Te Awamutu For Houses & Farms:- Courier rwteawamutu.co.nz Published Tuesday & Thursday THURSDAY, JULY 28, 2011 CELEBRATING 100 YEARS AS YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER TM Ph: 871 7149 7993787AA CIRCULATED FREE TO ALL HOUSEHOLDS THROUGHOUT TE AWAMUTU AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS. EXTRA COPIES 40c. BRIEFLY Iraq experience Kapai Kihikihi pie topic of talk Next Wednesday Michael Williams will talk to the A spiced plum, port and apple pie from Continuing Education Group Viands Bakery in Kihikihi has knocked the about his recent experiences in classic meat pie off its perch to take out the Iraq. coveted title of the country’s top pie in the 2011 He has been involved in Iraq Bakels New Zealand Supreme Pie Awards. It is only the second time in the award’s 15 with Armed Security Personal, year history that a gourmet fruit pie has won and in a private capacity. the top award. With wide, exciting The winning pie was made by baker Shane experiences, Mr Williams has Kearns and beat out a record 4400 entries from an amazing, first-hand more than 380 bakeries across the nation. knowledge of the present It was a family effort — Mr Kearns’ wife turmoil in Middle Eastern Kathy designed the filling. countries. She says the inspiration came to her in the Everyone is welcome, for middle of the night. more information see today’s ‘‘I woke up and thought ‘right — port wine Public Notices. and plum’, so I woke Shane and told him, and he said, ‘Yes, plus apple.’’ Super singing The Kearns won $7500 and the coveted Te Awamutu Lyceum Club Supreme Piemaker Trophy, as well as $1000 for is hosting the annual Choir being the Gold Award section winners. Festival for Waikato, Bay of WINTER DESSERT Plenty and King Country choirs Mrs Kearns says she designed the pie as a next week. winter dessert. Individual choirs will perform ‘‘We moved here eight months ago from Hawkes Bay and it is cold in the Waikato. in the Te Awamutu Bible ‘‘Our pie was inspired by winter. It also Chapel followed by a massed contains cinnamon, orange zest, vanilla paste choir performance. and a lot of orange juice. Guest artist is Beatrice ‘‘I kept tasting and refining it as you can’t Hofer of Otorohanga. have the port wine too strong.’’ Members of the public are The Kearns are part of a baking dynasty. welcome to attend the festival Her parents John and Linda Atwill own which begins at 12.30pm on Wairoa’s Osler’s Bakery and were Supreme Pie Tuesday (August 2). Award winners in 2002. Mrs Kearns two brothers are also part of the Wairoa bakery. Photos to view The Atwills plan to move to Te Awamutu to Te Awamutu Courier join the Kearns’ two bakery operation in Te currently has photographs of Awamutu and Kihikihi. the recent Te Awamutu The Kearns produce about 300 pies a day, College Ball and the Te including 18 different varieties. Awamutu Gwynne Shield team They have a loyal clientele of dairy farmers, in action on display. plumbers, electricians ‘‘plus average Mums Photographs of the Gwynne and Dads.’’ Shield finals at Cambridge are The Bakels New Zealand Supreme Pie Awards are the country’s most high profile and in the front window, while Ball popular food contest. photos are inside the main Judges spent a mammoth day last Thursday office. judging the pies which are blind coded in 11 Orders can be taken at the categories: mince and gravy; steak, vegetables counter. and gravy; steak and cheese; chicken and vegetables; gourmet meat; vegetarian; bacon Beauty Queen and egg; mince and cheese; gourmet fruit; seafood and commercial wholesale. in 1994, not ‘04 PASSIONATE ABOUT PIES New Zealand Herald Photograph — Steven McNicholl Kiriana Clarke was our Miss Chief Judge Grant Wilson, who is owner and VIANDS owners Shane and Kathy Kearns with their New Zealand Supreme Pie Awards winning Rosetown in 1994 — not 2004 managing director of Maketu Pies, in the Bay of fruity port, plum and apple pie. as incorrectly stated in the Plenty, said the standards were way up on last caption in Tuesday’s edition. year. ‘‘They keep pies at the forefront. The Pie ‘‘The flavours of plum and port wine did not She is still winning on the Mr Wilson has been making pies for 29 years Awards are a good Kiwi icon and I just think overpower each other.’’ stage, this time in body and says Kiwis are passionate about pies. bakers are trying to give people better and Bakels NZ CEO and Pie Awards Judge building, recently taking out the ‘‘I think they are convenient and a good better pies.’’ Duncan Loney says he was delighted with the senior figure 35-plus title at the quality pie is a good snack or meal, especially if Fellow Judge James Buckrell, of BJs Bakery calibre of entries in this year’s awards. He also NABBA Waikato Bodybuilding you are active. It’s just a real Kiwi thing.’’ chain in Hastings, said the Kearns’ Gourmet says the overall pie market remains buoyant, Championships in Hamilton. Mr Wilson believes the Bakels New Zealand Fruit pie was a real stand out. with Kiwis chomping their way through 75 Supreme Pie Awards have been a great boost ‘‘It was a perfect looking pie in the way it million pies a year and the market worth in for the industry. was hand crafted. excess of $140 million per annum. 8207392AA 2 TE AWAMUTU COURIER, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 2011 YOUR LETTERS Waipa District can afford to move forward Te Awamutu Elitism. This word has appeared quite Grey Power and the like to float their ideas As a past leader of Grey Power, I have Courier frequently in recent attacks on the of zero deviation by Council for their so- always maintained that we have no politi- proposed velodrome at St Peters near called essentials of sewage, water and pot- cal identity, include all shades of opinion Cambridge. holes. and are only a lobby group who represent CONTACTS My attempt in this letter is to suggest In these days when most things are the interest of the elderly in discussion that most sport and many other activities ‘made in China’, the aesthetics such as with the powers that be. We have to watch MANAGER are essentially elitist. music, art, history, the written word are the pennies these days as costs escalate, but Most citizens in Waipa are proud of its just as important as sport and often require $5 a year will not break the bank when Alan Price reputation as the ‘Home of Champions’ and community support as well as providing many of us can attract a $500 per annum e: [email protected] follow the performance of the elite in alternative directions for our young people rebate on our rates. Magic, the Chiefs when they do well, and today. The Council in Waipa has managed EDITOR recently the world’s best rowers at Kara- I must admit that an early meeting of rates well and my rates in the same house piro. The cyclist Sarah Ulmer certainly Grey Power in Te Awamutu, was almost for 20 years show a 110% increase over that Grant Johnston qualifies to include cycling in this list. unanimous in its opposition to the proposal interval, roughly the same as inflation. e: [email protected] Those same citizens are often no more for a major contribution by Waipa of $3M Many of us have supported Queen than spectators at one of the expensive plus to a project apparently at an elite Carnivals in the past, raising funds for venues within easy reach or even more private school near Cambridge. No-one at community enterprises and were sad to see REPORTERS commonly couch potatoes in front of the that stage had heard either Rob Waddell’s a similar attack on the ‘museum’ project Colin Thorsen box. later presentation or the Waipa Council’s and the dumping of two councillors who e: [email protected] It has been all too easy for the self- proposal of $1M conditional support. (For showed enterprise and leadership for a interested politician to pick up the ticket of the uninformed there is friendly rivalry bunch who have yet to shine. Dean Taylor rates control and approach meetings of between Cambridge and Te Awamutu.) PAUL HOBBS e: [email protected] Cathy Asplin e: [email protected] Water a priority We’re not alright, Jack ADVERTISING I agree with Jenny Cotterell’s letter regarding In a recent letter regarding the insurers will hurriedly rewrite poli- Dorinda Courtney our water restrictions every summer. imprudence of local bodies in com- cies so that earthquake risk and e: [email protected] I am a keen gardener and I am also employed in mitting ratepayer funds to non- associated events, fires tsunamis, the garden industry. essential projects, I referred to the volcanic eruptions, will be excluded Janet Uttinger Every spring people are excited and very much possibility that taxpayers and rate- from cover, or will only be covered by e: [email protected] looking forward to being able to get outside and payers throughout the country may hugely expensive policies. Bookings back into their gardens. eventually become liable to meet the Idonotknowwhatsortof [email protected] In recent years there has been a huge increase cost of any further earthquakes or rampantly illogical optimism causes in the number of young families keen to grow their natural disasters in Canterbury in Waipa councillors to believe that we CLASSIFIEDS own fruit and vegetables.