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Setback for market plan By Mary Anne Gill
A feasibility study on converting the former Holmes Garage site in Te Awamutu into a community market says the $650,000 it would cost “appears prohibitive”. There would be no real return from the market to help with financing the project which has been championed by the Te Awamutu and Kihikihi Community Board and the Te Awamutu Business Chamber, the Beca study finds. The report was considered by Waipā District Council’s Finance and Corporate committee after The News went to press. The council-owned properties at 74 and 90 Mahoe Street, previously home to Holmes Garage, were the proposed site for Te Ara Wai Museum before the council bought the former Bunnings Building. Earlier this year the community board recommended the finance committee should consider the building as a venue for indoor markets and covered community events. Chamber chief executive Shane Walsh supplied costings which suggested the cost would be about $400,000. The council commissioned a $25,000 report from Beca Group consultancy while the community board sourced its own feasibility study which incorporated “substantial changes” to the original proposal taking costs up to $550,000. Property Projects specialist Andrew Don said the board’s study allowed for the removal of the front section of the building and a new steel portal framed structure in its place. “While subjective, staff believe a
further $100,000 plus GST should be provided for the unbudgeted works noting it would be imprudent to analyse the costs without allowing for potentially significant items such as a canopy, drainage, fencing, landscaping and feature ceilings,” said Don. The board’s feasibility study was done by Bretton Group, a company owned by the council’s former Business Development manager Steve Tritt. In her report, Beca’s Annette Jones, an expert in urban design, said her preferred outcome was to demolish the building and create an open community link between Selwyn Park and Market Street. The cost of demolishing the building is about $50,000. Don said council staff supported Jones’ findings and he recommended removing the building and providing an open sealed surface – costing another $50,000 - which could be considered as stage one for redeveloping the area. Servicing that $100,000 through a loan would cost about $7600 a year. “The feasibility study defines the objective of this proposal as being to provide a low cost community lease space in the CBD available for creative and cultural events, music and performance, markets and displays, exhibitions and shows and for commercial hire. “While the location may be ideal to meet the above objectives, the cost of providing the building appears prohibitive given there is no budget and no real return to assist with financing the proposed project,” he said. • The News will file an updated report online teawamutunews.nz and in next week’s edition.
The former Holmes Garage building and site in Mahoe Street which the community board and business chamber want converted for markets. Photo: Jeremy Smith.
A mighty challenge By Mary Anne Gill
Mighty River Domain is stymied by the lack of a three to four star hotel. “We need new accommodation. The corporate users require better accommodation than what we’ve got,” Liz Stolwyk says. There is a real opportunity given Karāpiro’ s proximity to Hobbiton, Rotorua, Auckland and other tourism destinations. Karāpiro regularly hosts hundreds of people at weekend events and there are lodges dotted round the lake - but four star accommodation for groups within a 30 minute drive is another matter. The desire to see that hotel was given more impetus this week. Stolwyk, Waipā’s deputy mayor, was given the news on Monday that she and husband Andrew
Reymer have retained, through their company GL Events Ltd, the management contract at Mighty River Domain for another five years, with rights of renewal for a further 10 years, subject to agreed performance measures. Reymer and Stolwyk have had the contract for nearly 20 years and Stolwyk sees a bright future for a “jewel in the crown” which is destined to flourish over the next 15 years. With the extension of Waikato Expressway on the cards and the re-opening of the Hydro Dam road, visitor numbers would increase. And Stolwyk predicts that when Hamilton Gardens starts charging visitors from outside the city, many will look to take their picnic blankets and chilli bins out to Karāpiro. • Karāpiro - a family affair – See page 4.
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Pirongia toasts 150 years By Viv Posselt
Mrs Dillon, who taught sewing. By 1874 there were 36 students enrolled. Today, there are around 400 … and growing. Principal Kelly Bicknell said planning for the sesquicentennial was more than a year in the making. “We put a jubilee committee in place and worked from there. As it turned out everything went off without a hitch … we’ve had great feedback.” Three days of celebrations started with a powhiri attended by Tainui leader and Waikato University Professor Tom Roa, representing the only marae in the area, the Pūrekireki Marae. There were also five sold-out performances staged by the school’s senior students, entitled ‘A Walk down Memory Lane’ … a tribute written and directed by deputy principal Dona Hobbs and incorporating song, dance and drama covering the school’s history. The school opened its spaces for the public to view various exhibitions and, following a thanksgiving service on the Sunday and the planting of a jubilee tree, a jubilee kōhatu was unveiled at a spot in the grounds overlooking Mt Pirongia. The kōhatu is a special rock brought
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When they talk about whanau at Pirongia School, they really mean it. The school, which marked its 150th anniversary this year, is one of the oldest in the district. Topping all the delights of its sesquicentennial was the way the school and its community brought the past and present together in a uniquely personal way. They marked the passage of time with a raft of events over Labour Weekend, and special ties were celebrated that spanned the school’s history. There was a talk from longretired Ngaire Phillips, a teacher at the school in the 1950s. She went on to cut the jubilee cake with the school’s current youngest student, Florence Ormsby. Not only is Florence the school’s youngest student in a particularly auspicious year, but she is also the great, great, great, great grandchild of the school’s founding principal and early teacher, Robert Ormsby. Museum records show that when Robert established the school in 1873, it was just one small room with an attached porch. He taught alongside a
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back from the local farm of Tom Roa’s nephew, Sam Roa, and placed on a plinth as the 150th stone surrounded by 149 smaller stones. The school is a proud silver Enviroschools holder. Kelly, who has rural roots herself and
came to Pirongia School after a stint as principal at Galatea School in the Bay of Plenty, wants to upgrade that status in 2024. “It is our plan to turn that silver into gold next year,” she said.
Cutting the jubilee cake are Ngaire Phillips, who taught at the school 50 years ago, and Florence Ormsby, a descendant of the school’s founder.
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Don’t present thieves with gifts It was great to see so many people attend Christmas parades in Cambridge and Te Awamutu last weekend – despite the rain and drizzle. It is a sign that December has definitely arrived. Now it is also time for some Christmas Crime Prevention reminders. Burglary prevention is first up. Believe it or not, Christmas tree placement is a consideration. While it is lovely to put your tree in the window to twinkle to your neighbours, make sure that any presents placed underneath it cannot be seen from the road. In previous years, burglars have ruined Christmas by stealing presents from under a tree. While the weather may be warmer, remain security conscious when it comes to leaving windows and doors open or unlocked while you are out in the garden. Leaving your garage door up for any period
may help ventilation, but it also shows thieves all the goodies you have to steal and provides an opportunity for them to do so. With an increase in courier deliveries at this time of year, it is also important to be vigilant about parcel security. Consider where your parcels are left. When left within plain view of the road, there is a risk of opportunist thieves stealing them. Try to have packages delivered to your workplace during work hours. If they are being delivered to your home, make sure someone is there to receive them. If the latter isn’t possible and you won’t be home, give instructions for the courier to leave the package out of sight, for example around the back of your house. On the topic of couriers, it is important to be vigilant around suspicious behaviour. We have previously had offenders tailing
couriers and stealing the parcels they’ve just delivered. We can all help to prevent this by reporting any suspicious activity to 111 at the time it is happening. If you do become a victim of theft, report it as soon as it is discovered. Home CCTV is also great to have – as a deterrent and for evidence. Finally, and as always, I recommend joining your local Neighbourhood Support Group to create connections with your neighbours, enable good communication about local topics and support of each other. The last of my Christmas reminders today is around alcohol. Plan before you party, whether as a host or attendee. Ensure there is adequate food on offer around alcohol and look after your friends and family. We want everyone to have a fun, social Christmas, but also a safe one.
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Briefs… Heavy demand
Waipā District Council’s Service Delivery Committee has been presented with a 127-signature petition calling for heavy vehicles to be excluded from using Te Awamutu’s main street. The petition was presented to the committee on Tuesday. In a statement to The News, council transportation manager Bryan Hudson said there were longer term plans to provide alternate routes for traffic.
Scholars announced
Three Waipā based students have won $6000 scholarships towards their 2024 tertiary studies in the latest round of grants from the David Johnstone Charitable Trust. They are Billy Barclay (Te Awamutu College) Ayla Montgomerie (Cambridge High) and Samual Smyth (St Peters). The trust supports science, engineering, teaching and tech students, most of whom come from rural communities and want to apply their skills in rural settings.
Appeal fails
The High Court at Hamilton has dismissed an appeal by Ōtorohanga farmer John Walling who argued fines issued for polluting the Matapara Stream were ‘manifestly excessive’. In June Walling and his company Cazjal Farm Limited were fined $96,000 each.
Kihikihi plan
A conceptual master plan for a medium density residential development on Waipā council land at Stockade Reserve in Kihikihi is being prepared by Paua Architects. The council is working with Maniapoto Ki Te Raki to prepare a relationship agreement which will keep mana whenua informed of progress.
i-Site futures debated By Mary Anne Gill
The future of Waipā’s two i-Sites in Cambridge and Te Awamutu was up in the air this week with district councillors heading behind closed doors to discuss future funding. A decision whether to withdraw the council’s annual contribution to Destination Cambridge and Destination Te Awamutu $157,000 each this financial year - was expected to be made after The News went to press. It had first been discussed by councillors at a confidential workshop last month. But a late bid by Roger Gordon to have the item pulled from the public excluded section of the Service Delivery committee on Tuesday saw council staff scrambling for a response to his point of order. Governance manager Jo Gread shut Gordon down as he asked why the motion had changed from one section of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act to another after the agenda had been published. The original reason was to protect information which
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was subject to an obligation of confidence. It became to protect the privacy of natural persons because it indirectly affected the employment of i-Site staff. For that reason, the paper, which indirectly affects their employment, should not be discussed, he said. Gread provided committee chair Clare St Pierre with a statement to read out before the committee went into public
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excluded. The statement said because the i-Site report was confidential, it was “not appropriate” for members to discuss any of its content in public. Changing the section of the act was not new information, she said, and did not affect the content of the report. Committee members could vote against going into public excluded, which was the resolution at hand,
she said. That is what Gordon ended up doing. Destination Cambridge and Destination Te Awamutu (previously Te Awamutu Community Public Relations Organisation) are incorporated societies and have known for more than two years that their futures were precarious. A 2021 review by Rob MacIntyre of Destination Planning said the council
was supporting multiple organisations to deliver visitor information. Earlier this year the council extended the two contracts through to June 30 next year. The i-Sites provide tourism and visitor information in both towns through a service level agreement with the national i-Site organisation. They supplement their incomes through ticket and retail sales.
Audit report pleases council By Mary Anne Gill
Audit New Zealand billed Waipā District Council $233,469 to conduct its annual audit and provide a management report to the Audit and Risk committee. The committee this week received the report, which has three new formal recommendations, one urgent, one necessary and one beneficial, and cleared four earlier recommendations. Six others stay open. Deputy chief executive Ken Morris told the committee he was “really pleased” with the report and to see four historic items cleared out. The urgent new one was a recommendation to implement a
process that ensures frequent checks are made to the council’s fixed asset register. The process would capture the additions and disposals of assets promptly. In its response council’s management said its “quickly addressed” this issue as soon as it became aware of its significance. The second necessary recommendation to the council was for it to correctly capture transactions in the correct financial year. Management said this was a normal business risk around year end close off periods and no financial year was materially misstated. The final beneficial
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recommendation was a suggestion the council improve its capital commitment record keeping so it could track and report on commitments in a more efficient and accurate way. Management said it would do that. Audit chair Bruce Robertson said it was still “particularly irksome” to see mention of incomplete interest declarations. While there had been a significant reduction in the number of interests not disclosed, there were still some, according to Audit NZ. Meanwhile the committee approved a process to appoint a new chair to the committee. The term for Robertson, the current independent chair – who is also on Auckland,
Bay of Plenty, Southland, Far North and Thames-Coromandel local authorities’ audit and risk committees – finishes in 2025. Waipā Business Resilience and Risk advisor Genny Wilson said the Office of the Auditor General’s suggestion was that district and regional councils should stagger members’ terms, so they overlapped. Waipā will go to the market next for a new independent chair. Staff will compile a long list for mayor Susan O’Regan, Robertson and Business Support group manager Ken Morris to whittle down. Ideally the first meeting for the new appointee would be in June next year, said Wilson.
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Karāpiro – a family affair By Mary Anne Gill
Andrew Reymer and Liz Stolwyk have a relationship that works well for them. At Lake Karāpiro she is the boss, at their Ōhaupō dairy farm, he is. Which is why Reymer is thrilled the couple’s company GL Events Ltd has picked up the management contract at Mighty River Domain for another five
years, with rights of renewal for a further 10, subject to agreed performance measures. Waipā District Council announced eight months ago it would go to the market to find a company to provide onsite management at the lake. Reymer and Stolwyk have had the contract for nearly 20 years. So, what would have happened if they
missed out? “Andrew said to me there’s always a job milking cows but I think he would prefer me not to be there. It works very well out here because I’m the boss and he’s the 2IC, but it doesn’t work so well the other way around.” He is a relieved man, she says. The Waipā deputy mayor is 50 and will be eligible for a
Gold Card when the contract comes up for renewal again. By then sons Josh, 19, Curtis, 18 and Nathan, 14 might be working in the company, making it a family affair. “There does not look to be a farmer amongst them. They spend more time at Karāpiro – two of them were even born here - than they do on the farm,” says Stolwyk. Before going through the process of applying again, there were some dining room table discussions. “This is seven days a week operation, so it needed to be a full family decision.”
It is a well-worn route between Ōhaupō and Karāpiro. Stolwyk is generally up at 5.30am and out at the lake, back at home in time for breakfast and then off to council business or back to the lake. “I’m always singing in the car. That’s my thing. I could have learned another language by now,” she says. The deputy mayor role has been demanding, particularly in the last year. “I don’t work an eighthour day. Typical hours don’t work for me. There is no time for Liz Stolwyk.” Except in the school holidays when, bizarrely,
there are not as many events on at the lake and so that is when she takes a break. “I love the sense of family, that’s really important to me.” The council received four expressions of interest for the management contract with two going through to tender. Following the closing date, the other applicant withdrew. Council received approval to award the contract from the Office of the AuditorGeneral pursuant to the Local Authorities (Members’ Interests) Act 1968. The contract will commence on Monday, December 18.
Painting the town red By Jeremy Smith
Down on the farm: Andrew Reymer and Liz Stolwyk in the cow shed of their Ōhaupō farm. Photo: Mary Anne Gill.
Kihikihi Residents and Ratepayers group members spread festive cheer in the form pōhutukawa decorations along Lyon St on Friday. The News was there as group president Peter Fraser, secretary treasurer Ruary Laidlaw and his wife Mary-Ann and minutes secretary Alice Hicks proudly displayed about 20 new pōhutukawa decorations before they were put in place. The work was made possible thanks in part to a $1500 grant the residents and ratepayers group received from the Te Awamutu-Kihikihi Community Board. “This is roughly the sixth year we have
been doing this and they are always very well received by the community,” Peter said of the decorations. The group - which has been running since 2007 - has been involved in several key projects in Kihikihi, including a main street upgrade. Ruary said another initiative it supports each year is helping Te Awamutu Māori Women’s Welfare League president Rosemary Murray and her team with a Christmas grocery box scheme. He said about 15 grocery boxes were handed out last year. “The team does brilliant work,” Ruary said. “There are so many stories of how much receiving one of those boxes means to the families who get them.”
Kihikihi Residents and Ratepayers’ group chair Peter Fraser, left, and secretary treasurer Ruary Laidlaw place one of the new festive pōhutukawa tree decorations on Kihikihi’s main street outside the Māori Women’s Welfare League building. Photo: Jeremy Smith.
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Council eyes sports control By Mary Anne Gill
Waipā’s 17 ratepayer-owned sports fields could soon be managed by the council rather than the clubs which lease them. The proposal was considered by the council’s Service Delivery committee on Tuesday after The News went to press. Part of the plan would involve council employing its own sports liaison officer and negotiating short-term leases with clubs whose existing agreements end before 2027. Sports affected by that include those using Te Awamutu Stadium, John Kerkhof, Pirongia, Tom Voyle, Albert, Anchor, Castleton, Sherwin, Cambridge Memorial and Athletic parks.
Kihikihi Domain, Victoria Square, Ōhaupō Memorial and Leamington parks have leases expiring between 2031 and 2039 while the Kaipaki Centre’s lease runs through to 2061. Community Services manager Brad Ward told the committee if changes were not made to the current model, council would have to buy more sports field to cater for demand. Already some sports are struggling to get access to fields. He cited the example of lacrosse which uses a field in Tamahere because nothing is available in Waipā. The News understands some sporting clubs are not impressed with the proposals, particularly those that have invested heavily
Kaipaki Centre, where cricket is played, has a lease through to 2061. Photo: Mary Anne Gill.
“Maintaining the status quo would continue inequitable access to sports fields for all codes…” – Community Services manager Brad Ward
‘Owzat!: The lease at Albert Park in Te Awamutu runs out this year and the council would look to negotiate a short-term arrangement. Photo: Mary Anne Gill.
in facilities they manage for the council under existing leases. It would potentially take away a revenue stream they rely on to fund their activities. The current Waipā model is unusual, said Ward. Most medium to larger sized councils manage and maintain sports fields themselves. Lessees in Waipā manage field renovations, maintenance and bookings. Council does the mowing of lawns and visitor infrastructure m. Ward said the new staff member’s job would be to focus on working with sports clubs to build alignment and efficiency, develop a greater understanding of their needs and to scope a future lease model.
“Staff wish to reiterate no matter what the future lease model looks like, it must be structured in a way that meets clubs’ needs in terms of adequate sports fields available for the hours required. “It is also anticipated that existing facilities (clubrooms etc) remain for the sole use of the respective clubs, ensuring clubs can continue to consider their current sports fields their ‘home base’ if what is what they desire,” said Ward. The council’s project team did not undertake a community-wide consultation, instead targeting community and user views via the council’s two community boards and surveying park users. Most sporting groups wanted to retain the current system.
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“Maintaining the status quo would continue inequitable access to sports fields for all codes and would not allow for best practice sport field management across the network,” Ward said in his report. However, given the opposition staff recommended delaying the move to put all fields into council management immediately. “Council staff consider the proposed approach a pragmatic solution to work with lessees and other sport providers to ensure their needs continue to be met so they can focus on the delivery of sport and recreation, with council providing best practice sport field management,” said Ward.
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Volunteers reign at parade By Jeremy Smith
Te Awamutu Volunteer Fire Brigade took home two accolades – best overall float and best service club and community group float – at Sunday’s Rotary Christmas Parade. While it rained on the Cambridge parade which began three hours later, the showers held off for the most part of the Te Awamutu event. Only drizzle eventuated, and it certainly didn’t deter participants, with almost 30 floats taking part. Other winners were Aon Insurance Brokers, which won the best commercial or business float accolade and Te Awamutu Community Health Transport Trust which won best family float. The people’s choice award went to Te Awamutu Playcentre. The runner up in the best service club and community group float category went to Te Awamutu Sports and Recreation Club and the best commercial or business float runner up was Waipa Networks. The Rotary Club of Te Awamutu – with help from several other organisations like Waipā District Council and the Te Awamutu-Kihikihi Community Board – has helped run the parade since 2018. Club treasurer Chris Kay, who is also on the parade organising committee, told The News organisers were delighted with how Sunday played out and with the community spirit which was on display. “I am so pleased. It is a busy time of year, so we are grateful that people take the time to enter floats. The amount of work some put in is astounding.” “From my point of view, seeing the excited crowd lining the street is fantastic.”
The Te Awamutu and districts pipe band begins its walk down Alexandra St. Te Awamutu members were supported by members of the Cambridge and districts pipe band, the Te Kuiti and districts pipe band and Bay of Plenty pipes and drums.
Waipā King County Life Education Trust educator Abby Miles with Harold. Photos: Jeremy Smith
Rosetown Lions of Te Awamutu president Sue Goodridge smiles at Sunday’s crowd as she makes her way past in her yacht.
Louise Zakrzewski, a Rotary Exchange student from France, left, and Rotary Te Awamutu members Tracy Hemingway and Kylie Brewer carry the banner at the front of Sunday’s parade.
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Christie Anderson waves to the crowd from aboard the Te Awamutu Volunteer Fire Brigade float which won two awards on Sunday - best overall float and best service club and community group float. As he surveyed Sunday’s parade from his vantage point, Santa certainly approved.
Milli, left, and Lexi Easton – pictured with grandparents Michelle and Phillip Kite – had a great vantage point for Sunday’s Christmas Parade.
Te Pahu and Te Awamutu Pippins joined forces in a creative vantage point on Sunday. Pictured from left were Te Awamutu Pippin Thea Atkins and Te Pahu Pippins Phoebe Flexman and Gabriella Burger.
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Feeling Alexander’s pain By Meghan Hawkes
When 80-year-old Alexander Kemble was staggering the streets of Alexandra in great agony in January 1881 there was a dilemma as to what should be done with him. There were no police in the district and their equivalent, the Armed Constabulary, said they had no power to do anything in such a case. One of them, however, led Alexander to the hotel, and as a last resort Mr Finch took him in. Alexander had been partially crippled by a falling tree at Howick some years previously. He was severely injured internally which incapacitated him from performing any laborious work. He had, however, managed to scratch out a precarious living recently by cutting firewood in Pirongia. Despite his infirmities he was a man of energy and independent spirit and had formerly belonged to Captain Peacock’s Company of the 2nd Regiment of the Waikato Militia. But now Alexander was quite destitute, and when he had come into the settlement two days earlier, he was in terrible pain with no way of affording medical help. There were big cracks in the poor relief system at the time and Alexander seemed to have had fallen through all of them. New Zealand’s government did not want the workhouses of Britain repeated in this country – these institutions were intended to provide shelter, sustenance and work to the poverty stricken, but life there was dreadful. The government consequently had scarcely any involvement with the needy and mostly left their care to relatives, friends or charitable institutions. The homeless, the poor, the sick or those looking for work could be arrested as vagrants
THURSDAY DECEMBER 7, 2023
FAITH IN WAIPĀ
Promises, promises! By Norris Hall
The negotiations have finished, some give and take done, some appointments under laws made; and now we have a three party classing them as government to lead us for the three years. idle, disorderly Promises have been offered by each or wandering composite political party to make the abroad. arrangement work – for the betterment of Vagrants New Zealand and its inhabitants. We are were sent to all in for an interesting 100 days ahead as jail, lunatic asylums or shelters. Often they were sent back the new coalition flexes its muscles and implements the first pressing part of its repeatedly when their grim circumstances saw them re-arrested. There was not even a military weighty agenda. Will the promises be kept and pension for Alexander as he was injured honoured by all and sundry? That following the New Zealand wars. Despite New Zealand priding itself on having remains to be seen. The stitching together of the three no workhouses, in 1880 institutions remarkably parties to make our new administration like them started to appear under more reminds one of a marriage or civil union palatable names such as Old Men’s Refuges, or de facto relationship. set up in derelict buildings, old hospitals and In some marriage ceremonies or immigration barracks. A great necessity existed services, the two special individuals make for some kind of organised Government relief to a promise to each other in the presence assist destitute sufferers like Alexander. of witnesses and invited supporters; “I, But relief for Alexander came too late. Dr N, take you, N, to be my wife/husband, Blunden, of Te Awamutu, was sent for, and to have and hold from this day forward, everything was done for him that could be but collapse set in and his recovery was impossible. for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to His cause of his death was attributed to his old injury, inflammation having set in his intestines cherish until we are parted by death. This is my solemn vow.” or bladder. It is a long promise, so full of impact on Alexander was a man of strict sobriety, who each contracting party, an offering not to had a horror of being thought of as vagrant. be taken lightly or dismissively. For many, He was never known to enter a public house it is a life-long commitment. I am sure until the desperation of his final days. His death scandalised the community who felt hotel that many of us have benefitted from the proprietors were sufficiently handicapped with stability of a home headed by mum and taxes without having their public houses turned dad. This past Sunday was observed by into hospitals. Alexander was well thought of various main-line churches as being the and his funeral attended by all the districts’ old first Sunday in Advent, the Church’s New settlers and many others acquainted with the Year since the liturgical cycle begins anew stoic gentleman.
on that particular day of rest and worship. It begins a four week or so period of preparation for the coming of Christmas – celebrating the birth of Jesus. Advent not only hastens Christians to reflect and become aware of that allimportant festival, but it also reminds believers of a promise made so many centuries before, that a great prophet would be raised up and that he would come. And he did come in the initial persona of an infant child born in an inn’s stable. That promise was never broken, and each Christmas we remember its honouring. That promise was fulfilled in the observance of Easter, some months later. But Advent is also a time, which seems to be drowned out in the rush of other preparations and by work parties; that we make or renew promises to each other – our family members and friends – to care and watch out for each other and not to forget those close to us in the demands our day-to-day lives. Jesus came into the world as The Promise, into a world that seemingly had no room for him. In the busy-ness that lies ahead, what unbreakable promises shall we be making to Him in return? Because, after all, He is the reason behind the season. May the promise of Christmas be one of happiness, fulfilment and honouring for us all.
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ON SHAKY GROUND
Plane v volcano By Janine Krippner
“The roar of these gusts could be heard above the plane’s engines. As the aircraft went through the ash and the heat it heaved and buckled and those in the cabin closed their eyes against the dust.” Reading this I just cringed. This is a description in The Dominion (June 5, 1954) from a small plane flying around Ngāuruhoe during an intense eruption in 1954, a near miss of a plane versus volcano. This is not the first close call I have read during my research into historical eruptions at Ngāuruhoe. Some of these involved planes, others involved people dodging hot boulders while climbing the volcano to look into the erupting crater. I am very surprised that no one died during that eruption. There have been bigger near-misses when it comes to planes flying through ash plumes. In fact, there are 79 documented volcanic ash-plane events during from 1953 to 2009. Nine involved engine failure, thankfully, none crashed. Ash is abrasive so it basically sandblasts windscreens and other parts of the plane, it blocks filters, interferes with sensors and the engines get so hot they melt the glassy volcanic ash where it accumulates within the engine and resolidifies. Basically, it’s a dangerous mess. I don’t say any of this to create fear around flying, even knowing all of this I am not concerned when I fly. Sure, I have wondered how I would react if I smelled sulphur while in the air, but I am a happy, relaxed traveller. Why? Because we have volcano monitoring. There are several ways we monitor volcanoes. There is the on-the-ground monitoring like detecting earthquakes, gas
emissions, deformation, and heat, that give us warning that a volcano might be leading to an eruption, then we have plenty of satellites around the world that measure temperature, clouds (including ash plumes), and we have systems that can pick up clues given by eruptions from far away like volcanic lightning and infrasound networks that detect sound below human hearing. When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted in January 2022, the first many of us around the world heard of was an eruption plume being seen in meteorological satellite images. This is one way that volcano monitoring is critical for people who live far away from volcanoes. Volcanic ash plumes can travel across countries and oceans, and since the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption shut down European airspace we understand much more about what levels of ash are safe for flying. We have global Volcanic Ash Advisory Centers (VAACs) that specifically keep an eye out for ash and relay this to the airline industries, ours is the Wellington VAAC. We have an Aviation Colour Code system in New Zealand to show the current status of our volcanoes. The ability to give forewarning based on this system is reliant on monitoring systems on the ground by GNS Science. Volcanologists and the aviation industry care deeply about keeping people safe, it is a collaborative effort that I hope we can all appreciate.
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Audit: favourable, work to do By Peter Nicholl
The annual Audit Report on Waipa District Council from Audit NZ has recently been publicly released. The overall conclusion is a favourable one: ‘the financial statements and statement of performance present fairly the WDC’s activity for the year and its financial position at the end of the year’. That’s good. But there were a few things later in the report that were not quite so favourable. First, there was a list of 10 recommendations from previous year’s NZ Audit reports. Only four of them had been implemented. The other six were still in various stages of progress. All of these recommendations had a NZ Audit classification of ‘necessary’. Their three classifications are urgent, necessary and beneficial. The WDC must have agreed that the proposed changes were necessary or they should have challenged that classification at the time. Two of the recommendations were made in 2019/20. When I was Governor of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina the reports to the Board Audit Committee were done on an ‘exceptions basis’. The emphasis was put on the things that had not been implemented, not the things that had been done. I had to explain to the Board Audit Committee every month why something was still on the list of uncompleted issues. We backed it up by paying all the staff a small bonus twice a year if the budget was met and most of the Plan implemented. This system of reporting and monitoring had a significant impact on the performance of the CBBH. No part of the Bank wanted to be on the ‘exceptions list’ that went to the Board and possibly cost the rest of the staff their bonus. In the report to the Council Audit Committee the things that haven’t been implemented
aren’t at the beginning they are on page 24. Second, the two items that are outstanding from 2019/20 are a financial delegations register and improving the central register for contractors. I can’t understand why things like this take more than three years to complete. Third, another open recommendation relates to the interest register for councillors. Audit NZ said ‘we continue to note instances where interests are not disclosed to the interests register’. The Council had some problems in this area a year or two ago which led to some very negative publicity. Given that, I would have thought that everybody at the Council would be ensuring that this register was up-to-date and complete at all times. Fourth, Audit NZ said that ‘during our testing of capital commitments we noted inherent difficulties in obtaining supporting information on contractual commitments the Council has entered into’. This looks like a serious weakness to me. The Council has a significant on-going capital programme, costs for many projects seem to rise significantly after a project has been approved, and a recent study said New Zealand has the highest costs in the world for infrastructure projects. All of these things mean the recording of capital commitments has to be accurate and complete or there could be some nasty surprises and shocks. The management’s response to Audit NZ was that ‘finance will work with the Project delivery team to ensure system reports at year end accurately reflect the capital commitments we have entered’. It is not just at year end that this data needs to be accurate. It needs to be accurate and complete at all times.
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A glass act
By Jeremy Smith
Holding a priceless piece of history in his gloved hands, he is quick to recognise the significance of his work. “It certainly is a unique job. I really enjoy the variety, but at the same time I am certainly aware of the sense of responsibility which comes with it.” At 29, Izaac Randell is New Zealand’s youngest stained-glass window conservator. He is responsible for restoring and preserving stained glass windows – special glimpses into New Zealand’s past – and it is thought Christchurch-based Randell is not only country’s youngest conservator, but also one of only about a dozen in New Zealand qualified to carry out the work. He has been in the industry for a decade and was trained by his boss at Stewart Stained Glass, Victor Stewart. And last week, under Victor’s watchful eye, Randell had the rare opportunity to briefly hold pieces of almost 170 years of history in his hands. The News watched as he painstakingly removed each piece of the “stunning” stained glass window at one of the Waikato’s only two category one historic buildings - St Paul’s Church on Rangiaowhia Rd – in preparation for it to be refurbished. He then traced them over corresponding plastic replicas, cut them out and adhered them to where the original window once was. From start to finish, the process took about two hours. “You certainly can’t rush it, Randell said. The News first reported in August the St Paul’s window, and one at the region’s other category one historic building, Te Awamutu’s Old St John’s Church,
The original Rangiaowhia window being prepared for removal. The pictured shows its beauty and brightness – but not the major work required to repair cracks and wear.
needed an upgrade projected to cost nearly $150,000. Both buildings are part of the Te Awamutu St John’s Anglican Parish and the St Paul’s window is being prioritised because it was described as “critical” by an expert when quotes for the work were last sought. Parish priest Reverend Julie Guest has previously spoken of the sense of responsibility she feels in ensuring the windows – “priceless taonga” – are well cared for. St Paul’s Church on Rangiaowhia Rd opened in 1856. Stewart told The News his father Graham - who runs Stewart Stained Glass and has “multiple decades” of experience conserving stained glass windows - was involved in the most recent refurbishment work thought to have been carried out on the St Paul’s Church window about 30 years ago. The St Paul’s window was driven to Christchurch in a specialist storage trailer, where the company will keep it in “safe hands” until St John’s can raise the money it needs to have the refurbishment completed. “It is not an exaggeration to say it is a privilege to be entrusted with the work we do,” Stewart added. Randell said he enjoys the fact his line of work takes him all over New Zealand. “You really get a first-hand sense of some of the history of our country and is it amazing.” Unique places on his resume to date include work on windows at Wellington’s Government House and at Christ Church Cathedral following the Christchurch earthquake. Meanwhile, St John’s Anglican parish’s fundraising committee will continue to work to find ways to fund the refurbishment. Last month’s St John’s Anglican Church Gala Day contributed $4000 to fund raising efforts.
New Zealand’s youngest stained glass window conservator Izaac Randell, 29, in the proves of removing the stained glass. Photos: Supplied.
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It’s Mamaki for Tiitoki
By Mary Anne Gill
Land Information New Zealand (Linz) rejected Tiitoki Lane as the name for a new street in the Patrick Hogan Retirement Village in Cambridge because there is already a Titoki Drive in Tamahere. After consultation with Ngāti Koroki Kahukura and Ngāti Haua iwi, village operator Ryman has suggested Mamaku Lane instead, which Linz has pre-approved. Waipā District Council’s Service Delivery committee endorsed the name at its meeting in Te Awamutu this week. In October, the committee approved Mahi Tahi Road, Pukatea Way, Puriri Lane, and Keikei Lane for four other roads in the village. This week, the committee also approved Puaawai Drive for Rukuhia Land Holding’s private road off the SH3 and SH21 (Airport Road) roundabout. The road services a quarry but is tagged for an industrial area if Southern Links proceeds in 15-20 years. Ngāti Hauā and Ngāti Koroki Kahukura representatives recently visited the site and
Mayoral fund Mayor Susan O’Regan spent $902.82 from her Mayoral Discretionary Fund in the financial year ended June 30 this year. The fund – which had $17,647available – enabled her to respond “spontaneously” and at her discretion to funding requests. She spent $125 on laminating notices for an “Adopt a Council” response post Cyclone Gabrielle and $777.82 on rental of the Don Rowlands Centre for the Cambridge Music Festival in December last year.
commented that the land was “blooming”. The concept of to bloom and growth correlates to puaawai. Finally, in the Kainga Ora development in Te Awamutu, the committee agreed to Tawhiwhi Lane derived from Te Riu o Tawhiwhi, the name of a flour mill on the eastern side of Rangiaowhia. Tawhiwhi is also known as New Zealand jasmine and is a native climbing vine which often twines around itself. It has long leaves and white, sweet-scented, tubular flowers. Ten lots will be created on the road.
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