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BRIEFLYWelcome back

Happy New Year — we hopeyou enjoyed a safe and happyChristmas and New Year period.

This is our first (and onlyedition) for this week — we willbe reverting to twice weekly(Tuesday, Thursday) next week.

If you have any interestingsnippets of news, photographs(see below) letters oradvertisements — contact yourcommunity newspaper, the TeAwamutu Courier (contactdetails page 7).

Snap HappyReaders have been quick to

send us some lovelyphotographs of their summerholidays. The first group arepublished on our back page(page 20) today.

If there are enough imageswe will continue to publishphotos throughout January andFebruary.

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Halberg hopefuls

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CANOEING’S golden girl Lisa Carrington is welcomed by herparents Pat and Glynis at the Auckland International Airport asshe arrives back in New Zealand from the London Olympics.

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WORLD No. 1 eventing riderAndrew Nicholson.

By COLIN THORSEN

Outstanding performances byathletes with Te Awamutuconnections during 2012 have beenreflected in the finalists for the 50thWestpac Halberg Awards.

Andrew Nicholson and Lisa Car-rington are candidates for the HighPerformance Sport New ZealandSportsman and Sportswoman of theYear titles, while Hamish Bond andEric Murray are among the West-pac Team of the Year finalists.

World number one rankedeventing rider Andrew Nicholson isa big chance to take out the‘Sportsman of the Year’ title.

Kihikihi’s favourite son nettedthe $US50,000 bonus as the HSBCRankings leader at the end of the2012 season after holding on to theworld number one spot sinceclaiming team bronze at the London2012 Olympics.

The 51-year-old kicked off 2012by finishing seventh at the RolexKentucky Three-Day Event (USA),then secured fourth at theLuhmuhlen CCI four star event.

He went on to captain the NewZealand bronze medal team atLondon, his sixth Olympic Games,and placed fourth individually withNereo.

Just one month later he rodeAvebury to a third victory in 17years at the Land Rover Burghley

Horse Trials, the final leg of theHSBC FEI Classics 2011/2012season.

He then won the opening leg ofthe new series at Les Etoiles dePau (FRA), again on Libby Sellars’Nereo, by a comfortable marginover Olympic team silver medal-list, William Fox-Pitt (GBR).

Joining Nicholson among theHalberg finalists is Olympic rowingworld single sculls champion MaheDrysdale, cycling’s Simon vanVelthooven, who won Olympicbronze in the keirin; and rugby’sRichie McCaw, who captained theAll Blacks through their successful2012 season.

Lisa Carrington has had manyspin-offs from her magnificent goldmedal victory in the women’s K1200 at the London Olympics, includ-ing becoming the face of the newBeef + Lamb promotion (along withBMX rider Sarah Walker andParalympic swimmer SophiePascoe), and being made a memberof the New Zealand Order of Meritin the New Year honours list.

Carrington’s rivals forSportswoman of the Year areValerie Adams, 2012 Olympics shot

put gold medallist; SarahWalker, Olympic silver medallistin the women’s BMX, and ama-teur golf sensation Lydia Ko,winner of the CN CanadianWomen’s Open on the LPGATour.

Westpac Team of the Yearfinalists are NZ men’s pair EricMurray and Hamish Bond(rowing), NZ men’s doublescullers Joseph Sullivan andNathan Cohen (rowing), NZwomen’s 470 team of Jo Aleh andPolly Powrie (sailing), NZ men’s49er class team of Peter Burlingand Blair Tuke (sailing), and theAll Blacks (rugby).

Bond and Murray, like Carring-ton, were also made members of NZOrder of Merit.

Once again this year the publichas the chance to vote for ‘NewZealand’s Favourite SportingMoment’. Finalists for this categorywill be announced when publicvoting opens on January 14.

Award winners will beannounced at the 50th WestpacHalberg Awards at Vector Arena onThursday, February 14. The eventwill be televised live on SKY Sport.

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Reason for concern about chlorineIn her Letter to the Editor (6/12/12),

Janet Ruah raised concerns about the useof chlorine based chemicals for the treat-ment of swimming pools. Her concernswere related to breathing problems at theEvents Centre pools.

She also raised questions about pos-sible carcinogenic material in the poolenvironment.

Pool treatment is a specialised subjectbut I believe her concerns are not withoutsubstance.

From the www.aquamagazine.comwebsite Scott Webb says ‘Breakpointchlorination techniques are really onlyeffective against inorganic, ammonia-based chloramines. They do not impact theorganic chloramines present in all poolwater. In fact, they create new worrisomeissues by forming rather nasty disinfec-tion byproducts (DBPs), some of which goairborne and cause well-documented prob-lems in the lungs of frequent swimmersand children. (There is a rising chorus ofconcern in the health community aboutthis issue. There are studies that correlate

DBPs with the onset of asthma in chil-dren.)

At Wikipedia there is discussion aboutthe uses of chloramines to treat swimmingpools.

It noted that in the USA the level ofmonochloramine is regulated in drinkingwater because of the tendency to convertorganic materials into carcinogens suchas chloroform and carbon tetrachloride.Monochloramine is also used in pooltreatments.

At the Te Awamutu Events Centre thechildren’s pool is combined with the mainpool.

If the children’s pool is contaminatedthe whole pool is effected and closed whilethe pool is treated.

While it is inevitable that accidents willoccur with young children, it seemssensible to separate the pools to minimisethe impact.

This would also improve the basicsafety by physically keeping children outof the adult swimming area.

I have often experienced breathing

problems myself after swimming at the TeAwamutu pool. As an asthmatic I have hadthis problem for a long time but I havenoticed that some pools affect me morethan others.

In particular I do not seem to be affectedgreatly by the Melville pool which uses UVtreatment as well as the usual ‘chlorina-tion’ methods.

The use of UV is known to considerablyreduce the level of chlorination required.

I was concerned by the lack of responseby H2O to Janet Ruah’s letter, althoughsome of the issues relate to the design ofthe pool rather that the management.

The response by Waipa District Coun-cil, the custodians of the Events Centre,did not adequately address the issuesraised.

I would like to see a thorough investi-gation into the water treatment methodsincluding an analysis of air purity todetermine how our pool shapes up interms of modern pool hygiene and treat-ment methods.

STEVE WILSON

Should Walk of Fame be Walk of Shame?On a recent visit to family in

Te Awamutu I came across abeautifully designed memorial,but which can unfortunately onlybe described as deeply sexist.

Opposite Saint John’s Churchon Arawata Street you’ll find theTe Awamutu Walk of Fame,erected in 2009.

As a history teacher I relishthe opportunity to engage withmemorials like this in the way a

historian would.Applying some critical think-

ing to decode a memorial can befun and quite hard, but for thisone, many of my Year 9 studentswould be able to spot the prob-lems.

The memorial claims to be for‘those who have contributed tothe growth and development ofTe Awamutu’ — yet out of 21people memorialised, only one

woman, Paddy Stephens, isdeemed to have made a contri-bution to the town.

I find this hard to believe.Paddy appears with her hus-

band, Pat Stephens (no woman,apparently, deserves her ownspace at this memorial). Citizensof Te Awamutu what otherwomen deserve to be recognisedat your Walk of Fame?

Do you also need a Walk of

Shame?Perhaps this could exist at the

opposite end of the park.Who would you put on that, or

is the past only something to becelebrated?

Can I suggest the committeeresponsible for the Walk of Fameas potential candidates for afuture Walk of Shame?

MICHAEL HARCOURTWellington

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welcomed the Auditor General’sreport on matters arising from the2012-22 local authority long termplans.

The report was released inDecember and found that ‘‘overalllocal authorities are planning tolive within their means, and theyare not raising rates to unreason-able levels’’.

Auditor General Lyn Provostsaid that while some councilswere planning to raise more debt‘‘net income always stays positiveand local authorities stay wellwithin the golden rule of fiscalpolicy that governments shouldonly borrow to invest’’.

Waipa Mayor Alan Livingstonsaid the report countered criti-cism earlier in the year by somewho alleged the council’s spend-ing was out of control.

‘‘Our planned average rateincrease over the 10-year period is4.1 per cent compared to a sectoraverage of 4.3 per cent,’’ said Mr

Livingston.‘‘We are also in the fortunate

position of having one of thelowest public debt per capitaratios for local authorities in theWaikato,’’ he said.

‘‘Our ratepayers can take heartthat our council is in a soundfinancial position and ourplanned rates increases are wellwithin what the Auditor Generalconsiders acceptable.’’

The council is working on itsAnnual Plan for the 2013/14 yearwhich would start the financialyear with a debt of $28 million.

This worked out to a debt percapita ratio of around $686 perperson, much less than the major-ity of other councils in the Wai-kato region.

‘‘While our debt is set toincrease during the next 10 years,this is due to a large investment ininfrastructure that will put us inthe best position in terms ofdelivering on the levels of servicethat our communities have come

to expect, and to cater for forecastgrowth,’’ said Mr Livingston.

‘‘It is about planning for ourfuture and limiting the burdenplaced on ratepayers of todaywhile still ensuring that there isadequate ability to provide for theratepayers of the future.

‘‘Without taking this approachwe would be doing nothing morethan delaying the inevitable andfuture councils would find them-selves trying to defend large ratesincreases for investing in emer-gency works brought on by a lackof foresight and planning,’’ hesaid.

The Annual Plan would bereleased for public feedback inMarch and comments would beinvited on a number of issuesincluding those raised by theamendments to the Local Govern-ment Act.

‘‘We encourage people to takepart in this process. It is import-ant that people have their say,’’Mr Livingston said.

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FLASHBACK: Milliner MonikaNeuhauser of Pirongia displaysone of her hats on her daughterJohanna at last year’s PirongiaCraft Day.

Pirongia-based millinerMonika Neuhauser has hadan outstanding Spring andSummer racing season withgreat successes in the‘Fashion in the Field’competitions that have seenher hats and headpiecestaking out top honours.

Ellerslie’s Boxing Dayraces ‘Viva Fashion in theField’ saw her hats beingworn by the winners of theUnder 25 section, the AscotLady section, the MillineryAward and to top it off, theSupreme Award.

Anna Campbell ofCambridge took out the bigprize while her daughterClaudia Campbell won theUnder 25.

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Mrs Neuhauser is nowlooking towards completingorders for her hats andheadpieces that will be wornduring Auckland Cup Week tobe held in March 2013 atEllerslie.


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Te Awamutu Police havedealt with the following mat-ters since our last edition:

Sunday, December 23:Burglary of Kihikihi Road

residence reported. Entrythrough insecure window.Christmas presents, lotterytickets, hair straighteners,camera and cellphone stolen.

Monday, December 24:Theft of sub-woofer and

speakers from car parked inFairview Road reported.

Thursday, December 27:Theft of a J Swap

Contractors Toyota Hilux Ute(MJ1981) from OsbornesTransport yard reported.

Friday, December 28:Theft of a AMC CJ8 Jeep

van (NN365) from OhaupoRoad property reported.

Saturday, December 29:Burglary of Te Rahu Road

property reported. Two bikesand a sound system stolenfrom garage.

Thefts from vehicles: Cloth-ing, cash, kettle, electricfrypan, iPod charger and aerialfrom car parked at DownesStreet property. Purse fromvan parked in Wallace Terraceproperty. Five wallets from carparked in Greenhough Cres-cent property.

Occupants of Allen Roadresidence confronts four maleswho enter home. They decampwhen confronted and makeway to car parked at and oflong driveway.

Balance Street residentdisturbs offender who hasentered garage and interferedwith a quad bike and enteredparked car. Offenderdecamped and not located byPolice. Described as a malewearing cream hoodie and

dark pants, of medium heightand build.

Monday, December 31:Attempted theft of two

vehicles reported.Tuesday, January 1:Burglaries: Pekerau Cres-

cent property. Lawnmower,frozen meat, clothing and rub-bish bin stolen from insecureshed. Finch Street residence.Xbox games, PlayStation andfood stolen.

Wednesday, January 2:Burglaries: Heaphy Street

residence. Two cellphones andalcohol stolen. Resident chasedaway a male maori, aged about18, who dropped a can of beer.Spinley Street residence. TVstolen.

Thursday, January 3:Theft of an Alpaca from

Arapuni Road propertyreported.

Youth reports his scooterbeing stolen from insideMcDonald’s Restaurant.

Theft of 10 beer swappa-crates from yard at SuperLiquor Kihikihi reported.

Friday, January 4:Theft of a Honda CRF250

from from insecure shed atKane Street property reported.Theft of a Honda CBR750 fromPirongia Road propertyreported.

Burglaries: Te AwamutuSports Club. Nothing stolen.Kihikihi Bowling Club. Toolsstolen.

Saturday, January 5:Burglary of Crozier Street

property reported. Frozenmeat, drill, digital camera and2002 VW Golf Stationwagon(GDQ825) stolen.

Theft of wallet and pursefrom car parked at McClureStreet property reported.

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Letting guard downinvites criminals in

Te Awamutu Police weregenerally pleased with thebuild-up to this year’sChristmas/New Yearperiod, although alcoholand violence were thespoilers in the days beforeChristmas.

Police say the stress ofthe holiday period,combined with too muchalcohol, seemed to be afactor in a number ofcallouts to domestic vio-lence incidents and generaldisorder.

The spoiler in the NewYear has been thefts andburglaries — and it seems acommon thread is people

letting down their guard.Acting Te Awamutu

Senior Sergeant GaelMockford says a number ofthe dishonesty-relatedcomplaints seem to beopportunistic as peopleleave houses, garages andsheds insecure and con-tinue to display valuableitems left in cars — thesetoo sometimes not beinglocked.

She says police havegiven the same messagenumerous times — eitherdon’t leave valuables incars, or hide them — andmake sure the car is locked.

Simple burglary preven-

tion measures include notleaving packaging of valu-able items out in view,using timers to turn lightsor radios off and on, arrang-ing mail and papers to bestopped or collected, hidingvaluables and spare keysand not advertising onanswer phones or socialmedia that you are away.

Locking up, includingclosing windows even in theheat of summer, is vitalwhen leaving the house.

Another simple measureis to talk to neighbours andkeep an eye on each other’splaces. Always report any-thing suspicious.

Bridge to close for workCambridge’s high-level Vic-

toria bridge will be closed tovehicles this weekend to allowthe deck to be resurfaced.

Waipa District Council hasengaged contracting firmDowner to undertake the workbetween the hours of 6pm onFriday and 6am on Monday.

Road corridor manager DawnInglis said that while the bridgewould be closed to vehiculartraffic, pedestrians and cyclistswould be accommodated wherepossible.

‘‘We recognise this is animportant link betweenLeamington and Cambridge andhave attempted to undertake theworks at a time that will causethe least disruption to the com-

munity,’’ said Ms Inglis.‘‘The type of bitumen being

used to resurface the bridgeneeds to be applied at optimaltemperatures that are achievedduring the day and the end resultwill be a much smoother surfacefor vehicles,’’ she said.

The bridge’s handrail will alsobe cleaned while the traffic con-trol and detours will be in placeduring this period.

If wet, the work will bepostponed until the followingweekend.

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ALTRUSA Te Awamutu bookworms, Al (Leanne Milligan) and Trusa(Janne Natrass), hit the track with Altrusa members Helen Appleby andChristine Melville at Relay For Life.

Te Awamutu’s Leanne Milliganhas been bitten by the Relay For Lifebug and her commitment to thisfantastic fundraising and awarenessevent is increasing every year.

Relay For Life is a fun, overnightevent which raises funds and aware-ness for the Waikato/Bay of PlentyCancer Society.

It involves teams of ten or morewalking or running around a trackfor 22 hours — though only onemember needs to be on the track atany one time.

Ms Milligan first became involvedwith Relay For Life in 2005, when afellow Altrusa member, who hadcancer entered a team and Altrusa TeAwamutu sponsored them.

The following year Altrusadecided to enter their own team.

This year’s event will be AltrusaTe Awamutu’s eighth Relay and thefirst for Ms Milligan as team captain.

She has also taken it up a notch byjoining the Relay For Life organisingcommittee.

‘‘Cancer is something that affectseveryone in some way. I lost agrandfather and an uncle to cancer aswell as having two aunts and abrother go through treatment.

‘‘Relay For Life is such a fun eventand with 2013 being the tenth anni-versary of Relay in Hamilton, Iwanted to help recognise this andmake it a great, celebratory event.

‘‘We’re hoping for a sunny week-end so the Altrusa bookwormmascots, Al and Trusa, can join in thecelebrations.

‘‘The 2013 Relay is shaping up tobe the ultimate event with all theaspects that makes Relay so special,plus a few surprises.’’

Teams of all shapes and sizescome from across the Waikato toparticipate.

Add to this plenty of entertain-ment, including bands, performersand competitions, overnight camp-ing, some amazing costumes and itbecomes an awesome event to attend.

‘‘There’s such a great atmosphereand it’s a lot of fun. I really enjoy thewhole weekend.’’

But there is more to Relay For Lifethan a great weekend of family fun.

Relay is about celebrating withthose who have overcome cancer,remembering loved ones lost to can-cer, and fighting back against adisease which affects one in threeNew Zealanders by fundraising forthe Cancer Society.

According to Ms Milligan, themost important thing about Relay isthat it is a team event.

‘‘It’s about supporting each other;you don’t have to stay for the whole22 hours.

‘‘This year our team is takingshifts and heading home to sleep. Wetell people, if you have one hour togive we’ll take it, if you have twohours we’ll take it, if you have threewe’ll take that as well!’’

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Mystery Creek EventsCentre will continue to rockto the beat of the ParachuteMusic Festival following thesigning of a five-year con-tract.

Parachute organisers havebeen working with the Mys-tery Creek Events Centreteam to ensure that one of thelargest music festivals in theSouthern Hemisphere cancontinue to be held at MysteryCreek.

The popular Christianmusic festival is held everyyear over Auckland Anni-versary Weekend and attractsthousands of spectators withheadlining international andlocal bands.

The drug- and alcohol-freeevent drew 20,000 visitorslast year with many choos-ing to stay onsite for theultimate festival experience.

This year will mark the10th year the ParachuteMusic Festival has been heldat Mystery Creek EventsCentre.

‘‘We’ve looked at how wecan create a new businessmodel that gives flexibilityand scope to meet both ourneeds, and recognises thestrength of our 10-yearrelationship,’’ says JonCalder, Mystery Creek Theevents centre’s 115 hectaresprovide an excellent venuefor large, multi-day events; it

is the only events centre inNew Zealand that can accom-modate 30,000 campers withshowers, flushing toilets andall necessary amenities toreside onsite.

Sonya Anderson, theevents centre’s corporateand private events manager,says, ‘‘Mystery Creek EventsCentre’s space, facilities andinfrastructure set it apartfrom many other venues andthe site naturally lends itselfto music-based campingevents.

‘‘It is the ideal venue forthe Parachute Music Fest-ival.’’

Parachute Music Festivalhas come a long way since itsmodest beginnings in 1989.

The first festival was heldin Waikanae in 1992 andmoved to Totara Springs in1995.

In 2004 , Parachuterelocated to Mystery Creekand has grown to now be thelargest Christian music fest-ival in the Southern Hemi-sphere.

Improvements are con-stantly being made to theevent and impressive newfeatures include integratedtechnology in the festival’sTag wristbands; these can be

preloaded with credit andwill alleviate the need tocarry cash onsite.

Tickets for Parachute(January 25-27) have beenreleased and are selling instaged tiers with the first twotiers now sold out.

Headline acts includeS w i t c h f o o t , H i l l s o n gUnited, Newsboys FamilyForce Five, Lecrae, Ever-more, Oh, Sleeper, HalfNoise, Rapture Ruckus andSleeping Giant.

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of New Zealand received a top-up just in time for Christmas,thanks to a $1000 donation fromthe local ANZ Commercial andAgri banking team.

ANZ Agri Regional Mana-ger for Te Awamutu BrettRobinson says that instead of

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‘‘The foundation plays avital education role about pros-tate problems and prostate can-cer in particular,’’ says MrRobinson.

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men are prone to turning ablind eye to these issues. Wehave a high male customerbase so we felt this was a goodcharity to back.’’

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WARM WORDS: Employee of the Month Dee Clark (right) listens to Tarahill resident Heather Walker(centre) as she says a few words on behalf of residents at the award presentation. Mrs Clark wasnominated by Tarahill proprietor Heather Lydford (left).

People4Success and TeAwamutu Chamber of Com-merce Employee of the Month(for December) is Dee Clark,Tarahill activities co-ordinator and caregiver inaged care.

Proprietor Heather Lydfordsays Mrs Clark has been amember of staff for 10 yearsand over that time has devel-oped close personal ties withresidents, their families, staffand the many communityorganisations where residentsattend outings and the variousgroups that come into thehome.

Mrs Clark has completedher aged care education pro-gramme along with other staffat Tarahill, and she has nearlycompleted her national coursein diversional therapy.

She is on the committee forthe vision impaired group andis assistant co-ordinator for theStroke Club, which holdsmonthly get-togethers atTarahill.

‘‘Mrs Clark has been pivotalin promoting the health andwellness of our residents byproviding activities thatencourage our residents tomaintain their individualitywhile being mentally stimu-lated and having fun.

‘‘She has won many awardsat our local Resthome Gamesfor her imaginative ideas andthemes.

‘‘She goes ‘all out’ andencourages residents in theplanning and participating ofany activities and everyonegets dressed to a theme, with-out undermining the residents’dignity.

‘‘I get a lot of positive

feedback from people in thecommunity who are involvedin many aspects of caring andsupporting our aged persons —Mrs Clark takes a lot of pridein the appearance of our resi-dents when they go out and shehas a deep empathy and bondwith our residents — they arean extension of our own famil-ies,’’ says Mrs Lydford.

‘‘I for one deeply appreciateher efforts and support as shetakes on above and beyond herduties and lightens my load.’’

Mrs Lydford says becauseTarahill is a small aged carefacility, it prides itself on the

‘‘personal approach’’ and thefamilies are involved in muchof what goes on within thehome.

She says Mrs Clark spendsmany hours of her own time inplanning or arranging activi-ties ‘‘and is tireless in herefforts to ensure that our resi-dents and their families havespecial memories of their timeat Tarahill and it is appreciatedby us all’’.

Nominations for thePeople4Success and Te Awa-mutu Chamber of CommerceEmployee of the Month close atthe end of every month.

Nominating high-performingemployees is a great way foremployers to recognise the vitalcontribution their employeesmake to their businesses.

Employee of the Month win-ners receive a certificate and$100 meal voucher for a TeAwamutu restaurant or cafe oftheir choice.

■ Nomination forms can bedownloaded frompeople4success.co.nz,teawamutuchamber.org.nz orteawamutu.co.nz or picked upfrom Te Awamutu Courier or TeAwamutu i-Site Centre.


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THIRD born for Rita and Ronald Rao is Ryan, a brother for Raynil and Raksha and nephew for Rajesh (also pictured). He was born atWaikato Women’s Hospital weighing 3045g.

Town museum ‘goes to the dogs’There is heaps happening at the

museum in January.The new exhibition ‘To the dogs —

a celebration of the New Zealand dog’has opened and is well worth a visitover the holidays.

You can learn about the kuri (orMaori dog), find out all the things thatdogs do for us today, watch video,play on interactives and more.

Alongside the exhibition there willbe a number of events and activitiesfor the six months it is running.

The exhibition also includes his-toric photographs of dogs of Waipa inworkplaces and family groups andMuseum staff would love to includemore recent photographs in the exhi-

bition. If you want to be included inthe exhibition, please send in or bringin any photographs which show theplace dogs hold in your work orfamily life.

If suitable, they will be included inthe exhibition from April, so we’d likethem by the end of March please, andthey can be prints, negatives ordigital files.

The Museum would also love youto send in ‘upside down’ dog photo-graphs (for more information seeupsidedowndogs.com).

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Te Awamutu Community Animal Rehoming and Education (TA CARE) Society is staging an annual desexing programme for January.Spokesperson Dianne Gray says the programme is needed to keep some control over the number of unwanted cats and dogs in our community.

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Red Cross Shop an opportunityfor shoppers and volunteers

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ARTIST’S graphic of Te Awamutu’s first Red Cross Store which opens Monday.

Next week Te Awamutu willhave a new destination forfashionistas and shopaholics look-ing for quality recycled clothing,accessories and homewares.

Our first Red Cross Shop willopen its doors on Monday on thecorner of Bank and AlexandraStreets, joining a retail chain ofabout 50 Red Cross Shops nation-wide. It is the latest addition in aline of new concept stores.

New Zealand Red Cross’regional retail manager BronwynTubman says the new Te Awa-mutu store will have a freshmodern design stocking a range ofcontemporary clothing and acces-sories, books and homewares andaims to supply the local commun-ity with a great range of products.

‘‘There will be plenty of

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Funds raised from Red CrossShops supports vital communityservices such as communitytransport, Meals on Wheels andemergency response and disasterpreparedness.

As well as good quality donatedgoods, positions are available forvolunteers interested in beingretail assistants who have retailexperience or people who areinterested in gaining retail skillsin our shops.

‘‘Volunteering in the shop willbe fun, friendly and a great way tomeet new people in the commun-ity,’’ says Mrs Tubman.

‘‘If you are looking to gainskills in retail or customer ser-vice, this could be a great environ-ment to learn.

‘‘Red Cross Shops offer a greatopportunity to volunteers throughthe NZQA Certificate in Retailcourses which further supportand strengthen skill developmentfor volunteers in their communi-ties.’’

■ Anyone keen to volunteer in thisnew store can register in store orphone Mrs Tubman (027) 694 6290.Red Cross Shop opening hours will be9am - 4.30pmMonday to Friday and9am -1pm Saturdays.


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Wet weather reinsin races at PirongiaBY COLIN THORSEN

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FIRST-TIMERS at thePirongia races, Brendanand Nancy Donnelly of Tau-po had instant success,securing a win in the veryfirst race.

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BLANKET FINISH: BinkyThe Wondahorse (A) winsby a head from Dead Calm(F), with Anvil Justice (E) anose away third in theReymer Contracting Paceat Pirongia Boxing Dayraces.

Alexandra Racing Clubsecretary Murray Walterreflected on the bigger pic-ture after rain curtailedthe 142nd Boxing Dayequalisator meeting atPirongia.

‘‘It was a pity rain put adampener on proceedingsthis year, but we’ve beenextremely lucky weather-wise over the past decade,enjoying stunning weatherthe past four years.

‘‘We had the best fieldsof horses for a long timeand were all set up for agreat day.’’

Intermittent rain fellthroughout the day,allowing for only seven ofthe scheduled 10 races to becontested.

A heavy shower justafter the completion of racesix resulted in stewardsand jockeys inspecting thetrack and deeming courseconditions too dangerousto continue the meeting.

The three uncontestedraces included the featureevent, the Molly DawsonMemorial CraigInvestments Cup.

Top weight in the fieldof 11 Cup runners wasTitch, trained by Kevin

Myers in Wanganui.Myers had trained the

2011 Cup winner SonnyWellington.

A crowd of only 3000turned out in the adverseweather conditions — welldown on the previous yearwhen around 7000 attendedone of the oldest race meet-ings in the country.

Walter says the last timethe Cup race was cancelledwas in 2002 when the entireday’s programme waswashed out.

The secretary is hopingfor better weather andanother bumper crowd inDecember this year when

the club stages its 143rdequalisator meeting.

Hot Woolly roundShirley Woolly turned

back the clock amassing 56stableford points in the mid-week Christmas tournamentat Stewart Alexander GolfClub.

After experiencing recentputting woes, Woolly neverlooked like missing oneenroute to playing 20 underher current handicap of 40.

She made a welcomereturn to golf last year after30 years off the scene withwork commitments. Prior tothat, she had played off an 18handicap.

‘‘It was just one of thosedays when things went myway, I never three putted

once.’’Woolly claimed the ham

for best stableford fromMaureen Brain on 36, DawnKing 35, Tima Tapu, RoseEpiha and Missy Tupaea 34.

Helen Baynes won thegross section with 87, whileSylvia Brain took out the nettwith 69, from Bev Herbert 70.

The senior men’s grosswinner was Phil Lambertwith a three-over-par 73.

Dean Scott continued hisgood run of form claimingthe nett with 62, from CliffGordon 64.

Stableford winner wasPhil Gibbes with 42 points,from Aaron Kelly on 41.


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FORMER Waipa Golf Classic winner Stuart Reid of Ngahinapouri is alikely starter in the 2013 event.

BY COLIN THORSEN

A group of dedicated players areresurrecting the Waipa Golf Classiclast held over three decades ago.

The 2013 Mitre 10 Mega sponsoredtournament will be held at Annivers-ary Weekend, January 26-28.

Organising spokesperson, MelBrown says those entering willcontest rounds on three golf courses(Pirongia, Te Awamutu, StewartAlexander) in three days.

‘‘We are hoping to attract at least50 players from each of the three hostclubs — there is $15,000 of prizes tobe won.’’

Registrations close on January14.

Online registration is now avail-able at www.waipagolfclassic.co.nz

Entry forms are also available atall host clubs.

The Waipa Classic was originallycontested between Stewart Alexan-der and Te Awamutu golf clubs atLabour Weekend from 1973/74 to1980.

The two committees wanted topromote Waipa and utilise their bestassets — the golf courses.

Roy Bird convened a committee,including vice-captains, clubcaptains and golf club presidents.

At its peak, there were 270starters in the Classic — 135 playerson each course.

Prospective players were beingshortlisted or declined because of thesize of the field.

Brown says the event attractedparticipants from the Far North toTaranaki, along with Wellington andSouthland.

Te Awamutu’s Joe Tolich (91) wasone of the founding members of theconcept. He says it was the bestamateur tournament of its kind inthat era.

‘‘I’m thrilled that it’s going to beheld again after all those years andthat Pirongia is being included.’’

Tolich recalls Craik Motors beingthe major sponsor from 1975 to 1980,with the likes of himself, TrevorFleming, Trevor Morrison, HenryHolden, Terry Tricker and GavinHollinshead being on the committee.

The event appealed because of thetwo differing courses on display.

Te Awamutu being a luxuriouspark-like design and Stewart Alex-ander, at the time, being one of thelongest golf courses in the southernhemisphere.

A high quality field contested thesenior men’s division.

Manukau’s R. J. Carr held thetitle for a couple of years untilNgahinapouri’s incomparableStuart Reid lifted the much sort afterPrudential Cup.

Stewart Alexander’s B.J Clarke

won the intermediate division theyear Reid triumphed.

It was not only a high-qualitysporting fixture but a very sociableone.

Added to the mix was a team’sevent and a calcutta which was akeen attraction in those days.

Brown says the inclusion ofPirongia Golf Club completes a trulycomprehensive Waipa golfing event.

‘‘Waikato Golf Association, plus anumber of local businesses and thenationally recognised NZ Golf Maga-zine have put their hands up insupport of the idea, along with ourlocal government (Waipa DistrictCouncil).

‘‘This is truly a godsend for anyorganising committee trying torestore an event of this nature.’’

To book please complete a registration form available at the Trust Waikato Te Awamutu Events CentrePhone 07 871 2080 - www.taec.co.nzE: [email protected]

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Golden run for localrace horse trainersBy PHILLIP QUAYin association with Brown Pennell

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KEITH HAWTIN

The Group 2 Rich HillMile win by Miss Pelear atEllerslie on New Year’s Daycapped a golden holidayracing period for Te Awa-mutu trainers Keith andBrendon Hawtin.

The Hawtins also landeda two-year-old double dur-ing the Ellerslie carnival.

To add icing on the cake,they also produced a win-ner at the Rotorua meetingon Monday.

But it was Miss Pelear, amare by Linwood Park sireMr Nancho, which pro-vided the biggest highlight.

Miss Pelear had shownplenty of promise in hercareer but undoubtedly theRich Hill Mile was herbiggest test to date.

She handled the taskadmirably, romping homefor a very stylish win.

Two runs earlier MissPelear was narrowly beatenin the Group 2 AucklandThoroughbred Breeders’Stakes at Pukekohe andwas then eighth in theGroup 2 Cal Isuzu Stakes atTe Rapa.

From a wide draw, shecovered extra ground butwas always travelling com-fortably for jockey NoelHarris and let downstrongly in the homestraight. It was her fifth winand she beat home Full OfSpirit who was a half-headaway in second placing.

‘‘She’s a good mare who

had no luck last time out,’’says Keith Hawtin.

‘‘She’s done a good joband will go out for a coupleof weeks, then come backfor the New ZealandThoroughbred Breeders’Stakes at Te Aroha.

‘‘I said to Noel to try andslot her in fifth or sixth andhe ended up four wide withcover. But he always lookedlike he had a handful ofhorse and it was a goodride.’’

Hawtin revealed anambitious plan for promis-ing two-year-old Shebangafter her stylish debut winat Ellerslie over the Christ-mas carnival.

‘‘We have taken our timewith her but alwaysthought she would turn outsomething special. That’swhy she could now go on torun at Trentham in Janu-ary in the (Group 2)Wakefield ChallengeStakes.

‘‘We know that will be amajor step up in class fromhere but we are going togive it plenty of thought.’’

Hawtin, who trains inpartnership with his sonBrendon, says that he was alittle surprised thatShebang had been success-ful.

‘‘She still has a lot tolearn and did plenty wrongin [the Ellserslie] race. Wethought that if she got inthe first four or five homewe would be happy enough.

‘‘She is going to take a lotof lessons from this raceand will improve sig-nificantly.’’

Shebang had won a trialat Cambridge on December11, then had a jump-out onher home track before head-ing into yesterday’s 1200mrace in which she was rid-den by Matt Cameron.

The Le Bec Fin filly israced by her breeder, PaulGuise, of Te Kuiti.

‘‘He has raced horseswith us for four or fiveyears and is a very support-ive owner,’’ says Hawtin.

The Hawtins enjoyed atwo-year-old double at theEllerslie carnival withDevour also winning ajuvenile assignment onBoxing Day. Code Duellowas second home ahead ofSecret Agent and LuckyFeather.

The stable’s win at Roto-rua came with three-year-old filly, Our Sacred Annawith Te Awamutu jockeyMark Sweeney.

Waitomo bowlers taketournament quinella

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TE AWAMUTU bowler Rosemary McGill competing in thechartered clubs tournament.

BY COLIN THORSEN

Waitomo teams pulledoff the quinella in thechartered clubs bowlingtournament staged at TeAwamutu Bowling Club.

Cliff Mitchell-Burnardsteam took out the MurrayDunwoody Cup on acountback from club-mateTherese Logan’s team.

They were the only twoteams to emerge with amaximum four wins out ofthe 18 teams entered fromMount Maunganui,Huntly, Hamilton, Raglan,Waitomo, Te AwamutuRSA and WaipaWorkingmen’s Club.

Mitchell -Burnard’steam took the honours,having won 32 ends andscored 63 points.

Logan’s team had tosettle for runners-up with24 ends and 48 points.

Third prize went to LesDempster-Rivett (HamiltonWMC) with three wins, 30ends and 63 points.

Louise Hohaia, LyndaBennett, Trevor Wrightand Terry Osment were thebest performed of the hostWaipa WMC teams, takingout the Singleton & Hansenshield.

Murray Coxheadreports that the DunwoodyCup has been contestedannually since 1974, withonly two years (1975, 2003)being cancelled throughwet weather.

Waipa WMC teams havewon the trophy seventimes, Te Kuiti’s WaitomoClub (4) and Te AwamutuRSA (3).

Past winners include

Auckland WMC (twice) andPort View Club in NewPlymouth.

The tournament

concluded with afternoontea, refreshments andprizegiving at the WaipaWorkingmen’s Club.



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Congratulations fromKevin, Ross and families

DeathsHOPPING,Rana (Huriana) (neeBroughton).Peacefully at Tairuaon 7 January 2013. Inher 94th year. Belovedwife of the late Ned,and mother andmother-in-law ofMalcolm, Raymondand Marjory. Muchloved nana of Julie,Debbie and Scott,Sandra, Paul andSophie, Rochelle andApotala. Loved greatnana of Leigh,Shanelle, Rocky,Travis and Ana(Huriana). The familywould like toespecially thankCarolyn and Vic fortheir love and support;caring Tairua Districtnurses Lorraine andJane; and De and thekind staff at TairuaResidential Care.

A service for Rana willbe held at AlexandraHouse Chapel, 570Alexandra Street, TeAwamutu, onThursday 10 January2013 at 11.00am. In lieuof flowers, donationsto the Cancer Societyof New Zealand wouldbe greatly appreciated.All communication to380 Bridgeman Road,Te Awamutu, ph 8713309.

NATTRASS,Hugh.27 December 2012Loved son of Lanceand Helen, brother ofLynne and Janne,brother-in-law of Donand Judy, uncle ofMark, Deirdre,Shoena, Ivor andRebekah.

DeathsNATTRASS,Hugh.Peacefully atOmokoroa, on 27December 2012, aged66 years. Dearly loveddad of Stefanie andBen, Kyle and Nicky.Special friend ofJenni, Ross andGayelene, and lovedgranddad of Rylee andRyan.

At Hugh’s request, aprivate cremation hastaken place.

PHILLIPS,Kevin.We had so much moreliving to do. Pirongiais not the same. Dave,Sue, Henry, James andRuby Ranstead.

SAVAGE,Doniella Marie.29 September 1987 -3 January 2013.A private funeral washeld on Sunday 6January for Doniellawho passed awaypeacefully at home. Abig thank you to allwho made Doniella’ssend off a wonderfulday and to all thosewho helped care forher."Forever in our heartsyou may be out of sight

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In MemoriamHALL,John.Never forgotten 06Social Club. Memorialride 12 January.Leaving 06 at 1.00pm.

RUSSO,Dom (Poppa Bear).In loving memory of adear dad and poppawho passed away 9January 2004. Lovedand rememberedalways by his family.

In MemoriamMCGOUGH,Thelma Rae (neeNewdick).Passed away a yearago on 4 January 2012.

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