Te Awamutu CARINGC FOR YOUR SAFETY Autorobot 24 Hour Salvage Ph (07) 871-5069 CouPublished Tuesday & Thursdayurier THURSDAY, JULY 27, 2017 Bond Road, Te Awamutu, P.O. Box 437 A/H 021 503 404 Your community newspaper for over 100 years EXTRA COPIES 40c Email: [email protected] Top holiday DEAD MAN NAMED programmes School holiday programmes are a great way to expose children to a variety of activities and the Sport Waikato Holiday Programme did just that. The programme was a The man who died on the roaring success in Te Awamutu footpath in North Street on and Cambridge. It was full for Sunday evening has been the two days that it ran during named. He is 35-year-old local the second week of the man Anthony Robert holidays. Hallmond. The 60 children who Police say an altercation attended the programme got to occurred at around 6.45pm sample some great sport on Sunday outside 51 North tasters — bowls, volleyball, St, prior to Mr Hallmond’s badminton and get set go (a death. combination of athletics and They are treating the ball skills). death as homicide. If you or your family Family arrived to find members are interested in medics trying to revive the sport options in the Waipa area, victim. contact Rebecca Foy Shortly afterwards a [email protected] or crime scene was established visit http://tinyurl.com/y8otxa9f and residents of the North St home were evacuated and scene guards put in place. Glorious food Forensic teams were at Food plays a vast part in the scene Monday — everyone’s life. Judy including detectives, ESR Macdonald is well qualified to and photography. give information about food as The post mortem and she was formerly a lecturer on scene examination were the subject at the University of both completed yesterday. Waikato, and has researched Anyone who witnessed many aspects of cross-cultural the altercation or anyone food. with information in relation She has had a versified to Mr Hallmond’s death is career, including driving buses, asked to contact Te and being employed by the Awamutu Police on 07 872 Auckland City Council as an 0100. Information can also analyst and will be talking to the be shared anonymously via CrimeStoppers on 0800 555 Te Awamutu Continuing 111. Education Group next Wednesday. All welcome. Debating clarification The Debating Chamber is being held at the Te Awamutu Little Theatre on Friday, July 28 at 7pm. Tomorrow’s event will see MAIN PHOTO: FLOWERS stand where 35-year-old adults, not teenagers, debating. local man Anthony Robert Hallmond died. The debate will be between Te Awamutu and Cambridge. CRIME scene, left, being established on Sunday night The moot is “This house following the death of Anthony Hallmond. would halt the development of artificial intelligence”. Donations at the door. BONUS! You’ll also go BUY ONE WIN ONE in Fujitsu draw to win back Only with SureCool and Fujitsu your install cost Ridiculously 0800 772 887 Fairview Te Awamutu Good Odds Offer ends August 31st 100 Roche St, Te Awamutu ☎ 07 870 2455 6 Main North Rd, Otorohanga Tiny T’s & C’s 10 Albert St, Cambridge Check out www.pratts.co.nz/specialoffers 2 Te Awamutu Courier Thursday, July 27, 2017 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CourierTe Awamutu Community Newspaper of the Year 2014 Theatre’s home not in the right place Your community newspaper for over 100 years. I can’t say I agree with the assertion three sides by roads and hence extremely As both a performer and an audience Circulated free to 14,055 homes through Te Awamutu that Waikato thespians will be delighted accessible, with tons of parking and member I’m keen to have a new regional to know there is a home for the Waikato already Council-owned. theatre, but not at the expense of the and surrounding districts. regional theatre, if the intended home is Perhaps, if the Founders site were aesthetics of our few remaining historical CIRCULATION 14,055* (7136 urban, 6919 rural) the Hamilton Hotel. It seems to me to be a levelled beforehand, then underground buildings. rather silly choice of location. parking could also be provided. That I’m not sure why the originators of this We welcome letters - preferably via email. They Access is likely to be a huge problem. would benefit both Seddon Park and proposal think it’s so vital to have the new should be under 300 words and must have the Especially for large trucks attempting to Waikato Stadium. theatre squeezed in among the existing sender’s name, address and phone number. No deliver equipment/instruments etc, and I also believe that cramming a plain cafes and bars. pseudonyms are accepted and names will only be also for theatre goers, as that part of large box-like structure alongside the If there’s a genuine demand for cafes withheld in special circumstances at the discretion Hamilton is infamous for parking diffi- Hamilton Hotel will significantly com- and bars near a theatre, then they will of the editor. Letters are not usually acknowledged culties. promise the look and feel of that historical pretty soon spring up nearby, irrespective and may be edited, abridged or discarded. The Founders site would be far better building by reducing its sense of gran- of where that theatre is. for the new theatre, being bounded on all deur. GRAEME CAIRNS SALES MANAGER Belinda Wolland [email protected] Time to look closely Design job is just too simple EDITORIAL at ethics of parties So the Waipa District Council has same shape in lower case and Dean Taylor (editor) authorised (and paid for) some wise capitals. [email protected] person (not from our own district) to But hey, no one in the Waipa DC Colin Thorsen (journalist) It is only right that locals in this area are starting to design the letter “C”. knows how simple that can be so lets [email protected] look seriously at the conservation and anti-pollution By god thinks me. Do my glasses pay $9000 for someone to do it. Bethany Rolston (journalist) ethics of parties seeking their votes in the upcoming need cleaning or is my imagination As a Waipa DC ratepayer I hope [email protected] election. playing tricks on me? another $9000 isn’t going to be forked National seems to have given up all pretence at After A then B, “C” was the next out for a “T” for Te Awamutu? ADVERTISING having any ethic other than breaking our conservation letter I remember being hammered If so please give the task to the areas up to provide more land for farming, and into me as a (reluctant) learner. students in some of Te Awamutu’s [email protected] encouraging overseas interests to ‘Come on over and So simple — one easy crescent primary schools — you know the buy huge blocks of Kiwi land . it’s all up for sale. If you shaped half circle, no straight lines, brighter kids who may be employed CLASSIFIEDS are rich enough we will give you citizenship to boot.’ no complicated combinations of in the Waipa DC in the future? Tania Cortesi-Western, When the Environment Court found the law does not straight lines and half circles, the VAUGHAN THOMAS Alanah Harvey, Tania King allow ‘swapping’ of existing farmland for nearby [email protected] Department of Conservation land in Central Hawke’s Bay, so that existing farmland can be submerged by the proposed Ruataniwha Irrigation Project, this National DELIVERY QUERIES 0800 111 200 Government then threatened to change the law to allow Easter trading update POSTAL ADDRESS the swap. 97 Sloane Street, PO Box 1, Te Awamutu 3840 If they do and the land-swap goes ahead it will set a terrible precedence which cannot repair the damage to More than 300 people have coming via the Council’s OFFICE HOURS our rivers and pristine land areas, without capping already had their say on website, www.waipadc.govt.nz/ Monday - Thursday 8am - 5pm, Fri 8am - 4.30pm farmed land at its present level or considerably reducing whether or not shops in Waipa haveyoursay. PHONE 07 871 5151 farming area by pulling back boundaries of farms which should be able to open on Easter Submissions on this issue encroach on river flats etc. Sunday. close on August 14 with National is putting up the ‘For Sale’ sign on every So far, 62 per cent have said Councillors making a final ISSN 1170-1099 (Print) ISSN 2253-4075 (Online) part of our once, clean and green Kiwi paradise. no with most submissions decision in October. *Circulation Source: Audited Bureau of Circulation, 1 YE Dec 2012 DENNIS PENNEFATHER Thursday, July 27, 2017 Te Awamutu Courier 3 Coffee and Disneyland TC270717BR06 Do you have a NZME staff from left, brand engagement co-ordinator Tegan Symons, classified consultant Alanah Harvey, journalist Bethany Rolston and promotion staff Robyn Tuck. sore or red eye? Te Awamutu Courier staff were holiday to Disneyland in Los your Disney Cue to Call and be the We have the expertise and equipment amongst the many who enjoyed free Angeles. lucky caller to take part in the coffee put on by NZME and The Hits The prize consists of return Disney quiz. to help, phone for a short appointment Waikato partners yesterday. airfares, five nights’ accommo- You must answer three The coffee cart rolled up to the Te dation, one-day pass to Disneyland questions correctly to get one entry Awamutu i-Site from midday to Park and shopping packages for two in the grand prize draw.