Te Awamutu Courier Thursday, June 1, 2017
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Te Awamutu COMPUTERS, NOTEBOOKS, SERVICE, SUPPORT, SOFTWARE, ACCESSORIES Published Tuesday & Thursday THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2017 407 Sloane Street, Te Awamutu Couurier P 07 871 3837 | F 07 871 3807 Your community newspaper for over 100 years EXTRA COPIES 40c E [email protected] | www.computeraid.co.nz Phone books GOING, GOING... The 2017 Waipa Waitomo Local Phone/Yellow Books are available at the Courier Office. Office hours are Monday Pensioner housing selling to Habitat for Humanity to Thursday 8am to 5pm and Friday 8am to 4.30pm. Phone books will be available until the end of June. Winging way to Aussie Te Awamutu’s Emma Hughes flies across the Tasman tomorrow to represent New Zealand in the BMX Mighty 11’s Trans Tasman test series against Australia on June 10-11. Hughes, the NZ girls’ team No. 3 rider, will be accompanied by NZ No. 2 Grier Hall of Cambridge. The girls will be abroad for 10 days, billeted out with families in Eldersloe, South- West Sydney. Speaker at TA College Nathan Mikaere-Wallis is visiting TA College to speak about brain development and neuroscience and why children, teenagers and young adults behave the way they do. The presentation will be held at the Te Awamutu College Hall from 7.30pm to 9pm on Thursday, June 15 and is open to all parents, caregivers and any other interested people. A gold coin donation is appreciated. TC010617DT10 PALMER Street pensioner housing will be sold to Habitat for Humanity. Waipa District Council is to complex, will be required to munity on the proposal to sell more pensioner housing units in sell its Palmer Street pensioner maintain the complex specific- during March and April this our district,” he says. housing complex in Te Awa- ally for pensioner housing. year. Fifteen submissions were “Given our ageing population mutu. Current tenants have been received, 13 in favour of the sale and the growth on the cards for The 36-unit complex will be informed of the sale via hand- and two against. us, providing this kind of hous- sold to charitable organisation, delivered letters. All existing The decision to sell was made ing is now more important than Habitat for Humanity. Funds tenants will be offered lifetime at a full Council meeting on ever.” from the sale — likely to be tenancies as long as conditions Tuesday. The sale of the units is likely between $1.7 — $1.9 million — are met. Mayor Jim Mylchreest said to occur before the end of this will be used to build new pen- Should Habitat for Humanity the decision to sell the Palmer year. sioner housing units in the dis- ever want to sell the site, Council Street complex makes a lot of Pensioner housing is a self- trict. will have first right of refusal to sense. funded activity at Waipa with Habitat, which already owns buy it back. “The sale will mean that we costs covered by rents. Rents are the neighbouring Freeman Court Council consulted the com- have funds available to build not subsidised by ratepayers. Welcomeme new farmers! Visit bullseye.co.nz for SealFlex wet weather clothing, gumboots, work boots, milk tube, liners and milk fi lters. Freephone: 0508 BULLSEYE (0508 285 573) Shop online: www.bullseye.co.nz Visit our store: 6 Main North Rd, Otorohanga 2 Te Awamutu Courier Thursday, June 1, 2017 Te Awamutu LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Courier Pensioner housing Community Newspaper of the Year 2014 Is fluoride necessary? Reading Dennis Pennefather’s letter in Your community newspaper for Tuesday’s edition, reminded me that it is time over 100 years. Jumping into the fluoride debate I common in New Zealand. for my annual bleat about Waipa District Circulated free to 14,055 homes through Te Awamutu would like to ask the Waipa fluoride Symptoms include fatigue, dry skin, Council pensioner rents, which increase on supporters why the heck is this absolutely depression, slow heart rate, increased July 11. and surrounding districts. necessary for our community? sensitivity to cold, constipation and muscle I have no idea why WDC wish to build more CIRCULATION 14,055* (7136 urban, 6919 rural) In my opinion a lot of people have weakness. pensioner housing if it is their intention, and it become like sheep, herded wherever the By ingesting fluoride it puts a damper appears so, to eventually price us out of them. We welcome letters - preferably via email. They government would lead them. on the thyroid gland’s normal activities by Maybe pensioner housing for the rich only. should be under 300 words and must have the Our food is already so over-processed, suppressing the activity of various Sure, we can go cap in hand to MSD (WINZ) sender’s name, address and phone number. No preserved, seasoned with sulphates with enzymes, causing physical damage or and reclaim some of the increase by way of pseudonyms are accepted and names will only be smatterings of artificial colours, flavours interfering with the absorption and use of accommodation supplement, thanks to the withheld in special circumstances at the discretion and other such nasties its no surprise the iodine, a substance that is critical for long-suffering taxpayer. of the editor. Letters are not usually acknowledged Ministry of Health would like us to down thyroid health. The Government, if re-elected, is using the and may be edited, abridged or discarded. some more poison for the sake of people There have been many studies done same ruse to ensure that greedy landlords can who can’t look after their teeth nor teach which advise against using fluoride in gain more profits by increasing rents next SALES MANAGER their children proper dental hygiene. water because of the adverse effects. year. Belinda Wolland The likes of Chris Price sounds like he I believe that by fluoridating our Also, at Sherwin Village we were told that a [email protected] would gladly jump off a bridge if the precious water supply it is going to kind gentleman, with the mayor’s blessing, Ministry of Health asked him to. If exacerbate a great percentage of our locals would plant daffodils and enhance our EDITORIAL everyone else is doing it, why shouldn’t we to the above problems, but hopefully they grounds. Dean Taylor (editor) — was my interpretation of what he was will still have beautiful teeth — which is The reality is that for most of the year, this [email protected] saying. the main thing, right? is an eyesore that has ruined our village green. Colin Thorsen (journalist) I am one of many who suffers from an The fact that this issue even raises a red I also strongly suspect that it is some sort of [email protected] under-active thyroid or hypothyroidism, flag should be enough for a big, fat no. commercial operation by stealth. Bethany Rolston (journalist) something which is becoming increasingly MEG MASTERS COLIN E. WALTERS [email protected] ADVERTISING Ange Holt Waipa back in talks with Hamilton on water [email protected] Bookings Waipa District Council will re-enter owning model and now needed to ‘nut out “But there’s still a range of questions [email protected] discussions with Hamilton City Council the detail’ before putting a formal proposal Waipa needs answered before going to the about forming a non asset-owning company before the public,” he said. next step and taking detailed information to CLASSIFIEDS to provide day-to-day operations for water A final decision on forming a company the public.” Tania Cortesi-Western, and wastewater. cannot be made until the public has been Hamilton City has already resolved to Alanah Harvey, Tania King The Council has confirmed a non-asset consulted, probably towards the end of the form a shared waters management company [email protected] owning model is its preferred option for year. — a non-asset owning CCO — with Waipa collaborating with other councils on driv- The consultation is likely to put three and Waikato, pending public consultation. ing water efficiencies. options to the community — no change to Waikato District Council has yet to decide. DELIVERY QUERIES 0800 111 200 Under this model each council would current arrangements, forming a non-asset At Tuesday’s Council meeting Mayor POSTAL ADDRESS retain ownership of all its assets. All major owning company or transferring water and Mylchreest, along with councillors Andrew 97 Sloane Street, PO Box 1, Te Awamutu 3840 water and wastewater decisions would wastewater assets to an asset-owning en- Brown and Clare St Pierre, were re- OFFICE HOURS continue to be made by individual councils tity. appointed to a Governance Group to recon- Monday-Thursday 8am-5pm, Fri 8am-4.30pm with the company acting as a specialist “Both Hamilton and Waipa are broadly vene discussions with Hamilton and Wai- PHONE 07 871 5151 | FAX 07 871 3675 waters advisor. on the same page in terms of a non-asset kato. Mayor Jim Mylchreest said there was owning model,” said Mr Mylchreest. “We The recommendation to confirm a non- “no appetite” at Waipa to form an asset- both want the most cost-efficient and asset owning water company as its preferred ISSN 1170-1099 (Print) ISSN 2253-4075 (Online) owning water company. effective water and wastewater services for option and re-appoint Governance Group *Circulation Source: Audited Bureau of Circulation, 1 YE Dec 2012 “But Waipa would support a non-asset our communities. members was carried 10-2. $31,990 $30,990 $24,800 QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY SPECIAL 2016Mazda6GSX2.5 2015 Mondeo Hatch 2.0 Ecoboost 2016Mazda3GLX2.0Auto Navigation, Cruise, Auto Lights and 6SpdAuto,New20”Alloys&Tyres, Limited Numbers Available - Be Quick.