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Te Awamutu FAST RURAL BROADBAND Find out more from the team at Published Tuesday & Thursday THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2016 Couurier TE AWAMUTU Your community newspaper for over 100 years EXTRA COPIES 40c 1/119 Alexandra Street | 07-8706031 10270430AA Advancing Line a step closer agriculture The Mystery Creek Events Line avoids blackouts for Centre showcases New Zealand agriculture, not only more than 14,000 users during Fieldays, but all year round. Nick Drongal , Deputy BY DEAN TAYLOR others prepare the base. CEO, will speak to the Te The two sections are Physical evidence of Te compressed together and Awamutu Continuing Awamutu’s second 110kV then the conductors and Education Group on February electricity line nearing its other hardware are fitted. 17 about the history and target is in place, now that Traffic management will future of this four hundred contractors have reached be necessary as other poles million dollar complex which Factory Road. are stood in Factory Road. is meeting the challenges of The new line is designed ■ Route: Parallels the Main more dynamic, advancing to reinforce the supply to Te Trunk Railway for most of the agriculture. Awamutu. 32.3km distance. See classified For many years Te Awa- ■ 177 new poles: Galvanised advertisement inside for more mutu and surrounding steel, a number will be in Te information. areas have suffered numer- Awamutu and Otorohanga. ous blackouts due to the ■ The poles vary in height Magic game single supply line from between 20 and 24 meters, If you’d like to see the Karapiro. plus a two metre davit on top to Magic in action against the Waipa Networks CEO carry an earth wire. New South Wales Swifts pick Ray Milner said every four ■ The tallest poles are to clear up your tickets form the Te years the line was removed the railway and carry the from service for mainten- existing 11kV circuits. Awamutu i Site Centre. ■ The netball game will see ance, and every four years Four wires: The poles will the local community asked each carry three power former Magic player Laura them to do something to conductors (plus the earth). Langman taking on some of avoid outages. ■ Alternate Source: The new her old team mates. Clearance for construc- line will provide an alternative Both teams boast tion came in March last year source of electricity and allow impressive squads, so fans and TransPower contractors the existing 110kV line from are expected to snap up tickets are on target for Karapiro to be removed from and sell-out the Trust Waikato commissioning in June. service for maintenance, and Te Awamutu Events Centre. The line runs from for the power to be maintained Tickets are general admission Hangatiki to Waipa Net- should either the existing line (adults $15 and children $8). works sub-station in Race- or new line be unavailable due course Road. to a fault. Hot ride Mr Milner says it is the ■ Customer Area: Te Awamutu, Te Awamutu’s Emily largest single investment Kihikihi, Ohaupo, Pirongia, Hayward-Morgan and AP the company has ever made Kawhia and all the areas Ninja placed fourth in the in its network and it will between affecting almost 12-strong Equissage Horse directly benefit more than 14,000 customers. ■ Grand Prix at the Alltech 14,000 customers. Stringing of the poles with Showjumping and Show “It is the culmination of conductor is scheduled for the Hunter Show at Woodhill many years work in design, end of this month/early March. engineering, planning, ■ The project is on time for Sands in Auckland. gaining Resource Consents completion and commissioning and landowner permissions in June. to be able to build it.” Yesterday the poles came TC110216DT01 into the township proper TRANSPOWER when the first was stood on contractors remove the Factory Road — a taller 24m strops from the first pole on the grass area beside section of the new pole on Te Awamutu Smallbore Factory Road yesterday Club. A number of poles before placing the top have already been stood in section. Waipa Networks Anchor Park. staff were also on hand to The poles are erected in look after nearby live lines two sections. and assist with the fitting Workers unload and pre- of hardware that will carry pare the sections while part of their network. Caring for your eyes PROTECT YOUR 20% EYES THIS SUMMER OFF Plate New Sunglasses Coolers NOW IN STOCK Prescription From 11 January – 29 February 2016 sunglass packages available from $299 ZDLNDWRPLONLQJFRP Te Awamutu Otorohanga Putaruru 2 Livingstone Brothers Ln 12 Progress Drive 89 Tirau Street 1HZ=HDODQG2ZQHG 2SHUDWHG P: 07 871 6781 P: 07 873 8500 P: 07 883 3423 335 Alexandra St,Te Awamutu T: 8717741 F: 8718555 E: [email protected] 2 Te Awamutu Courier Thursday, February 11, 2016 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CourierTe Awamutu Community Newspaper of the Year 2014 Facts about town’s water consumption Your community newspaper for over 100 years. Too often has Council tried to discredit Bergin’s statement implies that Te Awa- benefit the public. Circulated free to 14,055 homes through Te Awamutu me as being confused. mutu residents are consuming an increase Using the same ‘fact finding’ method Mr A recent article in the Courier — of 220 per cent of average daily water Woods employs — the internet — it is easy to and surrounding districts. Frontier Road bore readied for TA water consumption — unfathomable. see from Council’s own website that Council CIRCULATION 14,055* (7136 urban, 6919 rural) production — quoted Barry Bergin as One could accept that a conservative extracts and supplies 26.4 million litres of saying ‘Last week alone Te Awamutu used increase of 20 — 25 per cent was acceptable water per day, or 184 million litres per week. We welcome letters - preferably via email. They 92 million litres of water and, for the district over the summer period, not 220 per cent. I’m sure people would realise that is an should be under 300 words and must have the as a whole, we saw consumption rise to 226 This is only used as a fear tactic to justify average figure, and that it would vary sender’s name, address and phone number. No million litres’. their undemocratic plans to unroll the according to a number of factors — so 226 pseudonyms are accepted and names will only be It would imply that Te Awamutu resi- unwanted meters and establishment of a million litres in a week is within the 20 — 25 withheld in special circumstances at the discretion dents are consuming 13.1 million litres a CCO. per cent range Mr Woods would accept. of the editor. Letters are not usually acknowledged day. With the Fonterra component at 40 per If there was any validity to Mr Bergin’s The same website says in relation to and may be edited, abridged or discarded. cent of Te Awamutu’s water demand, they comments then: household use, we use 257 litres/head/day — MANAGER would consume 7.9 million litres a day. • Level 4 Water Restrictions would have again an average over a year. Alan Price This statement alone is full of factual been immediately put in place, compared The population of Te Awamutu, which [email protected] inaccuracy, highlighting Council staff have with current Level 2 restrictions. includes Pirongia and Kihikihi, is about their heads in the sky whilst sitting behind • It is evident water bores will not solve 12,000 according to latest figures. EDITORIAL their protective walls to their ivory tower, the problem. One-third of water at present is used and Dean Taylor (editor) and the Courier has allowed this travesty to Why does Council have to resort to lies? paid for by Fonterra and the remaining two- [email protected] transpire without checking the facts. Why can’t elected Councillor’s see what’s thirds is attributed to householders, com- Cathy Asplin (journalist) Let’s breakdown the facts: in front of them? mercial premises, paid bulk water sales and [email protected] • 257 litres/head/day (WDC — The Water Why can’t the Courier see the truth? unauthorised losses. Colin Thorsen (journalist) Story — Part 1; Lorriane Kendrick). HAYDEN WOODS Based on the peak 92 million litres use, or [email protected] • Te Awamutu population; 10,305 (2013 Editor’s note: Mr Woods is convinced about 13.1 million litres per day, Fonterra Census), but about 14,000 can be claimed Council staff and elected representatives are used 4.4 million litres, householders used ADVERTISING Dorinda Williams (Wikipedia). habitual liars and that this publication is 3.08 million litres and 5.6 million litres is [email protected] • On an average day 14,000 people committed to supporting those lies. used by businesses, commercial premises or consume 3.6 million litres of water. The only reasonable point the letter makes is via bulk water sales. Ange Holt Compared with the above facts, Mr that more information about water use may Hopefully this assists the public. [email protected] Bookings [email protected] Supply solution obvious CLASSIFIEDS Stance praised Rhonda Oosterman, Tania Cortesi-Western, The most important way for any It might cost a lot now, but Julie Montague town to increase is a good water would be cheap in the long run and I am responding to Vern Wilson’s comment in [email protected] supply. allow Te Awamutu to prosper. Tuesday’s edition. The Regional Council are dictat- Let’s just hope our present It is remarkable and highly appreciated that someone DELIVERY QUERIES 0800 111 200 ing as to how much water can be Council has enough foresight to from the local government body to share that TPPA may POSTAL ADDRESS taken from the stream at Pirongia, just do it and not say we can’t afford not be the best for the citizens of this country, especially 97 Sloane Street, PO Box 1, Te Awamutu 3840 it is now less than it used to be.