THURSDAY,TUESDAY, FEBRUARY JULY 19,29, 20152014 9907256AA Te Raumairanga on track Stop ‘n’ shop There has been a drop-off in Te Wa¯nanga o Aotearoa is consolidating its patronage of the Te Awamutu- six current regions into three districts as it Hamilton bus service in recent moves forward with Te Raumairanga — its months. progressive redesign. Figures for monthly use The changes have been announced by chief were presented to Tuesday’s executive Jim Mather. Council service delivery He says Te Raumairanga means the lifting committee meeting. up of, and the raising of aspirational and inspirational virtues of our organisation to new They showed reductions of heights. about 600 passengers through Mr Mather (Nga¯ti Awa and Nga¯i Tu¯ hoe) October compared to the same grew up in Te Teko and then South Auckland month last year, 800 in and joined the Army upon leaving school. November and 300 in He was selected for officer training and December. learnt about people management. Cr Hazel Barnes said more After six years in the forces Mr Mather people were ‘shopping local’ completed his business degree and went into due to some excellent the private sector as an accountant. promotion by Te Awamutu In 2002, now with an MBA, he won his first Chamber of Commerce. chief executive role and in 2004 he was “You used to be able to fire a appointed CEO of Ma¯ori Television. gun down the main street A successful nine year tenure concluded without hitting anyone at times, upon his appointment at Te Wa¯nanga o but not any more.” Aotearoa. Mr Mather has just completed a PhD in Water wise Ma¯ori economic development. Waipa District councillors The next phase of Te Raumairanga will see are going to visit water the tertiary provider’s six regions merged into three takiwa¯ (districts). treatment plants in the district to The three new takiwa¯ have names sourced increase their knowledge in this from the three major areas of a waka — Te Ihu vital area. (bow), Te Waenga (centre) and Te Kei (stern). Deputy mayor Graeme Under the new design Ta¯maki Makaurau Webber told Tuesday’s service (including Te Tai Tokerau) will form Te Ihu, delivery committee that with the Tainui, Waiariki and Whirikoka will combine huge amount of money that to become Te Waenga and Papaio¯ea and Te Tai would have to be spent on Tonga will unite to become Te Kei. water infrastructure over the Mr Mather says it symbolises working next 10 years this would be a together and ‘paddling’ to the same destination. valuable exercise. Mr Mather says the changes are a part of the Cr John Bishop said it would second phase of Te Raumairanga, which aims also be useful for councillors to to further enhance the structure and systems at visit the district’s two Te Wa¯nanga o Aotearoa. wastewater plants. Record throw These changes will see the Ryan Ballantyne wrote his organisation better placed to name into the record books at ‘ an open athletics meet at Porritt provide our tauira with an Stadium. excellent educational The talented teenage shot experience. putter broke the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Under 18 record with a ’JIM MATHER throw of 17.76 metres — TC190215DT03 eclipsing the old record held by The first phase involved strengthening MOVING FORWARD: Te Wa¯nanga o Aotearoa chief executive Jim Mather has a vision that Courtney Island (17.06m) since the leadership and support services at Te honours the past and takes the tertiary institution into the future. 1988. Puna Ma¯tauranga (head office) and ensuring Ballantyne is off to that all areas work in unison as one The redesign is also focused on improving “These changes will see the organisation Christchurch today for a week wa¯nanga. the services it delivers to tauira (students). better placed to provide our tauira with an long elite training camp, run by The changes also included aligning the “We are making these changes to excellent educational experience. Dale Stevenson, NZ Athletics staff and services of the Open Wa¯nanga. strengthen the wa¯nanga and provide more “The merger to three takiwa¯ will not affect high performance throws co- Mr Mather said when he arrived in 2013 it effective leadership to achieve high-quality the ability of the wa¯nanga in providing its ordinator. was evident a number of services were being educational opportunities and outcomes for educational programmes from certificate replicated and it made more sense to ration- the thousands of tauira who come through level to Masters,” says Mr Mather. alise. our doors each year,” says Mr Mather. Continued page 3. Need a new fi re for Winter? • All Leading brands • Council Permits • Full Installation Service Talk to us today! 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