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Rural sales specialist Noldy Rust 027 255 3047 | rwteawamutu.co.nz Te Niupepa a-hapori o te Tau Taite, Te 17 o Hepetema, 2020 Rosetown Realty Ltd Licensed REAA2008 PITO KO¯RERO O¯ kupu creators Aroha Turner Ultimately, I hope Book Fair next week and Paraone Gloyne. Te Awamutu Rotary Book Fair Photos / Erica Sinclair this app ignites the will open from next mauri of their Wednesday, September 23. Venue is 363 Alexandra St, journey of previously the locksmith and gunsmith shop. discovery and they The Book Fair runs daily from want to learn more 10am-4pm until Sunday, September 27 — which is $10 and grow. per box day. Aroha Turner A feature this year is the large number of children's titles. Keeping kids safe on the internet Pirongia School is hosting an Internet Health and Wellbeing Presentation at Te Awamutu College from 7pm next Wednesday, September 23. Guest speaker is John Parsons — New Zealand’s leading authority on safeguarding children online. All parents are welcome — entry by koha. Club Day cancelled Te Awamutu Country Music Club has cancelled this Sunday’s monthly club day due to the current Covid Level 2 restrictions. The club will resume regular club days when Covid rules allow. St John’s postpone Messy Church Te Awamutu’s first Messy Church event, planned for this Sunday at St John’s Anglican ¯ Church, has been postponed Kua rewa a Okupu due to Covid Level 2 restrictions. The first theme was David and Goliath, and this will now take E toha ana te taupa¯nga nei i nga¯whakama¯oritanga inamata place in October. he first mobile app foremost language experts. It was a light bulb moment for her more and grow,” she says. Grey Power on hold connecting people wanting Aroha came up with idea after her and she approached Paraone with Along with helping people learning The Grey Power Te Awamutu help translating English into son came home from school with a the idea for O¯ kupu. the language, Paraone says O¯ kupu committee has decided there te reo Ma¯ori with skilled Mahuru Ma¯ori merchandise pack in “I told him I’ve got this idea, also acknowledges the value of the will be no meetings arranged Ttranslators was launched on Monday 2018. conceptualised by Mahuru Ma¯ori and highly skilled translators. until the decision is made to — and its origins are right here in Te Mahuru Ma¯ori was launched by he was instantly in love with it,” she “Translators get annoyed that move to Level 1 during the Awamutu. Paraone in 2014 and challenges says. they’re often expected to provide Covid 19 pandemic. O¯ kupu — Your words — provides participants to speak te reo Ma¯ori as She hopes O¯ kupu will help translations for free. If there is any service or accurate translations in real-time at much as possible during the month connect users at a deeper level and “Every day social media is support needed contact a small price. of September (Mahuru). encourage them to speak te reo Ma¯ori bombarded by people who want help president Hazel Barnes — The app is the brainchild of Te Aroha later received a text with confidence. to use te reo Ma¯ori words in post,” [email protected] Awamutu mum Aroha Turner and completely in te reo Ma¯ori and “Ultimately, I hope this app ignites he says. or 027 3570024. passionate te reo Ma¯ori advocate struggled to find someone to help her the mauri of their journey of Paraone Gloyne, one of the country’s translate the message. discovery and they want to learn continued on A4 ALUMINIUM JOINERY GLASS & GLAZING Te Awamutu 07 870 2455 2 Te Karere o O-Ta¯whao Taite, Te 17 o Hepetema, 2020 o O-Tawhao Te Karere ■ RETA KI TE ETITA Te Niupepa a-hapori o te Tau Report useful consider advancing work on the me. After looking under the bonnet existing ratepayers — this is just a It was good to see the pre´cis two substandard Mangaohoi the gentleman asked if there was myth drummed up by council to Circulated free to 14,045 homes in reports of the presentations made bridges as a Covid stimulus project a spanner in my tool kit. deceive ratepayers into thinking Te Awamutu and surrounding districts. to last Tuesday’s Te Awamutu — a challenge to be “shovel ready” I have not had the car long and it’s a good thing. Community Board meeting in six months? I realised I had not even looked in With all the growth that’s CIRCULATION 14,045* (September 10, Te Awamutu Once again thanks for reporting the tool kit yet. happened no ratepayer can tell me Courier — page 5), rather than just the presentations as a complement I could not have looked easily or prove that their rates have gone PHONE: 07 871 5151 printing the Waipa¯District to the WDC media release. just then, as I had two trees and down or they have seen better POSTAL ADDRESS: Council’s press release on the front Craig Smart two tubs of smaller plants on top quality infrastructure as a result of page. of the toolkit. it. 97 Sloane Street, PO Box 1, He kupu mihi Te Awamutu 3840 To clarify a couple of points The trees were packed with Council only want and push attributed to me. Te waha o Ta¯ne,eko¯ i te ata. towels and pillows for protection growth for access to more revenue. OFFICE HOURS: Firstly, my uncle Alf Smart was He mihi te¯nei ki nga¯tini manu through the hills. They would not need it if they Monday - Wednesday 10am - 2pm one of the two men credited with e korihi ana i te wiki o te reo Ma¯ori My good Samaritan had pliers stopped and pulled finger by Closed Thursday, Friday, Public Holidays constructing the park on the nei. but no spanner. He was able to thinking about it for two seconds. Ki nga¯ manu ta¯ta¯riki hoki e DELIVERY QUERIES: 0800 111 200 plaque recording its opening on tighten the battery leads enough to We don’t need a museum, December 4, 1955 (the other was H pu¯mau to¯nu ki te Mahuru Ma¯ori, get the car started. He told me I instead they dream up a $40 EDITORIAL J Webber). nei ra¯te mihi ki a koutou e arahina, would still need to tighten them million option because of growth. Dean Taylor (Editor) Contrary to last Thursday’s eta¯whiri ki a ma¯touepa¯hekoheko with a spanner when I got home. Growth is dangerous because Courier report, Alf Smart did not itepu¯atatangi. I was so tired I am not even sure our elected council do not fully Ext: 67705 0274 819951 design the park. Te¯nei te mihi, te¯nei te mihi. If I remembered to say thank you. understand the impacts on the [email protected] The credit for the design goes He mihi ano¯ hoki ki a koutou e So if you are reading this — thank people and believe all the rubbish Caitlan Johnston Ext: 67710 to Harrold Babbage and G Gibbs (as tuhituhi o¯u whakaaro, tuku atu ai you! council staff have told them. [email protected] also recorded on the plaque). nga¯reta ki te niupepa nei. Mı¯haro Suzzarna Henry We need to let the council know Jesse Wood Ext: 67713 Voluntary contributions were ke¯e¯tahi o¯nga¯reta i pa¯nuitia e au. where you stand, they work at our [email protected] involved in the park’s original He tika te whakataukı¯‘E koekoe Growth is dangerous behest, not us to theirs. SPORT construction, but as a long time te tui, e ketekete te ka¯ka¯,eku¯ku¯ The local councils are looking at Bernie Fynn superintendent of parks and te kereru’. disestablishing town boundaries. [email protected] reserves my uncle undertook park No¯ reira a¯nei ta¯kuepa¯anaki They say it is for better co- District developments ADVERTISING maintenance as part of his duties nga¯mahere whakahou ki te pa¯ka operation, but is this a softening up Having read the Waipa¯District Sarah Verran 021 345 951 for the Te Awamutu Borough whakamaumahara kei te tahataha to make the Waikato a Council population policy, all it Council — not as a volunteer. o Mangaohoi. metropolitan area, another says is that it will monitor the [email protected] Although much of his weekend/ E tautoko ana au i te¯nei Auckland? population as it grows. [email protected] after hours work to deal with park kaupapa, ko te whakapakari o te¯ra¯ They all have this fetish of From the developments going CLASSIFIEDS issues was unpaid, this reflects wa¯hi. E tautoko hoki au i te enforced population growth, these on in Waipa¯at present it would Tania King Ext: 67708 both the ethos of the times and my waihanga o Te Ara Wai. growth cells shows this. appear the policy is to jam as many uncle’s commitment to the park. Ko e¯nei mea e rua ko nga¯wahi These growth cells are causing people as possible into the district. [email protected] Secondly, there are three whakamaumahara ma¯ta¯tou. and generating population growth, At the same time the council has We welcome letters - preferably via email. bridges over the Mangaohoi Kia manawanui e te kaunihera contrary to councils saying an environmental policy which They should be under 300 words and Stream in the park, the central one o Waipa¯.