Te Awamutu Rural sales specialist Howard Ashmore 027 438 8556 | rwteawamutu.co.nz YourC community newspaper for over 100 years Thursday, October 29, 2020 Rosetown Realty Ltd Licensed REAA2008 BRIEFLY Information session Today at 5.30pm St Andrews Church, 80 Mutu St, has an information session to hear details about and see plans for the new Community Complex. The shovel ready project is designed to meet Te Awamutu’s future needs for more community facilities Everyone is welcome, light refreshments will be served. Open house Sunday This Sunday the Kihikihi Police House and Temple A major police operation took place Tuesday afternoon on Waikeria Rd following reports of a shot being fired. Photo / Caitlan Johnston Cottage historic buildings are open from 10am-3pm — as well as every Wednesday from 1pm-3pm. If you think you might connect with local history over the past 100 years, or more, pay the historic precinct Shot sparks Police a visit. The monthly Sunday event attracts families and visitors from far and wide and is a favourite place to reminisce and remember. hunt at Waikeria Give golf croquet a go Te Awamutu Croquet Club is Two in custody after holding a Have a Go Day this Saturday for people to try golf major operation on croquet. Registration is at the Bank St Waikeria Road clubrooms at 12.45pm for 1pm start. Caitlan Johnston Participants will learn the basics from the club coach man has appeared in the before having a go at the game. Hamilton District Court and Mallets will be provided. a woman has sustained dog It is suitable for players of all bite injuries during arrest ages and abilities. Aafter a firearms incident on Tuesday in Waikeria. ¯ A shot was reportedly fired at a Oto Timber talk local property on Waikeria Rd at Guest speaker at Continuing about 3.45pm and the Armed Education next Wednesday is Offenders Squad, a dog unit and the Graham Wilshier QSM. police helicopter responded. He will speak about the A 25-year-old man fled the scene amazing and dramatic story of with a woman before police arrived. his family’s business, The They were located at another O¯ torohanga Timber Co. nearby property at about 7pm. Still on the same family owned The woman sustained dog bites site, it dates back to 1932 when while being arrested and remains in Bert Wilshier started selling hospital. building and fencing materials. The man has been charged with Continuing Education is at discharging a firearm in or near a Waipa¯Workingmen’s Club dwelling and unlawfully carrying or from 9.30am for tea or coffee possesing a firearm. — $2 entry, everyone welcome. continued on A2 Some residents of the road were waiting at the cordon for nearly three hours. Photo / Caitlan Johnston Which heat pump is right for your room? A division of Pratts AVAILABLE FROM: 100 Roche Street, Te Awamutu 0800 772 887 | [email protected] | www.pratts.co.nz Your local heating specialist Other Showroom Locations: 6 Main North Road, Otorohanga | 10 Albert Street, Cambridge 2 Te Awamutu Courier Thursday, October 29, 2020 ■ LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Grandparents Day Of course Labour will effectively govern Board passing this motion on October 13, 2020: Recently I attended the annual Grandparents alone, as they have been given a clear mandate “Passed on 13/10 That the Te Awamutu Day at Te Awamutu Intermediate. to do so by the voters. Community Board has concerns about the Circulated free to 14,045 homes in I am so glad I did, because I was blown away Both parties, Green and Labour, have consultation process of the 1080 drop over Mt Te Awamutu and surrounding districts. by the skills I saw from the students in the effectively “hobbled” themselves with bottom Pirongia on 20 & 21 September 2020 by Waikato concert they presented especially for us. lines intended to garner votes, which they Regional Council and Department of CIRCULATION 14,045* It began with a group of guitar players, then obviously did. Conservation with the wider community and PHONE: 07 871 5151 two rock bands with vocalists, an orchestra, Labour picked up a lot of died-in-the-wool in particular why the Te Awamutu Community kapa haka group, a choir, speeches, which were National voters this time around, by being Board was not part of the consultation process POSTAL ADDRESS: letters written to their grandparents, and ended bullied by Winston Peters into the “Not on my as a major stakeholder of the drinking water 97 Sloane Street, PO Box 1, with a group of talented drummers. watch” declaration on a meaningful wealth tax, supply. Titchener/Taylor.” Te Awamutu 3840 The two student presenters did very well too. while the Greens “boxed themselves in” by When the rural area surrounding O¯ hura OFFICE HOURS: I’ve heard they have some very good “long strongly inferring that such a tax was almost (King Country) had a 1080 poison drop, it was service” tutors involved. What a start in life “bottom line” to them becoming part of a reported that the people were supplied with Monday - Wednesday 10am - 2pm these young people have. governing coalition. potable tanker water by Ruapehu District Closed Thursday, Friday, Public Holidays I was shown around the school by my proud Of course the Greens banked on Labour Council, whereas, no one from our local DELIVERY QUERIES: 0800 111 200 granddaughter, and was blown away by the needing them in a coalition, which they don’t. councils’ in this district have offered this amazing Technical Centre, teaching all the good Labour banked on our country being one of alternative, so what are they going to do about EDITORIAL old basic skills we need in life, like cooking, the first to come right out of Covid-19 this? Dean Taylor (Editor) sewing and woodwork. restrictions, but the need to bow to industry sees Who is responsible for retrieving the Ext: 67705 0274 819951 The Music Room was full of equipment. Also us continuing to import workers from poisoned dead animals and birds and stray [email protected] there was a large gymnasium. dangerous origins. poison pellets, etc, from the nearby land and Caitlan Johnston Ext: 67710 The event was so well supported by the We also continue to allow flights importing streams that feed town supplies? grandparents, there must have been well over the virus from identified dangerous sources, Has the Waikato District Health Board [email protected] 100 people there. mostly to cement the “Mother Theresa” image Medical Officer of Health any concerns and Jesse Wood Ext: 67713 We all enjoyed the morning tea with lovely of our country’s leader, and dangerously push reports over public health effects post drop and [email protected] scones, with cream and jam (I wonder if the for a return to “normal” in trade and profit- will they be testing for ppt (part per trillion) said SPORT students cooked those) and I also enjoyed making. to affect the mitochondria of our cells? [email protected] seeing the love shared amongst the families. All we can do in Waipa¯is aim for a society Mischele Rhodes Well done Te Awamutu Intermediate. which is equitable for all . not simply for Vice chairperson ADVERTISING Carol Turner “winners” and champions. Patients’ Rights Advocacy Waikato Inc Sarah Verran 021 345 951 Dennis Pennefather [email protected] Waipa District Council responds: CLASSIFIEDS Decisive result The council has followed the guidance of the Well we have a decisive result in the election 1080 concerns Medical Officer of Health/Public Health and the Tania King Ext: 67708 of a Labour government. At the moment there It is with serious concern about public health Department of Conservation, and both managed [email protected] are a lot of polite, smiling faces involved in the and safety that Patients’ Rights Advocacy the water supply and followed the testing regime We welcome letters - preferably via email. talks between Labour and the Greens. Waikato Inc sees the Te Awamutu Community within those parameters. They should be under 300 words and must have the sender’s name, address and phone number. No pseudonyms are accepted and names will only be withheld in special circumstances at the Police operation closes road discretion of the editor. Letters are not usually acknowledged and may be edited, abridged or discarded. We’re online at nzmecommunitynews.pressreader.com Traffic travelling west along Waikeria Rd was stopped and their vehicles searched before being allowed to proceed through the road cordon. This newspaper is subject to NZ Media continued from A1 Council procedures. A complaint must fi rst be directed in writing, Road cordons were in place on Waikeria Rd unitl 7.30pm and within one month of publication, traffic was backed up along State to [email protected]. 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