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HamiltonPress Wednesday, August 14, 2019 HAMILTON’S NO. 1 COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
2 HAMILTON PRESS, AUGUST 14, 2019 neighbourly.co.nz
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Eliot Jessep is
an entrepreneur
on the rise - at
just 24 he has
his own
successful
business.
TOM LEE/STUFF
Eliot Jessep the Game King
JO LINES-MACKENZIE Morality. Shortly before he left school ‘‘I started with Cards Against business was on the rise but tired
The rich lister hopeful started aged 16 in 2012, his mother died in Humanity and flicking them off of the Trade Me fees, he made a
As a teenager Eliot Jessep was business young. While boarding a head-on car crash north of Tı̄rau on Trade Me. At the time I was basic website which produced a
orphaned when his mother died at St Peter’s High School in Cam- in 2011. doing maybe one to three units a few hundred transactions in its
suddenly, and he dropped out of bridge he launched a fizzy drink ‘‘That rocked me pretty hard day, packing them up in my flat.’’ first few days.
school without any qualifications black market with expired cans of as I just lived with my her, no Then he began selling com- Success continued so the
not long after. energy drinks he bought from brothers, sisters or dad. I was in a mercial and residential property website was rebuilt and named
Now, the 24-year-old Hamilton Reduced to Clear at weekends. pretty dark place.’’ for developer Andrew Yeoman. Game Kings.
entrepreneur’s company is on ‘‘I would... sell them for $3.50 a Jessep moved in with his god- He calculates he sold 31 homes, He took the product offering
track to make $1 million in board can so I was making three bucks a mother, businesswoman Jan worth a total $15 million, in one up to about 50 and it’s been grow-
game sales thanks to the success can, and there are 1000 people at Sosinko, and he began interning year. ing about 150 per cent year-on-
of his business Game Kings. St Peter’s – and nowhere else you at MediaWorks. Not one to stay idle he started year since.
The online board game distri- could get energy drinks.’’ At 19 he started importing and a costume importing business This year it’s expected to bring
bution store produces its own He would sell three or four selling goods from China and with Sosinko, which they sold two in $1m worth of sales.
games including Māori card game trays a day, so fast he would get quickly he realised party games and a half years later.
Tākaro a te reo, and Kiwis Versus his mum to deliver more. were an untapped market. Meanwhile, Jessep’s game CONTINUED Page 5
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Tūı̄ numbers flourish in Hamilton Quick
contact
GERALD PIDDOCK that sit on the nest, incubating 07 849 9666
eggs and they are vulnerable to news@waikatotimes.co.nz
Tūı̄ are taking over Hamilton with predators raiding the nest.
a 25-fold increase in counts of the There have been Recent sightings of the New
native bird since 2004. more sightings of Zealand falcon (kārearea) and CONTACT US
The lift is largely due to the bellbirds in Hamilton kaka (forest parrot) by members of
Waikato Regional Council’s Hamil- in the past few years. the public suggest these two native ADDRESS: 500 Anglesea St,
ton Halo project which was based birds may also becoming more reg- Hamilton
around controlling rat and possum ular visitors to the city in the near
numbers in forestry remnants future, Thomas said. NEWS: 07 849 9666,
within a 20 kilometre radius of the It was also important to news@waikatotimes.co.nz
city boundary within the known improve the urban habitat for
dispersal range of tui. native birds. Tree fuchsia, puriri, ADVERTISING:
Waikato Regional Council kohekohe, hinau and fivefinger Print: Lenora Rillstone. lenora.
biodiversity officer Andrew have been identified as key native rillstone@stuff.co.nz, 027 505 2944.
Thomas said tūı̄ are now the third food plants for tūı̄, bellbird and Hash Janjua, hash.janjua@stuff.co.nz,
most common native bird in Ham- kererū, he said. 027 505 2944
ilton City green areas (parkland ‘‘Further planting of these trees
and vegetated gullies) behind fan in Hamilton gullies and backyards Online: Jodie Snooks,
tail and the grey warbler and are will provide a reliable food supply j.snooks@stuff.co.nz, 027 602 2764
now commonly seen by for these birds throughout the
Hamiltonians. year.’’ CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING:
‘‘They are now breeding within The council also reviewed the 0800 835 323 or 849 6080,
the City boundary, with the project as it was 10 years old and waikatoclassifieds@stuff.co.nz.
numbers present in winter being sought advice from Maanaki Whe-
only a little greater than in early is marked accordingly. pest control programme as tūı̄. nua Landcare Research about FAMILY NOTICES:
summer. Population numbers In 2004, tūı̄ were heard at three Thomas said they were unsure future objectives. From that Email familynotices@stuff.co.nz or
seem to have recently levelled off sites, peaking in 2016 with 75 and why this was the case. review, the Council decided to con- call 0800 287 322.
or even dropped somewhat. falling in 2018 with 45 tui heard. ‘‘This could be as a result of centrate on consolidating the gains
‘‘We don’t know why this is the Over the past two years, the their populations being very low to made with tui and attempting to POSTAL ADDRESS:
case, although it may be because council has also recorded sightings begin with and taking longer to improve the situation for bellbird Hamilton Press, Private Bag 3086,
the Hamilton tūı̄ are becoming of bellbirds (korimako) and kererū recover or it is possible that the and kereru. Waikato Mail Centre, Hamilton 3240.
more of a resident population and (New Zealand pigeons) in biennial pest control regime used for Ham- Reports of birds within Hamil-
predator control within the city is bird surveys undertaken by ilton Halo is not as effective for ton had decreased as people MISSED DELIVERY
not as comprehensive during Maanaki Whenua Landcare bellbirds and kererū as it is for tūı̄. became more accustomed to seeing Log a missed delivery on the
breeding seasons as it is out in the Research. It is possible that there is a gender tūı̄. website: fixmydelivery.co.nz or call
Halo bush blocks. It is too early to ‘‘We are hoping that this means imbalance in the bellbird popu- ‘‘We still get reports of more 0800 339 000.
tell if this is a trend or merely a their numbers are rising enough lation. unusual species. A bellbird has
‘blip’.’’ for them to show up in the sam- Adult bellbirds are small been recorded breeding in NZ MEDIA COUNCIL
Council staff monitor 100 sites pling, but again it is too early to enough to be taken by rats, but Tamahere in 2017 and sightings in This paper adheres to the principles
in Hamilton, which are checked tell if this is a trend or a ‘blip’.’’ females might be being killed by the city have included a female of the New Zealand Media Council.
every two years for the bird’s pres- Bellbirds and kererū had not predators more often than males. seen in Hillcrest in the same year.’’ To find out more or complain visit
ence. If staff hear tūı̄ at the site, it responded as dramatically to the This is because it is only females mediacouncil.org.nz.
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Councillors’ climate ‘fantasy’ Game King
success
Hamilton City councillors’ views because of past threats that cli-
on climate change have been mate change would cause the FROM Page 3
slammed by Victoria University world to end.
climate scientist James Renwick, ‘‘Scientists have been saying To cope with the demand Jessep
who called them ‘‘complete rub- essentially the same thing for 40 brought in friend and flatmate
bish’’. years and more. What has been Ben Hawken.
Councillors Garry Mallett, said in the past is turning out to be It also allows Jessep to do
James Casson, Leo Tooman and accurate. Temperatures have another job he loves – being a
Ryan Hamilton voted against a risen in line with model results lighting designer for concerts
motion for the need for council to from the 1980s and climate change and events.
urgently consider climate change is progressing in line with our He’s just finished a two-
issues at a meeting on August 8. understanding of the science. month tour of Australia and New
Two of the four councillors, ‘‘If anything, the climate is Zealand with local musical duo
Mallet and Casson said during the changing faster than predicted. Broods.
debate they did not believe in We are already seeing unpre- In November Jessep and
man-made climate change. cedented heatwaves, fires, floods, Hawken developed their own
Tooman objected to the use of Victoria University climate scientist Victoria University climate scientist ice melt and sea level rise.’’ game Kiwis Against Morality.
the word ‘‘emergency’’, while James Renwick said the Hamilton James Renwick was scathing of He said Cr Tooman’s claim that Through crowdfunding
Hamilton claimed the amendment City councillors had climate change councillor James Casson’s views on sea levels were 140 metres higher website Kickstarter they raised
and motion were ‘‘tainted by views that had been debunked time climate change. TOM LEE/STUFF
125,000 years ago was wrong. just under $43,000.
and time again. VUW
media, scaremongering and ‘‘There isn’t enough ice on the On December 22 they were
electioneering’’ and had ‘‘less sub- concentrations, and we know for Earth to raise sea levels 140m contacted by Cards Against
stance than a cow’s fart’’. mate change were shaped by sci- sure this is occurring because of above the present. We could get Humanity’s lawyers who wanted
It was passed by a 9-4 vote. It ence, citing work by the National human activity. This has been half way (70m) if all of the Antarc- them to stop production
came after councillors voted Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin- known for many decades. We are tic and Greenland ice sheets instantly and in the New Year
against declaring a climate emerg- istration, IPCC and the NASA driving the change, and we are the melted, which should be cause for they reached an out of court
ency by 8-5. Langley Research Centre. He cited ones who have 100 per cent control major concern as it would drown settlement with the board game
Stuff asked Renwick, a lead a 2013 report written by the latter over stopping it.’’ countless cities and displace giant.
author of parts of the showed that CO2 cooled the atmos- Cr Mallet’s call for a proper billions of people.’’ They had to rename the game
Intergovernmental Panel on Cli- phere because it reflected solar cost benefit analysis into climate Renwick said the use of word Kiwis Versus Morality and
mate Change’s (IPCC) report, to radiation. change and concerns around the emergency to describe climate changed the colours of the pack-
examine the claims made by the Renwick called this ‘‘just fan- cure being worse than the disease change was appropriate, despite aging.
councillors in deciding their vote. tasy’’. ‘‘Carbon dioxide is trans- were incorrect. Renwick cited Cr Tooman’s concerns. ‘‘We agreed to most of their
He said the councillors brought up parent to sunlight, and absorbs Nobel prize winner William The last IPCC report stated terms.’’
‘‘several tired old lines that have infrared radiated by the earth. Nordhaus’ work in creating econ- that global emissions of carbon Jessep had dreams of being on
been debunked over and over That’s how the greenhouse effect omic models around the effects of dioxide need to be halved by 2030, the New Zealand rich list by 21.
again’’. works, to warm the Earth. The climate change. The New Zealand and eliminated by 2050 if global But he still flats with six others
‘‘Given that climate change is speaker has no grasp of the facts.’’ Treasury was actively warming was to be halted. and says he is putting company
the biggest issue facing society While Cr Mallet was correct in investigating the economic issues ‘‘The report states that this growth ahead of personal profits.
today, the biggest issue ever, it his view that the climate had for New Zealand. ‘would require rapid and far- He hopes he can enjoy his hard
would be great if we all under- changed, Renwick challenged his He challenged Cr Mallett’s reaching transitions in energy, work in the near future.
stood the science better so we view that it could not be stopped. claim that volcanic activity could land, urban and infrastructure… ‘‘We are super proud of where
could readily detect bull.... when ‘‘We know for certain that the undo all of New Zealand’s climate unprecedented in terms of scale’ – we’ve got the business to but
we see it.’’ climate is changing today because change mitigations and that I’d call that an emergency situ- we’ve got pretty big ambitions
Cr Casson said his views on cli- of rising greenhouse gas scientists lacked credibility ation.’’ where we want to take it.’’
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Inside a
medicinal Co-founders of
Cannasouth, Mark
Lucas, left, and Nic
Foreman are driven
cannabis farm by the ‘‘high-science’’
involved in medicinal
cannabis.
PHOTOS: DOMINICO
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ELLEN O’DWYER and in June listed on the New Zea-
land Stock Exchange. They have
When a doctor approached Nic now grown their first crop of
Foreman at a conference and told cannabis in their new cultivation
him that a medicinal cannabis facility - poised to harvest it in
product had transformed his life about two weeks’ time.
blighted by irritable bowel syn- ‘‘This is a milestone for the
drome and Crohn’s disease, it con- industry,’’ Lucas said, who knows
firmed he was onto something. other companies are on the same
He reckons it’s a sign that the path but believes Cannasouth are
much-maligned plant has ‘‘some- a few steps ahead.
thing really interesting’’ going on. About 60 plants are being
Foreman, along with Mark grown under lights and fans in the CBD, for instance, may help will recover.
Lucas, is co-founder of Hamilton- undisclosed location, surrounded with epilepsy, and not just for ‘‘When we listed the share
based biopharmaceutical com- by security cameras and sensors. humans. price took a dip, which is unfortu-
pany Cannasouth. Driven by the They are growing a range of ‘‘We have people contacting us nate, we obviously can’t control
‘‘high-end science’’ of the plant, cannabis strains for research all the time with their animals, that.
the company aims to produce top purposes only. Anything they dogs, suffering from epilepsy ‘‘We’re an early company in an
quality cannabis compounds and don’t use will be destroyed. wanting to know when medicinal early sector so you will get some
medicines. THC is the compound within cannabis will be available for their volatility. We obviously want to
With the Medicinal Cannabis cannabis that has the pets.’’ see that price recover so we’re
Scheme set to come into play by psychoactive effect. Some of the It’s the endocannabinoid sys- working as hard as we can to
early 2020, the company is gearing strains Cannasouth are growing tem that Foreman and Lucas find make that happen.’’
up for what they believe will be a have a higher proportion of CBD. so fascinating - endocannabinoids He believes there is a growing
highly-competitive market. ‘‘We want to get away from the being naturally produced demand for medicinal cannabis
Their team of scientists are thinking this is about smoking substances in humans and Lucas and Foreman say the products.
now honing their processes to dope and getting high,’’ Lucas animals which are similar to the compounds in the plant are ‘‘Patients are demanding
extract desired compounds from said. ‘‘A lot of compounds in the effects of cannabis, and partly why fascinating. access [to medicinal cannabis]
the plant and refine it down to a cannabis plant have other medical the plant is thought to have health because of anecdotal data. When
pure product. uses and benefits.’’ benefits. ‘‘All due to the fact that they the clinical data catches up over
They have been able to refine a Different compounds have But Lucas points out medicinal mimic the internal the next three, four, or five years
sample to 99.7 per cent of the non- beenlinked with anti- cannabis cannot solve all endocannabinoids that we pro- as various studies go on around
psychoactive cannabidiol com- inflammatory benefits, bone- ailments. duce,’’ Foreman adds. the world and doctors become
pound (CBD), Foreman said. healing, irritable bowel syndrome, ‘‘As a science company we say And despite fielding criticism more familiar with these
In May, the company launched and anxiety and post-traumatic it’s not the panacea, but these after the share price on the NZX medicines, we think there will be
their initial public offering (IPO) stress disorders, Lucas said. compounds are really interesting. slumped, Lucas believes the price quite a big demand.’’
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Carbon, cussing and candidates
MAXINE JACOBS
Eight
On a night of cuss words and poli- candidates
tics, young candidates spoke and aged under 35,
the crowd answered: Climate who are
running for
change is on the mind of youth.
seats in the
The sentiment was electric upcoming
amongst the sea of about 200 local body
wrinkle-free faces at the Univer- elections
sity of Waikato Tuesday last week. across the
On the stage of the Gallagher Waikato
Academy of Performing Arts eight region, at the
hopefuls commanded the attention Seed Waikato
of the room, with the help of a event. From
left, back,
slightly altered game of ‘Cards Kesh Naidoo-
Against Humanity’. Rauf, Sheryl
The game is notorious for the Matenga, Dan
raunchy, racist and down right Armstrong,
disgusting cards players use to Matthew Shea,
answer seemingly innocent front, Louise
questions, but host Seed Waikato - Hutt, Sarah
a youth charity - used the game’s Thomson,
charm to question this year’s Matthew
Small, Kawena
under 35-year-old candidates Jones, Tim
about their polices, values and Young.
vision for their respective wards.
Criticism of current councils
were the undertone of many
answers that followed. impeding climate issue Waikato towards the issue. But, when they eventually and seeing leaders stand up about
In a question put to the group and the world face. She said it hadn’t updated it’s replied and said there was no the things they care about is really
‘what’s coming to broadway this Elect people set on tackling cli- plan for climate change since 2008 intention for a review, it took motivating.’’
season’ one Hamilton East con- mate change, make the city a zero and the city’s emissions hadn’t Armstrong a bit to get his head However, in the last elections,
tender Tim Young replied, ‘Hamil- carbon city and improve existing been gauged in more than 17 around because he believed the only one third of young people
ton the musical: Urgently infrastructure for the coming years. issue was pressing, and to put a voted, and Major admitted that
preparing for climate change’. flooding. ‘‘There’s a lot of opportunity hold on combating the inevitable while this event was full, they’d
Young argued councils are fis- ‘‘We have 10 years to limit the missed at the moment ... it’s about ‘‘didn’t make any f...ing sense’’. only tapped into one source of
cally responsible for addressing effects, if you think about it that’s having a clear vision for the city, a A survey conducted by Seed young voters.
and adapting to climate change, three elections, including this one master plan and working with the Waikato confirmed climate ‘‘It’s not just a student issue.
demanding stronger scientific lit- ... it happens to us or it happens community to make that happen.’’ change was overwhelmingly the There’s so much more work to be
eracy and acceptance from elected with us, either way it’s Dan Armstrong, a Waikato biggest issue on young minds, done, we’re just scratching the
officials. happening.’’ Regional Council hopeful, said Seed Waikato CEO Gemma Major surface this year.’’
Mayoral and Hamilton West Fierce environmental warrior he’d contacted a Waikato Regional said. Enrolling to vote can be done
candidate Louise Hutt urged the Sarah Thomson, gunning for councillor multiple times ‘‘Young people are making online or at various locations
audience to consider three phases Hamilton West, highlighted Ham- attempting to question policies their voice louder and louder throughout the city, and closes 16
to address the current and ilton City Council’s inaction around the topic. about the things they care about, August.
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CONVERSATIONS
Examining referenda – do they work?
OPINION: Abortion, cannabis reform and euthanasia. Polarising issues which seem to repeatedly defy normal parliamentary decision making. We have elected representatives and
publicly open select committee processes, which is meant to allow for thorough investigation of issues and sound decision making. Yet referendums have been demanded on each of
these three issues, with abortion law reform the latest to see this call made. Referendums are public votes like elections, but as we all saw with the Brexit vote, they are prone to big
money trying to sway opinions, disinformation, and emotion. So what is the best process for our elected lawmakers to use in setting these new laws? Should it be left in their hands and
the parliamentary process? Or should it be thrown to the public in a referendum? An MP from each side of the house gives their views.
democratic tool we have. If the Parliament, would have an opportunity for
Government decides to hold a input into the content or the wording of
In the referendum, it must ensure that the In the these questions.
red question is clear and the public is well-
informed on all aspects of the topic.
blue Cabinet is made up of Labour and New
Zealand First ministers, and therefore
corner Referendums are a good way to get a corner represents less than half of the entire
direct sense of the public mood on an Parliament. It is an unprecedented move, to
Stuart Smith
Priyanca Radhakrishnan issue. My view on them is that they can be Kaikoura MP, National cut Parliament out of the process of
List MP, Labour useful but we shouldn’t be overly debating the referendum, and the public to
dependent on them. have a say through the select committee
P W
eople often tell me that they don’t We need to address the growing e are currently witness to a process.
vote because they don’t see the political disengagement that prevents us completely chaotic coalition I question why the government has
point. It doesn’t matter to them. from gauging our constituents’ views on government which seems decided to do things this way.
And yet, politics should matter matters. determined to undermine the This has never happened before in any of
because decisions made in Parliament Around the world we’re seeing political democratic process. New Zealand’s 20 previous referenda held at
have the power to affect people’s lives – for disengagement play out in various ways. They are allowing New Zealand First to general elections, such as those around the
better or worse. At its most extreme it can lead to violence, kick anything contentious to public establishment of MMP. In those cases, there
Last week , a momentous vote took chaos and disorder. It can also drive referendum, while pushing the boundaries was a Bill before Parliament, and the next
place on abortion law reform – and passed populism and the politics of division. If with New Zealand’s electoral and government was bound to act, which it did.
by a significant majority. We voted on an people look to government and cannot referendum law. Our system isn’t perfect – as with
issue that was last discussed in our believe what they are told, they will We now have the Government’s anything, there is always room for
Parliament before I was born. We voted to disengage. Referendum Bill on the table, which would improvement – and the questions that are
send a bill to select committee that if Earlier in the week, the Leader of the give Cabinet absolute power over what put to the public by way of a referendum
passed, would finally treat abortion as a Opposition was asked if he would stop his referenda are to be held and the wording of may have ended up the same as if it had
health issue, not a crime. It would also MPs from spreading misinformation questions. gone through the normal select committee
remove the need for women to lie and about abortion law reform. His response This is because Labour is trying to rush process.
jump through hoops to get an abortion. was that ‘‘one person’s misinformation is through laws and compromises (The Select But next year’s referendum on
As elected representatives, it is our job another person’s fact.’’ It’s not. Committee review of the election review recreational cannabis will be the first ever
to vote on issues that affect our Misinformation masquerading as fact is was a year late) that are necessary to make Government-initiated referendum not to
constituents. To do our job effectively, we exactly what puts people off politics and good on promises once made to its coalition have an immediate definitive outcome,
need to know our constituents’ views on reduces trust in politicians. partners. because there will be only a proposed Bill.
various matters. The government has a big job ahead. Importantly it means that, before the It’s a lot to ask of people to vote on a
In New Zealand, most legislation is We are tackling the long-term issues 2020 election, Cabinet will potentially be referendum that may not be binding, may
created through a robust Parliamentary facing New Zealand in a way that is acting alone when it forms the referendum not be implemented as expected, and has no
process that all New Zealanders are able to balanced and fair. To do so, we need the questions that the public will be asked to time frame attached to it.
have their say on. confidence of the public – and to act with vote on come election day. Is this an arrogant disregard for process,
A referendum is a relatively rare integrity. No members of the public, or or is it just sloppiness?
A dead man’s
credit card debt
GOLDEN RULES
ROB
STOCK ■ Credit card debt is toxic to your
MONEY MATTERS wealth and wellbeing
■ Spend from income and savings,
not debt
OPINION: A dead man I knew
■ Banks do not act in your best
was recently pursued by a debt
interests
collector for unpaid credit card
debt.
It was a bit bizarre as the uncomfortably with banks
bank that issued the card had handing out untapped personal
been told he was no longer loans to sit in people’s hip
among the living, and the estate pocket.
had no money. Before handing credit cards
Dumb bank systems? out banks check their
Possibly. The bank hadn’t customers can afford to repay
noticed when he went into a rest debt up to the credit limit on the
home, and his mail was cards. ‘‘Banks love credit
redirected. Then what?
The other possibility is the Many people lack savings, so cards as they make so much
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therapist Tricia Meister. year. Students who live in the home zone are
She has experienced great entitled to enrol at the school.
success with her Forever Trim Public Notices
The Puketaha School Board of Trustees advises that
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‘‘Clients notice a reduction in Zone enrolments for all of 2020. The Board has
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weight and marked
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programme. It gets people within the zone. will close on the 30th of August 2019 at 4:00PM.
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