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Theprattler.Org.Nz Prideinputaruru.Com theprattler.org.nzThe Prattlerprideinputaruru.com Pride in Putaruru Community Newspaper DECEMBER 2018 Issue 144 INSIDE THIS ISSUE • The Christmas Parade • Water Park Consultation • Water Festival Entry Forms • Youth Success Stories • Urban Cropping Trials • Vintage Trucks and Cars 6 12 15 15 18 27 30 THE CHRISTMAS PARADE & WATER PARK CONSULTATION 5 THE PRIDE IN PUTARURU CHRISTMAS PARADE It was a great evening for the Christmas Parade this year and worries about possible rain disappeared. A very large crowd turned out and took advantage of the changed and extended parade route through Putaruru. This year the parade, headed by police and fire engines, made its way on the right hand side of Princes Street, (and yes the road was closed), up to the roundabout, then came down the left-hand side and turned into Main Street. After crossing the railway line, the parade headed up Buckland Street, turned right into Marchant Street, then followed Kensington Street down to the Plaza Theatre. The category winners for the Christmas Parade this year were: YOUTH 1st St Mary’s Catholic School Putaruru 2nd Owlets Forest Early Learning Centre 3rd Central Kids Glenshea COMMERCIAL 1st Vetora Putaruru 2nd Van Dyks Furnishers 3rd The Cow Café SERVICE 1st St Paul’s Co-operating Parish, Putaruru 2nd Putaruru Baptist Family Church SHOP WINDOW DISPLAY (See page 11) 1st Equal Quilt n’ Knit 2 and Fresh Start See page 2 for pictures of the winning floats. The Prattler on- line website has a whole collection of photos taken during the parade. Go to theprattler.org.nz to see these. Supporting Your Community 07 883 7309 www.vandyks.co.nz Putaruru > 2 Read the daily Prattler on-line at: theprattler.org.nz December 2018 CHRISTMAS PARADE WINNING FLOATS... YOUTH SECTION: First St Mary’s Catholic School Putaruru. COMMERCIAL SECTION: First Vetora Putaruru. YOUTH SECTION: Second Owlets Forest Early Learning Centre. COMMERCIAL SECTION: Second Van Dyks Furnishers. YOUTH SECTION: Third Central Kids Glenshea. COMMERCIAL SECTION: Third The Cow Café. SERVICE SECTION: First St Paul’s Co-operating Parish, Putaruru. SERVICE SECTION: Second Putaruru Baptist Family Church. SEEN AT THE PARADE: The Cambridge Brass Band, Te Awamutu and District Highland Pipe Band, Putaruru Choir, stalls in Kensington Street. December 2018 Read the daily Prattler on-line at: theprattler.org.nz 3 NOW OPEN For Van Dyks this is an exciting new venture for the team. We have being planning the Bike Barn for some time. During the last two weeks the store has undergone a major refurbishment with the Technology Department being integrated into the Appliance Section. The existing Technology area has been transformed into a fully stocked Bike Barn that includes a wide range of bikes, scooters, parts and accessories. Bike Barn are the largest distributors of bikes in New Zealand. They have 21 stores nationwide selling a large range of famous brand bikes of over 400 different models including: E Bikes, Road, Mountain, Children’s, Leisure Scooters and Cross Country models. Van Dyks Bike Barn pride themselves in offering a best price guarantee along with free assembly and delivery throughout the Waikato and Bay Of Plenty regions. Our Grand opening offer is 20% off Parts and Accessories along with 15% discount off our already competitive pricing. Every purchase over $200 will be entered into the draw to win a new Bike to the value of $700.00 We see this as a great opportunity for the South Waikato region along with the River Trails, and the ever increasing tourist market. One of the plans is to have a range of rental bikes available in the new year for tourists and locals. Van Dyks have a fully qualified Bike Mechanic for the servicing of all bikes. The Bike Barn store will be managed by Rory Spong who has 12 years’ experience in the Biking industry, along with Nick Ward and Grant McKinnon. We will be seeking additional part time staff with experience in the biking industry for our new venture. The intention is to have the store open seven days a week in the new year. > 4 Read the daily Prattler on-line at: theprattler.org.nz December 2018 MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR Sinking Lid clause in it to do our bit towards reducing gambling harm. We also introduced an Easter Sunday Trading Policy which means that all shops and It’s been a busy year at Council, retailers can trade on Easter Sunday in future. We hope some businesses take nonetheless an enjoyable one. We are advantage of this opportunity next year; but if you and your staff want the day off, working well together as a team, capable take it off. The beauty of this Policy is that it gives business owners the choice. of robust debate and differences while still remaining focussed on the big picture. We also consulted on the future of our wastewater treatment plants. Due to increasingly stringent regulations and the impact of the Healthy Rivers Wai Ora During the recent Long Term Plan process legislation, Council has to make significant investment into improvements to we adopted three key outcomes to drive wastewater discharge. Thank you to those who took the time to let us have the district forward and this focussed us feedback. At the time of writing Council was making decisions. on Growth, Relationships and Resilience. This year too, we are asking our community for feedback on the future of solid We are embracing growth but we waste. That’s about whether we build a new landfill in Tokoroa as our current one must ensure that it is sustainable and will be at the end of its life span in 2020, or truck our waste out of the district, it’s affordable and we must also continue about our recycling and transfer stations. Again, at the time of writing we are out to foster community pride. Supporting for consultation, until the end of January next year. our communities to value their place is important so that they can be champions As a community we have had to make significant changes to our recycling habits. of their place. With world markets no longer accepting plastics 3 - 7, we have been running a well- received public education campaign. The engagement, feedback and actions from SWDC Mayor Jenny Shattock. Our resilience must be multi-pronged you all has been tremendous and we look forward to your continued support. with sound financial management, quality infrastructure, environmental protection and affordable rates. Building strong relationships with iwi, pacific people, business We maintain our stance on the Healthy Rivers Plan Change. While we agree with and community groups and other sectors is crucial to our continued success as a the aspirations of Healthy Rivers Wai Ora to clean up our rivers, the cost of this district. Without sound relationships, supporting growth and resilience is difficult, proposed legislation on our community is simply too high so we are working as Council can’t respond to these opportunities on its own. together with other councils in this area. We’re pleased to announce the appointment of our new Chief Executive Ben Smit. For the first time in my time on Council, we had to put out a boil water alert in Ben joined the Council in 2010 as our Group Manager Corporate and has also Putaruru. This was a massive learning curve for our team at Council. We got some been our Deputy CE since 2013. I’m really looking forward to working with Ben to things right, and we got some things wrong. Key are the learnings we made from the continue to drive Council and the district forward. event and most important, while inconvenient, no one got sick as a result of the issue. Our district has certainly moved solidly into an era of growth and development. Both Putaruru and Tīrau are having ultra-fast fibre (UFF) installed throughout the The Putaruru Re-zoning District Plan Review has been slower than any of us would townships. UFF means faster download speeds and improved reliability; which is have liked, but we do need to get the planning for this correct. And to do that, great news for busy households and for improving business. we need to understand the current capacity of our water, wastewater and storm District revaluations were conducted as at July 2018. This is an independent water networks. That body of work is proving complex. assessment that takes place every three years. Overall our district has increased in Putaruru Moving Forward and Pride in Putaruru drove the Putaruru Concept Plan along value by $800 million… that’s a positive indication of growth and development and to completion, with support from Council. This living document outlines the strategic great news for property owners. What it does mean is that the average residential direction for the Putaruru township and had substantial input from the community. property has increased in value by a massive 71% which is significant. And good news… on one hand. On the other, we do want to be transparent about the fact Economic interest in our district is strong and our business profile continues to that revaluations do and will impact on rates from July 2019. grow. We have positioned the district as an ideal place for the establishment of a modular homes factory; and we are keeping an eye on how this government I do want to acknowledge the many people and groups in our community who contract rolls out. volunteer so much of their time and energy to building a better community, a better South Waikato. Council cannot build resilient communities and district We completed the Tokoroa skate park.
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