Te Awamutu Next to Te Awamutu The Hire Centre Te Awamutu Landscape Lane, Te Awamutu YourC community newspaper for over 100 years Thursday, February 4, 2021 0800 TA Hire | www.hirecentreta.co.nz BRIEFLY O¯ haupo¯market day Books soar off the O¯ haupo¯village market day, run by O¯ haupo¯/Nga¯hinapo¯uri Lions Club, is this Saturday from 9am-1pm at O¯ haupo¯ Memorial Park. The market is on the first Saturday of every month. For site enquiries library shelves phone Ross Karl on 021860900. More help for job Kiwigrass Festival New Zealand's own National seekers added Bluegrass Festival, Kiwigrass is back for 2021. All of the best to services New Zealand bluegrass bands will gather for a weekend of Dean Taylor celebrating the music pioneered by Bill Monroe, Earl aipa¯ residents are Scruggs and Lester Flatt. An proving to be great event for all-ages. Held at the library users — with Don Rowlands Centre on the book issues soaring at Mighty River Domain, Lake Wboth libraries as book lovers came Kara¯piro during Waitangi back to the library after the holidays weekend, February 5-7. — but a new initiative will offer resi- Tickets available for purchase dents an even greater range of online. services. Three community librarians have been recruited to promote the Continuing initiatives of Digital Inclusion Alliance Education Aotearoa and support job seekers On Wednesday, February 17 with anything from computer literacy the Te Awamutu Continuing to learning how to write a CV in the Education Group is holding its wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. first meeting for the year. The The positions are funded by the committee are pleased to have New Zealand Libraries Partnership Professor Al Gillespie as the Programme from a funding package guest speaker. He will of $58.8 million entrusted to National elaborate on international Library by the Government to lead relations, Covid-19 and the and support Covid-19 recovery work domestic position of New across New Zealand’s library system New Waipa¯community librarian Hilary Newton is based in Te Awamutu Library and is available to promote digital Zealand. All are welcome to over two to four years. inclusion and support job seekers. Photo / Dean Taylor attend, it is at the Waipa¯ “We are thrilled to have these new Workingmen’s Club starting at staff with us and strongly encourage to workshops — depending on needs seniors, people with disabilities, re- our community librarians which is 10am. residents to come into the libraries and demand. fugees and migrants and people in very exciting.” and take advantage of the services The main programme is Stepping social housing. Sally says another new addition to they provide,” says Waipa¯ District Up, a way of building digital skills and She can assist anyone who thinks the libraries is an improved online Crimeline Council community services mana- knowledge in small, easy steps and they may benefit from Skinny Jump catalogue system which allows There is no Crimeline in ger Sally Sheedy. tailored for specific interests or job to apply for the service. library users to search for or renew today’s Te Awamutu Courier.It The new community librarian and expectations. In the first three weeks since books, put them on hold and view will return in next week’s Te Awamutu will be familiar to many It is for anyone who needs a hand Waipa¯libraries reopened their doors their loan history. edition. residents. up to improve their skills, with a on Monday, January 11, 10,000 books “We’re pleased to have this system Hilary Newton previously ran vari- major goal being to assist people into were issued from the Te Awamutu in place and believe our library users ous programmes through the library, employment. library and more than 22,000 from will enjoy how easy it is to use and What’s Hot/ including Toddler Time, Wriggle and Hilary will also be helping people Cambridge. the increased access it provides to What’s Not Rhyme and Make a Space sessions. with Skinny Jump — a programme to “It has been full steam ahead at our collection.” The Te Awamutu Courier has She has recently been working assist more New Zealanders become both libraries since reopening. Resi- welcomed back the What’s part time in the library in the evenings connected to broadband. dents are very pleased to get back to To find out more about Digital Hot/What’s Not feature. and as a host at Te Awamutu The programme is heavily the library after the facilities were Inclusion, Stepping Up and Submissions for the feature Museum. subsidised to provide an affordable shut for an extended break to give i the new catalogue go to can be sent to our Facebook Hilary is looking forward to the service for the thousands of Kiwis staff some much needed time off after www.waipalibraries.govt.nz, page or dropped off at 97 new position and helping people with who risk being excluded because of a tough year,” says Sally. call into the library and speak Sloane St. Be sure to write HOT their digital needs. cost. “Our staff have come back well to a staff member or call or NOT with your opinion. She expects there will be a range Hilary says the aim is to help rested and ready for a busy year 0800 WAIPADC and ask to be of options, from one-on-one sessions families with children, job seekers, ahead. We have also been joined by put through to the library. SUZUKI DR200SEL5 TROJAN INCL $5,995 GST $600 ON WAIKATO MILKING MINIMUM TRADE-IN SYSTEMS CUP REMOVERS ANY TRADE DEAD OR ALIVE See instore for details 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 2 Te Awamutu Courier Thursday, February 4, 2021 Broader view is needed Circulated free to 14,045 homes in Jim Mylchreest been forced to take drinking district to the other on an gas emission targets, is the Te Awamutu and surrounding districts. Waipa¯mayor water from the Waikato River ongoing basis. apparent lack of consideration near Cambridge, increase the I note the recent central about the environmental and CIRCULATION 14,045* ast month I concluded water treatment capacity at government announcement social costs of mining lithium my column on the need Parallel Road, and then pump from the Climate Change and what to do with old PHONE: 07 871 5151 for more data before an it to Te Awamutu largely Commission on measures batteries. A cursory Google POSTAL ADDRESS: L informed decision because our ability to take necessary to decarbonise the search will identify a number of 97 Sloane Street, PO Box 1, could be made on whether or water from Mangauika Stream economy, with one of the key the negative consequences of Te Awamutu 3840 not to opt into the proposed will be significantly reduced in recommendations being to ban mining lithium and the impact it OFFICE HOURS: water and wastewater reforms 2030. the import of all fossil fuelled has on the communities being promoted by central This is based on an arbitrary vehicles within 14 years and surrounding the mines. There is Monday - Wednesday 10am - 2pm government. I would like to decision that the current half of all new cars and no way in the world that the Closed Thursday, Friday, Public Holidays continue this theme this month situation is having such an motorbikes needing to be mining of lithium would be a DELIVERY QUERIES: 0800 111 200 as I get the distinct feeling that adverse impact on the electric by 2027. One of the permitted practice in New many policy decisions are Mangauika Stream that the barriers already identified for Zealand because of its toxic EDITORIAL being made in isolation without community can afford to write some Kiwis to swap to an side effects and damage to the Dean Taylor (Editor) a broad worldwide view of the off a significant proportion of electric vehicle is only having environment. If climate change Ext: 67705 0274 819951 implications of those policies. It the value of the existing on street parking – only last is to be considered a global [email protected] is over to us all to challenge treatment plant and network, year changes were made to the problem then surely we need to these policies and demand that which is largely gravity fed with Resource Management Act to consider the environmental Caitlan Johnston Ext: 67710 they are fact based and data high quality raw water, install prevent councils from requiring impacts from the source to [email protected] driven. the new infrastructure and then off street car parking in new disposal and not ignore the Jesse Wood Ext: 67713 There is no doubt in my mind meet the ongoing increased developments. This is not a negatives because they [email protected] that climate change is now a electricity and operating costs criticism of the need to look at happen to be in someone else’s SPORT reality and how we manage and to treat and pump water across alternative development country. mitigate the global impacts of the district for evermore. To my options, but rather a need to The last thing we need in [email protected] this phenomenon is critical for knowledge, at no time has consider the consequences of New Zealand is large stockpiles ADVERTISING the wellbeing of all of our there been an assessment a knee-jerk reaction in trying to of old lithium batteries stored Sarah Verran 021 345 951 communities from tomorrow undertaken of the free up more land for housing alongside existing piles of old [email protected] onwards – there is simply no environmental gains to the without considering those tyres.