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Te Awamutu COMPUTERS, SERVICE Courier NOTEBOOKS, SUPPORT APPLE PRODUCTS Published Tuesday & Thursday THURSDAYTHURSDAY, JANUARY MAY 3, 19,2012 2012 407 Sloane Street, Te Awamutu Ph: 07 871 3837 Fax: 07 871 3807 YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER FOR OVER 100 YEARS E-mail: [email protected] CIRCULATED FREE TO 12,109 HOMES THROUGHOUT TE AWAMUTU AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS. EXTRA COPIES 40c. BRIEFLY Magic boost Film dream a reality Magic netball players, officials and fans will be relieved that the team have finally broken their duck in this year’s ANZ Championship. Victory over the Tactix in Rotorua will have the team’s confidence back ahead of games against the Pulse on Monday, May 14, 7.40pm, in Porirua, and the Tactix in Christchurch on Saturday, May 19, 4.20pm. The Magic have three training sessions at ASB Bank Stadium at Te Awamutu Events Centre on May 10, 26 and 27. The sessions are not open to the public. Clear round Kihikihi’s favourite son Andrew Nicholson has finished seventh at the Rolex Kentucky three-day event in the United States. Nicholson and Qwanza (owned by Rosemary and Mark Barlow) rode a beautiful clear showjumping round to move up the ranks from ninth, finishing on his dressage score of 55.8. Just 27 started the final showjumping phase and fault- free rounds over the 18 obstacles were scant, with just four going clear and inside time. The event was won by William Fox-Pitt on the New Zealand bred thoroughbred Parklane Hawk. Rugby trip TC030512DT01 Former Te Awamutu Sports PROUD parents John and Jenny Mortland of Pirongia with son Hamish in the Manukau TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre theatre after the junior rugby player Brad Fell is in successful premiere of his debut short film Suni Man. Japan as part of the Waikato BY DEAN TAYLOR won a scholarship to Lincoln but Thumbs Trust to raise money for the He consulted the head of Vic- Rugby Union International turned his back on a possible profes- project and use the film as a medium toria University’s Pacific studies Player Development The premiere of short film Suni sional career for film — switching to for doing good. A year later pro- department on the cultural aspects. Programme. Man at Manukau on Tuesday night a fine arts degree at Canterbury duction began. Mr Mortland says while he’s The Wintec sport and was the culmination of a long held University. Mr Mortland says to raise the obviously not Samoan, the exercise student is scheduled to dream for writer/director/producer He worked overseas for a num- money I promised the film could be challenges the film presents are spend 10 weeks at the Fukuoka Hamish Mortland, who grew up ber of years before returning to New used as an education resource in typical of low socio-economic famil- Institute of Technology (FIT) here. Zealand. schools and community centres ies and unfortunately that’s a fact. where he will be training and Amongst the almost packed Mr Mortland says the film was where it may have a positive impact. He adds that there’s peer pres- upskilling players in their rugby TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre inspired by one of his high school The story grapples with peer sure and other issues that cross all programme. were his proud parents John and friends who was pressured into pressure, youth disparities and cultures and socio-economic Jenny Mortland from Pirongia. committing petty crimes. youth empowerment — issues that groups. Bug boy In true Kiwi fashion Hamish’s He hopes his first short film will have been important to Mr Suni is played by up-and-coming A name supplied to go with a mum even got a credit — for help young people deal with peer Mortland since his teenage years. actor Beulah Koale. photograph in the Te Awamutu catering, but she looked after pressure. Young Samoan Suni has to In a case of life imitating art, the Courier last week was incorrect. finances. The 19-minute film was shot in choose between a stable life with his film is also the screen debut of The child from The Barnyard When Hamish was young his January across several central loving and traditional family or an Koale’s 12-year-old brother who was sharing his findings parents farmed at Wharepuhunga. Auckland locations. exciting yet risky life with his Murphy, who plays Suni’s younger with teacher Rachel Grace was He attended Korakonui School But the film nearly didn’t hap- criminal cousin. brother Offie. before becoming a border at Hamil- pen. ‘‘I want to make films about Next step for for the film is to be Shea Buik, not Fergus Hill. ton Boys High School. Faced with a funding crisis he set stories that really need to be told,’’ entered and accepted into a major A promising rugby player, he up the charitable Opposable Mr Mortland says. international film festival. We install everything we sell! Organise your winter heating now... 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Dean Taylor Because of the almost hazardous with the service station goes back to only MARGARET e: [email protected] blind curve before Rewi station allowing cars to enter having entry off Rewi Street FARNWORTH REPORTERS Cathy Asplin TA shelter Rotten Cost of visit e: [email protected] Colin Thorsen discovery e: [email protected] shutdown to doctor ADVERTISING A few years ago we found In answer to Wayne taking over the shelter a dog’s skull in a bush Dorinda Courtney Allan’s statement in in June 2010, three outside my house during a sickening e: [email protected] the Courier, Bob days they alleged birthday party. Kerridge himself told before the Council Girls pulled and yanked Julie Jackson us he had a letter from acted. at the teeth and took them I always thought the healthcare system e: [email protected] the Waipa District The new committee, home. My dad threw the in New Zealand was supposed to be free or at Council, saying they under the RNZSPCA, skull away back where we least to some extent. Bookings were going to shut included a WDC ani- found it to leave it at peace. So after calling and eventually not book- [email protected] down the Te Awamutu mal control officer On Saturday we were ing an appointment with Te Awamutu Animal Shelter in who signed at least one walking around the netball Medical Centre I was shocked to learn that CLASSIFIEDS June 2010. cheque on behalf of the courts. We stopped and anyone registered and over the age of 25 can His inspectors gave committee. found another dog’s skull, expect to pay upwards of $45 and if you were Tania Cortesi-Western, Rhonda Bird this as their reason for HAZEL REEVE about a chihuahua’s head yet to register or just happened to need a Anna-Marie Holmes size. It was a horrible doctor in Te Awamutu at the time you can [email protected] experience, because the expect to pay $70 per consult. flesh was rotten. A woman A consultation time of 20 minutes (or LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Missing birds politely kicked it in the expect to pay double) at $45 is more than river for us. three times the minimum wage, meaning an We welcome letters - preferably via email. The reason why we average person would have to work for They should be under 300 words and must have I’ve been talking ished, though the latter decided to write this letter is three hours to see a doctor for 20 minutes, or the sender’s name, address and phone number. with some neighbours are very sensitive to to ask council why is an average unregistered person would have No pseudonyms are accepted and names will and we have noticed their environment. nobody cleaning it up and to work over five hours for the same only be withheld in special circumstances over the last couple of The question is, how could someone live like consult. at the discretion of the editor. Letters are not weeks the non- ‘‘What has happened to this, where’s the rest of the It’s not all doom and gloom though, at usually acknowledged and may be edited, appearance of sparrows all the sparrows and body? least for the doctors, who if they saw three 8686880AA abridged or discarded. in our neighbourhood fantails?’’ People walk towards the unregistered patients for the maximum and along Pioneer Hopefully through netball courts to play consultation time would stand to make $210 Walkway by the your newspaper some netball or watch it, no one per hour, which for all of the average people PHONE: 07 871 5151 FAX: 07 871 3675 Mangaohoi River light can be shed as we wants to see dead or rotten out there would take a little over 15 hours’ 336 Alexandra Street, PO Box 1, Te Awamutu 3840 between Mutu and Ara- are in the dark on these animals on the ground.

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