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Summertime is ‘watch time’ with Biosecurity New Zealand and the Department of Conservation asking the public to check their local myrtle plants to help track the spread of myrtle rust, with the disease likely to be more active during warmer weather and likely to spread to new areas where it hasn’t been seen before.

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As of December People are asked to keep an eye out for myrtle rust the disease has been confirmed on 811 properties across most of the North Island and upper explore possible long-term management areas of the South Island. Taranaki, options with a $3.7 million programme Auckland and Bay of Plenty are the most of research. An additional $5 million seriously affected areas. funding increase from the Strategic Biosecurity New Zealand’s manager Science Investment Fund will build on for recovery and pest management, John work already being done by Government Sanson, says a cross-sector working agencies, Maori, councils, and research group has developed a national long- providers over the next three years,” Mr term management plan for myrtle rust. Sanson says.

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The HCEF supports proposals to protect our most vulnerable hill country landscapes, where the main treatment is tree planting.

“We’re pleased by the level of interest from councils, with 12 applications received in this latest round — four of which were from regions that had not previously applied,” says deputy director-general of forestry and head of Te Uru Rakau, Julie Collins.

“It shows the importance they are placing on sustainable land management and treating erosion in their regions.”

Ms Collins says the loss of productive land through erosion has a significant impact on the environment and the sustainability of New Zealand land.

“The annual cost associated with hill country erosion is estimated to be between $100 million and $150 million through lost soil, nutrients and production, and damaged infrastructure and waterways. The 12 new HCEF programmes will take place between July 2019 and June 2023 and will deliver significant improvements in erosion control.”

These range from building regional capacity and capability to plant trees, to farm planning and land treatments including planting poplars, willows and other indigenous and exotic species.

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WAIKATO FARMING LIFESTYLES

BY ANN VAN ENGELEN

Raymond and Janet Harre met whilst she was on a horse trek in Whangamomona and now are the successful owners of Mangaohae Station enjoying the ‘lambs of their labour’.

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aymond grew up in Whangamomona and became a shearer, leasing his first property at 18 years of age. Janet grew up on a dairy farm and became a registered nurse.

“We purchased the family farm in 2004, and bought our first Suffolk at the Stratford sales and acquired 300 ewes from two long-standing registered studs. We culled hard, keeping only high performing ewes and lambs and are seeing good results.”

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Raymond and Janet culled a ram costing $6,700 because they were not happy with his feet.

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Raymond Harre grew up in Whangamomona and leased his first property at 18 years old “The rocks provide shelter for lambing and spring calving starts on September 10, with the two-year-old heifers on the flats. Mixed age cows calve in mid-October, with the ewes in the easier paddocks. We rear 60–80 beef calves, buy in 200–300 weaners and sell 15-month-old steers in December– January at 450–500kgs live weight.

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“Our best Suftex rams are used over 1,200 Romdales, with lambing starting on September 6. We wean and ‘first fat pick’ around December 20 for singles and January 3 for twins.

“Recent years with good spring grass growth 75 per cent of our Suftex/ Romdale docked lambs went to the works at weaning averaging around 17– 18kgs carcase weight. We are seeing great results of using good growth rate terminal and Romdale sires.”

Mangaohae is in the Waitomo limestone area with rocky limestone outcrops and Mairoa ash soil, which can dry out quickly in summer.

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A SUSTAINABLE DAIRY SECTOR • by Denise Gunn • Since graduating from Massey University with a Bachelor of Agricultural Science, Kieran McCahon has moved to Hamilton to further his studies. Under a DairyNZ Masters Scholarship, Kieran is working towards a Masters in management majoring in agribusiness, through the University of Waikato.

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ieran grew up on his parents’ 1,000-cow dairy farm on the west coast of the Pouto Peninsula near Dargaville.

“The farm is approximately 780ha consisting of two adjacent dairy platforms and an adjoining dairy-beef/ dairy support block,” said Kieran.

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“There are two main things that attracted me to agriculture; the lifestyle, and the ability to make a significant difference,” said Kieran.

“Science excites me; the ability to critically analyse a problem, then develop and test solutions.”

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The programme was advertised through Massey Agriculture.

The trip’s purpose was to learn about and develop solutions to the problems faced by smallholder farmers in southern Vietnam.

Kieran said the trip was split into two sections. The first half of the trip focussed on gaining an understanding of the local production systems and the cultural influences.

This involved presentations from stakeholders, site visits to Syngenta manufacturing, research and developing sites, as well as a community immersion programme meeting with local farmers to discuss the many issues they face and assisting with crop harvest.

“In the latter stage of the programme, we were split into groups, and a competition was held to develop a scaleable solution to one of the problems faced by these small-holders.”

Kieran said Syngenta put $2,000 towards a pilot project for the winning design. On the final evening of the trip, the groups presented their solutions.

Kieran’s group came up with the winning project.

This project looked at solutions to chemical waste disposal. Much of the waste from agricultural chemicals are either left in the field or burnt near local communities.

“For me, the trip was about gaining exposure to international production systems to see how agriculture is conducted in other parts of the world. It was interesting to see how similar many of the challenges that these smallholder farmers faced were to those facing New Zealand farmers.”

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While attending Massey University, Kieran was also a member of the Massey Young Farmers Club for three years. He held the position of treasurer in his final year.

He said being on the committee gave him an appreciation of the work that goes on behind the scenes in organising events and encouraging participation.

“There’s also a strong sense of accomplishment being involved with a committee that is passionate about delivering value to the club and its members.”

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Kieran’s short-term focus is to complete his Masters and to attain relevant and meaningful conclusions for farmers. He would like to make a significant difference to the sustainability of the New Zealand dairy sector. “I see the best way to achieve this is through farm systems research; the continual development and refinement of our production systems.” Kieran said this would see him undertaking further postgraduate studies.

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WAIKATO FARMING LIFESTYLES

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by Ann van Engelen Helping others in the community has been something close to Neil Bateup’s heart for many a year whilst he has gone about his daily life with a personal understanding of the pressures those living in the rural community go through.

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“We have a lot of grass and run a low input system. We make silage from our surplus grass and supplement with palm kernel or maize silage if necessary,” says Neil.

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may be relationship issues, finances or something else — we don’t give advice but listen and provide contacts for individual situations. We walk alongside people as they go through their problems — their welfare is our total focus and primary concern.”

He says the future of farming is positive and will continue to change as it always has since he was a child.

“Back then the farmer did it all on a 50 acre farm with 40 cows, and it was a good living for someone who worked hard. Now it is about systems and is on a different level with technology becoming incredible.

“I have tried different ideas, and we were one of the early adopters of tail painting for mating. We would get the retailers’ cast-off lines until someone created a paint specific for the purpose.

That started through a discussion group as well and has proven positive.

Farmers, whether sheep, beef, dairy or deer are not slow to take up new ideas and technologies.

“Fourteen years ago we chose once a day milking, which was frowned on, but it is recognised now. I believe it has real benefits and reduces a lot of stress on the farmer and the animals and is a very sustainable system.

“There will always be pressures and stresses, but the industry absolutely has a positive future. We are producing food and are doing well environmentally compared to overseas. We are seeing improvements come through with water quality and the like.

He says there are many different ways you can farm and it gives the opportunity to work and make decisions and try new

Neil says there are many different ways to farm and this gives the opportunity to try new ideas using science and technology to improve

ideas using science and technology to improve.

“The tough times do get better, and there will be tough times — some years we get droughts or too much grass growth, and there are different decisions to make, and we get to use our knowledge and initiative.

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Federated Farmers believe a recent member’s bill seeking to introduce harsher penalties and offences for deliberate food contamination needs to be funded and resourced adequately.

“The bill is from National’s Nathan Guy, and it comes in the wake of last year’s Australian strawberry needle scare, which triggered copycat offences here and back over the ditch,” says Feds’ food safety spokesperson, Andrew Hoggard.

“Thousands of strawberries had to be destroyed as needles started showing up in the fruit across stores.

The needle scares crushed spirits and trust, however, this is not New Zealand’s first rodeo when it comes to deliberate food contamination. In 2016, Jeremy Hamish Kerr was sentenced to eight and a half years for threatening to spike baby formula with 1080. At the time of sentencing, the New Zealand Herald reported the crime cost the country more than $37 million.”

Mr Hoggard says deliberate food contamination, or threats of it, hurt the country’s ability to exist.

“Our country is built on and relies on primary industries to keep the current living standards we all enjoy.

We need to be able to trade products safely. Our trading partners need to be able to rely on us. Any threats and attacks on our nation’s ability to function must be treated as what they are — acts of treason, piracy, espionage and corruption.

“You do not deliberately contaminate food without wanting to cause terror.

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Andrew Hoggard, Federated Farmers food safety spokesperson

These are deliberate acts designed to cause incredible anxiety and economic sabotage.

“Whatever comes of Mr Guy’s bill one thing is certain — if tougher penalties are to be introduced, they must be backed with resourcing.

“There is no point in waving a flag about an issue and then not resourcing organisations such as the police, the judiciary or the Ministry for Primary Industries to follow through with enforcement.

“Politicians at all levels are great at talking about harsher penalties and

regulations, but are very relaxed about the details on how those processes will work and how they’ll be funded.”

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Trail blazer

by Andy Bryenton

When it comes to flat out speed across rough terrain, the Can Am Maverick has the heritage, the race-bred pedigree and the sheer power to make you believe you’re actually in the cockpit of a low-flying jet fighter. Watching the Maverick’s masterwork of suspension in slow motion as those big knobbly tyres claw at the sand and dirt is an engineering class in itself.

So it’s a natural progression for the product development team at Can Am headquarters to think about applying this race-winning formula to a different discipline.

Throw into the mix the toughness and nimble handling of their farming and hunting off roaders — made for less speed and more practicality — and you have one of the best ideas wrapped around an internal combustion engine since Ford put a v8 in the first edition Mustang.

The new Maverick Trail is only 50 inches wide — that’s 1.27 metres and that means rocky, twisting trails are its natural habitat. Still seating two in fully roll-cage enclosed comfort, this

little firecracker is designed to inspire confidence with a whole lot of low-down torque from a 1000cc, 75 horsepower Rotax engine fed air through highmounted filtered intakes to keep clear of the dust.

There’s also the option of a 51hp 800cc mill, but that famous one litre power plant comes with a list of racing wins as long as your arm in other chassis, so adventure seekers might seek out the bigger displacement for more thrills.

The Maverick Trail is not just easy to transport — though needless to say that small footprint works well when it’s time to put it on a trailer or up on a truck deck.

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Technology evolution on show

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The 35th Northland Field Days will be marked on February 28, March 1 and 2 and whilst the show itself has retained the same energy and community spirit, there have been many improvements for both exhibitors and visitors alike.

Many of our exhibitors will be taking part in our theme of 35 years of evolution in technology, so there will be lots of amazing exhibits to be seen. Most of the original Northland Field Day events still take centre stage with good ol’ Kiwi attractions such as tractor pull competitions, sheep shearing shows and of course the ever-popular sheepdog trials.

The Northland Field Days has a strong family focus with a family pass available for only $30 — see our website for more information.

There will be a vast range of attractions for the smallest visitors including a mobile farm, sheep racing, Clydesdale rides, plus a variety of fairground rides and delicious food stalls to top it all off.

The Dargaville Fire Brigade will be back running a mock firefighting course providing an interactive and fun way for all of our visitors to get fire wise.

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Meat trade improvements

The Meat Industry Association and Beef + Lamb New Zealand welcome Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s announcement that a Veterinary Agreement between the United Kingdom and New Zealand has been signed in London.

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B+LNZ’s CEO Sam McIvor said that New Zealand is one of the United Kingdom’s oldest and most significant trading partners and the signing of this agreement will provide reassurance to farmers and exporters.

“The United Kingdom accounts for $560 million worth of the sector’s exports dominated by sheep meat which represents 85 per cent of that total.”

MIA chief executive Tim Ritchie says since the Brexit vote in 2016 there has been a lot of uncertainty for the sector.

“The signing of the Veterinary Agreement, together with the recent advice from the UK about the acceptance of EU Health Certificates post-March 29 2019, means that the sector is assured that existing regulations will remain the same — helping to alleviate some of the immediate concerns exporters have.”

The Veterinary Agreement is key to New Zealand’s sheep and beef exports to Europe as it establishes the principle of equivalence of sanitary measures and has reduced many potential trade irritants. It has improved communication and cooperation on sanitary measures and has streamlined requirements to facilitate trade — the same will now apply to the UK. “The UK is an important market for New Zealand high value chilled lamb exports, and Brexit falls at a critical

time of our Easter trade.

It is important that all steps be taken to secure continuity and stability for our exporters through the Brexit process,“ says Mr Ritchie.

“While we still need to work to get clarity around how our quota rights will be recognised, we support Prime Minister Ardern’s statement that New Zealand should not be left worse off as a result of Brexit — with our top priority being continuity and stability, which is in everyone’s interest, including the UK’s.

“We want to work with the UK to ensure we can continue to build an even stronger relationship and it is important that both governments put contingency plans in place to ensure trade Tim Ritchie, Meat Industry Association chief executive continues regardless of any Brexit outcome. forward to continuing to work with the “Once the UK is in a position to do so, governments of New Zealand and the the sector fully supports the negotiation United Kingdom, industry partners, and of a high-quality free trade agreement the New Zealand Meat Board to address that addresses each side’s priority remaining issues as we prepare for any interests. B+LNZ and the MIA look Brexit scenario.”

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WAIKATO FARMING LIFESTYLES January 2019 ADVERTORIAL

Facial eczema costs With the warm, wet and humid conditions we have already been seeing, it is gearing up to be a high-risk facial eczema season with reports of spores already. Firstly, some cold hard facts that we just don’t want to hear.

From a survey and blood sampling study of more than 100 farms, we found that 93% of farms reported that they had some form of FE management in place.

Yet, more than 33% of farms had cows with facial eczema liver damage, less than one per cent blood sampled and checked their cows to see if their control mechanisms were working, and 74% of farms that gave zinc were not getting the correct concentrations into the cows.

Why is there this huge mismatch? It likely boils down to two things. Facial eczema is complex and misunderstood, particularly around what it does to the animal, and it is perceived to be difficult and costly to control.

Facial eczema is a disease of the liver and not a skin disease!

Until vets work out an easy way to look inside a cow, the only way we can tell if your facial eczema plan is working is to blood sample a selection of cows for zinc levels and liver damage.

We can all relate to the horrible welfare issue of a clinical FE cow, and the deaths that can result. It has been difficult to put a financial cost on FE up until recently as we haven’t known the full effects it has.

VetEnt Research has just completed the first year of a very large study looking at the cost of FE in dairy cows. We won’t bore you with all the details, but the early findings were as follows: • After blood sampling all animals in eight herds, we found 21% of all animals with evidence of moderate or severe liver damage.

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• Animals with liver damage due to FE had 0.2 kg MS lower milk production on average compared to animals that had normal livers — this effect extended out to beyond a month of reduced milk production.

• Cows that had subclinical FE damage were more likely to be dried off approximately one month earlier,

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• It adds up to an average cost of FE for a 500 cow herd of approximately $9,000 for the milk production loss alone, ignoring any deaths, culls, body condition and repro losses.

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Reliability from AGroQuip

‘You name it; we clean it’ is the mantra of Lynne and Graeme Murray at Evo Steam Cleaning, who offer a chemical-free cleaning solution for your farm.

Les Gudgeon and his wife Dolina milk 220 cows on an 81ha property situated at Hinuera in the heart of Waikato dairy country. It’s all about the cows, with a focus on growing good crops for grazing and the surplus made into winter feed.

The husband and wife team steam clean cow and goat dairy sheds, removing the build-up of fats and chemicals around machinery whilst fulfilling current compliance regulations. They also cover residential houses ensuring they are sanitary on the interior — not just on farms, but lifestyle blocks as well.

“House interiors have become an important issue, and steam cleaning helps ensure they are sanitary, especially with a change of occupants. We often do these at the same time we do sheds to make it easy,” says Lynne.

“Graeme and I both understand how chemicals can cause damage and build to dangerous levels on all surfaces. We see the consequences this does to your main assets including your home, health, animals and business on a daily basis. We pride ourselves on the fact that we can help to keep you free of chemicals.”

The steam cleaning process can be used on mildew, moss and lichen, feed pits, palm kernel, troughs and tanks, farm buildings and drains, as well as other areas. It is important for palm kernel to be sanitary, as it is imported.

“The process we use helps eliminate rotavirus and infections in stock. Other reasons calving and shearing sheds are important to clean are because the sterilisation process removes bacteria, bird excrement, insect, dust, cobwebs and more.”

Evo Steam Cleaning can decontaminate yards and lanes and assist with external

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farmhouse maintenance using hightemperature cleaning processes.

“We also clean farm machinery from grease, oil and dirt. It includes tillage and seeding equipment, loaders, tractors, trailers, trucks, 4WD, motorbikes, quad bikes, sprayers, spreaders and harvesters.

“We run a fully self-contained mobile unit with its own power supply, only requiring water to tap into and we do our best to fit in with milking times. We service the greater Waikato area including Matamata, Morrinsville, Hamilton, Cambridge, Te Awamutu, Tirau, Tauranga and beyond.

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A reliable main tractor is a must, so having run John Deere tractors previously, when it came time for an upgrade, the Gudgeons settled on a John Deere 5100M ROPS. With two years and 1,200 hours use, the four-cylinder 100hp tractor handles tasks with ease and certainly earns its keep.

Les singles out the ease of access offered by the flat-platform ROPS layout as a great feature, while also noting the stability of the tractor on the farms rolling terrain; shod with duals to help the cause, the heavy cast frame helps keep the centre of gravity low, imparting confidence, even Les Gudgeon putting his 5100M to work with 1,000kg rounds of baleage on board. offers clutchless forward or reverse movement, A factory-fitted John Deere H310 loader a splitter and 40kph. Day to day living sees is kept busy handling bales of lucerne grown a single-piece hood allow access to the air across four hectares and cut up to eight cleaner, dipstick and oil filler, with fold-down times during a typical season. radiators for easy cleaning, while the flat The 70 litres a minute hydraulic system platform can be kept clean with a hose across offers plenty of flow and reduced cycle the rubber matting. times, while at the rear, a 3.2-metre cut disc The dealer, AGrowQuip, is 20 minutes mower is easily handled by the 4,400kgs lift away at Cambridge sees praise for excellent capacity provided by the compact 100hp service, sorting problems and offering sound utility’s rear linkage. advice on any new purchases.

A 4.5 tonne trailed fert spreader gets Les sums up the JD experience noting “the plenty of use, pulled effortlessly by the 5100M is extremely reliable, easy to operate torquey PowerTech E engine, mated to the and always performs far better than you would 32F/12R PowrReverser transmission that expect for a tractor of its size.”

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Stink bugs in mail

Remar Knitwear & Adage Socks

09 443 5914

People are reminded to check online purchases after an infestation of Brown Marmorated stink bugs recently got through border biosecurity checks.

MPI says this is a warning to people purchasing items over the internet and with the booming uptake in couriers delivering parcels from overseas, MPI Biosecurity’s are encouraging people to take the right steps if they find insects or plant material in their packages.

A man recently found 26 Brown Marmorated stink bugs in a box of shoes ordered over the internet.

The bugs got through biosecurity measures at the New Zealand border.

On opening the parcel, the man immediately took the shoes and wrapping to his bathroom, closed the door and window, and called the Ministry for Primary Industries.

The insects were quickly contained and killed, to no longer pose a biosecurity threat.

Biosecurity is critical for many people’s jobs, and livelihoods rely on healthy agriculture and orchards.

Even if you are not working directly in these areas, your lifestyle and income rely on that economy not being devastated by stink bugs or any other pests.

It is not physically possible for MPI to check every parcel, so all New Zealanders need to be biosecurity watchdogs and alert MPI immediately if you find insects or plant material in any parcel from overseas.

The stink bug is a major problem in parts of North America after being accidentally introduced from Asia. It is also established in Europe and South America, and many insecticides are not effective controlling it.

There are also other insects and plant pests that have the potential to ruin

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MADE IN NEW ZEALAND Buy directly from the manufacturer.

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1.5M please crops or native plants. The adults are approximately the size of a $1 coin and have white banding on the antennae, alternate black and white markings on the abdomen and the eggs that are light green, barrel-shaped and found in clusters of 20 to 30.

MPI Biosecurity’s website has information to help with identification and to differentiate this bug from similar local species.

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If you think you have found one — catch it in a jar and call MPI immediately on 0800 80 99 66.

Attention Farmers

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Problems with Iron and Manganese?

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Its a dirty job...but someone has to do it!

We operate a specialist drain jetting unit for unblocking and cleaning of: ☑ Drains – Sewer/Storm water ☑ Effluent line/Septic tank lines

☑ Farm Culverts and Dairy hydrants/Farm pipes ☑ Tree root removal from drains and pipes

We also operate a Drain camera to locate the source of your drain issues and provide footage if required. Use the locally born and bred company. Reliable and affordable.

Phone 0800 938 538 | Mob 0274 915 386

NZ Designed Rural Filtration Systems for the Removal of Iron and Manganese and Other Rural Problems

www.assassin.co.nz

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Curtain Creations Change the View!

Come and visit our wonderful new showroom.

Fabrics, Blinds and Kovacs furniture.

Alexis & Rob Drake 17/19 Rawhiti Ave, Matamata Ph 07 888 5414 | M 027 590 1924 E alexis@curtaincreations.co.nz www.curtaincreations.co.nz

• Results guaranteed • Fully automated • Systems designed to suit • Latest in electronic technology and alert systems • Options for wireless communication • Full scale portable demonstration plant available* CALL TODAY FOR YOUR NO OBLIGATION FREE SITE ASSESSMENT AND QUOTATION* (*Conditions may apply dependent on circumstances, demonstration plant dependent on availability)

Portable demonstration plant available*

0800 109 202

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WAIKATO FARMING LIFESTYLES ADVERTORIAL

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A kiwi swimwear solution Covertogs swimwear has been lovingly designed as a solution for women who feel uncomfortable in regular swimwear. As its name suggests, Covertogs are made to cover bumps, lumps and scars and provide much more adequate sun protection than conventional swimwear.

The concept was born when company director Karen Newton found that she couldn’t find swimwear that she could get excited about; everything available was too skimpy, or too frumpy, hard to get in and out of and uncomfortable for lounging around the pool or walking along the beach.

After some tweaking, hard work and lots of fun, the Covertogs brand was launched.

Covertogs is a family business owned and run by Karen Newton and her husband, Bruce Adlam. Each piece is carefully designed and made here, making Covertogs a 100% New Zealand brand.

The fabric used is imported from Italy; it is chlorine resistant (so the stretchy elastin fibres won’t break down in swimming pools and spas), fast drying and sun safe with a UV rating of 50+.

Excited customers say they love the freedom that Covertogs give them; “Thanks to Covertogs, I have gone from someone who avoided swimming to someone who can’t keep out of the water!” says one happy customer.

Thoughtfully designed and beautifully constructed, Covertogs really is a new brand of swimwear for swimming and sun-smart women.

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Visit covertogs.co.nz to see what’s available and other information including sizing, prices and customer

feedback. You are welcome to email me at karen@covertogs.co.nz or phone me on 09 533 8441.

Travel Italy in Style The best of

+ Opera & markets!

Sunday September 8th – Saturday September 28th 2019 (21 days) This unique itinerary is designed for 20 discerning travellers.

Bathe in the Mediterranean Sea; visit seaside villages and ancient gardens with stunning views! Meet our friends in Tuscany for lunch on the farm, enjoying their deliciously fresh produce and wines. You will not be bored by lots of facts and figures! No standing in long queues, because we make appointments and book suitable times well ahead. You will be immersed in the daily lives of Italians because you are travelling with an

Italian!! Most tourists do not have this opportunity!!

Accommodation in 4 and 5 star quality small family run hotels for 3 and 4 nights in the historic centres, so you can be immersed in the daily lives of the locals! We will introduce you to our Italian friends who accompany us during parts of our daily programme!! Daily ‘a la carte’ dining in local restaurants, including wine and beverages of your choice.

Entry fees and all tipping included. Your luggage will be handled by porters during your travels with us! You will NOT be coach bound – we only travel short distances – refreshments en route included!

Also available are itineraries for 14 travellers to Sicily; Italian Lakes & Cinque Terre; Italian Opera in Verona; Corsica & Sardinia 2019.

P.O. BOX 556, WAIHEKE ISLAND, AUCKLAND 1840, NEW ZEALAND. Tel 0800 387 872 or Email susan@etruscan.co.nz • www.travelitalyinstyle.com • Directors: Susan Williamson and John Percy

Our regular clients choose to travel with us because “quality is better than quantity”!! They thank us for immersing them in the real culture that the average traveller would never see.

The age group of our ‘discerning’ travellers is generally 40’s to mid 70’s, professional and like minded people – all wanting to experience something new, have fun, relax and travel hassle– free and at a gentle pace!

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Getting it right first time

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Since the beginning, Silvester Electrical Ltd has focussed on customer service with a customer base dominated by the rural demands of the thriving farming community in Morrinsville.

Accredited Pond Builders

For all your Drainage, Excavation & Transporting Requirements

■ Site prep & excavation ■ Tracks & races ■ Farm drainage ■ Entrances / driveways ■ Metalling ■ Carting fill ■ Transporting 27 tonne The team at Silvester Electrical like to keep their customers happy

By providing quality solutions that last the test of time, the business has thrived and grown and now with a team of 10plus, able to give the quick response to breakdowns 24/7 that the company is renowned for.

For more than 40 years Graham and Lynne Silvester have been setting a high standard for service. Now the next generation Damian Silvester is stepping up and keeping the same emphasis on quality service, quality workmanship and quality products which results in a finish that saves money in the long run, something, which they feel has been lost to most companies. “Too often we are going to new sites and fixing systems because the electrician was too concerned with just getting it going

and not doing the job right. People are having to pay for this corner-cutting for the rest of the system’s life”.

In the current era of farming, government and corporate compliance demands require high-cost upgrades for milk cooling, effluent management and water quality. It is important to make sure installations are done properly by a team with experience and knowledge of the pros and cons of different systems and different control options.

Just because a system works well at one site, doesn’t mean it will be right for the next. Silvester’s like to talk to their customers and get a feel what they are looking for, then discuss with them, other options that they may not even be aware of. From there they come up with

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We currently have spaces available for broodmares or spellers and sport horses. Short or long term with varied rates depending on your individual requirements. Competitively priced.

BIG SHEDS, SMALL SHEDS AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.

WE'VE GOT YOU COVERED View our website www.clearviewagistment.com or contact Anne on 027 232 2592

alan 027 474 4111 • 0800 12 13 16 272 Bond Street, te awamutu alan.shedit@gmail.com

SILVESTER

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ELECTRICAL LTD Over 40 years serving the Waikato community, with specialised rural experience ensuring the job is done right first time.

Contact us on 07 873 7545 or 027 484 8751

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TANK WATER SERVICES

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Farm Buildings Cowsheds Houses Concrete/Cobbles Roofs/Moss Treatment Fences/Decks Prepaint Cleaning Gutters Steam Cleaning

Ollie Ward 027 245 4058 | 0800 243 692 chemwash.rlh@chemwash.co.nz

PROFESSIONAL TANK SANITATION SERVICE: • We will store up to 10,000 litres of your water • Drain your tank and remove the sludge • Water blast the internal surfaces • Wash with a chlorine solution • The stored 10,000 litres of water is filtered and returned to your tank which means no expensive water cartage • The efficient process means your treated tank is back in service QUICKLY! “The Department of Health recommends for most tanks, yearly draining and scrubbing out.”

GIVE GLENN A CALL

07 824 8223 or 027 287 2395 to discuss your requirements

SIS BALL COCK VALVE Freight free anywhere in NZ • Buy 10 receive 12 and 2x service kits • 3 models available – all the one price • Nearly indestructible

• Only NZ Manufacturer providing lifetime guarantee on the body of the ballcock

31 Studholme Street, Morrinsville 3300

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Price $99.50+GST EACH

“Big enough to rely on, small enough to care”

Phone 07 889 6918

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Clear View Agistment This newly established facility, located a short distance from either Cambridge or Matamata.

a solution to best fit the needs of the installation and budget. This process happens for all installs; from one new power point to a new cowshed. It’s important to us, to get things right first time.

“We have a lot of very happy, very loyal customers, some of whom have been with us for a long time. If we weren’t looking after them, we wouldn’t be the company we are” So, if you’re sick of struggling with ongoing issues or just struggling to get your sparky to site, give Silvester Electrical a call.

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Real Hope For Long Term Back Pain Sufferers

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After more than ten years in New Zealand, Teeter Hang-Ups have now gained a reputation for success with long-term sufferers of Back pain. Inversion New Zealand was started

by Dave and Nancy Hare, Dave had suffered over twenty years of back pain from Degenerated Discs and had basically given up and decided to just live with it. “To me surgery was never an option” he said “as long as I still could walk, there was hope”.

Dave had tried everything; every time he was overseas he would search for anything that could possibly help.

While on one of these overseas trips ten years ago, Dave discovered the Teeter Hang-Ups. “The first time I tried it, the pain disappeared and I was completely pain free for about 30 minutes, nothing had done that” he told me. Dave never believed it would fix him, “as specialists had told me it was irreversible, I now knew I had a place to go every time I wanted some serious relief”.

To Dave’s surprise the more he used the table the longer the pain stayed away, until after nearly three months he was completely pain free, “I couldn’t believe it’ he told me “I had spent large amounts of money on every form of treatment available and here

Inversion NZ Ltd 0800 62 62 83 www.inversionnz.co.nz

was something I had never heard of sorting it out for me in a very short period of time” It was then Dave decided to introduce Teeter into New Zealand and Inversion NZ was born.

Over the years INZ have helped thousands of people get some serious relief and have seen results in not only backs, but necks, hips, knees, posture, circulation and lots more.

Inversion helps to: • Relieve Back Pain • Relieve Neck Pain • Relieve Muscle Tension • Stimulate Blood And Lymph Flow • Improve Posture • Increase Flexability

“We have testimonials from people with over fifty years of back problems and even have them in a number of schools in New Zealand for their special needs children” he told me, “the blood to the brain helps these kids and the results are excellent” What this means for the aging population is that it helps maintain the health of the brain as we all get older.

Dave told me that he realised that, had he not tried the Teeter for himself he would still be suffering, “I would still be a miserable grumpy bugger, living with pain, that is why we do the shows, people need to try it for themselves” he told me “most people actually get off with the pain either gone or considerably less” he said “we let the tables do the talking”

Frank Harwood (84) of Turangi using his Teeter, Frank has been Inverting for over eight years and has found it keeps him young

Come and see us at one of our shows for a free treatment (Check out the red bar for details)

IT IS PURE LOGIC AS TO HOW THE TEETER TABLE WORKS

Discs:

It uses gravity to apply traction, the traction gently opens the discs and as they open up they create suction, this suction draws fluid from the surrounding tissue back into the discs, re-hydrating them. This is the key! Discs do not have their own blood supply, they rely on trans fer of fluid from the surrounding tissue to keep them healthy and hydrated and over the years as discs get thinner with age, they lose the ability to take on fluid (just like squeezing a sponge) and they start to de-hydrate.

Posture: Poor

posture is one of the major cases of pain and is a major contributor to the deterioration of the body with age. A difference in leg length causes most of the hip and knee issues, as they continue to place uneven loads on the joints; similar to the wheels out of alignment on your car.

Trying to correct posture is extremely difficult due to muscle memory, as it constantly pulls the muscles back to where they were. At a level of 40 degrees or more on the Teeter, the muscle groups open up and eventually come back into alignment, using the table daily, does not allow the muscle memory to pull them back out of alignment and slowly the muscles start to lose their memory and go with the flow, allowing the body to come back into correct posture. Then using the table once a day will ensure it is kept there.

De-Hydrated discs are less flexible, they are harder, more prone to injury, they interfere with nerve roots creating pain and ultimately the de-hydration causes degen eration. The Teeter Inversion table slowly and gently brings the hydration back into the discs, plumping them up. It separates the nerve roots far more effectively and This is pure logic, if a machine is out of returns quality of life

Muscles: A lot of pain is muscular, when

muscles are stressed they become tight which restricts the flow of blood and lymph through the muscles so toxins build up, Co2 and Lactic Acid. Traction opens up the muscles, Rhythmic Traction, is a gentle rocking motion that stimulates circulation and encourages blood flow through the muscles, which clears the lactic acid into your lymph system where it stimulates lymph flow and deals with it. Most people with serious neck issues see a large improvement after only one treatment.

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alignment it does not last long, the only difference between the body and a machine is that the body is constantly repairing itself, however if the wear and tear on the body is greater than the body’s ability to repair itself, it is a slow decline.

The Teeter slowly brings the body out of its decline and allows the body to repair itself, resulting in a far healthier life.

If you are serious about investing in your health and really sorting your issues out, come see us at one of our local roadshows, you have nothing to lose and chances are, a lot to gain.

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BACK or NECK PAIN? Here in New Zealand,

Dr Giresh Kanji, one of the countries most respected Pain Specialists completed a PhD on how humans experience pain and then researched lower back pain, writing "Fix Your Back" and then spent a few years researching neck pain, headache and migraine and wrote "Fix Your Neck Pain, Headache & Migraine", both books are in most bookstores.

Dr Kanji discovered in the research that the disc is the most likely source of low back pain and Inversion showed the best results of all the trials conducted. Three studies showed a 60% reduction in pain and one showed a 75% reduction in surgery for people with disc prolapse.

Dr Kanji endorses Inversion as the best method to manage back pain, he has personally been using the Teeter Inversion tables for his own low back pain, has Teeter Inversion tables at both of his clinics in Wellington (The Sports and Pain Clinic) and has had such success that he is now conducting the largest study in the World on Inversion Therapy. In his own words, "these things are gold and inversion should be a first line treatment for low back pain”. *Dr Kanji does not recieve royalties from the sale of Teeter Inversion Tables

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EFFLUENT STORAGE THAT LASTS FOR GENERATIONS

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PROSUMP UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Presco Environmental Infrastructure now owned by Taranaki Precast Concrete Ltd

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Waikato Rural Marketplace GORDYS FLYTRAP FITTING®

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Available from Farmlands.

UV Protected Polycarbonate.

Fits on any container with a flat surface.

Instructions supplied with the fitting.

• SELF DRIVE (DRY HIRE) • NEW KUBOTA 2.5 tonne ON TRAILER

$20 plus p&p

• GENERAL REPAIRS • WOF SERVICE • TUNE-UPS • EFI REPAIRS • LUBES SCAN TOOL DIAGNOSIS • AIR CONDITIONING SERVICE & REPAIRS Manager Peter Cranch: 027 442 0219 Phone: (07) 883 8272 Fax: (07) 883 8165 Email: putarurutowing@xtra.co.nz

7-9 Neal St, Putaruru

PHONE 027 278 8442

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GORDYS FLYTRAP FITTING 21 LITCHFIELD ST, BLENHEIM

Email: elaine.gordon@xtra.co.nz www.gordys-flytrap-fitting.com Patented in New Zealand/Australia

Anything… Anywhere… Anytime!

• Long and wide loads • Machinery movers • On site work • Water tank shifts

Supply, Planting & Re-Vegetation

• Container and shed lifts • Semi, flatdecks, trailers • Pallet Deliveries

Sharon, Wayne & Brett Thompson

For a FREE QUOTE phone us on 07 847 2074

WAIHOU EXCAVATION LTD EXPERIENCED OWNER/OPERATOR - FRANK TEAGUE

581 Pyes Pa Road, R.D.3, Tauranga Email: nznativeflora@gmail.com Web: www.nznativeflora.co.nz

Cell: 021 366 480 Ph: 07 543 4406

Waikato CLASSIFIEDS

6, 13, 16 & 18 Tonne Excavators with tilt bucket & thumb • General Excavation • Site Work and Demolition • Race Preparation • Tractor Hire • Truck Hire • Suppliers of Race Rock

• Trenching • Drain Cleaning • Silage Stacking • Transporter Hire • Roller Hire • Tractor and Scoop Hire

A/H Ph 884 8986 Frank & Shelley Frank Mobile 027 530 7279 •

Reach 30,000 Rural Homes Phone 0800 466 793

For Sale

Financial

Animal Health Products

CONCRETE POST specialist, Posts, Angles, Strainers, Stays, Foot, Buy Direct. Phone 0800 876 844 (0800 TROUGH).

BANK SAID NO? We specialise in Farm Finance, working capital and debt consolidation. Also welcome applications from property developers, builder’s and first home buyers. Call 0800 888 449 or email bill@gfbl.co.nz.

HIGH CELL Count? Apple Cider Vinegar, Garlic & Manuka Honey 20L $54.95, 200L $495 or 1000L $2,200 GST with free shipping. Black Type Minerals Ltd. Phone 021 185 1501. www. blacktypeminerals.co.nz.

CONCRETE TANK Specialist. Water, effluent, septic tanks. Price quoted, delivered to site. Buy Direct. Phone 0800 876 844 (0800 TROUGH).

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