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BRIEFLYHarness someearly form

A trial meeting for pacers andtrotters at Waipa Racing Club onSaturday, December 3 willprovide a preview for theHarness on Grass ChristmasMeeting here on December 29.

Cambridge-Te AwamutuHarness Racing Club will runeight to 10 trials from 11am onDecember 3 — a good chance tospot some form for the club’sannual meeting at Waipa later inthe month. A barbecue/sausagesizzle will be in operation.

Gold star forgreat effort

The Stars for Starshipfundraiser resulted in $3690being raised from a 24 hourtattoo marathon. Around 185stars were completed by JackKirwan at the Invictus TattooStudio on 11/11/11. Mr Kirwansays they were overwhelmed bythe response.

‘‘We had to unplug the phonewe had so many requests. Wejust couldn’t fit any more peopleinto the 24 hours.’’

Money raised goes to theKory Downie-Boyte MemorialTrust which provides packs forfamilies who have children inintensive care at Starship.

CEG meetingThe final meeting of the

Continuing Education Group for2001 will be held on Wednesday,December 7.

Following the 10am morningtea, there will be lightentertainment by St Joseph’ssingers from Morrinsville,followed by a pre-Christmasluncheon for ticket holders. Formore information phone 8716434 or 871 6608.

Chopper rescueThe Westpac Waikato Air

Ambulance was called toWharepuhunga on Saturday toretrieve an 18-year-old male withsignificant trauma to his chestafter falling from a horse andbeing trodden on.

He was flown to WaikatoHospital in the care of St JohnAmbulance Paramedics, and byhis mother.

Ardern increases support

BY DEAN TAYLOR

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SITTING Taranaki/King Country MP Shane Ardern addresses friends,family and supporters at his home on Saturday night.

VOTE 2011

PRELIMINARYRESULTS

Shane Ardern (National)19,312Rick Barker (Labour) 5219Robert Moore (Green) 2506Victoria Rogers (U Future) 475

Returning Taranaki/KingCountry MP Shane Ardern hadlittle time to celebrate beforereturning to Wellington toresume the business of being inGovernment.

O n S a t u r d a y n i g h t M rArdern, family and supporterscelebrated his emphatic win inthe National stronghold.

Yesterday afternoon NationalMPs were in Wellington andtoday Caucus meets to discussthe make-up of the Government.

Most importantly for MrArdern, he increased his per-centage support in the electorateand is pleased with the level ofparty support from the elector-ate.

The preliminary results giveMr Ardern 19,312 votes, or 68 percent of the electorate.

R i c k B a r k e r ( L a b o u r )received 5219 votes, RobertMoore (Green Party) 2506 andVictoria Rogers (United Future)475.

Party votes for Nationaltotalled 17,253, which was 10 percent higher than the nationalaverage.

Labour polled second in theelectorate with 4407 and GreenParty and New Zealand Firstwere neck-and-neck on 2215 and2074 respectively.

The only other standoutfigure was the ConservativeParty’s 1104, which equates to3.87 per cent of the vote, consid-

erably higher than the nationalaverage of 2.76 per cent.

Mr Ardern says he has beenpreaching the message peopleshould be giving the party vote toNational, and this has obviously

paid off.Mr Ardern is openly not a

supporter of MMP.Ironically he believes it

hasn’t helped the parties that dorely on MMP to be part of

Parliament — if not the Govern-ment.

He says the lesson from thiselection is that the parties thatstart to announce their alliancesp r i o r t o t h e e l e c t i o n a r epunished at the poll.

Mr Ardern says if MMP is thesystem, the parties should runtheir campaigns and then formtheir alliances based on theiraims and aspirations and theresults of the voters.

He says this election hasshown how negatively the voterscan react.

Mr Ardern is also amazed athow some proponents of MMPwill dismiss any sort of dis-cussion with the National Party— an attitude he believes iscontrary to the aim of the sys-tem.

He recal ls how he wasa d m o n i s h e d i n 2 0 0 5 f o rsuggesting it was possibleNational and Maori might worktogether in Government.

In 2008 that was a reality andnow the public is expecting thesame in 2011.

Mr Ardern says it should not bebeyond the realms of comprehen-sion that the Green Party would atleast talk to National — wait andsee.

In terms of his own aspirations,as reported Mr Ardern, does notwant to get his hopes too high.

Those matters will be decidedtoday, but Mr Ardern says what-ever the outcome he has plenty tooffer New Zealand politics, withhis main priority being what isbest for his electorate.

Voting system not decidedBY DEAN TAYLOR

While advanced votes in thereferendum show more than 53per cent support for maintainingMMP, the final result of the

referendum will not be knownuntil Saturday, December 10.

The Electoral Commission hasposted the advanced vote results,which account for about 290,000votes. Total vote count for the

election was over two million.Changing the electoral system

received just under 43 per centsupport to date, with First Pastthe Post being the preferredalternative system at about 32 per

cent support.Polls prior to the election and

referendum date also suggestMMP will stay — but as we haveseen with the election itself,things can change on the day.

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Water supply plans worryI wish to express my concern about the

control and forward planning of ourwater supply.

This is based on council statements inthe current resource consent applicationfor the supply.

As Waipa Council Engineer ( 1989-1997)I continued development of this supply tomeet the needs of the nineties and providea buffer until planned upgrades in2010-2012.

Negotiations with major water usersin 1992/93 ensured that approx $450,000 pawould be available to fund these upgrades

. When done the supply would then be safefor about 20 years .

Despite personal approaches to coun-cil staff and politicians over the lastdecade and two submissions to theAnnual Plan ( 2004&2010) little appears tohave been done other than water restric-tions and more investigations .

Consent Application No 121947 seekspermission to dam up to 72,500m3 of rawwater in the lake (reservoir) above theplant. Analysis of the lake wall in 1992/93showed a possible collapse in an earth-quake therefore this wall was strength-

ened and the reservoir deepened toincrease from 72,500m3 to 117,000m3 vol-ume.

Therefore why does Council now seekpermission to use only 62% of the existingreservoir whilst imposing restrictions?

The existing Water consent (No 890148)specifically requested Waipa Council toinvestigate ‘increasing storage capacityat the reservoir and provide a feasibilityreport on all options investigated.’ Whyhas this not been done?

What is the plan for the next decade?MARK THOMPSON

Loss of good friend saddensI have lost a very good sincere friend I

knew for the past 13 years. Peter Lee is aman you can phone at anytime and speakto him and he is ever willing to help you.

I came to know Peter when I was livingin Cambridge. I met him accidentally andhe told me that he had moved to Cam-bridge from Taupo and he intends stand-ing for the council.

I told him I will help him and to get mesome leaflets. Next day he had called overat my house and left bundles of leaflets

with my family requesting me to helphim. On the local body election night heinvited us to his house for dinner andwhen he won the election by one vote hesaid it was my vote that put him into thecouncil. I have also had numerousdiscussions with Peter when I was in theCambridge Residents Association

Although I live in Hamilton, after localbody elections he invites me to his housefor dinner. Whenever he comes to Hamil-ton he does not hesitate to drop in and say

hello to me. I have high respect for him.He is a very nice friendly person. I wasshocked to hear that he had left us afterfalling ill within a short time.

His departure is a great loss to Cam-bridge. As Waipa Deputy Mayor he haddone a lot to Cambridge. When I visitedhis house to see his silent body, I couldn’tbelieve my eyes that God had taken awayhis precious life so soon. I am sure PeterLee will be happy in the hands of God.

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Supporting Farmers MarketCome on citizens of Te Awamutu, youwanted a Farmers Market here, why areyou not supporting it?

There is now an average of 15 stalls aweek and it cannot grow any biggerunless you support it.

If you don’t come the market will foldup and then you would say ‘‘It is a shame,we have not a Farmers Market and othercentres have.’’

Cambridge Farmers Market really

buzzes with people and produce alike.Their township is not much bigger.Other smaller towns around the

country have a farmers market and theydo get the support from their community.

The lettuce man comes all the wayacross from the other side of Cambridge.The vege man comes all the way fromHuntly. These guys would be barelycovering their costs.

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fresh, as it is picked or packed thatmorning or afternoon.

Our market cannot operate on aSaturday or Sunday morning as thesestallholders are committed elsewhere inCambridge or Hamilton.

It is not about getting a bargain either.It is getting the freshest product avail-able, if you look around, there arebargains to be had.

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Couple collect awardsfor classic wine labels

BY CATHY ASPLIN

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CHEERS: Vanessa Mylchreest and Alan McCorkindale (with their winning wine labels) relaxing during avisit to Te Awamutu.

The 2011 International WineLabel Design Contest wasdominated by entrants from theUSA.

But two names stood out —both of them from New Zealand.

One was Vanessa Mylchreestof Te Awamutu who received aSilver award in ‘SuccessfulInnovation’.

The other was AlanMcCorkindale from Christ-church who received Gold in thesame category.

The interesting thing aboutthe two entrants from New Zea-land is that they are a couple.

‘‘We were both delighted towin the awards and receiverecognition for our work. Butwe also wondered about theodds that the two people fromNew Zealand who receivedawards were also a couple.’’

While their entries werequite different in style, they alsoshared a common bond.

Both were designed as labelsfor McCokindale Wines, whichis owned by Alan’s father (alsoAlan).

Vanessa’s entry features aseries of vintage sepia prints ofwomen.

The original pictures werepainted in watercolour byVanessa and were inspired byold photos.

‘‘My grandmother passedaway last year and when I wasgoing through some of her oldphotos I was struck by howelegant the women were.

‘‘So I used them as a basis forthe label and named the wineBelle Dame (Beautiful Lady).’’

Alan’s label was specificallyfor a wine to be matched withseafood, so he utilised a simpleshell design on recycled paper.

The wine itself is a blend ofwhite wines from his parentsvineyard in the Waipara Valley.

Alan also entered the com-petition last year and collected aSilver award.

One of this year’s judges,Paul Wagner of Napa ValleyCollege, says the internationalpanel of judges looked at overalloriginality and creativity, use oftypography and use of graphics.

‘‘The single most importantinterface between the wineryand the customer is the label —on the shelf or in the restaurant.

‘‘This competition bringsattention to the people who arebreaking new ground and devel-oping the most successful

designs in the world.‘‘The winning labels were

fun, dramatic, creative andmost of all effective.’’

Both of the New Zealandlabels are intended to be put intoproduction and used on singlevintage releases.

Alan and Vanessa are alsoencouraging local outlets andrestaurants to stockMcCorkindale wines, whichmeans eventually their labelswill be seen on shelves here.

The couple currently live inWellington, but were homebriefly for the weekend to visitfamily and friends.

Alan is currently working foran architect in Wellington,while Vanessa was luckyenough to get a position withWeta Digital.

‘‘I work there as a rotoscopeartist — which means I dealwith segments of film that havebeen shot in front of a greenscreen and prepare them for usein a computer generatedenvironment.

‘‘Before I got that position Ihad a small internship at Designon Q in Te Awamutu withKatherine Merewether.

‘‘She was fantastic mentorand a real inspiration.’’

Carols keep festive spirit aliveSanta will be rocking around

the Christmas tree on Saturday,December 10 when Waipa Dis-trict Council hosts Carols atVictoria Square.

Event co-ordinator BenjaminHemi said as the annual Christ-mas Concert at Lake Te Ko Utuwas postponed this year, thecouncil decided it was a greatopportunity to organise an event

to help keep the festive spiritalive.

‘‘It will be a great opportunityfor us to roll out the picnicblankets and celebrate as a com-munity,’’ he said.

The entertainment lineup forthe free event will include KatieTrigg from Ngahinapouri, TeAwamutu’s Alice Gower andGuitarco, the LDS Young Men’s

Choir, Te Awamutu Brass Band,Katherine Parsons, Scott Martinand Jack Wallis from CambridgeHigh School, St Peters EmmaCarpenter, the Waikato ModernChoir and the Rivertones.

MC for the alcohol free eventwill be Vicki Lee Wihongi. Theevent will be alcohol free.

Activities will start from 5pmwith Carols from 6.30 — 9pm.

Police seek missing woman

Keli Matangi

Police are appeal-ing to the public forany sightings of a TeAwamutu womanwho has been miss-ing since 10amSunday.

Keli Matangi (39)left an AlexandraStreet property shehad been house-sitting at in Te Awa-mutu yesterdaymorning and has not been seen

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Ms Matangi’s daughter isnow with extended family.

She was last seen by herdaughter walking down Alex-andra Street heading in thedirection of Pirongia, wearinga white jacket and grey trackpants with red stripes in theleg.■ If anyone has any informationthey are asked to call Te AwamutuPolice Station (872 0100).


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Bikers riding anti-violence trailBY TONY SPRANGERSOtago Universityjournalism student

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TE AWAMUTU event organiser Constable Debbie Ferguson welcomes members of theWhite Ribbon Ride.

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LOCAL youngsters from Te Awamutu Intermediate School take on the visiting bikers attug-of-war.

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WHITE Ribbon Riders are welcomed to Selwyn park by Te Awamutu Intermediate KapaHaka.

Leather clad and scorch-ing the roads of the Waikatowere a group of men intent onsending a message to thecommunity.

The White Ribbon cam-paign is an opportunity formen to lead the move towardsending violence againstwomen.

The White Ribbon Ride isin its fifth year of action andis actively making a differ-ence in the community, stop-ping by in Te Awamuturecently to spread its mess-age.

Selwyn Park was takenover by the sight of leatherand loud machines, with theriders lead by the PatriotsDefence Motor Club takingpart in activities and offering

words of wisdom in the fightagainst violence.

There were speeches fromthe lead riders and WaipaMayor Alan Livingston, fol-lowed by the performance ofhaka and some light heartedtug-of-war between the ridersand local children.

Constable DebbieFerguson of the Te AwamutuPolice acted as the co-ordinator for the event andsaid that the event was mak-ing strides every year andgrowing in both size andeffectiveness.

‘‘Organising with the Wai-pa Family Violence Inter-vention Network, we are rais-ing the act of awareness and ahealthy community in whichwe all help each other,’’ saidFerguson.

‘Wrestler’, one of the leadriders of this year’s event,offered his insight saying that

‘‘growing up in a violenthome meant that he wasencouraging change.

Over five years of thisevent have seen it growmassively in size.’’

The ride is travelling boththe North and South Islandand despite some trickyweather in the Taranaki, theride has gone completely toplan so far.

The sight of the bikers isan unmissable sight that isgenerating interest not onlylocally but throughout thecountry.

Wearing the white ribbonis only for one day but eventssuch as this are breakingdown barriers and creatingpositive new role models inour communities.

■ Formore information visit:www.whiteribbon.org.nz.


Saddened by school closure -but proud history to celebrateBY CATHY ASPLIN

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PARAWERA’S final Board of Trustees (Leah Katene -Te Huia, Luke Pakeho,Ariana Pakeho, Jill McIntyre, Katherine Turner and Chris Kay) look out overthe school playground.

For 109 years thesounds of childrenlearning and playinghave echoed around theclassrooms andplaygrounds ofParawera School.

But now there is aneerie silence.

The school is cur-rently open, but it hasno pupils, and itsclosure is ‘imminent’.

Principal KatherineTurner says the rollhad been decliningsteadily for five yearsand with no more chil-dren enrolled for thenext two years, theBoard of Trustees felt iswas time to considerclosing the school.

‘ ‘It was a saddecision, which wethought about long andhard.

‘‘The school wasfinancially sound, hadgood ERO reports, wasin good physical con-dition, had a competentBoard and receivedplenty of communitysupport.

‘‘But in the end itsimply came down topupil numbers,’’ MrsTurner says.

Parawera Schoolstarted the year withseven pupils, butthrough a variety ofreasons there was justone student left at the

end of last term.‘‘Children need

other children to inter-act with and we had toconsider what was thebest decision for them.

‘‘With a lack of anynew enrolments in theforeseeable future,Parawera School BOTwrote to the Ministryrequesting voluntaryclosure.’’

Mrs Turner says aspart of the process toclose a school the com-m u n i t y m u s t b econsulted.

‘‘We held a publicmeeting at the schoolin September and over30 people attended.

‘‘The support andloyalty from the com-m u n i t y w a s o v e r -whelming, but theytoo realised that it wastime for the school toclose.’’

B O T c h a i r m a nChris Kay gave thoseat the meeting anoverview of the situa-tion, while Ministryr e p r e s e n t a t i v e sexplained that Minis-ter of Education AnneTolley actually has thefinal say.

‘‘The Ministry hasbeen very supportiveand we know thec l o s u r e w i l l b ehandled sensitivelyand carefully,’’ saysMr Kay.

He says the formal

process to close as c h o o l i s q u i t einvolved and can take

some time.‘‘We have to deal

with a number of

factors regarding theproperty, the schoolbuildings, funds, the

resources and thestaff.’’

These include:• How the school sitew a s p u r c h a s e d /acquired• Any buildings pur-chased by the com-munity• Funding to schoolsthat have enrolled for-mer Parawera pupils(as of March 1, 2011)• D i s t r i b u t i o n o fresources to thoseschools, then to otherlocal schools• Storage of schoolrecords, memorabiliaetc

Pupils have beenenrolled at WharepapaS o u t h , K i h i k i h i ,Pekerau and Te Awa-mutu Primary so thosew i l l b e t h e f i r s tschools to benefit fromresources.

With no pupils nowat the school, MrsTurner is spendingher time ‘sifting andsorting’ resources.

While it is only alittle school, there isstill much to be done.

She is organisingbooks, games, musicali n s t r u m e n t s , c o m -puters and furniture.

T h e n o f c o u r s ethere are decisions tobe made as to whathappens to the play-ground equipment,carved entrancewayetc.

‘ ‘Some items ofm e m o r a b i l i a w i l lprobably go to theParawera Hall andofficial records go tothe ministry.’’

For Mrs Turner theschool closure will end22 years on the staffand BOT, with the last10 years as principaland the last five yearssole charge.

Mr Kay has been onthe BOT for 19 yearsand has had severalgenerations of his fam-ily attend the school.

PROUD HISTORYA closing ceremony

to celebrate the 109years of education atParawera School hasbeen planned for Janu-ary 27.

It will begin with apowhiri, have guestspeakers and a timefor sharing, followedby a mix and minglewith refreshments.

‘‘It will be a chanceto reflect on the manygood things that havehappened here,’’ saysMrs Turner.

Parawera Schoolwas opened in 1902 as aNative School.

O v e r t h e y e a r snumbers have fluctu-ated — it had as manyas 100 in its heydayduring the 1950’s, butduring the 1980’s and1990’s these numberswere down to the 20’s.


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- Christmas Festival, St Saviours Church Pirongia, open daily 10am-4pm

- Twilight Farmers Market Selwyn Park 3.30pm

- Gisler Architects Christmas FloatParade, 1pm

- Carols at Victoria Square, Cambridge, activities from 5pm – Carols from 6.30pm

- Children’s Service at St John’s Church, 10am

- Look out for Te Awamutu Brass Band playing Christmas Carols in your street this month

- Last day to send a letter to Santa

- Twilight Farmers Market Selwyn Park 3.30pm

- Opera du jour Crackers About Christmas 11am, Te Awamutu Bible Chapel

- Last night of Scrooge production

- Christmas Speedway Bash, 3pm, Kihikihi Speedway

- St Paul’s Carol Service at 7pm

- Last day for the Christmas Festival in Pirongia

- Look out for Te Awamutu Brass Band playing Christmas Carols in your street this month

- Christmas Services 5pm Childrens Service 11.15pm St Saviours

Midnight Mass 11.30pm St John’s

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- Freeman Court Christmas Dinner 12 noon, bookings essential

- Christmas Services 9am St Paul’s 9.30am Old St John’s

- Pirongia Boxing Day Races

Exciting talent set for firstTe Awamutu daytime show

ALICE GOWER CHASE DOUGLAS EVELYNE BOURTON

A new event on the TeAwamutu Christmas calendaris the Opera du jour (daytimeopera) presentation Crackersabout Christmas with Te Awa-mutu soprano Alice Gower andFriends, accompanied by DrGreg Neil.

The concert event is organ-ised by Mrs Gower who says shewants to showcase Waikatomusicians and provide profes-sional level daytime entertain-ment.

For the inaugural concertshe is excited to have 21-year-oldtenor Chase Douglas, a youngsinger already well knownwithin the music world who ismaking a real name for himselfon the wider stage.

Currently touring withHayley Westenra as part of her10th anniversary homecomingtour Paradiso, Chase has beenreceiving rave reviews.

Previously he won WaikatoYoung Singer of the year 2011,was awarded a Wallace Cor-poration University of WaikatoBlues award 2010 and 2011, sangthe lead role of Priam in Wallsof Troy, an opera in theGallagher Academy ofPerforming Arts, worked withSplit Enz original Eddie Raynor

performing Finn songs MessageTo My Girl and Stuff and Non-sense at this year’s LakesideRotorua, sang with DameMalvina Major at Opera on theRocks in Tauranga last year,won the Waikato UniversityAria competition in 2010 andsang at Rotorua’s Opera in thePa in 2009.

Mrs Gower says Chase is astar on the rise and it is great tobe able to secure him for the Te

Awamutu concert.Other friends are soprano

Evelyne Bourton, from Hamil-ton, who has just returned fromfive months studying in Italy,and Timothy Burrell, a verytalented Hamilton baritone.

Crackers about Christmaspromises to be one-and-a-halfhours of quirky quips, Christ-mas crackers, figgy pudding,brandy butter and fine Waikatotalent singing favourite Christ-

mas songs.The concert includes a

themed lunch.

■ Crackers about Christmas is onat 11am, Friday, December 16 at TeAwamutu Bible Chapel. Tickets are$20, $18 (unwaged) and $16 forgroups of 10 ormore and areavailable fromAlice Gower, 8714594, [email protected] orcall into her office at 31 Lyon Street,Kihikihi during business hours.

Tourist dies in KihikihiA 62-year-old English tourist died

suddenly in Kihikihi on Thursdaynight after complaining of being inpain.

He pulled his car to the side of theroad and died from a medical con-dition. Emergency workers were

unable to revive the patient.Police said there are no suspicious

circumstances and the matter has beenreferred to the Coroner and BritishConsulate. The man had been in thecountry with his wife for just one dayand the couple were planning to tour.

TA Lotto winnerSomeone from Te Awamutu has won $15,349 with

Lotto Second Division.At the time of going to press the person had not

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SPREADING the wordabout the work of the NewZealand Suicide PreventTrust in Te Awamutu wasfounder and secretaryJack Gielen.

A Hamilton based organ-isation working to preventsuicide made its presencefelt in the town recently.

Founder and secretary ofthe New Zealand SuicidePrevention Trust, JackGielen, was spreading theword about the work of theTrust and how the commun-ity can both support andbenefit from their work.

Mr Gielen says the Trustwas formed eight years agoas a grass roots response tothe problem of suicide.

As well as being secre-tary, Mr Gielen is part of thegroup of six professionalpeople who form the govern-ance group of the organisa-tion.

The Trust is supportedby a number of volunteersand financially by donationsand businesses supportpartners.

Mr Gielen says a numberof workers from the Trusttook to the streets aroundWaikato to spread the word.

He says suicide is a hugeworld-wide issue, and bydefault everyone at sometime becomes involved inthe issue and may have tohelp.

The New ZealandSuicide Prevent Trust has anumber of natural andspiritual remedies itpromotes in the fightagainst suicide.

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‘‘That’s when I found agreat shop in Taurangathat sold good quality sec-ondhand children’s items.I was able to buy most ofwhat I needed for a frac-tion of the price.’’

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Special meeting over Cambridge poolWaipa District Council

will hold an extraordinarymeeting next Tuesday toreceive a report from theCambridge Pool FundraisingCommittee.

The group was to reportback in October, but wasgranted a time extension toreach the $4.5 million targetthat is needed for the coveredpool to go ahead.

The December date wasset in order for any decisionto comfortably fit into thetiming of the preparation ofthe draft Ten Year Plan.

Updates will be available

after the meeting on thecouncil’s websitewww.waipadc.govt.nz and onits Facebook pagewww.facebook.com/WaipaDistrictCouncil.


Getting ‘taste’ of university life

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TE AWAMUTU College students (from left) Kristi Potter (14), Jess Aukett (15), Hasini Rajasinghe (14),Laura Leonard (15), Livvy Lennox (15) and Jessica Weston (15) enjoy lunch during the ExperienceWaikato Day held at the University of Waikato.

Secondary schoolstudents of invitedschools from aroundthe Waikato and Bayof Plenty convergedon the University ofW a i k a t o c a m p u srecently to find outmore about day-to-daylife at the Universityof Waikato.

The annual Year 10Experience WaikatoDay gives visitingschool students a tasteof campus life througha r a n g e o f m i n ilectures and visits tothe university hallson campus.

Students attendedlectures on 3D ImageCapture, Exploringthe Human Mind, TheR e n a I m p a c t a n dEconomics in Actionand more.

Water restrictions introduced‘We have been monitoring the demandover a number of weeks and it has been

increasing as the weather gets warmer’LORRAINE KENDRICKWaipa District Water Services Manager

Water restrictions cameinto force yesterday for theWaipa District in an effortto ensure water supplybalances demand over thesummer period.

Water Services ManagerLorraine Kendrick said thedistrict has been deemed tobe at alert level one, mean-ing sprinklers should onlybe used between 6-8am and6-8pm.

‘‘During summer theconsumption of water riseswhich is usually associatedwith non-essential activi-ties such as watering gar-dens.

‘‘We need to undertakeproactive management of

this precious resourcethroughout the summerperiod so that we do not runout of water for our com-munity,’’ she said.

Waipa District Councilneeds resource consentsfrom Waikato RegionalCouncil to abstract waterfor water supplies, and pro-

vide the capacity in thetreatment plants to deliverwater to the community.

‘‘As our community hasgrown over the years andwater becomes a more scareresource we have to ensurethat we use this resourcemore efficiently ensuringthat we minimise wastage,’’

said Mrs Kendrick‘‘We have been monitor-

ing the demand over a num-ber of weeks and it has beenincreasing as the weathergets warmer,’’ she said.

Historically waterrestrictions had come intoforce on November 1 butthis year demand has beentracked to ensure alertlevels are activated at themost appropriate time.

While three of thedistrict’s four water supplyschemes were nearing thealert level two, whensprinklers would only bepermitted between 6-8amand 6-8pm on alternatedays, it was hoped once

alert level one was intro-duced it would reduce cur-rent demand.

‘‘We are encouragingpeople to take responsibil-ity for using water wisely,’’said Mrs Kendrick.

This year Waipa DistrictCouncil had joined withHamilton City Council andWaikato District Council inusing the same promotionalmaterial for alert levels.

■ Changes in alert levels willbe notified in localnewspapers, on the council’swebsite www.waipadc.govt.nzand on its Facebook pagewww.facebook.com/WaipaDistrictCouncil.

Liquor bansA temporary liquor

ban will be introducedat Mighty RiverDomain, Lake Kara-piro for certain eventsthis summer as WaipaDistrict Council seeksto maintain the familyfriendly atmosphere.

The bans willexclude the hoursfrom 5pm to 9pm toallow people theopportunity to social-ise informally andincludes all 19hectares of thedomain, with theexception of the DonRowlands Centre, theRob Waddell Lodgeand chalets and leasedfacilities.

Property adviserJane Blackmore said

in recent years therehad been an increasein the number of visi-tors to the domain andthe consumption ofalcohol, particularlyduring organisedevents and over theChristmas/New Yearperiod.

As a result, therehad also been anincrease in the num-ber of alcohol relatedincidents resulting inpolice being called.

The temporarybans would be used asa preventativemeasure and weresupported by police.

A review will becarried out next yearto gauge the success ofthe temporary bans.

Second huion Hikairo

The second hui for Hikairoclaimants takes place thisSaturday at Waipapa Marae,starting at 11am.

The kaupapa of the hui isto prepare claims for pre-sentation to the Waitangi Tri-bunal, and will cover topicssuch as: Hikairo claimsresearch methodology;Interactive map — Te Rohe oNgati Hikairo; Wananga onproposed chapter content inthe research report; and,Claims management report.

■ Further inquiries should bedirected to claimsmanager TonySpelman—[email protected] or (09) 6362107.


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MIGHTY River Harmony in full voice at the Senior Citizens’ Concert.

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BARBERSHOP quartet ‘Grid Lock’ (tenor Richard Holmes, lead IanHawthorn, bass Duane Wallace and baritone Gary Taylor) entertain thecrowd in the Te Awamutu Bible Chapel.

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COUPLE Everett and Phyllis Thorburn sing a duetfrom ‘Les Miserables’.

There was a full house atthe free Senior CitizensChristmas Concert in the TeAwamutu Bible Chapel lastweek.

The 18th annual concertfeatured Waikato barber-shop quartet ‘Grid Lock’, theMighty River HarmonyChorus and couple Phyllisand Everett Thorburn.

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PURE BLISS: Alysha Collett pilots Royal Bliss home for an impressive win in the NRM Fillies and MaresSeries 1400 at Matamata — paying $14 for the win, despite her recent win at Waipa.

BY PHILLIP QUAY

Te Awamutu-trained mareRoyal Bliss’ win at Matamatalast week was very timely for herfuture racing aspirations.

Co-trainer Robert Priscottsays the win put Royal Blissfirmly on target for tomorrow’sfillies and mares series final atPukekohe.

‘‘She will go into the final inpeak form — the win at Mata-mata came just at the right time.

‘‘She got injured as a two-

year-old which meant she wasalways behind the eight ball atthe start of her racing career, butover time she has kept improv-ing and is now racing better thaneven.

‘‘She has won two of her lastthree starts and her win atMatamata was most encourag-ing.’’

Priscott, who trains in part-nership with ClaytonChipperfield, bought Royal Blissat the yearling sales. He racesthe Bachelor Duke four-year-old

mare in partnership withMichael Hansen, of Auckland.

Royal Bliss, who scored by along neck, was ridden at Mata-mata by Alysha Collett who isexpected to retain the mount forthe Counties feature.

The special conditions final ofthe fillies and mares series atPukekohe is the culmination ofnine heats run at various clubsin the northern region.

The series is a good opportun-ity for fillies and mares to com-pete against their own sex.

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TE AWAMUTU’S rising star Codi Merito (white helmet) showed his immensepotential successfully riding up two grades at the Rosetown BMXChampionships at Castleton Park.


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HAYDEN McCORMICK followed up his fourth overall elite, first U19, firstU23 in the K2 (200km ride) in Coromandel, with a brace of golds, ondebut at the Oceania Track Cycling Championships in Invercargill.

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Te Awamutu Sports’ HaydenMcCormick, Rushlee Buchanan andJaime Nielsen produced stunninggold medal winning rides at theOceania Track Championships inInvercargill.

McCormick rounded out anothermagic evening for the Kiwis on daytwo with a brilliant performance towin the under-19 points race over20km.

The 17-year-old, first year under-19 rider, was the only one to lap thefield — impressing all and sundryon the super slick ILT Velodrome.

McCormick headed offWaimate’s hot shot Dylan Kennett,winner of four gold medals.

The gold medal winning ride ofMcCormick follows his 3000mindividual pursuit bronze medalwinning ride off against AustralianJoshua Harrison the previous day.

The Te Awamutu rider’s time of3:23.595 was only fractionallyslower than that posted by thesilver medallist from Australia.

McCormick collected a secondgold medal on day three in theunder-19 men’s team pursuit —helping his New Zealand team-mates Tom Beadle, Kristoff Fordand Kennett smash the nationalrecord in winning their 4000m finalover Australia, clocking 4:11.339.Such was the explosive power of theKiwi quartet, they caught andpassed the Australians.

It capped a great week forMcCormick.

New Zealand junior coach, RossMachejefski says it’s great to seeMcCormick back up from the juniorworlds in such fashion.

‘‘His timing was spot on when heattacked in the points race. Helapped the field pretty quickly,using his immense strength.

Machejefski was equallyimpressed by McCormick’s per-

formance in the team pursuit.‘‘Hayden had a really solid ride

in the qualifying round and just gotstronger and stronger each outingwith the team.’’

The 2010 national road champion

Rushlee Buchanan saved her best tolast, upstaging internationalteammates Lauren Ellis (Hinds)and Gemma Dudley (Levin) to winthe women’s 20km points race onthe final day of competition.

Buchanan finished on 21 points,Ellis 17 and Dudley 13 on countbackfrom Australia’s Amy Cure.

New Zealand’s team pursuitcyclists issued a loud Olympicwarning shot with world class win-ning performances.

The women’s trio of AlisonShanks, Lauren Ellis and JaimeNielsen produced the fastest time inthe world at sea level of 3:19.759,smashing the national record theyset in the morning by a further fourseconds.

Their time was only 19/100ths ofa second — a blink of the eye —outside the world record set by theUSA at altitude in Mexico.

The women trailled Australiaearly in the 3000m team pursuitbefore storming home over the finalkilometre. Their time was twoseconds better than their previousbest, when they set a world recordat the world championships inCopenhagen last year.

New Zealand’s second team ofBuchanan, Kaytee Boyd andGemma Dudley also produced aworld class time claiming bronze —confirming that New Zealand hassix girls all capable of producingquality performances at the highestlevel.

Minutes later the men’s quartetof Marc Ryan, Sam Bewley, AaronGate and Jesse Sergent shatteredtheir previous best by more thantwo seconds in winning the 4000mmen’s team pursuit final in a time of

3:55.295.Te Awamutu’s Peter Latham

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Latham went one better,claiming silver in the men’s 4000mindividual pursuit. He was beatenin the final by Jesse Sergent who seta new national record clocking4:16.139.

Nielsen claimed silver in the3000m individual pursuit, won byShanks in a New Zealand record3:28.475. Buchanan was fourth.


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Te Whanau ki Waenganui Games - Pa WarsWhakamarama top overall marae, relay weekend highlight

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TATUM RANGITUTIA, one of the five four to six year-oldswho started the cross country relay off.

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HOME AND HOSED: Whakamarama’s Waikato Ball leaves second placed Reiden Reihana (Parawera) in his wake on thefinal leg of the cross country relay at Kihikihi Domain.

Five local marae came together in asmoke and alcohol free environment to battleit out on the sports ground over 12 events.

The events contested by Aotearoa,Parawera, Mangatoatoa, Rawhitiroa andWhakamarama marae were golf, netball,eight-ball, table tennis, power pulling, darts,touch rugby, slow pitch, tennis, volley ball,cross country relay race, and to top it all offKapa Haka.

Te Whanau ki Waenganui were firstintroduced in 1998 from a concern of the local

youth lacking direction.‘‘The games were an attempt to reconnect

the youth with their marae whanau in ahealthy and positive environment,’’ saysspokesperson, Missy Lord.

‘‘In 2000 the games went in to recession,but were fortunately revived andreintroduced in 2009.’’

Lord says although the weekend is verycompetitive, the overall idea of bringingtogether marae to share and give for aweekend once every two years is rewarding

for their communities and, most import-antly, for their youth.

‘‘There was much pleasure witnessing allages compete in all the events.’’

The highlight of the weekend was therelay race involving toddlers from age twothrough to elders aged 60 years and over atKihikihi Domain.

The overall trophy for Te Whanau kiWaenganui Games 2011 was presented toWhakamarama Marae.

The overall trophies for each event went

to Parawera (golf), Parawera (netball),Parawera (eight-ball), Whakamarama (tabletennis), Parawera (power pulling),Mangatoatoa (darts), Whakamarama (touchrugby), 3aotearoa (slow pitch),Whakamarama (tennis), Whakamarama/Rawhitiroa first equal (volley ball,Whakamarama (cross country relay race)and Whakamarama (Kapa Haka).

If you would like further information orbe part of these games email the committee [email protected]


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5-ASIDE SOCCER DRAW - 30th NOVEMBER 2011

6.00pmField (1)- No Nutz like Hot Nutz V The Terriers (ref. Strikers) (2) I’ll Think about it V Tomato Farm (ref. Hakura Matata) (3) Bush Pigs V Mitre 10(ref Woodies) (4) Out of the Blue V Soccer Whoz (ref. Architectural Design) (5) Te Kawa YF V All Stars (ref.) Left Overs6.30pmField (1)- Strikers V Waipa Wanderers (ref The Terriers) (2)Hakura Matata V The Flicks (ref.Tomato Farm) (3) Woodies V Awa Crew (ref.Mitre 10) (4) Winner Winner Chicken Dinner V Architectural Design(Ref. Soccer Whoz) (5)TNT Bounce V Left Overs (ref.All Stars). Wannabees (Bye)7.00pmField (1) – Bush Pigs V Tomato Farm (ref. Waipa Wanderers) (2Out of the Blue V No Nutz Like Hot Nutz (ref. The Flicks) (3)I’ll Think About it V The Terriers (ref.Awa Crew) 4Te Kawa YF V Mitre 10 (ref Winner Winner Chicken Dinner) (5) Soccer Whoz V All Stars (ref.TNT Bounce)7.30pmField (1)- Woodies V Left Overs (ref. No Nutz Like Hot Nuts) (2)TNT Bounce V Waipa Wanderers(ref. I’ll Think about it) (3)Wannabees V Hakuar Matata (ref. Bush Pigs) (4)Awa Crew V The Flicks (ref. Out of the Blue) (5) Strikers V Architectural Design (ref Te Kawa YF) WinnerWinner Chicken Dinner (Bye)84

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McKenzie takes titleGritty effort from TA Intermediate pupil

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SERVING UP: Te Awamutu’s McKenzie Claydonserving in the final of the consolation singles.

BY COLIN THORSEN

Unseeded McKenzieClaydon showed a tonof grit and determina-tion staving off fourmatch points to win theWaikato Primary Inter-mediate Tennis Cham-pionships consolationfinal.

The Year 7 studentdid her school proud asthe sole representativefrom Te AwamutuIntermediate.

Trailing 4-1 againstBrianna O’Brien,Claydon staged amighty comeback toforce a tie break at 8-all.

O’Brien then hadfour match points,losing each and everyone of them to her ten-acious opponent whowas not prepared tothrow the towel in.

Claydon eventuallyhad her turn with amatch point and, on hersecond chance, won thetie break 11/9 and thematch 9/8.

There were 16 girlsin her open intermedi-ate division.

She started the dayimpressively in themain draw, thrashingof Kennedy Tahau 9-1,only to lose 9-5 to thethird seed in a quarter-final featuring manylong rallies

Eliminated from themain draw — Claydonadvanced straight tothe quarter-finals of theconsolation roundwhere she breezed pastZeta Syme 9-1.

Her semi-finalproved much tougher,grinding her way to a9-7 win over GemmaMetcalfe to advance tothe final againstO’Brien.

Young Claydonplays for the PowerFarming Te Rahu Ten-nis Club in Te Awa-mutu Sub Association’sMelville Cup interclubcompetition. She iscoached by GrantHodgson.

Goile inProngiagolfingvictory

The Coral HarveyMemorial Rosebowlcompetition resulted ina deadheat betweenDenise Goile and MaryWealham at PirongiaGolf Club.

Both playersreturned 66 net,necessitating acountback which wasduly won by Goile whogets to showcase thetrophy over summer.

The club’s nine holedivision contested anovelty event.

The player with themost stableford on thepar fives was AnnO’Halloran.

Erena Neilsonemerged the winner onthe par fours, and EllieHarper scored the mostpoints on the par threes.

The annual men’sinvitation daycoincided with the Mel-bourne Cup.

Shirley Grey reportsthat teams of two menand two women weredrawn under a namedhorse.

The winning com-bination with 142stableford, MeredithPengelly, Sue Young,Ashby Smith and GaryBowman whipped homeManoghar by a longlength from DeniseGoile, Mary Wealham,Don Livingstone andRussell Bayley (JuteBox Jury) on 134.

Ashby, Wyllie win from frontLes Ashby and Merle Wyllie

led throughout the final of themixed pairs championship at TeAwamutu Bowling Club.

The newly crowned cham-pions beat Terry Osment andMargaret Littlewood 22-15.

Despite never getting theirnoses in front, the beaten final-ists were only outscored on nineof the 17 ends played.

The semi-finals resulted in a19-13 win for Osment overTrevor Wright and LyndaBennett, and a 22-9 win forAshby over John Hastie andBetty Bourne.

The men’s junior pairs waswon by Trevor Duffell (s) andPeter Crawford. They beatHarold Johnstone and NeilGibson 14-11 in low scoring final

of 18 ends duration.Only six of the ends were won

by more than one shot — five ofthem by two shots and one bythree shots.

In the semi-finals, Johnstoneand Gibson scored a comfortable16-5 victory over Ian Fraser andBob Kewish, while Duffell andCrawford had the luxury of thebye into the final.


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TRADITIONAL THAI HERBAL BALMWhat’s the chance of two young apprentice jockeys who started their working life sharing the same stable batch later becoming arch rivals over jumps on the racetrack?

Probably not great, but when you multiply those odds with the chance of them becoming partly paralysed with exactly the same injury, the odds go through the roof.

Multiply that with the chance of them then becoming business partners and it’s the same as winning Lotto.

Trevor Harrison and Bryce Waters have struck a different form of Lotto in a business they have formed importing a balm from Thailand.

Sounds pretty simple, and Slack Pangpon Balm might in itself be a simple product to the uninformed, but its powers have become stunningly recognised by a large portion of the racing community and beyond.

But, back to square one. The two former jumps riders, who have battled bravely against their injuries, fi rst recognised the use of the balm on themselves.

Trevor Harrison is the offi cial starter at Ellerslie and as such, makes occasional trips to Thailand to assist the racing industry there in his art.

“Last year on one of his trips Trevor bought some of this balm on a recommendation and brought it home. He swears that it has helped his mobility and fl exibility,” said Bryce Waters. “So I started using it on my elbows and it was so successful I used it on my ankles that are really bad.

“I fall over a lot because all the way through I’ve refused to get into a wheelchair. I might have to one day, but until then I won’t get in one. I’ve broken my ankles three times in the falls and I’ve got metal plates in them, so they’ve been sore a lot of the time. “The affect with using the balm is unbelievable. Instead of taking a pill, the balm gets inside the ankles from the skin and oils everything

beautifully. It frees everything up, it’s amazing stuff.”The balm is believed to be several hundred years old.“There are a number of balms in Thailand,” said Trevor Harrison, “but this one does it all.”Waters says no one has previously attempted to export Slack Pangpon Balm from Thailand in commercial quantities and when he and Harrison started on their journey he understood why.“Boy, there are so many health regulations we had to satisfy. It deters most people from doing it, but we kept going and got there.”Waters, from his café in Waharoa, runs the business side of things and Harrison handles sales.

The balm has been ordered by a large number of New Zealand pharmacies.“It’s fl ying. We’ve surprised a few people and we’re on a massive roll,” said Waters, whose injuries resulted in a fall in a minor steeplechase on Great Northern day at Ellerslie.Trevor Harrison damaged the same part of his spine in a motor accident.“Neither of us could go without this balm now,” he said.Waters’ ankles are so improved he’s changed his footwear.“I used to have bars on the boots which cost $1000 a time, now I walk around in $20 sneakers from The Warehouse.”Many of racing’s high fl yers including Sam Spratt, Lance O’Sullivan and harness racing’s Tony Herlihy are endorsing the product.Trevor McKee went further: “I’ve had great success with using it on horses that show signs of hard-track tenderness.”

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RYAN BALLANTYNE showing a clean pair ofheels to his rival athletes at Totara Springs.

BY COLIN THORSEN

Te Awamutu Inter-mediate Year 8 studentRyan Ballantyne tookout ‘most outstandingmale athlete’ at theNorth Harbour SportsCamp at TotaraSprings.

Ballantyne wrote hisname into the historybooks, becoming thefirst athlete from TeAwamutu IntermediateSchool to achieve thefeat.

It was a huge honour— there were eight par-ticipating intermediateschools, including fivefrom Auckland, eachrepresented by theirtop 40 athletes.

They competed in awide range of sportsfrom croquet to crosscountry, bowls tobasketball, caged soc-cer to rugby.

While Ballantynewas the individual star,Te Awamutu Inter-mediate School, as awhole, did themselvesproud making sevensemi-finals and fourfinals.

They were the over-all winners in rugby,duathlon, and softball.

Wily Gibson wins singlesBetty Gibson beat

Gay Bastion 20-14 in thewomen’s handicapsingles final at Te Awa-mutu Bowling Club.

The wily Gibson hadthe skill and determina-tion to take full advan-tage of her two shotstart.

Bastion eliminatedDawn Small 20-13 intheir semi-final afterhaving a one shot startin this match.


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RIPIADaniel and Sara arehappy to announce thesafe arrival of theirson"Taniora Benjamin

Joseph"Born October 26, 2011at Waikato Hospital,weighing 3720gms(8lb,4oz). A littlebrother for Alexis.Many thanks to allhospital staff and ourmidwife Sam Schultz.

EngagementsEARWAKER -ASHWORTHHugh and Olwyntogether with Ron andPatsy of Rotorua arethrilled to announcethe engagement ofKarl and Kerriann.Congratulations andbest wishes for awonderful lifetogether from bothfamilies.

DeathsCAVANAGHBetty.On November 25, 2011at Matariki Hospital.Dearly loved wife ofthe late Pat. Dearlyloved mother andmother-in-law ofMadelene and Ken(Auckland), Keith andPauline (TeAwamutu), the lateKevin, and Graeme(Auckland). Lovingnana of Tristan andRachel, Liam andKieran. Great nana ofJacob, Jordy, Sophieand Madison.

A funeral service forBetty will be held at StAndrew’sPresbyterian Church,80 Mutu Street, TeAwamutu (today),Tuesday, November 29at 11am, followed byinterment at the TeAwamutu ServicesLawn Cemetery.Special thanks to thestaff of Freeman Courtand Matariki Hospitalfor their care of Betty.All communications tothe Cavanagh Family,c/- PO Box 137, TeAwamutu please. —

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AcknowledgementsBROWNJunette (June).Alan and familieswish to convey ourheartfelt thanks toeveryone for theirsincere support duringJune’s illness and sadpassing. This was agreat comfort to us all.Please accept thisacknowledgement as apersonal expression ofour gratitude.

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7.00pm, Tuesday,November 29at the Pioneer.

RafflesRAFFLE winner of "Letsget Cullen on his feet"fundraiser - drawnNovember 28 at 10am atMint Beauty Therapy -winner was Lynne Cross;No.05 Green. Drawn byAlan Price.

WINDOW flyscreen, $20,75cm x 135 cm. Phone871-3629.

SWIVEL desk chairs,brown and green, $3each. Phone 871-3262/(021) 0297-8469.

SUITCASES set of three,good cond, $30. Phone871-4499.

SET of aluminium campbunks, good cond, $30.Phone 871-3262, (021)0297-8469.

ROOFING iron, threesheets, new, varioussizes, $49.99. Phone871-9399.

PULLOVER, whitesleeveless, hand-kinitted,ex cond, $45. Phone (07)871-6412.

PET bed, soft, black andwhite, $30. Phone871-2804.

LIFEJACKET, child’s, asnew, medium, $25 ono.Phone 871-7072.

HARRY Hall Jody’s, 10-12,black corduroy, ex cond,Phone 871-3040.

GAS heater for motorhome, ex cond. Phone870-2555.

EASYCOOK conventionaloven as new - $49.95.Phone (021) 662-459.

CAT cage (wire), usedtwice, $30. Phone871-8440.

BOAT anchor, Danford,suit 20ft boat, $25. Ph871-6448, (027) 474-4408.

BABYWELL new born carseat, excellent condition,$40. Phone 871-4383.

AXOLOTLS, gold or black,$5 each. Phone 871-2943.

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Te Awamutu Weekly SaleTe Awamutu Saleyards, Paterangi RoadThursday, December 1, 2011

Sale Comprising:11.00 Prime & Boners10 Fat Cattle

100 Boners

Store Cattle10 2-year Steers & Heifers

30 Yearling Beef X Steers & Heifers

30 Weaner Beef X Steers & Heifers

12.00 Sheep & Calves30 Four day old calves

12.00 Dairies10 I/M and I/C Heifers and Cows

For SaleRecorded Fries 2 yr bulls, EBL tested

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FirewoodFIREWOOD for sale,expected shortage nextwinter, 5m3 - $170. Phone(07) 873-9190 or (021)617-349.QUALITY wood, 50/50hard/soft wood mix,$75m3. Phone (027)469-0428.

For Sale20 ft container, woodenfloor, $2000. Phone212-2607 or (021) 778-387.FRIDGE, ideal for secondfridge. Phone 871-5544.

GrazingHORSE grazing availablewith some facilities forriding, lessons alsoavailable, hay for sale.Phone or text Kellie (021)271-6450.

Commercial PropertySTORAGE / workshop,12x14m plus share offacilities, centrallocation. Phone 870-4990a/h.

FlatmatesLARGE bedsit availableten minutes from TeAwamutu, full board /costs negotiable, somework possible, grazingfor horse / pets / childrenok. Phone or text Kellie(021) 271-6450.

Wanted to RentPROFESSIONAL couplewith young child and twooutside dogs, referencesand bond available.Phone Nikki (027)855-4745 or (07) 839-4828.

To LetCARAVANS to let from$30, long term. Phone871-2171 or (0274) 407-101.ONE brm self containednew cottage, close totown, no power to pay -no lawns to mow, $160p/wk. Phone 871-6875.

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TREE CAREGROUNDZONE TreeCare. Pruning, removal,stump grinding, woodsplitting, consultancy.Qualified, professionalarborists. Phone NathanHughes 871-7107.

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ROOFSRE-SCREWING roofs,save thousands. CallPratts 870-5020.WATERBLASTING -Phone Ultra Clean 0800569-656 today!WINDOWS cleaned by theexperts. Phone UltraClean 0800 569-656.

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MOSS, ALGAE,LICHEN TREATMENT

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On Farm HerdCompetition30th Anniversary and

Prizegiving DinnerDecember 6, 2011

Phone Phil for tickets872-2742

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All enquiries to: Maniapoto Maori Trust Board PO Box 36, Te Kuiti Phone: 07 878 6234 or freephone 0800 66 8285 Fax: 07 878 6409 Email: offi [email protected]

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A muri kia mau ki tena, kia mau ki te kawau maro, whanake ake, whanake ake

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Monday, December 5 and Tuesday, December 6, 9:15am until 10:40am

All enquiries please contact the offi ce.Phone 871-6377 during school hours.

Mary Poppins & moreMary Poppins & morePresentsPresents

Saturday, December 3 - 7.00pmSunday, December 4 - 1.30pmTe Awamutu College HallAdults $10 Children $7 Family $25 Senior Citizens $7

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TE AWAMUTU COLLEGEBOARD OF TRUSTEES

ELECTION 2011Declaration of Parent and Staff

Election Results

O’Brien, Penny 116Singh-Kooner, Amrit 161Wetere, Kingi 152I hereby declare the following duly elected:Amrit Singh-KoonerKingi Wetere

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TE Awamutu three brmhouse, internal accessgarage, $295 p/wk. PhoneGary (027) 225-5822.THREE brm, garage, petsok, $280 p/wk. Phone(027) 558-8033.THREE brm house, dblegarage, no dogs, nosmoking, long term, $280p/wk. Phone 871-3458.THREE brm house, newcarpet, large heat pump,close to town, $290 p/wk,bond required. Phone(027) 627-6633.THREE brm house, threemins from Kihikihi,great rural position,$250p/wk. Phone (07)827-3445 a/h or (07)827-8456(business hours).THREE brms andconservatory, sunnyopen planned carpetedhome with attachedgarage, deck andheatpump, close toPekerau School, $300p/wk plus bond. Phone(07) 855-2065 or (027)416-5071.TWO brm unit withgarage, $220 p/wk. Phone871-6242 or (027) 635-5778.

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Te Awamutu Funeral Servicesin partnership with

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Te AwamutuAt 6.30pm, Monday, December 5, 2011.

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An opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated person to assist the Principal.The successful applicant will have the following attributes: • Strong organisational ability • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Ability to prioritise • Attention to detail • Excellent Microsoft skills • Proven PA experience in taking minutes, diary management, etc • Enjoy dealing with challenges and ability to make decisions • Able to be fl exible • A high standard of personal presentationNormal hours of work would be 8am - 4.30pm, Monday to Friday, including school holidays.A job description is available on request.Please forward your CV with the names of tworeferees to: [email protected] or post to: Principal, Te Awamutu College,PO Box 369, Te Awamutu 3800Closing date for applications: Monday, December 12

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Inwards Goods Position• We are locally owned and operated • A dynamic progressive company• Come and join a professional TeamWe require a dynamic team member to fi ll a positionwithin our Inwards goods team.We require a Dispatch/Inwards goods person to fi ll afull time position. The successful Inwards Goods applicant must have• A current F Endorsed Forklift licence• Be capable of heavy lifting• Be confi dence to make decisions when required• Have a high level of presentation standards• A can do attitude – an action orientated person – high level of accuracy and attention to detail• Be computer savvy and organised

Please send your C.V and cover letter to:mathew.schofi [email protected]

BEST RANGE LOWEST PRICES

Offi ce Manager• Sole charge paid position• Three days p/week - total 15 hours per week• Part time permanent

Applicant needs to have strong, proven computer skills in Microsoft Offi ce.Good interpersonal skills.Citizens Advice Bureau is a voluntary organization and is apremier provider of community information in New Zealand.In the fi rst instance contact Pam Howells (Chairperson) Phone 871 6637Applications close December 22, 2011.

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Employment Vacancies

GOLFERS WANTEDStewart Alexander GolfStewart Alexander Golf Club (Te Awamutu) areClub (Te Awamutu) are offering a once onlyoffering a once only fullfullplaying membership forplaying membership for

only $250 (valid untilonly $250 (valid until March 2013).March 2013).

Offer is for a limited timeOffer is for a limited time

Contact: Peter WayPeter Way0274 746 9420274 746 942

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NATIONAL SALES MANAGERNew full time position overseeing our national clientele.Must be a team player, self motivated, willing to learn with minimum fi ve years proven sales record.Must have excellent written, oral and phone skills.This role requires fl exibilityto stay away on regular basis.Experience in the meatprocessing industry would be preferable but not necessary.Email your CV to:[email protected] later than 5pm, Friday,December 2, 2012.

CATERERREQUIRED

Ngahinapouri GolfClub requires a Catererfor the beginning of theNew Year.

For furtherinformation

please contactLauraine Mills

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Farm EmploymentFARM work wanted,experienced teen lookingfor full time dairy work,able to start immediately,references avail. Phone(027) 750-9442.

Employment Wanted

FENCINGFARM - Residential -Lifestyle, for all yourfencing requirements,experience and qualityguaranteed. Phone (07)827-1849 or mobile (027)473-0001.

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UNIVERSITY studentavailable to assist withrelief milking fromDecember 15 - February24, experienced. Phone(027) 555-5979.

Childcare

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• Babies to 5 years• Flexible hours• 20 ECE hours for 3 & 4 year oldsEducarers required.

Phone 0800 jemmas(536627)

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Franki Valli fans rejoiceKiwi fans of

Frankie Valli and TheFour Seasons will bespoilt for choice in2012, and to celebratewe have the CDJersey’s Best — TheVery Best Of FrankieValli and The FourSeasons to give away.

First off FrankieValli himself is comingto Auckland’s VectorArena on Thursday,April 5 together withThe Four Seasons. Yesthat’s right, at 77 yearsyoung he’s still enter-taining fans andimpressing the critics.

And just when youthought it couldn’t getany better — it did!

Jersey Boys theacclaimed Tony Awardwinning musical aboutthe life and times ofFrankie Valli and TheFour Seasons iscoming to Auckland’siconic Civic Theatrefor a limited season —Tuesday, April 10 toSunday, April 29.

This is the truestory of how four blue-collar kids became oneof the greatest suc-cesses in pop musichistory. They wrotetheir own songs,invented their ownsounds and sold over75 million albums —all by the time theywere thirty.

O u r f e a t u r e dD o u b l e C D s e tcontains all that isgood about FrankieValli and The FourSeasons and is theideal precursor towarm you to the forth-coming shows.

Hits that were thesongbook of a genera-tion — in fact severalg e n e r a t i o n s . F i f t yyears after he madeh i s f i r s t r e c o r dFrankie Valli stillt o u r s t h e w o r l d ,treating his fans tosuch great hits asSherry, Walk Like AMan, Big Girls Don’tCry, Stay, Silence IsGolden, Rag Doll, ByeBye Baby and of courseGrease.

A s w e l l t h e r e ’ sWorking My Way BackTo You, Can’t Take MyEyes Off You, Will YouLove Me Tomorrow,My Eyes Adored Youand December 1963 (OhWhat A Night).

Thirty tracks in allthat will put a springin your step and bringa tear to your eye asthey trigger fond mem-ories of time gone by.

Remember the goodtimes — rememberFrankie Valli and TheFour Seasons!

Tickets for FrankieValli and The FourS e a s o n s a v a i l a b l efrom Ticketmasterand for Jersey Boysfrom the-edge.co.nz —be there!

■ To be in towin simply put your name, address anddaytime phone number on the back of a standard sizedenvelope, address it to Frankie Valli and The Four SeasonsCDCompetition andmake sure it reaches our office by5pm, Friday.

This competition is provided by ‘Fill The HouseTickets Project’, proudly supporting

families of children with cancer.


SPECIAL MORNING SESSIONS WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY

• OUR MOVIE VOUCHERS ARE THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT •

THE DEBT R16TUE 7.40, WED 10.00 & 7.40,

SAT 5.30, SUN 3.30

TWILIGHT SAGA:BREAKING DAWN MTUE & WED 6.00 & 8.20,THU & FRI 5.40 & 7.50,SAT 3.30, 5.50 & 8.00,SUN 1.30, 3.50 & 6.00

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TUE & WED 6.10, SUN 3.40

ARTHUR CHRISTMAS GTUE & WED 5.40, SAT 1.40 & 4.10,

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WHEN A CITY FALLS:THE PEOPLE’S STORY MTUE 7.55, WED 10.10 & 7.55,THU 7.55, FRI 10.00 & 7.55,

SAT 1.45 & 5.45, SUN 11.45 & 3.45

CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMSTHU & FRI 6.05, SAT 3.55, SUN 1.55

PINA PGTUE 5.45, WED 10.20 & 5.45,FRI 10.10, SAT 7.55, SUN 5.55

DRIVE R18TUE & WED 7.50, THU & FRI 8.10,

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TUE & WED 5.50, THU & FRI 6.20, SAT 3.40, SUN 1.40

RED DOG PGTHU 5.50 & 7.40,

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Wed 30th 5.00-7.00pm Restaurant open 5.30-6.30pm Membership drawThu 1st 5.00-7.00pm Restaurant open Fri 2nd 12noon-2pm Restaurant open 5.30pm to 6.30pm Raffl es & Membership Draw 6.30pm approx – Jokers Wild win up to $1000Sat 3rd 12noon-2pm Restaurant open for lunch 1pm Xmas Ham eight ball competition 3pm Housie with Chris 5.00pm Restaurant openSun 4th 1.00pm Club open

5.00-7.00pm Sunday Carvery 2 roast meats & delicious dessert - No snacks or a la carteMon 5th 12noon-2pm & 5.00-7.00pm Special $8 meal menu

5.30-6.30pm Membership DrawTue 6th 12noon-2.00pm Special $8 meal menu 1.00pm 500 Card ClubMembers book your Xmas functions now -

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CINEMASCENE

Twilight Saga:BreakingDawn Part 1

T h e n e w - f o u n dmarried bliss of BellaSwan and vampireEdward Cullen is cutshort when a series ofb e t r a y a l s a n dmisfortunes threatensto destroy their world.

After their wed-d i n g , B e l l a a n dEdward travel to Riode Janeiro for theirhoneymoon, wherethey finally give in totheir passions.

B e l l a s o o ndiscovers she is preg-nant, and during a

nearly fatal childbirth, Edwardfinally fulfils her wish to becomeimmortal.

But the arrival of their remark-able daughter sets in motion a

perilous chain of events that pitsthe Cullens and their allies againstthe Volturi, the fearsome council ofvampire leaders, setting the stagefor an all-out battle.

ArthurChristmasAlso screeningin 3D

Arthur Christmasreveals the incredible,n e v e r - b e f o r e s e e na n s w e r t o e v e r ychild’s question:’Soh o w d o e s S a n t adeliver all those pre-sents in one night?’

T h e a n s w e r :Santa’s exhilarating,ultra-high-tech oper-ation hidden beneaththe North Pole.

But at the centre of

the film is a story about a family ina state of comic dysfunction and anunlikely hero, Arthur, with an

urgent mission that must becompleted before Christmas morn-ing dawns.


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MASSIVE MIDNIGHTMADNESS SALE

10AM–10PMFRIDAY, DECEMBER 2

Carpet from$10/m2

PAY NOTHING UNTIL JUNE 2012**

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