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Super(market) heroes The pressure has been on essential service providers and staff during the lockdown. Steph Bell-Jenkins talks to supermarket owners Pratiksha and Krishnaa Patel. By Steph Bell-Jenkins
Pratiksha Patel is exhausted after working up to 18 hours a day through the Covid-19 crisis, but she and her husband Krishnaa are determined to continue serving their community. The couple bought Cambridge’s Red Berry Supermarket (formerly Shakespeare St Four Square) last November from Krishnaa’s sister Dagsha and brother-in-law Shani. “The Cambridge store’s been in our family almost 25 years and we are here to help; we love to help people,” Pratiksha said. “If we didn’t have to work I would be sitting at home and spending some time with my children. I would be a lot happier doing that than this, but this is something I can do for my community. We have so many elderly customers who love to shop here...I just want to look after them.” Pratiksha and Krishnaa own a second supermarket in Matamata and have been opening their stores at 7am, closing at 7pm, then working until about midnight to unload deliveries and restock shelves. While they need more employees, they are reluctant to hire at this time. “We still haven’t made the decision if we would want anybody to work under these circumstances,” Pratiksha said. The current situation had been “scary” for her entire team and all staff members had been given the option to stay at home on full pay if they didn’t feel safe. However everyone had chosen to remain working. “I’m not so much scared [about catching the virus myself] as I am to take it home, because I have children at home, I have elderly people in [their] 70s at home,” Pratiksha said. “We’re all like that, working on the front line.”
But her staff and family members, who were helping a lot, had been “wonderful”. “They have been putting in all the hours they can, keeping customers safe as well as keeping the shop going.” She said trying to find stock following recent panic buying, which had left shelves depleted and supermarkets around New Zealand scrambling for goods, had been “really stressful”. “It was really unexpected so you’re not prepared for that situation, and all of a sudden you have to start providing for that busy period,” she said. “You don’t have enough time to arrange everything; you just have to think instantly. Every morning you have to face new challenges and think more. It’s just not easy.” Competing with the buying power of “big supermarkets” has been particularly challenging and she has spent countless hours on the phone hunting down suppliers over recent weeks. “You’re constantly thinking where can I get this from or who would have this?” she said. “We’re searching, searching all the time. It’s been really hard for us. And as a small, independent business it’s always difficult for us to compete with the big chains because we don’t have the same buying power. But we try to keep our prices aligned as much as we can.” During week one of lockdown she went to huge lengths to get flour, personally driving to a supplier to buy it in bulk at “a very high price” and organising staff to pack it into 1kg plastic bags. “I had to lift all these 20kg bags myself and load them into the truck because I just wanted to provide what I could for my customers,” Pratiksha said. Continued on page 2
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On the beat A time for exercise and baking with Ryan Fleming
“May you live in interesting times” is an old Chinese curse. We certainly are living in very interesting times at the moment. For the duration of the lockdown Senior Constable Deb Thurgood and I will be sharing our weekly scribe duties for the combined Te Awamutu and Cambridge News. For the Cambridge readers, please allow me to introduce myself. I am Constable Ryan Fleming. I am the Community Constable in Te Awamutu and write a weekly column there. Now that our duties have been combined I am aware I have a hard act to follow.
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My regular duties throughout this emergency have somewhat changed and I have spent most of my time conducting reassurance patrols at local supermarkets, pharmacies and medical centres. By and large, most people are behaving and adjusting well to what is becoming the new normal. Queues at supermarkets have now moved from inside at the checkout to outside in the sun, and only one person being allowed inside the dairy at a time. I suspect there will be a lot of new home cooks and bakers by the time this is all over. I am seeing a lot more families
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Cycle alert When walking on the footpath by the Cambridge Primary School swimming pool on April 1, I was given a real fright by an idiot cyclist and (I presume) his young daughter, riding at speed in the same direction, and passing within two feet of me. There were no cars on the road in both directions, so why on earth were they riding on the footpath? As they were unsighted and me being elderly, I could so easily have stepped in their path and ended up in hospital. It is time we had more community police to enforce the rule of no cycling on footpaths. Breaking the rule should be penalised with hefty fines. I was lucky, but the next footpath walker may not be. I. S. Thomas Cambridge.
and people out exercising daily, this I hope will continue after the lockdown ends as people start to realise the daily benefits. I would like to remind everyone however that certain types of exercise are at the moment banned. Mountain biking, skateboarding at skateparks are banned as is using any public facility such as playgrounds. It is disappointing for all of us who are working tirelessly to see people flouting these rules. The more people who venture out when they shouldn’t, the longer this lockdown will go on for. On a positive note, the lockdown has shown the good
Have your say… Welcome to your second combined Cambridge and Te Awamutu News. Today’s edition has news from a wide range of sources – and we maintain our Covid-19 infographic on Page 5. Our News will remain in the combined format during the lockdown, but we are committed to returning to separate mastheads for our communities. We are also aware that the combined format shows we have greater strength in our family of columnists in Cambridge than in Te Awamutu. That’s something we hope
While most shoppers were happy to pay $4.99 per kilogram for the in-demand item, she and her staff were saddened to see the price discussed negatively on social media. “We weren’t trying to exploit the situation – we just had to cover the extra costs of mileage, packaging and labour,” Pratiksha said. “So we were really heartbroken to think people might suspect us of price gouging after we worked so hard, and continue to work so hard. I haven’t been able to see my family and children as much; when I leave the house my son and daughter are asleep, when I go back to home they are asleep so I don’t get to see them often. “It’s also been hard hearing stories from elderly customers and people who are struggling through this on their own. It’s been a very emotional time for all our staff.” To help, both Red Berry Supermarkets
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side of the human spirit. There have been a throng of volunteers offering to help elderly neighbours with shopping and personal admin tasks. This was becoming a real concern for all and thankfully now Civil Defence have come to the party by organising a welfare hotline for people to call. They will organise a vetted volunteer to assist. The number for this is 0800 800 405. You can use this number if you need help obtaining items like groceries and medication.
have been offering a priority delivery service for elderly and vulnerable people. And while supermarket employees around New Zealand have been copping abuse from angry shoppers frustrated over product shortages, this had “thankfully” not happened in the Red Berry stores. “Ninety-five per cent [of] customers have been really grateful, really polite and really nice, and that helps me keep going,” Pratiksha said. “Even if I’m having a bad day, when I see my customers leaving the store happily my stress just disappears and I think ‘I can do more, I want to do more for them’. “I would just like to say thank you to all our loyal customers and everybody who’s appreciated us for being here. I’ll always be thankful. They’ve been so patient and they’ve been so grateful. So I’d just like to thank all of them.”
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Briefs… Council direction
Waipā District Council’s annual plan process will become another Covid-19 victim. Public consultation for the draft Annual Plan is scheduled to close on April 24 – and people can do so through submissions@ waipadc.govt.nz with ‘Annual Plan Submission’ in the subject line. But Mayor Jim Mylchreest has indicated the final plan will look nothing like what was originally presented preCovid-19. In a video address on Facebook this week he said his council would be discussing how to manage out of the situation when the lockdown ends. “We really, as a community… have to focus on the people who have lost their jobs and the businesses that are struggling…” he said. “At the end of this we need to look after the community … focus on making sure that as many people as possible get meaningful employment and that as many businesses as possible get working again.”
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Te Awamutu Water Supply, Hanlin Road, Cambridge Pool, Waikeria Wastewater Pipeline and other infrastructure projects being worked on by Waipā District Council are on hold.
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The Waikato Primary Industries Cluster has met online to discuss the continuing drought and new challenges arising from Covid-19 response. Neil Bateup, Chairman of the Cluster and the Waikato Rural Support Trust, said ongoing drought conditions are still proving to be an enormous challenge. A ‘Getting Support for your Feed Planning’ service has been launched and is available through DairyNZ, Beef + Lamb NZ or AgFirst.
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Help at hand for Chris By Jeremy Smith
“Really, I just can’t thank them enough.” Te Awamutu’s Chris Shere says she’s among those who have this week been paired up with a volunteer buddy who is now helping her get groceries – and she is delighted. Chris – in her 80s approached the News last week seeking help because she “doesn’t drive, can’t walk very far and I don’t own a computer”. Te Awamutu Police Community Liaison Officer Ryan Fleming was the first port of call. “Since I last spoke to
you, I been on the phone all over the place,” she said on Monday. A friend had helped her find the Civil Defence number and at the time of writing, Chris said she had now been phoned by a “lovely lady” and was due to have her first lot of groceries delivered this past Wednesday. Last week, Western Waikato Emergency Operations Centre local controller Andrew Loe reported that requests like Chris were flowing into the Waikato Welfare Call Centre from residents all over Otorohanga, Waipa and Waitomo.
Residents who call the Waikato Welfare call centre are assessed for their needs and distributed to welfare teams in their town. The teams on the ground then follow up to match the person with a volunteer buddy – sourced from Rotary clubs, Neighbourhood Support, Citizen’s Advice Bureaus, and community houses. Volunteer buddies follow strict guidelines provided by the Ministry of Health. Mr Loe said to date, 18 people in Te Kuiti and 12 in Cambridge were now with local buddies after phoning the call centre. “In addition, we have
people ready, willing and able to assist, with over 50 volunteer buddies waiting in the wings across all Western Waikato,” Mr Loe said. Chris, who was “just baking a few cakes” when the News called to check her progress said the lockdown was a very un-nerving time. She said she knew of friends in a similar position to her. “It’s just the unknown,” she said. The groceries she was due to receive would be a Godsend and would last her about two weeks. “It’s bread and milk, the basics that are important really,” she said.
The return of Super Ted By Jeremy Smith
A Waipā couple has taken the national teddy bear hunt happening during lockdown to new heights. About four metres high to be exact. For those lucky enough to be close enough in their ‘bubble’ to see it, it’s the brainchild of Doug and Jude Eades. The couple and their family have created a giant teddy bear out of nine silage bales on their Maungatautari Rd property. People around the world have been putting teddy bears in their windows at home so families, perhaps with little ones in lockdown, can get some exercise – or hop in their car on the way to the supermarket – and go on a bear hunt in their neighbourhood. Even Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said she has a teddy in her window at home in Wellington for people to spot. “We were looking for something to do,” Jude told the News. “It took a little bit of convincing, but once we got into it, the kids just loved it,” she said. During its construction, Jude said they were getting a lot of attention from neighbours in their houses and everybody seemed to be enjoying it. The teddy is - as yet - unnamed. “But my mother has said I do have to give it one,” Jude said. She added that she had had another idea, but at the time of writing was unsure if it would become a reality. That idea was to build the Easter Bunny in a similar fashion. “I’m not sure yet though, we’ll see how bored we get.” Teddy is located between the end of the cycleway and Waipuke Park on Maungatautari Rd. Creating the teddy bear hasn’t been the only exciting Tamahere residents made Rhyn’s thing to happen on the Eades’ birthday celebrations memorable.
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Waipā and Otorohanga residents are being encouraged to stick with sanctioned sources if they need help – and volunteer through the right channels if they want to help. Western Waikato Emergency Operating Centre (WWEOC) Controller Andrew Loe says there is a concern in Waitomo, Ōtorohanga and Waipā communities around residents offering to help those in need, as well as people accepting essential goods through unsanctioned sources. “It’s encouraging to know there are so many caring people in our communities who want to do whatever they can to help, but there are systems in place to access help or to volunteer.” “The health and safety of our communities is paramount and I cannot stress enough that we need to make sure support is provided in the safest possible way,” says Mr Loe. He warned every contact people made outside their bubble came with a risk of infection. “Please stay at home and help save lives.” In its first four days Waikato’s 0800 800 405 welfare helpline took more than 250 calls from people struggling to access goods and services, including food and other grocery items. Mr Loe said that was welcoming news as it showed the message to seek help through official channels was working. If you want to help your community, register through Volunteering Waikato at www. volunteeringwaikato.org.nz. If you need help, the 0800 800 405 line is available from 7am to 7pm.
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40-hectare property since lockdown began. On the first day of lockdown, one of their ewes also gave birth to twin lambs. Meanwhile, Rhyn Koekemoer’s hope for a fourth birthday gathering this week were dashed – but Bollard Rd neighbours in Tamahere came to the party in a different way. “Rhyn was looking forward to a party with friends and had been talking non-stop about it,” mum Julie explained. “So, I put little leaflets in the post boxes on my street and asked everyone please if they could put out bears for a bear hunt for my son on Saturday. “We did the walk at about 2.30pm and it was such a lovely surprise, there were teddys out and cards and a few gifts, people came to the front door to wave, what a wonderful day it was.” Rhyn attends the Pentagon Early Learning Centre in Tamahere.
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Libraries ‘e’ Fundraiser locked and loaded demand surges By Viv Posselt
The number of eBooks and audiobooks taken on loan from Waipā libraries has trebled. The libraries announced last month online resources would become free for library members while Alert Level 4 was in place. After Cambridge and Te Awamutu libraries closed their doors for the lockdown a “how to use” video was posted to show users who to access digital services. Waipā District Council community services manager, Sally Sheedy, said before the lockdown, around 240-270 eBooks and 50 Audiobooks would be borrowed by library users per month. “These figures have dramatically increased over the last two weeks. In the first six days of April alone we have issued what we would normally in a whole month, which is fantastic. “It shows us that people are taking advantage of the e-resources we have available and enjoying a new way of accessing books.” More than 650 eBooks and 162 audiobooks had been issued last
month and 296 eBooks and 41 audiobooks so far in April. The most popular eBook was “The hard way” by Lee Child. “As well as issuing e-resources, our wonderful libraries staff are also running online reading sessions, online reading challenges for children to complete as well as a number of competitions for all ages. “I would encourage all Waipā residents to head to www. waipalibraries.org.nz or the libraries Facebook page to see what we have available.” eBooks can be accessed through the eBook catalogue on the libraries website or via https://waipadc. eplatform.co/. Library users can also download the Wheelers ePlatform app and log in with their library card number and pin number. Residents wanting to become library members can sign up emailing waipalibraries@waipadc. govt.nz with their name, address and contact details. That means the 50c eBook and $2 eAudiobooks will not be applied when library members access them.
It’s pretty much business as usual for Cambridge equine artist Catherine Haworth, perhaps with a touch of lockdown disappointment on the side. Catherine was one of several creative locals who were planning to open their workplaces to the public last weekend for the Cambridge Autumn Festival’s Open Studios Art Tour. Had the COVID-19 cancellation of the Festival not interfered, it would have been her third Open Studios Art Tour. Instead, she’s catching up on commissions and waiting to make a start on two special fundraiser commission paintings. “I’m waiting for photos to be sent to me. One is for the Cambridge Community Services, and one for the first response and rescue service,” said Catherine. “In between commissions, I will relax with a painting of my choice. something that really inspires. The subject choice would be horserelated . funny that.” It was her lifelong love of horses and art that has brought her to where she is today - a widely-
respected artist who has exhibited here and abroad, and whose works have gone far beyond her hometown of Cambridge. Catherine painted horses for school-C art, although she wasn’t supposed to, then trained and worked in typography and design. When not at work, Catherine kept on painting and did a course with Cambridge’s Wayne Sinclair; she worked mainly in pencil and
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Health drive Covid-19 information boots up online
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Cambridge High School students passionate about mental health didn’t let the nationwide lockdown get in the way of their annual ‘Gumboot Day’ campaign last Friday. The students have taken the campaign - usually marked by wearing gumboots to school - online, with CHS Head Girl Hunter Ludlam posting on Facebook on the day, urging students to reply with photos of “you and ya gumboots in the comments”. Ludlam said the current environment was testing everyone mentally and that it was important now more than ever to raise awareness of Kiwis’ mental health. Her post saw over 20 replies from CHS students and teachers, along with messages of support. Mental health campaigner and Gumboot day organiser Mike King has stressed that this year’s Gumboot day should put its focus on encouraging conversations rather than the usual donations. Last year’s Gumboot Day raised $1.3 million through King’s “I am hope Foundation”, proving 2500 young New Zealanders with more than 10,500 counselling sessions. Those able to can donate to the cause through Internet Banking by searching for “Gumboot Friday Appeal as a payee. • Need to Talk? - Call or text 1737 • Lifeline - call 0800 543 354
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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. 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
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.
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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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Anzac Day - together alone By Jeremy Smith
“It’s an intensely personal thing, a private moment of reflection, and something you can do in your own space and place no matter where you are.” With formal April 25 Anzac Day events cancelled and Poppy Day postponed - both for the first time ever in New Zealand that’s the message of encouragement from Cambridge RSA President, retired Colonel Tony Hill. Like the rest of the country, Cambridge has been forced to cancel both the Anzac Day dawn service and the civic service at the Cenotaph outside the town hall. Cambridge RSA is awaiting advice from the national body about whether a Stand At Dawn initiative asking people to stand at the end of their driveways at 6am on April 25 will go ahead. “It’s most certainly unprecedented,” Col Hill said. “But here’s how I believe we should look at it. While the formalities as such are cancelled, commemoration and remembrance is actually something you can do in your own heart, in your own way, wherever you are.” And so, with the country in lockdown thanks to Covid-19, that’s the RSA’s
reminder - people silence and the Rouse can still honour the and Reveille. memory of the fallen In Cambridge on and those who served Anzac Day Col Hill “in their own special said it’s possible some way” on Anzac Day renditions of the Last this year. Post might ring out For Col Hill, himself from a few homes. a veteran who served Cambridge RSA no in the New Zealand longer has physical Army for over 30 clubrooms, but the years, there have organisation remains been times in his highly active in town. career and life where Prior to the such remembrances lock down, RSA in solitude were members and friends necessary. met regularly at Poppies at various locations Anzac Day 2015 fell the base of the in Cambridge and when he was running centotaph during a an Ebola treatment they keep members previous year’s dawn service. centre in Liberia. informed via a web“I joined with a few others who were there based contact list. and held a dawn service and it was actually “This is even more important as we very special. Obviously, given where we physically distance ourselves during the were at the time, it was a bit different - but lockdown,” Col Hill said. powerful.” “I refer to it as actionable welfare - we As part of their commemorations in try to keep in touch with all our members Liberia they paraded before first light and regularly. held a complete but small service – which “One of the key messages is that we know included reading Binyon’s lines from the many people moving to Cambridge perhaps Ode to the Fallen, the Last Post, a minute’s wouldn’t know that the RSA is here and that
we are here to support them.” Col Hill is also the Cambridge RSA’s local support advisor and he said he’s keen to hear from anyone who served, including family members, who may need assistance. In his advisory role, he can help people “determine what assistance may be available to them and help them navigate the paperwork”. Many “broken people” returning home to no formal assistance with their recovery from WWI also led to the formation of the RSA to advocate for and support veterans. The Cambridge RSA was established on Anzac Day 1924, Col Hill said. He added that people don’t have to be returned service people in order to become a member of the RSA, although many members are. For information about the Cambridge RSA, or how it can help you, contact Col Hill by emailing jah@invictus.net.nz, or phoning 021 440 093, or secretary, Nelson Goodley by emailing nelson.goodley@carters.co.nz or phoning 027 499 5913. Anzac Day marks the anniversary of the landing of the ANZACs - New Zealand and Australian soldiers - at Gallipoli in 1915 during WWI. Thousands lost their lives, including 8500 Australians and 2779 New Zealanders.
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Church gets back in tune Miles for smiles By Jeremy Smith
A two-year, $150,000 so-called “organ transplant” of sorts at Cambridge’s St Andrew’s Church is on hold - for now. But when normality returns, Vicar Malcolm French hopes work on the ‘key’ feature will continue and the church will play to its own - unique sounding - tune. The News first reported about 18 months ago that funds were being raised to start work on a plan - then projected to cost about $32,000 - to both restore, and modernise elements of the church’s organ. A donation from a charitable trust enabled the scope of the project to expand to include a new transmission system and additional pipes. The cost of the broadened project became about $150,000 over two years. The church’s more than 120-year-old organ was built in the 1880s by New Zealand’s first organ builder, George Croft. It was third organ he built in the country but one of the other two was destroyed by fire - the other was dismantled, its parts scattered “all over the place”. The work includes a thorough clean of the existing pipes, adding more of them, updating the unit’s console and adding technology which will see it become “quite an up to date” digital system. The organ was initially built with more than 300 pipes and over
By Jeremy Smith
Cambridge’s Tash van Dyk is on a unique mission during lockdown. “Every day, if I can find one way to make somebody else smile, then I will have done my job.” With that mantra in mind, Tash was last week spotted out for a daily dose of exercise around her house wearing, well, a blow-up dinosaur suit. Yes, you heard that right. In a clip on Facebook, filmed by her husband Peet, he asks, “What are you doing Tash?” “I’m taking my dino for a walk,” she smiles. “Yeah, what else would you do in lockdown, aye?…. bye,” he replies as Work is completed to re-fit one of the organ console’s stop jambs. Photo: South Tash continues her walk. Island Organ Company. That smile is obviously contagious time these have been added to. The mammoth task is being - the video has 150 likes. While more than 1500 are in completed in the South Island at Tash said in her everyday life she place today, most of the original the South Island Organ Company. aims to make people smile anyway, 1880s pipes are still there. “These Elements of the refurbishment but particularly at this time she felt pipes range in size from about arrived back at the church just joy and humour were extra special. eight feet to the size of a drinking before the lockdown. “I woke up one morning last week straw,” Father French said. “We’ve literally had to put them and as I was having my morning He added he thinks the last time into place and leave them there,” coffee and catching up with what the church refurbished the organ Father French said. was going on in the world I was to this extent was in the 1960s, and The broader project was just reading a whole lot of people’s he was excited about what the made possible in part through a stories and they were making me “moveable feast” of a project will donation from a charitable trust. really sad. mean for the church when it could When the finished product is “My heart went out to them,” she eventually be finished. unveiled - hopefully with a recital said. “We’ll have a layer of - Father French said he wants to “And I decided I had to do capabilities we just haven’t had do something to thank Basil and something different - something to before”. Cynthia Hewett - a brother and intentionally bring joy. The last recital at the church sister who established the trust as “If I can do that for somebody in a before the organ’s console went their community legacy. small way each day, then for me that away for work was held in St Andrew’s Church dates back day has been worth it.” February. to 1881. She went rummaging in her
garage and found the dino suit. “I think Peet and I bought it at some point because we were going to a dress up party. But then I don’t think we ever went to the party. And definitely never wore the suit,” she laughed. Tash added that she’s grateful for her lockdown bubble, and her neighbours. She said there were lots of young children in houses near hers who spotted her and waved and smiled as she walked by in the dino suit.
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Choc full for Easter Treasure found in FAITH IN CAMBRIDGE
By Jeremy Smith
It’s no egg-xaggeration to say an Easter gesture exceeded expectations. Last month, the News reported in Cambridge, Bupa St Kilda Retirement Village and Care Home residents Pierre Syben and Lois Alexander were collecting Easter eggs for children and families in Cambridge who wouldn’t normally get to have them at Easter. The initiative was started by Pierre last year - when 2000 eggs were collected. Joined by Lois Alexander this time around, the pair collected about 3500 eggs. Prior to the lock down, Cambridge Salvation Army Officer Shaun Baker - who shares the role with his wife Karen - collected the eggs from the pair.
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Cambridge Salvation Army Officer Shaun Baker collects this year’s Easter eggs from Pierre Syben and Lois Alexander prior to the lockdown. Photo supplied
And given the current lockdown situation, there’s a special touch to how the eggs are being given out this year. The foodbank, based at the
Cambridge Salvation Army in Williamson Street, is an essential service and Shaun said the eggs are being distributed in food parcels.
Lodge steps in to help Two years after opening as a not-for-profit accommodation facility, Podium Lodge is providing accommodation to people isolating during the Covid-19 crisis. The Peake Rd, Cambridge, lodge, owned by the Brian Perry Charitable Trust and open since January 2018, supports growing sports and the recreation market with the mantra is “Where Good Sports Stay”. The Lodge also attracts a corporate and leisure market and in the past two years has provided funding to the RIDE Cycling Festival, the Cambridge Cycling Festival, the Avantidrome and supported several individuals. Int is now offering long-term accommodation
to those needing an isolated environment at a fraction of the usual cost - a week’s stay for the cost of one night. “We knew people would be struggling sometimes needing to isolate themselves away from their family units - and we thought, how can we help?” Lodge Manager Bill Heslop said. “It’s obviously a pretty challenging time for us in the hospitality sector as well, but if we can’t find a way to look after people in a time of crisis, then we’re not living up to our mantra of “being good sports”. Each room has an entrance from outside with no shared hallways or walkways and significant outdoor space for guests.
By Murray Smith, Senior Leader, Bridges Church In this C-bug environment there’s clearly a bunch of stuff that is difficult to deal with and there are of course concerns at many levels that need to be approached carefully and taken seriously. To navigate this pandemic well, a certain amount of positivity will go a long way and finding things at hand to be thankful for will make a difference. In Cambridge it isn’t that hard to see the good we are surrounded with, but it’s all about where our focus is. A poor man lived quite happily with his family on a trade route through Asia. One day a prosperous trader came by and told the poor man about diamonds. He became obsessed with the idea of finding diamonds and left his family to travel extensively in search of them in order to become wealthy and find the prosperity he craved. He never returned, evidently failing and losing his life in the attempt to become rich. Years later the prosperous trader came by the poor man’s house again and spoke with his widow and children. He was saddened to hear of their loss. Sharing humble hospitality in the family home, the trader’s eye was caught by a rock on the mantle. Picking it up he asked where it came from. The wife expressed that it had been found in their garden…along with similar ones they saw from time to time. The trader was aghast, exclaiming “then you have diamonds on your property!|” The poor woman who
had never seen uncut diamonds shook her head in unbelief…”Oh no they are interesting rocks but not diamonds”. The trader insisted and persuaded the woman that he ‘knew’ diamonds, convincing her of what she and her husband had unwittingly sat on for years. This story is purported to be how the Golconda diamond mine located in India was discovered. It was one of the largest diamond mines on earth and produced some of the largest and most famous stones ever. I like to think the story might be true but regardless, it makes a strong point of why we should never take for granted that which we already have. If we dug in our own ‘backyard’ for what is there and recognised the treasures we have instead of searching everywhere else, we might be surprised by what we find. Everyone is controlled by what they want most in life…think about that. Jesus referred to this frequently with words that continue to resonate powerfully today. “For what use is it to gain all the wealth and power of this world, with everything it could offer you, at the cost of your own life?” He challenged His hearers. “So above all, constantly chase after the realm of God’s kingdom and the righteousness that proceeds from him. Then all these less important things will be given to you abundantly.” Let’s establish proper priorities in life and focus on what we ought to be thankful for.
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Church leaders’ Easter messages We ask church leaders for their thoughts as we head into our ‘lockdown’ Easter break.
As I’m writing this, we are coming to the end of day one of our lockdown period. I’ve taken some time to read messages on social media from friends across the globe and I notice that there is an enormous amount of uncertainty. Many are concerned that the world post Covid-19 will never be the same and I must say that up until recently I shared these same concerns. It wasn’t until I was reminded by a friend to read John 15:13 that I actually started to feel at peace. This verse simply says: “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” A God who is willing to see His own son sacrificed for us is a God who can keep us safe if we but put our trust in Him. As we head into Easter with so much uncertainty, let’s remember that the cross holds a message for us all… hope! Ma te Atua e manaaki
Captain Shaun Baker, Salvation Army, Cambridge Corps Our personal Christianity is based on the story of Easter.If Jesus didn’t rise from the dead, then the faith of Christians is “useless” and “pitiful,” wrote the Apostle Paul. If there’s no resurrection, he told Christians in Corinth, it’s party time: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die” (I Corinthians 15:32). You know the story. But it’s also very important to remember that Easter is not
some memorial to a nice, good religious teacher who lived over 2,000 years ago. It’s a celebration of the fact that he is alive today. We are living proof -- and so are the approximately 1 billion Christians who will celebrate Easter this weekend. So, on this weekend coming up, be sure to remember the reason for the season and don’t substitute eating chocolate eggs and chasing rabbits for a risen savior!
behalf of us all. An empty tomb. Jesus defeated death. Easter’s gift is on offer. Christ’s victory can be our victory!
Murray Smith, Senior Leader, Bridges Church
Alex Ariki Ashford, Senior pastor, Te Awamutu Assemblies of God - Reach Church At a deeply challenging time globally and nationally, we are holding you in our hearts and prayers. Being locked down and practising social distancing is a massive change to our lives and for many it will prove to be confronting. When life’s routines and options are suddenly curtailed, the adjustments required, inevitably create pressures… anxiety and uncertainty. In uncertain times, there’s still things we can be certain about and Easter powerfully reminds us of reliable things. God’s love for humanity and desire for us to know Him is certain. Christ’s death and resurrection put on permanent record the fact that God is not into ‘social distancing.’ An empty cross. A reminder Jesus suffered and died, experiencing ultimate rejection and ‘isolation’ on
Bring God into your bubble! This year looks very different for us all, as we approach Easter in our lockdown bubble. Even though all sorts of craziness may be going on around us, this has no ability to change the relevance of Easter. Easter in its simplest form is about Jesus and how He loved us so much that He was willing to die for us. This was God’s plan to enable us to connect with Him. Once we can accept the work that was carried out through Jesus by way of the cross, we can invite him into our bubble. Then we get to experience a life that is built on an unshakable foundation of hope. It’s times like these that can reveal our need for a Heavenly Father who will always love and support us and offers peace to all who ask for it. This is good news in uncertain times.
Brendan and Sophie Vink, Pastors, Hope Chapel Cambridge
No one knows how long the pandemic lockdown will last. Clearly, we will not be able to walk through the mysteries of Holy Week and Easter together in the usual way. But the Good News is that Easter will happen anyway. The stone will be rolled away anyway. Christ will be risen and is risen anyway, and the tomb will be emptied of its dead. Throughout it all, let us uphold before God those who are most closely affected by the pandemic. This prayer from the Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer, attributed to St. Augustine of Hippo, seems especially apt. Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted, shield the joyous; and all for your love’s sake. Amen.
Fr Malcolm French, Vicar St Andrews Anglican, Cambridge In recent weeks we have wept for those who have lost love ones to the COVID-19 virus. Horrific scenes overseas of thousands of bodies being transported to hastily dug graves have persuaded us to seek protection in our homes. Yet Easter reminds us that Jesus did not shrink from the horror of death. He left the protection of heaven and went through the agony of death on a cross in order that
we wouldn’t have to pay for our shortcomings. Why would he do such a thing? Because he looked beyond the agony and held on to the joy of knowing through his suffering we would be healed. Easter reminds us that Jesus conquered death so when terrible times come, we don’t have to hide in fear. We can place our hope in the one who has victory over the thing we fear most, death itself. May God’s peace and protection be upon you.
Jonathan Ruthven, Pastor, Cambridge Baptist Church In these unusual times, with much uncertainty about the future, Easter is an opportunity to reflect on what matters most and on hope and where we find it. More than ever we are focused right now on what matters most – people! That’s the message of Easter. God, in His great love for us, was willing to do whatever it took to rescue us from the impact of our wrongs, and restore us to relationship with Him, forever. Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection, is God’s ultimate statement of value for people. It’s also an incredible picture of hope. No matter how bad things look, when we trust in God, hope is ignited in our hearts. I pray that this Easter you will know God’s love and value for you, and as you trust Him you will experience the incredible hope He brings to our lives,
even when walking through difficult times.
Jeff Parker, Pastor, Cambridge Elim Church. Who would have believed one month ago we would all be in lockdown. As we all huddle in our homes we are taking stock of what is important in life. The stories of singing in the streets in Italy, Spanish soldiers collecting groceries for pensioners and untold ways we are reaching out to each other speak of our shared human experience, warming our souls amidst the anxiety and chaos. Christians are Easter people because we believe that Jesus came down from heaven to share in our humanity, sacrificially die and miraculously rise again to bring us back to our creator God. Jesus said greater love has no man than a man lay down his life for his friends. As we each pay a very small sacrifice at this time to protect the vulnerable in our society may you be drawn to the greatest story of sacrifice this world will ever know.
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Waipā DC It has been a tumultuous few weeks for us all here in Waipā and across New Zealand. We are facing a crisis that will mark our lifetimes, and will challenge each and every one of us in different ways. To get through this, we need to work together, look after one another and be kind. If I can provide some certainty, it is that Waipā District Council will continue to provide essential services such as recycling, road safety, water and customer support to our communities. Council meetings and key committee meetings will also continue to be held so that we can make crucial decisions for the district throughout this crisis. We will also be undergoing a review of our Annual Plan, which will include a close look at all of our services. To achieve a reduction in our rates, a lower
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level of service will be required. In these extremely troubled times it’s vital that we follow health guidelines and stay at home to potentially save thousands of New Zealanders’ lives. We may not be able to have close physical contact, but we can stay in touch on the phone, online or simply over the fence.
He waka eke noa. We are all in this together. WAIPĀ DISTRICT COUNCIL MAYOR JIM MYLCHREEST
Waipā District Libraries If you’re a member of our Te Awamutu and Cambridge libraries, you now have free access to adult and children’s eBooks and eAudiobooks during the nationwide lockdown. Access eBooks through the catalogue at waipalibraries.org.nz or via https://waipadc.eplatform.co/.
Covid-19 has changed the way Waipā District Council and councils across New Zealand continue to serve our communities. We are now able to conduct our regular Council and key committee meetings online rather than in person. On Tuesday 7 April, we livestreamed our Council meeting for the first time. Using the video-conferencing app Zoom, the meeting was streamed to YouTube where we were joined by local residents and journalists.
Library members can also download the Wheelers ePlatform app and log in with their library card number and pin number. If you’re not a library member, sign up by emailing waipalibraries@waipadc.govt.nz with your name, address and contact details.
Future Council and key committee meetings; Service Delivery, Regulatory, Finance and Corporate, and Strategic Planning and Policy will be available at www.waipadc.govt.nz/livestream. Check out the Agenda and Minutes page of www.waipadc.govt.nz for upcoming meeting dates.
Volunteers Those wishing to volunteer for the Waikato Welfare Centre, please contact your local support agency, phone 027 382 6098 or email welfare@wweoc.nz.
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• Customer support via phone and online. • Water treatment and supply. • Essential water services such as repairs to waste water connections and major water leaks. • Financial services. • Urgent parks services such as treescaping and line clearance. • Cemetery duties. • Road safety, essential repairs to roading where necessary and monitoring of high-risk roads. • Recycling, including on public holidays. • Urgent animal control work where there is a risk to the public and continued operation of the pounds. • Urgent building compliance work where there is a risk to public safety. Non-essential facilities will be closed during the lockdown, including Council offices, skate parks, playgrounds, halls and libraries. If you have questions or feedback, please call our customer support team on 0800 WAIPADC (924 723).
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FAQs - you asked us How will Council help residents financially? Council is currently
considering a number of options to help ease the financial burden posed by the Covid-19 crisis on residents. Head to our website for announcements and more information.
Parks and reserves It’s important to exercise but please remember to stay local, stick in your bubble and keep a distance of two metres between yourself and others. A small number of our parks will be closed where the two metre distance is not possible. Please stick to our open spaces for exercise purposes.
Do I still need to pay my rates? Yes. If you are struggling financially and having trouble paying for regular Council-provided services, please email rates@waipadc.govt. nz to discuss your options.
Is there a fire ban? Yes, there is a total
Dogs must be on a lead at all times to help reduce the spread of Covid-19. This applies to all dog exercise areas during the level four lockdown, even those that are usually off-leash areas. Dogs are not allowed in some parks and reserve areas. Only use parks and reserves within walking distance of your home. If we are to be successful in stamping out this virus, we need everyone to follow these rules.
outdoor fire ban while alert level four is in place. This is to ensure the safety of all residents and firefighters who would be put at unnecessary risk of exposure to Covid-19 if they needed to attend a fire incident.
Who can I call about rubbish collection? Rubbish in Waipā is a privately-
owned service. If you have queries about your collection, please contact your service provider. You can find a list of service providers on our website under the recycling and rubbish section.
All playgrounds, skate parks and BMX tracks are closed due to the risk of spread of Covid-19 on surfaces. We will not be maintaining these spaces during the lockdown period.
What should I do if my neighbours are being too loud?
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Hidden benefits and job losses By Matteo Di Maio Cambridge teens Dani and Amy both had parents lose their jobs just before New Zealand plunged into nationwide lockdown. Dani’s Dad was laid off “1-2 weeks before the lockdown.” “Dad’s job was the main source of income for the family,” she said. Amy’s Mum, who works in education, stopped working on the day New Zealand moved to Level 3 of the Covid-19 alert system. For both of them, the loss of a parent’s job was a firsttime experience. “It’s a strange feeling,” said Amy. Amy and Dani (names changed) are among many Kiwi teenagers - in affluent Cambridge especially - whose parents will have lost their jobs for the first time thanks to coronavirus. And that ‘many’ is only set to get bigger. Grilled by the ‘Epidemic Response Committee’, Finance Minister Grant Robertson projected that the national unemployment rate could hit “double digits” as a result of the Covid-19 economic shock. He added that the rate would rise above 6.7%, the jobless number after the Global Financial Crisis. At the end of last year, that rate
was 4%. In New Zealand and the world, thousands of middleclass teens will for the first time be experiencing living in a household where parents are seeking benefits or other social welfare programs. Should unemployment hit 10%, as Robertson said it would, over 470,000 Kiwis would be out of work. Already, the Covid-19 wage subsidy has paid out $4.2 billion to 642,000 employees. These figures are a terrible indicator of the human cost of the coronavirus economic shock. But, with so many previously financially stable households finding out for the first time what it’s like to live off Government benefits, coronavirus is likely to change the way future New Zealanders think about social welfare. Teens and their families will realise living off it is hard. Dani’s family are suddenly struggling; trying to withdraw Kiwisaver savings, and taking loans from family. Life right now is “extremely stressful”, she said. In this column a couple of weeks ago, I quoted a statistic by American political scientists Yair Ghitza and Andrew Gelman: “Political events experienced between the ages of 14 and 24
have roughly triple the [voting] impact of events experienced later in life”. The statistic is relevant once again – coronavirus-sparked mass job losses certainly count as a massive “political event”. If the projection is right, current mainstream unemployment will cause the necessity of robust social welfare systems to linger with more and more teenagers into their voting years. And a population more willing to vote for strong welfare programmes is a desperately needed thing. “Welfare payments sit well below basic living costs in Aotearoa” wrote Hannah McGowan, a freelance writer, late last year. The disability-orientated ‘Supported Living Payment’, for example, is $253.31 a week, net. By data tool Expatisan’s estimate, the average weekly cost of living in New Zealand is $913. “There are no luxuries,” McGowan followed up. A revised system of thinking about social welfare won’t stop with a need to prioritise solid benefits. Ideas previously viewed as hugely radical, and far off are now seen as necessary. Universal Basic Income, a leftist idea dissed by the Republican establishment in the US is now de-facto Government policy.
By Sue Milner, Chairperson Cambridge Community Board.
After the coronavirus shakeup of norms, Donald Trump’s White House just paid every citizen a minimum of USD$1200. “All sorts of hitherto taboo policies [have] become possible”, wrote the Guardian’s Larry Elliot. Kiwi teens won’t think of Government bailouts of workers or “socialist” ideas like UBI in the way their likely more Conservative parents likely did. Amy has technically had a parent lose a job before, at the start of the decade. But she didn’t remember it. “This is my first experience of this” she told me, echoing the words of many other teens. When the opportunity to support struggling families in the polls comes up later in life, middle class families like hers and Dani’s will remember now and think carefully.
The last two weeks have, for many of us, been quite unlike anything we have ever thought we would experience. Covid 19 has certainly changed our lives. However there are some positives - we are probably as a community and individuals more considerate of others, we are getting really good at queuing and maintaining two metre distances and better at saying hello to others we pass on the street. We are probably also getting fitter, there are so many of us out walking and cycling, and thankyou to all of us who have joined the Bear Hunt - this has been a real mood lifter for kids and adults alike. We have not had a Community Board meeting for April , but we will meet on line via Zoom for the May meeting. The Board had a Zoom meeting last week to talk about submissions to the Council’s Annual Plan , it went very well and I was delighted that it was so easy. The Community Board is not the only Group to be using technology for meetings. Cambridge Rotary are having meetings via Zoom and I am sure many other community groups and businesses are using the wonders of modern technology to meet and run their organisations. The Anzac Armistice Committee of the Cambridge Community Board has cancelled the Cambridge Anzac service, however, we have asked that the flags will be flown at the Cenotaph for Anzac Day and wreaths/ bouquets may still be laid at the Cenotaph in front of the Town Hall in the days leading up to Anzac Day. There has been a wonderful suggestion that on ANZAC Day itself, we residents stand at our gates at 6am for a one minute Silence to remember our Servicemen and Women. I hope that many of us will do this.
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THE AGE OF REASON
Ratings: it’s not all black and white On Saturday one of the major daily newspapers permitted to print ran a survey of a number of similar questions across a number of the nation’s commercial leaders. Included in those questions was their (out of 10) ranking of the government’s performance to date. When averaged, it came to a fraction under 9 points - which I consider to be a fair summation. But politicians near the top of the elective ladder know full well that a minor slip or omission carries with it a degree of public opprobrium possibly sometimes out of whack with reality. As I mentioned last week the licensing trusts were permitted to open due to supermarkets in their areas being forbidden to sell alcohol. However, it took well over a week to make the general public – and later the
government – to realise that they could also sell spirits. It’s an item that supermarkets throughout the land are not permitted to stock. Lest you think that I am just a `soak’ please understand that in many other parts of the world supermarkets are permitted to carry the full range so a condition bordering nanny state still prevails here. But the great Kiwi clobbering machine came into force later in the past week and the trusts can now only sell wine and beer. Not sure here who is the winner, but it most certainly is not the public. Clearly the speed of decision making around the Cabinet table was, by normal standard, meteoric. No bumbling by officials keen on prolonging anything to do with change – just the cut and thrust of maximising the
protection of our nation. And, yes, they mainly got it right - certainly in the mainstream core that was directly concerned with preserving life. But at the edges? That word ‘essential’ came into play and here is where black and white triumphs over the grey. In the case of print media, the 80-or-so weekly tabloid newspapers that land in our mailboxes were stopped dead in their tracks. For goodness sake, who was advising those two well-respected leaders who talk with us on the screen every lunchtime? The reach of those urban and, lest we forget largely rural, weeklies is often a lifeline for those who are fed up with the continual repetitive babble that is coming out of the TV screen. So, after much angst among the publishers which was transmitted to government,
some of the papers were permitted to publish. Among them the Cambridge and Te Awamutu News and full marks to the publisher David Mackenzie for leading the national charge to give the people what they want. Forcibly cooped up in their houses, one of the items they have time for is the opportunity to read and to be well informed. The Fourth Estate is still alive and well. However, it is with sadness that we witness the demise of a long-standing informative organ like The Listener being driven into the ground by commercial expediency although there appears to be some murky water still swirling around in that story. Back on the home front, the editor’s page masthead about Stalag 91 (last week’s column) has not yet reverberated in my head receiving a painful clout with a piece of 4x2 wielded
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whole new opportunity for our neighbours here on Māori Hill – the name given to this piece of land when the 1864 Cambridge Armed Constabulary were looking for a high point as a lookout. Now three supermarkets in Cambridge are learning not only to take and parcel (and in some cases deliver) orders but also, I think, have been amazed by the popularity of the new convenience. Without doubt when we emerge from the end of this awful tunnel in which we find ourselves there will be permanent change to the way we live, shop, travel - and watch sport.
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Here’s more food for thought reaction in you, the reader, and you can probably guess, if you’ve a mind to, my opinions on the matters. So, in terms of my brief which is to highlight issues which I believe deserve attention - job done. Your brief is to write letters to the editor outlining your stance on the issues and expressing your support for, or opposition to mine. On a lighter note, here at home we pretty well worked our way through the list of jobs to be done around the house in the first week of lock-down, so then we ran a cooking competition: Each family member chose a country and prepared a meal in the style of that country. I went first with Indian, Charlotte (10) took on
Mexican with ‘Taco Thursday’, Oliver (16) chose Italian, and Nikki (undisclosed) blitzed us all with French. There is a scoring system, but it evolved as we went along, and so I scored zero for ‘interpretation and ambience’ because I had no idea it was even a thing at the time. The kids and I cooked our meals under close instruction from one of the many food delivery providers, complete with pre-measured ingredients and step by step instructions. This was cooking by numbers and it all went pretty much according to plan. Then, having consulted a number of rather high-
brow recipe books, my wife stepped into the kitchen at about midday yesterday to begin the French Odyssey. The cooker in our rented house has never been great but it chose yesterday to become downright enigmatic. By 4pm the soufflés had risen too quickly and subsequently fallen, the onion tart had burnt on the top whilst remaining raw at the bottom, and the citron tart for dessert was in imminent danger of becoming airborne. In response to the crescendo of Nikki’s imploring the cooker simply to do its job followed by incantations and threats towards its impending demise, I came out of the
office in time to see her disappear outside and utter a yell of sheer frustration which can only have alarmed the neighbours. I gave it a couple of minutes and then went and sat next to her in silence on the back step. After a suitable length of time had passed we talked over the events of the afternoon and she thanked me for not laughing. Showing her usual resourcefulness and style, Nik went on to produce a beautiful three course meal complete with continental ambience which must surely take top spot in our competition, although the results ceremony has yet to take place. With regard to the
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Cricketers build on their innings By Jeremy Smith
Work on a $300,000 pavilion upgrade at Cambridge Cricket Club is finally set in stone - or so far concrete. The first sod was turned for the project about 10 years in the making - just before the lockdown came into play. But beforehand, work had progressed as far as laying the concrete pad for the new additions to the facility. The footprint of the completed pavilion on Victoria Square will be about twice its current size. Within the upgrade to the two-storey facility there are plans to add a second changing room, a commercial kitchen and additional public toilets. The current upstairs lounge can fit about 40 people - the upgrade will increase capacity to up to 100. Cambridge Cricket Club president Simon
Dodds told the News he was delighted to now at least have the ball rolling. And the work couldn’t come soon enough, because the club is booming. The pavilion is used for senior games, Antiques’ team games, and on occasions Cambridge High School and Waikato Valley representative matches. Additionally, the club regularly fields requests from other teams wanting to play there. “It gets a lot of attention,” Simon, who has played cricket in Cambridge for 20 years and been club president for about seven of those, said. “It really is a beautiful setting and many people have told us it actually reminds them of some of the cricket grounds in England.” The long-term nature of the project, even to date, has meant the club had been “getting used to holdups in a way.” But Simon was excited by where they were
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some funds. Given recent events, Simon was unsure of an exact completion date, but when it is finished he hopes the new “multi-purpose” pavilion would attract some community use as well. The current pavilion, which was “maybe getting a little bit outdated” will also receive a new paint job and finish. Set in its now well-known Victoria Square location, the lower floor of the existing pavilion has been there since 1956 - the upstairs lounge was added in 1980. Cambridge Cricket Club has three senior teams, more than 20 junior teams and organises a summer league business house cricket competition. The junior games are played at cricket pitches at John Kerkhof Park in Vogel St. “As I see it,” Simon said, “cricket in Cambridge is already very strong and the new pavilion is going to be vital for the future of the game here.”
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provided the last four Australian Derby winners. Baker and Forsman called upon the riding services of Opie Bosson, who drew praise from Baker. “There’s no one like Opie Bosson for the big occasions but the horse was very dogged. I’ve always said that New Zealand staying three-year-olds in the autumn are mature and they’re very competitive. Baker had won the Australian Derby with Nom du Jeu (2008), Dundeel (2013), Mongolian Khan (2015) and Jon Snow (2017) prior to Quick Thinker’s victory. In that 13year stretch he had also finished runnerup with Harris Tweed (2009) and Madison County (2019) and fourth with Vin De Dance (2018) and The Chosen One (2019). It marked the second official Australian Derby win for Forsman, who trains in partnership with Baker, despite the junior member of the partnership having played a
pivotal role in the Cambridge stable for more than a decade. “Andrew has done a massive job. He always had a lot of faith in this horse and said he was a very determined character,” Baker said. Windsor Park Stud Master and co-owner Rodney Schick said the Hawkes team identified Zebrowski “right from the start” as having real ability. “I went and saw him last year and he was standing between Exceedance and Brutal and they said then that they had a huge opinion of him.” That the son of Polish Precedent mare Polish Princess found his way to the Hawkes stable in Sydney is of no real surprise given the success they have enjoyed with earlier members of the family including Australian Derby runner-up Polish Knight, dual Gr.2 Hollindale Stakes (1800m) winner Leebaz and stakes winning mare Euro Angel. - NZ Racing Desk
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MACFARLANE, Barbara Ellen – Loving sister of May and Aunty Barb to Tavis and Mark and Families, Perth WA. I shall miss our phone calls and reminiscing our days together
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