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Te Awamutu Rural Neville Kemp Licensee Salesperson 027 271 9801 Courier 07 871 9801 www.nevillekemp.co.nz Published Tuesday & ThursdayTHURSDAY THURSDAY, JANUARY JUNE 28, 19, 2012 2012 YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER FOR OVER 100 YEARS Rosetown Realty Ltd Licensed (REAA 2008) CIRCULATED FREE TO 12,109 HOMES THROUGHOUT TE AWAMUTU AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS. EXTRA COPIES 40c. BRIEFLY Money matters Television programmes and newspaper reports highlight major financial problems in Europe and elsewhere. Professor Brian Silverstone from the University of Waikato will shed some light on this on- going, global financial crisis. Hear how this may affect New Zealand, and learn more about the Euro at the Te Awamutu Continuing Education Group’s meeting on Wednesday, July 4. See classified advertisement or phone 871 6434 for details. Eels as taonga The significance of eels to Ngati-Apakura in Te Awamutu, Pirongia and Kawhia is the subject of a special event, as part of the We Love Eels exhibition at Te Awamutu Museum on Thursday, July 5 (5pm). TC280612CA04 Guests can celebrate STUDENTS watch from the field as plumes of smoke rise above the Te Awamutu Intermediate classrooms. Matariki, hear from Jenny Charman (Ngati Apakura), George Searancke (Ngati Waero) and Ana O’Isreal ( Te Kopua Marae) and take part in a School fire tasting. A koha would be appreciated. RSVP by Monday: [email protected] or ph 872 0085. Assert yourself investigated Mahuika House is running assertiveness classes on Wednesday mornings starting BY CATHY ASPLIN arts at the time which was lucky. next week. She says it was a shock for The classes commence at Te Awamutu Intermediate many of the children to see how 10am, are free and anyone is staff and pupils were evacuated quickly the fire spread. welcome to attend. For more onto the playing field yesterday ‘‘Some of our pupils were a when fire broke out in a toilet little upset to see the school on information contact June 871 block near the front of the school. fire and others lost their bags 7072 or text 021 718 132. The blaze was spotted by a from the cloak bays between the staff member just before classrooms and the toilets, but Olympic bid lunchtime and when the Te Awa- generally they coped well. Andrew Nicholson is one of mutu Fire Brigade arrived it was ‘‘At the end of the day they 12 New Zealand combinations well involved. were all safe. It is almost the end entered in the Barbury Castle Te Awamutu Intermediate of term, so we will be able to deal International Horse Trials in the deputy principal Jill Shaw says with the damage during the UK this weekend. It is the last the Room 4-5 toilet block has been holidays.’’ chance for any would-be destroyed and there has been The school quickly swung into Olympians to impress the New some damage to the two action to deal with the situation. Zealand eventing selectors. classrooms, but having adjoining Children who lost their bags Nicholson will be hoping he doors closed helped stop the fire in the blaze had lunches provided has already done enough to from spreading further. for them and they were make that all-important five- ‘‘As soon as the alarms went, ‘rehoused’ into the School Arts strong team for the London school fire drills meant that and Leisure Centre. Olympics but a strong showing students knew exactly what to do The Ministry of Education this weekend can cement a and the evacuation worked really Emergency Response Team was place. well. onsite yesterday afternoon, as TC280612CA03 ‘‘Two classes of the four class- were fire and police FLAMES shoot out the rear of the Room 4-5 toilet block. room block affected were at tech- investigators. KEEP YOUR HOME WARM! EXPERIENCED INSTALLERS • Wood Fires • Gas Heating • Central Heating ASSISTANCE WITH PERMITS WE INSTALL EVERYTHING WE SELL! Talk to us today THE BIGGEST Little Heating Shop In Town 8770419AA 07 870 5020 0800 772887 100 ROCHE ST, TE AWAMUTU www.pratts.co.nz 2 TE AWAMUTU COURIER, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 2012 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Te Awamutu Courier Crash risk at i-Site thanks WDC don’t CONTACTS school turnoff crush us MANAGER supporters The turnoff from SH1 reverse the resource Unless Waipa District Coun- Alan Price into St Peter’s School is consent, as construction cil cut back now on their e: [email protected] an accident waiting to has not started. Thank you to the Te Awamutu retailers who spending and adjust their very happen. It is on a high Waikato RC, Waipa entered the window display competition this year to unfair rates system, soaring EDITOR speed blind bend. All DC, Waipa’s mayor and celebrate Fieldays 2012, and to Fieldays which rates will be ongoing that will traffic turning into, or councillors will have provided $800 in prize money. slowly but surely force people Dean Taylor coming out, is dicing blood on their hands, The extremely high standard, made it very off their properties. e: [email protected] with death. Is it worth along with the CEO of difficult for the three independent judges to select a For people to be free they having people injured or Home of Cycling Trust winner. Well done to Central Cafe´ on your win. need something they can call REPORTERS killed for a velodrome? and its supporters. A big thank you also to everyone who purchased their own such, as a section of Waipa District Coun- This has been an their Fieldays Tickets at the i-Site this year. land and a house they call Cathy Asplin cil should not have abuse of power without The Information Center relies on valuable home. e: [email protected] issued a resource con- giving consideration to revenue from sales of these tickets to continue My plea to Council is: Please Colin Thorsen sent and the New Zea- road safety. I hope I providing service to visitors and our community 364 don’t crush people, their dignity e: [email protected] land Transport Agency don’t have to say ‘‘I told days a year. and their incentives with un- should have opposed it. you so’’. LYNNE FENWICK necessary heavy rates. ADVERTISING It’s not too late to MALCOLM HUME Information Centre manager BARBARA LINTON Dorinda Courtney e: [email protected] Julie Jackson Timely reminder to use smoke alarms e: [email protected] Bookings The need for people to have working caught fire had the smoke alarm not Last Saturday the Brigade and the [email protected] smoke alarms in their homes has been provided early warning. Pirongia Rural Fire Force attended a Bird emphasised a number of times in Te ‘‘Being a unit in a block of flats that could Road address where clothes drying inside CLASSIFIEDS Awamutu area recently. obviously have had a far worse outcome, so over a fire had caught alight. On Friday, June 8 a working smoke the two key messages here are not to leave The occupier had noticed the fire and Tania Cortesi-Western, Rhonda Bird alarm in a Williams Street flat alerted cooking unattended and to have a working extinguished it prior to the brigades’ arrival. Anna-Marie Holmes neighbours who investigated and could smoke alarm,’’ he says. The occupier of a Rata Street address was [email protected] smell smoke. The brigade ventilated the property to not so fortunate when items too close to a The Fire Service was alerted at about remove remaining smoke with a specialist heater ignited on Monday morning. 9.35am and when two crews from the Te salvage fan, and left the property with an The occupier was in another part of the LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Awamutu Volunteer Fire Brigade arrival a appreciative owner who was pleased an house when she noticed smoke. We welcome letters - preferably via email. couple of minutes later they identified a pot investment had been made in smoke alarms. On arrival the Te Awamutu Volunteer They should be under 300 words and must left on the stove in an unoccupied and locked The situation was repeated last Friday Fire Brigade entered the house and have the sender’s name, address and phone rented unit. when a frying pan on a stove in Franklin extinguished a small fire in the lounge next number. No pseudonyms are accepted The brigade forced entry to the property, Street Pirongia caught fire. to the heater. and names will only be withheld in special turned the stove off and removed the pot It was out when the Te Awamutu Brigade The fire resulted in smoke damage circumstances at the discretion of the editor. outside. and Pirongia Rural Fire Force arrived. throughout the house, and though most Thanks to the smoke alarm and vigilant Again there was a working smoke alarm rooms had smoke alarms, none of them Letters are not usually acknowledged and neighbours the damage to the flat was in the house. As a result damage was appear to have activated, emphasising the may be edited, abridged or discarded. limited to the smell of burnt food, and the restricted to the stove top. need for them to be regularly checked. broken window the fire brigade used to enter With the onset of winter the Te Awamutu PHONE: 07 871 5151 FAX: 07 871 3675 the property. Volunteer Fire Brigade is encouraging ■ More fire safety advice can be found at 336 Alexandra Street, PO Box 1, Senior Station Officer Karl Tutty said people to be ‘fire wise’ after a number of calls www.fire.org.nz and on the Te Awamutu Te Awamutu 3840 that though the pot still had a lid on it, it was over recent days, a number related to the Brigade’s facebook page www.facebook.com/ Offi ce Hrs: Mon-Thu 8am-5pm, Fri 8am-4.30pm probably only a matter of time before it cold and wet weather.