regional Council has granted $2.076 million to four landscape scale predator control projects in the region – including one at Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari and another which benefits from it.

At last week’s council meeting on Thursday, the council approved funding to: • Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust for its Sharing the Mauri and Mana of Maungatautari project ($1,476,275 over four years) • Thames Kiwi Coast Care Inc to expand Thames coast predator control and habitat protection ($270,000 over four years) • Waikato Environment Centre Trust for its Bush to Burbs project ($129,517 over three years) • Mahakirau Forest Estate Society for its Trilogy of Treasured Tonga project ($201,000 over four years).

The purpose of the Natural Heritage Fund is to help implement the council’s commitment to preserving the natural heritage of the region – native plants and animals, threatened ecosystems, outstanding landscapes and the natural character of waterways and the coast.

Natural heritage projects are designed to protect and enhance the ecological assets for the people of the region.

The Natural Heritage Fund has been

in place since 2005 and is derived from the Natural Heritage Targeted Rate of $5.80 per property.

The funding for Maungatautari will help cover the cost of maintaining Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari’s pest proof fence and detect and remove invasive pests. The total cost of maintaining Maungatautari’s predator free status is $5.4 million over four years.

Waikato Regional Council Deputy Chair Kataraina Hodge says Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari is an internationally significant conservation project that has contributed to the recovery of a range of threatened species such as kiwi, hihi and tīeke, and looks to reintroduce to the maunga further species extinct from the mainland such as kākāpō.

“The trust has been a significant beneficiary of the Natural Heritage Fund to date and has made excellent progress with achieving its ambitious vision as a key site in the recovery of New Zealand’s threatened species and the restoration of functioning ecosystems,” she said.

The Bush to Burbs (B2B) project aims to create safe corridors for the increasing numbers of birds spilling out from Maungatautari into the north of the maunga.

The project area, from Sanctuary

Mountain to Cambridge, is about 11,578 hectares and includes Lake Kārapiro and Roto-o-Rangi and Pukekura to the west.

The project will promote and coordinate predator control by private landowners. It borders the Te Taiea te Taiao restoration project along the Mangapiko Stream, which is about creating safe corridors between Sanctuary Mountain and Mt Pirongia.

The funding will help cover the costs of traps and a small amount of advocacy and liaison time. The total cost of the project is $1.01 million.

Cr Hodge says there is considerable pest control efforts already happening by urban trappers in Cambridge township, and this project supports their efforts.

“There has been no coordinated possum control in this area since the mid-2000s when TB possum control was stopped. Bush to Burbs will essentially pick up where this work left off but with a Predator Free vision to build considerable biodiversity gains by controlling possums, rats and mustelids.

“This project will be further supported by planting and weed control projects by landowners with help from our catchment management officers.”

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THURSDAY JUNE 23, 2022

A special mention for Jarrod

Protect the ones you love

so they can keep doing what they love

Jarrod Gilbert keeps the velodrome track smooth.

By Mary Anne Gill

Ask any cyclist at the Cambridge Velodrome who the most important person on the track is and most would point towards Jarrod Gilbert.

As a world class competitor himself, the 28-year-old Cambridge caretaker understands the importance of getting the job right and it is this dedication to perfection that has seen him appointed a Special Olympics’ athlete leader.

Jarrod lives in Karāpiro, works at the Velodrome in Cambridge and competes for the Te Awamutu Special Olympics stable under the watchful eye of the legendary swimming coach Shelley Blair.

The two are in training for the National Summer Games in Hamilton from December 8-12. Shelley has 20 swimmers from the club in training for the games.

Jarrod, who won a gold and bronze medal in snowboarding at the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Austria five years ago, will compete in the 25m and 50m freestyle, 25m backstroke and 4 x 25m freestyle relay.

During the week, his caretaking duties at the Velodrome include maintaining the track for the cyclists and that means making sure there are no splinters in the wood.

“They are like little sharp needles, they fall out of the wood and if they get in their tyres, they get really grumpy and the mechanics have to find a new tyre,” he explained.

His tool of trade is a big red mop which he pushes around the track. The rest of the time he is a valued member of the Home of Cycling Trust staff.

As one of five athlete leaders, Jarrod will participate in four workshops throughout the year culminating in their graduation at Parliament.

It gives him and the other athletes from Canterbury, Marlborough, Auckland and Whangārei the chance to develop their leadership skills. It gives them the tools to go back to their clubs and to continue their roles as leaders within Special Olympics and in the wider community.

“I want to learn more about the Special Olympics (myself), and I just want to get the awareness out there just to make people aware of what Special Olympics is all about,” said Jarrod.

Special Olympics was founded in 1968 by one of US President John F. Kennedy’s sisters, Eunice Kennedy Shriver.

It is the world’s largest sports’ organisation for children and adults with intellectual and physical disabilities. Nearly 3.3 million athletes from 200 countries compete in 30,000 competitions each year. Shriver’s passion came from her own family. Her older sister Rosemary had an intellectual disability.

Special Olympics New Zealand sent its first athletes away in 1983 to the World Summer Games in the United States. Today Special Olympics New Zealand has more than 6500 athletes and 3000 volunteers.

The nationals will bring more than 1500 athletes and coaches and 600 volunteers to Hamilton for four days in 10 sports across eight venues. Swimming will be at Waterworld in Te Rapa.

Preparation for the nationals has been hindered by Covid but both Shelley and Jarrod say that is no excuse because all the athletes are in the same situation.

Shelley has been a Special Olympics swim coach since January 2005.

The former Cambridge High School student is the Supported Activities and Supported Employment service manager for Te Awamutu-based disability organisation Enrich Plus.

Schools return to battle The battle of the Waipā high schools saw Te Awamutu College, St Peter’s and Cambridge High back competing on the sporting fields for the first time in four years last week.

It was Cambridge that prevailed, but each school agreed it was more about the opportunity to get together again and let the Year Nine and 10 students get a feel for inter-school competition.

Cambridge High School

student sports’ committee spokesperson Jeremy Wright said it was “really great to see the competitive nature coming back into the school and the pride the students have for their schools.”

Senior students from the three schools led the teams and umpired various games and activities.

Students enjoyed the competition.

Sports events included

badminton, lacrosse, three x three basketball, rugby sevens, table tennis, Fast 5 netball, volleyball, football and rock climbing.

Cultural events were chess, MasterChef, general knowledge and theatre sports.

Cambridge edged home to win the Battle of Waipā Trophy.

The competition will take place next year in Te Awamutu.

Get prepared Make sure you are registered with a GP, Māori or Pacific health provider, and check your prescriptions are up-to-date and still working for you.

If you have asthma, speak to your GP, Māori or Pacific health provider to make sure you have an asthma plan.

Get connected Winter can be an isolating time for many of us. It’s important to keep reaching out or checking in with friends and loved ones. Kōrero with whānau and check their immunisations are up to date.

Visit your GP before you get too sick or phone Healthline on 0800 611 116 for FREE 24-hour health advice.

For mental health support FREE call 0800 50 50 50 or txt 1737 anytime.

Get protected Getting immunised is the best way to protect yourself and your whānau from serious illnesses like COVID-19, flu, measles and whooping cough.

Every year we get new flu variants so we need a new flu vaccine.

Visit a mobile vaccination clinic, your GP, local pharmacy, Māori or Pacific health provider to get your immunisations up-to-date.

Contact your GP or local pharmacy for all your vaccinations.

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For more information and to find a vaccination site near you, go to waikatodhb.health.nz/immunise or call 0800 220 250

Eat well Stay hydrated – inside and out Keep active Wash and dry your hands often Keep up with personal hygiene Allow your body to get good rest Stay home if you are sick Dress for the weather Keep your home warm Check-in with friends and loved ones

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How Apple Became a $2 Trillion Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul

After Steve

By Tripp Mickle

The untold story inside Apple after the passing of Steve Jobs by following his top lieutenants – Jony Ive, the Chief Design Officer, and Tim Cook, the COO-turned-CEO – and how the fading of the former and the rise of the latter led to Apple losing its soul.

Steve Jobs called Jony Ive his “spiritual partner at Apple.” The London-born genius was the second-most powerful person at Apple, the man who designed the iPod, iPad, MacBook Air, the iMac G3, and the iPhone. In the wake of Jobs’ death, the chief designer wrestled with grief and threw himself into his work designing the new Apple headquarters and the Watch before losing his motivation in a company increasingly devoted more to margins than to inspiration.

In many ways, Cook was Ive’s opposite. The product of a small Alabama town, he had risen through the ranks from the supply side of the company. His gift was not the creation of new products. Instead, he had invented countless ways to maximize a margin, squeezing some suppliers, persuading others to build factories the size of cities to churn out more units.

Jobs selected Cook as his successor, and Cook oversaw a period of tremendous revenue that lifted Apple’s valuation to $3 trillion.

Author Tripp Mickle spoke with more than 200 current and former Apple executives, as well as figures key to this period of Apple’s history, including Trump administration officials and fashion luminaries such as Anna Wintour while writing After Steve. His research shows the company’s success came at a cost. Apple lost its innovative spirit and has not designed a new category of device in years.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR TRIPP MICKLE covers Google and its parent company Alphabet Inc. for The Wall Street Journal. He previously served as the Journal’s reporter on Apple Inc., following a stint covering the alcohol and tobacco industries. Prior to joining the Journal, Mickle worked as a sportswriter at SportsBusiness Journal and Newsday. He is a graduate of Wake Forest University and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

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Cheap and cheerful

Budget meals don’t have to be boring. Try different combos of herbs, spices or sauces to add interest to your dishes. They’re relatively economical and once your pantry is well stocked, your creations are only limited by your imagination.

Meals with rice, pasta and noodles can be great budget beaters. And there always seems to be a new variety to try.

Ramen noodles are named after the popular Japanese soup they are used in. They are an adaption of the Chinese wheat noodle and only take about 4 minutes to cook. Ramen noodles are also excellent in salads tossed with an Asian-style dressing.

I also love them boiled, drained then fried. Most supermarkets stock ramen.

Like ramen, Italian pappardelle has been around for centuries.

However, recently it has become a popular restaurant dish combined with pulled, slow cooked meats. But many of my friends have not experimented with this wide pasta which to me is comfort food.

Rice has now become a pantry staple and long grain rice, which is four times as long as it is wide, is a good all-rounder for curries, pilaffs and paella. Any leftover cooked rice can be mixed with beaten egg, formed around cubes of melty cheese, rolled in breadcrumbs and baked or deep-fried. Yum! RAMEN NOODLE BURGERS I used Hakubaku organic ramen noodles.

95g dried ramen noodles 2 eggs, lightly beaten salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste rice bran oil for frying 400g lean minced beef 2 spring onions, finely chopped pinch chilli flakes 4 slices cheddar cheese Extras: lettuce leaves or shredded cabbage, tomato, beetroot or cucumber slices, thinly sliced red onion, tomato sauce or siracha sauce.

Cook noodles according to the packet instructions, about 5 minutes. Drain well in a sieve and rinse under cold water. Shake dry.

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Lightly beat the eggs in a large bowl. Add the noodles and toss to coat evenly. Season.

In a large non-stick pan heat a good splash of oil. Place 4 egg rings (or use the screw tops of preserving jars — well oiled) in the pan. Fill the rings with the noodle mixture. Pat down lightly and fry for about 3-4 minutes each side, until golden. Remove.

Meanwhile, combine the mince, spring onions, chilli flakes and seasonings. Form into 4 patties about the size of the ramen buns. Panfry for about 5 minutes each side. During the last minute place the cheese on each patty, cover and cook until lightly melted.

Place the lettuce or cabbage on each ramen bun followed by the patties, tomato or cucumber, red onion and sauce. Serves 4.

stock. Add the mixed herbs, bring to the boil and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the kumara and cook until just tender.

Meanwhile, make the pesto. Purée half the broccoli in a small food processor together with the dried basil and olive oil. Add the parmesan and garlic and mix again. If necessary, thin with a little water, lemon juice and/or olive oil.

Stir the remaining broccoli and beans into the rice mixture and heat through. Serve in bowls. Top with the pesto and stir it through the rice. Serves 4.

VEGETABLE RICE WITH BROCCOLI PESTO 3 cups small broccoli florets, divided 1 medium kumara 3/4 cup long grain rice, rinsed 2-3 cups boiling vegetable stock or water 2 teaspoons each: dried mixed herbs, dried basil 2 cloves garlic, chopped 2-3 tablespoons olive oil 1/4 cup finely grated parmesan or tasty cheddar 400g can black beans or kidney beans, rinsed and drained Steam or microwave the broccoli until crisp tender.

Peel and cube the kumara.

Place the rice in a large frying pan and cover with the boiling

MUSHROOM & CHICKEN PAPPARDELLE 250g dried pappardelle 400g diced chicken 1 teaspoon dried basil 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 medium red onion, sliced 2 large cloves garlic, crushed 400g Portobello mushrooms, sliced 1/2 cup vegetable or chicken stock 3/4 cup cream Cook the pasta according to the packet instructions Season the chicken all over with the dried basil.

Heat the oil in a large frying pan. Fry the onion until softened.

Add the chicken and stir-fry for 3-4 minutes. Add the garlic and mushrooms and cook until limp. Pour in the stock and simmer for a few minutes. Slowly stir in the cream and heat through.

Serve topped with grated parmesan cheese, chopped parsley and/or smoked paprika, if preferred. Serves 4.

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