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Te Awamutu Rural Neville Kemp Licensee Salesperson 027 271 9801 07 871 9801 www.nevillekemp.co.nz Published Tuesday & Thursday THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2016 Couurier Rosetown Realty Ltd Licensed (REAA 2008) Your community newspaper for over 100 years EXTRA COPIES 40c Breaking the records Market back The monthly Pirongia Market is back and under new management. It is held at the Pirongia Coming in Memorial Hall on the last Sunday of each month — so the next market is this Sunday droves to from 10am to 2pm. For details contact [email protected] or Fieldays phone Anne (871 9261). Open day Te Awamutu Plunket displays Playgroup is staging an open day on Saturday (10am-2pm) Fieldays enthusiasts came at the Plunket Rooms. through the gates in their There will be facepainting, a droves this year — the final colouring competition, sausage attendance topped 130,000 over sizzle, bouncy castle and a the four-day event, making it mystery special guest. one of the busiest Fieldays ever. Farmers wanted On the final day a number Te Awamutu Squash Club of events were finalised — is hosting a social Farmers one of the most popular being Tournament on Friday, July 1. the Golden Gumboot for Rural It is a great opportunity for Bachelor of the Year. farmers to have a day off the Paul Olsen from the Mana- watu took the title, while Aussie farm and enjoy social games, Rob Ewing picked up People’s spot prizes and dinner — non Choice. members welcome. “I think it’s been an incred- More information at ible opportunity to benchmark www.teawamutusquash.co.nz ourselves against our peers and see how broad a spectrum we Innovations have as far as skill sets go,” says Mr Olsen. featuring Factors such as honesty, The series of Grassroots intelligence and enthusiasm, Innovations by editor Dean but most importantly, a sense of Taylor returns today in The humour were all taken into Country on page 8. account when deciding on the It is the third year all the new winner. innovations from Fieldays Quietly determined, Mr Innovation Tent have been Olsen showed off his vast covered as a series. Today we amount of experience within open with a group of high the agricultural field alongside TC230616DT02 TC230616DT01 school students who won a positive personality, which AUSSIE bachelor Rob Ewing, from Cape FIELDAYS regular Chelsea Marriner and her Young Innovator of the Year. impressed the judges. Paterson, does his best to get Legend to repeat Ultimate Canines show how it is done for the Rural NZ National Fieldays Society his tricks for him. Bachelor of the Year challenge. president Warwick Roberts says that Rural Bachelor will their agricultural skills, but the Cambridge Riding for the carry on for many more years to also their attitude and all round Disabled Association, where come. It’s been an charisma. the bachelors had visited “It’s an amazing event. I incredible‘ opportunity Crowd favourite Rob Ewing earlier in the week, showing the know it would be daunting to be to benchmark entertained audiences with his type of man the public had a young bachelor here, but it’s a cheeky sense of humour. fallen in love with. great opportunity to advertise ourselves against our The manager of an Angus Mr Olsen won a Suzuki King and publicise the farmers that peers and see how stud in Victoria, he reckons he Quad 750 4WD, $2000 Swanndri make this country work.” broad a spectrum we has an eye for a good cut of beef, voucher, $2000 STIHL voucher, Throughout the week, the announcing at prizegiving and a $1000 Skellerup voucher. eight eligible rural bachelors have as far as skill sets which bachelor he’d pick based Mr Ewing’s prizes were a competed in a series of go. on breeding value. $1000 Swanndri voucher, a $500 challenges from Wood Splitting ’PAUL OLSEN He then announced that he STIHL voucher and a $500 to Blind Dating, testing not only would be donating his prizes to Skellerup voucher. 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That is not true official information request on its pen- tenants are looked after much more gener- at present. Circulated free to 14,055 homes through Te Awamutu sioner housing spending. I am told they ously by council than pensioners who own Rents can be charged at no more than the and surrounding districts. spent $57,376 on administration of pen- their own homes. market rate by law, and compared with sioner housing last year. It is a fact that pensioners who own today’s house prices the return is very low CIRCULATION 14,055* (7136 urban, 6919 rural) Council declined to advise what they property get paid less than pensioner and continuing to drop. We welcome letters - preferably via email. They charge for the associated buildings, such as tenants, when both have no extra income. There is a belief that landlords are should be under 300 words and must have the halls, and so it is safe to assume they either That was my main point. wealthy. When you do the sums, they are sender’s name, address and phone number. No did not count that cost or they charged One angry individual claims that the not. The risks they take are excessive. pseudonyms are accepted and names will only be nothing extra. ‘Depression’ was a reason why council Many are inclined to not raise rent when withheld in special circumstances at the discretion Included in the pensioner housing rents should go soft on tenants. We have had they should, giving a big advantage to long of the editor. Letters are not usually acknowledged is the cost of the council removing garden several depressions since then and the term tenants. and may be edited, abridged or discarded. waste once a week and lawnmowing. Again current one has lasted eight years. I suggest that your correspondents take details of these costs were refused. The reality is that today’s pensioners the emotion out of their arguments. MANAGER These amenities and services may be have had a very soft life in comparison with Finally there is one other point — so Alan Price provided from their rent — other people today’s youth. long as a council tenant pays their rent they [email protected] have to pay separately. There was never a better job market than may stay for as long as they choose, unless EDITORIAL This leaves little available for the coun- in the 50s, houses were much easier to own. they become unable to look after them- Dean Taylor (editor) cil to say that they are earning a realistic These were times of plenty and one selves or they make trouble for other [email protected] return for the ratepayer owners of these income was sufficient to raise a large family. tenants. JAMES PARLANE Cathy Asplin (journalist) assets. Mr George claims that rising house [email protected] Colin Thorsen (journalist) Wise words [email protected] Road Accord good value Get fluoride ADVERTISING Dorinda Williams from Cicero in toothpaste [email protected] for Waipa ratepayers Ange Holt The Budget should be [email protected] balanced, In his criticism of the Wai- I’m pleased our Council It was a bit churlish of Chris Bookings the Treasury should be kato Road Asset Technical thinks that’s public money Price not to mention the cheap- [email protected] refilled, Accord (RATA) Councillor worth chasing. est option of all in helping CLASSIFIEDS public debt should be reduced, Vern Wilson may not under- Already in its very early prevent young children losing Rhonda Oosterman, the arrogance of officialdom stand a fundamental issue. days, RATA has saved regional their teeth to decay — remove Tania Cortesi-Western, should be tempered and The money used to run ratepayers $350,000. the daily lollipops and fizzy Julie Montague controlled, RATA comes from nine Of that Waipa ratepayers drinks. [email protected] and the assistance to foreign Councils and would have had to alone saved $107,000 because If adults feel the need for lands should be curtailed, have been spent on roads any- RATA’s work proved capital fluoride, just buy it in your DELIVERY QUERIES 0800 111 200 lest Rome will become way. The fact it has been spent investment on two roads could toothpaste. POSTAL ADDRESS bankrupt. jointly, in a far more strategic safely be deferred. I am not keen to subsidise 97 Sloane Street, PO Box 1, Te Awamutu 3840 People must again learn to way, has made the work sig- I don’t understand why another’s personal choice to my OFFICE HOURS work instead of living on nificantly more cost-effective.