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Too hot to handle?

By Roy Pilott

Waipā District Council met yesterday to discuss asking the environment minister to review the application for a giant incinerator in Te Awamutu.

The recommendation, approved by group manager Wayne Allan, was hardly a surprise – it would be a significant surprise if councillors disagreed.

Waikato Regional Council “passed in” the application from Global Energy Solutions late last year – the decision was made at staff level. Staff from both councils discussed the issue, but at Waipā the decision is made by elected councillors. Waipā’s Strategic Planning and Policy committee had it as a 30 minute agenda item yesterday morning.

The application is one of two plans in the headlines for Waipā – in Pirongia the decision to go ahead with a cell phone tower in the town centre will be opposed by a reformed lobby group. See that story today on page 3.

There has been strong lobbying – including a street march – opposed to the Paewira incineration plant, and that would surely result in hostilities towards either council if the proposal was approved at local level.

Global Contracting Solutions Limited plans to build a plant in Racecourse Road to incinerate 150,000 tonnes of rubbish a year, recover 80 tonnes of recyclable materials a day and generate enough energy to power 15,000 homes.

District Growth manager Wendy Robinson said of the two options open to council – use independent commissioners or request a call in – the latter was recommended because it would ensure “the ability for cohesive processing of the local authority resource consents which would provide clear and consistent decision making, is less confusing for the community and others involved, and not as expensive for the applicant compared to if there were two hearing processes”.

Residents marched in Te Awamutu in October to oppose the planned plant.

It was possible Environment minister Te Awamutu.”

Penny Simmonds may “call in” the He said incinerators were just another form application anyway – because the regional of disposal like landfill and “this one would council has gone down that path. The have a dramatic climate impact”. minister had not planned to make a decision Te Awamutu-Kihikihi Community Board before Waipā announced its intentions. members also voiced their opposition and Simmonds has been the National MP heard from both sides last October. for Invercargill since 2020 but sits outside Before this week the matter had not Cabinet. been discussed in public by Waipā district Debate over the plant was considerable in councillors.

August through to October last year.

The council received almost 900 responses In August Zero Waste Network general after advertising the application to build the manager Dorte Gray, announced “we plant – the most it has received for a resource worked with the Feilding community and consent application and the “vast majority” mana whenua to stop the waste-to-energy opposed it, a council statement announced in proposal in Feilding. We will do the same in October. That month a street protest behind

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The company behind the plan, Global Contracting Solutions, presents an entirely different picture of the proposal and says it is a Māori owned company with mana whenua support.

In December its national business manager Roger Wilson said it was appreciated many New Zealanders would not be familiar with the benefits of the energy from waste plant process, or the positive environmental impact it would have, “especially compared to traditional waste processes like landfill and thermal electricity generation in Aotearoa New Zealand”

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Letters…

Grey Power

A good result

The opinion piece on 1080 use (The News, January 25) was disappointing for its misinformation.

It referred to the Environmental Protection Authority’s 2023 annual report on the use of aerial 1080, which presents a different picture. The report notes that 1080 pesticide is an effective tool for the large-scale control of invasive predators. It also quotes the conclusion of the 2011 independent Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s review of the use of 1080: “New Zealand faces a choice between the increasing use of 1080 in aerial operations or a future where taonga species can only be found in offshore sanctuaries and not on the mainland.”

Our native ecosystems are being devastated by introduced predators like rats, stoats and possums, and many species are at

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risk of extinction including native birds, bats, frogs, lizards, plants and insects. Many of these are found nowhere else in the world.

The Department of Conservation (Doc) uses the most effective predator control tools available to protect remnant populations of vulnerable native species and forests. This includes biodegradable 1080 toxin and largescale trapping.

This approach is ‘holding the line’ for some of our threatened biodiversity until New Zealand can achieve the Predator Free 2050 goal.

Through monitoring outcomes, we know predator control helps ecosystems to recover, allows native species to survive and breed, and improves forest health.

For example, in Pirongia Forest Park, the Pirongia Te Aroaro O Kahu Restoration Society’s ground-based predator control, along with Doc’s 1080 aerial control, has enabled the return of kōkako and North

Island robin/toutouwai.

In eastern Coromandel at Whenuakite (between Tairua and Hot Water Beach) kiwi numbers grew by 10 per cent between 2015 and 2020 – due to landowner trapping and regular 1080 control by DOC and Waikato Regional Council.

Similarly, at Mt Moehau on the Coromandel Peninsula, the kiwi population has swelled by 273% over 21 years (from 2000-2021). This is a result of trapping by the Moehau Environment Group and periodic aerial 1080 operations by DOC. There are many other examples of the recovery of native wildlife and plants due to the use 1080 alongside other methods to suppress predators. The results speak for themselves.

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Monday - Police attended five burglaries, a shoplifting, a missing person/mental health incident who was subsequently located, a family harm incident where a Police Safety Order was issued and a breach of protection order issue. Two stolen vehicles were located – and the drive in one attempted to ram police staff.

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Tuesday - A vehicle was stolen from a residential address during a burglary, police attended two family harm incidents, a breach of protection order issue and two burglaries. A female was issued with a Warrant to Arrest for failing to appear in court, police were called to a fight and a threatening behaviour incident at a rural property. A vehicle was broken into while the owner was tramping on Mount Pirongia, and police attended a motor vehicle collision caused by dangerous driving.

Wednesday - Police attended a burglary at a commercial premises, a sudden death, a wanted male was located and arrested and a male was summonsed to appear in Court for driving on a suspended licence.

Police attended a family harm incident that resulted in a school lockdown, significant police resources were utilised in locating and arresting the male for a raft of charges.

Police also attended three other family harm incidents as well as a shoplifting incident.

Thursday - Police attended a breach of protection order matter, a fleeing driver attempted to ram police, there were two issues related to mental health, two burglaries, an assault, and a male was processed for excess breath alcohol.

Friday - Police served a Protection Order on behalf of the Court and a female was issued with a Warrant to Arrest for failing to appear in Court, Police attended a threatening behaviour incident at a retail shop, a male breached his Electronically Monitored bail conditions, police attended an assault, a male was discovered to be breaching Court Bail, police processed two

males for driving with excess breath alcohol, and attended a family harm and a mental health incident.

Saturday - Police attended a burglary which resulted in a fleeing driver, a family harm where a female was arrested for an assault, and a mental health incident. We were made aware of a fraud, arrested a female at a shoplifting incident and attended a second family harm incident.

Sunday - A female was summonsed to appear in Court for driving with Excess Breath Alcohol and police attended a burglary and a family harm incident.

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“I thought he was an absolute ripper,” Simon Alexander said. “I didn’t think we could afford him to be fair, but we’re really happy to get him.”

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Balloons back

Balloons over Waikato will celebrate its 25th anniversary by visiting the domain at Lake Karapiro on March 22.

The balloons have previously visited Te Awamutu, Cambridge and Karāpiro – but weather and Covid have marred the past few years.

Ingham purchase

Ingham Motors, which started in Ōtorohanga 55 years ago and expanded into Te Awamutu, Hamilton, Auckland, Tauranga, Taupō and Hawke’s Bay, has purchased Windsor Nissan Motors in Cambridge.

Principal Ross Dodds will remain with the dealership.

The company purchased the former Bunnings site next door two years ago,

Clam show

Auckland Council is planning to update residents in the city about golden clams which are being contained after they were found in the Waikato River. Check Clean Dry ambassadors at Lake Karāpiro show river and lake users jars of dried clams and now Auckland is getting resin blocks holding clams to show off at events like a community open day at Lake Pupuke, Takapuna.

Tower group’s Penny option

By Roy Pilott

Pirongia’s Tower Action Group has suggested the “easy option” has been selected to put up a cell tower in the town.

Mobile tower Infrastructure company Connexa caught the community off guard last month by announcing it planned to have the tower in the town centre up by the end of this month.

Residents who opposed the site when it was proposed in 2019 have already met to voice their displeasure, and now the action group is calling on Spark and Connexa to work with the community to reach an agreement on a site outside the village.

They remain unconvinced at the ruling out of a site on nearby Penny Road.

A statement from the group, sent to The News

by Pirongia Community Association chair Ruth Webb

refers to broken promises and concern that the Waipā District Council knew what was happening a month before the community.

It said a 2019 agreement made by Spark to Pirongia residents for public engagement and consultation over the location of the tower “appears to have been broken”.

The “easy option” was commercial land in the town.

“Residents were disappointed that Connexa, when undertaking their analysis of the additional 11 sites, failed to communicate to residents that a cell tower was back on the cards.

Instead, the community were surprised with Connexa’s completed analysis in late January 2024 (during the school holidays), with advice that a tower would be erected in two weeks’ time,” the statement read.

“We became aware on January 25 that the Waipa District Council had known

since December of Connexa’s plans to proceed with erecting the 5G cell tower…”

It said Connexa had declined to meet the community and seemed prepared to communicate by phone or email. The News has sought a response from Connexa. When the announcement was made last month, The News asked if the community was on board, but its response did not address that issue other than to say there was a need for improved Spark services in Pirongia and the community has complained about poor service.

Following the announcement, there were varied responses from the community – some opposing the tower completely, others welcoming the plans to improve services – but most just wanting the tower erected way from the homes and a school.

“Pirongia residents had sought to fully engage

with Connexa and work collaboratively towards a mutually agreeable and suitable location for the tower,” the action group statement reported.

“Yet the community’s concerns raised with respect to the placing of the tower

in a residential area, as close as 50m to some houses, within 100m of the school, and close proximity to the local daycare, have been dismissed, with the response from Connexa that the tower will nonetheless go ahead in two weeks’ time.

Site visits rise

Visits to Te Awamutu News website were 52 per cent up last month on the same period in 2023.

Leading the way was the home page, up 80 per cent with the downloadable version of the newspaper back in fourth with a 26 per cent increase.

Best read story for the month was editor Roy Pilott’s article on the new cellphone tower planned for Pirongia.

Our ever-popular News in Brief column was next followed by the announcement from our publisher Good Local Media that a new Te Awamutu App had been launched.

Both the website and Te Awamutu App have several ex-pat readers with Aucklanders leading the way. Across the ditch, we have readers from, in order, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne and the top city outside Australasia is Dublin.

The Kenworth bug…

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The task to find a successor to Waipā District Council chief executive Garry Dyet is underway. Dyet announced at the end of November he would be leaving the role in middle of this year after 45 years at the council. District councillors approved the wording of a job advert yesterday. Dyet is scheduled to finish on June 30 but there is some flexibility as a contingency to accommodate a brief handover period.

Bus fare up

Waikato Regional Council has announced a 20 per cent increase in fares for buses.

Councillors, who were told during a workshop that 15 per cent of their $1.2 billion infrastructure assets were in poor or very poor condition, have also proposed a 10-year budget starting with a six per cent rates rise in 2024-25.

It was a day for owners of Kenworths last Saturday as almost 900 went on display at the Mystery Creek Events Centre and owners celebrated the start of the American company’s second 100 years. Waipā civil mining contractors C&R Developments displayed four Kenworths from their heavy haul fleet.

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ON SHAKY GROUND

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Sampling a lava flow

Te tiriti - the treaty

By Janine Krippner

Lava is hot. It flows downhill. Seems simple right? I am currently working on lava flows, so here is a wee glimpse into one of the things I am thinking about – lava rheology. This is one of the reasons you see volcanologists in silver thermal suits grabbing samples of lava during an eruption.

And yes, I would love to do that.

Rheology is basically how lava or magma flows, and it is one of the most important factors when it comes to what sort of eruption we will get, what the hazards and impacts will be, and even if we will get an eruption at all.

A reminder that magma is when it is below ground, and lava is once it has come out at the surface. Magma/lava is a complex material and has a very wide range of viscosities, or how much it resists flowing. It is much harder for highly viscous magma/ lava to flow. An example is toothpaste having a higher viscosity than water, it doesn’t flow as easily.

Rheology depends on several factors that change through time and space, as it moves through the crust or over the surface as a lava flow. This includes the composition of the magma – what is its chemistry, or the elements (oxygen, silicon, aluminium, iron, calcium, sodium, etc) that make up the magma?

Do we have high amounts of SiO2 (silica or silicon dioxide) that make it a very sticky/viscous melt? How hot is it?

Cooler flows have higher viscosities and flow slower, while hotter flows generally have a lower viscosity and can flow faster.

What componentry or different bits make up the mixture? Is it made of pure melt, or do we also have solid crystals or rock and

gas bubbles? Is there so much solid material that it locks up and never erupts? After we sample lava and do various complex tests back in the laboratory, we answer a lot of important questions that tell us about the lava and the magma system below the volcano.

A key magma question is how easily can gas be released as it moves towards the surface?

When gas comes out of the melt and starts to form bubbles, can they move through the magma and escape?

Or is it a very viscous magma that traps the gas, building pressure towards the end, resulting in an explosive eruption as the gas blows the magma apart into volcanic ash? Or does the magma rise too quickly for the gas to effectively escape?

Once we have a lava flow at the surface, the rheology is one control on where the lava will go.

This is alongside the changing effusion rate (for example six cubic metres versus 500 cubic metres of lava coming out of the vent every second), the shape of the land, the volume of lava erupted, and for how long.

Keep in mind that the lava changes the shape of the land as it goes.

We use computer models that can include different estimated, or preferably measured properties of the lava and landscape to determine which areas are more likely to be impacted by the flow, a critical question for impacted communities.

The next time you see footage of a volcanologist braving the intense heat of a lava flow to grab a sample, you know why.

- The Treaty.

That commentary will be a considered, personal opinion of Te Tiriti/The Treaty’s importance to us in this area and further afield. I am hopeful that it might contribute to the discussion under way.

Underpinning my discourse is my whakapapa not only to my WaikatoManiapoto, Ngāti Apakura ancestry and but also to my descent from my parents’ Irish, Scottish, and English forbears.

I begin this commentary with the Contra Preferentem’ rule, which is a legal doctrine recognising that where the terms of an agreement may be ambiguous, the preferred meaning should be the one that works against the interests of the party who provided the original wording, That is, the Māori Language translation of the Treaty takes precedence over the English.

Next week I will discuss the introductory preamble to the articles and the fourth, oral article which many commentators ignore, and the English and Māori versions.

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Following up on events at Waitangi on our National Day a rubric of the present Coalition Government as stated by all the partners of that Coalition, is the encouragement of a better understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi/The Treaty of Waitangi in order to foster a unity amongst all those who belong to this country, Aotearoa/New Zealand.

We should, and most of us do, welcome that sentiment wholeheartedly.

Te Tiriti/The Treaty, its importance to and impacts on Aotearoa/New Zealand, has long been a topic of discussion and debate on every marae, at every Māori event of any note throughout the land.

Other-than-Māori communities and individuals have joined that discussion in particular since Dame Claudia Orange’s seminal 1987 text and the subsequent sesquicentennial celebrations of the signing of Te Tiriti/The Treaty in 1990.

The adoption (principally by Government Departments) of the “… three ’P’s’ of the Treaty …” as the principles of partnership, participation, and protection was an assertion by those government departments that those three principles underpinned the relationship between the government and Māori under the Treaty of Waitangi.

Those three principled words do not appear anywhere in the original wording of the English version of the Treaty, nor do they appear in translation in the Māori of Te Tiriti.

Yet they gained a considerable support from a significant number of New Zealanders.

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Spatial plan insights revealed through tourism and educational offerings and may benefit from a destination management plan.

High economic growth will also continue in and around Hamilton Airport and Hautapu while there would be more housing choices – like small apartments, townhouses and duplexes – in Cambridge and Te Awamutu to accommodate the growing population.

Once the Cambridge to Piarere national road of significance work is completed, and SH1 has been realigned, the council would lobby for Karāpiro School to be moved into the village or ensure there were good connections to the existing school.

Working alongside mana whenua, there would be more recreational and cultural areas and better facilities created around

By Mary Anne Gill

Ōhaupō – the town of the future.

That is the scenario and one of several key focus areas included in consultation documents for Waipā’s spatial plan Ahu Ake which the council’s Strategic Planning and Policy committee approved yesterday (Wednesday).

From around 2045, the village will grow by several thousand driven by growth from Hamilton south and the availability of a high-frequency bus service and wastewater, the documents say. Ōhaupō/Rotopiko will become a highly desirable destination and part of the wetland/cultural heritage/mountain offerings of the district. A National Wetland Centre at Rotopiko could support this

An artist’s impression of the Ōhaupō pedestrian crossing nearing completion.

Aerial view of Waipā looking towards Maungatautari.

Photo: Hamilton and Waikato Tourism.

Lake Karāpiro to attract more visitors.

Consultation on Ahu Ake started in 2020 and engagement undertaken with mana whenua, key stakeholders and the wider community.

A Back to the Land scenario is now included which shows papakāinga developments across the district, revitalised marae, more young people living in rural environments, and people commuting less as work arrangements become more flexible and working from home becomes more the norm.

World Café workshops last year added to the consultative process. Formal consultation with the public starts later this year.

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Four! Council back on budget tee

By Mary Anne Gill

Resetting the budget became harder than expected for Waipā council this week with informed sources telling The News elected councillors are applying pressure on staff to scrap “nice to haves”.

A public workshop on the Long Term Plan financial overview was cancelled for the second time yesterday although a public excluded workshop on major projects went ahead later in the day.

And the 90 minutes allocated for that secret meeting, held after The News went to press, was expected to test which of the four projects could be deferred to keep rates manageable.

Even before the government signalled it would cancel the Three Waters legislation and hand control of water assets back to councils, Waipā had budget issues. The asset sales which were expected to fund big projects have not happened with the amount and regularity expected.

Now with those water costs back in the Long Term Plan, discretionary spending is in the spotlight.

Likely victims are the upgrade of the 19m high Cambridge Water Tower – councillors are expected to vote for the Category Two heritage building to be demolished for about $700,000 rather than spend the $6 million fixing it up.

And a new $28 million Cambridge Library/ Community Hub is another that might have

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That leaves the $6.3 million for the Cambridge Town Hall and $33 million for Te Ara Wai – both reliant on external funding as well – still in the mix.

Of the two, the museum has attracted the most attention, with good reason. Costs have gone from the $7.2 million mooted in the 2018-2028 Long Term Plan to $33 million.

The News has been told Te Awamutu Museum’s collection of artefacts and archives of national importance along with the opportunity to tell the New Zealand Land Wars’ Waipā stories, need public visibility.

A source said the Waikato Regional Museum in Hamilton, one of the largest regional museums in New Zealand, has the space to accommodate some of those taonga in its 2550m2.

While there are no current plans to do that, Waikato Museum and Arts director Liz Cotton said she worked closely with other museum colleagues to share ideas and opportunities.

Uenuku, a Tainui taonga recovered from Ngā Roto in 1906 and jewel in Te Awamutu’s crown as one New Zealand’s oldest Māori carvings, is in storage and costing the council money in security. It would attract a lot of interest if on display in Hamilton with other artefacts.

The future of community boards was another public excluded workshop item at yesterday’s meeting. The News sought further information on this item presented by consultant Steven Finlay.

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Year 13 students considering tertiary studies towards a career in the construction and property sector are being invited to meeting in Tauranga on February 13.

The Keystone Trust scholarships are worth $16,500 for up to three years.

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Eight Ball: it’s talk, not chalk

By Viv Posselt

Members of the Eight Ball Group are used to being quizzed on the origins of their name.

The reason has more to do with physiology than pool, it seems, because the four men who started it in Cape Town in the early 1980s decided ‘Eight Ball’ was a fitting tribute to their gender.

Unsurprisingly, the name has been the butt of more blushes than a Billy Connolly skit.

Their roots, however, have a more serious backstory.

They formed the original Eight Ball Group as a friends-based gathering for ex-Rhodesian (pre-Zimbabwe days) and South African service personnel. Numbers grew fast to include a swathe of professions, including medical doctors, university professors, school principals, engineers, tradesmen, sales and advertising moguls and more.

The person who brought it here in 2011 was among them, Cambridge-based Winston Hart. He is a former superintendent in the then Rhodesian police force, the BSAP (British South Africa Police) – and much more besides – who introduced an Eight Ball chapter under the wing of the RSA. Initial members included a former air force pilot, a policeman and two soldiers. Today there are some 30 local Eight Ballers, with around half that number meeting at the Te Awamutu RSA, a locale they consider their spiritual home. Straddling both RSAs and reaching further afield, the ethos is the same – the honouring of fallen comrades, shared experience, mateship, and the spinning of yarns.

One of those who started the Te Awamutu chapter is local man John Graham, a ramrodstraight former Rhodesian often seen laying

Some of those at last month’s Eight Ball gathering in Te Awamutu. They are, from left, RSA committee member and Waipā District Councillor Lou Brown; RSA padre Rev Murray Olson; founder Winston Hart; Donna Hartman, whose late father Danny Hartman was a member; and founding members Steve Kesby and John Graham.

a wreath for his fellow ex-combatants at local Anzac and Armistice commemoration.

He and Winston Hart share time as former Rhodesian servicemen. Demonstrating the sort of humour enjoyed by those whose feet are embedded in African soil, he declares the Eight Ball Group to be “open to all redblooded, meat-eating, drinking, sports lovers and lovers in general, both married and single males”.

The boys meet monthly, with their significant others joining them once a year.

It was at that annual January bunfight that Winston told his tale.

He was born in Durban but had family ties to Rhodesia. Armed with a love of horses, a thirst for adventure and rugby chops his South African high school didn’t want to lose,

he set off to join the BSAP in Rhodesia in 1958.

“I heard they rode horses … I was really keen, but because the BSAP don’t take you until you’re 18, I started as a cadet at age 17.”

He went on to become a police remount rider and a member of the equitation staff, then joined CID in 1963, segwaying into plain-clothes Special Branch operations as tensions in the country began to rise.

He started a pseudo-operation, basing its structure around a book he read as a teen, The Hunt for Kimathi, one that tells the story of the capture of Dedan Kimathi, one of the leaders of the Mau Mau uprising in 1950s Kenya.

Winston’s early success attracted the attention of Ron Reid-Daly. The latter had extensive military experience – some of it in

counter-insurgency operations in Malaya.

Impressed by Winston’s ability to gather military intelligence on planned insurgencies, Ron went on to form and lead the Selous Scouts, an elite special forces unit of the Rhodesian army, with Winston as one of the founding members. Another was Jeremy Strong, a man who returned the Sword of Honour he had earned at Sandhurst in the UK so as to return to Rhodesia and fight for his homeland.

Winston’s stories are plentiful. He lost many mates and had numerous narrow escapes of his own. When Rhodesia became Zimbabwe in 1980, he and many former combatants left the country; he went to South Africa where he rose to the ranks of colonel in the South African Army.

Through it all he married, twice, and raised a family. He remembers the Queen Mother stopping and talking to his horse when on parade in Salisbury, now Harare. A lengthy sailing trip sliced almost a year out of his home life, after which he settled into running his own security business. When he came to New Zealand, it was in Cambridge that he and his wife Felicity settled.

Aside from his military prowess and security nous, Winston worked on props for films. “An old Italian from Rome taught me a lot of that stuff,” he smiled.

He also paints and sculpts. He honed the latter skills at the University of Pretoria Arts Faculty where he was chosen to work on a large mural hung in Delville Wood Museum in France as a tribute to the South African forces. He also did some fine work on a series of bronze plaques adorning a stone BSAP memorial standing at the National Memorial Arboretum in the UK. • More pictures – go to teawamutunews.nz

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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 8, 2024

FAITH IN WAIPĀ

Looking at our history

By Samuel Pullenger, Ministry Assistant at St John’s Anglican Parish

I grew up in Waipā, which should mean that I would know a lot about the history of this area.

Though we learned about Te Tiriti O Waitangi and the New Zealand Land Wars at school, it was not a focus as I grew up. After moving to Te Awamutu, having spent time living overseas, the history of the land and the people has become very important to me. My history is largely a story of immigrants, from Europe to the Americas and finally to here in Aotearoa.

The stories of these immigrants involve leaving behind livelihoods and land, having to begin again with little more than the tools in their hands.

And yet, 60-70 years later, these same people have created large, flourishing communities. These are stories of hope.

Hope in the face of hardship and trials.

And specifically, for my heritage, hope in a God who would not leave them on their own.

We live in a time when looking back or even looking around us is not easy to do. For many this lack of time, space or ability to look back, to remember, can be an isolator. The rush of life and the constant beseeching of social media for our attention, isolates us from our history, from our identity.

But our history grounds us, giving us a foundation, from which to step into the future. For Christians, ultimately, our history is grounded in the person of Jesus, who we believe is God who has become human. We believe the purpose for God becoming human was so that

all humans, in fact, all creation, would know and experience love in all its fullness. That we would experience true life. This gives us a foundation to step out in hope for a better future for all people.

At this time of year, this hope becomes centred on the future of Māori and Pakeha working together for a better Aotearoa. We have just celebrated Waitangi day, in which a treaty has bound tangata whenua and Pakeha together in the hope of the well-being of all people.

Here in Te Awamutu though, we are preparing to commemorate the devastation of the attack at Rangiaowhia on February 21. This is part of our history as the people who now live in this area. For many like me though, the history of this area is a new learning.

One of the ways we can hear the stories and ground ourselves in the history of this place is through Te Ara Wai Journeys.

Using either the website or their app, we can explore the history of Waipā.

Another way to engage in our history is the pilgrimage which St John’s Anglican Parish offers, journeying through the history of Te Awamutu and the surrounding areas. My hope for Waipā is that, as we hear the stories and enter into conversations, a picture of hope for the future will emerge; hope for the flourishing of all peoples living in Waipā.

Meghan Hawkes looks at Waipa news from 1911.

The fire and the fugitive

An outbreak of fire in a stable at the rear of Ahier’s store at Te Awamutu resulted in the destruction of the building together with a bulk store containing hardware and crockery.

Although the township had no fire alarm a large crowd quickly assembled. Once the news spread to the picture show at the Town Hall the audience promptly left and willing hands with axes and buckets of water pulled down a wall leading to the main building and doused the flames, saving the main structure. When the outbreak was discovered quantities of kerosene and other oils from a shed close by were hastily removed. The wine store of the Te Awamutu hotel, which was situated next door, ignited but the wind being in the opposite direction was soon extinguished.

The workers were considerably hampered by the absence of water supply and the need of a brigade with full firefighting equipment.

A man, who had been wanted for a couple of years in connection with fraud charges in Wellington, was arrested in the vicinity of Kihikihi where he had been working as a store manager. When a constable had tried to arrest him previously, he made an excuse of changing his clothes and escaped out a back window and seized a horse. He had been at large riding about the country for a week. Shortly after his arrest, while he was being brought into Kihikihi, he jumped into a river, but Constable Ryan jumped

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in after him, secured his man, and brought him back to land and justice.

A buggy without lights being driven out of Ōhaupō collided with Mr Norman Dey who was riding in. The shaft grazed the shoulder of the horse, struck Mr Dey on the leg, wounding it and he was thrown from his horse. He was carried to the hotel, being unable to proceed further. The night was very dark and led to calls for people who drove buggies without lights to be severely dealt with.

Another accident befell a coach load of 14 ladies and gentlemen, members of the Paterangi Tennis Club, who had been at Leamington playing a local team. When the coach was returning in the evening the brake failed at Walker’s Gully, a most dangerous place, and the weight of the load pushed the horses at full gallop to the turn at the bottom near the bridge.

The coach, horses, driver, and passengers were precipitated into the gully. Fortunately the place swarmed with blackberries and as the horses went into the creek the coach was hung up among the blackberries. Mr Taylor junior, who was returning from the Cambridge polo sports, saw what had happened and rode back to Cambridge for help.

The local constable and two doctors were soon the scene with stretchers.

Meanwhile Miss Ryan, schoolmistress, who lived at the top of the hill, rendered first aid.

There were some broken bones and sprains and the others were much bruised, but were able to proceed home.

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Horsepower on show

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By Mary Anne Gill

Neville Clark can spot a champion polo horse a mile off.

He spins around in the assembly area at Mystery Creek Polo Club and points out millions of dollars’ worth of horse flesh.

The Gisborne auctioneer brought 10 of his best polo horses to Waipā for the Festival of Polo, as did other New Zealand owners. Six hundred horses in all.

Members of the Australian polo teams had their pick of what Clark described as “the best horsepower on show” and as good as anything else in the world.

Driving rain and wind on Friday marred the opening day for spectators but conditions suited the thoroughbred horses selected to play in the men’s and women’s Australia vs New Zealand test matches.

The Kiwis won the women’s match 5-3 while the tables were turned in a high-scoring men’s match with the Australians winning 9-7.

Waipā’s contributions came from Kihikihi mother and daughter Alice Collins and Grace Gower who sang the national anthems.

Legendary jumps jockey and trainer Ann Browne threw the ball to start the opening chukka in the test match which featured her granddaughter Missy Browne, the Kiwi captain.

Australia’s Bianca Jane Drake felt right at home as she has based herself in Leamington for several months.

By Sunday the weather at the polo club, home to New Zealand polo legends John-Paul and Nina Clarkin - had warmed up for finals day with teams competing in several grades.

All told 1635 visitors enjoyed the polo action featuring 240 players and grooms.

Polo horses come to the sport via the thoroughbred industry and are bred for racing.

“They may not have made it on the track, but they become very, very good at polo,” says Clark.

“We’ve got some of the best horses in the

world on the back of how we’ve bred our horses over the years.”

The horses are three to four years in the making to become the ultimate sports animal in the oldest ball sport in the world.

In New Zealand the Savile Cup, believed to be the country’s oldest sporting trophy, will be played later this month in Kihikihi and Cambridge starting February 27.

Horses can play up till they are 15, says Clark.

“They’re fed twice a day, well shod and in immaculate order. A horse won’t conduct itself and play the game if it’s not in them.”

The horses know their way around the polo field too despite their riders sometimes.

“They’ll follow the ball, they’ll read what’s going on.”

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with Jan Bilton

Harvesting summer With an abundance of delicious summer produce available, it can be difficult deciding which taste treat to enjoy next.

Stone fruits are in full flush together with sweetcorn, rocket, mint, basil and coriander. Mix the whole lot together with some cold, cooked pasta and a curry dressing and you have the ultimate summer salad.

To prevent sliced stone fruit from turning brown (oxidising), you can add a little lemon juice to prevent discolouration. Or — a great trick from the dark ages when we froze everything from peaches to pumpkin — add a dash of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) powder.

Dissolve a quarter of a teaspoon of the powder in a cup of juice, syrup or water to prevent a kilogram of fruit from discolouring. It’s also excellent for ensuring fresh fruit salads stay bright and appealing. Ascorbic acid isn’t as acidic as lemon juice and is readily available from health food stores.

Many herbs can be frozen for later use — although fresh is always best. Parsley can be washed and dried and packed into plastic bags. It becomes crisp once frozen. Before serving, just slap the bag with your hands and the parsley will disintegrate. Basil leaves are best puréed with a little oil, frozen in small containers and used in sauces or pesto.

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Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan. Take heaped tablespoons of the corn mixture and place in the pan.

(You will need to work in batches.) Cook on low heat until bubbles appear on the top. Flip over and continue cooking until the undersides are golden. Keep warm in the oven while cooking the remainder. You should have 12 fritters.

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WATERMELON & AVOCADO SALAD WITH BASIL DRESSING Basil Dressing: 6 large basil leaves, roughly chopped 1/3 cup each: olive oil, cider vinegar 2 teaspoons diced shallot dash each: flaky sea salt, freshly ground black pepper Salad: 600g watermelon, peeled 1-2 avocados, peeled and stoned 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 cup rocket leaves a few basil leaves Purée the basil and olive oil in a blender. Place in a bowl

LITTLE NECTARINE SALADS Sautéed scallops or prawns can be added to transform this side salad into a light meal.

Dressing: 3 tablespoons lemon juice pinch sugar salt and pepper to taste 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil Salad: 2 cups baby salad greens 3-4 large ripe nectarines 1/2 red capsicum, seeded and diced 3 spring onions, thinly sliced Whisk the dressing ingredients, until well combined.

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Halve and stone the nectarines. Slice and arrange over the greens. Top with the red capsicum and spring onions.

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Your next home is here Find houses for sale each week in your local independent Cambridge News and Te Awamutu News – covering the Waipa region

We put you first

Waipa Real Estate Ltd, MREINZ Licensed REAA 2008

W NE ING T LIS

OPEN HOMES SAT, 12.30PM - 1PM SUN, 12.30PM - 1PM

414 Elizabeth Ave, TE AWAMUTU

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SUMMER READY FAMILY HOME

Ready to dive in and make the most of summer living at home. This property features, separate outdoor entertaining areas, heated fiberglass pool, the top level has a covered deck, and fenced back yard.

The home has split level living, a modern kitchen, three bedrooms, family bathroom. The basement is a great place for guests with a bedroom, bathroom and internal access staircase.

The property has been well maintained and now that the kids have left, mum and dad are making other plans and are ready to part with this much-loved family home.

Contact Vayle to arrange a viewing. $989,000

Visit waiparealestate.nz for more details

Vayle Hammond Licensed Agent REAA 2008

Ph 027 226 9532

Look up the property

waiparealestate.nz

35 Alexandra Street, Te Awamutu

OPEN DAY

BY NEGOTIATION

Quality in all Respects

Open Day:

Sunday, 11 February

2.00pm Ͳ 3.00pm

After many years of ownership, retiring vendors offer their especially attractive property, located on a private noͲexit road, featuring gentle rolling contour, versatile land use and a quality, executiveͲstyle residence, strategically situated to maximise the advantage of allͲday sun, and the captivating, panoramic rural outlook.

• 103 Jury Road, Koromatua district, 10 kms southwest of Hamilton City • 15.9287 hectares Ͳ 2 titles • picturesque landscape with mature, autumn colouring deciduous trees • exceptional presentation with quality fencing and subdivision • currently finishing beef cattle, grazing dairy heifers and producing silage Ͳ ideal also for growing maize

Ph Brian Peacocke 021 373 113

PRL Enterprises Ltd t/a PRL Rural Licensed REAA2008

MREINZ

• quality low maintenance residence; access via tarͲsealed driveway & landscaped grounds; brick cladding, concrete tile roof, dble glazed alum. joinery; 4 brms with ensuite & walkͲin robe off master; quality rimu kitchen; open plan living/dining; sep. lounge; air conditioning + gas heating; triple garage with internal access • separate standͲalone garage / workshop • additional storage shedding; very good cattle yards and an excellent water supply • firstͲclass location with multiple options for schooling

TradeMe search # R1429

021 373 113

Price by Negotiation

bjp@prl308.co.nz

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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 8, 2024

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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 8, 2024

SITUATIONS VACANT

GARAGE SALES

MOTOR VEHICLE SALES CONSULTANT I WINDSOR NISSAN CAMBRIDGE

HUGE ASSORTMENT of household items, antique telephones, trailer, furniture, tools and more. Saturday 10 February. Not before 8am, ends 1pm. 3 South Oaks Close – off Peake Road, Cambridge.

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WINDSOR NISSAN CAMBRIDGE is a trusted and well respected motor vehicle dealership which offers full dealership facilities from sales of new NISSAN and used motor vehicles to after sales services.

The rare opportunity has arisen for a person to join our motor vehicle sales team.

The successful applicant will ideally possess experience within the automotive industry, although not essential the applicant must possess the following key skills and attributes. ● A sound knowledge and understanding of motor vehicles ● Have a passion for the industry ● Excellent communication and people skills ● Have a strong work ethic and be self-motivated ● Superior time management and organisational skills ● Have a high standard of personal presentation ● Full & clean drivers licence ● Computer literate with the ability to use new systems ● The ability to cope under pressure and time restraints ● Be a team player ● Ability to achieve monthly sales targets ● Confidence in approaching customers and prospecting for business ● Have fun – Smile and enjoy what you do everyday We pride ourselves in understanding and delivering on what our customers need. In being able to provide them with sound knowledge and a pleasurable customer experience.

If you are wanting an exciting new career in Motor Vehicle Sales then please express your interest in this position by submitting a covering letter along with your CV to Gavin Payne at admin@windsornissan.co.nz Please note: ONLY people with a valid work permit for New Zealand or have a NZ residency are requested to apply for this position.

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TE AWAMUTU OPEN HOMES FIRST NATIONAL Saturday February 10 414 Elizabeth Ave

$989,000

2:30-1:00pm

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$989,000

12:30-1:00pm

80 Wetere Drive

$1,425,000

2:00-2:30pm

Sunday February 11

Contact listing agent prior-visiting as Open Homes times can change.

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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Leave the lawns to Husqvarna Automower®

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AUTOMOWER®

Reclaim your weekend H ASPIRETM R4

H AM 305

Working Area: 400m2 - Cutting Capacity 45m2/h - Max Incline: 25% (14º)

Working Area: 600m2 - Cutting Capacity: 60m2/h Max Incline: 40% (22º)

A compact robotic lawn mower that has been optimised for simple, small lawns up to 400m2. Control from your smartphone via Bluetooth or WIFI connectivity.

An excellent entry level, user friendly robotic mower for a smaller and simple lawn up to 600m2, handling slopes up to 22º. Control from your smartphone via Bluetooth connectivity.

2,190

Effortless mowing right from your phone

Recharges automatically

Manages narrow spaces

Works rain or shine, day or night

Mows lawns up to 5,000m2

Manages steep slopes up to 35º (70%)

$

1,599

$

H AM 310 ll

H AM 405X

H AM 415X

Working Area: 1,000m2 - Cutting Capacity: 60m2/h Max Incline: 40% (22º)

Working Area: 600m2 - Cutting Capacity: 63m2/h Max Incline: 40% (22º)

Working Area: 1,500m2 - Cutting Capacity: 63m2/h Max Incline: 40% (22º)

An excellent entry level, user friendly robotic mower for a small to medium lawns up to 1,000m2, handling slopes up to 22º. Control from your smartphone via Bluetooth connectivity.

High-performance model ideal for small, intricate lawns. Handles slopes and narrow passages effortlessly, delivering flawless results.

Features GPS assisted navigation, smart home integration, premium security, personalised zone control and cellular connectivity.

The perfect choice for mid-sized and complex lawns, handles narrow passages and slopes. Features GPS assisted navigation, smart home integration, premium security, personalised zone control and cellular connectivity.

2,790˚

$

3,490

$

L AM 430X

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Working Area: 3,200 m2 - Cutting Capacity: 133 m2/h - Max Incline: 45% (24º)

Working Area: 5000m2 - Cutting Capacity: 208m2/h Max Incline: 45% (24º)

Working Area: 3500m2 - Cutting Capacity: 146m2/h Max Incline: 70% (35º)

$

Smart enough to navigate large and complex lawns, multiple narrow passages, obstacles, tough terrain and slopes with superior control thanks to the GPS-assisted navigation and Automower® Connect.

5,690

$

4,490

The ultimate model for large properties, adept at handling tough terrains, obstacles, and slopes with GPS navigation. Features smart home integration,premium security, object detection and cellular connectivity.

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6,990

$

$

8,490