Mystery solved..? See page 3 for more ISSUE 447 • 22 June 2021 • Phone 07 888 4489 • Email: [email protected] • www.sceneonline.co.nz • PRICELESS Stuff with Caron... ell hello and welcome to this week! It’s been a bit mad to began, followed by lunch, speakers, Wbe honest and one of those where I wasn’t sure whether I award presentations and an was Arthur or Martha. Anyway, with the week done and another open floor session which was print deadline having just whooshed by, I’m fairly confident I’m informative an interesting. back into some sort of semblance and ready to hit the next one We both enjoyed the little field head on! trip and even made the front One of the biggest adjustments this week has been getting page of that day’s newspaper our head around our beautiful Michelle leaving. As most of you - if you get out your magnifying are aware, she started with Scene the same time as Milly when, glass, you might just see Milly and after 14 years, I made the decision to publish weekly instead of I bottom centre either side of the fortnightly. At that point I didnt know Michelle but boy, after two Beacon’s editor Neryda McNab - who and a half years of working together, the three of us have built an incidentally, was my childhood bestie! amazing work relationship, forever friendship and, I like to think, Who would have thought we’d end an all-round pretty efficient and cool team! up in the same industry doing almost As some of you will know, prior to starting at Scene, Michelle the same job! Anyhoo, for me, one of the worked at LJ Hooker in an administrative role supporting the most inspiring speakers was an ‘old school’ agents with all that stuff that happens after a house has been professional in the media industry by the COVID VACCINATION listed or viewed. Even after resigning her position to join Scene name of Mike Fletcher. He talked about what SERVICE however, Michelle continued working for Corina Collins on a makes a community paper the best it can be and the fact Tuesday as her right hand (wo)man. The fact that the industry that without the engagement of its people, it simply becomes the Planning is underway for a local COVID vaccination service for is somewhat of a passion for Michelle was never a secret, and it liner on the litter tray ! I like to think that we work extremely enrolled paitents of Matamata was recently that she completed her Licensed Real Estate Agent hard each week to provide this in the production of Scene and Medical Centre. registration. It made complete sense after this, to join Corina and, obviously, being completely personally owned and operated, as a ‘two for one” team, I have absolutely no doubt the girls will have the scope and the ability to take onboard your feedback, This service will be available late July. More information will be available in soar to fabulous new heights together. Obviously Milly and I will ideas or suggestions. You are always welcome to hit us up if you coming weeks. miss her tremendously - especially given she was the one who have any further comment there. kept us in line with her methodical, sensible, caring and beautiful Well, after a two hour drive home - and catching the horrendous nature. I wish Michelle every success and, as Matamata’s newest Tauranga traffic (I will never complain at having to give way at real estate agent, totally encourage you to give her a yodle if the Arawa Street/Broadway roundabout again...), it was back to you are looking, thinking or committing to buying, selling or the office to trawl through the messages left with my son Reegan appraising your home. who manned the office for the day. He doesn’t look too flash in a So after powering into last week’s Welcome to Matamata issue skirt but let’s hope if you popped in, that he had you sorted! (which I hope you really enjoyed), Milly and I had just three days So on Saturday, it rained, rained and rained some more to put today’s paper together given we were off to Whakatane on but it didn’t stop a couple of hundred kids get out to Firth Friday. Thanks to Chair, David McKenzie who some of you might Tower and have an absolute ball! TV2’s What Now crew were be familiar with as the publisher of both the Cambridge News and filming segments of the show live and, with eight different Te Awamutu News, we had the opportunity to meet and get to activities streamed, local kids were slimed, foamed, challenged, Jewellersknow other independant publishers from around the country at interviewed and celebrated. It was an awesome morning and the New Zealand Community Newspapers Association’s annual although I didnt get names I’m sorry, there are some highlights Engraversconference. It was hosted at Beacon Media Group and after on page 10. Well that’s about me so until next time, be good, be includinggrabbing a coffee, animal a tour tags of their new printing press and facilities kind and be careful and I’ll see you round like a puddle. 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Now, infrastructure is required from many in the community to address While the flooding may seem extreme, to cater for 100-year-storms, which unlike the plane trees in Meura Street, and while MPDC Group Manager Business Support their name, don’t happen every 100 years, their leaf fall and roots may have a role to Manaia Te Wiata says with the current but anytime and are more severe. play with ponding elsewhere in the street, infrastructure, flooding in wet weather “Using streets in a way for water to removing them won’t provide the total Wholesale prices too! events is to be expected. pond in a predictable manner during solution. The curbing and street formation “The challenge is, Matamata is flat, and heavy rainfall that doesn’t cause flooding would also have to changed. PHOTO PRODUCTS CREATED IN STORE to provide for no ponding at all times, in to houses or properties, is an alternative Within the coming months, Council will all circumstances is not realistic. This to laying hugely expensive pipes. The be presented with some options and costs isn’t an excuse for it to remain that way positive thing about the flooding on for Meura Street and the flooding where it – we know there is an issue that needs to some areas on Broadway is that usually intersects with Broadway, and will outline be addressed. The stormwater pipes in within an hour of the rain event stopping, what improvements can be made. Canvas Collage all our towns are not designed to drain the water is draining away. This means “We need to explore all our options From Design from the excessive amounts of rainfall from underground services are still doing their to see what will cause the least impact $59 $30 the kinds of storms we have been often job but just can’t keep up while the heavy financially for our ratepayers with the Let us save, re-new experiencing in the last few years.” rain is coming down.” best outcome.” or re-create your He said when the current infrastructure He said adding sinkholes to the area MPDC Communications.