Te Awamutu ALUMINIUM JOINERY GLASS&GLAZING Te Awamutu YourC community newspaper for over 100 years Thursday, July 19, 2018 07 870 2455 Changes to Climb to the top deliveries Te Awamutu Courier readers located in the districts Arborists head to international tree climbing champs of O¯ torohanga and Waikato will observe that they no longer receive a home delivery of Tuesday’s published Waipa¯Post. Waipa¯Post is now only distributed to the 20,000 households of Waipa¯District, reflecting the nature of the news content and advertisements in this publication. Readers can be assured that delivery of the weekly Te Awamutu Courier will continue as usual, and with the focus on Te Awamutu town and surrounding community. If readers from outside of Waipa¯district want to remain in touch with district news, please go to www.communitynews.co.nz to view a digital edition of Waipa¯Post in full page format, which also has features of search, filing, printing, and sharing. This site also hosts a digital edition of Te Awamutu Courier and archives of both newspapers. Time for trees Te Awamutu Fish and Game’s popular tree day is on Sunday, July 22 from 9am. Pirongia arborist Craig Wilson (right) gets in some practise for next month’s International Tree Climbing Championship with fellow The annual event gives competitor Chrissy Spence. Photo / Bethany Rolston farmers, hunters and conservationists the chance BY BETHANY ROLSTON Centre in Hamilton on a job, and the world. The competitors who score to buy trees for enhancement getting some training in while The challenge, held at Frank- the highest in the preliminary projects for wetlands, ponds, Craig Wilson climbs trees for he’s at it. lin Park in Columbus, aims to events compete in the Masters’ streams and woodlots. a living — and for fun, too. Joining him as a contractor is showcase arborists and educate Challenge championship round Next month the Pirongia arborist Chrissy Spence, who the public about professional on Sunday, August 5 for the title The nursery is on Pete and arborist, owner of Wilson Trees will also compete at next month’s tree work. of male and female world cham- Jill Shaw’s property opposite and Landscaping, hopes to be international competition after It features five preliminary pion. the Pa¯terangi Hall and named the best tree-climber in winning it last year. events which simulate work- It’s the second time Craig will school. the world. The other Kiwis taking on the related tasks when pruning and have represented New Zealand. A huge variety of trees will Craig is one of four New challenge in Ohio are arborists caring for trees. He competed in the interna- be for sale — natives, Zealanders who will compete in Stef White and James Kilpatrick. They begin on Friday, August tional finals in Florida in 2015 dogwoods, hazelnuts, crab- the International Tree Climbing The four New Zealanders are 3 and continue the following day. and placed ninth. apples and three varieties of Championship (ITCC) in Ohio. among the 70 male and female The five events are the work This year he’s hoping for a oak. He qualified to enter after tree-climbers representing 20 climb (which includes five better result. Bring suitable bags to winning the New Zealand Tree countries. stations), aerial rescue (using a “It’s certainly nerve-wracking protect trees’ roots during Climbing Championship in Tau- They are some of the best in dummy), throwline (installing going up on the international transportation. ranga last year. the industry who have won the climbing lines), footlock (climb- stage for a second time,” he says. 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People have paying less for their water with metering ity of us for all those previous years? to walk all over this glass and it’s no good 14,045* than they were under the old system. Regarding shared meters, why does for mobility scooters and bikes, for they CIRCULATION 14,045* Surely they should wait for a full council not charge these people like can get flat tyres with this damn glass! No- 12-month period to pass before making amounts of dwellings in similar situa- one seems to care about it or clean it up such a claim. tions? and it is left there for days and weeks. 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