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4 Te Awamutu <strong>Courier</strong> Thursday, October 1, 2015 A TIME TO BE BORN Congratulations on your pregnancy. I offer Personalized Midwifery care for your birthing journey. All places of birth an option- Waipa district. Contact Lisa Davies-Alexander. Mob 0274 088 941 | Text Welcome. This newspaper is subject to NZ Press Council procedures. A complaint must first be directed in writing to the editor’s email address. If not satisfied with the response, the complaint may be referred to the Press Council, P.O. Box 10-879, The Terrace, Wellington 6143. Or use the online complaint form at www.presscouncil.org.nz Please include copies of the article and all correspondence with the publication. Monday, September 21: Police attended a spate of break ins and attempted thefts of cars. Locations: Turere lane, Hillcrest Avenue, Mangapiko Street, Laurie Street, Goodfellow Street, Rewi Street, Kihikihi Road, Totara Street, Swarbrick Drive and Roche Street. Z Energy report theft of fuel. Attend domestic related incident. Tuesday, September 22: Burglaries: Whatauri Road property. Industrial waterblaster stolen. Totara Street property. Tools stolen. Motorist reports wilful damage to vehicle while driving on Hazelmere Crescent. Piece of wood thrown at vehicle. Theft of tyres and rims from the tray of a ute parked on Puniu Road reported. Wilful damage to car windscreen and ranch slider at Gleneagles Drive property reported. Car broken into on Totara Street. Breach of protection order reported. male offender not located. Attend domestic related incident. Wednesday, September 23: Indecent incident Te Awamutu Police ∼ 872 0100 Emergency — all services ∼ 111 Weekly diary reported near Pirongia Golf Course. A young girl getting off the bus was confronted by a man who got out of a blue ute on the side of the road and started masturbating. Attend domestic related incident. Thursday, September 24: Man arrested for assault following a domestic related incident. Car broken into on Rutherford Street. SatNav stolen. Breach of protection order reported. Friday, September 25: Theft of two chainsaws from a Cambridge Road address reported. Offender seen to put chainsaws into a dark blue Audi. Registration obtained and enquiries continuing. Attend three domestic related incidents. Saturday, September 26: Man arrested for breaking into a vehicle. Attend two domestic related incidents. Sunday, September 27: Wilful damage to window and door on Finch Street residence reported. Attend two domestic related incidents. Victim Support ∼ 0800 VICTIM Crimestoppers ∼ 0800 555111 Report shows i-Sites add value i-Sites across the country are adding value to regional economies by improving visitor experiences that in turn increase local spending and generate local benefits, a new report shows. The Economic Impact Analysis of the i-Site Network report states that, across the regions, the average income returned to households for every $1 provided in funding is $5.20, while the average GDP return generated by the i-Sites equates to $8.70 per $1 of public funds invested. Servicing around 7.5 million domestic and international tourists in more than 80 locations around the country, the i-Site network facilitates visitor activity within the regions, which in turn facilitates the purchase of goods and services by visitors to the regions. i-Site New Zealand executive manager Paul Yeo says local i-Sites are able to unlock and facilitate additional expenditure within the region because they link visitors with the ‘things to do’ that they were previously unaware existed. “As a result, i-Sites can make the visitor experience more pleasurable, more convenient and generally ‘richer’ for visitors. “In all regions, most of the economic benefit of the $146.8m GDP generated by the i-Site network is felt in the regions that the i-Sites are promoting and, on average, around two-thirds of the effects stay within the region where the i-Sites operate.” Waipuke work to schedule Waipuke Park is on track to be opened to the public before Christmas. The site, just up river from the Mighty River Domain, is owned by Waipa District Council. The 40-hectare land parcel includes 30 hectares on an upper terrace and 10 hectares on a lower terrace including a beach on the shores of Lake Karapiro. As part of 10-Year Plan deliberations, councillors allocated $417,000 to spend in the first year of the park’s development. The decision followed overwhelmingly positive public feedback about the proposal to set aside the land for public use. It had previously been grazed. Work on the site has been under way for the last few months and has included earthworks to widen and re-contour the accessway to the park, construction of a walkway, fencing, upgrading culverts and installing traffic signs. A landscape architect is now creating a detailed concept plan for the two-hectare portion of the lower terrace to be opened to the public later this year. The architect’s brief includes proposals put forward by the public, including a preference that the site not be overdeveloped but instead focus on passive recreation like swimming and picnicking. Dogs will not be allowed at the park at this stage, but are likely to be catered for in further stages of development. Representatives from local iwi Ngati Koroki Kahukura recently visited the site to consider its history. An archaeologist’s report identified pits on the site plus evidence of modified soils. It is likely signage will be installed at the park to share pre-European stories associated with the area. Kicking Off Super Deals! SPEIGHT’S CIDER with From Monday 28th September - Sunday 11th October. While stocks last! 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Thursday, October 1, 2015 Te Awamutu <strong>Courier</strong> 5 Landscape designer learns a lot in Japan Kim Wood from Growing Spectrum in Kihikihi has just returned home after a two week trip to Japan after being awarded an International Plant Propagator’s Society (IPPS) Exchange Scholarship. “This year was to be last scholarship to Japan so I was extremely lucky to receive it,” said Miss Wood. Every year the IPPS arranges an exchange scholarship with an overseas branch. Having never travelled internationally before, Miss Wood found Japan to be quite a culture shock but she was really impressed with how rural communities worked together and the quality of production resulting from a combination of traditional practice and contemporary innovations. She visited Toyohashi, Okoyama, Nagoya, Maebashi and Tokyo to see how the horticulture industry differs and got to see a tissue culture laboratory, a plant nursery, a number of garden centres and ‘Home Stores’, a viticulture operation, a strawberry farm, a landscape garden company, a timber mill, a cut flower nursery and a plant breeder and seed production company. “As you can imagine, I learned a lot. I hope some of the techniques of Japan’s horticulture industry can be trialled in New Zealand to benefit the quality of our production,” she said. Miss Wood grew up in Cambridge and initially wanted to study ecology at university but instead decided on giving a comprehensive Wintec course on horticulture a go — something she has very much enjoyed. An interest in painting and photography led her to study for a Landscape Design Diploma and while still studying started her own landscape design company, Kowhai Landscape Design in June last year. In October, 2014 Miss Wood competed in the Waikato Home and Garden Show’s New Zealand Landscape Design Awards and picked up a Silver Award and People’s Choice Award — giving her business some TC011015SP05A LANDSCAPE designer Kim Wood of Kihikihi on her exchange to Japan. great exposure. Following her partner, also a student of horticulture, to Kihikihi she picked up a job with Growing Spectrum Nursery which involves plant propagation and plant maintenance. “My role will be growing to take on more responsibility which will include managing our soils laboratory which is currently under construction,” explained Miss Wood. “I currently work around 70 hours per week, juggling my nursery job with my design business and am considering taking on someone to help with the design business,” she said. Miss Wood says that she wants to further her career in the nursery industry at Growing Spectrum. She isn’t sure what is in store for her landscape design business but is hoping to compete for a second time at the Waikato Home and Garden Show in the future. Miss Wood is a recent member of the New Zealand branch of the IPPS and says that it is really good if starting out in the industry — you get to meet industry leaders and make valuable contacts. IPPS is a select group of plant propagators originating out of the USA in 1951 to now encompass more than 2400 members across eight regions. Its motto is ‘To seek and share’ and members are expected to seek and share information with one another by attending meetings, going on tours and placing articles in IPPS publications. In New Zealand members can attend the annual conference and go on field trips and opportunities exist for scholarships to visit other countries as well as financial scholarships to pursue study, undertake relevant research or gain work experience. To be eligible for an IPPS scholarship you must be a member. GARAGESALEARAGESALE Saturday, October 3 9am-12 noon Te Awamutu Club 542 Alexandra Street, Te Awamutu • KITCHEN STUFF • APPLIANCES • CLOTHES • SHOES • BOOKS • TOYS • MAGAZINES • FURNITURE • BITS & BOBS AND MORE PHONE 871 6294 Available now for men and women • Cutting Specialist • Experienced Trained Barber Appointments not necessary Hairplay now offers an extensive men's and women's cutting styling and barber service Cindy Dearing (Hairstylist - Owner) 37 Lyon St, Kihikihi 07 871 6442 Se u re Introducing NOW AT HAIRPLAY From Tues October 6 maniapoto st, otorohanga • 07 873 8640 mhfl td@xtra.co.nz • www.murrayhuntfurnishers.co.nz FREE DELIVERY *Offer valid 21/09/2015 to 18/10/2015. Offer applies to selected beds only. Product ranges vary between stores. Excludes Everyday Dream Prices and clearance stock. Q Card and GE Finance lending criteria, fees, terms & conditions apply.
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