Te Awamutu B S U N S I O N TI ESS LU & LIFE SO CouPublished Tuesday & Thursdayurier THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2016 +64 7 872 0566 NOT YOUR TYPICAL ACCOUNTANT Your community newspaper for over 100 years EXTRA COPIES 40c Incident investigated Impressive showing Pirongia golfer Jillian Reakes featured prominently in the New Zealand Seniors Matchplay event at Te Anau course. Her 84 gross in the qualifying round not only cemented a spot in division one for the match play, it gave her the best nett in the field - TC170316DT01 earning a New Zealand DIGGER at the scene of medal. Tuesday’s incident Reakes ended up winning where workers were an epic plate semi-final on the trimming willows from 23rd hole, only to be beaten in the banks of Mangaohoi the final. Stream behind Cam- Art exhibition bridge Road. supports community Art lovers are reminded TC170316DT02 that the ‘Positively Art’ EMERGENCY workers fundraiser will be held this deliver the injured man weekend. to a waiting St John A wide range of art, Ambulance. sculpture, ceramics and textiles will be available to BY DEAN TAYLOR view and buy at Selwyn Park from 3pm - 6pm on Sunday. As the spotlight falls on keep- Tickets ($25) include wine ing New Zealanders safe in the and cheese, with proceeds workplace, a potentially lethal providing equipment for the incident involving contractors in Te Awamutu Birthing Centre. Te Awamutu is under investi- For more information or gation by Worksafe. tickets: The Jewellery Emergency workers were Boutique, Te Awamutu called to the site off Cambridge i-SITE, Playmates. Road, where Waikato Tree Services were trimming willow Record trees on the banks of the Mangaohoi Stream, at about attempt noon on Tuesday. Head on down to the A worker had been injured Avantidrome in Cambridge when his legs were pinned at 4.30pm this Saturday to beneath a digger being used at cheer on Jim McMurray as the site. he attempts to set a new He was conscious and his legs were freed by the time firefight- UCI World Record in the ers arrived says Te Awamutu Masters 55-59 Age Group. Volunteer Fire Brigade deputy The current record is chief Karl Tutty. 45.0189kms, set in 2012 by The man had moderate leg Keith Ketterer from the injuries. USA. Firefighters stretchered the McMurray was a long victim across a small stretch of serving member of the paddock to a waiting St John Waipa Wheelers, now Ambulance and he was taken to known as Te Awamutu Waikato Hospital. Sports Cycling Club. 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The grapevine tells me that It is nice that the Ministry of her family. resources for making sure that Circulated free to 14,055 homes through Te Awamutu the downsizing of Waikeria, or Justice can stretch its code of She was bitter and resentful the actual correction takes more correctly these days, Wai- ethics for a little longer to that her time had been wasted. place. and surrounding districts. kato Bay of Plenty Regional contain these people in facilities Rehabilitation was minimal. In some parts of the world CIRCULATION 14,055* (7136 urban, 6919 rural) Prison, is being delayed due to that are supposed to be in- In fact in these places there prison officers are highly quali- the space being required while humane by today’s standards. is only just enough rehab so fied educators. Here they are We welcome letters - preferably via email. They the supposed modern Auckland They call it WBoPRP be- that their managers can say mostly minimally skilled should be under 300 words and must have the prison is having their problems cause while it is in the King that they do it. labourers or often ex-military, sender’s name, address and phone number. No resolved. Country, they want to disas- She did her time and was which means they are trained pseudonyms are accepted and names will only be I have to laugh. sociate it with a Ma¯ori name released but the sentence was fighters and killers themselves. withheld in special circumstances at the discretion I hear that staff who were and place. not over by any means. The rest They have a mentality that of the editor. Letters are not usually acknowledged made redundant have been I spoke with a person at a would be a struggle. orders are orders and every- and may be edited, abridged or discarded. asked to come back to work. garage sale the other day who Perhaps rather than having thing is done by the book, MANAGER I should know the modern had just finished a long ‘lag’ at millions of dollars worth of however out of date that may Alan Price word for jail. Is it correction Auckland Women’s Prison. flash new bricks and mortar, be. Fancy colour schemes, signs [email protected] facility? Or, is it something The effects of that on her these ‘facilities’ should be and furniture will not fix it; even more enlightened? I prefer were obvious. staffed by people who do more only people being reasonable to EDITORIAL pokie, slammer, big house, It had been ‘slow time’ and if than screw keys but instead others. Dean Taylor (editor) boob, or even dungeon. bad for her, then even worse for have responsibility and JAMES PARLANE [email protected] Cathy Asplin (journalist) [email protected] Was Alliance meeting a joke? Reasons for voting Colin Thorsen (journalist) [email protected] When I read the letter the meeting on February 25 if this is called. should be in public ADVERTISING from Mr Brough covering — Have your say on the Referring to the LTA Dorinda Williams Courier [email protected] the Safe Roads Alliance future of SH3 — as provided reports in the of A recent press release on Council meeting I first thought it in an article in the Courier February 25, the crash and voting to agree to discuss formation of a Ange Holt must be an LTA early April on the same day? Is that fatality statistics alone do water CCO with Hamilton and Waikato [email protected] Fools joke. I did a double- reasonable advice for con- not provide justification for Councils stated that the motion passed Bookings check on the newspaper sultation meeting? the changes (one accident nine votes for the motion and three votes [email protected] date. Questions I ask are, with per 300,000 vehicle trips). against. CLASSIFIEDS So I did a search and the side and centre rope While respecting those As usual the press release only gave the Rhonda Oosterman, found that what is proposed barriers in place: How will who have suffered as a names of the Councillors who voted Tania Cortesi-Western, for SH3 is explained on the emergency vehicles be result of an accident, the against the motion and gave no informa- Julie Montague Transport Agency website, accommodated? Has the statistics are just numbers. tion about why. [email protected] so it must be real. plan for cycle lanes requir- Road distance needs to In fair and balanced reporting this The brief descriptions ing 1.5m passing space now be part of the equation. information should always be included DELIVERY QUERIES 0800 111 200 and some accompanying been dropped? LTA refer to KiwiRAP, when a Councillor votes against a motion. POSTAL ADDRESS diagrams showing concepts Unfortunately I was which has a definition for The Council prides itself on being a 97 Sloane Street, PO Box 1, Te Awamutu 3840 are all that I could find. I overseas when the meeting high risk roads. democratic organisation, so let’s see a bit OFFICE HOURS could not find any actual was held so I thank Mr Does SH3 fall into this more democracy in action in the press Monday-Thursday 8am-5pm, Fri 8am-4.30pm drawings to show what is Brough for reporting the category and therefore releases. PHONE 07 871 5151 | FAX 07 871 3675 proposed. information provided. I justify the expense and the Perhaps the Courier editor would in- The plan for Stage 1 also support the idea of a destruction of what was a vite the three Councillors who voted proposes consultation dur- public meeting to properly perfectly good road? I think against the motion to put their reasons in ISSN 1170-1099 (Print) ISSN 2253-4075 (Online) ing February to April.