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ISSN 1170-1099 120TC049/04 Published Tuesday and Thursday THURSDAY, JULY 28, 2005 Circulated FREE to all households throughout Te Awamutu and surrounding districts. Extra copies 35c. BRIEFLY Giant step up for Eqwanox Poison alert Cold feet Police are concerned that poi- son and two fi rearms stolen from a van earlier this month may fall for knife into the wrong hands. Detective Rob Pierce says a white Mazda van was stolen from Mandeno Street on July 4, and although it was recovered within wielding a short space of time dangerous goods were missing. robber A would-be robber brandishing a knife at Pirongia’s Mobil Service station on Mon- day night took off when challenged by an The poison is a tube of cyanide attendant. (similar to the picture) which is Lone forecourt attendant Lyric Erueti deadly if mishandled. says he was re-stacking shelves just after Also stolen was a Bruno .22 6pm when he heard footsteps and turned to rifl e with a Hornet scope and a greet what he expected to be a client. .222 Remington (model number He saw what looked like a butcher’s knife 788), also with a scope. in the young man’s hand as he approached Any information that would as- the door to the service station and asked sist in the recover of these items him “What are you going to do with that EQWANOX (from left) James Hanright (guitar/vocals), Nick Douch (drums) and Aaron Clark should be directed to detective boy?” (bass) opened for one of their idols in Auckland Sunday night. 209051AD Pierce (872 0100). “He took off (down McClure Street) and I was going to run after him when I decided By Dean Taylor cer Foundation. to the likes of The Foo Fighters, the best thing to do was to ring the Police.” Te Awamutu teenagers James The band was given the once Shihad, Sum 41, Nirvana and, Can you vote? The offender is described as a male, aged Hanright, Nick Douch and Aar- over by Tony ‘Nail’ Vincent of course, the Smashing Pump- The Prime Minister has set the in his late teens/early 20’s, of stocky build, on Clark have always looked up of World Battle of the Bands kins, but have their own sound. clock ticking for the 2620 eligible short (about 155 cm tall), wearing a black to Billy Corgan of the Smashing winners Chuganaut and Paul On Sunday night they shared voters in Taranaki-King Country hooded sweat top, black cap and black trou- Pumpkins as one of their musi- Martin of the Rock FM’s Axe At- that sound with hundreds of Electorate who aren’t on the sers with a pocket on the right knee. cal idols, but never thought they tack, who endorsed them as an people packed into Auckland’s electoral roll. A Police dog called to the scene was un- would share the same stage. opening act for the show. St James for Corgan’s New Zea- They have until August 17 to able to pick up the track due to subsequent Collectively the three form the While the band has been land show - and received a great fi ll in an enrolment form to en- pedestrian traffi c along the route the of- hard rock trio Eqwanox, which about for some years as the response. sure their name is on the printed fender fl ed. despite only having a handful of brainchild of the elder James “We were amazed. We didn’t electoral roll that will be used in Two teenage boys spoken to by Police live shows under their belt, can (18), it has been as the trio with expect people to scream just the polling places in our elector- witnessed a person fi tting the description lay claim to having opened for his two 16-year-old mates that because we walked on stage,” ate on September 17. of the offender on Beechey Street just an international act. it has developed its strongest says Nick. People who have enrolled prior. The opportunity to open sound. Show organisers were happy in time will get an EasyVote From speaking with these teenagers it is for Billy Corgan came after a James lays claim to the song- to give the young up-and-com- information pack in the mail, thought the offender may not be a local. chance introduction between writing role, with help from the ers a chance to show their stuff which makes voting easier by Police would like other witnesses or any one of Nick’s Te Awamutu Col- others to complete and arrange and were pleased with the way providing an EasyVote card, lists one with information to contact the Te lege schoolmates and a promo- the material. Eqwanox immediately con- of where to vote, lists of parties Awamutu Police (ph. 872 0100). tions offi cer for the Child Can- They say they enjoy listening nected with the crowd. and candidates and information about MMP. ‘Junior’ Ferns in Record nominations for PM heading fabulous form underground New Zealand’s Under-21 community awards Prime Minister Helen Clark is head- netball team completed a clean- A record number of nominations has been re- groups and organisations working to make the ing underground - but not to escape the sweep of the fi rst round of the pressure of a bitterly waged election World Youth Championships, ceived for this year’s TrustPower Waipa District Waipa District a better place to live. It is great Community Awards. that we can celebrate and recognise so many of campaign. thrashing previously unbeaten This afternoon she will offi cially re-open Wales 81-21. Nominations for the awards closed on Friday these groups through this year’s awards.” with a total of 44 voluntary groups and organisa- Mr Purches believes the massive increase in the Ruakuri Cave at Waitomo - rated one The win was the fourth in a row of the country’s foremost natural won- for the team, captained by Silver tions nominated. Last year 13 nominations were nominations is due to a number of factors, includ- received. ing a simplifi ed nomination process, increased ders. Fern Laura Langman. The opening ceremony marks the culmi- NZU21 coach Te Aroha Keenan This year’s number of nominations is the biggest marketing of the awards, and a great effort by yet for the TrustPower Waipa District Community Council staff. nation of 18 months of underground con- played her three Silver Ferns, struction work on walkways, bridges and Langman, Casey Williams and Awards, which started in 2001. “Mayor Alan Livingston and the staff at the Since then, more than $20,000 has been injected Waipa District Council have invested a lot of a new spiral entrance way undertaken by Maria Tutaia. As in previous Tourism Holdings Limited (THL). games, she rotated her players, into the community through the awards, which time and energy into ensuring as many volun- are held in conjunction with Council. This year, tary groups and organisations as possible are Ruakuri is part of the Waitomo cave making changes in each quarter. system that includes the THL operated The game completes the pre- TrustPower will give away a further $5,000 to the recognised through the awards. Their incredible winning groups. support has helped make the awards the success Waitomo Glowworm Caves and Aranui liminary round of pool play. Cave. New Zealand meet Cook TrustPower community relations manager they have been!” Graeme Purches is delighted with the response. The nominations are now being prepared for The Prime Minister will be greeted with Islands today in the fi rst game a formal Maori welcome from the Mania- of the second round. “The Waipa community has really embraced the judging. The awards will be presented at the Cam- awards this year. There are hundreds of voluntary bridge Town Hall on Monday, August 29. poto people. 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