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Published Tuesday & Thursday TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 2012

BRIEFLYCollecting forBook Fair

Te Awamutu Rotary’s annualBook Fair isn’t until June, butalready people are wanting tomake donations so collectionpoints have been established.

Rotary is grateful to PaperPlus, Z Service Station (SloaneStreet) and Mega Mitre 10 forallowing the public to leavedonated items for the Book fair attheir business premises.

Shuttle trialWith the opening of Sanders

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The public is reminded theyneed to ring 870 6194 to booktheir shuttle.

Celebrationsat San Michele

Four San Michele residentsall blew out their birthday candleson the same day recently.

The rest home and hospitalhas just 29 residents, but NgaireAnderson, Catherine Andrew,Elsie Revell and Noel Wyllie allshare March 22 birthdays.

Family, residents and staffcelebrated the occasion with aspecial morning tea.

No spotlightson DoC land

The Department ofConservation is urging hunters toadhere to their permit conditionsand refrain from illegalspotlighting on conservationland.

‘‘Hunting after dark is notpermitted which is clearly statedon all DOC hunting permits andto do so is irresponsible andrecklessly endangers others,’’says DOC National HuntingAdvisor Ian Cooksley.

Information on safe huntingpractices is readily available onthe DOC website atwww.doc.govt.nz/hunting.

Anyone who sees huntingactivity at night on conservationland should contact the NZPolice immediately or call theDOC hotline on 0800DOCHOT.

Horse trial fever buildsBY DIANA DOBSON

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COURSE designer John Nicholson with one of his new crosscountry jumps, carved by Kihikihi’s ShaneTamaki, especially for the senior trans Tasman teams competition at Easter.

Eventing circles are buzzing asthe start of one of New Zealand’sfavourite events ticks closer.

The Kihikihi International HorseTrial is just days away, and ridersfrom both sides of the Tasman willbe hoping the Easter bunny deliversmore than just chocolate this year.

The event, running from April 6-8at the Kihikihi Domain, this yearincorporates the senior trans Tas-man teams competition.

Talk to the Aussies and they’lltell you their names are alreadyetched on the much coveted medals,but history is not entirely on theirside. In 13 clashes, Australia haswon just three.

But they’ve got extra incentive toshine this year with several of theteam keen to impress selectors, whoare yet to name their team for theLondon Olympics.

The Waipa Home of ChampionsCIC three star class at Kihikihi hasattracted a good field of NewZealand’s rising stars — AnnabelWigley (Amberley), fresh from vic-tory in the eventer of the year classat the New Zealand Horse of theYear Show, has two horses entered,NRM Frog Rock and NRM Enzo,who were first and sixth respec-tively at HOY.

There are a raft of others thoughwho could lay claim to the Kihikihicrown, including Bell Tea SuperLeague Series leader ChristenHayde (Pukekohe), Donna Smith (TeKauwhata), Simon Gordon (Papa-kura), Brent Jury (Rangiora), andthe Australian-based Kiwi JosephWaldron.

And let’s not forget that strongAussie line-up of Shane Rose,Natalie Blundell, Christine Batesand Katja Weimann, who are bring-ing some serious horse power withestablished form at this level.

The Bayleys CIC two star field ismore than double the size, with30-plus entries, many with two rides,making picking favourites a chal-lenge.

Entries are just short of the300-plus record.

Course designer extraordinaire,Kihikihi’s very own John Nicholsonhas again created 36 jumps that willkeep horse and rider on their toesfrom go to whoa.

‘‘Every single fence out thereneeds respect,’’ says Nicholson.

‘‘I tried a few things at the Horseof the Year Show and was pleasedwith the way they worked so we’reupping the ante here.’’

But caution is the key also.

‘‘There are a lot of young horsesand it’s important to push them butto be fair,’’ he says,’’

‘‘I have changed most of thecombinations to cater for both theKiwis and the Aussies in the transTasman.’’

There’s a strong retro feel to thecourse. Nicholson is re-introducinga style of fences that has been by-passed by many in recent years. Andhe’s also called on a master Maoricarver to inject a real Kiwi feel to afew fences.

The New Zealand team for theTrans Tasman senior competitionwill be named after the trot up onThursday (April 5).

Kihikihi has long been consid-ered a rider’s favourite, despite thehuge challenge it often presents.

Entry to the domain is free,although there will be a gold coincollection at the gate.

Saturday’s cross country will bethe day for those keen to catch theexcitement of the event.

Although the three star class willrun through the middle of the day,with six different classes, there willbe competitions on the course from8.30am through to late afternoon.

Organisers are keen to encour-age people to make a day of it —bring a blanket and picnic and settlein one of the many fabulous viewingspots around the course. There’splenty of great food available on sitefor those who don’t wish to carryeverything.

Spectator Hill offers the bestvantage point of the water jumps.

Those keen to be a little moreinvolved can take part in Sunday’s(April 8) 4km Newstalk ZB Fools andHorses Fun Run which rolls over theactual cross country course.

Competitors start and finish inthe main arena, but will have tonegotiate logs, walls and waterobstacles to make that finish line.

Entry is by donation, with allproceeds going to the Riding forDisabled, and don’t think for amoment you can only do the race(run or walk) in proper runningattire.

Wacky costumes are welcomeand fun is the main aim, althoughthere is a prize for the first homeand lots of spot prizes for theothers.

The race starts at 10am.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Days numberedSupporters of Waipa Mayor

Alan Livingston would bescratching their heads. ‘‘Is hea dictator?’’

I believe the answer is yes,when at a council meeting onMarch 13 I have it on goodauthority he stated ‘‘If youdon’t like the rate rise thenyou should think about leav-ing.’’ (Waikato Times March16).

But most of us can’t as weare committed here. He ismost arrogant along with mostof the councillors and I expect

a public apology.The mayor and his cohorts

want to go on a spending spreeof $399 million in the next 10years in their 10-Year Planwhich will leave a debt forgenerations to come.

I support asset spendingonly — roads, water andsewerage. Swimming poolsand libraries are out.

Councillors that supportthe mayor, you are just as bad.Your days are numbered andyou will be voted out.

MALCOLM HUME

Lives improvedOh yippee yah! that’s what

mothers probably thoughtwhen they read the article,MahoeMed to open extendedhours, weekends and weeknights.

No longer do I have to eventhink about making the tiringweekend journey to AngelseaHamilton with a sick child in

tow, especially a special needschild.

And an X-ray facility forbroken sporters, farmers, well— everyone that gets out oftheir chair.

I love it when someone putsthe effort in to make our livesbetter.

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A persuasivedefence indeed

I am not sure which JohnStewart tried to assist you bywriting to you offering notmuch more than gratuitousinsults, untruths and nastyremarks relating to his inter-pretation of events surroundingme and the old news of myparking tickets in Hamilton andAuckland.

Clearly Mr Stewart is a sadperson who has no appreciationof the concept of justice and thefact that a prosecuting authoritywho may withdraw a prosecu-tion, would only do so if it wasdoomed to failure as was so inmy parking case. He fails torealise that a defence shownbefore the prosecution may bepersuasive.

Recently David Bain has justscratched the surface of theconcept of wrongful convictionin this country after spendingmany years in prison, and Ihave spent most of that timewondering why people like Mr

Stewart would think that thenot guilty are so.

The best that I can come upwith is that they live in fear ofthe fact that their preciousdemocracy and rule of law couldnot possibly be incorrect andthat any official could not pos-sibly be evil, therefore, ourjustice system could only beperfect.

The fact of the matter is thatthere are many other nastypeople out there who do notlisten to all of the facts andassume that a system will pro-tect them.

Some of those people arepolice officers and some of themtell lies under oath.

I wonder if the John Stewartwho writes to you Mr Editor,could possibly understand that.

Thankfully there are mech-anisms in our jury system toweed out the likes of that JohnStewart.

JAMES PARLANE

Laws, laws and more laws . . .Vern Wilson in his recent

Courier letter thinks the Gov-ernment plan is good forcouncils as it ‘‘will give themtight guidelines in which tooperate, concentrating on coreissues and managing rate

levies to be affordable for all’’.I agree. Yet, it’s sad indeed

that the Government’s move isfurthering our legislativediarrhoea — a disease West-ern civilisation has been suf-fering from for some years.

This disease is becauseintegrity is being eroded fromthe political, legal, economic,education and social life of ournation.

Thus, laws, laws and morelaws which is breeding Social-

ism. Socialism (Communism)is simply forcing law andorder into chaos.

If we as individuals do notdiscipline ourselves the statesurely will.

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DEDICATED DUO: Dawn Copeland (left) and Margaret Dixon have provided acombined 62 years of service at Te Awamutu Intermediate.

BY CATHY ASPLIN

Dawn Copeland’sassociation with TeAwamutu Intermediatebegan on the day theschool opened in Febru-ary 1959. It will endofficially end 53 yearslater on April 13.

Not many people goon to work at a schoolwhere they also attendedas a first-day pupil.

Even fewer workthere for more than 30years and enjoy seeingtheir children andgrandchildren comethrough the school aswell.

Te Awamutu Inter-mediate honoured MrsCopeland (nee Cress) ata retirement functionrecently and celebratedher special place in theschool’s history.

Mrs Copeland hasworked in the schooloffice for 31 years, butstill recalls the day whenshe set foot in the newschool for the first time.

‘‘As a form one pupilin 1959 it was all new andexciting for us.

‘‘The form two pupilshad spent the previousyear at Te Awamutu Col-lege while the schoolwas being built. Theycame back to join us onthe new site and Iremember cycling toschool in my uniformwith a maroon girdle.

‘‘The grounds werequite muddy and a lotwas being finished off,but we thought it wasgreat to be attending abrand new school.’’

Attending intermedi-

ate also sparked a talentin the young DawnCress.

She was identified asa strong swimmer dur-ing classes in the newpool and eventuallywent on to representWaikato.

‘‘There were lots ofopportunities at theintermediate for myfriends and I, and thenlater for my own chil-dren.’’

During the late 1970sand early 80s it was theturn of her daughters

Deborah, Cindy andAmanda to enjoy whatthe school had to offerand Mrs Copelandbecame involved incoaching netball.

In 1981 she began as apart-time teacher aidehelping special needschildren before becom-ing sole charge in theoffice in 1983.

‘‘In the early days weworked with typewritersand copied things usinga gestetner which youhad to crank by hand. Itwas pretty messy, but

we didn’t havephotocopiers then.

‘‘The school commit-tee used to do theaccounts etc so we basic-ally did everything else.That changed whenTomorrow’s Schoolswas introduced and theoffice took on consider-ably more of the admin-istration work.’’

She continued hersole charge role until1995 when a second per-son was appointed in theoffice.■ Continued page 10.


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OUROPINIONS■ THE PANEL WAS ASKED THEIR VIEWS ON THE PROJECTS IDENTIFIED IN THE 10-YEAR PLAN, AS WELL AS ANY

ISSUES THEY HAD WITH THE DOCUMENT.

Aisling Osborne

Heather-annLang

John Knowles

June Bright

THE new library andmuseum in the 10- yearplan is something verypositive for Te Awa-mutu.A larger, modern, invit-ing library space willbenefit the whole com-munity, encouragingmore of the public touse the excellentresources and facili-ties.A new museum in townwill be a great focalpoint for tourists visit-ing the area.So many touristsalready come to TeAwamutu to visit theexisting museum tosee the Finn Brothersexhibition. This is ahuge draw card for TeAwamutu and is an op-portunity to bring inter-national tourist dollarsinto the town. De-lighted to see the costof this has beenreduced in the plan.The proposed locationis great. Close to thetown centre meansretailers and foodproviders will benefit.Having the informationcentre, library,museum, eventscentre, Pioneer Walkand playground in Sel-wyn Park makes it areal family friendly areaof town.

WASTE managementand minimisation isbecomingincreasingly import-ant.If the council is takingback this responsibil-ity, then let’s not haveplastic bags as an op-tion. Rather, let’s gowith Option 3:recycling, refuse col-lection and organiccollection for thosewho wish to pay forthat service.Many of us are seriousabout waste minimis-ation, so let’s havesome smaller binoptions.As a household of fiveadults, we are carefulwith our rubbish andbarely fill a 120 litrewheelie bin a fortnight.For smallerhouseholds and for aweekly collection thereneeds to be a muchsmaller 50-80 litrewheelie bin option.I say yes to a newlibrary in Te Awamutu.The current library iscramped, unattractiveand outdated.A spacious, light andairy new library withbetter computer andresearch access willbe far superior inattracting young andnot so young readers.

TE Awamutu Library— I’m not sure of thelogic of spending$2.6m to save $0.8m.Wouldn’t the old BNZbe the perfect build-ing, probably cheapertoo and still get tovacate leased officespace.Te Awamutu Museum— pleased to see arethink in the wake ofratepayer concernsabout the previous$15m proposal.Cambridge Pool — ahot topic. Set asidethe argument aboutimposing Option 6against the majoritythat just want whatthey asked for in thefirst place.I have asked numer-ous times why Option6 is so grosslyoverpriced in com-parison to other likeprojects around thecountry, no oneseems able or willingto explain.Victoria Boulevard — Idon’t have a problemwith doing something,but unaware of whatthe three optionswere, so at $11.8m isthe comment ‘lookgood, feel good’ asound basis to em-bark on a high costproject.

SOME people havenoticed that our cem-etery has not alwaysbeen well maintainedlately.It has been found thatongoing maintenancecosts of naturalburials are eventuallyreduced when theburial area is fullyplanted and returnedto vegetation.I would be happy toknow that my final im-pact on the environ-ment could be for myremains to be to beburied without toxicembalming, in abiodegradable casket,and to be supporting agrove of well nurturedindigenous flora andfauna.An extension of the TeAwamutu Cemeterywould be suitable forsuch a purpose andwould be in line withour goal of being en-vironmental and cul-tural champions, andwould not waste ournatural resources.I know that the Hamil-ton City Council is be-ing approached to pro-vide for this option,and that a private fa-cility operates at pre-sent in Wellington.Can Te Awamutu leadthe way for us?

Ken George

CONGRATULATIONSto Council on the 10-year plan informationsent to every home.The proposed new TeAwamutu Library andMuseum will, I think, begenerally supported atthe proposed cost.The new Victoria Boule-vard and CambridgeSwimming Pool aresheer extravagance.Council has recom-mended the middlelevel of funding for theboulevard. What’swrong with the lowestcosting that’s $2.5million less.Most southbound traf-fic will bypass Cam-bridge instead ofcoming into the town asit does now, hence lesstraffic down the boule-vard, so why are wespending more moneythan necessary.Te Awamutu only had$900,000 spent on itsCBD upgrade, includingnew water mains.Council get these costsunder control.In the 10-year plan Icould find no informa-tion on council staffnumbers or total wage/salary bill. This is amajor expenditure itemthat ratepayers shouldknow and councilshould supply them.

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OUROPINIONS■ THE PANEL WAS ASKED THEIR VIEWS ON THE PROJECTS IDENTIFIED IN THE 10-YEAR PLAN,AS WELL AS ANY ISSUES THEY HAD WITH THE DOCUMENT.

Mick Henderson

Nick Empson

Sandie Nicholson

Susan Trodden

MOST appear in favourof a new library, how-ever, all agree it wouldneed to be different towhat we see today.A Research NZ Surveycommisioned by NZBook Monthconcluded that 23% ofmen and 8% of womenread no books in thepast year. 20% of over65’s said they readmore than 50 bookslast year, comparedwith 4 per cent of 18-44year olds.The 65 and above gen-eration have grown upgoing to the library —and I’m not sure that’ssomething that youngpeople do any more.Some libraries arealready stockingE-books.Is Te AwamutuLibrary’s usage de-clining? Maybe weneed a smaller build-ing?Our heritage is of greatinterest to me, how-ever, I find it difficult tosource a comprehen-sive list of heritagesites and buildingsand wonder whetherJoe Public has accessto these sites andbuildings.

CONSULTATION withthe community is com-mendable, thank youMayor and Councillors.There is massive kineticenergy in the local bodytrain bureaucracy on itslegislative tracks butcouncillor passengers(meaning passive) maywatch the scenery untiltheir destinationappears effortlessly out-side the window.Were it not for the alert-ness and human interestof our councillorsseeking to produce thevery best outcomes foreach citizen of Waipadistrict, the legislatedprocedure could pro-duce an outcome of itsown without any rate-payer input. Each rate-payer is entitled to makesignals to this train butstanding on a levelcrossing won’t stop it:The train’s kinetic en-ergy will be felt stronglyby yourself but your en-tire mass wouldn’t haveany perceptible effect onpassengers or the train.Theoretical control bywe people, of this train,is realised only by coun-cillors. Without controldamage ensues. Whereare the brakes?

TE Awamutu Library,well, that is an awe-some place for ouryoung and old and forthose of us that havethe time to go to suchan interesting place.I would love to see theplace revamped andbrought into a moreinteresting learningenvironment.Te Awamutu Museum,now there’s a placewith a lot of historyand that also needs tobe tenderly preservedfor those who arecoming up throughlife.There are so manywhinging about coun-cil this and councilthat — that’s all weever hear, let’s bedoers not whingers.Just to throw a span-ner in the works here, Ithink a roundabout onMahoe/Arawata inter-section would helptraffic.Drivers at timesstruggle to be safepulling out from Ma-hoe Street onto Ara-wata Street.I think some peoplejust close their eyes,duck, and hope for thebest.

WHEN I moved here 10years ago, one of myfirst stops was thelibrary. Coming fromanother small town, Iwas impressed — greatbooks, huge non-fiction section, nicechildren’s area for mynew baby.However, the more timeI spent there, the moreapparent it became thatdespite the range ofbooks and dedicatedstaff, space iscramped, tired andwoefully inadequate fora town our size.Libraries are a funda-mental part of a com-munity, not only as thehome of actual re-source, but as a meet-ing space, learningplace and centre forchange.Yes, technology hashad a huge impact onthe way our librariesand public spaces aredesigned, managedand operated. Andthere will always be aplace for real books,and the more access-ible, user friendly andinviting it is, the more itwill be utilised.Bring on the newlibrary. I can’t wait!


Pekerau an awesome schoolWe would like to take this

opportunity to publicly acknow-ledge the awesome spirit andspecial character that is so obvi-ous at Pekerau School.

We have three daughters(Sariah, Year 5; Maude, Year 3 andGeorgina, Year 2) who attendPekerau and they love theirschool.

We know first hand the fantas-tic work that goes on behind thescenes for all the children whoattend.

Communication with the prin-cipal, teaching and support staff,office administration, groundsmaintenance staff and cleaningstaff is open, transparent and veryrelaxed.

What sets Pekerau Schoolapart from many primary schools

in this area is the fact that thereare many children with disabili-ties who attend Pekerau School.

These children are accepted,embraced, encouraged and genu-inely supported to learn, work andplay alongside their able-bodiedpeers without excuses.

Our oldest daughter Sariah hasglobal developmental delays andmoderate intellectual disabilities.Naturally, she has her personalchallenges which include beingcognitively, verbally and physic-ally impaired, double incontinentand prone to seizures when she isovertired or overheated.

Individuals who are seldomaround children with specialneeds like Sariah can quicklybecome fearful of the unknown,make assumptions or conjure up

pre-conceived ideas or ultimatelyavoid our ‘‘little gems’’ altogether,to save being uncomfortable.

My niece, who has cerebralpalsy, was flatly denied entry atanother local primary schoolbecause her needs were beyondwhat the school could offer. Shewas accepted immediately byPekerau School.

At Pekerau School their schoolcharter goes beyond the writtenword.

It is a ‘‘living document’’ whichis reinforced by real people for realpeople every single day. All chil-dren are accepted, celebrated andgiven the dignity and respect thatthey deserve while attendingschool. A great example indeed.

‘‘Doing it the Pekerau way!’’GEORGINA REWHA


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DON’T TELL: Barbara Osborne (playing Angela Dixon - left), Keita Pederson (Meg Bacon - centre) and Liz Dixon(Lucy Dean) in a scene from the forthcoming Secret Bridesmaids Business.

Te Awamutu Light OperaticSociety opens its 2012 season onFriday, April 13 with a straightplay Secret Bridesmaids Busi-ness under the direction of GwenHart.

The play was recentlyperformed in Taupo and was ahuge success, it is hoped TeAwamutu audiences will alsoenjoy this comedy by AustralianElizabeth Coleman.

Its the night before Meg’swedding. She and herbridesmaids are planning to kickup their heels as the final hoursbefore the big day tick down.

However, a last minute scan-dal threatens to ruin the wholeaffair.

Never far from reality, SecretBridesmaids Business exposes

the insanity that can be createdas the wedding juggernautswerves out of control.

Marriage may be a wonderfulthing, but after a night like this,well, could it really be worth it?

Participants in the ‘pre-wedding reception’ will beoffered a complimentary glass ofbubbles or orange juice onarrival. It is recommended under18s have parental guidance forthis play.

■ The show runs until Saturday,April 21 with evening shows at7.30pm opening night and nightlyfrom Tuesday, April 17. There arealso 1.30pmmatinees on Sunday,April 15 and Saturday, April 21.Tickets are now available from TeAwamutu I-Site Information Centre.

Cash prizeson offerfor youngachievers

Do you know an outstanding young person inthe Waipa District who deserves recognition?

Then we want to hear from you.The Waipa District Council Youth Awards

aim to recognise the outstanding achievementsof Waipa youth in academics, arts and culture,community service, leadership and sport.

The awards are run annually under theumbrella of the Waipa Youth Council and are intheir tenth year.

They are open to young people aged 14-18 wholive, or have attended school in the Waipadistrict for at least six months of the 2011academic year.

Benefits of winning a youth award includeimproving future academic and scholarshipopportunities and receiving cash prizes of $300for excellence and $200 for merit or services inkind.

Mayor Alan Livingston said the awards keptgetting better each year.

‘‘Nominations have more than doubled sincethe awards were first held in 2003 and it is agreat opportunity to acknowledge the youngtalent we have in Waipa,’’ he said.

Last year there were 86 nominations and 45exceptional young people received recognition.

Past recipients have included Pirongia-basedband The Good Fun and Silver Fern LauraLangman.

■ Nominations are now open and close on Friday,May 11.Nomination forms are available from secondaryschools, council offices and libraries and atwww.waipadc.govt.nz


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Last-minute change to save the dayYears of preparation to host the

New Zealand Ploughing Cham-pionships in Waipa almost came tonothing when the owner of the landprepared as the venue ‘pulled thepin’.

Te Awamutu couple Alan andTrish Wallace are highly involvedin the organisation of the event.

A former world champion, MrWallace says the Waikato Plough-ing Association was left looking foranother venue just weeks out fromthe event after the owner of theAspin Road farm made last minutedemands that they couldn’t meet.

Mr Wallace says luckily anothersuitable farm was found and madeavailable, and it is in St Kilda Roadjust minutes from the previoussite.

Mr Wallace is treasurer of theorganising committee and saysmembers had to quickly re-

organise and replace advertisingand signs, re-apply for consentsand re-do traffic managementplans and other legalrequirements.

He praised Waipa Mayor AlanLivingston and the staff of WaipaDistrict Council who have bentover backwards to ensure the eventcan still take place.

Extra consents are requiredbecause the new property has hightension pylons, and the committeeeven needs a consent to put a signat Aspin Road to direct people tothe new venue.

The New Zealand PloughingChampionships will now takeplace at the St Kilda Road propertyon Saturday and Sunday, April14-15.

There are four national titles upfor grabs, Conventional, Revers-ible, Vintage Tractor (pre-1956 trac-

tor and plough) and Horse Plough-ing.

Mr Wallace says the organisershad spent a considerable amount ofmoney planting a stubble crop onthe Aspin Road property for thecompetition so the Conventionaland Reversible classes couldplough grass and stubble.

Now they will plough twice, butboth on grass.

The host group are having towork even harder as seven mem-bers of the Waikato PloughingAssociation are also competing.

Mr Wallace says the while thepublic events are held over theweekend, the lead-up starts earlier.

The committee has to mark theplots and practice areas and pre-pare other aspects of the site.

On Thursday Mrs Wallace ishosting a supporters tour of Waipa,with visits to parts of Cambridge,

then Te Awamutu’s Rose Gardens,Walk of Fame and Old St John’sbefore a catered lunch at thecouple’s home.

They head on to a gallery inPencarrow Road and CambridgeStud.

Mrs Wallace is also responsiblefor organising the Craft Show thatwill be held at the ploughing venueas one of the extra attractions overthe weekend.

Thursday night is the Icebreakerat the Prince Albert — event HQ andhosts of unofficial functions.

On Friday there is a churchservice at St Andrews AnglicanChurch, Cambridge for the re-dedication of the trophies.

Mayor Livingston hosts theMayor’s luncheon for competitorsand officials, then the plots aredrawn and there is a competitorsbriefing.

In the afternoon the New ZealandPloughing Association holds itsAGM.

Sunday is awards night at Cam-bridge Town Hall, with the PrinceAlbert providing bar services.

Other attractions for the publicduring competition days includefood courts, agricultural tradeexhibitions and stands and vintageand classic car shows.

The waikato Vintage Tractormachinery Club is holding its trien-nial rally in conjunction with theChampionships.

A large site has been provided forstatic and working displays as wellas demonstrations of the club’s dynoand the tractor pull sledge.

■ The event runs each day from9amuntil 4pmand everyone iswelcome toattend. The sitewill bewell signpostedfromThornton Road, Cambridge.

Outsmartinglaw breakers

New technology is helping Waikato Police getdangerous drivers off the roads as officers worksmarter to help make the district’s roads safer.

Acting district road policing manager, SeniorSergeant Jeff Penno said two new systems came intoplay when a disqualified driver was stopped twice intwo hours and arrested on Sunday.

In the first incident an officer stopped a Nissanvehicle after an Automatic Number Plate Recognitiondevice (ANPR) indicated the vehicle was of interest topolice.

‘‘The officer pulled the car over and the 24-year-oldmale driver produced a driver’s licence that was thenscanned by a recently installed Secure Mobile Accessand Reporting Technology device (SMART).

‘‘These hand-held devices provide a real time linkto the police database.

They are able to scan the bar codes of licences toquickly identify drivers.’’

Mr Penno said the data that came back via theSMART device identified the driver as being disquali-fied in relation to excess breath alcohol matters.

He was arrested and charged with driving whiledisqualified, third or subsequent offence, failing tosurrender his licence and fined for having no roaduser mileage on his vehicle.

With his car impounded for 28 days the man wasreleased on bail but it wasn’t long before he came tothe attention of police again.

The same highway patrol officer pulled overanother vehicle and to his surprise found the samedriver behind the wheel of a car he had borrowedfrom a friend to pick up items he had left in his ownvehicle.

‘‘The driver was arrested again and his friendis far from impressed given that the secondvehicle has now been impounded as well, just twohours after the first one was seized.’’

Mr Penno said the driver’s cavalier attitude tocourt imposed sanctions forbidding him to drivewas a classic example of a small recidivist groupof drivers ready to put their own lives and thoseof others at risk.

‘‘These devices are proving their worth inhelping us keep our roads safe.

‘‘And really showing how the police areworking ‘smarter’ to make the road safer,’’MrPenno said.


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CELEBRATION: The Mangaohoi Stream artwork is hung from theArawata Street Bridge.

Students from Te AwamutuPrimary School and Te AwamutuCollege attended the MangaohoiStream Care Group’s third annualactivities day at the stream onFriday.

As well as the activity day,there have been events such as aplanting day, a regatta and theregular clean-up days which areheld on the third Sunday of themonth.

This year’s activity day wasbased at the Burchell Pavilion andfollowed the theme of helpingstudents learn about; develop avision and take action for theirstream.

This year the activities day wasa collaboration with Arts Waikatoto create a piece of art that willhelp to raise the profile of thestream project. It is hoped thatapart from occasionally beinginstalled next to the stream, it can

be shown along with an explana-tion of its purpose, around town.

Artwork installations and cul-tural events were aspects thatstudents identified in their visionfor the public spaces near thestream.

Students were encouraged totake inspiration from the nativeplanting that took place lastspring, and to look at books andvideos and successful projectsaround the rest of the country andworld.

The resulting artwork willhopefully be the first of manystudent constructed pieces on dis-play here.

The day started with an intro-duction, followed by a presenta-tion of ‘Where have we come fromand where are we now?’

The group set about findinginspiration for their work by walk-ing the stream, and observing and

recording changes, surprises, con-cerns, colours, objects, sounds,shapes, solutions and dreams. Abrainstorming session followedand students, helpers and volun-teers started the artwork. JennyCharman gave a talk from an iwiperspective on the importance ofeels and stream health.

The artwork was completed inthe afternoon and students hung itfrom the bridge to celebrate.

Students also planted sometrees donated by St PatricksSchool from their Trees for Sur-vival growing unit).

Mangaohoi Stream Care Groupis in the process of establishingtheir own legal entity.

Those keen to know more aboutthe group or who want to help arewelcome to attend our meetingsheld at the Kihikihi Memorial Hallon the second Thursday of themonth at 5pm.


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Duo recall happy school days■ From Page 3.

She says over the years thedemands on the school haveincreased hugely, especiallythe ‘‘paper war’’, but she hasworked with lots of interestingpeople and had some greattimes.

Mrs Copeland has workedwith four of the five principalsat the school, dealt with thou-sands of pupils and hundredsof staff members.

Along with her daughterand granddaughter she burieda time capsule for the school’s50th birthday in 2009 — soeven though she is leaving theschool her association willremain for many more yearsto come.

LONG SERVICE TOOStaff member Margaret

Dixon also recently retiredfrom Te Awamutu Intermedi-

ate, having taught at theschool for 31 years.

From Northern Irelandoriginally, Mrs Dixon (neeThompson) left Londonderryafter her family’s haberdash-ery shop had been bombedthree times.

‘‘Northern Ireland was inturmoil at the time. When Idrove into town my car wouldbe searched by the army. If Iwalked into town I had myhandbag searched.

‘‘I was always scanning thehorizon to see where thebombs had gone off.

‘‘I decided there had to besomething better, so I checkedout countries all around theworld for somewhere thatwasn’t too big, was peacefuland had a good climate.

‘‘New Zealand was the obvi-ous choice, so I spent six

weeks travelling to a newcountry, by myself, aboard theFair Star.’’

Arriving in Auckland shelooked for work, but was toldby people she stayed with sheneeded to ‘look South’.

So shortly after a visit tothe South Auckland Educa-tion Board she received atelegram about a clothingteacher’s position in Te Awa-mutu.

After a successful inter-view with then principal BillHewitt, she took up the posi-tion for five years, duringwhich time she also married‘the man of her dreams’.

After a seven year break tohave family, she returned in1985 as the Home Economicsteacher — a position she helduntil her retirement at the endof last year.

Over those years she sawmany changes to the techno-logy curriculum and a hugechange to her teachingenvironment with theaddition of the school’simpressive new technologysuite in 2008. But the thingthat remained constant wasthe enjoyment of seeing chil-dren achieve.

‘‘The looks of pride on theirfaces when they got to the endof the cycle and showed theirparents what they had createdwas wonderful.’’

While Mrs Dixon hasofficially retired, she is notentirely lost to the school. Shehas been taking an extensionart group on Thursdays.

‘‘Taking extension art is ajoy — art is my passion andnow that I have retired I havetime to indulge that passion.’’

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Golf croquet elective proves a hit

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COLLEGE Year 11 student Georgia Edge competing in the golf croquetelective, watched by fellow students, from left, Emma King, AdamHamilton and Robyn Legge.

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CROQUET club captain Jean Fisher handing out prizes to the College students.

BY COLIN THORSEN

Twenty students and three stafffrom Te Awamutu College partici-pated in a three-day golf croquetelective at Te Awamutu CroquetClub.

It was a win-win situation forboth parties — particularly theCroquet Club which is desperatelykeen to recruit young members tobalance its ageing membership.

The activity was one of theoptions in the Te Awamutu Collegeelectives — a three-day programmethe school runs each year wherestudents have the chance to try anew activity or spend more time onan existing interest within the elec-tive choices.

‘‘These kids really enjoyed thegolf croquet,’’s said teacher PamFisher.

‘‘Club captain Jean Fisher puttogether an excellent programmeand her club mates who helped outwere warm and welcoming.

‘‘Our students enjoyed the gameand the interaction with all of theclub members.’’

Mrs Fisher says croquet is com-petitive and challenging, a bit likebilliards on an open green.

Before the students arrived, theyhad no idea what golf croquet was.But being young and with activeminds, it did not take them long tolearn the basics of the game.

On the second day, rules wereintroduced and the students really

began to think of strategies to helpbeat the opposition.

Each day prizes were awarded tostudents who performed well.

The three students to show con-siderable promise at the sport wereLeinati Lima, Moana Fifita andRobbie Soepnel.

Mrs Fisher said the club mem-bers felt it was a fun and worthwhileexercise.

‘‘The students were a joythroughout the three days, they didtheir college proud.

‘‘Everyone appeared to enjoy theexperience and some are keen tofollow it up at some stage.’’

The Courier sports editor caughtup with some of the players andasked them what they now thought

of the sport of croquet.Moana Fifita:‘‘Croquet is a game I thought I’d

never play in my life, but the lastthree days have been heaps of funand I definitely don’t regret pickingit as an elective.

‘‘If you ever get an opportunity toplay croquet, do it.’’

Leinati Lima:‘‘I went into croquet not knowing

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‘‘The past three days were filled

with fun and excitement, with theadded bonus of meeting new people.I went in knowing nothing, but leftwith great memories and know-ledge.’’

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though it was going to be reallyboring. To be honest, I wasn’texcited at all. But when I startedplaying, I soon realised that it wasactually quite fun.

‘‘It is a very interesting game,with lots of excitement. I had a lot offun these past few days — it just goesto show that you should never knocksomething before you try it.’’

All three interviewed were lavishin their praise ofMrs Fisher herhelpers, and the teachers involved.


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Young athletes shine

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MEDALS GALORE: Te Awamutu athletes with their medals after the Waikato Bay of Plenty championships. Back row, from left:Isaac Milne, Adam Ballantyne, Megan Bethell, Zak Ramsey (obscured), Ryan Ballantyne, Jayda Chase-Cotterell. Front row: JamilaMilne, Shontelle Cook, Shantel O’Keeffe, Arden Mason, Jaime Leigh, Harriet Berry.

Zak Ramsey was the stand-out member of the wellperformed Te Awamutu ath-letics team at the Waikato Bayof Plenty championships.

The event was contested overthree weekends with the seniorchamps starting in Tauranga.

Ramsey won the U15 100mand 400m and Megan Bethellwas fourth in the 100m and fifthin the 400m.

Te Awamutu’s coach, Mur-ray Green won the 400m and1500m in the Masters age groupfor 50-55 year olds.

The second week of seniorchamps was at Porritt Stadiumwhere Ramsey won the 800mand was third in the 200m, andBethell second in the 800m.

Both athletes were backing

up after a big day at the collegeathletics the previous day inwhich they both won theirchampionships. Green also wonthe 800m and 5000m.

Action then moved to theChildren’s Champs for ages 7-14at Porritt Stadium.

Ramsey, aged 14, was alsoeligible to compete here. He wongold in the 400m and 800m, andsilver in the 200m and longjump.

Ryan Ballantyne (12) wentone better claiming gold medalsin the 400m, 800m and shot put,as well as silver in the discus.

Te Awamutu had four othermultiple medal winners, includ-ing 10-year-old girl ArdenMason who won gold in discusby over a metre, silver in shot

put and was a surprise finalistin her 200m.

Jayda Chase-Cotterell tookgold in the 12 year girls’ 100m,silver in the 80m hurdles andfifth in long jump.

Adam Ballantyne boosted TeAwamutu’s 14yo boys’ tally ofmedals with silver in the 100mhurdles and discus, along withfourth in the 100m and sixth inlong jump.

Youngest team member,Jaime Leigh (7) won bronze inboth the girls’ 60m and 100m andwas fourth in her long jump andshot put.

Other medallists includedShantel O’Keeffe with bronze in10yo girls’ 200m, fifth in 100mand seventh in discus; HarrietBerry bronze in 11yo girls’ long

jump, and fifth and sixth in100m and 200m finals; IsaacMilne bronze in 12yo boys’1500m and fifth in 800m, andShontelle Cook bronze in 12yogirls’ shot put and fifth indiscus.

Several athletes fell just out-side the top three. They wereLexie Jones-Hall with fifth inshot and discus, Jamila Milnefourth in 400m, Emma O’Keeffefifth in 400m, Max Tervitt sixthin 100m, Seton Mason fourth in800m, Mia Milne fifth in 800mand Georgia Praat sixth in200m.

Earlier in the season on aspecial ‘relays’ day Mason,O’Keeffe and Jamila Milne wonthe 10 year girls’ field eventrelay gold medal.

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Newcomer Brian Pickering is proving a big hitwith his humour at Kihikihi Bowling Club.

The 65-year-old took out the ‘‘best dressed’’Irishman prize when the club organised a variety ofnovelty games on St Patrick’s Day.

Formerly of Stockport in Manchester, England,Pickering dressed up as a ‘‘leprechaun’’ and playedout the mischievous elf to a tee. The atmosphere wasenhanced by Irish music accompanying the games.

Overall winners were Merv Maddren and DotAnderson, with Joan Collins and Joan Maddren therunners-up.

Pickering is a first year bowler, although he didplay indoor bowls for the first time at Te Awamutulast year.

The Pickerings (Brian, wife Pauline and sonDarren) emigrated to New Zealand in 1978. They havelived in Te Awamutu for the past 15 years.

Brian retired on Friday after a lengthy career as agas engineer employed by Vector. Darren, 40, is a jazzmusician/music teacher in Christchurch.

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(TOP) SHARP shooter NathanGeorge nailed three penaltiesand a conversion for Te Awa-mutu Sports against HamiltonMarist.

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(RIGHT) LOCK ChrisMiddleton made a welcomereturn to the Te AwamutuSports’ forward pack on Satur-day, scoring his team’s onlytry against Hamilton Marist.

Ham Old Boys also unbeatenEcolab Te Awamutu

Sports slipped to fifth place inWaikato premier rugby com-petition after suffering theirfirst loss in round three.

Playing at home, HamiltonMarist won their top-of-the-table clash 27-16 to retaintheir unbeaten record on Sat-urday.

Hamilton Old Boys, 15-13winners over Hautapu, arethe only other unbeatenteam.

Hamilton Marist lead thecompetition with 14 points,from Hamilton OB on 13,Hautapu 10, Otorohanga 9, TeAwamutu Sports 8, FraserTech 6, University 5, Melville4, Morrinsville 1, Hinuera 1.

Peter Bain reports that itwas an evenly contested,physical encounter at MaristPark.

Sports opened the scoringwith a Nathan George pen-alty after some early pres-sure.

Marist stormed back witha try to loose forward JosaanLevien, who went overuntouched after being putinto a gap. The try came onthe back of several forwarddrives for the line which hadbeen repelled by solid Sports’defence. Wharenui Haweraadded the conversion for histeam to lead 7-3.

Sports replied from therestart when lock ChrisMiddleton charged down aMarist clearing kick andregathered to score. Georgeadded the conversion forSports to lead 10-7.

Right on halftime, Hawerawas on target with a penaltyfor a 10-10 scoreline.

George had Sports in frontagain early in the secondspell with his second penalty.

Marist notched theirsecond try when Levien setup wing Josh Fa’agalu whostepped his way past thedefence to score between theposts for Hawera to convert.

A long range penalty fromGeorge just made it over thebar to reduce the deficit to17-16.

The last 10 minutes sawSports forced to do a lot ofdefending.

Marist were rewardedwith a penalty for a 20-16 lead,followed by a try to ChiefMaritino Nemani from aclever chip-kick and regatherdown the right wing.

With time up, Sportspoured on the pressurethrough the forwards, mak-ing several drives at the linein their quest for a bonuspoint. They were denied byrock solid defence, butcouldn’t consider themselvesa trifle unlucky not to comeaway with a point.

Bain says Sports’ defenceup front was outstanding allday, led by prop AdrianTucker who put in some bighits.

In midfield, Leon Emeryand Henare Raukawa workedhard together, while fullbackRyan Meacheam organisedthe defence well and wassolid as the last defender.

Co-coach, Deon Muir waspleased with the efforts ondefence after working hardon it at trainings. They putMarist under pressure, forc-ing them into mistakes andgained many turnovers withpowerful counter-rucking.

Sports next game is athome on Good Friday againstMelville. Captain Jono Arm-strong will play his 100thpremier game for the club.

It will be a game full ofintrigue after both teamswere beaten at the weekend,Melville losing 19-11 to Otoro-hanga at Collins Road.


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LOVE BEYOND REASON10.00am – PASTOR ANDREW VOSSEN SPEAKING

11.00am – THE ZONE FOR KIDS

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EASTER SUNDAY MORNING 8th APRIL 10.00am - 11.30amCELEBRATION OF LIFE – JESUS IS ALIVE

EASTER SUNDAY EVENING 8th APRIL 7.00pm - 9.00pmTHE GREAT COMMUNION

Te Awamutu Christian CentreTe Awamutu Christian CentreAT THE RACECOURSE

Equestrianhierarchyat forum

It will be very much a who’s whoof the FEI equestrian world at theKihikihi International Horse Trial.

Dignitaries from throughout theworld will be at Kihikihi over EasterWeekend for the FEI open forum.

Giuseppe Della Chiesa, of Italy,chairman of the FEI Eventing com-mittee, and Catrin Norinder, ofSweden, FEI director of Eventing &Olympic, will be chairing the forum.

The forums are open to nationalfederations, organising committees,riders and officials.

Feedback from all parties isappreciated to allow full involvementby all for the future development ofthe sport of eventing.

In preparation for 2013, the FEIEventing committee are seeking todiscuss the main topics that couldform part of the revisions to the FEIrules for eventing next year.

As part of its consultation process,the FEI Eventing committee ishosting a series of open forums.

Three forums have already takenplace in Germany, Mexico and Aus-tralia. Kihikihi is hosting the fourthof these forums.

‘‘The feedback we have receivedso far from the global eventingcommunity has been extremely con-structive,’’ says Giuseppe DellaChiesa.

‘‘We are looking forward todiscussing these key issues face-to-face and in further detail at Kihi-kihi.’’

Following the final forum in May2012, the recommended rulesrevisions for eventing will befinalised.

These will be presented to the FEIGeneral Assembly in November 2012for implementation on 1 January2013.

Pair poised for challenge

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TWO STAR contender at Kihikihi at Easter, Jessica Woods of Ohaupo competing on Too Predictable.

BY DIANA DOBSON

Jessica Woods headsinto Easter’s KihikihiInternational Horse Trialriding high.

The 19-year-old fromOhaupo last year was thirdin the two star class aboardToo Predictable at theprestigious event. Thisyear she will again startthe 8-year-old mare in thetwo star, also lining up inthe one star aboard DefiesLogic.

Woods spends her daystudying and riding, andshe has the perfect set-upat home. She lives at LittleValley Farm, an eques-trian facility that boasts anindoor arena, ashowjumping arena andher very own crosscountry.

That probably goessome of the way toexplaining how this teen-ager has done so well inrecent years. She and TooPredictable, who’s knownas Fifty at home, won theNew Zealand Young Riderand Junior eventing seriesfor the 2010-2011 season,and in the spring won theirfirst advanced start.

‘‘I’ve decided not to dothe three star at Kihikihiwith her because I want toconsolidate with her andbuild her confidence,’’Woods says.

She has had the darkbay Fifty — namedbecause she is half Clydes-dale and half thorough-bred — since the horse wasa 2-year-old.

‘‘She is just lovely, a bitof a character who lovesthe cross country.’’

Defies Logic is also 8and has not long been withWoods. He too adores thecross country.

‘‘He’s a machine in thecross country.’’

Her 5-year-oldAnnamore LV Award isstill a baby who she isedging into the sportthrough dressage.

‘‘I usually start them indressage and go fromthere,’’ she says.

Horses are a family

affair for the Woods.Mum Natalie is a keen

rider, who won the ama-teur eventing series acouple of years ago, while17-year-old sister Mikaylahas moved from jumpingto dressage.

Dad Paul is the excep-tion.

‘‘He doesn’t ride buthe’s a huge supporter andtries to teach us,’’ saysWoods.

She also gets input from

top trainer Andrew Scott,who rode at the 1992Olympic Games and was amember of the gold medalwinning team at the 1990World Equestrian Games.

Woods’ success inequestrian sports has ledto her winning the PrimeMinister’s Scholarship in2011 and 2012, an AdstraFoundation Scholarshipand she was the 2011 Wai-kato Junior Sportswomanof the Year.

She’s looking forwardto this year’s Kihikihievent.

‘‘I want to get the bestout of my horses,’’ shesays. ‘‘It’s such a fun atmo-sphere at Kihikihi andeveryone gets in and helpseveryone else.

‘‘It’s just a cool event tobe part of. I know the crosscountry is going to betough, but if you’ve donethe training it is easier toenjoy.’’


FORMALNOTICES

BirthsKRAAYVANGER

Annabel is proud toannounce the arrivalof her little sister"Emily Leslie-Marie"Born March 18, 2012.Thanks to midwifeSam Schultz.

DeathsBARLOWVera Emily.On March 29, 2012,peacefully after a longillness. Aged 93 years.Beloved mother andmother-in-law ofRichard and Sonja,loved Nana B of Paul,Peter and Sara, NanaB of Caitlin, Keiley,Luciph; Caleb andLuke.

A service to celebratethe life of Vera will beheld at St SavioursAnglican Church,Franklin Street,Pirongia on Tuesday,April 3 at 2.00 p.m.followed by a privatecremation. Allcommunications tothe Barlow family c/-262 Ohaupo Road, TeAwamutu. —

Rosetown FamilyFunerals

MOYESPatricia May (Pat).On March 26, 2012dearly loved andrespected mum andmother-in-law ofSharon and John. Aspecial Narnie ofBrianna and Keely.

"Some broken heartsmay never mend,some memoriesmay never end,some wet tearsmay never dry,but our love for

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PATTERSONKevin Clifford.On Saturday eveningat home, after a longcourageous battle.Dearly loved brotherof Carolyn and the lateLeslie. Loved brother-in-law of Ken Fifield.Uncle to Reuben andMichele, Justine andKyle, Ezra, Kim, Isaac.

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AcknowledgementsMcCONEDonna Michelle (neeRountree).We, Donna’s family,thank you for yourlove and supportduring the time ofDon’s illness andsubsequent passing.We loved the love thatyou all shared with us,and are so verygrateful for the helpand assistance thatcame in so manydifferent forms. Pleaseaccept this as ourheartfelt thanks andappreciation."LIFE-PARTICIPATE"

PHILLIPSRonald William.Ngaire, Bruce, Coraland Neil and theirfamilies thankseveryone for theirkind thoughts andsympathy at Ron’spassing. To those whoattended his funeral,sent cards, flowers andbaking, this was verymuch appreciated.Also thank you tothose who were able tovisit Ron during hisshort illness. Hisvisitors helped himcope with hisdeteriorating health.He is very sadlymissed.

In MemoriamGILLESPIE,Dean.In memory of a lovedson and brother takenfrom us on March 28,2007. Sadly missed andwill always beremembered, Noel,June and family.

Public Notices

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Young, friendly, neutered and microchipped.

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Sports Notices

Lost and FoundFOUND in vicinity ofElizabeth Avenue, youngshort haired cat, mainlywhite with tabbypatches, very friendly,un-neutered. Phone871-1781.

FOUND - childrensprescription glasses inthe Event Centreplayground. Phone870-1561 or (027) 468-2824.

Public Notices

PUBLIC NOTICESale of Liquor Act

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DLS Barnett & A Tapara, 811 - 849 Pouewe St, Kaw hia has made application to the District Licensing Agency at Otorohanga for the renewal of an On-Licence & Off-Licence in respect of the premises situated at Kawhia as known as Kawhia Hotel 2010 Ltd.The general nature of the business conducted under the licences is Hotel - Restaurant.The days on which and the hours during which the liquor is (or intended to be) sold under the On-Licence are: Monday to Sunday, 9am - 1am the following day, Off-Licence: Monday to Sunday, 9am - 10pm.

The application may be inspected during ordinary offi ce hours at the offi ce of the Otorohanga District Licensing Agency, 17 Maniapoto Street, Otorohanga.Any person who is entitled to object and who wishes to object to the grant of application may, not later than 10 working days after the date of the fi rst publication of notice of the application in a newspaper in accordance with the Act, fi le a notice in writing of the objection with the Secretary of the Otorohanga District Licensing Agency, PO Box 11, Otorohanga 3940.This is the fi rst publicationof this notice.

Church Services

ANGLICANCHURCHKIHIKIHIHoly Week

ServicesApril 5 -

Maundy Thursday 7pmApril 6 -

Good Friday 10amApril 8 -

Easter Day 9.30amAll Welcome

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TE AWAMUTU PROCRASTINATION

SOCIETYhas been

postponed again.

Spokesman, Owen Miller,wonders if it can ever get started now.

The people who want to join, keep putting it off, and the ones who turn up, are no longer eligible; a diffi culty that also applies to the committee.

RafflesSAVE the Childrenwinner - ticket no 09B,green spades.

Wool can be dropped off at Te Awamutu Courier Office,

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Stock Auctions

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Te Awamutu Weekly SaleTe Awamutu Saleyards, Paterangi RoadThursday, April 5, 2012

Sale Comprising:

11.00 Prime & Boners10 Fat Cattle

200 Boners

Store Cattle10 2-year Steers & Heifers

30 Yearling Beef X Steers & Heifers

30 Weaner Beef X Steers & Heifers

Store Cattle

12.30 Dairies100 I/C Cows and MT Cows

12.00 Sheep & Calves

150 Feeder Calves

WantedHigh BW M/T cows, 2 - 5 years

Rising one year hfrs

Herd & In/calf heifer listings required

Further Enquiries

Chris Ryan

Andrew Reyland

Andy Transom

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For Sale Under $50

LEFTOVERS from garagesale, 50c and $1. Phone871-5351.

TE Awamutu Collegegirl’s size 12 grey blouse,$20. Phone 871-8923.

TELEVISION Phillips 29",suitable kid’splaystation, going, $20.Phone 871-5645.

FirewoodDRY firewood, hard/softmix or separate, $75/m3.Phone (027) 915-7876.FIREWOOD, dry pine,$60/m3 delivered. Phone(021) 937-393.FIREWOOD for sale,expected shortage nextwinter, 5m3 - $170, 10m3 -$300 delivered. Phone (07)873-9190 or (021) 617-349.GUM firewood for sale,$90m3. Phone (027)375-7225.SPLIT Lawson, $70/m3.Phone Keith 871-4775.

GrazingDAIRY heifer grazingavailable for up to 75heifers on ex-dairy farmwith ex dairy farmer,large amount ofsupplement on handwhen needed -Otorohanga/Te Kuitidistrict, referencesavailable. Phone (027)487-5859.GRAZING available for 50animals, from June 01,2012 - May 31, 2013, TePahu area. Phone (07)825-9084.

GrazingEXCELLENT grazingavail, long term for dairyweiner heifers, expergrazier, good contour andwater, eczema free.Phone Rod or Leann (07)877-8543 or (027) 497-7854.GRAZING available forbroodmares and sporthorses, $5/day. Phone(027) 202-0237.

GrazingGRAZING available, topquality yearling andHOC grazing from May 1- Guaranteed weights.Contact Tony Ashford(027) 499-9125.www.nzgrazing.co.nz

Livestock & Poultry

ALL MILKwantedforcalvesPayment on pick upPhone Deb Kirkham

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Jan BrittonCounsellorMember of NZAC

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0800 CAR DUMP0800 CAR DUMPWe sell second handWe sell second hand good warrantable tyresgood warrantable tyres most sizes.most sizes.Some assortment ofSome assortment of alloys.alloys.

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Dead or dying cars, 4x4

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Hiace Hilux Landcruiser CorollaTownace Liteace 4WD’s Big Trucks

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No WOF, no regn,No WOF, no regn,no problem!no problem!

PH 021 860 995PH 021 860 995Flatmates

Vehicles Wanted

FLATMATE wanted toshare three brm house,$160 p/wk incl power.Phone Ross (021) 259-3498.

To Let288 Raeburne Street,three brm, bathroom andensuite, open plan living,dining and kitchen,dishwasher, under tileheating, $360 p/wk.Phone (027) 243-8105evenings.

Portable, insulated, power, carpet, curtains Various sizes available

Immediate deliveryPh/txt (027) 458-2904

ROOMS TO RENT

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CARAVANS to let from$30, long term. Phone871-2171 or (0274) 407-101.COSY three brm cottage,15 minutes from TeAwamutu, available forfive months, $200 p/wk.Phone (07) 872-7716evenings.SLEEPOUT/OFFICE,portable single room, $50p/wk. Phone 870-4990.

A1 SELFA1 SELF STORAGESTORAGE

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seven day access.Phone 871-3332or (021) 912-900

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TE Awamutu tidy threebrm home with spaciousliving, log fire, quiet cul-de-sac, full section withseperate garaging, $285p/wk. Phone (07)823-6276.

Wanted to RentRURAL house wanted forworking family,anything considered.Phone Karina (022)036-3756.

Computer ServicesPC PROBLEMS?NO fix, no fee, local ITprofessional available foron site repairs, upgradesand trouble shooting, PCand laptop sales, no callout fees for help, PhoneMatt (027) 515-6996 or870-3038.

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Gardening &Landscaping

GARDENERRON Elder for all yourgarden maintenance.Phone (07) 839-2554 or(027) 845-8530.

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• Lawn mowing• All section work

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

Property & HomeMaintenance

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CARPETCLEANING

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GASFULL gas servicing andinstallation service. CallPratts today. 870-5020.

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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Johnny NelsonJohnny Nelson (027) 476-3347

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Rob’s RuralFencing

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AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING INSTRUCTOR (CIE) WAIKERIA As an Automotive Engineering Instructor, you have the opportunity to pass on your skills and experience and make a real difference. By working closely with prisoners, you will be supporting them to learn new skills, gain work experience and assist with their rehabilitation through achieving industry recognised qualifi cations, increasing their chances of obtaining employment after release.

The garage is run as a separate business unit, with both commercial and skills training objectives. Supporting customers on site, you will be responsible for the running of the workshop, undertaking repairs and maintenance for a broad range of fl eet and farm vehicles. You will be continually challenged in this role from facilitating adult learning and on-job training to H&S, budget management and relationship building, both within the prison and external suppliers.

Vacancy Number RRSCR2167 Applications close Sunday, 15 April 2012www.corrections.govt.nz/careers

For further information and to apply, please visit our website www.corrections.govt.nz/careers

At the Department of Corrections we are passionate about reducing

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of a highly supportive team that manages offenders

in prison and in the community.

Employment Vacancies

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DRIVER/MILK VENDORA part time Driver vacancy has become available in our Cambridge Anchor Franchise, 32 hours plus.It involves the delivery of milk and associated productsto Supermarkets, Cafes and Dairies.Qualities required are:• Honesty• Good communication skills• To record fi gures accurately - maths ability• Have an HT or Class 2 Licence• Physically fi t - (some heavy lifting)

Please apply to : Milk 2 Go Ltd,164 The Oaks Drive, Cambridge - 021 744 808

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FITTER TURNER MACHINISTStewart & Cavaliers engineering jobbing shop specialises in quick turnaround machining. We currently have a position for a fully skilled Fitter/Turner Machinist with extensive experience in all areas of milling and turning. This is a hands on manual role so you must have hands on experience and a good eye for detail as some work is required without drawings/plans to work from.

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This is a great opportunity to join a professional, friendly workplace where you willwork hard and have fun. We offer an attractive remuneration package and benefi ts, and personal development opportunities.

Please forward a current CV to Managing Director John StewartEmail: [email protected]

Stewart & Cavalier Engineering - Te AwamutuCheck out our website: www.stewcav.co.nz

PART-TIME butcherrequired. Please phone871-5320.RELIEF milker wantedfor every secondweekend andoccasionally during theweek, if suitable. Phone871-5256 evenings.

Employment Wanted

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

Need help?Phone: (07) 871-3176

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Due to increasing production demand we have a vacancy for a full time Fabricator/Welder to start immediately.Successful applicants must be motivated with a high level MIG welding and steel fabrication experience.

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Please contact our offi ce for application details or send your CV to:

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Applications close April 12, 2012

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57B Gibson Lane- Three/four brm, two fi res, $300 p/wk

46 McCullough Lane- Brand new, four brm, garage, $410 p/wk

236 Spinley Street - Three brm, garage, fenced, $250 p/wk

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To LetTWO brm unit carport,heat pump, 500m to PostOffice, suit matureperson, $250 p/wk, lawnmowing included, bondand references reqd.Phone 871-7690 after5.30pm.

TWO brm unit, St MarysAvenue, fenced, garage,$200 p/wk, availableApril 15. Phone/text (027)750-9442.


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TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY M4TH MONTH. WED 7:40, SAT 5:00

GIRL WITH THEDRAGON TATTOO R16

4TH MONTH. THU 7:30,FINAL SAT 7:20

One of the most beloved stories of all time comes to life in this motion picture event for the whole family. It’s a fresh and funny re-telling of

the Snow White legend.MIRROR MIRROR PG

TUE 5:30, WED 10:20 & 5:30,FRI & SAT 1:10 & 3:10,

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SPECIAL MORNING SESSIONS FRIDAY, SUNDAY AND WEDNESDAY

HUGO G4TH MONTH. WED 10:00

Wonderful, hilarious, touching, good-hearted, warm and charming

comedy with an all-star cast.BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD

HOTEL PGTUE 5:40 & 8:10,

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21 JUMP ST R16TUE & WED 8:00, THU 8:10,

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Marilyn Monroe wafts throughout this gem of a film, allowing us an intimate insight into her fragility,

loneliness and insecurity.A TRUE Story.

MY WEEK WITH MARILYN MONROE M

THU 5:35, FRI 1:55, SAT 12:55,SUN & MON 1:55

– – – – – – – –This is simply the most unique and

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If you love ‘life’ stories then you can’t afford to miss this one. If

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THE ARTIST PGDAVID O’BRIEN PLAYS OUR

ORGAN CONSOLE FRI & MONTUE 5:50, WED 10:30 & 5:50,

FRI & SAT 5:25,SUN & FINAL MON 3:25

SPECIAL TO CELEBRATE EASTER KING OF KINGS PG FRI 6:10, SUN & MON 4:00

HIGHER GROUND MFINAL WED 5:35

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WRATH OF THE TITANS M TUE & WED 7:50, THU 8:20,FRI 3:30 & 7:25, SAT 7:25,

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THE LORAX G TUE & WED 6:10, THU 6:30, FRI 1:40,

SAT 3:30, SUN 11:40, MON 1:30

THE IRON LADY M 3RD MONTH. TUE 6:00,

SUN & FINAL MON 11:50

THE DESCENDANTS M3RD MONTH. TUE 8:05, FRI 3:55,

SAT 2:50

“If you are a fan of the American Pie films (especially 1 & 2) you’re

going to LOVE this movie”.AMERICAN PIE: REUNION R16

THU 5:40 & 7:50,FRI & SAT 5:50 & 8:10,

SUN & MON 3:50 & 6:10

3 Winners! Entertaining and enchanting fun-adventures with

breathtaking animation.

FREE SMALL POPCORN TO ALL

TINKERBELL GFRI & SAT 1:00, SUN & MON 11:00

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The Clubrooms are open to members invited guests

and members of affi liated clubs.

PHONE: 871 3707PHONE: 871 3707For pickup call the COURTESY VAN

871 3707 then push 5 - free call

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Wed 4th 5.30 - 6.30pm Membership drawThur 5th 5.00pm Restaurant open for dinner

5.30 - 6.30pm Raffl es & Membership Draw 6.30pm approx – Jokers Wild win up to $1000

Fri 6th Good Friday – Club closedSat 7th 12noon - 2.00pm Restaurant open for lunch

5.00pm Restaurant openSun 8th 2.00 - 5.00pm Easter Tropical Party with

A-Z Karaoke – Tropical Dress, Spot prizes for singing, Dancing & Dress5.00 - 7.00pm Sunday Roast 2 Roast meats, Seasonal veges and gravy plus delicious dessert of the day only $14.50

Mon 9th No Special Lunch5.30 - 6.30pm Membership Draw

Tues 10th 1.00pm 500 Club cards

Win tickets to Smash Hit’s 70’sGet ready to sing along.

Some of the most iconic 70’ssongs of all time will beperformed ‘live’ across NewZealand this April and May bythe singers who made themfamous so many years ago —The New Seekers’ EveGraham andPaperlace’s PhilipWright.

To celebrate wehave a double passto the Hamilton con-cert to give away.

Eve Graham’sremarkable vocaltalents have beenadored by fans formore than fourdecades, and theScottish-born star’s musicaljourney has seen her performaround the world and on avariety of stages: from Ameri-can Bandstand and The Sonnyand Cher Show, to The TwoRonnies and Morecambe andWise.

In a career that produced astring of memorable hits, suchas Look What They’ve Done ToMy Song, Ma, Nickel Song,Circles, Never Ending Song OfLove and Beg, Steal or Borrow,Graham is probably bestremembered for her perform-ance of I’d Like To Teach TheWorld To Sing, the famoussoundtrack to Coca-Cola’s ‘Hill-top’ commercial — thecompany’s most successfulcampaign in its history.

Forty years after the releaseof that track, Graham is backand touring an honour roll ofwonderful songs that have lostnot an ounce of their originaland broad appeal.

Joining Graham on the NewZealand tour will be PhilipWright and Paper Lace, whosememorable compositions suchas Billy Don’t Be A Hero,Hitchin’ A Ride and The BlackEyed Boys led them to 70’ssuperstardom and sold millionsof copies around the world.

The classic The NightChicago Died reached numberone in the American Charts,achieving platinum sales andwinning the title of largestselling single worldwide in1974.

After re-releasing two magi-cal albums in 2010, vocalistPhilip Wright and originalbassist Cliff Fish have joinedforces with PhilHendric-

ks and Paul Robinson to rec-reate the authentic live soundof Paperlace for the Smash Hit’s70’s New Zealand tour.

This is the chance for NewZealand fans to savour that unmis-takable 70’s sound of two genuinestars of the era, singing the hitsyou remember, and sounding likeyou remember, at a venue nearyou. It’s a show not to be missed —the Greatest Hits of The NewSeekers and Paper Lace ‘live’.

The 12 date National Tour

commences in Hamilton’sFounders Theatre on Saturday,April 28.

For information and ticketingsee www.stetsongroup.com orwww.thecoast.net.nz.

■ To be in towin simply put yourname, address and daytime phonenumber on the back of a standardsized envelope, address it to theSmashHits 70’s Double PassCompetition andmake sure it reachesour office by 5pm, Friday.

Easter Saturday Country Classics

What do YOU think?Txt 021 241 4568Insert the code TAC before your message -limit of 150 characters

Write: Editor, Te Awamutu Courier, PO Box 1, Te Awamutu 3800email: [email protected]

Te AwamutuCountry Variety Clubspecial guest this

Easter Saturday is CliffHead from Morrins-ville.

Head will astoundyou with his renditionsof Marty Robbinsclassics, plus he writesa lot of his own mater-ial.

He has appeared atTe Awamutu before onthe ValRay CountryShow bill, where he wassupport act for Kittenand has also supportedRoger Tibbs.

Audiences fromthese shows raved overhim.

So the club is proud

to bring Cliff Head backto the area, and more soto be able to have himas guest artist.

A top band and topsingers, not only fromthe Te Awamutu Club,but also from visitingclubs, will beperforming.

Everyone is wel-come to get a grouptogether and enjoy realCountry music at TheBible Chapel, SaturdayApril 7 at 1pm. After-noon tea is included.

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Free Champagne or O.J. on arrival • Tickets $25 – Cash bar available – PGR

Tickets available at i-Site

Secret Bridesmaids’ BusinessTe Awamutu Light Operatic Society presents

SHH!Opens

13th April – 7.30pm

Nights

17th-21st April – 7.30pm

Matinees

15th & 21st April – 1.30pm

Te Awamutu Courier - April 3rd, 2012

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