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BRIEFLYAglow with‘newness’

Aglow Te Awamutu has anew name, a new venue and anew speaker for its meeting onThursday, April 23.

The meeting will be held inthe Burchell Pavilion from7.30pm.

Organiser Ngaire Rangisays they have had a numberof interesting meetings andwhile the last meeting inFebruary did not live up toexpectations, she is certain thismonth’s speaker will entertainand enthral.

Doreen Curran, a localresident, will provide testimonyon her life experiences.

All interested women arewelcome to attend. Supper willbe provided and an offering willbe taken to cover costs.

Ngaroto waterquality ‘live’

A water quality monitoringbuoy is being placed in LakeNgaroto.

The buoy was built byWaikato University and issimilar to those used in theRotorua lakes.

It will transmit live data toUniversity technicians, helpingto predict harmful algal blooms.A fish pass installed at theoutlet weir by Council willenable the passage of climbingnative species during theperiod when the ‘gate’ is closed(October to May).

Helping handfor athlete

Te Awamutu’s CornerstoneTrust has provided a grant toallow Carla Hohepa to take partin a Trans-Tasman Touchseries against Australia nextweek.

Hohepa has been named inthe New Zealand Touch BlackOpen Women’s Squad.

New Zealand and Australiawill battle it out in a series forthe first time in six years, duringthe ANZAC weekendtournament (April 24-26) inWollongong. It will be the first ofthree series to be playedbetween the two countries.

Kihikihi post, bank services at risk

TC170409GJ01COLIN SCHIMANSKI signs the petition supporting NZ Post and Kiwi Bank services in Kihikihi, watched byKihikihi Bookshop co-owner, Roger Tarrant.

Customers rally with petition to support retentionBY GRANT JOHNSTON

Kihikihi residents have ralliedin a bid to ensure Post Shop andKiwi Bank facilities are retained inthe township.

They are promoting a petition insupport of Kihikihi Bookshop keep-ing the franchise for these services.

And a number of Te Awamuturesidents’ signatures are alsoamong the over 600 so far on petitionforms.

One of those, Colin Schimanski,was signing the petition when theCourier called in.

‘‘I’ve been coming here for years,the service is great,’’ he said.

‘‘It would be a tragedy for Kihi-kihi to lose this.’’

Currently Kihikihi Bookshopprovides Kiwi Bank counter trans-actions, mail, bill payments andmotor vehicle registration.

Roger Tarrant along with hiswife Jean owns Kihikihi Bookshop.

‘‘We are grateful for the strongshow of support from customers,’’he says.

Waipa District councillor HazelBarnes is organising a public meet-ing in Kihikihi Town Hall on April29 (7pm) for residents to debateways of supporting the serviceretention bid.

She says they are aware NZ Postis currently reviewing itsfranchises. There is a move towardsall franchises providing fullservices — which would require alarge capital outlay for NZ Post, aswell as Kihikihi Bookshop.

‘‘We have the opportunity to

present information to show thatthe very valuable services suppliedby Kihikihi Bookshop for NZ Postand Kiwi Bank transactions arevalued and supported,’’ Mrs Barnessays.

‘‘Hopefully the residents’ peti-tion will be part of this.’’

Mrs Barnes says as well as beingpatronised by Kihikihi and Te Awa-mutu residents, the services arealso used by travellers on StateHighway 3.

‘‘It’s easy to get a park inKihikihi’s main street and the ser-vice is always cheerful and efficient.

The shop might not always bepacked, but that’s part of the appeal.I’ve always met other customerswhen I’ve been in there.

‘‘Kihikihi is only going to growand there is real concern at thesuggestion these services could pos-sibly be lost.’’

Maungatautari among Australasia’s Top 25New Zealand is well represented

in a list of Australasian ecologicalrestoration projects drawn up by aninternational panel to showcasesuch work.

And Maungatautari EcologicalIsland Trust was delighted to learnthis week that its project is on thelist.

‘‘Nearly a third (eight) of the ‘Top25’ projects are from New Zealand,which is impressive given the rela-tively small size of the country,compared to Australia,’’ says Wai-kato University’s Professor BruceClarkson, the New Zealand repre-sentative on the selection panel.

‘‘I don’t think the rest of the

world really knows what is going onin Australasia, particularly NewZealand,’’ Professor Clarkson says.

‘‘I travel the world and I thinksome of the things that have beengoing on in New Zealand are world-class advances, particularly interms of pest animal species controland predator proof fences.’’

The projects includeMaungatautari Ecological Island,Wellington’s Karori Sanctuary andTiritiri Matangi Island. In addition,Hamilton’s Waiwhakareke NaturalHeritage Park was highlycommended.

The 18-month search for the topprojects was initiated by Ecological

Management and Restoration, themanagement-oriented journal of theEcological Society of Australia(ESA), in partnership with ESA andthe Society for Ecological Resto-ration International (SER Interna-tional), the world’s premier resto-ration body.

The specialist panel was made upof two ecology professors, twonatural area managers, a consultingecologist and the EMR journal’seditor.

‘‘The idea was to spread the wordabout some of the very high-qualitywork going on in Australia and NewZealand, which often isoverlooked,’’ Professor Clarkson

says.‘‘Large and increasing efforts are

being made across the world byagencies and citizens to rectify theenormous negative transformationsof the environment that haveoccurred in recent centuries.

‘‘Slowly but surely, native veg-etation is beginning to beregenerated and reinstated on landswhere it once grew, and populationsof native animals are beingreturned to their native habitats,’’he adds.

The release of the Top 25 list hasbeen timed to coincide with twomajor international conferences tobe held in Australia this year.

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Your Letters

Removal of classic carshow signs mystifying

Recently five signs advertising a local classic carshow were removed from fences around Te Awa-mutu.

What annoys me most is that the cost ofreplacing the signs comes out of the proceeds raisedfor the Westpac Rescue Helicopter.

As a non-profit organisation, the WaikatoTriumph Car Club cannot afford these losses, andunfortunately it is the helicopter that loses.

ROGER HERBERTSecretary Waikato Triumph Car Club Inc.

St John deserves more supportWe take them for granted,

because they are such a part ofour lives — St John Ambulance.

The recent case in Marton,where a young child died as aresult of St John Ambulancebeing unable to attend her,seemed to me to bring unwar-ranted criticism of their service

since they can only give asmuch care as they have thefunds to give.

Their service being just asessential as all other parts ofthe health system (in fact, whenit comes to emergencies as inthe Marton case, a more criticallink in the chain), why are they

not treated as such in respect ofGovernment funding?

Clearly, if they are requiredto treat more urgent caseswhere minutes, even seconds,count as the difference betweenlife and death, they must begiven that amount of back-up.

For myself, as I found to my

great relief one recent weekend,they gave a degree of medicalhelp which spells out that dif-ference. I have never foundvoluntary workers who gave,when it counted, more profes-sional service.

Thank-you St John.RUSSELL LUKEY

Sign petition tokeep servicesin Kihikihi

We are very distressed and disappointed to hearthat New Zealand Post is contemplating the closureof Kihikihi Post Shop.

We believe this will be a backward step for thetownship.

It is so very convenient to pay accounts, Telecometc and relicensing the car.

So we hope that everyone who is concerned willsign the petition in the shop to support Jean andRoger.

JOHN and MARGARET NICHOLLS

Rates can’t keep risingI must protest the Mayor’s

assertion at the recent Grey Powermeeting that it’s a matter of what levelof income for the district is needed.

This attitude completely sidestepsability to pay and is more than likelyresponsible for the world economiccrisis. The old adage of cutting yourcloth to suit your purse seems to havebeen forgotten.

Why in these famous pollsundertaken by the Council to tell it allis well in the district, is a question onrates not asked? I suggest it is becauseCouncil does not want to know.

Savings could be made quite easilyby discontinuing work on KarapiroDomain, covered pools and lavishspending on siting and provision of amuseum, none of which are essential.

To these could be added theMaungatautari bird cage to which weare required to contribute to viaCouncil and Environment Waikatolevies.

The spiralling cost of rates must behalted before the Home of Championsbecomes the Home of the Rich andFamous.

P. W. ROBERTS

Not all cracked up to beRegarding the item in the heating

feature last week about Showerdomes— we had one installed last May andalthough it does prevent moisturefrom forming on the walls and ceiling,moisture does form on the mirror.

Cost for purchase and installationwas $465 and for this we expected thatthe product would do the job.

To be fair, the manufacturer statesthat the dome would not be satisfac-tory under all configurations and inspite of a technician making four calls,we did not achieve total satisfaction.

I did, in fact, write to the manufac-turer suggesting one or twomodifications, including making the

domes a bit thicker, but no reply wasever received.

The hotter the shower water, thegreater the mirror misting, but open-ing a window soon clears the air.

It is nonsense to suggest, as thearticle does, that installing aShowerdome would be more effectivethen either utilising a dehumidifier orinstalling a home ventilation system— they are quite separate devices usedfor different purposes.

I think the domes would be a greatidea if they could be made to operateproperly with all shower cabinetinstallations.

G. TURNER

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Over 30 years of service to HearingAssociation by John Crook honoured

TC170409SP17NEW LIFE MEMBER, John Crook and president of Te Awamutu Hearing Association, KayMoorhead.

Life Membership of Te Awa-mutu Hearing Association wasbestowed on John Crook for hissterling services over manyyears, at the organisation’s 46thAGM recently.

Mr Crook joined Te Awa-mutu Hearing Association in1978 and was elected presidnettwo years later, and again in1999.

He was convenor of the fund-raising for the HearingAssociation’s rooms in mahoeStreet and is still a valuedcommittee member.

The Hearing Association hasa busy year planned, fundrais-ing for the Oticon Frontrow togo sound systems, which theyhope to place in local schoolcflassrooms.

The association believesevery child deserves to have a‘frontrow seat’ to be able to hearand learn.

There were no changes to theexecutive or committee mem-bers for the coming year.

Officers elected were:Patron: Mary Shaw; presi-

dent: Kay Moorhead; vice presi-dent: Albie Curnow; treasurer:Richard Reynolds; secretary:Barbara Lim.

Committee: Bobbie Thomp-son, John Crook, AuriolLowerson, Ray Roose, DonaldEllery, Jean Green, AlanBrown.

Submissions onregional planclosing soon

Waikato residents have just a few days left tomake a submission on the regional council’s Draft2009-19 Long Term Council Community Plan(LTCCP).

The Waikato’s big environmental and infra-structure issues take centre stage in the plan.

For those who missed the special LTCCP issue ofthe council’s Envirocare magazine entitled ‘YourWaikato’ (delivered to households in the region lastmonth), the document can also be viewed online atwww.ew.govt.nz/ltccp.

Environment Waikato chairman Peter Buckleysaid the council was hoping for a flood ofsubmissions on the proposed activities and budgetsoutlined in the latest plan.

‘‘We want to hear from the community whetherthey think we’ve got our planning right,’’ CrBuckley said.

‘‘It’s your Waikato and your rates bill, so pleaseread the LTCCP proposals and have your say on theshape of the Waikato’s future.’’

A draft LTCCP is a produced every three years toinform Waikato residents about the activities EWintends to fund and provide over the next 10 years.Copies can also be obtained by phoning the regionalcouncil’s Freephone number 0800 800 401.

The consultation period runs until April 20.Environment Waikato will consider publicsubmissions during May, and confirm a final planbefore July 1.

Concern over ECE funding delay for PlaycentresNZ Playcentre Federation president,

Marion Pilkington has expressed concernover apparent government backtracking on20 Hours Early Childhood Education forPlaycentres.

‘Inclusion in the 20 Hours ECE policy was

a prominent election promise of theNational Party, but at a meeting withEducation Minister Anne Tolley it wasrecently confirmed this will not be done aspart of the upcoming budget cycle. We areencouraged by the Prime Minister’s plan to

deliver on National’s remaining electionpromises, but question the delay, when ithas been known since the inception of theprogramme two years ago, that Playcentreswere disproportionately disadvantaged bythe programme’s structure.

Dry March dropsyear to date tally

Low rainfall for March brought the total for thefirst three months of 2009 back to average at 234mm,reports Te Awamutu weather watcher, Paul Hobbs.

Only three days of the month (March 1, 6 and 19)saw useful rain and the end of the month droughtcontinued through to April 7.

The monthly total of 51mm was well below theaverage of 81 and pastures that were a healthy greenafter February’s 123mm are now in need of ‘a decentdrink’.


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4 MOULE STREET, KIHIKIHI $215,000Now selling below GV this well elevated 3double bedroom home with good fl ooring and excellent decking is set on a 1012sqm section. There is the added bonus of a 3 bay garaging which is fully lined and insulated. Urgency required!

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Navy career takes former TAman to Afghanistan ‘rebuild’

TC170409SP16WARRANT Officer Lionel Jamieson, RNZN.

For the last six months,Lionel Jamieson has beendeployed as a Liaison Officer inthe New Zealand Defence ForceProvincial ReconstructionTeam in Afghanistan and willbe returning to New Zealandlater this month.

Warrant Officer Jamiesonwas born and raised in TeAwamutu and educated at TeAwamutu College.

He joined the Navy in 1976 ashe was keen to take on a newchallenge, meet new friendsand see the world.

It’s a bit different from hisusual deployments to sea withthe Navy, where he has enjoyedworking with foreign naviesand travelling to some fascinat-ing places including Antarc-tica.

However, Mr Jamieson saysthis trip to Afghanistan isamongst the highlights of hiscareer so far.

"One of my favourite parts ofthe last six months has beenmeeting and interacting withthe people of Afghanistan andhelping them rebuild their livesafter the war that has been partof their lives for so long.

‘‘On the other hand, I won’tmiss the freezing cold weather!Sometimes it goes down tominus 30 degrees," MrJamieson says.

He looks forward to cominghome to his wife (they now liveon the North Shore), who hemet on his return from anoverseas deployment on his20th birthday, and being able tosee their four children andeleven grandchildren, who willhave done some growing up inhis absence.

The New Zealand ProvincialReconstruction Team (NZPRT)is well established in Afghanis-tan and has strong links withthe local government and com-munity of Bamyan province.The NZPRT has instigated alarge number of projects inBamyan province including theconstruction of police stationsand local government facilities,schools, and a number of wells,new roads and bridges. Theyhave also mentored educationofficials, destroyed arms,munitions and illegal drugs andmaintained an active patrolprogramme.

The NZ PRT has created asafe and secure environment inBamyan province that hasallowed for successful local andinternational reconstructionefforts to take place. The major-ity of NZPRT personnel arebased in Bamyan province witha small number to join theNational Support Element atBagram Air Base to the east.

Health warning remains in place at Lake NgarotoThe cyanobacterial health

warning has been lifted for LakeKainui following the latestmonitoring results from the sixWaikato shallow lakes that areroutinely tested.

Warnings remain in place forWaahi, Waikare, Whangape andNgaroto lakes.

Waikato District HealthBoard’s Population Health medi-cal officer of health, Dell Hoodsays Waikato shallow lake usersshould always avoid contactwith water which looks cloudygreen or brown, or has scumforming even when there is nowarning in place.

‘‘Although cooler weatherand shorter daylight hours gen-erally decrease the growth ofalgae, the results of the testingover the last two-and-a-halfyears have been quite unpredict-able. Users must consider thepossibility of cyanobacterialblooms in any water body before

they use it — at any time ofyear.’’

Dr Hood says test resultsshould be used for guidanceonly, as cyanobacteria and theirtoxins will not be evenly spreadthrough any lake and may beconcentrated in some areas bywind and water movements.


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A building project which com-menced almost three years ago is fi nally coming to fruition.

Gracelands Group is a signifi -cant disability support organisa-tion based in Te Awamutu. When its Board of Trustees agreed to redevelop its seriously inadequate service centre in Teasdale Street, a specifi c fundraising committee was formed.

With $1.65million dollars in hand it still needs to raise $350,000 to enable the building project to be completed debt free.

With that in mind the Fundrais-ing Committee is making an ap-peal to local people who to date

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“We are very pleased to be an-ticipating the move into the build-ing at the beginning of June.

“The community of Te Awamutu and Waipa generally are fortunate to have a building that is to be held in a property trust in perpetuity, principally for the use of Grace-lands Group. This is a signifi cant community asset.”

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Shirley Valentine comingto the Woolshed Theatre

CFPSOLE actor in Te Awamutu Light Operatic Society’s forthcomingproduction Shirley Valentine, Sas Hurst (left), with Bryan Bevege andKaren Gibson in last year’s major production (also by Willy Russell)

Te Awamutu Light Operatic Society is venturing intonew territory when it presents the one-woman showShirley Valentine next month.

Many people will have seen and enjoyed the 1989 filmversion, starring Pauline Collins (best known pre-viously as Sarah from TV’s Upstairs, Downstairs.

Shirley Valentine is by English playwright WillyRussell (Educating Rita, Blood Brothers).

It is the story of ‘Mrs Joe Bradshaw’ — the 42-year-oldhousewife from the north of England, who takes a trip toGreece and finds that there is more to life than thekitchen sink.

Her hope and self-confidence badly shattered byschool, marriage and life, she is reduced to talking to thewalls while preparing her husband’s evening meal — tobe on the table as he walks in the door.

She dreams of another life, and when the opportunityarises, she takes it — albeit with great trepidation and alot of forward planning.

Talos has also put in a great deal of forward planning.Although retired from musicals after last year’s

successful season of Blood Brothers, Coral Taylor hastaken on the task of directing this repertory.

But new to the task is the show’s only cast memberSas Hurst.

Last seen as Mrs Lyon in Blood Brothers, Mrs Hursthas also taken numerous leads in other Talos musicalsand given audiences a great deal of enjoyment with herroles and beautiful soprano voice.

But this is her first venture into straight plays andshe has accepted a huge challenge and is spending everyspare minute with her head buried in the script.

The Talos production team also recently attended aperformance of Shirley Valentine in Hamilton.

The two night season attracted a good crowd.Especially pleasing for Mrs Taylor was the full house

of both men and women. She says the perception is thatit is a ‘girls play’, but that is not the case.

The enjoyment and buzz from the Hamilton audiencewas obvious and the actor was rewarded with aspontaneous standing ovation at her curtain call.

Shirley Valentine runs for two weeks from Sunday,May 10 at The Woolshed Theatre.

The opening ‘Mother’s Day’ special includes after-noon tea with Shirley.

The evening shows are scheduled for 7.30pm aswinter draws closer so the audiences can be home early.

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TC170409DT01DRAGONZ PLATING owner Nick Johnston at work linishing (first stage inmetal prepartion).

TC170409DT02,03CLIENT’S Mazda Rotary engine that hasn’t been given the Dragonz Plating treatment (left), and theengine that has (right).

When it comes to anyform of metal re-finishing, DragonzPlating in Bond Road isthe place to go.

The business is ownedby husband and wifeNick Johnston and PriyaTakhar.

Welsh born Mr John-ston learnt his trade inBritain under Sid Bell,and later purchased SBProducts from his boss.

Mr Bell was old schooland taught Mr Johnstonevery aspect of the trade.

His particular interestwas in superbikes andthat is where SB Pro-ducts specialised.

They were also con-tracted to Aston Martin’srestoration workshopand did the finishingwork on the showengines for PerkinsDiesel.

While Mr Johnstonadmits it was his passionfor bikes and classic carsthat took him from dairyfarming to metalfinishing, his workcovers everything fromre-chroming bumpers torestoring antique jewel-lery.

His list of skills islong: metal polishing,electroplating, zincplating, metal protection,alloy polishing, chrome,nickel, copper and 24carat gold plating, pow-der coating, shot blastingand coloured aluminiumanodising.

And Mr Johnstondoesn’t plan to stop there.

He says he is alwayskeen to learn about newprocesses and productsthat can expand what hecan offer.

To date his work hasincluded metal finishinga show class Rotaryengine for a client’sclassic rebuild, lots ofhousehold itemrestorations — such as

claw bath feet, candleholders and dooraccessories, plus jewelleryrefurbishment, including platingstirling silver in gold.

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He says the British company pro-duces a professional range of auto valet

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Performing Arts Festivalcontinues to shine

The Te Awamutu PerformingArts Festival continues to hold itsplace as one of the best in thecountry.

President Murray Flay waspleased to report another success-ful year at the 56th annual generalmeeting and said the high stand-ards maintained ensures con-tinued support from competitorsaround the North Island.

‘‘Our festival in September wasagain an excellent acheivement.All involved can be very proud oftheir efforts.

‘‘Our convenors and commit-tee members put in many hours ofvountary work throughout theyear which culimnates with thefestival.

‘‘My thanks to all who work sohard for the society.’’

The 2008 festival saw a changein venue for the majority of theinstrumental section, which wasmoved to the Baptist auditoirumas it provided more space for theaudience.

‘‘While audience numberswere less than we would like forthe festival, those that did attendwere treated to a wonderful dis-play of talent across all artforms.’’

Mr Flay said the 2008 festivalran at a small loss, but thefinancial status of the society isstill sound.

‘‘This reflects our continuedefforts to keep costs to a minimumand fundraise at every opportun-ity.

‘‘Entry fees, door takings andprogramme sales only coverabout half the cost of running thefestival.

‘‘The remainder must comefrom donations, sponsorships andgrants. We are very grateful forthe support we receive from com-munity organisations, busi-nesses, service clubs and individ-uals.’’

Mr Flay also thanked the TeAwamutu Courier for coverage ofevents and publicity officer RuthTaylor-Lucas for her tireless workco-ordinating with the media,staging a shop window displayand collecting donations from thebusiness community.

Regretably the society hasreceived the resignation of twoother stalwarts - speech anddrama convenor Judi Billcliffwho is moving away from the areaand hardworking committeemember, Shirley Egglestone.

‘‘Judi’s bubbly personality andvast drama experience were valu-able to the speech section,’’ MrFlay said.

‘‘We wish her well in her newlife and thank her for her ener-getic efforts.

‘‘After 18 years Shirley’s pres-ence on the committee will bemissed, but she will still be ofvaluable assistance to the balletsection and with fundraisingventures.’’

New speech and drama sectionconvenor is Glenda Barclay,while Tulona Vincent is the newtap section convenor.

Preparations are wellunderway for the 57th annualfestival in September, with thesyllabus available later thismonth.

Election of officers:Patron: Dr Bob Le Quesne.President: Murray Flay; secre-

tary: Miriam Gage; Treasurer:Zilda Liddington; publicity: RuthTaylor Lucas.

Executive committee: WendyBain, Glenda Barclay, BeverleyBryant, Lynn McCorquindale,Janet Harper, Gill Kelly, MyrnaPerry, Nana Sinclair, Lesley Ver-ity, Tulona Vincent.

Putting principal to test

TC170409SP18DAVID GRAHAM spins the Wheel of Fortune.

Te Awamutu’s DavidGraham is set to spin theWheel of Fortune onMonday (April 20).

The Karapiro Schoolprincipal will be pittinghis wits againstcontestants from aroundNew Zealand in the popu-lar gameshow, hosted byJason Gunn.

Apart from partnerCathy and childrenJamie, Michael andSarah — he’ll have awhole schoolful of vocalsupporters cheering himon when he appears onthe show.

‘‘It’ll be a bit differentfrom the last time I wason TV,’’ he says.

‘‘It was on What Nowand they ‘pranked theprincipal’. The kids allcame around with a filmcrew at five o’clock in themorning and they werebanging pots and pansand stuff. And there’s meat five o’clock in themorning with my bestmorning face on! At leastthis time I’ll look better.Well I hope so, anyway.’’

Filming Wheel of For-tune was ‘‘a lot of fun —really good,’’ Mr Grahamsays.

‘‘Jason makes you feelreally relaxed, so youdon’t feel nervous or any-thing. And there’s such alot happening. The tech-nology is quite amazing.’’

English-born Mr

Graham came to NewZealand with his familyas a five-year-old, and hespent a number of yearsteaching at schools onAuckland’s North Shorebefore making the movesouth to a new lifestyle.

‘‘I used to take schoolcamps away to the cen-tral North Island andloved it. And we decidedto make a move. The firstschool out of Auckland Iwent to was Kirikau,near Taumarunui out onthe Whanganui River.

‘‘It was a sole chargeschool with 14 kids. Itaught my own childrenthere for four years,’’ he

says.‘‘Now I’m at Karapiro

School. We love it here —we don’t want to go backto Auckland. I love out-doors stuff — kayaking,hiking, camping.

‘‘And I cycle to workevery day. It’s a 46kmround trip, but it’s niceflat country. But it’s a bitdepressing because it’snear Lake Karapirowhere the New Zealandrowing team training —and they do a lot ofcycling as part of theirtraining. And they justwhizz past me. I used tosee the Evers-Swindelltwins flying past. And

sometimes (Olympic goldmedallist) Sarah Ulmertoo.’’

Mr Graham may notbe able to beat SarahUlmer in a cycle race, butto find out whether hecan beat his opponentson Wheel of Fortune, bewatching on Monday,April 20 at 5.30pm on TVOne.

If you would like to bein the Wheel of Fortunestudio audience, visitwww.tvnz.co.nz, enterthe keywords ‘Wheel ofFortune’ in the searchbar, and follow the audi-ence link on the Wheel ofFortune page.

Weather maintains ‘autumn holding pattern’The autumn weather patterns

experienced in the district overrecent weeks continued last week,report Courier weather watchers.

There was a smattering of rainfor all weather stations, with

Pukeatua on top with 9mm, fol-lowed by Kihikihi, Ngahinapouriand Pirongia all on 8mm andParawera trailing the field with6mm.

Kihikihi had the highest maxi-

mum temperature with 23 degreesand lowest with -1. All the othershad similar readings —Ngahinapouri 22 and 1, Parawera21 and 0, Pirongia 22 and 2 andPukeatua 22 and 0.

Waikato’s Google man wins Kea AwardCraig Nevill-Manning, former

Waikato University computerscience PhD student and thecreator of Maori Google, has beennamed one of seven outstandingKiwis by the Kiwi Expats Associa-tion, winning the ICT category ofthe World Class New ZealandAwards.

The awards are designed toacknowledge outstanding New Zea-landers. They are the brainchild ofKea New Zealand and New ZealandTrade and Enterprise and are nowin their sixth year.

Mr Nevill-Manning also led thedevelopment of Froogle, whichevolved into Google Product

Search, and played a key role indeveloping Google Maps. In 2003,he set up Google’s first remoteengineering centre in New York,where he is engineering director.He promotes his homeland throughhis work at Google: internships forNZ graduates and funding for NZ-based research projects.


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Metro Solar hot water systems are an extra reason to smile when the sun comes out, says Pioneer’s Mar-keting Director Darin Butler.

“Solar-heating your water is one of the most effective decisions a homeowner can take to reduce household power consumption, and benefi t the environment.”

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There are two main types of solar hot water heating, Mr Butler explains.

“Direct heating uses tap-water, heated as it fl ows through roof-mounted plates or past vacuum tubes, then returned to a hot water cylinder.

“Indirect systems heat a special fl uid inside pipes that then transfers the heat to water inside the hot-water cylinder.

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New Zealand is some way behind Australia in up-take of solar-based water heating options. Part of the reason for this is the confusion over standards and meaningful comparisons. Current sales of around 2000 systems a year are approximately half what they were when the standards review began.

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Sports’ season to turn?Injury free trio’s return bolsters backline

CFPFIJIAN FLYER Inoke Tuibua starred with two triesagainst Hautapu.

BY COLIN THORSEN

Ecolab Te Awamutu Sports will have three oftheir backline stars returning from injury for acrucial Waikato premier rugby clash againstUniversity.

Coach Sam Nonoa is certain to inject JordanCraig, Waylon Tangohau and Ryan Meacheamstraight back into his starting line-up for the ‘mustwin’ encounter at Albert Park on Saturday.

His side are currently lying 10th in the 12 teamcompetition, having played the top four teams —Hamilton Marist, Hamilton Old Boys, Hautapu,Fraser Tech — in the first five weeks.

Sports only win to date was over winless Taupiri.Having come through a torrid start to the season,

Nonoa’s side will be hoping for better times to comestarting with University this weekend.

Just five weeks into the first round competition,it has become clear that four clubs (Melville,University, Otorohanga, Te Awamutu Sports) arefighting for two spots, seventh and eighth, to makethe top eight for the championship round.

The top four teams mentioned earlier, plusMorrinsville Sports, seem certain to make the cut.

Te Awamutu Sports cannot afford to take thelikes of University too lightly.

Making the top eight will not be easy, especiallyif they continue to fall off tackles at the alarmingrate they did losing 55-13 (nine tries to two) toHautapu after trailing 31-8 at halftime last Friday.

Peter Bain reports that both Sports’ tries werescored by wing Inoke Tuibua, the most dangerous ofthe home team backs.

First five Thomas Bird had a hand in both tries.His long cut out pass found Tuibua unmarked to

score in the corner in the first half.The astute pivot then provided a chip-kick in

behind the defence for the Fijian speedster to scorein the corner in the second half.

The last 20 minutes was all Hautapu, running infour tries to blow the final scoreline out.

They played with pace, were powerful at maulsand often blew Sports off the ball.

Up front Sports’ lock Richard Mandeno andloosie Jono Armstrong worked tirelessly all game,with Mandeno winning a plentiful supply of lineoutall.

Replacement loosie Cohen Masson, in his debutpremier grade season, showed class making severalsecond half breaks.


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Sailors savour success

TC170409SP13SMILES allround for Micah and Alex Wilkinsonafter taking out the national Youth title.

TC170409SP12NATIONAL Phase 2 champions Arthur Ferguson and Claire Gardiner.

Arthur Ferguson(helm) and ClaireGardiner (crew) were thetoast of the host NgarotoSailing Club after win-ning the 2009 NationalPhase 2 Championship atLake Ngaroto.

The same two clubmembers also took out theMasters title, despiteencountering light windconditions throughoutthe five completed races.

Starting with aremarkable nine-minutewin, after crossing thefinish line in 33 minutesin the first race, theyadded a further two winsand two seconds to givethem an unassailablescore.

The Phase 2 yacht,designed in New Zealandin the late 1970s, is a stricttwo-person, one-designclass where the true testis between helmsman andcrew — not between boatsthat are essentially thesame under their nationalclass rules.

Ferguson has sailedmany dinghy classes,starting from the age of10. More recently he hascompeted regularly in aLaser at Ngaroto, win-ning the club’s 2009Centreboard Champion-ship.

His experience alsoincludes time with theNew Zealand America’sCup Challenge in SanDiego USA in 1992.

Gardiner has crewedregularly at Ngaroto,mostly on Phase 2s. Thewinning boat belongs toher family.

The Wilkinsonsiblings, Micah and Alex,clinched the thirdnational title for the hostNgaroto Sailing Club,taking out the Youth titleand second overall. Theirplacings included a win inthe third race and thirdsin the final two races.

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(14) have sailed a varietyof yacht classes, includingOptimist, P Class, Star-ling and Hartley 18(trailer yacht class).

They have developed agreat range of skills thatthey can transfer betweenthe classes.

Event spokesperson,Ross Wrenn reports thatthe wind was patchythroughout the nationalregatta, testing the sailorsability to be in the rightplace and to extract all theenergy from the atmo-sphere that they could.

Many dinghy sailorsfrom the club are compet-ing in the 2009 WaikatoThames YachtingAssociation CentreboardChampionship regatta atTe Puru (north ofThames) this weekend.

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TC170409CT01RICKY PALACIO is congratu-lated by wicket-keeper ClintonSinclair after completing a hat-trick bowling against HillcrestHigh 1st XI.

TC170409SP11COLLEGE 1st XI with the Dave Hoskin Trophy. From left, back row: Ricky Palacio, Scott Seabright,Steven Sharp, Rick Williams (sub fielder), Johann Heymanns, Josh Gibson, Rhys Packwood, KenSeabright (coach). Front row: Josh Bradburn, Cameron Forsman, Clinton Sinclair, Clayton Stewart.Absent from photo: Matthew Towers, Sunil Singh, Callum Pearson, Matthew Wanden.

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The decision to field acombined Te Awamutu and Otoro-hanga colleges 1st XI in 2009 hasbeen well and truly vindicated.

Under the astute direction ofKen Seabright, the composite sideproved giant-killers in the Waikatosecondary schools’ division onecompetition.

Season highlights includeduplifting the Dave Hoskin Trophyfrom Matamata 1st XI, defendingthe trophy three times to get theirname engraved on the cup, andmaking the final of the divisionone championship.

The success of the seasonhinged on the semi-final againstHillcrest 1st XI.

Te Awamutu/Otorohangabolted in by 103 runs to not onlyretain the trophy for the third timebut also make the final against StPeter’s.

Cameron Forsman led byexample with a fine captain’sknock of 56, ably supported byMatthew Towers (25no), ClintonSinclair (20) and Scott Seabright(20) in a score of 208.

Hillcrest had no answer to thepace bowling of Ricky Palacio, whoreturned the outstanding figuresof 7-34 including a hat-trick.

Scott Seabright chipped in with

2-23.Te Awamutu/Otorohanga then

stumbled at their final hurdle,losing by 160 runs to St Peter’s,who claimed the title and the DaveHoskin Trophy.

Team spokesperson, DeniseSeabright says the failure todeliver their ‘A’ game one last timesaw them outplayed both with batand ball.

The pace/spin bowlersuncharacteristically struggledwith their lines, giving away fartoo many extras — assisting youngYear 9 player Tim Seifert to hismaiden century (101no) for StPeter’s.

Forsman and Stewart bothsnared two wickets.

The best partnership in thecomposite team’s reply of 101 was41 from Palacio (25) and Forsman(23).

It was a disappointing end tothe season but coach Seabright andhis team can be proud of getting tothe final in their first season infirst division.

The stand-out player for theseason was Ricky Palacio, whoscored 323 runs at an average of 53.He also took the most wickets (19)at an average of 10.3.

Wicket-keeper Clinton Sinclairposted the team’s top score of 88runs in the win over Matamata.


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Grylls now whippingSA golfing rivals

TC170409SP14GARY GRYLLS nowcracking the whip in adifferent field.

Former jockey GaryGrylls returned to thewinner’s circle with awhopping 46 stableford atStewart Alexander GolfClub.

No fewer than 10players returned 41 ormore points in Sunday’sscramble sponsored byMcFall Fuel — doing jus-tice to the course main-tenance staff who havethe greens and fairwaysin pristine condition.

Grylls is starting toshow the benefits of moreregular play.

The 26 handicaper shotan 86 gross for a 60 net.His even halves of 43included three pars onboth the front and backnine.

Grylls won thestableford scramble byone point from ColinPepperell and R. Cave on45, followed by N. John-ston, P. Lambert with 43,M. Herbert, A. Heke, W.King 42 and K. Murray, C.Joseph 41.

Highlight of Veteransday, sponsored by Chris

Mylchreest, was a hole-in-one by club professionalRoger Hunapo.

He played the perfectshot on the par three, 18thhole of 110 metres, usinghis trusty wedge.

The ace was notofficially recognised asHunapo did not enterscramble.

Peter Way and P.Herewini jointly won thescramble with 40stableford.

Former Waikato rugbyrepresentative LinkQuarrie headed theremaining field with 36points.

Scoring was hot inTuesday’s midweektournament.

Keith Clarke set thepace with a sizzling 61 netto head off P. Herewini on63, Z. Gibson 64 and J.Hjorth 67.

Stableford winnerswere B. Slade with 43, D.Morgan 42, C. Wells 40and I. Froggatt 39.

Ladies’ day LGU win-ners were C. Forster (sil-ver), Beth Walker (bronze

I) and Bev Herbert(bronze II).

Herbert also took outthe scramble with 64 net,from B. Walker 69, E. Ford70, D. Griffin, M. Brain, H.Parker 72, A. McGhie, S.Lawrence, S. Brain 73.

Win, loss forsoccer men

Te Awamutu’s Federation Cup soccer team willneed to sort out its defence to right a disappointingstart to the season.

Two late defensive blunders gifted Rotorua a 3-1win in the Sulphur City on Saturday.

The Cape Physio sponsored Te Awamutu XI hadthe better of the opening exchanges with their manto man passing game operating efficiently.

But Rotorua opened the scoring against the runof play, courtesy of a free kick just outside the 18yard box in the 25th minute. The shot on goal wasspilt by keeper Ray McCabe and a Rotorua playerwas on hand to tap the ball home.

Te Awamutu equalised with a well struckpenalty by Andrew Ryan after James Maxwell hadbeen brought down in the penalty area.

The brace of late opportunist goals to the hometeam ensured Te Awamutu returned home withouta point to show for all their endeavour.

Stand out players were Jordan Ball, in his firstgame of the season, Jeremy Cutler and McCabe ingoal.

Next game is against Melville, 2.45pm kickoff, atthe Stadium on Saturday.

The Mortgage Express Te Awamutu Reservesturned on plenty of razzle dazzle downing Putaruru3-2.

Goal scorers were Brandon Gross, Serge Madjouand Octaves Ibounga.

Player of the day Mike Rose, in central defence,had an outstanding allround game. He was strong inthe air, powerful in the tackle and speedy inmopping up any Putaruru attacks.

No details were available of the women’s firstand second division games.

TA golfers named for district finalMin Nolan will spearhead the four strong

ASB Te Awamutu Golf side in the nationaldistrict teams final.

Nolan came through the team selection‘trial’ with the day’s top net round of 72. Herteam mates are Barbara O’Regan, who shot73, Annette Irwin 75 and Hazel Bryant 74.

Reserves are Kaye Bayes, Rewa Hawiraand Glennis Kay.

The 18 holes four-ball, best-ball districtfinal, to be held at Te Awamutu course onApril 27, will be contested by teams fromthroughout the Waikato and King Country.

Winners of the ladies’ day LGU were B.O’Regan (silver) with 73 net, Kaye Bayes(bronze I) 76 net and Nan Poppe (bronze II)69.

O’Regan and J. Gillespie jointly toppedthe 0-23 scramble with 73 net, from H. Bryant74. Leading scorers in the 24-plus divisionwere Nan Poppe 69, M. Nolan 72, J. Page 75,A. Irwin 75, G. Kay 76. Nine hole net winnerswere Ann Dobson 31, O. Clarke 37 and D Hall39.

The ultra consistent Lou Marty headedthe men’s scramble on Saturday with 38

stableford, from M. Carter, R. Taylor, T.Young and C. Vincent all on 37. The women’snet went to Judy Scown with 72, from A.Thomson 75 and J. Gillespie 77 b/l.

Open midweek tournament winners wereShaun Gilbert 71 gross, Ray Brain 64 net, R.Cogswell, P. Booth 67, B. Hawira 68, LaurieGooch 40 stableford, M. Claydon, D.Retemeyer 39 and P. Kapa 38. Sylvia Gooch40, S. Brain 38 headed the ladies.

Best of the Vets were Murray Wallis with40 stableford, C. Green 37, N. Brown and D.Herlihy 35.


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