citynews 19 April 2013 IN THIS TRIPLE TROUBLE! ISSUE: INTERSECTION What’s in a name? You tell us now our pandas are ready for action. TO CLOSE Page 2 IDEAS SOUGHT FOR WAR CENTENARY Page 3 Photos motor into library Page 3 WHAT’S ON IN HAMILTON Page 4

National award sponsor found The founders of the National Contemporary Art Award, the Waikato Society of Arts (WSA), has been named as this year’s sponsor. The society launched the award in 2000, and it has been administered by Waikato Museum since 2006. NAME THIS PANDA: Now they’re nearly four months old, our cute red panda triplets need names and we need your help. Waikato Museum Photo: Trevor Penfold. Director Cherie Meecham welcomes the partnership is today launching a The birth of the triplets has doubled the with WSA, after entry competition to name its three four-month number of red pandas at the zoo, taking HOW TO NAME to the 2013 award was old red panda cubs. the total to six – mother Tayla, father Chito delayed while a new THE PANDAS sponsor was confirmed. There are some great prizes on offer, so and big brother Ketu who was born at the • You can enter with a single “We have had a lot get your imagination going. zoo in 2011. name or come up with of inquiry from artists Red pandas have striking chestnut fur, The three boys are now thriving and after all three wanting to enter the a few months resting in their nests, they bellies and limbs are black, a bushy, award, so this is • Entries must be relevant to are now venturing out and exploring striped tail and a white face. They are a wonderful news. Waikato the panda’s native countries Society of Arts has strong their enclosure. lot smaller than giant pandas, reaching • Hamilton Zoo staff will pick connections to the arts only 50-60cm in body length and For Zoo Curator Sam Kudeweh, seeing the winning entries community and their the cubs develop so well over the past weighing 3-5kg. support has enabled us • The competition is open until few months has been fantastic. to keep this award here.” The naming competition is open right 5pm, Sunday, 5 May “Red panda cubs are slow to develop so through the school holidays so make sure WSA President Melany you head to Hamilton Zoo to check out To enter: Sutherland added: “The the first months are really crucial. All three National Contemporary • Email competition@ cubs are doing great and personalities are the cubs for yourself. Art Award is brave, hamiltonzoo.co.nz shining through and it’s definitely time to The winning entries in the naming exciting and wonderfully name them. competition will receive a red panda prize • Visit facebook.com/ unpredictable. The winner HamiltonNewZealand “One of the boys has a white back foot, and pack which includes an annual zoo pass, a will receive $15,000.” is quite a feisty character, one likes to start cuddly soft toy panda and a personalised • Drop off your entry at See www.waikatomuseum. play sessions with his brothers, and the certificate. Just follow the instructions on Hamilton Zoo’s reception co.nz to enter. third leads the way on exploring sessions.” how to enter on this page.

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Part of Te Aroha St IN BRIEF BEST SELLER EXTENSION Hamilton City Libraries is trialling a new extended loan period for the Best Sellers intersection to close collection. Best Sellers are currently loaned for only a week, but that is being Work on the Hamilton Ring Road project continues to improve how people get extended to two weeks until around the city. June. The Best Sellers charges, $6 per week, will not increase.

RANDOM ORDER Candidates for this year’s From Monday 22 April for four weeks, Hamilton City Council a short section of Te Aroha St where it election in October will be meets Peachgrove Rd will be closed. listed randomly on the voting documents. Councillors last During this time there will be a detour in week voted for a system that place via Bond St and Bains Ave. will see the order of candidates Traffic will still be able to travel along listed in random order. This means every voting document Peachgrove Rd and access will have a different order of Rd, as well as turning from Ruakura Rd candidates, determined by on to Peachgrove Rd. Pedestrian and a software programme. At cycle access across Te Aroha St will be the last local body elections, maintained throughout. the order of candidates was chosen by pulling names The part closure of this key intersection out of a hat and every voting as part of the Ring Road project will allow paper listed the candidates in road strengthening work to take place the same order. Meanwhile, councillors have until the end so the intersection can withstand future of May to finalise the wording traffic volumes. The work is being done of an electoral poll question under a road closure rather than stop/go on the First Past the Post Detours will be in place for four weeks from Monday at the intersection of Te Aroha St and and Single Transferable Vote traffic control because of the restricted Peachgrove Rd. systems which will be included area, and it will also mean it can be done and disruptions are unavoidable and we The past four months’ work has seen in voting documents. more quickly. ask motorists to avoid the intersection if contractor Downer relocating underground FLUORIDATION UPDATE City Development Manager Andrew possible. Thanks to all for their ongoing services such as gas, electricity, phone The total number of Parsons says: “To minimise disruptions patience while this work is done to making and data lines. submissions received on two of the four-week closure is during getting around our city easier now and the fluoridation issue is the school holidays. However delays into the future.” • hamiltonringroad.wordpress.com 1567. Of those 182 want to participate in the hearings with approximately 100 wanting to be heard as individual submitters. The Fluoridation Tribunal, Robust plans in place for city’s water which is running from 28- 30 May in the Bill Gallagher Despite the rain, the city is taking organisations to ensure planning and Events Room 1, Wintec Hub, initial steps to action its low river level contingency plans are robust, in the will be broadcast via a web stream. On 4 June Council contingency plan, moving a barge on to event drought conditions persist. deliberations will take place the this week at the water The low level contingency plan, in the Council Chambers. treatment plant intake. developed in 2008 when there were The link to the Tribunal and This will ensure water will still be able to similar concerns, was not required, deliberations will be available be taken from the river, via pumps on the however in 2010 the barge was put in from the Council’s website. barge, if river levels continue to fall to a place, but again not activated as the • hamilton.co.nz/fluoride level below the plant’s intake. rains came. CONCERT WINNER Current monitoring of river levels City Waters Manager Tim Harty says the Hamilton’s Jodie Morris was indicate this could happen in early May – IN PLACE: The barge, stationed at the water plan allows for a worst case scenario: the winner of the City News although any rain which falls in the Lake treatment plant intake, was moved into position “While fingers are crossed for significant competition for two tickets to Taupo catchment will extend this further on the Waikato River this week. rain, we do have a thorough plan in last week’s Bonnie Raitt concert into May. place if this doesn’t eventuate. We may at the Founders Theatre. The next two weeks will see the barge and electric and diesel need to introduce tighter water restrictions if we need to start pumps positioned at the treatment plant intake – located below up the pumps, but we are confident that residents will continue CONTACT CITY NEWS the Peacockes Road treatment plant across from Hamilton to be responsive to changing water alert levels as they have If you have any story Gardens – to ensure their readiness if needed. shown over the summer.” suggestions or feedback please contact us at citynews@ The Council has been working closely with Waikato Regional • hamilton.co.nz/smartwateruse hcc.govt.nz or ph 838-6666. Council, other large water users, iwi and health and civil defence

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Comment Mayor Julie Hardaker Ideas sought to mark 100 Celebrating success in city years since First World War

Celebrating success is Young people key to commemoration events as centenary approaches. something we have been doing a lot of here in the Waikato recently. Nothing makes us feel prouder of our city and our region, than taking the top prize As New Zealanders prepare to mark Anzac The dawn service, organised by the RSA, Day next week, Hamilton City Council has and civic ceremony, organised by Council, or being able to shout from the put together a group to discuss plans to will take place at the Cenotaph, Memorial roof tops “well done”. commemorate the centenary of the First Drive. Both services will be led by Don Our sports teams have had World War. Oliver, Lt Colonel/chaplain. some fantastic wins over This year marks the 98th anniversary of To mark the growing number of young the past few years, including the 1915 landings at Gallipoli where more people who attend Anzac Day services, Hamilton Boys’ High School than 2700 New Zealanders were killed, but Fraser High School head boy Connor last month with the Mardi Cup. centenary commemorations begin next Stewart will address those assembled. And we have Grammy winner year, 100 years after war was declared. Kimbra. The Hamilton commemoration committee HAMILTON ANZAC DAY includes a wide range of people from LEST WE FORGET: The roll of honour for Hamilton’s First World War dead at SERVICES Throughout the city and further across the community with an interest in Memorial Park. afield, every day, Hamiltonians the First World War. Dawn Parade are putting us on the map. anything from small neighbourhood Group convener and Council civic events Assemble by 5.30am at corner or family commemorations to larger Archbishop David Moxon, who manager Tracey Wood says the group of Victoria and Knox Sts. community events, concerts, exhibitions, was recognised by the Council has discussed a number of ideas and is historical fact gathering, cultural Dawn Service last week as the first City especially keen to include as many young exchanges or lasting tribute ideas. 6am Cenotaph, Memorial Dr Ambassador, is off to Rome people as possible in the anniversary. Please email [email protected] Civic Parade as the Representative of the “We want the commemoration events to More than 100,000 troops 9.45am from Knox St to Archbishop of Canterbury to be relevant to our community today, as served overseas from 1914 to 1918 from Cenotaph the Holy See and Director of well as ensuring we honour the sacrifices a population of just one million. Of those the Anglican Centre. We also of the past,” she said. Citizens’ Commemoration more than 18,000 died and more than Service recognised Leo Tooman, who Councillor Peter Bos is also keen to build 40,000 were wounded. 10am Cenotaph, Memorial Dr retired from 48 years in traffic on the ties he has fostered with Ieper in Meanwhile, preparations are all in place policing last month and has Belgium and ensure those links form part Limited parking available for for Anzac Day services in Hamilton been instrumental in improving of the commemorations. returned servicemen and next Thursday. traffic safety in Hamilton since Ideas are welcome and can include women and elderly. the 1970s. And then we have some amazing young people. Former Hamilton Boys’ High School student, Thomas Simpson, who is a student at Private collection motors into library Auckland University in Law and Economics, has been awarded a $100,000 per year Sir Douglas Dozens of images of Hamilton service stations have been Myers Scholarship to study for three years at Cambridge digitised and saved for posterity. University. And 17-year-old Hillcrest High School student More than 100 historic images of Hamilton service stations have particular attention to colour balance and lighting. The and Hamilton Youth Council been added to Hamilton City Libraries’ Heritage Collection. photographs will eventually be available to view online, with member, Naomi Kumar, a young The images - which come from a private collection and date back to copies given to a local car museum. woman who identifies as both the 1920s - have been digitised as an historic record by libraries a New Zealander and Indian, staff. Christian and Hindu, has won Heritage Team Leader Mark Caunter says the collector, Edward the Race Unity Speech Award. Tubman, approached staff looking for images to add to his She was chosen from more collection. During the conversation, he revealed he had images than 200 entrants who spoke of more than 40 different service stations, and library staff on the theme, “My Dream for arranged a deal whereby his service station collection was Aotearoa, New Zealand.” digitised in exchange for use of some of their own. And New Zealand recognised “Edward has been a contractor to the oil industry involved in the maintenance and de-commissioning of service stations. our own Sports Waikato CEO, Five or six years ago he was de-commissioning the Davies Matthew Cooper, this week Corner Service Station when he came across a box of photos awarding him the prestigious of service stations,” Mr Caunter says. C K Doig Award for leadership “There are 116 images in this collection, but Edward says he in the sports industry. has more of service stations around the Waikato area, which It’s great to celebrate our many we’ll look at digitising in the future.” achievements in our city. Well Mr Caunter says the images are in very good condition, and are done to all of you. in both colour and black and white. SNAPPED FOR POSTERITY: Motors features in a new The digitisation process has taken about three weeks, with libraries’ heritage collection.

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