Rural sales specialist Howard Ashmore 027 438 8556 | rwteawamutu.co.nz Thursday, June 24, 2021 Rosetown Realty Ltd Licensed REAA2008 BRIEFLY Health talks Dr Janion Heywood will be doing two talks at the Te Awamutu Library Community Room on Wednesday, July 7. The talks are on “The Virome, Your innate immunity and the Pandemic.” There will be time for a respectful Q&A session. The times are 2pm-4pm and repeated from 7pm-9pm. Choristers return Rosetown Choristers will hold a public concert at 2pm on Sunday, June 27 at St John’s Anglican Church, Arawata Street. Door sales are $15 per person (accompanied under 16 free). Trades panel This Friday is the last day for local tradies to apply to join Waipa¯District Council’s trade Dawn blessing of the Parallel Rd water treatment plant before testing begins for a new water supply system for Te Awamutu. Photos / Dean Taylor services panel. Last financial year Council spent approximately $3 million on trade work which will be undertaken by businesses on the panel. To be eligible to apply, businesses need to service the Waipa¯district and be able to Water — the basis respond to urgent requests. For more information about the panel visit waipadc.govt. nz/our-council/finance/ procurement/trade-service- panel of Te Awamutu life Holiday Programme Youthtown Holiday Developments to safeguard our water Programme have two exciting day trips planned these school n Tuesday morning, a bless- Wander and Barney Manaia, and Nga¯ holidays. ing of the waters took place Iwi Topu o Waipa¯ representative The first week they will go to for Te Awamutu’s new Gaylene Roberts attended the dawn the Te Awamutu Pools and water supply project, which ceremony, along with Waipa¯District then to the park. Owill future-proof Te Awamutu, mayor Jim Mylchreest, Waipa¯iwi During the second week they Pirongia and O¯ haupo¯’s water supply relations adviser Shane Te Ruki, staff are off to Leap (trampoline for years to come. and contractors who worked on the park) before the Hamilton The whaiko¯rero (formal speeches) project. Gardens for lunch. took place on location at two facilities The whaiko¯rero speakers were The daily holiday programme in the new supply line, the upgraded Tom, Shane and Jim, who acknow- will be held at Albert Park Parallel Rd water treatment plant ledged the precious gift of water from Indoor Centre. near Cambridge, and the Te Rua one body of water and local iwi to Monday, July 12-Friday, July Kota¯re (Taylors Hill) reservoir in Te another – “He matahı¯apo te ora; he 23 from 8.15am-6pm. Ages 5-13. Awamutu. matahı¯apo te wai (life is infinity pre- For information head to Nga¯ti Koroki Kahukura representa- cious; water is basis of life).” youthtown.org.nz/waikato/te- tives, Taiapa Kara, Poto Davies and awamutu Rangipuhi King, Nga¯ti Apakura repre- The Parallel Rd water treatment plant reservoir, which feeds the pumps and sentatives Professor Tom Roa, Hazel continued on A3 new pipeline to Te Awamutu. Fairview Te Awamutu Offi ce 07 870 2455 Murray 021 763 406 Te Awamutu Otorohanga Putaruru 2 Livingstone Brothers Ln 12 Progress Drive 89 Tirau Street P: 07 871 6781 P: 07 873 8500 P: 07 883 3423 Offer valid from 1 May 2021 - 31 August 2021. 2 Te Awamutu Courier Thursday, June 24, 2021 ■ LETTER TO THE EDITOR Time to brighten up our At the moment there is a old buildings as they are covered have all been raised before, town collection of motley pots which are with old, flaking and colourless including at the last main street frequently on an angle, are very paint and the decorative bricks in makeover. Circulated free to over 14,000 homes in Many main streets of small town grubby and always being knocked the streets are old and dirty. Previously various groups have Te Awamutu and surrounding districts. New Zealand are attractive and over. An improvement to the old tried to adopt a number of appealing, showing the They are drab and grey, buildings would be to paint them initiatives to help identify and CIRCULATION 14,180* community is proud and cares for providing absolutely no benefit or in vibrant colours or at least clean beautify our town – all to no avail. their surroundings. meaning to the locale. them and make them look like These included the adoption of PHONE: 07 871 5151 Te Awamutu’s main street is While in Matamata last week I someone cares. a heritage colour scheme to POSTAL ADDRESS: littered with old, colourless noted their roses were a flourishing Upon reading the Waipa¯District highlight our amazing Art Deco 97 Sloane Street, PO Box 1, buildings, empty shops with ugly addition to their streets. Council concept plan I noticed buildings (ignored), murals (at least Te Awamutu 3840 black plastic in the windows, Last year Cambridge won the many points I agree with, but have two have been removed or painted useless urns and a lack of attractive best main street award in the not come to pass, e.g. that the heart over), our own cows years before OFFICE HOURS: planting. annual Keep New Zealand of Te Awamutu blends the modern Morrinsville (we were ridiculed for Monday - Friday 8am - 4pm I think it is high time our main Beautiful Awards. It was praised for and historical to provide a unique wanting to be a Cow Town and Closed Public Holidays street had a facelift and set itself its initiatives, such as vibrant ambience. Despite this being a goal shied away from them), pou or DELIVERY QUERIES: 0800 111 200 apart from other Waikato towns. garden beds, drought tolerant it has not happened. carvings in place of the Morrinsville has its cows and plants, irrigation systems, new To conclude, the buildings look “temporary” urns (rejected), rose EDITORIAL Cambridge is known as the tree kerbing and mulch gardens. unloved, the gardens look unloved, sculptures (failed)… the list goes on. Dean Taylor (Editor) town of the Waikato. Why is Te Awamutu not and there is an air of shabbiness We did in fact have roses Te Awamutu is called the Rose winning the awards, we have the that is disappointing in a town that growing in our main street but Ext: 67705 0274 819951 Town, and although the Rose same climate and approximately has so much to offer. council removed them because [email protected] Gardens are beautiful and attract the same area and layout. Paula Walsh (and students) they caused a danger to Caitlan Johnston Ext: 67710 many visitors, the roses are not The buildings in Te Awamutu’s pedestrians and hindered driver [email protected] featured enough and could main street are drab and Editor’s note: I agree with you on visibility. Jesse Wood Ext: 67713 become a highlight of the main unappealing. a number of counts, and what is It seems unless we can be bold, [email protected] street as well. We are doing a disservice to our disappointing is that these matters we’ll be drab. SPORT [email protected] ADVERTISING Leon Green 027 2393864 [email protected] Incidents on Pirongia Rd [email protected] CLASSIFIEDS n Monday police were behaviour made to police just after Tania King Ext: 67708 notified of a car that had midday. The vehicle came to a stop rolled on Pirongia Rd. about one kilometre from where it [email protected] The vehicle rolled into a was spiked. We welcome letters - preferably via email. Oditch and landed upside down. A 17-year-old male is due to They should be under 300 words and The incident occurred shortly appear in the Hamilton Youth must have the sender’s name, address before 4.30pm. Court next Wednesday on a num- and phone number. No pseudonyms St John confirmed that they had ber of driving related charges. are accepted and names will only be treated and transported one per- withheld in special circumstances at the son, who they said was in a mod- Emergency crews discretion of the editor. Letters are not erate condition, to Waikato Hos- carry an injured usually acknowledged and may be edited, pital. man to the abridged or discarded. 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