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Rural sales specialist Howard Ashmore 027 438 8556 | rwteawamutu.co.nz Thursday, May 13, 2021 Rosetown Realty Ltd Licensed REAA2008 BRIEFLY Paint Waipa¯Pink Decorate our local shop windows in pink on the week New traditions of May 17. The displays are to show support aginst bullying in Waipa¯. Customers will vote for their favourite display and go into the draw to win a prize. Ballots will the distributed leading up to May 20 when they will be collected and the winners will be announced on May 21 - Pink Shirt Day. Head to pinkshirtday.org.nz for resources. TA Gymsports Te Awamutu GymSports would like to thank everyone for supporting their Cookie Dough Fundraiser. It was super popular and raised $2020 towards a new beam and mats which were desperately needed. Special thanks to Pak’n Save for their Easter prizes and to Brad at King Cooling for the hire of his Te Awamutu College 2021 school house leaders and school principal Tony Membery (middle). Photo / Caitlan Johnston freezer trailer for free to transport the cookies! NZ Music Month Te Awamutu College to bring in new names for school houses Check out Waipa¯Libraries website for information on NZ Caitlan Johnston morning to attack. being killed, including the stabbing of mission schools in the Waikato Music Month activities/classes. The village’s men were away, of women as they lay wounded. and later became resident magis- hange is on its way for Te prepared for a battle they believed “It is most timely to rename the trate in an attempt to bring Waikato Awamutu College house was taking place near Paterangi, houses at Te Awamutu College and tribes under British law, and Melrose Fieldays 2021 names, which have been in leaving the village and its occupants shed the colonial story that has (green) named after George Baines tickets place for at least 85 years. — women, children, the sick and the taken precedence in this town for Melrose — who was the first chair- The days are getting colder, COne of the houses is named after elderly defenceless. some time,” says Te Wa¯nanga o man of the district high school com- and the morning fog is settling General Sir Duncan Alexander Cam- Many were killed by gunfire and Aotearoa Tikanga Ma¯ori and Te Reo mittee. in at Mystery Creek which eron who led colonial forces by fires being lit in whares and the Ma¯ori adviser Paraone Gloyne. “People of the community need means that Fieldays is almost through battles and attacks in the church. “There are much better examples to know that the board of trustees here! early 1860s that killed many Ma¯ori The colonial forces occupied the of leadership we can draw from that and senior leadership are in agree- The Fieldays are excited to throughout the Waikato and Waipa¯ village and land, taking any have more of a connection to us as ment — it’s time for a change. And bring back the physical areas. resources that they could get their Ma¯ori, and as a community, than the thought was, if we’re going to get Fieldays event you all know Governor George Grey con- hands on. houses named after people like rid of one, possibly two then let’s get and love, and this year’s event nected the region to the roots of the Rangiaowhia was home to Ngati Cameron, Gorst and Selwyn — all rid of the four,” says Te Awamutu is shaping up to be their issues he had with Ma¯ori as it was Apakura and Ngati Hinetu, who now agents of colonisation.” College principal Tony Membery. biggest yet. home to the Kı¯ngitanga, the Ma¯ori have no home. The school houses are Cameron Tony says over various years two Get your mates, get your King Movement, which was firm on At the battle of O¯ ra¯kau, Ma¯ori (red), Selwyn (yellow) — named after letters — one a church group and the family, get your tickets to not selling their land. defenders were outnumbered by at Bishop George Augustus Selwyn other by a Ma¯ori community mem- Fieldays 2021! The darkest days for Ma¯ori in the least 1000. who was the first Anglican Bishop ber, had been sent to the board of Fieldays will be on from June Waikato included the attack at After a number of exchanges and of Diocese of New Zealand and was trustees about the names. 16-19 at Mystery Creek – the Rangiaowhia and the battle of advances, the Ma¯ori’s food, water charged with misleading He had also received three perfect opportunity to get O¯ ra¯kau, near Te Awamutu. and ammunition started to run out Rangiaowhia’s occupants to believe submissions from Ma¯ori teachers together with friends and Late on Saturday, February 20, and they retreated by leaving the pa¯ the village was safe and it was also and on some occasions some family. 1864, Cameron and more than 1200 in a disciplined body and breaking claimed he blessed the troops students and teachers have Purchase your tickets online British troops moved past Pa¯terangi through the surrounding cordon. involved in the massacre, Gorst requested not to be in Cameron and get back to reconnecting without alerting lookout stations It was during this retreat that it (blue) named after Sir George Gorst House. at Fieldays and suddenly appeared before the is believed that most of the Ma¯ori who taught at a Ma¯ori boys’ school village of Rangiaowhia the next casualties occurred with at least 160 in Hopuhopu, became an inspector continued on A4 STOCK R OLD CLAWS FOR A NEW SET OF LEVELS AIKATOI 320 CLAWS AND GET CRITICALLY LOW ON ALL FARM BIKES Call Us now to Secure Yours for the New Season Te Awamutu 07 871 6781 * 1st May – 31st July 2021. Only applieswhen p urchased at recommended p i e. Ōtorohanga 07 873 8500 Excludes GST. Designed and assembled in New Zealand with a 5 year warranty. Putaruru 07 883 3423 2 Te Awamutu Courier Thursday, May 13, 2021 Thursday, May 13, 2021 Te Awamutu Courier 3 The former Bunnings building has been purchased by the council for conversion to Te Ara Wai. Photo / Dean Taylor ATTENTION Circulated free to 14,045 homes in Bunnings building Te Awamutu and surrounding districts. LANDLORDS & CIRCULATION 14,147* PROPERTY INVESTORS PHONE: 07 871 5151 POSTAL ADDRESS: possible home 97 Sloane Street, PO Box 1, Te Awamutu 3840 OFFICE HOURS: Monday - Friday 8am - 4pm for Te Ara Wai Closed Public Holidays DELIVERY QUERIES: 0800 111 200 aipa¯ District Council Church and is close to the funding and the project had been has accelerated its Mangaohoi Steam. Plus there is temporarily parked because of EDITORIAL commitment to a plenty of room on site for further Covid-19 and the uncertainty that Dean Taylor (Editor) new museum in Te development to develop the vision created. But this purchase means AwaWmutu by buying the former we have for Te Awamutu. It will we now have an opportunity to Ext: 67705 0274 819951 Bunnings building in Arawata St. give council huge scope to develop bring the whole project forward. [email protected] Council has confirmed it had something fantastic on this site. I’m This would be wonderful for Te Caitlan Johnston Ext: 67710 purchased the building for $2.05 delighted.” Awamutu and Waipa¯, and frankly [email protected] million, plus leased the land it sits Jim said the purchase will mean for New Zealand to finally hear its Jesse Wood Ext: 67713 on from the Parish of St John. a “re-jig” of council’s long-termplan, own stories, right where they hap- [email protected] Council hopes the building will be which was yet to be finalised. pened.” SPORT used to house Te Ara Wai, a Council had already committed Jim said the vast majority of museum to showcase Waipa¯ and $7.2m to Te Ara Wai in the design work already done for Te alone will helpmake fundraising showcase Waipa¯ and New Zealand [email protected] New Zealand history, with a focus 2018-2028 Long Term Plan, but will Ara Wai would still be used. a heck of a lot easier because that history. ADVERTISING on the New Zealand Land Wars. now reconsider the timingofany “There’s no need to go back to is two key things that “The current museum has many Leon Green 027 2393864 The purchase of the building expenditure. That will be done the drawing board. The building philanthropics and sponsors look challenges and is no longer fit for went unconditional today, to the before the 2021-2031 Long Term was completed in 2010 and, while for.” purpose to operate a modern museum. [email protected] absolute delight of Waipa¯ mayor Plan is signed off in June this year it will need to be fitted out and Museum staff are delighted that “While there is still a lot of work to MAXIMISE YOUR RETURN [email protected] Jim Mylchreest. and after discussions with iwi. obviously needs work, we have a a new museum in Te Awamutu do, the purchase brings us a step closer CLASSIFIEDS “This was a fantastic opportun- The purchase means council very, very sound base to start could be accelerated through the to Te Ara Wai becoming a reality.” AND MINIMISE YOUR EXPENSES Tania King Ext: 67708 ity to secure a building large will also rethink its plans and the from,” he said. purchase of the building. Te Awamutu MuseumTrust Board enough to house an expanded opportunities for the Mahoe St site “We have a large, good quality Waipa¯ District Council is pleased with the announcement and [email protected] CHOOSE A PROPERTY MANAGER museum and in a really high- which had originally been building on a great, high-profile site.

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