Te Awamutu Courier Thursday, August 13, 2020 Wrestling with Water Circulated Free to 14,045 Homes in Te Awamutu and Surrounding Districts
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Te Awamutu Ph (07) 871-5069 email: [email protected] 410 Bond Road, Te Awamutu YourC community newspaper for over 100 years Thursday, August 13, 2020 A/H 021 503 404 Delays in Kihikihi Support for rural Drivers travelling on SH3 in Kihikihi can expect delays with a four-way stop traffic management in place over a three-day period at the end of this week. Waipa¯District Council is women promised undertaking hydro-excavating work which will require all traffic to stop for short periods of time between 9am and 4pm at the intersection of Church, Ballance and Lyon Streets. Caitlan Johnston n Friday last week National VJ Day Service Party leader Judith Collins This Saturday is the 75th visited the Waipa¯district anniversary of Victory in and announced a health Japan, VJ Day (see story page Opolicy that will benefit women, 14) which the Te Awamutu especially rural women, she says. RSA planned to National is pledging to put $20 commemorate with a service million towards protecting women at the Memorial Park Sunken from gynaecological cancers through Cross. greater awareness, improved clinical Due to the uncertainty over guidelines, increased testing and community transmission of greater access to clinical trials. Covid-19 the decision has been The Opposition leader made the made to cancel the event. Te announcement to a large crowd of Awamutu RSA is also closing farmers and business people at John the club to members and Austin Ltd yards in Te Mawhai near visitors until further notice. Te Awamutu. She was joined by National Party MP for Taranaki/King Country, Water alert lifted Barbara Kuriger, and MP for Hamilton Water restrictions no longer East, David Bennett. apply to residents in O¯ haupo¯ “As an ambassador for the New and rural surrounds, with Zealand Gynaecological Cancer Pukerimu reservoirs now Foundation this has special supplying water at the normal significance to me. Too many women levels. are going untested and undiagnosed National Party leader Judith Collins spoke at a farmers’ meeting in Te Mawhai last Friday and announced a $20 Work is ongoing as Waipa¯ at the moment,” says Judith. million health policy. Photo / Caitlan Johnston District Council continues to “It’s one of those important things purge excess air from the that we need to stand up for and “This is very important because network. Council thanks all women’s health should not be put on who’s going to be there at calving residents for their efforts over the back burner.” time, who’s going to be out there with the past two weeks. Each year in New Zealand over you doing the farm work? I’m sure 1000 women are diagnosed with that you don’t want anything to gynaecological cancer and 475 die. happen to your spouses or Daylight Atheist on The signs and symptoms of daughters,” says Judith. Tonight’s performance of The gynaecological cancer are difficult to This investment is alongside Daylight Atheist by Michael determine, says Judith. National’s commitment to fund an Hurst at The Woolshed “We will be promoting even independent cancer agency and set Theatre will proceed as greater awareness so that women can up a $200m fund dedicated to cancer scheduled. get themselves diagnosed as soon as drugs. Seating has been rearranged to possible, National will provide a At the farmers’ meeting Judith also meet Level 2 guidelines and funding boost to awareness announced that the Recourse other recommendations will campaigns to ensure this happens,” Management Act (RMA) “is going out be in place. says Judith. the back, in that old oil drum and it’s For contact tracing purposes, Having grown up on a dairy farm going to be burnt”, if National takes patrons are asked to make herself, Judith acknowledged that Government. sure their details were farming is a stressful and sometimes This announcement was submitted when tickets were isolated profession but that this welcomed by a roar of cheering and purchased, or to fill in a form should not mean people should have clapping. at the venue. less access to treatments because A large crowd gathered at John Austin yards to listen to Judith Collins speak they live in the country. continued on A2 and to ask her questions. 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POSTAL ADDRESS: ernment announced a there are significant increases in It is, in my opinion, important for 97 Sloane Street, PO Box 1, A $761 million fund to costs of compliance due to chang- Waipa¯to be involved in the initial Te Awamutu 3840 assist Local Government across ing environmental and health stages of discussions so that we OFFICE HOURS: New Zealand for upgrading the nationally, Local Government has standards, and increasing climate can keep the community options ‘three waters’ infrastructure, underinvested in this infrastructure change impacts on existing net- open and make an informed de- Monday - Wednesday 10am - 2pm whether capital or operating. At resulting in an estimated funding works and treatment plants. Clim- cision on the future direction for our Closed Thursday, Friday, Public Holidays that time no details were available deficit of between $309m and ate change impacts will be particu- community. This first decision is DELIVERY QUERIES: 0800 111 200 on the share for Waipa¯. This issue $514m in the drinking water net- larly evident in the stormwater net- required by the end of this month. has now been determined and works, $3b to $4b in wastewater, works, with more intense storm Again, in my opinion, there is an EDITORIAL Waipa¯is initially eligible for $3.4m, with no estimate on stormwater events on higher density urban element of truth in the Central Dean Taylor (Editor) with potentially a similar amount networks. This underinvestment environments, which increase the Government assertions, but they Ext: 67705 0274 819951 from a regional fund. has led to more than 30,000 people rate of runoff, creating flooding do not necessarily apply to Waipa¯ [email protected] The only condition on this first becoming ill annually through events and possible contami- District, which has invested heavily tranche of funding is that Council drinking unsafe water, and nation. in this infrastructure over many Caitlan Johnston Ext: 67710 agrees to enter into good faith approximately 800,000 and The solution being broadcasted decades and is also relatively in- [email protected] discussions with Central Govern- 1,000,000 people receiving is an amalgamation of three waters sulated from the worst impacts of Jesse Wood Ext: 67713 ment on the review of the three drinking water that doesn’t comply services into approximately five climate change. There are oppor- [email protected] waters delivery mechanisms cur- with national standards. multi-regional bodies for the whole tunities to cooperate with adjoining SPORT rently undertaken by Local Gov- The evidence for this of New Zealand with Local Gov- councils to obtain economies of ernment. There are no obligations underinvestment is a small num- ernment no longer being respon- scale, but I am not confident there [email protected] to continue these discussions into ber of spectacular failures, includ- sible. These structures would be is a need for the scale of reorgan- ADVERTISING tranche two or three, should Coun- ing the Havelock North drinking publicly owned but there is cur- isation being considered by Cen- Sarah Verran 021 345 951 cil wish to continue operating in- water contamination that made rently no detail about funding tral Government. [email protected] dependently, but there would also 5000 people ill with mechanisms or compensation to This issue will continue to be a CLASSIFIEDS be no further Central Government campylobacter, nationwide local communities for existing focal point for Council over the funding assistance. drinking water shortages, regular assets, paid for over many coming months and we will keep Tania King Ext: 67708 The rationale for the three sewage spills in Auckland and decades. These multi-regional you all informed as the reform [email protected] waters reform is a view that major sewer line failures in Well- bodies are expected to have the progresses. We welcome letters - preferably via email. They should be under 300 words and must have the sender’s name, address and phone number. No pseudonyms are accepted and names will only be RMA needs to go Collins tells meeting withheld in special circumstances at the discretion of the editor. Letters are not continued from A1 told what to do on your own land? need on their farms. on a new employee. usually acknowledged and may be edited, “It’s got to the stage now where Judith also announced that she An amount of $5000 will be abridged or discarded. “We’ve got to get rid of the RMA; there is all the responsibility of plans to have the 90 day trial given upfront when a new We’re online at it’s the biggest handbrake on the owning land and none of the fun,” period for new employees in place.