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April 28, 2021 Valley Profi le celebrates fi rst anniversary by publishing weekly, P6 Anzac commemorated, P4-5 ISSN 2703-5700 NOW PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Issue 018 April 28, 2021 ‘Killer’ bus routes protested By KELLEY TANTAU kids “weren’t even old enough to be left alone at home, let C 100 aurakiC 0 parents have alone roadside on one of the MH 25 calledM 0 a public meeting most dangerous highways in Y with 0 theY 0 Ministry of Educa- New Zealand”. K tion 0 overK 100 “dangerous chang- “Not to mention,” she said, es” to college bus routes that “at some stops, the students would see children walking will have no choice but to on some of the region’s most stand on the actual road it- Fontdeadly :: stateTimes highways. (modified) self. We also have students The meeting, which was with limited eyesight - [being] planned for Tuesday morn- roadside without supervision ing, was called to bring af- is not an option for them.” fected families, school rep- A recent Valley Profi le in- resentatives, and a ministry vestigation into our roads spokesperson from Welling- found SH25, from the SH2 ton together to discuss the roundabout to Kōpū, had sev- Term 2 changes to eight bus en fatal crashes over the past routes transporting students fi ve years. to Hauraki Plains College and “It’s an absolute safety haz- some primary schools. ard. It doesn’t matter what According to the minis- way you put it,” Mrs Jolly said. try, one of the route changes, “I walk to our fenceline in Orongo/Pipiroa, will see bus the paddock and it scares me, stops moved to allow students and that’s just because there’s “ineligible” for transport to people hooning past, let alone Hauraki Plains College be- walking along the road with come eligible. no verge, and they’re wanting However, the proposed kids to do that?” change means students will Ministry head of education have to walk along State High- infrastructure service Kim way 25, a busy main highway Shannon told The Profi le the with no footpaths, to get to ministry allocated services the new bus stops. and funds based on those stu- Parents Karma Vitasovich, dents most in need of trans- Lisa Wiggins, and Angela Jol- port assistance, and in line ly said the changes were “dan- with the school transport eli- gerous” and would impact on gibility criteria. students’ safety, attendance, College principal Ngaire and achievement. Harris said parents’ frustra- Mrs Jolly, a mother of two tions around the changes was college students, said her chil- “totally understandable and dren would have to walk along justifi able”, especially around SH25 towards Bugger Cafe to student safety on main high- the new bus stop. To be wor- ways, the cancellation of long- ried was an understatement, standing bus pick ups, and she said. the challenges of organising “It’s dangerous at the best of transport to pick-up points. times, and this is just asking “There are enough challeng- for kids to be killed. It doesn’t es about living rurally; cutting The Vitasovich and Wiggins families are make any sense.” back on bus services is add- concerned about their kids walking along a busy In a letter to the ministry, ing another layer to that chal- state highway to get to their new bus stop. Ms Vitasovich said some of the lenge,” she said. Photo: KELLEY TANTAU Need a rubbish bin? 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We deliver 12,500 copies Thames Coast campground each Wednesday to every A operator has considered le� erbox, reaching more than putting barbed wire around 22,500 readers in Hauraki Plains, his boundary to stop freedom Paeroa, Thames, Thames Coast and surrounding rural areas, campers sneaking on to his plus bulk distribu� on around the property, a district council has Coromandel Peninsula. heard. A few kilometres south, a NEWS/EDITORIAL motelier told of losing guests Editor Teresa Ramsey due to campers obscuring the Ph 0204 0944 853 views of her paying visitors. Email: editor@valleyprofi le.co.nz On April 13, more than 20 Reporter Kelley Tantau submitters spoke at Thames- Ph 022 619 4889 Coromandel District Council’s Email: kelley@valleyprofi le.co.nz hearing for its freedom camp- ADVERTISING ing bylaw. Ad manager Nikki Sanders Of them was Bruce Eff ord, the lessee of Tapu Camp, who Ph 022 1303 885 told councillors that having Email: nikki@valleyprofi le.co.nz three freedom camping areas MISSED PAPERS/ADMIN within a “1.5km circle” of two Ph 027 396 2459 campground operators was “a Email: admin@valleyprofi le.co.nz bit tough”. “These freedom campers are A local business owner says the freedom camping site at North Tararu Reserve is aff ec� ng business. Photo: TERESA RAMSEY 100% LOCALLY OWNED sneaking into the camp to use AND OPERATED our facilities, and the ones that a night per person, but still Council’s review of the free- It was also proposed to PO Box 550, Thames 3540 are doing it for a living, book freedom campers were putting dom camping bylaw deter- change the name of the by- into the camp at a cheap rate a pinch on business. mined some sites required a law to ‘Responsible Freedom www.valleyprofi le.co.nz for one night a week to get their Meanwhile, Andrea McCart- change in designation to help Camping Bylaw’. There were 98 Hi, my name is Pete power charged, their effl uent ney from the Sunset Motel in better manage freedom camp- submissions received: 61 in fa- the Pukeko and I’m dropped, fresh water, good Tararu, wrote in her submis- ing in the district. vour, 26 against, and 11 unsure. here to help you try hot showers and their washing sion to council that since 2015, In Thames, it was proposed Council will make its deci- and win a nest egg. done. regular, returning guests have to increase the designated area sions on the proposed amend- Find me in one of the display Then they go away for six given up on staying in Thames of freedom camping at the Dan- ments at its deliberations on advertisements days and hang around the out- as a direct result of council al- by Field Carpark and, out of 89 May 25. in The Valley Profi le, then email side of the camp. lowing freedom camping on submitters, 30 agreed with the Meanwhile, the Ministry of editor@valleyprofi le.co.nz or Ph/ “The others sneak in,” he North Tararu reserve. increase, 22 disagreed, and 37 Business, Innovation & Em- txt 0204 0944 853 with your full said. A letter from a guest attached did not know. ployment is holding public name, the business name and page number of the ad by the following “There’s two ways I can deal to her submission said they Council also proposed to in- meetings on April 28 to outline Monday to go in the draw to WIN with it: I can put barbed wire were “very disappointed to have crease the designated area for the government’s proposals to a car valet from Thames Autos fences like they do around pris- our usual magic view across the freedom camping at the Rho- improve freedom camping. worth $150! The prize is drawn at ons, or else put security guards fi rth toward Auckland obscured des Park Carpark, and out of The meetings will be held the end of each month. like they do in Buckingham by fi ve motorhomes of varying 87 submitters, 31 agreed with at TCDC council chambers in Palace.” sizes. 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