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gorse’ into Week
gourmet 5 milestone 8
Hauraki
Friday, September 6, 2019
Herald
Thames
Karen and Steve Wilson at
their home in Matatoki, near
Thames. Steve has been clear
from cancer since 2018.
KELLEY TANTAU/STUFF
man’s cancer
treatment
crusade
KELLEY TANTAU cer once it develops. of the patient group Lynch Syn- cer had spread to his spleen, he ago, right at the start, was that the
It has a 50 per cent chance of drome NZ, calling on the Govern- was told he only had weeks left to technology was going ahead so
Steve Wilson’s shock of finding out being passed down from parent to ment to fund a drug that has saved live. fast, that all I had to do was stay
he harboured a mutation that child, and out of Wilson’s three his life – and could save the lives of While in hospital he was alive long enough.
made him more likely to develop children, two have been diagnosed his family members and many informed of an immunotherapy ‘‘And we got down to the wire.’’
cancer was only surpassed by the with having the condition. more New Zealanders, too. treatment called Keytruda that Keytruda boosts the immune
realisation his children could have His sister was also a Lynch syn- In 2007, at age 51, Wilson was could be his ‘‘glimmer of hope’’ – system to attack cancerous
the gene too. drome patient, and died of cancer diagnosed with colon cancer. but it would cost him $100,000 to tumours and has lead to dramatic
The Thames man has Lynch at age 50. His niece has since devel- In 2014, he was diagnosed with obtain it. responses in Lynch syndrome
Syndrome, a type of inherited can- oped cancer accelerated by the syn- kidney cancer. ‘‘The most horrific thing that patients both at home and world-
cer syndrome associated with an drome. Two years later, in 2016, he was can happen to you is to be told that wide, Wilson said.
increased risk of developing cer- It was this blow that lead Wil- diagnosed with stomach cancer, you’re done,’’ Wilson said.
tain cancers, and accelerates can- son to launch a petition, on behalf and by August 2017, when the can- ‘‘The thing we realised 15 years CONTINUED Page 6
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Turning ‘sea
gorse’ into
gourmet
KELLEY TANTAU be used to conduct a feasibility
study, including planning and
The smell of salty air and a bite of finalising an approach to trial
freshly blanched seaweed was the export of samples of wakame for
Coromandel welcome to Agricul- market research.
ture Minister Damien O’Connor. During his visit, the minister
The minister was in town to cel- was taken aboard to see Wakame
ebrate Wakame Fresh receiving Fresh in action. Wakame Fresh co-owner Lucas Evans and Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor reel in some seaweed.
$75,000 of funding through the Gov- After a bite of freshly caught
ernment’s Sustainable Food & seaweed, O’Connor said it was world’s most invasive pests. The
Fibre Futures fund (SFF Futures) something that New Zealand had Wakame Fresh team are turning
to investigate the commercial perhaps taken for granted. gorse into gourmet,’’ he said.
viability of turning seaweed into a ‘‘We’ve learned from the rest of ‘‘The more people that come up
high-value export industry. the word that they see value in sea- with bright ideas like this, the bet-
Wakame Fresh is a company weed . . . this is a pest, effectively, ter off New Zealand will be.’’
operating in the Coromandel, so to look at the inherent values of Wakame Fresh co-owner and
owned by Lucas Evans and Lance pure sea water producing some- managing director Lucas Evans
Townsend. For the past seven thing with sunlight that becomes said the funding was a huge oppor-
years they have been harvesting an edible product, leads us to tunity for the New Zealand sea-
Undaria, a seaweed also known as believe there’s got to be some value weed industry, and was only going
wakame, for domestic consump- in there, and we just don’t under- to intensify.
tion. stand it fully. ‘‘We’re very fortunate because
Their scheme, titled Project ‘‘The Japanese have for a long we have the opportunity to draw
Whakatiputipu, is the first project time; we’re just starting to learn,’’ attention to what we’re doing. It Wakame Fresh co-owner Lance Townsend collects the Undaria, which they
to be contracted under SFF he said. gives us a chance to, in some way, blanch while still out at sea. PHOTOS: KELLEY TANTAU/STUFF
Futures, with the Ministry for Pri- O’Connor launched the SFF be a catalyst for the industry,’’ he
mary Industries contributing up to Futures fund in August 2018 and said during the visit on August 30. with science, industry and the The Sustainable Food & Fibre
$75,200 and Wakame Fresh con- said Project Whakatiputipu was a ‘‘So coming out of the shadows, Government to understand what it Futures fund supports innovative
tributing $114,182. perfect example of the type of inno- so to speak, as a small, humbled is we’re dealing with.’’ projects that will create more
The project aims to demon- vation he created the fund for. Kiwi business, is more in support Evans started the business in value from food and fibre indus-
strate the commercial viability of He hopes the fund ‘‘bridges the of a broader New Zealand sector 2012 and said seaweed had since tries.
harvesting, processing and gap between a good idea and a com- for seaweed. taken over his life. They can range from small, one-
exporting edible seaweed products mercial opportunity’’. ‘‘We’re looking to develop a ‘‘And we’ve only just begun,’’ off initiatives requiring a small
into Japan. ‘‘Undaria is often referred to as strong baseline for a national plan, he said. ‘‘It really does feel like grant, to long-running, multi-
The Government’s funding will the gorse of the sea. It’s one of the to have a co-ordinated approach we’re starting now.’’ million-dollar partnerships.
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Cancer treatment cost $100,000 Exhibit
FROM Page 3 in Paeroa
After finishing 12 rounds of the The Paeroa Society of Arts
treatment, in May 2018 his path- was delighted to have been
ology report showed no residual recently approached by the
active cancer. In November, a Erritja Art Gallery, of Moonta
CT scan was clear, as was in South Australia, to bring two
another in June of this year. artists of the Pintupi Nine to
But the drug is not funded in New Zealand for an exhibition
New Zealand for Lynch Syn- of theirs and works by other
drome cancers, and now his artists from Alice Springs and
niece has been diagnosed with South Australia.
cancer as well. Thomas and Walala
‘‘When we found out, I was in Tjapaltjarri arrived in Auck-
a mess. You go through this land on Wednesday, September
whole frustration that we might 4.
have to watch her die,’’ Wilson The Pintupi Nine, as they
said. ‘‘We need help. Since have become known, were
Keytruda has worked for me, it’s referred to in the international
given us all a new hope.’’ press, as the ‘Lost Nomads’.
Wilson said he and his wife The Pintupi Nine were a
Karen were torn between saving group of people who lived a tra-
money to help their niece, with ditional desert-dwelling life in
also keeping money aside in case Australia’s Gibson Desert until
their children and grandchildren 1984, when they were reunited
need to fund the drug. Steve Wilson (centre) with his sons Danny and Peter. Lynch Syndrome has a 50 per cent chance of being passed down with their extended family at
‘‘Not having this drug funded from parent to child. Kiwirrkurra in October, 1984.
is giving the death sentence to This will be the first time
someone. We have to do some- than 17,000 people. that Thomas and Walala have
thing. I’m at the point where I Yet around 95 per cent of left Australia and will touch
can’t not do this.’’ those with Lynch Syndrome soil of another country.
Wilson’s petition asks that the don’t know they have it, Wilson It will be an historic
House of Representatives urge said. He believes part of the diffi- occasion for all concerned; to
Pharmac to fund Keytruda for culty in spreading awareness see Thomas and Walala work-
patients with Lynch Syndrome and perhaps a reason for it being ing on their art is something
cancers, and also urge the Minis- relatively unknown, was not to be missed.
ter of Health to provide because many were protective of
additional funding to Pharmac to their children and might not Both Thomas and Walala
enable the drug to be subsidised. wish for their story to be made will be demonstrating their art
The petition closes on Novem- public. ‘‘It is very distressing for at the Paeroa Society of Arts
ber 20. a parent to know that they might Gallery, 109 Normanby Road,
Lynch Syndrome affects an have passed on a dangerous Paeroa from around 11am -
estimated one in 279 people mutation to their child, this is 4pm, Saturday, September 7 -
in the general population. often more difficult to handle After Steve Wilson’s scans showed he was clear of cancer after more than 10 Monday, September 9. The exhi-
Based on NZ’s population of than receiving the news that you years, he took life by the horns and went on an around-the-world trip with bition is on from September 7-21,
nearly 4.8 million, that’s more have the mutation yourself.’’ wife Karen. 11am – 4pm daily.
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Extinction Rebellion member Rowan Manley Campbell was arrested for disorder and received a
pre-charge warning, after spraying a pink line across Coromandel MP Scott Simpson’s office
window in Thames on Tuesday morning.
Climate change
advocate arrested
KELLEY TANTAU Rebellion from Waihi Beach, Waihi and
Thames.
A climate change advocate was arrested Police confirmed Campbell was arrested
for painting an example of projected rising for disorder and taken into the Thames
sea levels on an MP’s office window. Police Station.
Police confirmed Rowan Manley Camp- ‘‘We need to draw the line on climate
bell was arrested for disorder and received a change,’’ Campbell said in a statement
pre-charge warning, after spraying a pink released to Stuff. ‘‘Scott (Simpson) has said
line across Coromandel MP Scott Simpson’s climate change is too big to play politics
office window in Thames on Tuesday morn- with, and yet claims from National MP Matt
ing. King that climate change is ‘‘natural’’ go
The line represented the potential risk of unchallenged from within his own party.’’
a one-metre sea level rise hitting the town. King had shared a post on social media
Campbell and his mother Margette that had been adapted from a US source and
Campbell, alongside fellow members of described climate change as ‘‘natural’’.
Extinction Rebellion, convened outside the ‘‘You can’t be serious about climate
Pollen St office, disappointed with the lack change action and give space to unscientific
of action against climate change. denialism.’’
Thames-Coromandel District Council But Simpson said the protesters’ frus-
opted to vote against signing the Local Gov- tration was misdirected, and that he and the
ernment Leader’s Climate Change Declar- National Party were the ‘‘wrong targets’’.
ation in April this year.
Thames and the wider district is particu-
larly vulnerable to sea-level rise. It has 400
He said he felt his meeting with Margette
Campbell at the time of the protest was
‘‘hijacked’’ and a ‘‘set up’’.
Locally owned & operated &
kilometres of coastline, and much of its
infrastructure is on the coast.
Rowan Campbell said the line was taken
‘‘My concern is that action of this sort,
physical vandalism, to anything let alone an
MP’s office, doesn’t help the debate, doesn’t
serving the Coromandel Peninsula
from the Waikato Regional Council inun-
dation mapping tool, set at 4.22 metres
which reflects a serious storm plus the one
add to bringing about a satisfactory out-
come, and isn’t helpful in the general dis-
cussion of serious issues like climate
& beyond for over 40 years
metre projected sea level rise identified by change. I’d like to think I’m easily available
the IPCC and accepted by local government. and accessible to constituents.
Margette Campbell met with Simpson, ‘‘I’ve had a number of meetings with
National’s environment and climate change groups and individuals on climate change
spokesperson, on Tuesday, and asked why issues; it is a matter I take seriously and so
he had made no comment on what she said does the National Party.
was a spate of climate change denial com- ‘‘We want to engage with the Govern-
mentary from his party colleagues. ment in what we hope will be a cross-party
Meanwhile, her son Rowan Manley bipartisan fashion on their Zero Carbon
Campbell spray-painted the line and Extinc- Bill, but the ball is in the court of the govern-
tion Rebellion logo on the window, whilst ment in terms of progressing those discus-
being supported by members of Extinction sions.’’
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Conservation
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Hauraki to celebrate 50 years of activities taking place on
Conservation Week by connecting Saturday, September 14, including
with nature and giving our native a guided walk at 8am and helping
species and natural landscapes a prepare for the return of the Arctic
helping hand. migrants at 12pm.
There are numerous groups People can call the Centre on 09
offering activities and many ways 232 2781 for more details.
to get involved in this year’s Con- Moanataiari School is holding
servation Week, September 14-22. an open day on Wednesday, Sept- The Pukorokoro Miranda Shore Bird Centre has a range of activities taking place on Saturday, September 14, including
The Festival of Living Solutions ember 18 at 11.30am. This is an a guided walk at 8am and helping prepare for the return of the Arctic migrants at 12pm.
on Saturday, September 7 will exciting opportunity to see a
have stalls promoting ways to care school committed to protecting our New Zealand special’’.
for our environment. DOC will be environment through sustainable Conservation Week was started
there with information and free practises and educating students by NZ Scouts in 1969 with the goal
native seedlings to help encourage towards a sustainable future. to promote greater interest in the
wildlife into gardens. It’s taking Many of these initiatives have environment and encourage
place from 10am at the St James been student led. The day will people to take practical actions to
Hall, Thames. include refreshments prepared by look after it.
Kauaeranga Visitor Centre will students using produce from their This continues to the be the
have learning activities in the out- gardens. All welcome. goal 50 years later. New Zealand’s
doors for children on Saturday, DOC biodiversity senior ranger wildlife is still in crisis with more
September 14 at 10am. On the 15th Mailee Stanbury says: ‘‘Even if you than 4,000 of our native animals
at 11am there is chance to get up can’t make it to one of these great and plants threatened or at risk.
close and personal with our very events there is much we can do to This Conservation Week thou-
special native geckos, booking is protect our biodiversity. It can sands of people will be getting
essential. include cleaning up waterways, involved in local, family friendly
People can come up to the cen- protecting marine habitats, getting conservation events across the
tre at any time to enjoy the rid of predators and weeds and region.
informative treasure hunt, giant planting native species. It’s a chance to learn more
outdoor board game and great dis- ‘‘We need to act now, or we about NZ’s unique biodiversity
plays. could lose wonderful, unique and what people can do to help it. The Department of Conservation is encouraging locals to celebrate 50 years
DOC is also offering Free Kiwi native species and when we lose Join in and do something, whether of Conservation Week by connecting with nature, such as the stunning
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IMPACT ON CHILDREN
Before we are born, we start to gather information about our
environment that we can keep stored forever. This collection
of information keeps growing until we die. When children
are exposed to family harm, they have very little resources
to protect themselves or their future relationships from the
impact of the family harm.
Children who grow up in peaceful respectful homes are more
likely to repeat the pattern in relationships again and again in
their life. Children who grow up with shouting, name calling,
assault and uncertainty are more likely to repeat this pattern
in relationships again and again in their life.
When trauma is accumulated across time, it effects how we
think, feel and see the world. Children exposed to family
harm have no way of seeing that is out of the ordinary and it
becomes normal to them. An adult who has had a great deal
of trauma in childhood can have all sorts of behaviours that
can look unhealthy in relationships which can reinforce the
relationships being unsafe, even when they are longed for.
Most people can recover from unhealthy behaviours given
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Man loses
facade fight
KELLEY TANTAU toric Judd’s Foundry.
The realm of oddities
Raymond May has abandoned expanded on his Just Plane
hope of creating a unique Interesting business in West
antique business in Thames. Auckland, where it has been for
After an unsuccessful attempt more than 24 years, and where
to get a destruction notice for the May has turned his attention
facade of his building frozen, back towards.
May has packed up the Queen St ‘‘I’m going to relaunch one
site and is looking elsewhere. shop, and I just bought a vintage
He said Just Plane Interes- trolley bus that used to run
ting, a business with the intent between Queen St and
to showcase artworks, antiques, Karangahape Rd in Auckland, so
and movie memorabilia, wasn’t we’ll shift that on-site and turn
meant to be in the town. that into a little cafe and a bus
Earlier this year, Stuff museum,’’ he said.
reported that May was told by And although the business in
Thames-Coromandel District Thames never took shape, May’s
Council that his business did not not ruling out the possibility of Although the business in Thames
fit with heritage provisions of Just Plane Interesting flying never took shape, Raymond May’s
the District Plan and therefore, across to the Hauraki. not ruling out the possibility of Just
its facade was to be demolished May was investigating a Plane Interesting flying across to the
Hauraki. TOM LEE/STUFF
by June 3. ‘‘very large’’ building in Paeroa,
And despite conversations to see if fit the bill of his busi-
with council to try freeze the ness, he said. storefronts to the Tauranga Pis-
destruction order, May’s vision A statement provided by tol Club, the medieval entrance
to create a tourist destination Thames-Coromandel District to a couple from Kopu, and
was erased. Council in May said that because numerous weird and wonderful
‘‘That really popped a bubble. May’s property was in the heri- items to the Thames Seagull Cen-
It could have been so amazing tage overlay area of the District tre.
but it’s just not going to be,’’ May Plan, council required any new ‘‘So from my sadness, other
said. building or alterations to the people will benefit, so that’s
‘‘I know that I’m fighting a exterior of an existing building pretty important to me,’’ he said.
losing battle in Thames.’’ in this area to obtain a resource ‘‘I will always be humbled by
The abatement notice came consent. the people of Thames that were
nine months after May’s con- ‘‘[Destroying the facade] was on-side with the project and tried
struction of heritage storefronts devastating, but out of all the so hard to support me.
and a steampunk garden, at what sadness for me, at least I got ‘‘I’m still devastated and I
was once an old PlaceMakers something out of it,’’ May said. always will be.’’ Raymond May said he was ‘‘devastated’’ at having to pull down his façade.
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Hospital needs 440 more beds
LIBBY WILSON It’s similar concept a green pre-
scription - which encourages
Waikato DHB will need to add physical activity - but would sup-
more than half a hospital worth of port whānau with social issues get-
beds within a decade unless it ting in the way of health, such as
makes some big changes. housing or nutrition, Maloney
‘‘Our projections tell us we will said.
need another 440 hospital beds by Whānau Ora operates in this
the year 2030, which is neither broader way, she said, and the
sustainable or desirable,’’ the DHB is interested in seeing if they
DHB’s Waikato Health System could link up.
Plan, Te Korowai Waiora said. However, the plan said they
That kind of increase isn’t would have to work closely so the
sustainable, the health board says, unmet need didn’t ‘‘overwhelm’’
but there is a plan to futureproof providers.
the organisation. Personal health budgets - a per-
Patients have been telling the son can choose which support to
DHB they want care closer to spend it on - may be trialled.
home, and the plan includes marae In the mental health domain,
or workplace clinics, and consults for example, someone might pick
via technology. CV support to help them to return
There’s also more focus on to work, or support for the weekly
wellbeing, and a desire to try ‘‘per- shop, Maloney said.
sonal health budgets’’ - but the full The budgets wouldn’t be used
rollout of the plan is expected to for core clinical services, but
take a decade. rather extra social support.
Currently, Waikato Hospital At the moment, many people
has 600 inpatient beds so adding struggle to get to health
440 would have a huge cost. People want to be looked after closer to home where possible, the DHB said (file photo). TOM LEE/STUFF appointments for reasons includ-
The DHB already has a large ing cost, distance, and confusing
financial deficit - which is one of the community, she said. especially in the hospital services marae, workplace or home clinics locations such as hospitals, the
the reasons the Health Minister ‘‘I think [the plan] is a signifi- area, the plan said. might make some people feel more plan said.
sacked the health board members cant change but it’s doable. It’s like However, the changes could comfortable. Waikato DHB is eyeing up
and installed a commissioner in any big change. You need to bite off mean a patient in Taumarunui ‘‘Sometimes access to care isn’t opportunities to make more use of
May. manageable chunks.’’ could get kidney dialysis locally, that we don’t have enough care or what is already available in the
The new plan is ‘‘to put the ‘‘Right across the country, most instead of making the trip to Wai- it’s not in the right place, but it’s community, including
meat on the bones’’ of aspirations DHBs have a deficit. So we’re kato Hospital, for example. people’s experience of care. They pharmacies, pharmacists, and
in Waikato DHB’s strategy, giving realistic about how much we can Communities would have more want something that feels much aged care facilities.
steps to make them happen, execu- invest in new services. But partly of a say in how services were more comfortable,’’ she said. And stronger ‘‘intermediate
tive director of funding and public this is about challenging current delivered in their area, and tech- Part of the health plan is shift- care’’ will be another focus, to pro-
health Tanya Maloney said. models of care and changing what nology might help those in more ing from an illness focus to include vide community options for unwell
A growing and ageing popu- we’re doing now with the rural spots see specialists based more wellbeing and early preven- people who don’t need hospital-
lation would put pressure on resources that we have.’’ somewhere else. tive work, possibly with the help of level care, or as a step between hos-
hospitals, but the important thing As it stands, Waikato DHB Improving Māori health is a an approach called social pital and home.
is that people want more care in spends more than it gets, DHB focus point, and Maloney said prescribing.
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A lack of fresh workers step-
ping onto the mussel barge has
been the driving force behind a
inaugural course in the Coro-
mandel.
Te Ahi Kaa Training and
Social Services Centre has
teamed up with local mussel
farmers and Thames training
provider Vetel, to create a first-
time mussel farming training
programme. Tutor Lisa May Hale said the mussel
The scheme launched on farming industry was crucial to the
August 26 with an intake of Coromandel, with new workers
around 16 students. greatly needed. KELLEY TANTAU/STUFF
Tutor Lisa May Hale said the
mussel farming industry was
huge for the Coromandel, with
companies ‘‘screaming out’’ for
trained workers.
‘‘The mussel farmers are
completely on board, so the
students will go on practicals
on the boats and in the yards.
‘‘They are going to get heaps
of qualifications, and it’s some-
thing they are excited about,
too.
‘‘Everyone knows someone
involved in mussels in the Coro-
mandel.’’ The first intake of students into Te Ahi Kaa’s mussel farming course include Ben Johnson, Horua Potae, and Tyler Te Ahi Kaa Training and Social
Hale was a mussel opener for Hartley. KELLEY TANTAU/STUFF Services Centre has teamed up with
five years at Coromandel Smok- local mussel farmers and Thames
ing Co, and said she was Attending the course launch on how you can make it work, I mussel farming industry since training provider Vetel, to create a
first-time mussel farming training
‘‘totally obsessed’’ with was Tauranga Labour List MP think, has been absolutely he was a teenager, and said they
programme (file photo).
mussels. Jan Tinetti and Coromandel brilliant in this strategy,’’ she had been trying to get some GERHARD EGGER
She said she was blown away mussel farmer Peter James, of said. kind of programme up and run-
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life in the seafood industry.’’ ‘‘Coming up with the ideas James has been in the with the environment... but really.’’
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In brief
CANCER FUNDRAISER
The Waikato Breast Cancer
Research Trust is holding a
fundraising dinner on
Wednesday, October 23 to
raise funds for essential clinical
trials and research into breast
her dog, Chloe, had been inside cancer treatments. As a further
the house. fundraiser, a silent auction is
Sunlight, a magnifying mirror ‘‘That’s the heartbreaking being held ahead of the dinner.
and a decorative birdcage bit, because you can replace a The highest bidder will win a
almost sent a Thames woman’s house.’’ table of seven, seated with a
home up in flames. After the fire, the entire great Waikato person of their
Lillian Deverill returned house smelled like ‘‘someone choice. Tickets for the ‘Best Of
from work at lunchtime has barbecued 100 Barbie dolls Dinner’ will go on sale on
Thursday last week and ‘‘the inside.’’ Monday, September 9 at $160
smoke just hit me’’. While the house had work- per person, or $1200 for a
Every room was filled with ing smoke alarms, no one was table of 8. The silent auction
thick smoke, but the source home to hear them. for a table with bids starting at
remained a mystery. Deverill wanted to spread $1500 is being held this week.
It transpired that a magnify- the word, in case anyone else Visit www.brightasabutton.co.
ing mirror, sitting in a sunny had unwittingly placed a mag- nz to place your bid or
spot on a dresser, had reflected nifying mirror or anything purchase tickets.
sunlight onto a decorative reflective sitting in the sun.
birdcage, filled with wicker ‘‘I would never have thought SPORTS AWARDS OPEN
balls. I need to put the mirror in a Sport Waikato Sports Awards
‘‘It was like shining a laser dark place.’’ nominations are open from
beam on kindling, really,’’ Although, Deverill managed now until Friday, September
Deverill said. to extinguish the dresser her- 27. Each Waikato district will
‘‘We were so shocked, you self, the Thames Volunteer Fire have its own awards event,
don’t walk out the door think- Brigade posted a Facebook with category winners going
ing that’s going to catch on fire status in the wake of Deverill’s forward to be considered for
today.’’ experience. the prestigious Brian Perry
The birdcage was scorched, ‘‘While it might be imposs- Waikato Regional Sports
the wicker balls were ash and ible to 100 per cent mitigate this Awards to be held in January
the top of the dresser still unfortunate thing from 2020. Sport Waikato Sports
smouldering, when Deverill happening, it might be a good Awards events will take place
realised that was the source. idea to check and move any- in Taupo, South Waikato,
And embers were thing from near your windows Waikato, Waipa, Matamata-
millimetres away from (such as transparent glasses Piako, Otorohanga, Waitomo,
reaching clothes in the full of water), or anything that Hauraki/Thames-Coromandel
drawers. could easily reflect and concen- and Hamilton during the
‘‘We had newspaper sitting have seen the bedroom in ticket. trate sunlight onto something month of November 2019.
beside it with a bucket of paint flames, she said. ‘‘Had one of those sparks in the home,’’ the post said. Nominations can be made
and things hanging from the ‘‘We were so so lucky. I rang landed on the newspaper it’d be ‘‘This was a very lucky online at http://www.
ceiling made out of paper.’’ my partner and I [said] we gone.’’ escape.’’ sportwaikato.org.nz/awards.
Another 20 minutes could might want to buy a Lotto The worst part was knowing14 HAURAKI HERALD, SEPTEMBER 6, 2019 neighbourly.co.nz
Fury over
$10 sausies
GOLDEN RULES:
ROB
STOCK * Be a conscious shopper
MONEY MATTERS * Rebel for your sanity’s sake
* Speak up when you’re irritated
OPINION: All I wanted was
some sausages at a fair price. unpalatable choices: Pay $10 for
Not a big ask in a the six ‘‘alpine pork’’ sausages I
supermarket, you would have was after (not sure what makes
thought. them ‘‘alpine’’), complain
But at $10, each sausage impotently and then stalk out
would cost more than a in annoyance, or take
cigarette. I know because I advantage of the supermarket’s
looked at how much those cost ‘‘3 for $20’’ deal, and buy a
these days. bumper basket of meat (18
I could have my sausages at sausies, or my six sausies and
a more sensible price though. I two other packs of meat).
just had to buy 18 at once. So I bought some mince Infuriating pricing strategies in supermarkets.
Mostly, I manage to visit instead and, pride intact, menu
supermarkets without getting changed, I left the shop. really does fool a lot of us ‘‘squeeze up’’ model of retail CALL TO ACTION
too irate, but when retailers I think what’s so insulting shoppers even if it alienates pricing, where valued, engaged Got a question for Rob or an issue
introduce pricing tricks that about supermarket ‘‘specials’’ me. wealthy customers pay lower you want him to tackle? Contact
interfere with ordinary (I can generally only buy my I even stopped using an prices than poor ones. Rob by going online to Neighbourly
purchases, it makes me wild. favoured coffee one week in outdoor goods retailer for good These include those awful and type the name of our
Memo to retailers: I don’t every two) and the mark-up to after returning a poor bike petrol station fuel discounts newspaper into the search bar.
want to have to ‘‘engage’’ with mark-down bulk deals is how pump to swap it for a better schemes that have hoodwinked Click our name and select Contact
your pricing, or develop nakedly fake they feel. pump. a nation, or the ‘‘prompt from the menu bar and ‘‘message
personal buying strategies, or Hey, shopper, we know you I was stunned when I got the payment’’ discounts on our reporter’’ from the drop-down
put Google alerts on the love to get a bargain, so here’s a better pump, and $15 change, utilities, or the ‘‘discounts’’ for menu.
products I like so I know when ‘‘special’’ we’ve created for you because bike pumps were on paying a whole year in advance
there’s a normal price on them. by discounting the price we put sale that week. for insurance.
Just sell me the thing I want on the product in the first The staff admitted they had I admit I hate them. They also waste my time,
for a sensible price when I want place. known the sale was coming They make price undermine my confidence in
it, not next week when it’s on Surely retail managers must when they sold me the not-so- comparisons harder, and retailers’ pricing, and when it
‘‘special’’, and not only if I buy just giggle at the absurdity of it, good pump. penalise people who can’t comes to individual shops,
three times as much as I want. though I suppose they do this Doing this job, I have also afford to pay more now to get a make me lift my head and look
So there I was with my three infuriating stuff because it become more sensitive to the better deal in the long run. for somewhere else to shop.
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Human error inexcusable, especially at top level
OPINION: A teen applied to be part of Government-funded celebrations of the 250th anniversary of James Cook’s arrival – only to find their driver licence details were leaked
and then used in an attempted fraud. The Ministry for Culture and Heritage admitted that more than 300 people had had their personal documents accessible on a ministry-
commissioned public website. The 370-plus documents belonged to people who had applied to be part of the Tuia 250 sailings around the New Zealand coast. Leaked
documents included 228 passports, 55 driver licences and 36 birth certificates, as well as other information such as secondary school IDs and residential visas. How can such
shambolic handling of personal details entrusted to a Government ministry happen and what can be done to prevent future leaks. An MP from each side of the House gives
their views.
the Government’s current list of approved The website was created by a private
In the providers. She immediately made it a rule
that from now on all government In the company commissioned by the ministry,
but it was not a ministry website.
red departments without their own information
technology units must only use approved
blue This seriously calls into question the
processes the ministry has to oversee what
corner providers and get approval from our Chief corner data storage and security procedures were
Digital Officer before engaging one. in place, and whether the website should
Stuart Smith
Priyanca Radhakrishnan This will create an important check in Kaikoura MP, National have been outsourced in the first place.
List MP, Labour the system to make sure the right After all, the Government cannot outsource
contractors who follow our strict their accountability.
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ew Zealanders’ data security and expectations on protecting New Zealanders overnment departments that hold Cybersafety is a constant and shifting
privacy is something this privacy are used. This breach demonstrates personal information about challenge, which needs to be responded to
Government takes extremely the need for more measures to protect individuals have a duty of care to actively and robustly by all recipients of
seriously. On August 22 the Tuia people’s privacy. We’ve been working to protect that data. online public data by staying ahead of, and
250 celebration website, commissioned by develop a Data Protection and Use Policy. When there is a personal data breach employing, the latest preventative security
the Ministry of Arts, Culture and Heritage This policy will build on the Privacy Act like we have just seen with the Tuia 250 measures available to them.
was breached. The platform used by the 1993, providing guidelines to ensure websites, there are no excuses. Of course, this breach comes mere
organisers inadvertently made public the people’s data is kept safe, and used Since the breach came to light, it has months after the Budget, which wasn’t
personal details of the 302 applicants for the ethically. We’re going to make sure these emerged that besides information about 300 leaked, as some tried to have us believe, but
‘Tuia 250’ programme. measures can be trusted. applicants, other contact details and was a case where the treasurer had a
Unfortunately, data breaches are a Everyone can take steps to make sure sensitive information about applicants’ department with a website that wasn’t fit
common risk we have to contend with in their information is as safe as possible. family members were also leaked. for purpose, with inadequate security
the digital age. Some databases are huge, There are heaps of resources on the internet During last week’s Question Time, the measures in place. At the time, Treasury
meaning a lot of people can be affected by to help us check our computer settings and prime minister, who is minister for arts, chose to politicise this situation, and laid
one person’s malicious actions. know what sites or emails are dodgy. I culture and heritage, was asked whether the blame on others. In fact, it could have
The last Government experienced a found netsafe.org really helpful. she stood by all her policies, statements, been incredibly serious if someone had
number of data breaches affecting On the brighter side, the events planned and actions around cybersecurity and the profited quite significantly as a result of
thousands of people, but the important for the Tuia 250 commemorations look like Tuia 250 data breach. seeing market-sensitive Treasury papers
thing is to learn from incidents like the one they’re going to be amazing, starting with a I was concerned that in her answers she ahead of the release date.
last week and take action to fix them. welcoming ceremony for the waka fleet at did not know as much about the details as Then, last week, a copy of the
It was good to see the ministry’s dawn. Held in Tūranga/Gisborne for the one would expect a minister to. Government’s Arms Legislation Bill was
response to the Tuia 250 incident was week of October 5-10, people will get the We all know that in this technological leaked, which further questions their
prompt and thorough. Their key concerns opportunity to learn more about ancient age, data breaches can, and will, happen to security measures. At a time when
were, rightly, assisting the people affected voyages, navigation, and vessels. The team individuals, companies and organisations organisations are increasingly being held to
and preventing a recurrence. has worked hard to put this programme at the hands of cybercriminals. The differ- account for keeping information safe, a
The Prime Minister noted the website together and I wish them all the best for a ence in this case is that it was because of a Government website should be no different
provider used by her ministry was not from great week. coding error, which suggests human error. – it should be safer.
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SPECIAL EVENTS welcome. Phone Alan or Glenys
560 9177. Paeroa Baptist Church, List your event
Electric Car rides/drives Wood St.
Community events are listed free of
Thames: Saturday, September 7. Thames Boomerang Bag
charge subject to space availability
Part of the Living Solutions Festival Sewing Bee: Help needed at
and may be removed without
at St James Church, 10am. Chat Thames High school on
notice. To submit a What’s On
with EV owners, go for a test ride/ Wednesday September 11 at 2pm to
event, join www.neighbourly.co.nz
drive - bring license. Hosted by sew fabric bags. Sewing machines
then go to http://nbly.nz/HAH and
Transition Town Thames, Pahau St. and materials provided. Jobs for
fill out the online form with your
Festival of Living Solutions: non-sewers too. All welcome.
event’s details by 4pm every
Saturday, September 7. Inspiration, Thames High School, Sealey St.
TUESDAY before publication.
information, give-aways, sharing of Race Evening: September 13 starts
Inclusion is at the editor’s discretion.
great ideas. Something for at 7pm. Prize for best hat. Drinks
everyone at this inaugural expo. are reduced. Meals are available
Stalls ranging from cheese making from 5.30pm., Paeroa RSA Citizens an afternoon concert on Sunday,
to native trees, produce swaps to club, Normanby Rd. September 15, 2pm, followed by
traditional tools and much more!, St Conservation Week fun and light refreshments. Entry by
James Hall, Thames. learning: Join DOC ranger for donation. Paeroa Co-operating
Psychology for a better world: great, fun activities. Saturday, Church, Cnr Willoughby and
Nikki Harre, internationally September 14. Come dressed for Mackay Sts.
recognised psychologist and the outdoors and prepared for an Great Te Puru Duck Race:
author; delivering an uplifting and hour of learning and adventure. Saturday, September 21. Family day
informative workshop on values Suitable for 5 -10 years. Bookings: Thames Acoustic Music Group: Mandolin to country, uke to acappella, poetry
out supporting our Kindy. Raffles,
and skills/approaches for working ph 07 8679080. Kauaeranga to violin and acoustic guitars. Spontaneous sing-alongs & jamming adds to
the fun. Meet third Sunday of every month. Lotus Realm, 714 Pollen St, bake sale, sausage sizzle, games,
with people to save the planet. Visitor Centre, 995 Kauaeranga face painting, novelty boat races.
Saturday, September 7. RSVP and Valley Rd, Thames. Thames.
Great prizes Cash only. Lots of fun
info at T3coregroup@gmail.com. Cloth nappies 101: This Cloth
for the whole family, Thames Coast
Kerepehi Brass Band in Nappy workshop by Raising Ziggy Saturday, September 14, Thames Amazing Native Gecko
Community Kindergarten, 4 West
Concert: Sunday, September 8. aims to encourage and support Plunket Rooms, Cnr Bella & Encounter: Sunday, September 15.
Crescent.
You are invited to join Kerepehi families to make the switch from Cochrane Sts. Hear quirky, fascinating secrets of
Brass Band in Ngatea for an disposable nappies to cloth Home and Garden Eco Tour: native gecko from an expert . Have The Kugels - Klezmer Music:
afternoon concert at 2pm, followed nappies. Saturday, September 14, Sunday, September 15. Guided tour an up-close, hands-on encounter Thursday, September 26. Three top
by light refreshments. Entry by Thames Plunket Rooms, Cnr Bella & of inspiring public and private with these special, secretive and musicians and a celebrated
donation. Co-op Parish Church, Cochrane Sts. sustainable gardens/homes around beautiful creatures. Celebrating composer have joined together in
Darlington St, Ngatea. Reusable Menstrual Products Thames. Come in all weather Conservation Week. Booking their love of klezmer, the feisty 19th
Hymn and Worship Service: On workshop: How much do you walking cloths/footwear for a great essential, phone 078679080. DOC century folk music of the Jewish
Wednesday, September 11, join spend on pads and tampons? Why day out. Bookings essential, email Kauaeranga Visitor Centre, 995 people. 021912993, Kauaeranga
monthly service singing the hymns waste all that money: come and t3coregroup@gmail.com. Meeting Kauaeranga Valley Rd, Thames. Hall, 437 Kauaeranga Valley Road,
you remember and enjoy a chat learn about reusables and why outside Sola Cafe, 720 Pollen St, Kerepehi Brass Band and Thames.
and refreshing morning tea. All they are such a great option. Thames. Mellowtones: You are invited to
THAMES VALLEY RUGBY UNION
Saturday 7th September
Heartland Competition – Thames Valley v East Coast
PAEROA DOMAIN, 1PM – Field One
Heartland Development v King Country
PAEROA DOMAIN, 1PM – Field Two
Age Group Games
U18’s v Waikato – Centennial Park, Paeroa, 11.00am
BOHEMIAN
U16’s v Counties – Boyd Park, Te Aroha, Field 1 - 11.00am
U14’s v Counties – Boyd Park, Te Aroha, Field 1 – 12.15pm
Roller Mills v King Country – Boyd Park, Te Aroha, Field 2 – 11.00am
U45kg’s v Western BOP – Boyd Park, Te Aroha, Field 3 – 11.00am
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What’s On
REGULAR EVENTS croppys@yahoo.co.nz or telephone La Leche League groups: Paeroa Supper provided, entry by koha, Thames’ longstanding local
Turua Hall Market Day: Third 07 8681024. Different venue each meetings on the first Friday of the 5pm last Sunday of each month, currency, the Green Dollar.
Sunday of every month, Hauraki month in the Thames-Coromandel. month at Paeroa Playcentre, 58 Thames Civic Centre, Mary St. Handcrafts, homegrown produce,
Rd, Turua. 9am - 1pm. Lots of stalls Karangahake Hall Street Aorangi Rd from 10am. Waihi Naam Yoga: All abilities welcome books etc. Friendly local trading
and tea, coffee and home baking. Market: On Paeroa’s main street meetings at Waihi Birthing Centre, to experience this joyous group, new users very welcome.
Midday Mindfulness & every Sunday, from 9am. A variety Toomey St, 10am. Morning tea movement, healing breath work Grahamstown Community Hall,
Meditation: Find your inner calm, of stalls selling handcrafts, toys, supplied at both. and sound. Designed to uplift the Pollen St Thames.
de-stress, take time out, be still and preserves, produce, plants, Crafters Market: Local crafters mind and enhance your wellbeing. Indoor bowls: At St James Hall,
jewellery, and books. New stalls and artists of all types to show and Tuesdays 11am - 12.30, $5, Room Pahau St. 9.30am 12 noon,
just be, 12pm-12.45pm every
welcome. Contact Dawn sell held the second Saturday each 106, above Thames post office. Tuesdays. Phone Rose, 868 9834.
Tuesday. Stay as little or as long as
078627452 or text 02102562545. month. Enquiries to 027 222 0700. Archery Clubday: TVDA’s archery Hauraki Mineral Group: An
you like, lie down or sit. Koha.
L & P Rockers: Paeroa Rock n Roll St James Church Hall, Pahau St, club day on 2nd Sunday of each informal group for those interested
Health Groove Yoga, Nutrition &
Club. Beginner/refresher rock n roll Thames. month. A course of 3D targets set in in minerals and rockhounding.
Wellbeing, 424b Pollen St, Thames.
lessons. Please wear flat shoes. For Waihi Beach Rockers: Meet every bush, new members welcome. Meets 1pm first Wednesday of the
Scottish Country Dancing more info contact 0211818310., Wednesday night at the Waihi Gear available for hire. Txt 027 333 month at the Thames Community
Beginner’s Classes: Toe-tapping Paeroa Community Scout and Beach RSA. Warm up with line 9309 for info. Thames Valley Centre, 609 Mackay St. For more
Celtic music. Excellent exercise. Guide Hall, Wood St. dancing at 6:45pm then ongoing Deerstalkers, 101 Morrison Rd, details contact Rosemary Coppard
Great social atmosphere. Casual Coffee at Turua: Held at the rock n roll lessons commence at Paeroa. 0211665468 or silcop@slingshot.co.
dress. No partner required. Contact Muddy Cafe (Turua Bakery/Cafe) 7pm. A great way to meet new Thames Croquet Club: Beach Rd. nz
Olina & David at 021619916 or on the first Wednesday of each people. New members welcome. Playing times - Mondays, Thames Floral Art Club: If you
olinaanddavid@gmail.com. St month at 10.30am. All welcome, Pilates Class: Every Thursday Wednesday, Thursdays, Saturday at love flowers and would like to learn
James Church Wesley Hall, Pahau come and meet your neighbours 12:30-1:30pm. Polestar Pilates 12.45pm. Mallets available. to arrange them come along. Held
St, Thames. and meet new friends perhaps. instructor Ailtha Willson 0210 8080 Coaching Wednesday afternoon. third Monday of each month.
Elevenses with Lisa Lorrell: A Phone Lyn on 0278675678. 151., Thames Buddhist Centre, Phone Nola 027 4763 697 or Contact Pam Kenny 868 9873. St
musically delicious morning of Naam Movement and upstairs of Thames Post Office Dennis 868 2423. James Church hall rooms, Pahau St.
great entertainment, followed by Meditation: Gift yourself time to Building. Kaiaua Markets: Last Sunday of Waihi Carboot Market: First and
‘‘Elevenses’’ - a specialty morning uplift your spirit through breath, Thames Market - Every the month, opposite the garage, third Sunday of each month, 8am in
tea, every first Thursday of the rhythmic music and voice. Expands Saturday: Fruit & veges - including 9am to 1pm. Call 027 489 7850. the Waihi RSA Memorial carpark,
month. Anne 09 232 6588, Lisa 021 the lungs and fills the heart. All organic - arts and craft, collectibles, Bridge: Regular sessions this week, Seddon Ave. Contact organisers
541 511. Thames Union Parish, abilities welcome, Tuesdays 11am- used items, flowers, plants, and Monday 1pm, Tuesday 7pm, Trev and Annie, 07 862 7833.
Pahau St, Thames. 12.30, More info: Leigh 0274978601. food. Great stalls, great people, Thursday 1pm. All welcome. Thames Boomer Coffee Group:
Thames Arts Society: Continuous Room 106, Above the Thames Post 8am to 12pm, Grahamstown, 700 Contact Carol at Wednesdays. A gathering of
exhibition of arts and crafts by Office. Block, Pollen St. thamesbridgeclub@gmail.com or friendly people 50+ with
Coromandel region artisans, from Feel Good Aerobics: Wednesday Old Thames Girls Association: A 07 8688023, Thames Bridge Club, conversation and coffee. Phone
12-3pm daily, weekends 10am-4pm. nights from 5.30pm. Low Impact group of women who meet 401 Brown St. 021800265, Sola Cafe, 720B Pollen
Ph: 868 9192. Thames Art Society, high intensity aerobics with great monthly every 3rd Thursday at Thames Small Gauge Railway: St, Thames.
604 Tararu Rd. music. Classes include resistance Saint George Church Hall, Mackay Train rides along Thames Tairua Market: The first Saturday
Thames Heritage Network: exercises using hand weights and St. foreshore. Sundays, 10am-3pm. of every month, you will find a
Meets once a month on a Tuesday fit strips. Contact Jocelyn 0274 TED Talks: An evening of 5 short Thames Green Dollar Exchange collection of stalls and produce
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information email Margaret at Mackay and Mary Sts. for discussions and reflections too. month 9am-12pm is market day for one-lane bridge, 9am -1pm.
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