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By Viv Posselt
The Cambridge Town Clock has fallen silent, echoing the eerie calm that has fallen over Waipā communities since the COVID-19 lockdown began last week. The clock has been stopped as Waipā District Council maintenance staff are unable to access its workings during the lockdown period. Waipa District Mayor Jim Mylchreest said the clock is usually wound twice a week, but given the lockdown and the threat of COVID-19, “asking our staff to complete this task would be putting them at too high a risk”. “As it is a non-essential service, we made the decision to stop the clock at midday last Tuesday prior to going into lockdown.”
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Print ban: Stuff and nonsense The distribution of news is vital for communities. That is why when the Ministry for Culture and Heritage told us last Friday we were not an essential service, the New Zealand Independent Community Newspapers Association (CNA) objected. As a consequence of the announcement and in anticipation of common sense prevailing, your News was compiled in a combined format as we merged our Cambridge and Te Awamutu sister papers after taking steps to distribute safely – without delivery people in urban areas. We have done our best to produce a Waipāwide print publication at short notice. By deadline, the Ministry would not give us a decision on whether or not they considered us an essential service. The Ministry says non-daily newspapers are essential services where their primary focus is communities that are hard to reach due to physical
WE SAY… location. We argue that our rural communities, who we believe have a subscription rate to daily newspapers of less than 20 percent, are in that category. The uncertainty and delays in getting answers resulted in many of our sister papers not publishing this week - leaving their readers without a paper, without notice. We believe the initial application of the rules regarding essential print media was a nonsense, but the revised rulings are still confusing. When the Ministry came to the Independent Community Newspapers Assocation’s 80 members through president David Mackenzie – publisher of this newspaper - it appeared talks leading to the decision had already been held with major daily newspaper publishers. So we find it all the more disturbing to note that in the wake of the announcement 80 mastheads
should close, neither Stuff nor NZME assigned a reporter to call Mackenzie for comment about the forced closure of their rivals - and most of the country’s free press. The only papers now available in most of New Zealand are dailies, mastheads with falling circulations and some who took the opportunity following Friday’s announcement to invite more people to subscribe to their products. The handling of the Covid-19 emergency has, in our view, been almost faultless. But we suggest the throttling of the country’s independent newspapers will leave indelible stains. We will ramp up our online presence during the Covid19 emergency ... go to https://www. cambridgenews.nz/about/publications/ Reporter Jeremy Smith isn’t out and about – but he wants to hear from you. See Page two for contact details. What is your story? The news is in your hands.
Foodbank stays open By Steph Bell-Jenkins
The Te Awamutu Combined Churches and Community Foodbank is continuing to help people in need during the Covid-19 crisis. “We have packers and deliverers ready to make deliveries if required,” said coordinator Ian McLauchlan. “Our delivery processes have been modified to ensure their safety.” He said the organisation will keep operating through Covid-19 emergency because it was classed as an essential service. However, with its call centre at Kainga Aroha Community House now closed and restrictions on public movement in place, it could no longer accept donated goods. “Our plan is to buy food if required over the next four weeks because of the difficulty accepting donated items,” he said. “I have had the offer of a cash donation from a private individual to help meet the cost of purchasing food and we have also received an offer of support from Te Awamutu Rotary.”
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He would be happy to receive offers of financial assistance and could be contacted on 027 389 5470 or at suemclauchlan@xtra. co.nz. McLauchlan has contacted Te Awamutu supermarket managers to set up a plan for buying food and said James Clark from FreshChoice had been “extremely helpful”. “He has enabled us to establish a purchasing system that allows us to buy what we need in the quantities that we need, subject to product availability.” While he expected Work and Income New Zealand to be the first port of call for those in need, he said the foodbank was available as an emergency service. Requests for food parcels should be directed through WINZ or church ministers, including Pastor Ariki Ashford, 021 295 6928, Rev Shelley Walker, 07 871 4453, or 027 694 8779, Julie Guest, 027 420 5375, Allan MacManus, 027 936 5986, Rev Ron Bennett, 022 698 1303 and Pastor Shane Wildermoth, 021 217 2105). Foodbank coordinator Ian McLauchlan.
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On the beat with DEB THURGOOD Bubble ‘n’ speak… Hello from my bubble to yours, I hope you are doing OK. I know that for most this lockdown feels like quite a challenge. Maybe you are home alone without the normal visits from friends and family, a family juggling one or both parents working from home with kids who are out of routine, anxious and missing their usual activities or flatmates not used to being in such close quarters, all the time. Try to be understanding and a little more patient with each other and equally consider how your own behaviour impacts on those around you. If you or someone you know is at risk of immediate family harm however, call 111 or for advice, call 0800 refuge (Women’s Refuge services are available 24/7). As you will have heard from various sources, how we behave and follow the rules now, determines how successful these first four weeks are in flattening the virus curve. Hopefully the message has reached everyone, that it is not about finding a loophole to the rules, but knuckling down and keeping to them for the benefit of all. Stay at home, unless going out for essential work or essential trips for groceries or to see the Doctor. Remember, send just the one
nominated household member to do the grocery shopping. While exercise is fantastic for mental health and wellbeing, stay in your immediate neighbourhood. (Take those long training bike rides/runs off the calendar – use an indoor trainer or treadmill.) When you are cycling outside, maintain social distance too. There are plenty of home fitness options available however. Check out the Les Mills free daily classes on TV1 (9am for all and 3pm for kids) or search the Body Coach on YouTube for kids, seniors and general fitness workouts. There are plenty of others on YouTube, for example Fitness Blender and Popsugar Fitness. On that topic, with everyone using their computers more, it is important to be vigilant for Scams that try to take advantage of the situation. While we may be in extraordinary times, the advice remains the same about never providing personal details in response to unsolicited phone calls; verify the identity of anyone calling especially if they are saying they are from a health authority. Call back on a number you find for the organisation yourself, not one provided by the suspicious caller.
Similarly do not click on random links sent on unsolicited emails. With regards to Covid-19, take your information from reputable Science based sources and refer to Covid19.govt. nz if you have any queries about what is required. I’ve seen and heard some great examples of our community supporting each other. I see social distancing in action everywhere and our supermarkets and dairies are demonstrating responsible practices around maintaining strict hygiene and controlling customer numbers. The Prime Minister made reference to online bullying for people who had come in contact with the virus. This virus is non-discriminatory and despite even the best precautions, transmission obviously can happen. It is important more than ever to support those people and be kind. Together we will get through this. Keep calm, be kind, stay home. Deb Deb Thurgood and Constable Ryan Fleming will alternate their columns while we are merged.
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how e-learning will work for its students. A “daily routine” involving a 9am email briefing from subject teachers to parents and students is in place. The email briefings will be sent on the days students would regularly have that subject class, following established timetables. The briefings are “so that parents and students will know what is expected of them and by when,” Principal Greg Thornton wrote in the email.
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Briefs… Award date put back
The deadline for Waipā Youth Awards applications has been extended. The awards recognise achievements in academic, community service, leadership, sporting and arts/culture categories. Youth aged 14-18 years who live in or have attended school in Waipā for at least six months of the 2019 academic year are eligible to enter. Applicants will now have until the end of May to apply. The winners will be revealed via an online announcement in July.
CAB boxes on
Cambridge Citizens Advice Bureau staff remain “onboard” for anyone who needs to use the services, spokesperson Margaret Stott said. Like many CABs, Cambridge CAB has a group of volunteers working from home and on call from 10am until 3pm each weekday on 0800 367 222 number. Volunteers also service “online chats” via the website www.cab.org.nz.
Theatre online
Te Awamutu’s Little Theatre is going online. The organisation will hold its annual meeting slightly differently this time around – via an online process. The roughly 20 members will be able to visit a website to complete a voting process.
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Councils get e-meeting approval Councils around the country have been given the all clear to hold e-meetings which would be broadcast live. The Covid-19 Response (Urgent Management Measures) Legislation Bill has amended the Local Government Act to enable council meetings to be held via audio or visual link to meet quorum requirements. The change was forecast by the News last week when the Waikato Regional Council announced it wanted changes. In the case of Waipā District Council, council and quorum
requirements required at least seven councillors to be physically present in Council chambers for a decision to be passed. Now a quorum can be achieved via virtual presence. The council will post public sections of its meetings on its website for public access – something some councils have done live for several years – and this week was testing systems with a view to streaming live meetings to Youtube. A link would be published ahead of meetings. Waipā District Council mayor Jim Mylchreest said
The changes effectively give the running of local government what will be regarded as a sensible, if not overdue, digital boost and will also allow councils to post meeting agendas, reports and minutes on their websites rather than in physical locations such as libraries. Waikato local bodies responded ahead of the Government’s move on Covid-19 by holding emergency meetings to prepare for a four week lockdown. In Waipā an executive committee was established to
enable crucial decisions to be made with a quorum of two. “We had expected this committee would need to step in and temporarily take over governing powers. This will now only be used as a backup option if Council is unable to meet quorum to ensure it always has a way of making key decisions for the community,” the mayor said. A strategic planning and policy committee meeting, scheduled for next Tuesday will be the first held via video-conferencing app Zoom. An agenda will be available on waipadc.govt. nz ahead of the meeting.
From Autumn to lock-down fest By Viv Posselt
Hot on the heels of lockdown day one, the inventive organisers behind the cancelled Cambridge Autumn Festival have come up with an ingenious plan – the Cambridge Lockdown Festival. Organiser Alana MacKay felt a surge of disappointment at the festival’s cancellation, then grew increasingly concerned about the effects of the lockdown after the COVID-19 alert level rose. It inspired her to come up with the idea to share a set of activities and challenges on the Autumn Festival Facebook page. “Once the alert level rose to Level 4 and we
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Exercise enthusiasts are being urged to set out from home and not travel in cars to their favourite walking place. “If you’re having to drive to a destination to exercise, it’s simply not exercise and it increases the risk of spreading the COVID-19 virus,” said Waikato Civil Defence and Emergency Management Group Controller, Julian Snowball. “Don’t go where you might need rescuing. We need to make sure our emergency services are available to help those in the greatest need.”
the changes would mean Council and key committee meetings could continue as usual. “This is fantastic news because it means Council can continue to make crucial decisions throughout this crisis,” he said. “The challenges posed by Covid-19 require us to adapt to change, so it’s great that we are able to adopt new technology and work in a different way. “We will be able to run most meetings as previously scheduled and we’ll also be running our community board meetings as well.”
were told we’d all have to stay at home, I thought people are going to be bored, they’re going to want something to do,” she explained. “So, why let the pandemic stop us? The public events may have been cancelled, but that doesn’t mean we still can’t have some arty fun together.” Her idea was originally to cover the duration of what would have been the Cambridge Autumn Festival (March 27 to April 5). However, she is open to extending that timeframe on the back of a spirited uptake tally that by day four of lockdown showed the initiative had achieved a reach of 3926; it had fielded 320 engagements, received 46 comments and had 32 shares. Encouraged by the trend, Alana said she would consider extending the Lockdown Festival to beyond the original Autumn Festival dates. “It’s definitely something we’re considering. So far, so good. If people want it, I’m happy to keep it going – maybe we’ll see what they say.” Here’s what it all entails: people are invited to share an arts-based activity on the Cambridge Autumn Festival Facebook page on each day of the Lockdown Festival. One of the first out of the traps was ‘Cambridge Can Dance’, where people
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offered up short videos of themselves dancing (perhaps with pets or other bubble sharers) and shared it on the Facebook page. “The point is to have fun and share the joy,” Alana said. “Other days might be lessons/ workshops people can do, writing challenges, creating and sharing an artwork, taking and posting photos or captioning photos that are posted … “We want to encourage creativity and togetherness through technology. Readers are most welcome to share this with friends and family anywhere and everywhere – you don’t have to be from Cambridge, and the more the merrier.”
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Cambridge Lockdown Festival organiser Alana MacKay is open to extending the initiative beyond its original festival dates.
Te Awamutu’s Richard Blayney snapped this spectacular shot of Monday’s electrical storm. Taken from the Piquet Hill Rd area, between 7 and 8pm, he used a Canon 80D to capture the image. Richard had an 18-55mm lens and set the camera on a 30 second exposure on f8 with an iso of 200. The storm continued for about 40 minutes, and he also captured video of the occurrence. Richard said he liked the challenge photography presents and enjoys capturing the action and movement of sports photography too. “There’s always new skills and techniques you can learn,” he told the News.
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This is your starting guide to life in Waipā during our lock-down. Most (but not all) information you will need is on the Government website (www.covid-19.govt.nz). In the coming weeks, we will be publishing information specific to our local community as it to comes to hand. We will carry an updated version of this graphic next week. Email editor@goodlocal.nz if you have information that you think will be useful to share with our local community and we will include it in next week’s edition.
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Millions more in funding has been announced by the Waikato Community Funders Group to support non-profit organisations working on the frontline to help people affected by Covid-19. New funding includes $1million from the Hamilton City Council, $1million from WEL Energy Trust, $100,000 from the Len Reynolds Trust, $100,000 from DV Bryant Trust, $25,000 from the Gallagher Foundation, and $25,000 from the Tindall Foundation to Community Waikato. This is in addition to the $1million from Trust Waikato announced last week.
More help at hand
Waitomo, Waipā and Ōtorohanga residents can freephone 0800 800 405 if they are struggling to access food, groceries, medication or other household goods and services. The service, established by the Waikato Civil Defence and Emergency Management Group, is available between 7am and 7pm daily. It does not replace other government helplines already in operation.
Waipā District Council: Essential services such as recycling, road safety, water, customer support and animal control will continue to operate throughout the four-week shutdown. Go to waipadc.govt.nz, waikatodistrict.govt.nz or otodc.govt.nz for more information. Police: Read ‘On the Beat’ on P2. Medical Centres: Consult your health provider. Community Testing for COVID-19: Your nearest centre is at Claudelands Event Centre, open from 8am to 8pm. It is accepting both drive-throughs and walk-ins. Please use the Gate 3 entrance off Brooklyn Rd. Please use this centre if you think you have symptoms of Covid-19 rather than going to your usual GP. Pharmacies: If you need to pick up a repeat prescription, ring ahead to your pharmacy and arrange a time for collection. If your doctor has given you a new prescription, the practice can fax the prescription straight through to your pharmacy for pickup there. Supermarkets: All supermarkets. Like New World and Pak’n Save are adapting to the different environment. Countdown has announced it will prioritise the delivery of groceries to the homes of vulnerable customers, and is also working to increase capacity for online delivery shoppers.. Post Office: Go to www.nzpost.co.nz/ and click on Covid-19 updates. If anything is unclear or you do not have internet, call either the Cambridge Post Shop, based at Paper Plus, on (07) 827 4360, or the Te Awamutu Postshop on (07) 871 5199. Working from home: In Cambridge, contact Thinus du Preez at CompuHub on (07) 823
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4666 if you need help. In Te Awamutu, touch base with Computer Aid on (07) 871 3837. At Computer Aid, for non-urgent matters, please visit their website, www.computeraid.co.nz, and fill out the online contact form. A member of the team can be in touch with you from there. If there are other computer specialists in town with this expertise, please let us know. Banks: Banks are updating their websites constantly. Check your bank’s website for information or ring your bank if you do not have internet facilities. Rest Homes: Please do not visit elderly relatives in our rest homes. Time to start writing daily letters and cards, send texts or make regular phone calls. Justices of the Peace: All our JPs are seniors so are unavailable for now. If you need the services of a JP, please ring and make an appointment at Te Awamutu District Court or Hamilton District Court 0800 268 787 for either. Churches: Whether you are in Cambridge or Te Awamutu, please contact your local priest, vicar or pastor for information on how your church will function during the lockdown. We are asking our churches to keep us updated and will publish anything that comes to hand in our next edition. Garages: In Cambridge Lake Street Autos is closed for the lockdown period, as is VTNZ Te Awamutu. For any assistance, if you have online access, please visit either https://vtnz. co.nz/ or www.nzta.govt.nz. If you need to get petrol and fill the vehicle yourself, you can use paper towels wrapped around the pump handle. Prices at the pump have fallen. There is no indication of a supply issue.
Automobile Association: All AA sites are closed, and the AA will not provide driver/ vehicle licensing or WOF services. Go to https://www.aa.co.nz/membership/ important-covid-19-update/ for details. The AA was not certain when this edition went to press whether it could still provide physical assistance to members. Citizens Advice Bureau: Both the Cambridge CAB and the Te Awamutu CAB offices – based on Alpha St and Alexandra streets respectively – are closed during the lockdown but will still operate from volunteer’s homes. They can be contacted by phone - 0800 367 222. Schools, Kindergartens, Day Care Centres: These are all closed for the next four weeks. Community Hubs: The government has done everything it can to limit the spread of Covid-19 in New Zealand and how we manage at the local community level will be very important in the coming weeks. There are many ways we can form small local hubs to ensure everyone has access to what they need. Consider forming a Whatsapp street group or a local Facebook group so you can help each other out or just pass the time! Our Elderly in the Community: Our elderly are among our most vulnerable and anyone over 70 is required to stay at home for now. There are many elderly people living independently in our community – please keep them on your radar and support them in any way you can. Many of our elderly do not have Internet access, so if you are in a position to help them out with online shopping, paying bills online or ringing them up for a chat please do so.
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Here to help I know many of you are feeling anxious about the health and livelihoods of your families and community right now. As a Member of Parliament I am here to help and support you. Please do not hesitate to contact me by phone or email if you require information or assistance. I want to serve our community by providing information, advocacy, connection and support for you and your loved ones. I have suspended all planned campaign activities so I can focus on these duties.
I know many of you are worried about what will happen but I urge you to focus on this next 4 week self-isolation period. As communities we can focus on recovery later, our focus should now be on keeping ourselves and our loved ones safe. Please take self-isolation deadly seriously. Stay home, stay safe, take care!
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The most up-to-date health information on the coronavirus is available at this Ministry of Health website: health.govt.nz or call Healthline free on 0800 358 5453
I am in touch with community leaders and support services. If you want to know what support may be available in your neighbourhood, please let me know and I will connect you.
More general information about New Zealand’s efforts to address the virus and its impact can be found here: covid19.govt.nz
I am impressed by the efforts of so many already to provide moral and practical support to local neighbours and communities.
If you have other unanswered questions please contact me directly.
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Support for the Isolated & Vulnerable
The Government has released a package of financial support for businesses and employees, contractors and the selfemployed.
Many in our community are feeling isolated and vulnerable right now. Some don’t have access to the internet and may need additional information or help with deliveries, food or other services.
Information on the support that may be available to you is detailed here: workandincome.govt.nz If you are concerned you “fall between the gaps” or are having difficulty accessing support please contact me so I can help navigate and advocate for you. The Government has acknowledged there will be a need for a second phase of support, so I will provide Ministers with your feedback on what that should look like.
If you are concerned for a community member or relative please let me know so I can give them a call, provide support directly or help connect them with some of the incredible local people and organisations readied to provide assistance. If you or anyone you know is feeling overwhelmed and needs to talk to a trained counsellor they can free call/text 1737
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The Lord moves… online
By Jeremy Smith
Waipā churches are stepping out, for some into uncharted waters, to keep their congregations connected via technology during the nation-wide Covid-19 lock-down. In Te Awamutu, services in town are shifting online – in either the form of live video broadcasts or video content uploaded to YouTube and then shared with the congregation via social media pages. At Te Awamutu Assemblies of God, Reach Church, senior pastors Ariki and Pam Ashford are already seeing how online content could shape their church meetings in the future, even post lockdown. Pastor Ariki said in his video message on YouTube on Sunday it was the first time he had done anything like it. “And certainly, the first time I’ve done anything without being in front of a live congregation.” After just one online offering though, a pre-recorded YouTube play list, Pastor Pam said they were surprised by the reach it achieved. “As a church, we’ve been challenged recently by the phrase ‘when was the
last time you did something for the first time?’ and for us going online is definitely an example of that. “We’ve even had people contact us who used to come along to church, but have since moved out of town, and they just said how nice it was to hear pastor Ariki again,” she said. The Ashfords have been pastoring at Reach Church since 2001 and thanks to a “great IT man” they have a busy upload schedule planned during the lockdown. Every day between 1-2pm, they are hosting a live chat, as well as uploading bible study content every Tuesday, and online prayer night gatherings tonight and each Friday thereafter. The church is also holding a virtual cafe as announced for children, and family prayer times on Thursday at 9am. In cases were technology is not an option, they have also been writing letters to other congregation members. Te Awamutu Bible Chapel interim senior pastor Bradd Trebilco said they are using live streaming on Sunday mornings. He said online content was a valuable tool in helping provide a sense of normality for the congregation.
Bus trips
Travel on board Waikato Regional Council’s Busit services is available to people who either work in essential services or need to use the bus to access an essential service. Passengers are bring now asked to register their journey to help with Covid-19 contact tracing if it’s required. Ariki Ashford speaks to his congregation via a YouTube video this week.
In addition to Sunday morning messages he plans to broadcast daily devotional messages each weeknight at 7pm and will look to start and online marriage seminar. Christian ministers and pastors in town are also having regular zoom meetings. Those wanting to keep up with the two churches online can find their services online by either visiting Reach Church on Facebook at www.facebook. com/reachteawamutu/ or Te Awamutu Bible Chapel at www.facebook.com/ teawamutubiblechapel/
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Health Services at Waikato DHB Tēnā koutou, thank you for your support and understanding as we work together to ensure our Waikato health services are prepared and supported during this pandemic event. Health facilities are essential services and will be open throughout the national lockdown. This includes our hospitals, emergency departments (ED), delivery suites, GPs and Pharmacies.
CLINIC APPOINTMENTS AND PLANNED SURGERY
Acute and trauma procedures will continue to be delivered as well as time critical procedures. If you had a surgery date or a clinic appointment that was postponed you will have been contacted to inform you of this. If you haven’t been contacted and you are unclear about your appointment contact the booking clerk phone number on your appointment letter.
NO VISITORS TO THE DHB
No visitors will be permitted to enter any of the Waikato DHB hospitals, this includes the southern rural and Thames hospitals. We recognise how important the support of whānau and friends is for our patients. However, this is an extraordinary situation and a necessary precaution for the safety of our patients, staff and community. There are a few exceptions: Paediatrics – one caregiver for the duration of the child’s stay Delivery/maternity – the partner OR nominated support person for birth Emergency Department – one visitor/support person Essential or compassionate grounds – this is at the sole discretion of the Charge Nurse Manager and must be agreed prior to arrival, please phone the Waikato DHB number (07 839 8899) and ask for the Charge Nurse Manager for the ward your loved one is in Security will be at all entry and exit points and will require information from you to verify your eligibility to enter the hospitals. We encourage patients and families to use technology to stay in touch as much as possible during this time. Our hospitals have Wi-Fi access which can help to support this.
FRIDAY APRIL 3, 2020
Essentially, Pooh is just a gas… By Jeremy Smith
“Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.” It’s fitting Winnie the Pooh said that because he has been exemplifying that very sentiment in an effort to brighten people’s days during the lock-down. Connah Wagstaff posted on the Cambridge Grapevine that Winnie’s visit had made a huge difference. At last check, the post had nearly 700 likes. ‘Winnie the Pooh’ is Challenge Rockgas Cambridge logistics manager Gary Brindle, who was spotted in his attire delivering LPG cylinders in Matamata and Cambridge. “I like to try to bring a little bit of happiness when I can,” he explained. Challenge Rockgas Cambridge owner David Wilkinson said he “just cracked up,” when he spotted Pooh. “I’m proud of him.”
Winnie the Pooh, aka Challenge Rockgas Cambridge logistics manager Gary Brindle. Photo: Supplied
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Wedlock before lockdown Healthy community By Jeremy Smith
“It was kind of on form for them, really,” Micah AishGillard said. “Before we even started the ceremony they were crying, and after we were finished they were still crying.” But he admitted that might, in a way, be what mums are for. Cambridge couple Micah and Courtney (nee Watson) Aish-Gillard were married in a small wedding ceremony on March 24, the day before New Zealand’s month-long lockdown began. The ceremony took place at the Maungatautari home of Hamilton’s City Bible Church pastor Craig Barrow, who also officiated the day. The day was attended by a small handful of family members, including Micah’s mum Janine and Courtney’s parents Shawn and Marilyn. “It was awesome though,” Micah said. “Everyone was singing the same song really, even my boss, in thinking we should get married, and so we did.” Micah and Courtney had been dating for more than five years - and their initial plan for their big day had been to marry on Saturday,
March 28 in Whitehall. Now though, they’re just happy to be together and the post lockdown plans are set, Micah said. They want to give their friends a chance to celebrate
their special occasion with them. “Yes, we’re going to have the whole big day again, the ceremony, the white dress, the walking down the aisle, everything,” Micah said.
Micah and Courtney Aish-Gillard were married in an intimate ceremony on Tuesday, March 24 - just before lock-down. Photo: Supplied
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Ruth Nicholls has begun her new role as Cambridge’s Violence Free Waipa co-ordinator just as the beginning of April sees the start of Child Abuse Prevention Month and almost all the group’s associated activities stalled. The Violence Free Waipā network, supported by the Cambridge Community House, comprises community agencies committed to ending family violence. Under normal circumstances, it runs events, campaigns and promotions to raise awareness around violence, and helps people access assistance. The lockdown presents special challenges, Ruth said. “It is especially important during this time of isolation and stress that we try to put the welfare of children in the forefront of our hearts and minds,” she said. “We need to be aware of what’s going on in our neighbourhoods … we are all in this together. A healthy community benefits
everyone.” The awareness month was founded in the United States and subsequently adopted in several other countries,. It recognises the importance of families and communities working together to prevent child abuse and neglect, while encouraging awareness and providing support and education via targeted resources and strategies. One of those stalled activities is Pink Shirt Day, an annual global event which highlights environments where all can feel safe and valued. It was set down for May 22, but has been postponed in alignment with COVID-19 restrictions. One of Ruth’s primary objectives in her role is to give that initiative – and others that fall under her wing – a positive spin. “It doesn’t all have to be all negative. I’d like to bring more of the community into things like that. In terms of Pink Shirt Day, we could look at bringing business owners in with a window display competition. We need to get the message out
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beyond those who have heard it every year – those strategies are among some I will be looking at.” The Florida native has a background in psychology and wants to bring greater community encouragement to the message once the current situation eases. In the meantime, she is focusing on strategies that will keep youngsters busy – and their parents calm throughout the lockdown. For more information go to the Violence Free Waipa Facebook page.
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DOWN WITH KIDS
Column of a plague year Cambridge High calls it a “daily routine.” That is: get up, get dressed, and head to school. In a country under lockdown, it’s a short commute. Last Thursday saw New Zealand’s roughly 280,000 secondary school students get up in a similar fashion, waking up to the new reality of life under lockdown. In the morning, students got emails from staff on the required day’s work. When you did it that day was up to you, (and your parents, who also got the emails…) It’s weird, but not that weird. How does it all – the lockdown, coronavirus – feel from a teen perspective? Well, on Day 4, it all seems a little underwhelming. Surreal - yes. But not because our lockdown resembles the dystopian quarantines
of much of the world, but because it doesn’t. And that is, in many ways, a blessing. Our lockdown came early. Students, for the most part, have not seemed too anxious. Again, that’s likely down to the early nature of New Zealand’s lockdown; we’ve taken these drastic measures before things got really bad. Italy, for example, only headed into lockdown once its infection rate hit 9,172. Here, to students like me without parents on the medical frontline, the virus still seems quite far away; for most, the only way it’s touched our lives is to provide a sudden school holiday. Less of a stringent, scary lockdown from your typical pandemic movie, more of a casual Kiwi Sunday. Not to tempt fate, of course, or minimise the terror some
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will be going through. And that’s not to say there haven’t been changes. Feeling myself sink into the school holiday nature of it all, I find myself thinking: “Oh, I should get *friend’s name* over today”. That’s now followed quickly by: “Oh, wait…” And those friends will be now part of a generation of Kiwis bred to know a whole new vocabulary of words. My parents grew up with “Mutually Assured Destruction” and “Nuclear Annihilation”. We get “Social distancing”, and “Selfisolation”. At 15 years old, I’m a long way away from experiencing the “old New Zealand” of the 90s my parents reminisce about. “Small town” New Zealand, of quiet roads and less overall bustle. So this lockdown – taking cars off
the roads, and generally pressing pause on the frantic buzz of modern life – has provided teens with a taste of that part of Kiwi history. Someone on Twitter called the internet a “human right” recently, and I agree. A time like this has made me even more aware of how indispensable online communication is. Social distancing doesn’t equal the end of socialising, as Government flyers have reminded us. The internet will get us through this, in many ways. Zoom, the video conferencing app now suddenly rocketing in market value, has cushioned the blow of the economic shock by helping many keep working from home. Those friends I wanted to meet up with are just a FaceTime call away.
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Stuck in Peru
A former Waipā resident among New Zealanders stranded in Peru wants “urgent, clear support” from the Government to help them get home, her family say.Naomi CourtneyTennent and her fiancé Nic Christie are among about 80 Kiwis stuck in South America after borders were closed as a result of Covid-19. Naomi has family in both Cambridge and Hamilton, and “everyone is obviously concerned for her well-being,” her aunt Anne, who still lives in Cambridge, told the News on Tuesday. Anne said Nic and Naomi – both teachers - had planned to take a year off from their jobs and go travelling.
By Matteo Di Maio And then there’s a blooming online culture of “Quarantine Day #” memes; of people clinking wine glasses in the mirror or running marathons on their balconies. They’re hilarious and uplifting at the same time: the resilience of the human spirit to “war-time” conditions, 21st Century style. To me at least, there’s also now a bigger sense of solidarity in Instagram posts. Dishearteningly superficial lifestyles, a real problem on social media, are somewhat glazed over by the fact we all have one relatable factor in our lives. With a third of the world in lockdown, memes are not about much else. The American students who write for an online magazine with me agree – our shared coronavirus situations spark
conversations and, strangely, given the disintegration of much of the world’s social life, we all feel a little bit more together as a result of the virus. We haven’t really had long to adapt to the new rhythm of life – that “daily routine”. Shifted forward to fall squarely between the minimum four weeks of mandatory self-isolation, it was only three days of “e-learning” before we all headed home for the real ‘school holidays’. Of course, another very short commute.
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Sun’s up
We had the lightning on page 3 today, so here’s the scene the next day. Nicole Crossley snapped this pic in the early hours of Tuesday in Ōhaupō as the fog lifted on another beautiful day during nation-wide lock-down.
Story win
A Manawatu farmer has won this year’s Cooney Insurance Short Story Competition, part of the annual Cambridge Autumn Festival. Tim Saunders won $1000 for ‘Fish and Chips’, one of a record 285 entries, said organiser Julie Epps. The Autumn Festival was cancelled due to COVID-19 but the short story competition went ahead.The winning
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Answering a call of duty…
OPINION
Life in Stalag 91
By Peter Carr
Clearly, the media frenzy regarding that subject is wearing people down. Experts in everything – most of them very well meaning – are coming out of the woodwork. And the recipients of their hopefully sage advice are either taking it all in – or switching channels. The huge growth in Netflix subscriptions this past week – which include me – bear witness to the desire to change sources of entertainment. From my perspective on the ‘high’ side of 70 years it is an interesting scenario. Given that a plethora of statistics and mathematical projections are targeting the elderly as the most spongelike animals on the planet it behoves the old ’uns to listen and behave. Here in the delightful retirement village where I have resided for over nine years there is a clamp-down on our ability to rove wildly outside of the gates. While gentle and short-distance excursions are cautiously permitted by the authorities, most people are behaving very well and maintaining a new walking regime within the confines of the property. It is possible to do a single circuit
in the region of 1.2 km and therefore multiple repeats of this spiral, at a speed to suit the elderly limbs, see people approaching each other frequently but always veering to one side when passing to acknowledge the 2-meters-apart dictum. The gates are closed and watched over by a delightful security lady armed with one of those little white temperature guns that are set to bombard the forehead. Visitors on official business are all screened and have strict visiting period limits. All for the common good and full marks to our village owners and manager for their diligent and caring manner. The street number for the village entrance is 91. Thus – absent of the guard towers and baying Alsatian dogs – we are now affectionately housed in Stalag Luft 91. To my knowledge no-one has yet started digging tunnels or tried to cut through wire fences! I am very willing to praise the government for their actions to date. And to witness a Prime Minister and her Finance Minister who have the guts and foresight to make firm and somewhat
enormous decisions in a timely manner. Politically I vote for the other side normally, but I would dare to suggest that if the Ministers’ cars were painted blue they would not have done any better. Sadly, our cousins across the affectionately named ‘ditch’ have not been led so decisively. In the period leading up to the Stage 4 shutdown we witnessed a plethora of decisions, all but one of which appeared to be very sensible. The odd one being this. Those of us who enjoy a 5pm, relatively minimalistic, sundowner on most days had the good sense to ensure we visited our local bottle store to guarantee we were sufficiently stocked up (I plead guilty to that initiative). And then the portcullis came down on the Wednesday evening we all knew where we stood. But why were liquor stores in Licensing Trust areas permitted to stay open? Apart from two of these survivors of an anachronistic and old-fashioned attitude to alcohol – most of them have a very poor track record of ineffective governance with a local body elective mentality. It transpires that
By Jeremy Smith
their absolute control of liquor in their areas forbids supermarkets to sell the beer and wine that they currently do in the rest of the country. Perhaps after all this current madness subsides, we may see the emergence of a more sensible commercial environment for these products. In these currently constrained times, we are witnessing a superb high degree of responsibility and caring by the supermarket operators. It is early days yet. This is written on Day 5 of the shutdown. The day after the first sad demise of a sufferer of the awful sickness. There is much water to go under the bridge before a semblance of normality emerges. It may be that if we all behave ourselves within our district or region we may be rewarded with partial lifting of the stringent rules. Who knows - but we all have a part to play to ensure survival.
Fixed line fibre internet usage in New Zealand hit record highs last Friday night. TUANZ CEO Craig Young say Chorus’ fixed-line fibre network hit a 3.03 terabytes per second data transmission rate that evening – viewership during the last Rugby World Cup was 2.6 terabytes per second. While Mr Young said that may be in part due to the fact a new Call of Duty TUANZ CEO Craig Young online gaming update became available that evening – it’s also because during the lockdown, everyone was home using the internet on other fronts as well. “That’s a 34 percent increase on normal load and the highest we’ve ever seen in the country,” he told the News. On Saturday during the day, usage spiked about 10-20 percent, Mr Young said. But he said Chorus had told TUANZ – the Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand - that it was confident its fibre system was “still quite comfortable” reaching those levels of usage. “What I’ll be interested to look at is how it held up this week – week two of lockdown - and how the network goes next week, week three. I see this window as critical.” When it comes to mobile broadband, Mr Young said Chorus had recorded a roughly 20-25 percent increase on usual usage. At the start of the lockdown, Mr Young said he wondered whether broadband users in rural settings might notice a “slow down”. But he said this week there had been limited feedback from people on this front, so he was keen to hear of how those systems were holding up and how those people were coping.
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OPINION
Finding true freedom
Being in the early stages of a government ordered ‘lockdown’ to contain the spread of Coronavirus, the quietness and subdued atmosphere out walking deserted lonely streets of our town is eerily unfamiliar. The absence of Cambridge’s bustle of traffic and people is jarringly confronting as everyone ‘hunkers’ down in their homes for the purpose of containing this menacing viral intrusion. If you’re struggling with isolation and restricted freedom, give a thought to how it was for Anne Frank. This young Jewish girl lived hiding in a ‘cupboardsized’ room behind a wall
for two years as her family of four hid from the Nazis during the occupation of the Netherlands. The Nazis had introduced laws and regulations that marginalised Jewish people to the point their lives were unbearable. When Anne’s older sister Margot received a call-up to report for a so-called ‘labour camp’ in Nazi Germany on July 5, 1942, her parents were suspicious. They did not believe the call-up was about work and decided to go into hiding the next day in order to escape persecution. During spring of 1942, Anne’s father had fitted out a hiding place in the
annex of his business premises. Here in cramped circumstances they took refuge and were soon joined by four more people adding to the discomfort. Anne had to keep very quiet and was often afraid. After remaining hidden for two years they were discovered. Anne was sent to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp where she died in 1945. On her 13th birthday, just before they went into hiding, Anne was presented with a diary in which she journaled her feelings and thoughts during the two years in hiding. Her diary later became famous. Anne filled its pages with thoughts and yearnings reflecting her
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free spirit and indomitable courage in spite of her confinement. Years ago a church leader was arrested as part of a concerted siege to eliminate Christian testimony and influence in Cuba under dictator Fidel Castro. This Christian leader was put in a coffin-like box and buried just below ground level. A small chute conveyed basic water and rations to barely keep him alive. This was ‘social distancing’ to the extreme. The goal was to break this man, forcing him to retract his faith. He stayed in this predicament for a long time exceeding his tormentors’ expectations. Eventually
they released him, in serious physical condition- filthy, emaciated, flesh infected from having lain in his own excrement, he clung to life by a thread. Marvelling that he was even alive, his captors later asked him why he did not crack. His response was, “In my soul bloomed a garden. And they could never take that away from me…” An incredible example of how the inner quality of peace is able to sustain a person in the severest circumstance. You can imprison a person but you cannot imprison their soul. Experiencing inner peace and freedom, like
that Christian leader, goes beyond just developing a disciplined mind or internal fortitude…it’s sourced from a gift that is offered, a gift that can be received by anyone…from Jesus, who said: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” John 14:27
OPINION
Time, and lists, on our hands
There’s a joke doing the rounds at the moment: “spare a thought for all the husbands who have spent the last few years saying I’ll do that when I get some time”. And so it was on Saturday I woke to find my wife planning a roster of delayed jobs. At first glance it looked insurmountable, but it turns out that the best way to shorten a list is to tick things off it - so we got started. First, we got the teenage son out of bed and broke the news, a task in itself. Our 10-year-old daughter was far more willing. The tree which has been
encroaching upon the south side of house and progressively blocking daylight from above for several years was heavily trimmed, as were the hydrangeas and various other bushes advancing from below. Two trailer-loads of trimmings out to the bonfire pile in the paddock later, the rastafarian grapevine was tamed back to within a metre or so of the high fence it had completely engulfed. As we were gathering up the debris, I attempted to explain to the teenage son that if he put half as much effort into doing the job as he was putting into avoiding
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it... you know how that goes. After lunch I rediscovered the old flourishes and flair of my brief stint cleaning windows (thirty years ago!) as I regaled my wife with my own confessions of a window cleaner. I don’t think she was very impressed. As it happens I started with the easiest window and as I went round the house they got progressively more difficult, ending with me up a ladder in the middle of a large and resolutely obstructive bush, clinging to a narrow window ledge reaching out to the furthest corner of the damned window and failing
to get the last bit, for fear of taking a short cut back to earth. Feeling righteous and virtuous I went into the house to find all three of my co-internees had drifted back inside and were watching television! What about the jobs? Their enthusiasm had waned but I was on a roll so I was back up the ladder in a flash and gouging a good few season’s worth of sludge and leaves out of the gutters. I was fascinated to see how, in a relatively short period of time, mini-ecosystems had formed - complete with proper soil. How did it get
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up there? In one place there were weeds growing in soil in the gutters. Well not any more; there’s a place for plant-life and it is not in the spouting. This particular job was cut short, fortunately just as I had almost finished, when I reached up into a valley between two sheets of iron and disturbed a nest of paper wasps. I would have slid down the ladder like they do in the movies (particularly old musicals), but mindful of the wasps above and the spikey lemon tree below my descent was less elegant than rapid. So now I’ve got the jump
on the list of jobs which is stuck to the fridge - about a third of the items have been ticked off. Although I have noticed an alarming development; there seem to have been a couple of new lines added to the bottom. How are you getting on with yours?
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Games delay leaves Walker in limbo By Jeremy Smith
Four years ago, Cambridge BMX rider Sarah Walker had a choice to make. “Did I want to keep riding?,” the London 2012 silver medallist had to ask herself after a major crash and resulting serious injuries took her out of contention for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Rio would have been her third Olympic appearance, but with those games off the table it was a question only she could answer - away from the bright lights and the world stage. “As an athlete, when you say yes to those sorts of questions you know you’re committing everything you have to the next four years,” she said. Ultimately, after some thought, she answered yes – at the time with a view to going to Tokyo later this year. But, amidst the word-wide flow-on effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced last week that Tokyo was postponed until “no later than summer 2021.” As that news began to filter through to New Zealand, the day before the country went into lockdown, somewhat fittingly Walker was in the place near her Cambridge home you’d most likely expect to find her. “As news came through, I went for a solitary ride on my bike at the BMX track. To me, the fact riding my bike was the first thing I thought of doing in the light of that showed that four years ago, I made the right decision to keep going after my big crash.” But for Walker - who got married last year - Tokyo’s postponement brings with it more decisions for her to make. She said Tokyo could be her last Olympic campaign.
There’s no doubt she wants to be there but, practically, having the games a year later means there are some things she needs to think about. “I haven’t yet committed to Paris in 2024, and so I’m now working through what this means for me, on every level.” She said she fully supports the decisions being made both here in New Zealand and around the world to combat Covid-19. “There’s no doubt those are the right moves and the right decisions and I’m proud of New Zealand for taking them.” But she hadn’t yet qualified for Tokyo and the Olympic postponement brought with it the postponement of about eight remaining qualifying events between now and the initial cut off of May for the BMX selections. She was also excited because in this Olympic cycle – for the first time ever - New Zealand could have had two women qualify. While she was “leaning towards a yes” for Tokyo, and is hopeful the postponed qualification events will be rescheduled, a consideration she said was a factor was possible crashes and injuries in the year to come. And she’s already had her fair share of those. “When I’m riding and competing, I have to treat it as though there’s a 99.9 percent chance – probably even 100 percent – that I might have a crash and get injured.” Throughout her career, an ongoing “conscious choice” to be positive in the face of adversity, and a genuine love for her sport has sustained her. “You have to be positive.” And in that cathartic moment when Walker was riding as postponement news broke, all these thoughts flashed through her mind.
“As I was on the track, with everything competitively off the table for now, it became clear as I was riding that I was riding just for me. “It’s not often in life that you get asked, in a special moment, to really genuinely prove you truly love something when it comes down to it, and on the track I had to come back to the fact that at the heart of it, I ride because I love it,” she said.
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The victorious CamEx Big Whackers. Back row, left to right, Ted Miller, Andy Watkins, Hamish MacDonald, Callum Donaldson, Greg Pennell, Tony Overbeek, Jarrod Cannon and Stephan Brink. Back row, left to right, John Stubbs, Brett Dixon, Simon Crutchley and Allan Crouch. Toby and Kent Nicol, Kieryn Tapper, Bruce Morrison, Dion Silich and Jason McMillan were absent.
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They bowled over the competition – but only just. The CamEx Big Whackers won the 2020 Rob May Builders Big Bash summer twilight cricket league in a closely fought final against a team called The Hopefuls. The league – played between Labour Weekend and March - is a business house cricket-type competition played in Cambridge featuring about a dozen teams. In this year’s final, batting first, the Whackers scored 169. “That was a good score, but also an obtainable one,” captain Callum Donaldson said. Then, with the bat, Mike McKenzie’s unbeaten Hopefuls nearly got there – just failing to get the five runs needed off the last four balls. The summer league – an amalgam of two former competitions – is only about three years old. “It’s the first time we won this summer league, we’ve made the final a few times,” Callum said. In his case, he has been playing in cricket competitions like the league in Cambridge since 2003 and still after all that time, one thing keeps him coming back. “It’s the camaraderie, definitely,” he said. The summer league is organised by Cambridge Cricket Club.
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Great served with crusty bread and a salad. Thaw frozen prawns before cooking. 1 large onion, diced 16 large shelled raw prawns 4 large eggs 125g cream cheese 2-3 tablespoons chopped parsley Heat 2 tablespoons of olive or canola oil in a medium, non-stick frying pan on moderate heat. Sauté the onion, until soft. Add the prawns and cook for 1 minute. Whisk the eggs together with half the cream cheese. Pour over the prawn mixture and dot with the remaining cream cheese and parsley. Season. Cook on medium for about 5 minutes.
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Here to help I know many of you are feeling anxious about the health and livelihoods of your families, friends and community right now. As the MP for Waikato, I am here to help and support you through this challenging time. You can follow me on Facebook for updates as the situation evolves: facebook.com/TimvandeMolenWaikato With Level 4 lockdown in place, it is important to remember that you are not alone; we are all in this together, and together we can support each other to stay mentally well while keeping our physical health safe. I want to acknowledge the massive impact this is having on businesses and employees across the country. This lockdown is tough, but it is our best opportunity to minimise the impact of COVID-19; failure to adhere strictly to the requirements will likely mean the lockdown continues longer than four weeks. This is a time to remember the social connection power of the telephone; give your neighbour a call, catch up with family and friends, or check in with a colleague. Social media can also be a powerful connector; start a conversation, share photos, suggest activities or host a virtual party.
My heartfelt thanks go out to all of the essential workers who are playing an invaluable role on behalf of all New Zealanders. Many of them are facing increased risk of exposure to COVID-19 simply by doing their job – thank you for your courage and determination. My electorate office team are working through the COVID-19 Level 4 lockdown period, please feel welcome to get in touch by phone on 0800 GET TIM (438 846) or email Tim.vandeMolenMP@parliament.govt.nz if you need any information or assistance. I have the upmost faith that the values of New Zealanders will come to the fore as we rise to this challenge together. Stay safe,
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