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Te Awamutu Courier Thursday, December 5, 2019 Te Awamutu Next to Te Awamutu The Hire Centre Te Awamutu Landscape Lane, Te Awamutu YourC community newspaper for over 100 years Thursday, December 5, 2019 0800 TA Hire | www.hirecentreta.co.nz Author honoured By DEAN TAYLOR Pirongia with her parents Jock and Joyce William- She’s an international best- son and four brothers. selling author — home in Te She attended Ford V8 show Awamutu this week to talk about Pirongia School and Te The Early Ford V8 Club the journey that led to the release For more Premium Awamutu College, Waikato are having their of her first book, The Tattooist of content visit worked in town for a Christmas function this Sunday at Auschwitz and the follow-up, nzherald.co.nz couple of years and at 18 the Waipa Workingmen’s Club. Cilka’s Journey. And after a headed across the Tas- The public are invited to view mesmerising 45-minute address man. their cars that will be parked up from the heart, Heather Morris She met her future hus- between 11.30am and 2pm. gave her audience three tips on band, Aussie Steve Morris, and how to be a successful author. for a while they lived in Christ- One — Never turn down coffee church where their three chil- Whoopsie in with a friend; dren were born. Two — Never say no to meet- She began her address on the What’s On ing someone new; Monday night by saying her last We were given the wrong Three — Always get on with memory of the Te Awamutu RSA date for this month’s Ponderosa their doggies. Club was her wedding day in the Country Music Club gathering, Heather Morris shared these 1960s. 12.30-4.30pm at the Te Rahu three tips on how to be a success- Home from Australia for the Hall. ful author when she was in town big day, her father had taken her It is on Sunday, December 22 as part of her book launch speak- husband-to-be and other male — not the 27th as published. ing tour for Cilka’s Journey, the members of the wedding party to follow-up to The Tattooist of “the club” before the nuptials at Discussing 5G Auschwitz. Old St John’s Church. Dr Janion Heywood is I first met Heather in April “I walked up the aisle and hosting a public discussion next when she came to speak to could smell the beer,” she said. week regarding the students at Te Awamutu College Steve was okay until we had forthcoming fifth generation and it was the Te Awamutu to kneel. “I literally had to lift (5G) wireless network. Courier that announced she was him back to his feet,” she said. Let’s talk about 5G. Do we working on a second book, based Steve Morris worked in IT want it? Do we need it? on the information from Holo- and was headhunted back to The discussion is on caust survivor and Auschwitz- Australia in 1987 where they Wednesday, December 11 at Birkenau tattooist Ludwig (Lale) have lived since. Heather worked 7.30pm in the Te Awamutu Sokolov and further research, in social services within the Library Community Room. that would be released later in medical profession — mostly at the year. Melbourne’s Monash Medical Te Pahu¯spirit At that time we discussed Centre. holding an event in Te Awamutu She has always been a keen Te Pahu¯community came and with the support of Waipa¯ reader, and a movie lover, but together recently for a Classic District Council, Te Awamutu Heather Morris speaking at Te Awamutu RSA. Photo / Dean Taylor nothing prepared her for the Car Show — one event to RSA Club and Te Awamutu journey of more than a dozen fundraise to save a community Paper Plus, it came to fruition immortalised for their impact on respected for his knowledge, ora- years that led her to interna- facility damaged by internal this week on Monday. the community or world recogni- tory and leadership skills, as well tional fame. flooding — read about it in Following the address, Waipa¯ tion. as military acumen. Getting back to her three tips today’s Driven. mayor Jim Mylchreest “Heather has made a huge An inductee must have been for success. One — It started in announced Heather would be impact around the world with born in Te Awamutu or districts, 2003 over coffee with a friend inducted into the Te Awamutu her writing and we are proud to or achieved their notable success who said, “My friend Gary, Walk of Fame in acknowledge- know that her roots are in the as a resident to be inducted. whose mother has just died, ment of her worldwide literary district,” said Mylchreest. Last month marked 10 years asked me to find someone his success. The mayor said she was in since Te Awamutu’s Walk of father can tell a story to.” The Tattooist of Auschwitz is a good company, joining many Fame was officially opened. The only criteria was that it historical novel based on inter- impressive men and women who The idea was the brainchild of had to be a non-Jewish person. views with Sokolov. had accomplished great things Te Awamutu Alive; a local group Morris says she was immedi- The novel has sold more than and had ties to the Waipa¯. formed to promote events and ately interested. “I’d been doing four million copies since its Also named in the Te Awa- projects to put Te Awamutu on some writing and preferred read- release last year, was a No 1 mutu Walk of Fame are musi- the map and has been supported ing stories based on real people, international bestseller and is cians Tim and Neil Finn, hus- by Waipa¯District Council. so I said yes.” back at No 1 on the New York band and wife rosarians Pat and Inductees are acknowledged Two — A week later Morris Times Bestseller list after 64 Paddy Stephens, who were key in with a pou in the Walk of Fame in was at the home of Lale Sokolov weeks. establishing the Te Awamutu Te Awamutu’s historic Selwyn — the tattooist of Auschwitz. Morris’ name will join those Rose Gardens, and Rewi Manga Park. of 28 other prominent locals Maniapoto who was widely Heather Morris grew up in ■ Continued page 3 Play your part. Water saving tips @ www.smartwater.org.nz/tips 2 Te Awamutu Courier Thursday, December 5, 2019 ■ LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Thanks for Rose Gardens celebration 14,045 Congratulations and thanks to the horse paddock. the image they gave visitors. council gardening staff who take care of The community has supported exten- Rose Sunday was enhanced by both the 14,045* the Rose Gardens. sively the branding of Te Awamutu as the Pipe Band and the Brass Band entertain- CIRCULATION 14,045* They looked wonderful and their effort Rosetown by incorporating the name in ing the public as they have in the past. to upgrade and present the grounds was their business, organisation and sports Our thanks to everyone involved in the greatly appreciated. body. commemoration of 50 years since the Thanks also to Dean Taylor for the The Rotary Club has also upgraded the Governor-General declared the garden articles in this paper which reminded us welcome signs on the roads coming into officially open. of the extend of community involvement the town. KEITH STOREY that helped created making a worthy It is all evidence of the pride our garden out of a gorse and twitch infested community has in the Rose Gardens and ■ See Rose Sunday coverage pages 10,11 Sarah Verran 021 345 951 [email protected]@nzme.co.nz Thank you [email protected] Verran Zero Carbon Bill will hobble NZ [email protected]@[email protected] /021 345 951 [email protected] So the Zero Carbon Bill has centres. In 2015 the world’s sume its entire electricity to retired been passed with much back data centres (the internet ) supply by 2030 if growth con- [email protected]@nzme.co.nznzme.co.nz colin.thorsen@Caitlan Johnstonnzme.co.nz (reporter) Ext: 67710 slapping and virtue signalling used 416.2 terawatt hours of tinues at today’s rate. by our minority government. electricity, to put that into So how about the Govern- councillor [email protected]@[email protected] [email protected] Readers’ letters in the Te context, that’s significantly ment starts to limit internet [email protected] [email protected] Awamutu Courier tell a story higher than the UK’s total usage, particularly amongst Vern Wilson [email protected]@nzme.co.nz of farmers feeling unjustly consumption of about 300 the under 35s who are the [email protected] singled out as polluters. terawatt hours. Usage has only biggest users. Politicians and A huge thank you to just Let’s look at one aspect of increased since then and government departments retired councillor Vern Wil- [email protected]@nzme.co.nzWayne Michell the modern world we are all forecasts are a threefold in- could also forgo the internet to son. Wayne Michell fond of — the Internet. crease in energy consumption set a good example. This would I sat in on council meetings Wayne027Pip 494 Jensen Michell 7770 What is “the internet”? In in the next decade. have an immediate impact on for a number of years and Vern Maraea027027 494 569 Jamieson 7770 4317 simple terms it’s a lot of very Data centres at 2015 con- greenhouse gas emissions and was always consistent in 021PipMaraea Jensen023 59612 Jamieson large computers sending data sumed about 3 per cent of the I still get to eat a good steak his support of us ordinary around the world to other global electricity supply and and drink some milk.
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