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ISSN 1170-1099 GEARED BIKES from $209 SCHOOL TO BACK? NEW 2008 TS-18 029TC004/08 Te A’ Cycles 240 Sloane St (Opposite Woolworths) Published Tuesday and Thursday TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2008 Phone: 871-4816 Circulated FREE to all households throughout Te Awamutu and surrounding districts. Extra copies 40c. BRIEFLY Save water now No right time for outage for hottest month Waipa District Council is ask- By Dean Taylor ing residents to take care with No-one wants their electricity their water usage. turned off for nine hours - but it Engineering manager, John is inevitable one way or the other Kerr says that the extra hot according to Transpower. and dry weather conditions are The company was in town putting pressure on the water Thursday to hold talks with Waipa supply. Networks and the public about a “In Te Awamutu, the water planned maintenance shut-down supply comes from the Maun- for the greater Te Awamutu re- gauika stream, and in dry gion. periods, the fl ow reduces. At Grid asset manager Bob Simpson times we are getting pretty says Te Awamutu has one feeder close to capacity, but if people from Karapiro and there were is- can make a few reductions in sues on that line which required a their water usage, then we will shut down for maintenance. be able to navigate the summer He explained that the work re- period.” quired was simply too dangerous Usage in Te Awamutu for the to conduct using live line tech- month of January so far is 12.9 niques. million litres per day. At the It involved replacing some same time last year the fi gure equipment at Karapiro which was was 11.4 million litres per day. heating to dangerous levels and Historically, February is the removing bird nests from the Te month of highest demand, and Awamutu sub-station. Council is expecting the hot, Having the electricity shut down dry conditions to continue. If would allow the work to be done residents are not careful with properly and in a controlled man- water usage, then the option of ner. water restrictions may need to Mr Simpson says the alternative be considered. would inevitably be an unplanned Five top tips for conserving outage because of failure and that water could be for a long period because - Don’t leave the tap run- of the possible emergency nature of WAIPA Networks general manager Ray Milner (left) and Transpower grid asset manager Bob Simpson ning when you are shaving or the event, and then all the required fi eld questions at Thursday afternoon’s public meeting. 029081AD brushing your teeth work would not be undertaken. - If you need to water your Outages for this type of work It was explained that the the opportunity to undertake preferred day for an outage is a garden, do it early in the morn- were usually planned on a four planned outage allowed for six maintenance on its network. Sunday, and he proposed a day in ing or late in the evening year cycle, with Te Awamutu due hours of work, an extra hour for Transpower wanted to gauge late February with an extra day - Put the plug in the sink again in 2010, but this work was contingencies and one hour each the feeling from the public before scheduled early March in case the when rinsing vegetables urgent. side for controlled shut down of the setting a date and take into con- work could not proceed on the fi rst - Use sprinklers sparingly, Mr Simpson says after this work system and reintroduction of serv- sideration the community needs, planned date. and do not leave running over- the cycle would change to refl ect ice when work is complete. commercial needs and agricultural Usually outages were planned to night that and the next schedules shut During the planned outage needs. start from about 8am. - After washing, rinse your down would become 2012. Waipa Networks staff would take Mr Simpson says generally the What the public want... page 5. car on the lawn – twice the benefi t! Pick up the poo Caretaker staff at Te Awamutu College are ask- ing dog owners who use the school fi elds to exercise their animals to think of them and the students - and pick up the poo. Staff are working hard to get the school ready for the new year and say many people use both the top and bottom fi elds, either side of Factory Road, to walk or run their dogs, which is fi ne, but leave behind the mess. They are doing their best to clean up and don’t want the students to discover the poo in an unsavoury way when they are using the fi elds for play or TRANSPOWER needs to shut down the feeder from Karapiro to Te Awamutu to replace equipment at the source of the electricity which sport. is heating to dangerous levels and remove bird nests from the Te Awamutu sub-station. 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Photo supplied. ONLY 82.50 Waipa District Mayor Alan Livingston one then the benefi ts to businesses in ● Developing activities and events has pledged council support to a new the area will be enormous,” he said. to give tourists a reason to stay longer tourism group which has been formed A number of key tourism providers and no-longer see the area as simply one for the Cambridge/Te Awamutu area. came together this month at a meeting which people drive through on their way Mr Livingston has committed to ap- chaired by Cambridge i-SITE manager to somewhere else. point a council employee to work closely Jenny Wilson. Te Awamutu’s representa- ● Endorsement by council of the tour- with the group in order to drive the dis- tion includes Te Awamutu i-SITE man- ism group’s objectives and recognition as trict into becoming a brand new major ager Lynne Fenwick and Te Awamutu the body to empower these. tourist destination in New Zealand. Public Relations committee chairman Mrs Wilson said the group’s sub-com- “I believe there is defi nitely scope for Ian Parlane. mittee would like to see the council com- a major push for tourism in the Waipa The group came up with a number of mission a full study of the economic ben- District,” Mr Livingston said. key objectives and targets for tourism efi ts from a cohesive tourism approach “We have a number of unique activi- which included: in the area. ties and projects in the area which will ● To develop a strategic plan for tour- She said that without a regional tour- be an attraction to the international and ism in Cambridge, Te Awamutu and sur- ism body in the Waikato that most towns domestic tourist. I applaud this group rounding areas. such as Cambridge and Te Awamutu did for taking this initiative to drive tourism ● A timeframe to be put in place to en- not have any collective tourism direc- 029TC006-08 and to have the foresight to see what sure that opportunities for tourism from tion. opportunities lie ahead with magnets such events as the V8s, the World Row- “Getting a group of parties together such as the Maungatautauri Ecological ing Championships and World Rugby like we have is the fi rst step in show- 009TC009-08 Reserve, World Rowing Championships Cup are fully captured within the Waipa ing that many people see the need for a and other key sporting and cultural District. strategic plan for tourism in the Waipa 116666 CambridgeCambridge Rd,Rd, events in the area. ● An events calendar to be compiled District. 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