Te Awamutu News | May 16, 2024

Aussies eye our airport

By Mary Anne Gill

Regular scheduled trans-Tasman flights could be back on at Hamilton Airport with the first “credible engagement” between international airlines and the airport company in a decade.

The introduction of smaller Embraer E190 and Airbus A220 aircrafts to Australian fleets meant they could land at Hamilton Airport, chief executive Mark Morgan told Waipā District Council last month.

In his six-monthly report to the council’s Finance and Corporate committee, Morgan said Hamilton’s strategic location close to Auckland also made it an alternate option.

Waikato Regional Airport trades as Hamilton Airport and is the parent company for Titanium Park, Jet Park Hotel and Hamilton and Waikato Tourism.

The group’s operating surplus for the six months ended December 31 was $2.6 million, council Finance manager Jolanda Hechter told councillors in her report.

“The group has experienced challenges driven by the economic environment, but still finds itself tracking to budget for the year-to-date and full year,” she said.

Waipā – which owns 15.6 per cent of the airport company - received a dividend of $78,100 in November for the 2022-23 financial year but the company had not indicated in its Statement of Intent whether a further dividend was likely.

Deputy chief executive Ken Morris suggested in a draft letter to the company that airport directors should already be in a position at the time of preparing its statement, to include it then.

“Waipā has advocated for many years now for a significant level of dividend to be paid by the company as recognition of the capital and guarantee arrangements provided by the shareholders in the past,” he said.

Other territorial authority shareholders

are Hamilton with 50 per cent, Waikato and Matamata-Piako also have 15.6 per cent while Ōtorohanga has 3.2 per cent.

The councils paid $2.125 million in 1989, then another $12 million in 2008-2009. The company is now worth about $234 million based on a recent independent valuation of property, plant and equipment and investment properties.

Hamilton city councillor Ewan Wilson - the founder of the failed trans-Tasman Kiwi International Airlines – has publicly called for a review of the airport company’s strategic direction.

“Hamilton City Council should be looking to sell between 10 per cent and 15 per cent of its shares – possibly more,” he said in a recent Waikato Business News column.

That $12 million could be used to pay debt and lessen the load on ratepayers but could also see the introduction of a commercially minded shareholder in the mix, wrote Wilson.

Asked to comment, Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan said her council had no intention of selling its shares and would in fact be in the market to buy more if they were on offer.

The airport – while named Hamilton – sits in the Waipā district and it is the council’s District Plan which has enabled multimillion dollar commercial development.

Hechter told the Finance committee the council should seek a firmer commitment from the airport company board to advance the “credible engagement” with international airlines.

“The references to this in the draft Statement of Intent are relatively vague and officers believe there should be a greater commitment to make this a focus.”

Morgan said passenger numbers were down three percent but aircraft movements were up seven per cent.

Jet Park Hotel – used as a managed isolation facility during Covid – had not seen the recovery in customers expected following a $4 million makeover two years ago.

Titanium Park industrial development is almost sold out with only three of the 30 developed hectares on the eastern side of the airport available for sale or lease.

• See: i-Site to stay in Town Hall, page 5.

Winners are grinners

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Pirongia farmer Kirwyn Ellis, pictured, was named New Zealand dairy trainee of the year at a glitzy awards ceremony in Queenstown on Saturday night. And Ngāhinapōuri sharefarmers Logan and Sian Dawson were runners up in the share farmers section. See story, page 4. Photo: Supplied.

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Heritage funds hit the spot

By Mary Anne Gill

Restoration of the stained glass windows at St Paul’s Church in Rangiaowhia are among six projects to get funding from Waipā District Council’s Heritage Fund.

The $20,000 is $40,000 shy of what is needed to restore the historic window which was removed in December by window conservator Izaac Randell.

The fund assists with the preservation and enhancement of the district’s unique environmental, cultural, and historical heritage.

The latest round of $68,701 was the first under new fund criteria which makes money available to community members or groups working to safeguard the district’s rich and diverse heritage.

Pirongia Heritage and the Waikato Diocesan Trust Board both got $14,500 for exterior repair and painting at the village’s information centre and the board’s iconic Cambridge St Andrew’s Church.

Maungatautari Ecological Trust got $6987 for a trailer to transport items around the maunga and Lectorium Rosicrucianum NZ Inc has $10,000 to rewire its Karāpiro hostel.

Finally, the historic Cambridge Bowling Club has $2714 to paint its clubrooms. The club celebrated its 125th birthday this season.

On the beat with Constable Ryan Fleming

Our week in review

Here’s how last week looked for Te Awamutu police staff…

Monday: Police attended a family harm incident where a Police Safety Order was issued, a male was arrested for breaching a protection order, Police received a report of an attempted online blackmail, we attended a Family Harm incident, Police received a report of threatening behaviour at a service station, Police investigated a missing person, Police received a complaint of bullying.

Tuesday: Police received a complaint of theft from a service station, three youth were arrested for shoplifting, a male was arrested at a Family Harm incident, a person reported a fraud matter from Facebook Marketplace, a vehicle was stolen from an address in Te Awamutu, a male was dealt with for being abusive to passengers on a bus, Police attended a sudden death,.

Wednesday: A male breached bail, a female was trespassed from a fast food outlet, Police attended a minor motor vehicle collision, a female shoplifted from a supermarket, a vehicle was interfered with at a residential property in Te Awamutu, a male breached bail during a family harm incident.

Thursday: Police recovered a stolen motor vehicle, Police attended a family harm where

Letters…

Māori wards

Nothing personal, but it is Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan (The News May 2) who is arrogant. Our newly elected coalition government policies are a result of democracy which our forefathers (including Māori) put their lives on the line for.

Maybe she should concentrate on efficiencies in her council rather than an ideology, so to reduce rates to alleviate the cost of living crises, instead of a 15 per cent rate rise. All ethnicities (including Māori) can and do compete in the marketplace, so don’t be arrogant and respect democracy. As Winston Peters says, “New Zealand is one country and one people”.

Bill Burr Piopio

Ōhaupō kudos

The article by reporter Chris Gardner on the Ōhaupō six month roading project was a great story. The reporter detailed the nature of the project but more importantly investigated the affected business owners’ experience. They explained the disruption caused but more importantly every single business owner acknowledged the pain was worth the gain.

What a refreshing change from the constant groaning we hear from Cambridge when there are infrastructure upgrades there.

a male is currently wanted for arrest, Police received a report of a suspicious person, Police attended a motor vehicle collision, Police attended an attempted unlawfully takes a motor vehicle, a male breached his bail conditions, Police attended a mental health incident, Police located two males consuming cannabis.

Friday: Police received reports of a petrol drive off, Police attended three Family Harm incidents and a mental health incident. Police had a male who was wanted for arrest decamp resulting in a large effort by Police with cordons and a dog handler to track him.

Saturday: Police attended three minor motor vehicle collisions, two family harm incidents, a serious assault resulting in a victim requiring hospitalisation, a driver was found to be driving with excess breath alcohol, Police attended a mental health incident.

Sunday: A male breached bail conditions, Police attended a mental health incident, Police attended a Family Harm incident, a mental health incident, Police attended a burglary, a Breach of protection order and a wilful damage incident.

The cycleways through Cambridge have caused disruption to be sure, but they are a once only capital project that will ensure more people will use their bikes than circling around in cars finding limited parking spots.

The cycleways won’t wear out like our roads - which regularly need maintenance - and the disruption to motorists that go with their sea of traffic cones.

Neil Gibb Cambridge

The window at St Paul’s Church

Briefs…

Fluoride in water

A recommendation by the Te Awamutu and Kihikihi Community to pause the fluoridation of Cambridge’s water supply failed by 7-5 at Waipā’s Service Delivery committee this week. Clare St Pierre, Andrew Brown, Liz Stolwyk, Susan O’Regan, Lou Brown, Mike Montgomerie and Bruce Thomas opposed it while Mike Pettit, Roger Gordon, Dale-Maree Morgan, Philip Coles and Hinerangi Kara were in favour. Read more teawamutunews.nz

Library patrons

Te Awamutu Library signed up 258 and now has 17,420 patrons, figures released to Waipā District Council’s Service Delivery committee this week show. With three months of the financial year to go, Cambridge has issued 230,141 books and Te Awamutu 123,320. The busiest month in each library was July.

Potholes fixed

More than 1750 potholes were repaired in seven months around the Waipā district by the council’s new roading contractor. Downer picked up the $30 million contract in September to maintain the district’s roads for three years and wasted no time on taking to the potholes. Making good use of the weather, the company patched 358 from January through to March. Another 655m of footpaths in Te Awamutu have been renewed.

Future unclear

The future of Te Awamutu’s i-Site is still unclear months after Waipā District Council announced it would not fund its operations from July 1. This despite Destination Cambridge announcing this week it had secured funding for its i-Site operations from two tourism operators.

New growth

Work has started on a new wastewater pump station in Te Awamutu’s Pekerau Reserve to meet current levels of service and increasing demand and support new growth in the area.

Hot Diggity Dog!

By Viv Posselt

It took around 700 bread rolls and sausages, bucketloads of goodwill and who knows how much in the way of sauce to make New Zealand’s longest hotdog in Te Awamutu on Monday.

The mammoth effort to build the 100-metre hotdog, suitably sauced up with tomato and mustard, was spearheaded by Te Awamutu Community Board member Jill Taylor. She founded the local ‘Jenga’ youth group three years ago and is always on the lookout for fun ways to engage intermediate-aged youngsters.

Jill remembered the enjoyment she got from helping make a hotdog of around 30m when she was a teen and decided it wouldn’t be a bad idea to put Te Awamutu on the map by building its own record-breaking snack.

“I looked it up and saw there were already a couple of world records for hotdogs … I think they were around 212m,” she said. “It seems nothing like this has been done in New Zealand before, so we thought ‘why not?’. We didn’t want to go too big but wanted to set a starting record for New Zealand with the 100m length.”

Based on the ‘village to raise a child’ theory, Jill enlisted a small army of helpers. Local businesses were delighted to help.

“Mitre 10 provided us with the PVC guttering in which to build the hotdog, Pak ‘n Save donated the buns, sausages and the sauces, and ladies from the Te Awamutu Altrusa Club helped on the day,” Jill said as the event wound up, with almost all the hotdogs eaten and sauce slurped. “It’s been a great success.”

The long hotdog filled almost the entire 101m of whistle-clean guttering sprawled across the front lawn at Te Awamutu Intermediate School.

The weather gods seemed in favour, clearing the showers just long enough for the dog to be made and the 450 school students to sample their piece of the savoury snack. Putting it together were teams of youngsters – most of them from Pau Collett’s classroom – and a handful of Jenga Club members who are in other classes. Polishing it off were the rest of the students, coming in waves of rolling relays.

The school’s deputy principal Sue Germann said Te Awamutu Intermediate is a great supporter of the Jenga Club and was very keen to support the initiative.

Mitre 10’s Andrew Donghi was on hand to help with the guttering. “It’s all brand new. We gave it a good clean just to make sure, then set it up here. Once this is over, we will wash it all out and take it back to the store. It’s great to see the kids doing things like this.”

The Altrusa Club ladies – who always supply the eats for the Jenga Club’s weekly gatherings – got stuck in as well, helping direct operations and then enjoying a snack of their own.

They are swimming in it…

Attendance records at Waipā District Council’s two swimming pools in Te Awamutu and Cambridge have been smashed in the six months ended December 31.

Nearly 193,000 people – up 9.3 per cent from the previous year’s 176,403 –visited Te Awamutu Events Centre and Perry Aquatic Centre, representatives from Waipā Community Facilities Trust told district councillors this week.

But it appears users favour the Cambridge pool over its Te Awamutu counterpart with the newer Cambridge facility hosting 76,402 swimmers compared to the

67,147 in the western side of the district.

Visitors included the North Shore Swimming Club and the Liz van Wellie

Swim Club which used the facility for its swim camps.

Te Awamutu’s stadium has recovered from its Covid malaise with 19,749

visits – up 18.6 per cent on last year and 44 per cent ahead of 2000, when the pandemic restricted numbers.

Club Waipā, the fully equipped and modern gym, had 31,390 users with the group fitness classes growing by 21 per cent.

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Te Awamutu Events Centre where swimming numbers are down but attendance is up.

Jackson Seddon shows his skill at doing the sauce.

Waipa Workingmens Club

Waipā farmers in awards heaven

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Pirongia farmer Kirwyn Ellis is the New Zealand dairy trainee of the year and Ngāhinapōuri’s Logan and Sian Dawson runners up in the share farmer of the year competition.

They were presented with their awards at the New Zealand Dairy Industry awards in Queenstown on Saturday night.

Other awards went to Will Hinton and Kali Rangiawha from Manawatū who won the share farmers’ title, Northland’s Kieran McCahon the dairy manager winner, James and Debbie Stewart from Manawatū who won the Fonterra Responsible Dairying Award, while Paul and Sarah Koopal from Central Plateau won the CowManager cow monitoring system for three years.

Judges described Ellis as a relaxed, thoughtful and mature young man who ‘soaks up knowledge like a sponge’ from those around him.

Kirwyn has a genuine care for those in the community around him and takes his role as kaitiakitanga very seriously, they said. He is herd manager for Hamish and Sheree Germann on their 130ha property at Pirongia milking 475 cows.

“Kirwyn has soaked up all the knowledge from those around him and now wants to follow that up with some formal qualifications from PrimaryITO,” says judge Johanna Wood from Manawatū.

“He felt it was important to have the practical understanding before he learnt the theoretical,” she said.

“Kirwyn is a strong team player, and his heart is with his community,” says head judge Mark Laurence from DairyNZ.

“He was a consistent top achiever across all categories, and I’ve got no doubt he will represent the industry very well with his new title.”

The judges noted Kirwyn was methodical thinker and can articulate effectively.

“He has the ability to communicate with others very clearly, both receiving information and passing it on.

“He’s got a very good work life balance and is into biking and rugby and lots of

other outdoor activities,” notes judge Enda Hawe from Rakaia.

“He has very supportive owners that give him the time off to do these activities.”

Kirwyn won the Federated Farmers General Farming Knowledge Award, the DeLaval Community and Industry Involvement Award and the Craigmore Farms Best Video Award, along with nearly $12,000 in prizes.

The judges say it is obvious Kirwyn is a down-to-earth farmer who genuinely cares for everyone around him.

“He’s got pride in the industry, and he makes you have pride in the industry,” says Enda.

“He’s a very good role model for the industry.

“He stood out clearly amongst a group of excellent finalists.”

The judges say the dairy trainee national finalists come from a variety of backgrounds and have faced different challenges.

The Dawsons were change makers – “they are continuously looking for more efficient ways and accurate ways to do things,” judges said.

Logan and Sian are equity partners and 50/50 share milkers for Jim and Sue van der Poel on their 333ha, 1350-cow farm in Ngāhinapōuri.

They won two merit awards: the Federated Farmers Leadership Award and the Honda Farm Safety, Health and Biosecurity Award and over $28,000 in total prizes.

The judges were impressed by Logan’s development of spreadsheets and processes which are now used across other farms in the business and his use of GPS on feed bins which is monitored daily.

“Logan and Sian are on a large-scale, high input system five farm and are guiding a lot of people, adding another level of complexity,” notes judge Steve Canton from DairyNZ.

“Through the use of technology and careful monitoring, they are really getting the most out of what they do.”

Logan and Sian Dawson with their awards at the New Zealand Dairy Industry competition. Photo: Supplied.

Airman’s medal found

Dennis Dempsey’s New Zealand Memorial Cross has been found more than 80 years after it was lost during his final training exercise.

Medals Reunited New Zealand director Ian Martyn returned the medal to the airman’s niece Denise Jones in Te Awamutu last month after it fell out of a sideboard in Hamilton.

The sideboard belonged to Dennis’ brother, Leo, and was sold when he moved into Hillview Rest Home and Hospital in Te Kuiti about two years ago.

After the medal fell out of the dresser the new owner sent it to Martyn who contacted me.

In 2016, I had been researching Sergeant-Pilot Dennis James Dempsey’s death in 1941.

A sergeant pilot was a non-commissioned officer who had undergone flight training and was a qualified pilot Martyn contacted military historian and Waitomo Caves Museum and Discovery Centre education officer Ross O’Halloran who found the family for him.

“That was an amazing round about way of

returning it,” said Dempsey’s niece Denise, who was named after him.

“Dad died in August. He would have loved this story. The medal was attached to a photo of my uncle which we gave to a cousin, but then the medal fell out of Dad’s old sideboard in Hamilton.”

Dennis Dempsey was born in Piopio on September 18, 1919, and educated at Piopio District High School. He represented Maniapoto in rugby, played tennis and was a keen runner.

He was a Post and Telegraph Department cadet when he enlisted at the Initial Training Wing, Levin, on December 22, 1940. He would be dead within a year.

Having completed initial training, the young aviator was posted to a flying training at Whenuapai and Ohakea in February 1941, where he was awarded the flying badge and promoted to sergeant. He left for the United Kingdom on July 22, 1941, aboard the Dominion Monarch and reached Bournemouth on September 3. He continued operational training in Hertfordshirewhere he lost his life on his

final night cross-country training flight.

Dempsey was the second pilot of a Wellington bomber which crashed into a ploughed field at Upwood, Huntingdonshire. He was 21.

He was buried in the Bassingbourn

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Kneesworth Cemetery.

News of his death reached his family in Te Mapara, 11.7 km southwest of Te Kuiti, via a telephone call from the Piopio postmaster.

Now the family is researching what other medals Dempsey earned, with a view to finding replicas.

Auckland Museum’s online cenotaph lists Dempsey as a recipient of the War Medal 1939-1945 and the New Zealand War Service Medal.

“Ian’s advice was to put all of my uncle’s memorabilia together,” Denise Jones said.

Female members of his family can wear the New Zealand Memorial Cross.

“If there was a mother and a grandmother the family could get two crosses,” said Martyn. “If the mother was dead, it could be worn by her daughter.”

Martyn has returned more than 550 medals to the families of service members since 2014.

“It keeps me off the streets and out of the bars and gives me an interest,” he said.

“It’s taken over my life now.”

away, students play

By Steph Bell-Jenkins

Students at Te Awamutu Intermediate have noticed little difference since the coalition government banned cellphones in schools last month.

They have been handing their phones in at the start of the school day for ages and getting them back at the end, said principal Pip Mears.

Under new government rules introduced on April 29, schools must ensure students do not use or access a phone while attending school.

There are exemptions, such as when a phone is needed for health reasons.

“Teachers, at times, may allow students to use their phones during the school day as a tool to assist learning in a supervised way,” she said.

Phones, like other information technology devices, could be useful learning tools.

“Parents and caregivers also appreciate being able to communicate information with their child at the end of the school day,” she said.

“Teaching students to use their phone and other

devices effectively and responsibly are important aspects of learning in this day and age.”

Students having their phones at school had rarely caused any issues, “however, we do find ourselves having to manage an array of situations arising from the misuse of social media platforms on phones and other devices used outside of school hours from time to time”, she said.

The school had shared and would continue to share information with parents and caregivers to help support children to use devices responsibly.

Cambridge Middle School had also had a “phone away for the day” policy for many years, principal Daryl Gibbs said.

“For us it’s always been that way, so it seems strange that it’s such a big focus for the government, but I guess at a high school level it’s having a positive impact from some of the principals I talk to,” he said.

We also asked Te Awamutu and Ōtorohanga colleges for comment but they did not do so before our deadline.

Te Awamutu’s Denise Jones has been reunited with her late uncle’s New Zealand Memorial Cross.

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Sextortion a growing concern

By Steph Bell-Jenkins

Sexual exploitation, exposure to objectionable pornographic material and internet-based abuse are the biggest threats to children’s safety online, says a cyber safety expert.

John Parsons delivers child protection training around Aotearoa alongside the Police, Oranga Tamariki, health professionals and schools.

The risk assessment consultant visited Cambridge last week to run school workshops for local students, parents, caregivers and teachers.

Parsons said “sextortion” – where children were targeted for naked images – was a growing area of concern across New Zealand.

“Children think they’re building a romance with somebody online, they send the naked images and then they’re often blackmailed for

money or more revealing images,” he said.

“I’m about to work with a family whose child sent hundreds of dollars to the criminals in an attempt to limit exposure of the picture that had already been sent.”

He said the most effective thing parents could do to keep children safe online was to be confident in their parenting, trust their gut instincts, know who their children were talking to over the internet, and keep technology out of bedrooms until at least age 13.

He urged parents of children aged 0-13 to commit to “giving their children a childhood”.

“They need to be children,” he said. “And they need very good, regular sleep patterns. Sleep is the single biggest contributor to their health and wellbeing.”

What they didn’t need, he said, was to be immersed in social media and television

Krippner puts museum in the picture

By Chris Gardner

Volcanologist Dr Janine Krippner has made an explosive discovery.

Century old views of Mount Ngāuruhoe on the Central Plateau in eruption held by the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington are a smouldering sham.

Krippner, a Waikato University honorary research associate based in Taupō but born in Te Awamutu, was studying the impact of Mount Ngāuruhoe eruptions throughout history.

She noticed not all was it seemed with two views captured on March 29, 1909 by postcard photographer William A. Price.

“Having studied photography in high school I recognise that the burn technique has been used to create a fake ash plume,” Krippner said.

In the photographic development process in the darkroom light exposure had been increased in part of the images to make the photograph darker.

“This is very clearly not an ash plume.

“My guess is someone was having a laugh and or were disappointed that they didn’t capture an eruption that day.

“The sort of ash plume they are trying to depict was very common before eruptive activity ceased in 1975. If this were real, it would have been ash emission that wasn’t very energetic – the wind can blow the ash away before it manages to get very high.

“This was also a common direction for the ash to travel based on dominant wind directions. I imagine

who ever created it had seen an eruption, or at least photographs showing eruptions at Ngāuruhoe,”

The News columnist said.

Price began postcard photography in 1906 in Whanganui, later moving to Northcote, Auckland, practicing on Queen Street between 1909 and 1910. From 1911 until his death in 1948, he lived at 21 Masons Ave, Ponsonby.

For about a decade leading up to 1930, he operated as Price Photo Co from a studio at 300 Ponsonby Road. Early postcards bore the imprint “The W.A.P. Colour Photographic Series, Wanganui Photo Co NZ”, which evolved to “Wanganui Photo Co, Northcote, Auckland, NZ”, and ultimately to “W.A. Price Photo Co”.

Photographic negatives of the images were donated to the library by Price’s widow Edith who died in 1966.

Krippner notified the library of her discovery so that it might update its records.

“Spotting false information or misused eruption images is commonplace today, unfortunately. It’s not often I find something so old.”

Photographic curator Louise Garrett was not surprised to learn the copy negatives produced by the photographic studio had been manipulated as the process had been around since the invention of photography.

“The photographer probably thought he needed to make it more interesting,” she said. “We will add Janine’s discovery to the records.”

programmes like The Bachelor, Geordie Shore, Love Island, Married at First Sight and Naked Attraction, which exposed them to “relationships that are not real” and could inform how they related to others when they were older.

Parsons also warned of the dangers of letting children play R18 video games, which could contain swearing, sex scenes and graphic violence, and expose them to online predators.

He spoke about a 24-year-old woman haunted by intrusive thoughts she blamed on playing an R18 game when she was 10.

“When she often drives a car she imagines driving onto the pavement, which she’d never do…she saw a young boy swinging a plastic golf club but she thought she saw a baseball

bat being used in an horrific manner,” he said.

The woman was now “deeply aware of nurturing and protecting” her own children and keeping them away from violent computer games so they didn’t “carry the same traumas”.

“If we marinate children in love and compassion in childhood, we have a very strong chance that that child will become loving and compassionate,” Parsons said.

“But if we raise that child in violence, in aggression, then we reduce that particular chance.”

Goodwood School principal David Graham said it was a parent’s right to be able to see how their children were interacting online.

“You’re not their friend, you’re their parent, so it’s your job to protect them,” he said.

Mount Ngāuruhoe supposedly in eruption, 1909.

Photo: Alexander Turnbull Library.

Janine Krippner

John Parsons has been working as an online child protection consultant for about 15 years.

Photo: Steph Bell-Jenkins

First Waipā Home & Leisure Show a hit

Exhibitors want to be back for next year’s Waipā Home & Leisure Show following the success of the first version at Lake Karāpiro. Organisers Good Local Media were thrilled with the turnout over three days. Owner David Mackenzie said his “leap of faith” that Waipā needed its own show was proven accurate. Mary Anne Gill was there to capture some of the highlights. More photos: teawamutunews.nz

The perfect venue for Waipā’s first Home & Leisure Show.

Walter Gilmore of Bupa Rosendale makes himself comfortable in one of Kiwi AZ Creationz’s full barrel bench seats watched by creator Hamish McIntosh.

On the tiles were Julie Atherton, left, owner of Cambridge Tiles and supplier Rebecca Leonard of Tile Space

Exhibitors reported a steady stream of customers while the café did a roaring trade inside the Sir Don Rowlands Centre at Mighty River Domain, Lake Karāpiro.

Troy Johnson from Huis Bespoke Joinery in Cambridge.

Paula Waterhouse, Alexis Parker, Joshua Rietema and Sam Hogan were putting the finishing touches onto their Designers Co Lab - Collaborative Interior Design studio stand 45

Hitting the spot at the Cambridge Distillery Company stand was shareholder Will Rendell, right, with Vicki and Mark Fleming of Lake Karāpiro.

Mikala Walshe of Mavis & Mick (Cambridge) had plenty of leather shoes, boots, handbags, accessories and women’s clothing on Stands 17 and 30.

Roger Ramsey of Majestic Sheep Breeders, Wharepuhunga - with some of his Swiss Valais Blacknose sheep.

First National’s Vayle Hammond and Tania Cortesi-Western.

Marlene Prince and Graham Hopkins of Highfield Retirement Village in Te Awamutu were the first through the doors on Friday.

Making the trip south from Whangarei were ex pat South Africans Janitha van der Merwe, left, and Marisa Bosman from the Biltong Shed.

Waiuku’s Dave Hare was extoling the virtues of inversion at the show –and was prepared to put his feet up to prove it.

Helping out, some of the team from Lions Tamahere, from left Sue Fookes, Sheryl Coulton and Rita Pandey.

Taking a breather outside in the sun at Lake Karāpiro were Good Local Media owners David and Rebecca Mackenzie.

Burger bonanza

Despite its name, the first hamburger as we know it today, did not originate in Hamburg. In the early 19th century Hamburg butchers did, however, chop steak very finely, combine it with onions and seasonings and form it into ‘steaks’ or patties. As there was no refrigeration these steaks required almost immediate cooking.

When later in the century German immigrants arrived in America, many opened restaurants. A version of the Hamburg steak appeared on menus — as the most expensive item. But then during the mid-1800s, when many Americans found industrial jobs, a bun was placed around the Hamburg steak making it easier to eat. It wasn’t until 1921 that the first fast-food hamburger outlet opened in Wichita, Kansas. Now, on average, Americans consume a national total about 50 billion burgers each year. They’re so popular there is a national Hamburger Day (May 28) and a Hamburger Hall of Fame located in Seymour, Wisconsin.

If you can pack at least four vegetables (raw preferably) into a wholemeal bun together with cooked lean meat or fish, then you have a healthy meal that the whole family can enjoy.

And if you want to be a little more creative then substitute rice, mushrooms or a potato cake for the bun.

SUSHI BURGERS

Fresh or smoked oysters can be used.

1 cup sushi rice

1 1/2 cups water

1-2 tablespoons sushi su (sushi vinegar)

1/3 cup mayonnaise

1 teaspoon wasabi paste

200g boneless salmon

2 tablespoons lemon juice

16 thin slices cucumber

4 oysters

8 coriander leaves

Cook the rice in the water according to the packet instructions. Add a little more water if necessary. Cover and stand for 5 minutes then fluff with a fork adding the sushi su

at the same time.

Meanwhile, combine the mayo and wasabi paste. Place the salmon in a microwave dish and sprinkle with the lemon juice. Cover and microwave on high power for 1 1/22 minutes, until just cooked. Remove the skin and divide the salmon into 4 pieces.

Take a mould or biscuit cutter and make 4 x 7cm round discs of the rice for the bases and 4 x 3-4cm round discs for the top. Layer the bases with the cucumber, salmon and oysters, wasabi mayo and coriander leaves. Top with the smaller discs. Can be garnished with strips of fried nori or cavolo nero leaves. Serves 4.

STICKY CHICKEN BAGEL BURGERS

500g skinned and boned chicken breasts

1 tablespoon canola oil

2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce

1/4 cup each: tomato sauce, barbecue sauce, brown sugar

1 teaspoon smoked paprika

4 bagels, split and lightly toasted

4 each: large frilly lettuce leaves, spring onions

1 teaspoon sesame seeds

Slice the chicken into 1cm strips. Pan-fry in the oil until just cooked, about 5 minutes.

Combine the sauces, brown sugar and paprika and stir into the chicken. Heat for a few seconds.

Meanwhile, top the bagel bases with the lettuce leaves. Trim the spring onions. Thinly slice the green ends so they will curl then place in icy water.

Top the lettuce with the sticky chicken. Sprinkle with sesame seeds, cover with the bagel top and insert a spring onion curl in the bagel hole. Serves 4.

BLACK BEAN BEETROOT MUSHROOM BURGERS

Black bean beetroot burgers are available from supermarket chiller cabinets.

8 large portobello mushrooms

salt and pepper to taste

2-3 tablespoons canola oil

2 vine sweet mini peppers, thinly sliced

4 black bean beetroot burgers

12 sprigs flat-leaf parsley

1/2 cup beetroot and roasted cashew hummus or similar

Discard the stems of the mushrooms. Season the mushrooms then pan-fry in the oil, until just tender. Remove and keep warm.

Stir-fry the peppers quickly and place aside. Pan-fry the burgers for about 2 minutes each side or until hot. Layer the burgers, peppers and parsley on 4 of the cooked mushrooms. Top with some hummus then the mushroom caps. Serves 4.

Sushi burgers

Sticky chicken bagel burgers

Meghan Hawkes takes us back to

Fire destroys Arohena; prisoners on run

The Arohena Valley, southeast of Te Awamutu, was swept by fire which began on Mr Dollimore’s farm.

Fanned by a strong southeasterly wind it raced across his property, taking in its stride a plantation of pines.

Mr Dolimore’s small sawmill, used by the district’s settlers, and five whare were destroyed as well as outbuildings, a milking shed, and a garage. A car in the garage was reduced to scrap iron.

Hundreds of cut posts left on the side of the road for sale were destroyed, as well as many miles of fencing.

The whole area was blackened, and the picturesque landscape of the valley, with its bush-clad hills, entirely disfigured.

Robert Huia, 35, nearly lost his life through suffocation and was rescued in the nick of time.

Hundreds of acres of farms were ravaged as well as 100 acres of totara bush.

After the fire died down burning trees and stumps were seen over miles of country. Most stock were successfully saved and the losses of sheep and cattle were negligible.

After inspecting the Arohena area, Mr Broadfoot, MP for Waitomo, telegrammed the Prime Minister - “Prompt action is necessary to have this land seeded and re-fenced.

Autumn and winter feed also should be procured to carry over until next season. Telephonic communication is also partially destroyed and needs reinstatement without delay.”

Mr Broadfoot said in an interview - “The blackened areas, which once were smiling pastures, are a sorry sight to the outsider, but the pioneering spirit is strongly developed in the Arohena settlers. Given reasonable and fair assistance, they will, I am confident, manfully set about the rehabilitation of their farms.”

Two prisoners, who broke out from their cells at Hautu near Turangi, were believed to be in the Te Awamutu area.

One of them was well informed about the Ōhaupō district having previously burgled a place there. They were pursued by a posse of warders until they stole a blue Chrysler fiveseater sedan with a large carrier on the back.

When the Ōhaupō branch

Which god is bigger?

Phil Strong, Zion Church

Epic battles make for epic stories, and the recent Marvel series of movies show us a glimpse just what extraordinary colossal confrontation looks like. My guess is that you enjoy the theatre without considering the reality.

Is Hercules or Thor real? That question is above my pay grade, but I am confident that the battle of gods continues above us, around us, and in us. As with every battle, allegiance matters.

There’s a celestial contest recorded in the Bible, instigated by a man called Elijah to prove which god was the true God. As a Prophet of the Creator God, Elijah was angry with the people for worshipping Baal, an image of a bull that was said to represent fertility, the sun, and thunder. (Sound familiar?) Elijah sets the competition up, saying, “call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the Lord. The god who answers by setting fire to the wood is the true God!” And all the people agreed. This is a classic set up. Which God is bigger? Which deity would send fire? Can you imagine the atmosphere of tension on the top of the hill? While there are no Chitauri soldiers battling the Avengers in this scene, there is plenty of drama. The worshippers of Baal jump around all morning, shouting and cutting themselves to shed blood, as they did. The Bible says they raved all afternoon until the time of the evening sacrifice, but still there was no sound, no reply, no response.

To add more theatre to this drama, Elijah mocks them, suggesting their god is detained and delayed, possibly relieving himself!

The silence in itself is an answer, but it’s not the final exclamation. Fire does fall and the God of Elijah proves He is real.

You may not have a shrine in your home with small wooden images of a bull. My neighbour has a stone statue of a short man with a round tummy. Perhaps you say, “I worship no god.” We all worship something. We give our lives in dedication, whether we are aware of it or not.

What do you give your highest devotion to? Is it your family? Is it your career or your asset register? Perhaps you are most devoted to yourself and what you think other people think of you. I know people who are consumed by the toys they own, always seeking more.

These are all forms of worship — these focus points of our devotion become gods to us. False gods will lead you down a path of false confidence. Ultimately, these gods will remain silent in the grand scene of eternity.

The True God came to show Himself in the form of a man; His name is Jesus. He came to show us the way to worship the True God. Choose this day who you will serve. But as for me and my house, we will serve the one True God; the God who answers prayer.

A large quantity of clothing, groceries, and tobacco, a .22 rifle, ammunition, and spark plugs were taken.

The thieves also made away with a single bed mattress, two pairs of blankets, an axe, pots and pans, a 50lb box of butter, tinned food, about 50lb of tobacco, and 3000 rounds of pea-rifle cartridges.

A Snip in Time

down almost to the road level.

of the Farmers’ Auctioneering Company was broken into, it was thought to be their work. Entrance was gained through a fanlight over the front door, a large hole having been broken in the glass with a steel bar.

It was evident that the burglars were preparing for a prolonged stay in some out-of-the-way place in the back country, perhaps somewhere round Pirongia Mountain, or to the southeast of Te Awamutu.

A car travelling from Kihikihi to Te Kūiti was involved in a most unusual accident when the wire of a telephone line sagged right

ON SHAKY GROUND

Life with ‘EDS’

By Janine Krippner

As a volcanologist I work hard on local and international research projects and I thrive spending long physically demanding days on volcanoes. I am also in pain almost every single day.

May is Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) awareness month. Over the years sharing my journey has helped others who have similar struggles, I hope this can help people closer to home.

So many of us have chronic health issues –prolonged conditions that can limit activities in daily living and require medical attention (even when we try to just tough it out). EDS is a group of connective tissue disorders that affect different parts of the body. For me it’s mostly issues with joints, back, and headaches, plus a raft of other issues. EDS can impact blood vessels, skin, eyes, gums, and organs. It also causes issues like chronic fatigue, brain fog, heart issues… the list goes on and some are fatal.

Something many of us have in common as we try to find a diagnosis and help, is the messaging that there is nothing wrong with us, when something very clearly is. It’s all in your head, you’re doing it for attention, or you’re a hypochondriac.

This can be so much harder than the physical impacts, which is why it’s so important to build awareness about conditions like this. You may not have EDS, but if you have other issues that remain a medical mystery you are not alone.

These sorts of conditions are often invisible. We usually look totally fine (unless you’re in a wheelchair or on crutches). I have found that years of pain has meant that I can function perfectly fine most of the time and you wouldn’t have a clue what’s going on below the surface.

For me, living with EDS has built a solid resilience and strength that I doubt I would have had otherwise. I’ve managed to find the silver linings.

Having a disability does not necessarily mean someone cannot do things, it’s best to not assume. Because of EDS I am fit and strong. I maintain my fitness to not just get through each day, but to be able to climb volcanoes and do strenuous fieldwork. Getting a diagnosis meant that I could figure out how to take care of my body, and what

It caught under the vehicle becoming mixed up with the differential and brake drums.

Firmly held, the car slithered to a standstill almost at right angles to the road. Its speed and weight pulled out the telegraph post and the back tyres of the car were ripped to pieces. An hour or so was then spent disentangling the wire from under the car.

to avoid to prevent damage. There is hope. When I was younger I feared that I wouldn’t be able to do what I wanted on top of worrying that people wouldn’t let me do things, but I am doing just fine. It is getting worse with age, but I keep adjusting and thankfully my determination is serving me well.

We are so very capable of adapting. I also have a wonderful doctor at the Te Awamutu Medical Centre, I cannot stress enough how much of a difference that makes. If you’re living with undiagnosed symptoms my heart goes out to you, that is a tough journey to be on. I stumbled across my diagnosis online then went to the right specialists (geneticist and rheumatologist) to get it formally confirmed.

We have to be our own advocates. If you have a loved one with similar struggles, stick by them. Listen to them, they might not want suggestions or advice but just to be heard. We are capable of so much, sometimes we just need flexibility and adjustments.

If overly-bendy joints, dislocations, easy bruising, chronic pain, fatigue, or stretchy skin sound familiar to you, check out the EDS societies online.

The ruins of Dollimore’s sawmill destroyed by fire in the Arohena Valley.

Janine Krippner looking at lahar deposits down the Whangaehu River. Photo: Brian Perttu.

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When the Moon Hatched

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The Creators did not expect their beloved dragons to sail skyward upon their end. To curl into balls just beyond the gravity?s grip, littering the sky with tombstones. With moons. They certainly did not expect them to fall.

As a valued Elding Blade of the rebellion group Fiur du Ath, Raeve?s job is to kill. To complete orders and never get caught. When a renowned bounty hunter is employed by The Crown to capture a member of the Ath, Raeve?s world is turned upside down. Blood spills, hearts break, an Raeve finds herself at the mercy of the Guild of Nobles-a group of dual-beaded elementals who intend to turn her into a political statement. Only death will set her free.

Crushed beneath a mourning weight, Kaan Vaegor took the head of a king and donned his melted crown. Now on a tireless quest to assuage the never-ebbing ache in his chest, his hunt for a moonshard lures him into the belly of Gore?s notorious prison where he stumbles upon something that rips apart his perception of reality. A shackled miracle with eyes full of rage and blood on her hands.

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AGE OF REASON

Welcome home, sort of

By Peter Carr

In 1969, when the successful moon landing astronauts landed back in the Atlantic Ocean, they clearly came off a high of world appreciation and folded themselves back into society – albeit with a long public speaking programme ahead.

A few days ago (sans the speaking programme) it happened to me when I returned from several weeks delightfully cruising the China Seas (there is more than one) and landing back with a wallop into the relative quiet backyard that is called Cambridge. Relative by world standards at least.

To find that things are changing. The first being that a (possibly long overdue) change of chief executive at the Waipā District Council has been formally confirmed and we are to be guided by the softer tones of a lady.

Softly, no doubt, in audibility but I suspect some real-world adjustments to the sleepy body that prevaricates re the Cambridge transport scene and permits ugly three-storey buildings to spring up.

So, in changing the chief executive (who has every right to a long and healthy retirement) perhaps it is also time to address just how well –or badly – the planning and roading departments are being headed?

With the arrival of the new manager perhaps we will see greater visibility and better management at the senior levels which is long overdue.

But the buck does not stop with paid officials – just how sleepy or inefficient are some of the elected people? This is – nor should be – a job for life. There are less than desirable traits being shown – not just in the Cambridge electees – but also across the district.

Elected people recusing themselves from making positive change decisions demands a question being asked – why is that person still there?

It was pleasing to see the heads of the two community boards have taken some opprobrium on the chin and admitting that their scorecard could have been better. And full marks to those two hard-working ladies for their honesty.

And I can drive safely along a reducedwidth Wilson Street again - now that the far from numerous cyclists have been gifted a wide and safe pathway for their two-wheeled perambulations.

The number of orange cones have reduced to something under mega-proportions and the number of trees felled to satisfy the Duke Street (pathway) boardwalk should have those of a green disposition in handkerchief-wringing anguish.

But such is progress as the money that is being consumed in this exercise will not be there for ever.

So maximising spending when it is possible will no doubt satisfy those more closely concerned with the construction.

But, dear readers, keep up the pressure on the transport scene. The work undertaken now and over the next two decades may not benefit you but will certainly benefit your children.

Good planning, listening to the people, clarity of thought and transparency of objectives are required.

Behind closed-door muttering in a room in Te Awamutu must become a thing of the past.

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Nomination forms will be available from the Club from Saturday 25th May 2024 and close at 7.00 pm Thursday 6th June 2024.

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Peacefully passed away on Saturday, the 11th of May 2024. Aged 58 years. Beloved partner of the late Robert Kendall. Treasured mum to Stacey. Cherished daughter of John & the late Annette, and sister & sister-in-law to Karl & Claire. Adored Nana of Nevaeh, Tane, and Kyra. Aunty to Sam & Justin, Jack and Sophie. A celebration of Karen's life will be held at the Te Awamutu Bible Chapel, Chapel Dr, Te Awamutu on Friday, the 17th of May 2024 at 11:00am followed by burial at the Pirongia Cemetery. All communications to the Amunden Family c/- 262 Ohaupo Road, Te Awamutu 3800.

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