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Energy debate heats up

By Roy Pilott

In the red hot corner, Global Contracting Solutions is pushing its case to build a giant incinerator in Te Awamutu which it says will create jobs and energy.

In the green corner, and pictured, opponents are campaigning against it.

The growing stoush over the proposed Paewira plant hit the streets on Sunday as protesters marched in Te Awamutu with banners condemning it.

Ahead of that, Global Contracting Solutions, in a statement to The News, painted itself as a Māori-owned, whānau run company working for the environment.

Tomorrow – Friday – a submission process being run by the Waikato Regional Council and the Waipā District Council closes Then it will be up to independent commissioners to review the resource consent application for the Racecourse Rd project.

• See stories pages 4-5.

Photo: Jeremy Smith

Our building blocks

By Jeremy Smith

An ambitious project is set to tell the “incredible” tale of a nearly 70-year chapter in Te Awamutu’s history.

Since 2017, Te Awamutu branch of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists members have been producing an as yet untitled book telling the stories of more than 30 buildings in the town’s central business district.

The idea for the book was sparked in 2016

when Heritage New Zealand’s Ben Pick spoke to branch members about a similar project in Dargaville.

A projected print date of next April has been pencilled in for the hard cover Te Awamutu project.

The book is spearheaded by Sandra Metcalfe, a former Te Awamutu branch convenor and committee member, and Alan Hall, a historian and former education lecturer. Hall has researched and written much of it.

The pair is supported by Ann and Tony Edmondson, who have editing and graphic design experience. The Te Awamutu Business Chamber is also helping.

Metcalfe said the final iteration of the book is divided into four sections. The first discusses Te Awamutu’s economic history, covering off important industries like the sale yards, the dairy factory, and the Te Awamutu Business Chamber, founded about 1911.

The other sections tell the stories of buildings in Arawata, Sloane and Alexandra

Residential • Rural Commercial • Tennis Courts

streets.

The book spans the nearly 70 years from 1890, roughly the year Metcalfe said the Rickit Building - thought to be Te Awamutu’s oldest building still standing was built, through to about 1957 when the Arawata St Paper Plus building, formerly a car yard, was built.

“When we started out, we really had no idea how many buildings we would end up including. Initially, we picked out 13 which

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had a name and a date on them,” Metcalfe said.

“But, as you dig deeper, you obviously uncover all of a building’s story. And those stories had us hooked.

“Somehow, it’s now evolved into the 32 buildings we’ve researched - it’s fascinating how closely associated they all are. The buildings in the book involve some pretty prominent families in town.”

With nearly 50 years of building industry experience - almost 40 of those as part of the Te Awamutu branch of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists - Metcalfe said she and Hall’s shared passion for the topic has sustained this project.

“As we initially undertook this, we would have never dreamt it would take as long as it has - but the more you research the more exciting it becomes. As we’ve gone through it, I’ve begun to look at buildings in a totally different way.

“There’s a lot of buildings in Te Awamutu for which the history is not immediately apparent just by looking at them.”

Information has been collected from newspapers, council archives, electoral rolls and from public open days.

“This book is a really big undertaking for us as a society, we’re really proud of what we’re trying to achieve,” Metcalfe said.

Hall was made a life member of Pirongia Heritage and Information Centre last month.

“As you research buildings and uncover such amazing history, you absolutely gain a whole new appreciation for a place I think,

as I have for Te Awamutu,” he said.

Metcalfe agreed.

“The Te Awamutu we know and enjoy today simply wouldn’t be what it is if not for

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the amazing foresight of our forebears.

Te Awamutu Business Chamber chief Shane Walsh told The News the completed book would be an incredible resource.

Alan Hall and Sandra Metcalfe outside three Alexandra St buildings which appear in the planned book - the Burchell’s building built in 1924, the Thompson building built in 1937 and the Burns House built in 1936.

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A matter was reported to police involving an acrimonious employment dispute that has resulted in threats being made, Police transported a male to hospital on behalf of medical staff. A theft was reported at a gym, police attended a self-harm incident, a drug induced mental health incident and an assault at a supermarket. A man was arrested and charged for threatening behaviour and police attended a motor vehicle collision.

Tuesday - A male on bail was arrested for an assault, police were called to a store about a potential shoplifter. A male was discovered to be breaching bail. Police attended a family harm matter, a female was threatening selfharm and counterfeit cash was used to make

a purchase at bottle store.

Wednesday - We were called after a male was seen on private property via a CCTV camera. Police attended two motor vehicle collisions, an online harassment case was reported, Police received a report of an online scam, a family harm incident where a Police Safety Order was issued and a dispute over a fence was reported. Police attended a motor vehicle collision involving a stolen motor vehicle, a second family harm was attended and a member of the public found a stolen vehicle dumped on Rickit Road.

Thursday - Police conducted a Compulsory Impairment Test on a driver after a motor vehicle collision and served a protection order on behalf of the Court.

We attended a mental health incident, a family harm incident resulting in a report of concern to Oranga Tamariki, a second family harm incident and a self-harm incident.

Friday - Police attended four burglaries,

a male was arrested for assault during a family harm incident, a male attempted to obtain a refund for a bottle of alcohol purchased with counterfeit cash on Tuesday. A male was reported for breaching his bail.

Saturday - Multiple vehicles were reported broken into in and around Kihikihi. A vehicle was stolen in Te Awamutu. A scam was reported, police assisted Ōtorohanga staff at a family harm incident. A vehicle was broken into in Te Awamutu and police attended a family harm incident.

Sunday – We attended a motor vehicle collision and attended a family harm incident. Police attended an unlawful discharge of a firearm incident, two violent family harm incidents and a verbal family harm incident. we also attended a motor vehicle collision

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Briefs…

Plan online

Waipā District Council has put its District Plan online.

The online platform makes it easier to view maps and find property specific District Plan information. Users can now search for a specific property and use filters to narrow down the relevant parts of the District Plan they want to see.

Jodi on world stage

Pirongia Rural Fire’s Jodi Reymer has won two bronze medals at the Paul Davis Restoration World Firefighter Challenge Championship in Florida. Reymer won her medals in the under 40 female individual event and in a women’s relay category.

Reymer is a member of the Waipā based Hard Ducks Firefighter Combat Challenge team.

Band of silver

Te Awamutu Brass foursome Gaynor Krippner, Theresa Dyer, Cara Denby and Susan Jenkins netted a second in the solo and small groups’ Open Grade Quartet section in the Brass Band Regional Contest held in Cambridge, while the band’s six-member Open Grade Ensemble tied first with Tauranga City Brass in the solo and small group. Matamata pipped Te Awamutu in the C Grade contest.

Camera tips

A photography workshop run on October 28 by Waipā lensman Michael Jeans is part of several community collaborations aimed at inspiring shutterbugs to enter the Cambridge Autumn Festival’s annual photo competition. Photographers of all ages are being invited to capture images of the region’s attractions and activities before the February cut-off date.

Council deals with ‘angst’

By Mary Anne Gill

Waipā councillors say they are part of the solution to the district’s worst-ever residents’ survey.

At an open council workshop last week, acting Strategic Planning and Policy committee chair Mike Montgomerie said it was important to look at the results – now benchmarked against 16 other councils - on a ‘no blame’ basis.

“We are a council wanting to be part of the solution rather than beating you with a stick to get better.”

Waipā was below average on all six overall measures and was last for communication, engagement and consultation.

Its next worst effort was in services and facilities where its performance in libraries, sports fields and cemeteries were among the worst.

As The News previously reported, the council took a huge hit to its reputation – 54 per cent describing themselves as sceptics - but it was not the country’s worst.

An area where the council was better than the average was in quality of life with two thirds of respondents marking it favourably but on the flip side only 24 per cent – below the 31 per cent average and 19 percentage points behind the top performance – thought the district was going in the right direction.

Organisational Excellence manager Georgina Knapp told the workshop while the results were presented to the council in August, staff were waiting on the benchmark results to get a clearer picture.

They now had that report and it showed decline across several metrics.

“Our survey is one method around the way we receive feedback. We need to take these results in context,” she said.

Waipā was sitting middle of the pack last year but had now dropped further in comparison to other councils.

Waste management concerns fell significantly – kerbside recycling and loose litter management specifically – caused driver shortages and lack of service.

“That quality of life is something we can all be really proud of,” she said.

Cr Clare St Pierre said it was now important the council and councillors had a critical look at the results and feel like “we’re actually addressing this in some formalised way.”

She called for staff to provide the quarterly results to councillors so they could see how things were tracking and have discussions about how to lift performance.

Montgomerie said everyone was working hard and it was easy to get

A lot of bottle

Police say after counterfeit cash was used at a Te Awamutu liquor outlet last week a man returned with the bottle - asking for a refund.

defensive.

“We want organisational excellence,” he said while being open about what the data was telling them.

Perception was sometimes the reality.

Cr Andrew Brown said while it had been a tough year with a shortage of truck drivers and a wet year, “the benchmarking definitely shows against other councils, our residents’ perception is worse. We have to address that.”

Cr Mike Pettit said the measures were council’s core business and what a council had to fundamentally deliver.

“We are here to help.”

Cr Lou Brown said the stand out result for him was the first contact with council which was “the one that dropped the most.”

“We are dealing with a situation when there is a lot of angst out there. People judge us on what they see.”

Mayor Susan O’Regan did not comment at the workshop but in an earlier interview with The News said she was frustrated by the survey.

“I would be lying to say I didn’t smart a little bit about the residents’ survey,” she said.

The survey was completed

by Tauranga-based Key Research and cost $30,220. It is mandatory for the council to report qualitive data and it has done so since 2016. But

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the results have worsened year by year.

The survey polled 422 people in four quarters starting July 1 last year and

ending June 30. The margin of error is +/- 4.2 per cent.

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Fun in Kihikihi

Seven-year-old Rōisīn Connolly has a go at milking the ‘cow’.

Photo: Jeremy Smith

By Jeremy Smith

Kihikihi Domain was a hive of activity on Friday.

Two weeks after being postponed due to rain, the Kihikihi Community Day – held every two years brought families and community organisations together for an afternoon in the sun.

Organiser CommSafe community safety officer Mandy Merson told The News the day’s purpose was to introduce the wider Kihikihi and Te Awamutu communities to clubs and organisations available in the area.

More than 30 groups expressed an interest in having a community stand there.

An inflatable slide and obstacle course also proved popular with younger attendees, and Kihikihi Rugby Sports Club players ran rugby drills.

“It was wonderful seeing so many families out and about spending time together,” Merson said. “That was the undoubted best part for me.”

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We’ll ‘unlock opportunities’ The company behind the proposed waste to energy plant in Te Awamutu says it is using proven technology and its majority shareholder calls it a bold stride towards environmental restoration In a statement Global Contracting Solutions says waste minimisation, recycling and resource recovery are nothing new to Craig Tuhoro and his proudly Māori owned and whānau-run company, Global Metal Solutions.

It said Tuhoro wanted to ensure people completely understood the concept and reasoning behind Paewira before making any decisions – “whether they’re for or against the proposal”.

Over a period of 12 years Tuhoro and his team had continuously kept an eye on how they could improve their environmental impact and support the country’s growing landfill problem, the statement said.

His scrap metal processing company based in Hamilton processes up to 100,000 tonnes of scrap metal a year and manages about 60,000 tonnes of cardboard, paper and plastics from the Pacific.

“At GMS, we send approximately 18,000 tonnes of floc (a waste product produced by the scrap metal recycling process) to landfill each year. That’s too much, so I began searching for a solution. That’s how I came across thermal waste conversion – a successfully used process across Europe,” he said.

“I realised how we could apply the technology to mitigate floc disposal and aid our growing waste disposal issues in Aotearoa. It was a wow moment.”

He said the initiative was not merely about waste management, it was a “bold stride towards environmental restoration”.

“Along with diverting material away from landfills, we’re committed to extracting

Craig Tuhoro says the proposed plant will be good for the environment and the community.

metals already contaminating our soil and remediating old, closed landfills that leach into our waterways. This innovative process will allow us to consume the old waste and recycle the metals, actively healing our land and protecting our waters and whenua for future generations.”

Radio New Zealand reported in July that Tuhoro had secured funding to explore ways to dispose of lithium batteries – which are used in electric cars, cell phones and vapes.

The company says it will create 60 new jobs, beyond the people required to build the factory.

“The project will unlock opportunities to educate future generations about waste minimisation, clean up the nearby Mangapiko Stream, and celebrate the people of Ngāti Apakura and their connection to the land. We also want to teach people about recycling and offer educational tours around the plant,” Tuhoro said.

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Plant opposition heats up

By Jeremy Smith

Protesters have questioned the time frame for submissions about a proposed waste to energy plant in Te Awamutu, saying many people are just finding out about it.

Submissions on a resource consent application for the plant, which would be built in Racecourse Road, close tomorrow and opponents marched in Te Awamutu on Sunday to say it was not wanted.

Global Contracting Solutions (GCS), which already processes and recycles waste in Auckland, Hamilton and New Plymouth, wants to build a plant – to be called Paewira.

Submissions on the plant have been open for a month.

Protesters walked from Arawata St down Alexandra St to Waipā District Council’s Bank St offices and back.

They carried signs which – among others - read “ban the burn”, “God recycles, the devil burns”, “Waste of energy” and “Don’t turn Rosetown into Garbagetown”. Chants of “two, four, six, eight… we will not incinerate,” were heard throughout.

Don’t Burn Waipa committee member and march organiser Angie Barrowcliffe told The News many residents were only just finding out about the proposal.

She has vowed the “ludicrous” idea will be stopped.

“It will poison us with dioxin, pollute the air, water, land, add to climate change and cause social and economic damage,” she said in a statement.

An online petition launched by Go Eco and Zero Waste Network Aotearoa under the moniker “Don’t Burn Waipa” calling for the proposed project to stop has attracted more than 1700 signatures.

“I’m so proud of all those who came out to the march and made their voices heard,” Barrowcliffe said after Sunday’s march.

Among those marching on Sunday were father and son Andrew and Ethan Moir, who told The News they had multiple worries about Paewira.

“We don’t want it in any place in New Zealand full stop, let alone here in Te Awamutu,” Andrew Moir said.

Ethan Moir said a key aim of the march was awareness.

“We want as many people as possible to know this project is proposed, because it seems so many still don’t.”

Shay Coldrick, who lives near where the plant could be built, said the existing road wouldn’t cope with the proposed increased traffic volume.

“You can feel the vibrations that the heavy traffic which already uses the road creates.”

Opponents have also pointed to the close suburban site for the proposed plant and its close proximity to schools.

Margaret Anne McQuillan said if Paewira went ahead it would have dire consequences for New Zealand’s clean, green image both here and overseas.

Barrowcliffe said Paewira would burn municipal waste, plastics, tyres and flock from other areas outside Waipā and would be trucked into Te Awamutu. She said incinerators were outdated technology, and waste minimisation was the solution, not toxic burning.

A marcher on Sunday makes his opinion about the proposed plant clear.

Ethan Moir addresses the crowd from the steps of Waipā District Council’s Bank St building on Sunday.

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John O’Brien’s body lay unclaimed for two months until the Cambridge RSA found a resting place at Hautapu for the former Te Awamutu Fonterra worker.

Six months on Mary Anne Gill talks to the niece who tried to find him.

Connection made

The O’Brien photo album “His sister Theresa had has hundreds of smiling faces mentioned him many times over and occasions when the large the years and would have loved extended family came together to to be in contact with him, but no celebrate and mourn. one had his contact details.”

But there is one person missing.

Theresa, 86, is still alive but None of the family can find has dementia and lives in a a recent photo of John Patrick nursing home while her brother O’Brien, the youngest of four Anthony, 85, now lives on an children born to Patrick Gerald island in the Philippines where O’Brien and Rose Elizabeth phone reception is poor. The other The last known photo of John O’Brien Cochrane. sibling, Margaret, died of breast The English-born, Australian cancer in 1984 aged only 42. raised New Zealand returned serviceman “All I can tell you is his family always died in Hamilton on March 2, 12 days before spoke fondly of him and always wondered his 80th birthday. No one came to claim his what ever happened to him. The only body, so Grinter’s undertaker Jim Goddin information we had was he was in the army approached the Cambridge RSA who agreed for 20 years,” said Selina. to bury John in Hautapu Cemetery’s RSA Theresa had three children and Margaret section. two. Ceinwen Carruthers, Margaret’s After our story about John was published, daughter, lived in Tokoroa in the early 1990s we learned a little more about him - but in a and is thought to be the last family member to significant breakthrough last week, his niece talk to John. She now lives in Queensland.

John joined the New Zealand Army on Suzanne Baillie contacted us.

February 6, 1963 and served in the Service “Thank you for the article – it was very Corps. He had a two-month stint in Vietnam sad to hear about John’s death. We would in 1965. not have known otherwise,” she said. “John After leaving the army, he worked at the is my father Anthony’s brother - I am one Hillcrest Tavern and then for several years of his nieces. My father is still alive and has at Fonterra in Te Awamutu. He moved to been informed of his brother’s death today.

Hamilton 12 years ago and was living in I am trying to piece together his life with my Thames Street when his nieces and grand sisters.” nieces were looking for him in the city.

Suzanne’s sisters Colleen and Selina – with “It is sad. I know his family wanted to see Selina’s daughters Sophie and Brianna – came him,” said Selina. from Queensland, Australia to New Zealand in 2016 to look for their uncle and came • See pictures at teawamutunews.nz. Do agonisingly close to finding him when they you know more? Email editor@goodlocal.nz visited Hamilton.

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Deputy Mayor Liz Stolwyk is in France as part of a Waipā delegation attending the opening of the New Zealand Liberation Museum. She filed this column from Le Quesnoy for readers of The News.

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Postcard from a sister city It is difficult for me to articulate why the story of Le Quesnoy has grown more important to me every year since we established our Sister City relationship with the town in 2000.

Probably the words Lest we Forget provide the best explanation. And now here I am in Le Quesnoy for the opening of Te Arawhata - the New Zealand Liberation Museum – with my oldest son Curtis, 18.

I guess I am one of the lucky ones – I haven’t had to sacrifice much in my lifetime.

I have enjoyed a stable country and good healthcare - but that shouldn’t mean we forget those who did sacrifice or forget the many young kiwi men buried so far away.

Being here, supporting this project is the least I can do. If I was one of those mothers who had a son buried over here, we are paying the upmost respect to them by having a permanent memorial, telling the story where they lay to rest.

Curtis and I have spent some days in Le Quesnoy, getting to know the town and walking the ramparts. In preparation for the opening, we offered to lend a helping hand – he did water blasting of the museum steps, I did a wee bit of gardening.

It’s a very quiet town from the outside, but the moment you walk into a café you get a sense that this is a petty special community – they all know each other. So, I’ve learnt to speak up, make it known I am a foreigner, more importantly a New Zealander and the mood instantly changes. They love kiwis.

Curtis will be in his St John’s College uniform for the opening – giving the upmost respect he/we can.

The museum has a warm welcoming feel to it – the ladder through the stairwell is a nice touch. Beautiful mature trees surround the outside.

The exhibits are over two levels, the pounamu greenstone at the entry and then a roll of honour on a video board.

Weta Workshop have done an incredible job. The story of Cambridge and the sister city relationship is also told through a video.

I walked into one room and heard my Waipā District Council colleague Mike Pettit talking and saw former district councillor Grahame Webber on the screen laying a wreath. Cambridge’s links to Le Quesnoy are well told.

Nathalie Philipe from Waikato University, who is writing a book on Le Quesnoy and is involved in the graphic translations in the museum, is here too.

It will be quite a day and I am humbled by the experience and grateful for the relationship between Le Quesnoy and Cambridge. Vive la France.

• Liz Stolwyk was influential in establishing the sister city relationship when she managed the Cambridge Information Centre. She and her family funded their trip to Europe which took in the opening of the New Zealand Liberation Museum – Te Arawhata – yesterday (Wednesday) after The News went to press.

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All creatures great and small were welcome at a mid-week blessing of the pets service at Te Awamutu’s St John’s Anglican Church last week – and three pooches took up the invite.

The oldest among the four-legged attendees was 20-year-old Phillip the corgi.

“He’s just lovely,” owner Janet Marshall told The News.

Services were held worldwide on October 4 with many around the world celebrating the feast day of the Patron Saint of animals, St Francis of Assisi.

In Te Awamutu, the blessing of the pets service was facilitated by Parish of St John’s Te Awamutu priest Reverend Julie Guest.

The service was themed around the animal kingdom – with hymns and readings all on theme, including one called All Creatures of Our God And King.

“St Francis was a man who treasured all aspects of creation – including the visitors we have with us here today,” Reverend Guest told the audience.

“In that sense, he encourages us to have an

Phillip enjoys a scratch from Te Awamutu St John’s Anglican Parish priest Reverend Julie Guest, left, and his owner Janet Marshall.

Photo: Jeremy Smith

awareness of the fact that by ensuring the wellbeing of creation, we also ensure the wellbeing of others.”

There were, at times, a few barks in agreeance it seemed.

Guest said St Francis was also a man inspired to live with the less fortunate in mind.

“I think an encouragement from his life which we can take away with us today is

we shouldn’t consider the many blessings we have been given as simply ours to hold on to.

“Instead, we should use the blessings we’ve been given in service of others,” she said.

A Catholic friar, St Francis, was canonized by Pope Gregory IX in July 1228 and is associated with patronage of both animals and the environment.

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The independent company based at Tatuanui, near Morrinsville, retained a slice, amounting to $43 million before tax, for reinvestment in the business.

It said the earning equated to $15.20 per kilogram of shareholder supplied milksolids, a record. The 2021-22 figure was $12.65.

The company continues to maintain a significant margin above the payout levels announced by Fonterra.

“In addition to achieving record income and earnings, good progress has been made in many areas of the business, including a number of significant capital projects and business improvement initiatives, that together, have once again made for a very complete year,” a statement signed off by chairman Stephen Allen and chief executive Brendhan Greaney.

The Tatua board set the payout figure at an October 4 meeting which reviewed the 202223 year.

“In deciding our payout, we have sought to balance the needs of our shareholders farming businesses, in an environment where costs have increased well beyond mainstream inflation, and our need to continue to invest in the business while also maintaining balance sheet

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strength,” the company statement read.

From June to the end of May the company processed 14.85 million kilograms of milksolids supplied by its 101 shareholder farms Wet conditions and lack of sunshine early in the season severely impacted supply. Milk received over the peak supply period was 6.6 per cent down on the previous season – but the same wet conditions helped boost supply later in the season, to finish one per cent higher.

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THURSDAY OCTOBER 12, 2023

It looks like Christmas

By Jeremy Smith

Christmas spirit is already ‘building’ in Te Awamutu.

An inaugural Te Awamutu Business Chamber initiative which will see 30 wooden Christmas trees placed outside Alexandra St shops is underway, and Operation Christmas Hamper co-ordinators are aiming to top 250 hampers this year.

The chamber’s Christmas tree project is being managed by Ken Huberts, who ran a similar initiative in Gisborne for almost a decade before shifting to Te Awamutu in May. At its height, the Gisborne initiative attracted more than 70 trees and Huberts told The News of his excitement regarding the scope of future years here in Te Awamutu.

“I really love this project, it brings so many elements of the community together in unity.

It will reach thousands of people in some way.”

The kit set wooden Christmas trees were built by Te Awamutu Menzshed members before being given an under coat of paint through an arrangement with Corrections New Zealand.

Now, with term four underway, Huberts said the trees will be distributed among 16 schools in and around Te Awamutu, with students painting the trees in answer to this year’s themed question, “…what does Christmas mean to you?”

“Typically, we get paintings of everything from Jesus in a manger to jandals, the beach and the barbie.”

Te Awamutu Business Chamber chief executive Shane Walsh said each tree will then be adopted by an Alexandra St business, and placed outside the shops in time for the chamber’s Black Friday Blowout event at the

end of November.

“The children who decorate the trees will not know which retailer has adopted theirs, the idea being that they and their parents come into town to find it.

“We hope this will also encourage people to shop in town, and complete their Christmas shopping in Te Awamutu,” he said.

Walsh said he saw scope for the initiative to expand.

Meanwhile, Operation Christmas Hamper co-ordinator Kellie Wakelin and committee member constable Ryan Fleming have called for community help in gathering supplies as they plan several days out and about in Te Awamutu collecting donations for the appeal.

The community initiative is a collaboration between police, CommSafe, Kainga Aroha Community House and other Waipā organisations.

They support families in need by providing them with Christmas hampers – and want to provide 250 of them this year.

Wakelin, who has lived in Te Awamutu for four years, once received a hamper herself, and said she was moved by the generosity.

“I will always remember that – and providing that for others is why we do what we do,” she said.

Fleming said in past years they have been able to provide families with a variety of meat – and he wants to repeat that.

“I’m a bit of a fan of a good roast, you’ve got to have a good roast on Christmas Day.” Operation Christmas Hamper is a registered as not-for-profit, and has a dedicated bank account for donations.

Those wanting more information can also follow Operation Christmas Hamper’s Facebook page.

Te Awamutu Business Chamber chief executive Shane Walsh, left, and wooden Christmas tree project manager Ken Huberts with one of the still-to-be-painted trees on Monday.

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Bikes to fly at Karāpiro

Organisers are calling it a Kids’ Kerfuffle; kids are likely to call it a lot of fun.

The new event at Lake Karāpiro on Saturday for preschoolers through to Year 8 is an obstacle course for children on two wheels.

The popularity of the event at the Cambridge Cycling Festival earlier this year has seen it replicated at Mighty River Domain.

Bicycle Revolution’s Jorja Swain said they are putting the finishing touches to an obstacle course which will see children undertaking a variety of tasks.

“All on, or close to your bike,” the previously topranked New Zealand junior cyclist said.

The difference between the festival event – held on Victoria Square – is the Kids Kerfuffle has more of a cross country feel about it.

“Bring a change of clothes and prepare to get wet and muddy,” said Swain.

Karāpiro at the same time will be heaving with people and bikes with the return of the Karāpiro Flyer, back for its 23rd year and fourth at its current venue.

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A tragedy out shooting

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The report of a gun startled William Nabbs Jnr as he made his way through a wire fence near the Mangapiko School on a late afternoon in August 1884.

He was out rabbit shooting with Walter Gibson, 16, and his brother Charlie, 14. “What is that?” asked William at the noise. Walter cried “My brother is shot!” William turned round and saw Charlie lying in the ditch with a wounded leg. “Who shot Charlie?” asked the incredulous William. “I did,” said Walter. He was just putting down his double barrel gun’s hammer when he pulled the wrong trigger. The charge went off hitting Charlie as he jumped the ditch. William got a strap from Walter, and bound up Charlie’s leg above the knee to stop the bleeding and went for the boy’s father, while Walter remained with his brother.

The Gibson brothers’ parents, John and Hannah, had come to New Zealand in 1852 on the ship Joseph Fletcher. Their first child was born and died at sea. They settled at Mangere, Auckland, and over the next 20 years had nine children.

In March 1872 the family made the long trek from Mangere to a new life in Mangapiko, those who could walking alongside a creaking horse drawn dray piled high with their possessions.

They took two cows with them, which were milked along the way. Progress was slow, particularly because Hannah was nursing a baby only three weeks old. Charlie was three and Walter five, their siblings ages ranged from 18 down to the baby.

Once at Hamilton, they crossed the Waikato River by barge and on arriving at Mangapiko the family all pitched in to construct a house, which was made mostly of raupo with a clay

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floor. They lived in this unpretentious house for several years until circumstances allowed them to build a new, more comfortable, home.

The Gibsons were respected pioneer settlers, John being considered a fine specimen of the old school. But now he rushed to the paddock where his injured son lay and carried home to his bed.

When Dr Blunden arrived, he found that Charlie’s thigh bone was broken and an artery damaged. He set the leg in splints, but, recognising the case’s gravity, sent for doctors Waddington and Cushny. Dr Cushny came at 11am the next day and made an examination of Charlie’s leg, finding the fracture severe.

After consultation, the doctors decided that the best chance for Charlie’s life was immediate amputation. Charlie was chloroformed and the procedure carried out about 1pm. Charlie recovered from the chloroform, but began suffering from shock. Dr Blunden left him then, returning about 8pm, but about half an hour prior to his arrival Charlie had died.

At the inquest the doctors said the cause of death was the shock to the system. They believed death would have taken place from infection if amputation had not taken place.

They were in an awful position trying to make an impossible decision. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death.

In a terrible twist Charlie’s older sister Louisa (Fanny) would go on to marry Richard Bosanko and become the mother of Harry Bosanko who would be accidentally killed by a bullet from a pea rifle in 1906 when he was aged 11.

Both boys were buried at St John’s Anglican cemetery.

On October 4 the Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee agreed to make no change in the Official Cash Rate and left it at 5.5 per cent.

I have been very critical of a lot of the committee’s decisions over the last few years. I am getting a bit worried now because this is the third cash rate decision in a row that I have agreed with.

Am I getting less critical or has the reserve bank improved? I think we will have to wait and see another one or two committee decisions before answering that question.

While inflation is not falling back towards the Reserve Bank’s 1-3 per cent target range as quickly as they would like, the Monetary Policy Committee thought the current level of interest rates was constraining economic activity and reducing inflationary pressures. They also said global economic growth was slower than many forecasters had been predicting and inflation rates were easing in most of our trading partners. The economic situation in China was particularly concerning.

However, because inflation rates were not falling as quickly as they had anticipated, the committee said that cash rate should stay at a restrictive level for longer. Market commentators took the slightly more hawkish tone of the announcement last week to mean that there was likely to be at least one more rise in the cash rate either in November or next February, the dates of the next two Official Cash Rate decisions. I don’t think there should be another rise for two reasons.

First, the Reserve Bank needs to continue to take account of the long

lags in the impacts of changes in monetary policy. When I chaired the Monetary Policy Committee way back in the 1990s, we worked on the basis that the lag was around one year. The committee increased the cash rate by two percentage points in four changes between November 2022 and May 2023. Those changes have still not worked their way fully into mortgage rates. There are still a lot of fixed-rate mortgages that are yet to reach their roll-over date. The interest rates on these mortgages will rise sharply when they do.

Second, the news on the world economy is getting bleaker. Asia has been the world’s main growth engine for a long time. The World Bank has just forecast that in the next year, East Asia’s economies will expand at their lowest rate for 50 years – 50 years! The other growth engine at present is the USA and it is still growing more strongly than forecasters had expected. But when you look at the high debt levels in the USA and the circus that American politics currently is, it is hard to be confident that the USA won’t become a source of global instability in the near future.

The Reserve Bank eased monetary settings far too much in 2019 and 2020 and were far too slow to start reversing this excessive easing in 2021. These mistakes helped ignite the recent surge in inflation.

They now need to be careful not to make a third mistake of going too far and adding to the downward pressures that already exist. Monetary policy is supposed to be counter-cyclical, not pro-cyclical.

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Opposite in Selwyn Park, is the Te Awamutu Walk of Fame, designed to recognize and celebrate local identities who have made an impact in the community or achieved recognition in the wider world. Te Awamutu is an area of great historical interest, with old churches, pa sites, redoubt sites and battlegrounds nearby that make excellent explorations.

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ON SHAKY GROUND

Drop, cover, and hold on

By Janine Krippner

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On October 19 we have the New Zealand Shakeout earthquake drill and tsunami hīkoi, a chance to practice what to do in an earthquake, as well as a tsunami evacuation walk if you are near the coast.

If you have been in a crisis situation like I have, you’ll know that our brains don’t think the same way during a scary event. We might not remember even seemingly obvious actions. If we can practice what to do, we might respond much faster. Those of us in hazards fields care so much about these drills because during an earthquake or tsunami, quick actions save lives and can reduce or prevent injury. Over and over again we see death tolls rising with each new disaster, and we know what actions can increase your odds of survival. Your quick action can also save those around you.

The advice for when an earthquake strikes in Aotearoa/New Zealand is backed by research - drop, cover, and hold on. Not jump out of bed and run outside. Why? First of all, you can be thrown to the ground when the earth below you is violently shaking. Many movies show people running, but this might not be possible. Objects around you may also be thrown to the ground and you might get in the way. Dropping to your hands and knees protects you from falling, and lets you move if you need to. “Cover” means get under a nearby sturdy table or desk if there is one within a few steps, or cover your head and neck with your arms and hands. This step is to protect you as much as possible from falling objects. “Hold on” to your shelter or to your position of holding your head and neck, if your shelter moves, move with it, and wait until the shaking stops. A drill is a good time to practice this and take note of what could be

happening around you (what could fall?) in a real event.

Running outside is dangerous, not only can you get injured trying to move, but if you remember our recent earthquakes, brickwork and other dangerous objects can be falling from buildings. Remember all the bricks and other heavy materials in the streets after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake? Most injuries are from collapsing walls, and falling glass and other objects.

After hearing from responders about how common it is for people to get glass in their feet during and after an earthquake, I have shoes by my bed now. Can you imagine trying to get through a disaster with glass in your feet? Not ideal. Speaking of the bedroom, if you’re in bed stay there and cover your head. It’s also not good to have objects above your bed, especially something like a sword collection… Yes, that happens.

There is a lot of advice online that has been disproven, such as the “triangle of life”. Standing in a door frame is also not a safe option. Advice has changed over time with modern building codes and with more research undertaken in areas that have experienced earthquakes.

Please check out getready.govt.nz for more information in English and te reo Māori, including advice for different situations like driving, being outside, in a theatre, if you have a mobility aid or wheelchair, for a tsunami, what to do before and after an earthquake, and how to take part in the drill. There is even a certificate you can print for kids taking part.

Empowering our children with knowing how to protect themselves is so important.

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The hazy days of summer, the mellowing in autumn, hibernation in winter and rebirth in spring. And with those changes come the aches and pains that we must endure; the milestones in our lives that will affect us. It is a part of our lives and journeys through the months and years that lay ahead.

Many, many years ago when I worked in retail, I joined the local Young Farmers' club, where I learnt how to milk cows in every imaginable cowshed, how to sew, and keep books as a club treasurer.

I also learnt of the seasons in farming life, be it calving, artificial insemination, feed budgets, hay and silage making, moving from one rural job to another, the work of farm contractors and their dependence on their clients, and so on.

And today, I can converse with farmers asking the right questions as well as showing a genuine interest in their efforts, even going on farm walks – in the past – listening to farmer's plans for the ensuing year and hopes for the future.

Our dairy farmers in this productive district and beyond are now in the final stages of calving, about to tackle the required maintenance, planning for what lies ahead. They work regardless of the weather to earn a living and to pay their dues.

Agricultural activity and the challenges that it brings are not new as history tells us.

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In biblical times, Jesus was well aware of rural life as well as he grew up in a small Galilean village called Nazareth.

The economy of that settlement depended on the sowing of crops, the subsequent harvesting, the husbandry of animals and the tending of olive groves and vineyards.

Each activity was governed by each season, and each season was punctuated by the various religious festivals, observances and customs which were laid down in the Law of Moses. And each activity was liable to the various taxes, levies and fees imposed by a far-away authority as it is today.

Jesus used that knowledge gained in his formative years with great effect in his telling of many parables. He used words and imagery that his listeners and disciples could grasp, understand, reflect upon and learn from.

His stories were timeless as they are today, multi-layered in meaning and significance.

As we in our respective life journeys experience the coming and going of the different seasons, we never need to feel alone.

As Jesus told his disciples when he ascended into heaven, “Lo, I am with you to the end of time.” And God's unconditional love for us is with us as well, season by season, month by month, week by week, day by day.

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Notice of AGM

REMOVALS WAIKATO BASED

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FUNERAL SERVICES Garth Williams

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Funeral Director, Owner Jim Goddin JP Funeral Director

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Our team is caring and compassionate.

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CAMBRIDGE TOWN HALL COMMUNITY TRUST The Annual General Meeting of the Cambridge Town Hall Community Trust will be held as follows: Date: Tuesday, 17 October 2023 Time: 7pm Place: Edwardian Room, Cambridge Town Hall – entrance off Lake Street.

All welcome.

PROPERTY SERVICES FOR Property Management call James Parlane phone 027 380 9233

SITUATIONS VACANT

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Carols at St Andrew’s Church Kihikihi Are you interested in joining a group of people who would like to get together to create a Christmas Carol singing group?

We will be performing for the public on Saturday 25 November 4pm. Followed by a BBQ tea.

Families and individuals are all welcome First Practice - Saturday 28 October, 2pm, St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Kihikihi For further information Ph Christine Peterson 07 8713565

SITUATIONS VACANT

HAND-KNITTERS Make some money at home while you do something you enjoy.

Earn $60-$170 per garment. We pay postage each way.

Must be very experienced.

Please send us a sample with 30 sts x 20 rows with a colour change patch in the middle &/or photos of garments you have knitted.

Please post to: BONZ Group Ltd, PO Box 955, Queenstown 9300

Need a plumber?

0800 PRATTS

FUNERAL SERVICES

Houses Wanted for removal

PEST CONTROL

Pest Management Services for your Home or Business

HOUSES WANTED

SITUATIONS WANTED HOUSE SITTING wanted.

Relieving teacher 50, looking for 'House Sitting', Professional. Contact Neil 027 951 7036 (for details & references).

027 232 9654

PRACTICE NURSE CASUAL/ON-CALL EN/RN REQUIRED FOR CASUAL/ON-CALL RELIEVING

Must be able to work some evenings until 6.30pm and occasional Saturday mornings.

Experience with MedTech Evolution and current certification for immunisations and smear-taking will be an advantage, but training can be provided for the right person.

We are a large busy practice with nurse-led clinics and a casualty department. If you are motivated, reliable, and available long term for flexible hours, please apply to join our friendly team.

To apply, email covering letter and CV to the Nurse Team Leader, Summer@tamc.co.nz

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