Te Awamutu COMPUTERS, NOTEBOOKS, SERVICE, SUPPORT, SOFTWARE, ACCESSORIES Published Tuesday & Thursday THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2016 407 Sloane Street, Te Awamutu Couurier P 07 871 3837 | F 07 871 3807 Your community newspaper for over 100 years EXTRA COPIES 40c E [email protected] | www.computeraid.co.nz Te Wa¯nanga o Aotearoa Show me the honey! September is Bee Aware Month (BAM), a campaign supports Mahuru Ma¯ori run by Apiculture New Zealand. BAM is designed to make Te Wa¯nanga o Aotearoa is launching New Zealanders think about Mahuru Ma¯ori, a Ma¯ori language initiative the honey bee and its critically that will challenge people on social media important role in our around the world to speak Ma¯ori for a day, a biodiversity and economy. week, or for the entire month of September. Throughout the month Mahuru Ma¯ori is an initiative pioneered New Zealanders will be able by Te Wa¯nanga o Aotearoa poutiaki reo to celebrate BAM with a (language strategy co-ordinator) Paraone number of events, activities Gloyne in 2014 to promote the speaking of te and competitions. Reo in our daily lives. Anyone interested will be “Mahuru Ma¯ori takes you out of your able to keep up-to-date via comfort zone. It’s a test to speak te Reo Ma¯ori the Bee Aware Month wherever you are and in whatever situation Facebook page or Apiculture you find yourself,” says Mr Gloyne. New Zealand website: This year the initiative has been incorpor- www.apinz.org.nz. ated into the Ma¯ori language strategy of Te Wa¯nanga, Reo Ora. Have a go It was launched on Tuesday on Facebook and Twitter, however the social media challenge commences today. at croquet “Mahuru Ma¯ori is a challenge that focuses Te Awamutu Croquet Club on those who want to progress, and officially starts the new strengthen their ability to speak Ma¯ori, it season on Saturday and concentrates on those who are resolute with newcomers are welcome to their language, day in, day out, those who attend. wish to test their language for the duration of The opening day at a day, a week or the month,” says Mr Gloyne. Victoria Park begins at There are three levels for those who want 9.45am and visitors can try to take participate in the Mahuru Ma¯ori the traditional Association initiative. Croquet or the faster version Level one is for those who commit to of Golf Croquet. speaking Ma¯ori for one day a week for the Bring your lunch, month of Mahuru (September) or more than afternoon tea is supplied. For one day. Level two is for those who undertake to more contact Club Captain speak Ma¯ori for a week of Mahuru. Jean Fisher (ph 871 4427). Level three is for participants who com- mit to speaking Ma¯ori for the entire month of Corrections Mahuru. Sincere apologies to Each person who participates in this Ngaire Phillips who supplied initiative via Facebook will receive the excellent information for resources that will prepare them for the our article about the challenges that arise when speaking Ma¯ori in Mangapiko Hall in Tuesday’s both a Ma¯ori and a non-Ma¯ori speaking edition. environment. She was inadvertently Mr Gloyne encourages people to partici- referred to as Ngaire Hall in pate in Mahuru Ma¯ori and for others to the introduction. support those who do. “If we believe the Ma¯ori language will If every capable speaker Thanks also to Jessie in New Zealand decided to Young who supplied the two survive through it being spoken, then, by all ‘ means, speak it. speak Ma¯ori for the month, photos of events held in the “If every capable speaker in New Zealand hall. decided to speak Ma¯ori for the month, the the mana of the language Also named incorrectly in mana of the language would be felt.” would be felt. her introduction was Te Wa¯nanga o Aotearoa chief executive Kakepuku Ward Council ’ officer Dr Jim Mather is supportive of the candidate Susan O’Regan — Mahuru Ma¯ori initiative and encouraged the TC280715DT04 our apologies. organisation’s 1500 staff and 32,000 students TE Wa¯nanga o Aotearoa Ma¯ori language strategy co-ordinator Paraone Gloyne pioneered to participate. Mahuru Ma¯ori. Hello, my name is Amanda Pratt and I have recently joined the active team at REMAX here in Te Awamutu. I am totally committed to client satisfaction and provide a professional approach be it buying or selling. I’m local and locally dedicated P: 027 363 9569 or 07 870 6602 E: [email protected] Breakaway Realty Ltd AREINZ, Licensed Under the REAA 2008 www.remax.net.nz 2 Te Awamutu Courier Thursday, September 1, 2016 CourierTe Awamutu Rushlee relishes Rio experience Community Newspaper of the Year 2014 Your community newspaper for BY COLIN THORSEN over 100 years. The arrival home to New Circulated free to 14,055 homes through Te Awamutu Zealand was very humbling for Te Awamutu Olympian Rushlee and surrounding districts. Buchanan. CIRCULATION 14,055* (7136 urban, 6919 rural) “Being a member of the most successful New Zealand We welcome letters - preferably via email. They Olympic team ever is pretty should be under 300 words and must have the special, and we were welcomed sender’s name, address and phone number. No back with such awesome sup- pseudonyms are accepted and names will only be port,” she told the Courier. withheld in special circumstances at the discretion “To have kids come up to you of the editor. Letters are not usually acknowledged with such enthusiasm — even and may be edited, abridged or discarded. when we didn’t have medals — MANAGER was humbling. Alan Price “It was very special to be a [email protected] part of the Waipa welcome home at Cambridge.” EDITORIAL She said Rio was definitely a Dean Taylor (editor) life experience. [email protected] After the show London put Cathy Asplin (journalist) on in 2012, it was always going to [email protected] be a hard task to live up to the Colin Thorsen (journalist) high expectations the world had. [email protected] But Buchanan found every- thing to be fine. ADVERTISING TC010916SP02A Dorinda Williams “I think some countries OLYMPIANS: Te Awamutu Sports’ dominated women’s team pursuit at Rio, from left: Racquel [email protected] expected too much, but all you Sheath, Rushlee Buchanan, Jaime Nielsen, Brendon Cameron (coach), Helene Barron (physio), need is running water, a bed and Lauren Ellis, Mark Hollands (physio). Ange Holt food. [email protected] “The New Zealand Olympic and (like any city) has its better Buchanan. “We rode really well in the Bookings Committee did a huge job get- areas.” As for their own perform- semis and were thrilled to make [email protected] ting our tower ready for our The Kiwi cyclists were lucky ance on the track, the Kiwi the Bronze ride off. We truly CLASSIFIEDS arrival — I can confidently say to have the velodrome so close women’s team pursuit knew the believed we could medal, and Rhonda Oosterman, they worked a lot harder than (3km away) so it was very easy competition would be fierce. when we lined up for the final Tania Cortesi-Western, many other countries and our to get to and from racing. “It’s the Olympic Games, and were on the start line we Julie Montague team was always looked after. After their racing, Buchanan teams step-up like you wouldn’t had faith in ourselves we could [email protected] “We had a cool lounge to and her team-mates Jaime imagine. So when the Brits and do it. hang out in, there were coffee Nielsen, Racquel Sheath (all Te Americans broke the world “You don’t go to an Olympics DELIVERY QUERIES 0800 111 200 machines, minties and pine- Awamutu Sports Club mem- record in the first round we to get fourth place, you go to get POSTAL ADDRESS apple lumps! What more could bers) and Lauren Ellis went to weren’t surprised. a medal, and we put ourselves 97 Sloane Street, PO Box 1, Te Awamutu 3840 we ask for?” see other sports and found it was “We didn’t lay down our best out there and gave it everything OFFICE HOURS Buchanan said Rio, as a city easy to get around to support ride in the Qualifying (coming we had. Monday-Thursday 8am-5pm, Fri 8am-4.30pm and an experience, was great. other kiwis. in fifth) so we knew we would “The top three teams were PHONE 07 871 5151 | FAX 07 871 3675 She felt safe and only saw a “The Olympic team is a great have to come out fighting in the better on the day, and there was handful of mozzies! environment to be in and the semis — and that is what we did, nothing we could do in that “The village was nice and Kiwi team is always awesome. producing a New Zealand record moment to go faster.” ISSN 1170-1099 (Print) ISSN 2253-4075 (Online) there were lots of cool places to Everyone supports each other, and passed the Polish in the *Circulation Source: Audited Bureau of Circulation, 1 YE Dec 2012 hang out. 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