Te Awamutu CARINGC FOR YOUR SAFETY Autorobot 24 Hour Salvage Ph (07) 871-5069 CouPublished Tuesday & Thursdayurier THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2015 Bond Road, Te Awamutu, P.O. Box 437 Fax (07) 871-4069 A/H (07) 871-6352 Community Newspaper of the Year | APN Regional Media Awards 2014 EXTRA COPIES 40c Email: [email protected] Pokuru Fun Awards to honour Family Night Pokuru Rural Women have teamed with Kihikihi Lions and Pokuru School for a Fun Family Night at the school and hall tomorrow. long-serving staff Fun and laughter, games and activities for children and adults, guest speaker Christine By DEAN TAYLOR Hall and free food (BYO beverage) are on the agenda. Three new cups were presented Mix and mingle with this year which honour current, or neighbours, friends and recent long-serving Te Awamutu families of the district. College staff. The Keith Millar Cup Contact 870 1287 or 871 was inaugurated to honour the 2813 for information. former teacher and principal who passed away this year. Insights into Recipients of the Bruce Taylor Cup, Han Bergman Cup and Cath ancient Rome Parr Cup had their awards pre- Te Awamutu Continuing sented by the teachers after whom Education speaker next the awards are named, the Wednesday at the Waipa announcements a surprise to them Workeingmen’s Club at 10am as much as the students. The week is Professor Robert Bruce Taylor Cup was presented to Hannah. Clare Croad for topping Year 12 He will speak about the use geography. of modern technology to give Mr Taylor started teaching at Te Awamutu College in 1974 and is greater insight into the described by senior staff as an mysteries of ancient Roman outstanding teacher and colleague structures. after 42 years. The Han Bergman TC121115DT0 Everyone is welcome — Cup went to first in History Sean INAUGURAL Cup recipients, bestowed in honour of long-serving staff, are (from left) Kasandra Hart- see classified advertisement for Georgeson. Kaumoana, with Cath Parr (Cath Parr Cup for English), Sean Georgeson with Han Bergman (Han details. Mr Bergman, a history teacher Bergman Cup for History) and Clare Croad with Bruce Taylor (Bruce Taylor Cup for Geography). and head of department, retired Elephant man from the College in 2012 after 41 Kaumoana for topping Year 13 current Deputy Principal. Awamutu College in the 1960s, and years and is remembered as the English. Mrs Parr is close to The Keith Millar Cup was pre- then a wonderful Principal from guest speaker mainstay of the History as a completing 31 years of English sented to Connor Stephens for 1976-1996. Tony Radcliffe — The teacher and head of department. teaching at Te Awamutu College. Excellence in Level 2 Sciences. The ■ More Te Awamutu College Elephant Man — is guest The Cath Parr Cup was pre- For 16 years she was assistant cup is further recognition of a fine Senior Prizegiving results are speaker at Grey Power next sented to Kasandra Hart- head of department and she is a science and physics teacher at Te on pages 3, 5, 6 and 7. Thursday. The meeting is at Waipa Workingmen’s Club at 1.30pm STUDENT AWARDS and everyone is welcome to attend — see classified Scholarships, Service and Major School Kia Kaha Trophy for Academic Excellence, Waipa District Council Service to the advertisement for details. Awards Top Ma¯ori Student in Year 12 — Joshua Community Award and Te Awamutu Ma- Waipa Networks Tertiary Study Scholar- Coffin; The Poot Cup for Academic Excel- sonic Lodge's Trophy for Excellent Contri- ship (Engineering) — Andrea Foster; Te lence, Top Year 12 Student — Tyra Todd; bution to the School — Renee Kemp. Awamutu Business and Professional General Excellence Cup Year 12, Trebilco Renee has been a compassionate, compet- Women Elsie Russell Study Award — Holly Cup — Morgan Karl; Nga Kete o Te Wa¯nanga ent and reliable chairperson of the Service Emmett; Te Awamutu College Rogers Chari- Trophy, Top Academic Ma¯ori Student in Committee which selected three humanitar- table Trust Tertiary Scholarship (Dairy Year 13 — Kasandra Hart-Kaumoana. ian and charitable causes for the 2015 Mufti Industry) — Emma Yarndley; David John- Te Awamutu Business and Professional Days: Autism Awareness, Mitochrondrial stone Charitable Trust Scholarship for the Women Trophy for Initiative and Enterprise Disease and Paralympians on the Road to 2016 Academic Year — Dana Pritchard; — Molly Hale. Rio, raising not only funds but also aware- University of Otago Leaders of Tomorrow Molly has been an enthusiastic, com- ness. She organised the school’s partici- Scholarship — Katie Foulkes; Top Interna- passionate and reliable Chairperson of the pation in several high profile fundraising tional Student Award — Mitsuki Tanida; 2015 SADD committee — a leader and active events, served on several other committees Manaia Cup for Academic Excellence, Top team member. As well as SADD week and was Rowing Squad Captain and be a Ma¯ori Student in Year 11 — Te Aroha activities, this year’s group was the first to member of the Netball Premier team. Rapana; Bouma Trophy for Academic Excel- compile and distribute a ‘Ball Pack’ with lence: Top Year 11 Student — Gina Butler; helpful post-ball items. ■ Continued Page 3 FREE MILK What is REALLY in COOLING your tap water? 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Circulated free to 13,968 homes through Te Awamutu letter with a call to respect his testimony. euthanasia, while often That is not the same as the private life choices of He specifically mentioned disguised as humanitarian con- medical professionals causing and surrounding districts. some, presumably because he that euthanasia due to psychi- cern, are in fact attempts to the death. CIRCULATION 13,968* (7059 urban, 6909 rural) believes allowing the choice atric illnesses or dementia maintain mainstream religious It is true that by not of euthanasia will not impact were now sharply on the rise, principles, or in fact impose delivering the appropriate level We welcome letters - preferably via email. They on others. and how doctors come under those principles upon a largely of medication at the right time, should be under 300 words and must have the Yet the evidence overseas intense pressure to comply sectarian society who, even if doctors and medical staff can sender’s name, address and phone number. No where euthanasia has been with euthanasia requests they believed in the God of the prolong the dying process by pseudonyms are accepted and names will only be legalised shows that it from patients as well as rela- Scriptures, could not imagine a agonising hours or days. withheld in special circumstances at the discretion snowballs to affect other tives. God who would want unneces- I have spoken candidly to of the editor. Letters are not usually acknowledged types of illness and age His plea to those consider- sary suffering as a sort of ‘rite of several doctors and have wit- and may be edited, abridged or discarded. groups, which was the point I ing legalising euthanasia and passage’ to gain heaven. nessed different terminal MANAGER was making in my first letter. assisted suicide is: “At the During my various deaths, even within my close Alan Price Even a former supporter of very least, wait for an honest occupations as a police mem- family. [email protected] the Netherlands introducing and intellectually satisfying ber, hospital orderly etc, I have Terminal patients need to be euthanasia, Professor Theo analysis of the reasons be- many times had it confirmed reassured that if for any reason, EDITORIAL Boer, who as a member of a hind the explosive increase in that some doctors will adminis- normally religious grounds, a Dean Taylor (editor) euthanasia review committee the numbers. Is it because the ter palliative pain-killing doctor will not undertake to [email protected] there has overseen almost law should have had better opiates in terminal cases, to administer the appropriate Cathy Asplin (journalist) 4000 cases, admitted to the UK safeguards? Or is it because keep the patient as pain free as medications to make the death [email protected] House of Lords he had been the mere existence of such a possible, even while knowing as painless as possible, the Colin Thorsen (journalist) “wrong — terribly wrong, to law is an invitation to see that the levels of the drugs medical facility must contract [email protected] have believed regulated eu- assisted suicide and eutha- required to maintain freedom to provide a doctor prepared to thanasia would work”. nasia as a normality instead from pain will eventually slow do so on the grounds of human- ADVERTISING Dorinda Williams He said assisted deaths of a last resort? Before those and stop heart function. ity. [email protected] have increased by about 15 questions are answered, don’t Thus the death will be be- DENNIS PENNEFATHER per cent every year since 2008 go there.