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They were separated by Covid-19 for two months – but this Cambridge family is now settling into their new home town. Moving to Cambridge from Denmark earlier this year was a dream come true for New Zealand-born Kelly Pacheco, but the dream rapidly turned into a nightmare when her husband and oldest daughter were prevented from joining her. Vladimir Pacheco and 13-year-old Nina were kicked off their flight in Copenhagen on March 23 as New Zealand shut its borders to foreigners because of the Covid-19 pandemic. They had already had a long day with a threehour train journey from their home in Aarhus on Denmark’s Jutland Peninsular where Vladimir is an associate professor at the city’s university. So, when they rang Kelly and 10-year-old Gabriela in Cambridge to tell them they were not only stranded in Copenhagen but unlikely to be allowed in New Zealand for months, Nina could only sob in despair while Kelly and Gabriela were devastated. But the story got worse and only finished on Queen’s Birthday Sunday when the family were finally reunited in Auckland. “Everything was going too perfectly, we should have known,” says Kelly of the months leading up to the reunion. The couple met and married in Australia. Vladimir’s family were refugees from El Salvador who settled in Brisbane; Kelly’s family had emigrated to Australia when she was a teenager. He has Australian citizenship. After Vladimir learned English, it set him on an academic path which continues today. The couple met through a mutual friend while he was at university doing his PhD and she was working as a mental health clinician. They married, had two children, worked in Australia and Fiji and then in 2014 moved to Denmark. Kelly is a specialist eating disorders clinician and had her own private psychotherapy practice in Aarhus. Vladimir does research in political studies and social policy and has authored many papers on
micro finance, economics and sustainable development. Last year they decided it was time to move back to the southern hemisphere. Kelly quickly secured a job with Waikato DHB as an eating disorders specialist while Aarhus University said they were happy for Vladimir to move to New Zealand provided he would return to Denmark twice a year to lecture and
continue his research. Kelly started her job in January and brought Gabriela over with her so she could start at Cambridge Primary School. Her mother Jennifer McDowell came over from Australia, planning to leave once Vladimir and Nina arrived on March 28. As Covid-19 worsened, Vladimir rebooked the flight for March 23 but in retrospect, it
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would have been better to have been five days earlier. They would have got into the country before the border shut down. In Copenhagen, after a night’s rest with friends, Vladimir decided that rather than go back to the house in Aarhus which he had prepared to rent out, he and Nina would travel as far and as close to New Zealand as they could. Continued on page 2
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This week I want to go back to talking about connection. I was having a discussion with a couple of friends today and we were comparing the neighbourhood of our childhood, with that of today. Back in the day, I fondly remember playing with a big group of kids from my street, spending hours at each other’s houses and locally. Our street was the proverbial village, so valuable in raising a child. Everyone knew everyone in the street and there were neighbourhood get togethers at New Years, Guy Fawke’s and on other big occasions. Today, times have changed in terms of where and when it is safe for our children to be, so it is not possible for our children to have quite that experience. Life is busy and work and after school activities see us scurrying to and fro, but the sense of neighbourhood is something we need not lose. I’ve recently spoken to a few people who, having moved to Cambridge in the last 2-5 years, have found it hard to make friends and develop a social network. To do so takes a fair bit of confidence, opportunity and even a foot in the door sometimes, things that not everyone has. Those I spoke
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to were left feeling isolated and alone. Covid-19 was a good kickstart to connecting many in the community to others. There are many of us who still don’t know our neighbours. Now that restrictions are relaxing, let’s continue the momentum that has been established and open our arms to new friendships. Your neighbourhood is the obvious place to start. Being on good speaking terms with your neighbours is beneficial in many ways – social interaction, childhood friendships, crime prevention, mental health wellbeing. and reducing the number of misunderstandings over fences, fruit trees and the like (some of which end up crossing my desk!). Neighbourhood Support Cambridge is there to help. Visit them on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ NeighbourhoodSupportCambridge/) or at www.safercambridge.co.nz . Jenni Dacomb, our local co-ordinator will get in touch and help you to either join an existing group for your street or get the ball rolling to establish one. Through NSG you can build relationships with your neighbours whilst also tapping
12, and a second on February 21, that I have read of only one person, for or against, as to the banning of these scooters. That one person was the Chair of the Cambridge Community Board, Sue Milner, who did express her reservations on their introduction. I do hope all councillors watched the blind lady on television recently, who pointed out how vulnerable people who are blind or in wheelchairs feel in the Auckland CBD, because of electric scooters. Could our Council demonstrate transparency by allowing Cambridge News to print the councillor’s names under for and against, when the Lime application is considered? (Abridged) I. S. Thomas Cambridge Editor’s note: how councillors vote on issues is a matter of public record.
He booked an expensive flight to Brisbane via Doha in Qatar. He’s not sure on which of the flights he picked up coronavirus – Copenhagen to Doha or Doha to Sydney – but by the time they landed in Australia on March 26, Vladimir unknowingly had the virus. He was sick for 21 days. The father and daughter self-isolated at Jennifer’s place while back in New Zealand Kelly scrambled to get a travel exemption for them to come to New Zealand. By then Nina had a New Zealand passport but officials here said their travel from Australia to New Zealand was not seen as essential. “How can that be? How can a 13-year-old be separated from her mother and sister?” says Kelly. Another application failed. A workmate suggested Kelly should contact her local MP. Once she got hold of Louise Upston, things started to happen. “Within an hour of me contacting her, Louise had emailed me and put me in touch with Louise Allen in her Cambridge office. They managed to raise our case with the appropriate people.” The third application was a success. Vladimir and Nina could join the family in Cambridge but only after a two week lock down in Auckland. They arrived on May 17 and quarantined at the Waipuna Hotel and Conference Centre – funnily enough a venue Vladimir knew well as he had
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been to a large conference there only two years previously. “When Nina and I were sitting outside enjoying the sun one day, I realised it was the same spot I’d sat and contemplated moving to New Zealand,” says Vladimir. Jennifer returned to Australia last Friday and two days later Kelly and Gabriela picked Vladimir and Nina up from Waipuna. “I worried, I thought ‘oh no’ I hope she doesn’t have a crash coming up,” says Vladimir. Neither of them has lost their sense of humour or love of New Zealand. Cambridge is the town they picked to live in because of its appeal and schools here have a high reputation, says Kelly. A holiday with her father and stepmother in Taupo is first on the cards, as is a break in Waihi Beach. There is a sign that things are starting to look up - they won an all-expenses paid weekend at the Waihi Beachhaven Holiday Park. Nina has enrolled at Cambridge High School and starts soon in Year Nine. The small twobedroom apartment in Lakewood has been ideal for three people but four is a bit crowded so they will be house-hunting for a rental until the property market settles down in Denmark and they can sell their house. “Who knows when that might be, but I don’t care now. I have my family back together again,” says a jubilant Kelly.
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New life in real estate By Jeremy Smith
Expats and first-time buyers are helping revive the real estate market. Agents in Cambridge say there’s reason to be encouraged on both the rural and residential front. “Those who need to make decisions are making them, and interest rates are going in the right direction,” More-RE principal Peter Tong. Lugtons Cambridge manager Peter Hulsdouw said there had been considerable interest in open homes “…but what we don’t really know is how long that initial burst will last.”
He said industry indications were that it could take several years for the property market to reach a peak again. At Cambridge Real Estate, rural and lifestyle manager Graham Ban said activity “post Covid” was better than he expected. Colleague David Soar said vendors are acting smartly by accepting good prices. He said lockdown level 4 had brought associated challenges, including helping people who had bought a property prior to lockdown but were then unable to move in, and clients worried what impact the Lockdown would have on conditional contracts.
The pandemic may have also changed plans. “A lot of expat Kiwis who weren’t considering coming home in March are now here and wanting to stay put,” Ms Soar said. Interest rates at below three percent had opened the door to first home buyers. Cambridge Real Estate recently had 11 prospective buyers, including six from out of town, in homes in a price bracket above $900,000 price bracket. David Soar said about 40 percent of the clients Cambridge Real Estate deals with are from outside of the town, and more people working in Hamilton are happy to commute.
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They’ve been going flat out all day. But as they took a moment during a torrential down pour on Monday night - Gypsy Day - to chat with the News, the excitement of the move was setting in. Former Cambridge contract milkers Hayden and Chloe Hawkes, who previously worked on a farm in Roto-o-Rangi, were among thousands of farmers around the country who on June 1 shifted to new farms to begin a fresh dairy season. After two years in Cambridge, Chloe and Hayden and their children, Ben (7) and Lily (9), have moved to a 150 hectare farm in Orini on which they milk 450 jersey cows. They also have an additional 50-hectare run-off block. Hayden and Chloe have farmed for 13 and seven years respectively, and after having been in the industry that long they’re almost used to Gypsy Day. “That doesn’t mean there aren’t still aspects of the
Bunnings has confirmed it will withdraw from Waipā and shut its Cambridge and Te Aawamtu outlets. The decision, signalled just over three weeks ago, was confirmed on Wednesday as part of a seven-store closure costing 145 jobs. Bunnings has 21 full time and four casual staff in Cambridge and 17 full time, two part time and eight casual staff members in Te Awamutu. Puraruru is also among the seven to go. Te Aroha’s branch closed at the start of the year.
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move that are initially a little unsettling – like finding the kids a new school,” Chloe said. They have that first task ticked off though – both Ben and Lily will go to Orini Combined School, which is “just down the road”. “Honestly, it can at times be a little nerve-wracking as you shift your family to a new area, but there’s also the excitement of what’s ahead.” Finding one’s feet in a new community also makes the move easier, Chloe said. “You just have to a make an effort to get out and about in your new community and make some friends. That’s our aim.” For Hayden and Ben, one of their passions is motocross, so they’ll be looking to get involved with Huntly Motorcycle Club. “They both love it – Ben’s really good at it.” Chloe said there’s lots of aspects they’ll miss about Cambridge, but are looking forward to what’s ahead. “We love the farming lifestyle and being around the animals and it’s a great way for the kids to grow up as well.”
Former Cambridge contract milkers Hayden and Chloe Hawkes on the farm they’ve moved to in Orini. Photo: Supplied
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Waipa spending has bounced back – like the rest of the Waikato – following Covid-19 lockdown restrictions being eased. Electronic spending – using cards - in Waipa, South Waikato and Thames Coromandel in the second full week of May was ahead of the same week last year. The six other Waikato districts and Hamilton city also saw marked increases in expenses compared to the previous week. Food, Liquor and Pharmacies and Home and Recreational Retailing categories saw the largest lifts in spending.
Spending levels during the Covid Lockdown plummeted, none more so than in Taupo, where it dropped in midApril by 70% compared to the same time in 2019. Data released by Te Waka Waikato’s regional economic development agency – summarised spending levels for the weeks ended February 9 to May 17. “While weekly spending under Alert Level 3 remained below last year’s levels, it appears the gap has largely closed. Spending in the Waikato region for the week ended Sunday 17 May was about 30 percentage points higher than the previous
week, relative to corresponding weeks last year,” the report said. It anticipated its next report, which could cover the first full week at Alert Level 2, would see spending to increase further. Te Waka collates data to gauge what is happening in the Waikato economy. It is assisted by Waikato Regional Council Economists Blair Keenan and Sarah MacKay. Electronic spending has been as high at $80 million in a week in the February to May period in Waikato – that figure was recorded in midMarch 2019. Total spending in that peri-
od was almost 20% down on 2019 and the number of transactions fell almost 30 percent. Marketview, using Pay-
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Flights back, Community spirit by the tank load bus changes By Jeremy Smith
Air New Zealand will resume morning commuter flights between Hamilton and the capital on Monday – and there are changes ahead for the region’s bus service. The flights from Hamilton will leave Hamilton at 7.30am commuters will fly back from Wellington at 6.05pm. Wellington based commuters will board at 8.15am and leave Hamilton at 5pm. The Monday to Friday return flights, which will range in price from $358 to $418, will be half full at best as the airline observes one-metre physical distancing. “We’ve seen more flights at Hamilton Airport in Alert Level 2 than we’d expected, so we’re cautiously optimistic that slow, but steady, inroads to recovery are being made,” Hamilton Airport chief executive Mark Morgan said. He said the same-day return flights are typically used by business and government related travellers. Public transport in Waikato is also getting a review. Waikato Regional Council is set to rollout timetable and route changes and a new ticketing system for its bus system will be in place next month. Regional Connections committee chair and Waikato regional councillor Angela Strange said the The Bee Card will replace the BUSIT card, to allow passengers to tag on and off and top-up their card balances online. “It will make bus travel smarter and easier,” she said. Most bus timetables in Hamilton will have minor changes from Monday to ensure drivers are getting adequate breaks. The council is also working on the introduction of Te Huia, a passenger rail service between Hamilton and Auckland. A service comprising two return journeys for up to 150 commuters on weekdays - and a return Saturday service - is scheduled to start before the end of the year. The train will leave Frankton and stop at Rotokauri and Huntly.
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Victoria was a bridge too far for Cambridge’s Lisa Payne. Last week as she drove daughter Ruby over Victoria Bridge to school from Leamington she ran out of fuel. “I wasn’t even halfway across – I jumped out of my car and ran to the lady who was directly behind me to apologise,” she recalled “I never normally even go that way to take Ruby to school, but on this day I needed to get her some new shoes from The Warehouse.” Despite the commuter queue she inadvertently headed, there wasn’t a sign of road rage to be seen. A group of people came “out of nowhere” to push her car off the bridge, and she put a call in to husband Brad - who duly set off to buy some fuel. Passer by Claudia Barclay took Ruby to school so she wasn’t late. And a man Lisa didn’t know at the time, then put enough fuel in her car to help her make it to the nearest petrol station. “I even offered to pay him, but he wouldn’t let me,” Lisa said. Lisa later learned the anonymous top up came from Smythe and McCoard Panel & Paint owner operator Daryl McCoard. After crossing the bridge to the Leamington side and seeing Lisa’s predicament, he dropped off a customer and returned to his work place to pick up the fuel. “Oh look, something nice is the least I can do,” he said. “It’s amazing that so many people
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The couple’s other daughter, Sophie, took the bus to school that day and was initially unaware of her mum’s unforeseen adventures. “It was actually her teacher who told Sophie what had happened to me before I could,” Lisa said. After she was back on the road, Lisa said she only had one destination in mind. I went straight to Z to fill up,”
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Community news voice gets louder Publicity over a Government call that community newspapers were not essential has been followed by a lift in membership of their national umbrella grop. The Independent Community Newspaper Association provides support for newspapers all over the country – though it does not count publications aligned to NZME or Stuff. CNA president David Mackenzie said the body catered for “true” community newspapers, and pot-pourri publications which carried common magazine type
copy and just one or two “local” stories - usually recycled from daily newspapers – did not fall into that category. He said since the Government’s partial U-turn on ruling CNA newspapers were unessential while daily newspapers, carrying a price tag and material which had already been published on line were – there had been a membreship rise to almost 90. New members include The Valley Profile (Thames), The Blenheim Sun, Waimea Weekly (Richmond), Waikato Business News, Seasons
Magazine, Twizel Update and the Wairarapa Times-Age. They join the likes of the Matamata Scene, The Mercury Bay Informer (Whitianga), Whangamata News, The Weekend Sun (Tauranga), Whakatane Beacon, Taumarunui Bulletin and Ruapehu Bulletin Mackenzie said the “old chestnust” of news quality could hardly be quoted any more as a criticism of privately owned community publications. “As an example, the biggest media story of the year must be
Sinead Boucher’s coup in buying Stuff. In terms of journalism I have not seen any serous analysis. “I can’t imagine a buyout of any other major company by its chief executive would get such cotton wool treatment from our national media.” Independent community publications continued,though, to challenge and ask questions – and some of their senior journalists had track records which predated the rise of the internet.” He said it was notable that one member, the Waitomo News,
Field Days back on trac(tor) By Jeremy Smith
Tractors and Fieldays – Cambridge’s Bruce Wallis is happy to admit those are two of his passions. Well, strictly speaking, John Deere tractors. “Some would call it a man cave – I just call it a really nice collection,” he said of the half a dozen or so he’s accrued over the years. “I’ve always loved them. My dad had one – I think that might be where my enthusiasm for them came from.” In fact, he and his mates – including Dean Bayley – have even driven their respective tractors out to the Southern Hemisphere’s largest agricultural event – Fieldays – before. And, even if they take a more traditional means of transport, they’re always there. “We’re at Fieldays every year, it’s a bit of a tradition.” But when Covid-19 saw said tradition end because Fieldays 2020 was postponed, Bruce, Dean and about half a dozen other friends got creative. Putting their thinking caps on, that group has now become the organising committee for an event they’re calling Field days 100.
On Friday, June 12 - the typically busy Friday of the usual Mystery Creek Fieldays - Field days 100 organisers are inviting up to 100 tractors to attend a day held at Bruce’s Cambridge property Wallis Quarries. The day is being supported by several sponsors and will include breakfast, a photo shoot, a convoy on the road and lunch. “It’s a bit of a gamble, but we wanted to have something fun to do. We’re wanting to have the best day we possibly can, and we couldn’t have done it without the help of our sponsors,” Bruce said. A rule of attendance is participants must bring a tractor. “Not only because we love them, but as part of the wider picture it’s how we’ll ensure we adhere to group gathering guidelines.” When the convoy of the tractors hits the road, they’ll make their way around the Kairangi and Norwegian road loops. “It’ll take about an hour and if we get a full complement of 100 tractors, the convoy will stretch for about a kilometre down the road.” The Wallis’ property is well-known in Cambridge. About 10 years ago, inspired by the move Field of Dreams,
which is based in Te Kuiti, had illustrated its robustness to such a point that Ōtorohanga College had complained about a story two the New Zealand Media Council. “CNA members are the baton holders of community news and while the Government continues to spend on Stuff and NZME, advertisers are seeing that. He said news at the weekend that Microsoft planned to replace its own journalists with computers was a further worrying example of the direction major companies were going.
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Bruce built a full-size baseball diamond in one of his maize paddocks. “I just love that movie,” Bruce said. He ran the field for about two years, attracting visitors from all over New Zealand. A line in the film states, “if you build it, they will come,” and they did. “Busloads of people used to visit the field.” It’s a principle Bruce hopes will also ring true as Field days 100 prepares to hit the road. Field days 100 begins at 8.30am on Friday, June 12. Entry is $10. “Bring your tractor, be safe, be kind.”
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Readers will take a Astro turf project close book in the hand… By Matteo Di Maio
More than half the books loaned by Waipa libraries before lockdown have been returned, and thousands more borrowed in the last week. It’s a clear illustration that for all the impact of the digital era, readers still like to have a story in their hands - something News readers already know. About 15,500 books were returned by late last week from a total of 27,000 borrowed. Return dates on all books have been extended and fees accrued during the lockdown period waived. Digital reading is growing in popularity though. More than 1,200 eBooks and 240 eAudiobooks were borrowed in the month of May – more than three times the number record in the same month in 2019. Thousands of books were issued from Waipā Libraries in the first three days of reopening - around 3,090 books in Cambridge 2,160 in Te Awamutu. Under alert level 2, community facilities such as libraries and museums can open with restrictions in place. “People are clearly very happy to be able to go back into our libraries again and we
are very pleased to welcome the community back. We’ve received lots of really positive feedback,” Waipā District Council acting community services manager, Brad Ward said. “Since reopening we’ve also seen a surge in inquiries about member registrations so that is really positive to see.” A limit of 50 people are allowed in the Te Awamutu library and 30 in the Cambridge library at any one time and visits are limited to 20 minutes. Both libraries are open from 9am-5pm on weekdays. The district council has been asked through its annual plan process to reduce library fees. The Cambridge Community Board told the council it was the only one in the country to still charge adults to borrow books and electronic resources and borrowing by adults was decreasing. Removing the fees would reduce revenue by about $57,000 a year. For more information go to www. waipalibraries.org.nz.
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As sports get ready to gear back up at schools across Cambridge post-lockdown, St Peter’s Catholic’s new synthetic training turf is nearing completion. The digger has been busy over the last two weeks at St Peter’s Catholic, principal Grant Stuart says. The school organised a successful Waipa Fun Run on March 15 to push fundraising efforts for the project over the $115,000 target. The “Astro-turf” project was held up several weeks by the lockdown but started early on students’ first week back at school. The turf – which will occupy a 45 x 35m space on the school’s sports field – will provide a training space for various codes and teams won’t have to travel to train, Mr Stuart said. Planning is underway to get sport back up and running at St Peter's, with most sporting competitions set to run over term three. When Mr Stuart spoke to the News in
February, he said he hoped to share the turf with the Cambridge community – and he is now looking for funding to outfit the surface with lights so that it can be used after school hours. Waipā companies C&R Developments and Collins and Son are doing the earthworks for the project.
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Covid takes Aims By Tekla Kezia
Waipā Schools are unlikely to stage domestic equivalents of the Aims Games which became another Covid-19 victim last week. The week-long September event hase been staged in Tauranga since 2004 and caters for thousands of 11 to 13-year olds from New Zealand, the Pacific Islands and Asia. It will return in 2021. Cambridge Middle School Principal Daryl Gibbs, who gave parents information about the cancellation in a newsletter, did not think schools in the district would consider their own version of the Games because it was such a dominant event. “We send between 120-130 kids each year across 14 or 15 sports. There just would not be the level of competition.” He told parents and caregivers the cancellation was the only decision organisers could make. Last year’s event showcased around 11,500 athletes from more than 365 schools – but before the event was canned, just 60 has committed for 2020.
The cancellation is also another financial hit from Covid. The 2019 Games were credited with drawing 24,000 people to Tauranga and putting almost $6.5 million into the Bay of Plenty’s economy – more than twice the sum estimated from the event three years earlier. Many top New Zealand athletes had their first taste of international competition at the event. Spokesperson Vicki Temple said hosting the Games this year was “untenable”. “We’ve spent the past two months going through every possible scenario and agonising over what this decision means to our athletes, our schools, our supporters, our sponsors, local businesses and our contractors.” Advice was sought from the Ministry of Health, School Sport New Zealand and national sporting bodies. AIMS Games Trust chairperson and Otumoetai Intermediate School Principal Henk Popping – a former head of Hamilton’s Aberdeen Primary School – said it was decided running the tournament in 2020 would create more risk and uncertainty than reward.
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Synthetic track nears completion By Jeremy Smith
New Zealand’s first synthetic racetrack – a $13 million facility being built at Cambridge Jockey Club – will have horses training on it by August. The News reported the start of construction at Australasia’s biggest horse training centre in January. And despite the lockdown, work remains on track to meet the initially-stated goal of holding the first race on the new surface next May. Funding for the track came from the joint efforts of the jockey club, the Government’s Provisional Growth Fund and the Racing Industry Transition Agency (RITA). The progress report comes amid news a $72.5 million racing industry Covid-19 emergency support package announced by Racing Minister Winston Peters includes $20m for similar allweather tracks at Awapuni in New Plymouth and Riccarton in Christchurch. The Waipā-based facility though will still be the first of the three completed, and Cambridge Jockey Club chief executive Mark Fraser-Campin said there was an air of excitement around the place.
He was grateful for Winston Peters’ support of the Cambridge track. “It’s going to be brilliant for the trainers – they’re all really excited – for the club as a whole and for the wider Cambridge community.” Fraser-Campin feels there is potential for the flow on effect of the track to contribute to the Cambridge economy by way of visitors to the track and the town and growing interest in racing. He said the jockey club – which has 10 training tracks and can host up to 1200 horses a month – will have “another string to its bow” when the
synthetic surface is done. Fraser-Campin said the completion of the new surface on the 2000m track will mean the jockey club will be able to host races in Cambridge. “It’s going to be just amazing having the track here. “There will also be countless other benefits from the development that we are really looking forward to “ He said the nature of the surface meant it was “going to be fantastic from an animal welfare point of view”. There was also the potential to use the new synthetic track more regularly than they can use the existing grass surface
at the club. “For example, if we race on the grass surface, if there’s been rain or perhaps some damage caused, then we have to give it at least a few weeks to recover. “The synthetic surface though could handle up to 300mm of rain, which would just flow off without causing damage and we could literally race on it the next day.” In the horse racing world, there are either left or righthanded tracks – Cambridge Jockey Club has both. Fraser-Campin believed this made the venue an attractive training facility
because trainers and their horses could get used to both in the same location. Cambridge company Camex is carrying out civil works for the project and Cogswell Surveys is providing
surveyance work. “We are excited for the future and look forward to the opening of a modern training facility right here in the heart of Cambridge,” Fraser-Campin said.
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Covid19: lessons to learn and opportunities to take By Te Ururoa Flavell, Chief Executive, Te Wananga o Aotearoa
At Te Wānanga o Aotearoa we are proud of our history and mindful that we are beneficiaries of the foresight and vision of our founding kuia and kaumātua. We keep the stories of their sacrifice and perseverance close as a constant reminder of why we’re here – to achieve our vison of whānau transformation through education and tauira success. We listened to many of those stories recently as we celebrated our 35th
Anniversary, but our mindfulness for history isn’t just a Te Wānanga o Aotearoa thing - it’s an inherently Māori thing. It’s a cultural imperative for us, as essential as breathing. The older I get and the wiser I get, the more I realise how true this is. No matter how new and challenging a problem might appear in this modern age, if we look to our cultural mores and oral narratives, a solution always presents itself.
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So as we collectively face the threat of Covid-19, I look to our history. I recall kōrero tuku iho (stories of the past) from my elders, and others, and I find comfort because our people have faced this nanakia mate urutā (epidemic) before. The Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918 decimated our people, probably more than any other demographic in Aotearoa. Across the country, we have urupā with mass graves containing our tūpuna - young and old – cut down by that disease. In Taranaki, where my wife comes from, places where those who died lay are marked simply by a bed of rocks. No headstones, no monument, no names. No one other than the tribe would know what lies there. Even in the Waikato - the birthplace of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa - its effects are still evident when you consider Tūrangawaewae Marae was built and manned by uri and tamariki orphaned by that epidemic. As we contemplate the impact of Covid-19 on tangihanga protocols, for example, I am comforted by the fact our tūpuna faced these same dilemmas and were able to uphold our tikanga and adapt, like we’re doing now. They too had no choice. The problem, however, is that these experiences aren’t in our recent memories and aren’t widely known. Had we highlighted these stories earlier, it might have cushioned the impact of the
current rāhui. That’s easy to say with hindsight, but iwi and Māori organisations across the country including us - are starting to unpack the cultural memory we have of pandemics, their effects and their human costs. It’s worth asking why this wasn’t considered as part of the national pandemic plan. Understandably, the government’s plan has been clinical in its focus and application. As a nation, we stockpiled supplies of personal protective equipment and tests, reviewed hospital capacities and readiness, examined the economic implications and created macro plans. Nationally, there seems to be a high level of confidence in the government’s clinical oversight. But what about the human side? How do we build the nation’s resilience to endure the projected impacts? The Māori and iwi response has been proactive. While tangihanga guidelines were not published until after the rāhui, many marae and iwi had already closed their facilities and cancelled gatherings. Iwi issued their own advice about tangihanga, and iwi and Māori organisations continue to produce their own messages for their respective communities. Our people established road blocks to protect vulnerable communities and ensure the safety of their pakeke. This Māori resilience to cycles of crisis is not new.
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disproportionate number of Māori - are going to face the most discomfort as we move out of rāhui. I suspect the Prime Minister made the rāhui decision knowing she was trading one sort of human cost - the deaths of many New Zealanders - for another, the cumulative impact of loss; of work, homes, relationships, income…purpose…direction. This was not an easy choice and - in my humble view - she made the only decision possible. Clearly though, the impact of Covid-19 on our most vulnerable communities suggests that the toughest tests of her leadership are yet to come. So, as a former politician and Minister, as leader of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, as a husband, father, koro and citizen of AotearoaNew Zealand, I’d ask our country’s leaders to look at our history, and reference our cultural memory, just as we do at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. The strategies for galvanising our country in times such as this are there.
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Over a couple of recent weeks the management of our retirement village have generously arranged a series of lunches to celebrate the end of the - possibly wrongly worded – lockdown period. The heavy handed nature of lockdown titillates the mind to envisage dungeonentrapped elderly people awaiting the great enlightenment of the arrival of Level 2. For reasons best known to themselves the health industry – or at least its bureaucrats – had decided that on the day of one’s 70th birthday all manner of invading demons are at play to weaken and debilitate us all. Well Dr Ashley – get this – we have come a long and hard-working way to achieve this pinnacle of still breathing. And remind your political masters that those of us who still have our own teeth can bite. Especially in an election year. The ever-enlarging ballooning of those of more advanced years is bringing with it a political force – or perhaps strength – hitherto never apparent in this country. I have mentioned before that 82 is now the new 65. Where physical fitness classes and open air exercising plus improved dietary options are producing octogenarians (and higher) who are delighted to hang on in and enjoy their pensions – however meagre they are. Not to mention the winter heating allowance. And the rates rebates. It is a pleasure to span the obituaries each day – in essence checking that I am not on the list – and to find a large proportion of people rolling on well into their 90’s. The fine example of the (now) Honorary Colonel Sir Tom in England is living proof of that.
New Zealand’s national anthem stands out as remarkable in many respects. It is actually a passionate plea or to use the song’s own expression an ‘intreaty’ for help. God knows we need all the help we can get in Aotearoa. In the late 1970’s we started singing “God Defend New Zealand’ written about 100 years earlier, in favour of our other national anthem “God Save The Queen.” With five verses carrying deeply stirring sentiments, the second verse stood out to me this week. It begins “Men of every creed and race, gathered here before Thy face, asking thee to bless this place…” If we’re honest our human rights and racial record has been disgraceful in New Zealand. Being appropriately described as a bi-cultural nation (Māori and pakeha - or non-Maori ) we are in reality a multi-cultural country. Māori people (and Māoritanga -customs, cultural practices, beliefs) are nominally honoured as the indigenous, or the original people but it has not always been that way. Today we are a potpourri or an amalgam of races but this in itself has done little to dissipate the racial divides that exist in our land. The shocking recent death of an African American man apprehended by four policemen in Minneapolis rightly attracted worldwide attention. Video showed him on the ground. He pled for his life, handcuffed, with a policeman’s knee pressed on his neck. “I can’t breathe,” he repeated as minutes scrolled by. Horrified witnesses called for restraint as he slowly succumbed. There were evidently many wonderful things about George Floyd - his family and
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And a great deal of that stems back to our fathers and grandfathers who, without hesitation, took off to two major military conflicts during the previous century to fight to maintain both freedom and longevity. Vale to them – and it was both an honour and a pleasure to stand at my letterbox on April 25 looking across the croquet lawn at my fellow villagers, all with special memories of their own. And all still with much to live for. And still with much to give. Many of them are still active in the community giving time and skills to aid those who are either finding themselves on hard times or perhaps seeking new skills that these old ‘uns can pass on freely and willingly. So next time you see a frail person being supported by a walking frame – or dodge those who charge across roads on their flagbedecked scooters (looking fixedly ahead) take time to greet them. They are not talking gibberish. They have keen minds, long memories and a heap of love to give to their fellow beings. They may cause you to slow down in the supermarket checkout queue while they struggle to handle their credit card – and put it away again – but mark this. One day you will be the same. In exchange for their advice, love and knowledge a gentle ‘Hi – how are you?’ – goes a hell of a long way.
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Boom times are making way Whilst researching this week’s column I was surprised to learn that I am a baby boomer. The criterion for being one is to be born between 1946 and 1964, which I was. I have long known that the baby boomers are generally held to be responsible for the rise in consumerism of recent decades, I just didn’t realise I was, even if only just, one of them . My generation was apparently wealthier, more active, more physically fit and possessed of higher expectations of the world than our forbears. Yes, we expected more from the world and we took it. During our generation we have seen an explosion of ways in which materials can be used and discarded. We have seen ever more efficient methods of extracting raw materials from the earth. We strip mined the land to remove vast amounts of coal which we then burned to produce power to run factories to make goods which we used for a few years and then discarded. It’s OK though because economies must grow to be considered healthy and the best way for that to happen is to keep making stuff. And there will always be an emerging ONLY economy which will happily make lots of stuff for the rest of the world to use for a while and then throw away. When I was very young I remember seeing ‘Made in Hong Kong’ stamped on the underside of almost everything. Then it was ‘Made in Japan’, and now it is ‘Made in China’. We baby boomers are getting
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on a bit now, and one of the things I, as a relatively young member of my generation, am beginning to notice is the onset of my own obsolescence. There has been an event in our family recently which has caused us all to come together and work towards arrangements for the good of the family as a whole. Of course my instinct at first was to wade in and take control, obviously knowing what was best for all. But I have been pleasantly surprised by the wisdom, sensitivity, and calm of my two adult daughters. They have dealt with what has been a difficult situation very capably and I did not need to be in the driving seat. In several small ways since then I have noticed others doing what I used to do, and assuming responsibilities that used to be mine. I suppose I could get a bit niggly and be the grumpy old man but actually, I feel proud to be the father of such cool and able people. We, as the responsible adults, may have created a comfortable, wealthy, consumerist PLANET society in which to live our lives, but it seems that we were missing the point at a most basic level. And we thought we were so clever. My eldest daughter is a vegan and cares about the environment too. Perhaps we are leaving the planet in safer hands than ours. I certainly hope so.
When the bills pile up By Margaret Stott, Citizens Advice Bureau
What should you do if you are getting into debt? Having debt is not necessarily a bad thing. For example, businesses often borrow in order to start up or expand, and people take out student loans in order to increase their chances of well-paid employment after they graduate. The trouble starts if you become unable to meet your debt repayments. It is important to act as soon as you realise you may not be able to meet future repayments. You can: • See a financial mentor, who can help you work out how you got into this situation and support you in getting out of it. They can help you think of ways to cut back on your expenditure (some great moneysaving ideas are on the “Sorted” website). • Tell your creditors as soon as possible and try to negotiate changes so that you can make your payments more easily. • Check whether you have any insurance to cover you in this situation, for example credit-related insurance, or, if
your work situation has changed, income protection insurance • Check to see whether Work and Income assistance is available. • If you don’t think you can meet your tax obligations, contact Inland Revenue and tell them of your situation. • Check your credit contracts so you know what property may be repossessed and find out what to expect if this happens. • Get legal advice about your insolvency options (just in case) for example, a No Asset Procedure, a Summary Instalment Order or bankruptcy. For more information, contact CAB Cambridge on 827 4855 or 0800 367 222, between 9:00am and 4:30pm weekdays. Check our website, www.cab.org.nz where you can research or chat online. During Level 2 lockdown, our office at 62 Alpha Street is closed for face-to-face discussions, but we look forward to seeing you again soon.
A month ahead of penalty fees being imposed, fewer than one if five dogs in Waipā dogs have been registered. Waipā District Council compliance manager Karl Tutty is urging owners to register soon. The 1600 dogs registered so far have a chance to earn their owners a life-long bonus. “Those who get in before June 30 will also go in the draw to win free registration for the rest of their dog’s life while living in Waipā – a prize worth more than $1000 for a young healthy pup.” Tutty said there was typically a spike in registrations each year towards the end of June.
After July 31, a 50 per cent penalty is added to any unpaid registration fees. The fee to register urban-based dogs is $90, reduced to $65 if dogs are neutered and kept in a fenced section. Rural dogs cost $52 to register as they generally have less access to council services. Registration fees help fund council’s 24hour animal control service, public education and signs. They also enable the council to provide exercise areas for dogs, install dog poo bins and other exercise equipment and provide poo bags.” For more information go to www.waipadc. govt.nz/dogs .
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Honours run in the Ellis family David Ellis, who became Ellis operates premiershipa Companion of the New winning stables in New Zealand Order of Merit Zealand and Singapore and (CNZM) in the Queen’s plans to increase is presence Birthday Honours List has in Australia in the spring. followed in family footsteps. He is also co-patron with “My grandfather received wife Karyn Fenton-Ellis the equivalent honour (CBE) MNZM of Riding for the for services to the business Disabled (RDA Hamilton). community 52 years ago Ellis is a life member of and my father was also the Waikato Racing Club, honoured with the Queen’s after being a Board member Service Order (QSO) for for 18 years, including five services to the community as Chairman, and he spent in 1991, the Te Akau Stud seven years on the NZ David Ellis principal said. Racing Conference/NZTR Wife Karyn Fenton-Ellis also holds a Executive and served as a member of the Queen’s Honour for services to Racing, Arts, New Zealand Thoroughbred Marketing and the Community. Board. David Ellis also received the Outstanding He developed a love of animals and Contribution to Racing Award in 2017. farming life and decided his future in his Of the latest honour he said “I had no first year out of school when attending the idea whatsoever and it was a huge shock to Flock House Agricultural College in Bulls, receive notification a couple of months ago. where the principal was former All Black We were in lockdown at the farm and I was coach JJ Stewart. actually in the office selling the final shares He purchased 200ha in the mid-1970s in a filly from Karaka, when an email arrived at Waimai Valley and in 1981 added a in my Inbox from the Honours’ Unit. neighbouring farm to develop Te Akau “I think it is an incredible privilege to be Stud which has grown to 1600ha, running recognised for services to the thoroughbred 2500 cattle and more than 4000 sheep. Te racing industry, an industry that has been Akau Racing and Te Akau Stud combined my passion for nearly 50 years and will be currently employs 85 people. until my dying day,” Ellis said. In 2009 he was honoured at the Waikato
Business Excellence Awards with the Gallagher Group Agriculture and Primary Production Award. “I’ve often said to people that I don’t feel that I go to work because, put simply, I love racing and farming. I think the strength of
my passion for those two industries has not only helped me put as much into it as I can, but also enabled me to provide employment and careers for many people, especially young people,” he said. – NZ Racing Desk
Cambridge Athletic and Harrier Club ran its first meet of the Winter season last weekend following the lifting of limits on gatherings under Level 2 to 100. More than 60 athletes and supporters met at the Vogel St clubrooms for the first event, despite it being Queen’s Birthday long weekend. The time trial – always a good test of fitness early in the season – helps provide information to handicap events later in the year. Distance and terrain varies week to week. Cross country events will be held
in June and July and road events from August. Landowners assist by opening their properties for the cross-country section. Club members range in age from primary school pupils to athletes in their 80s. The club also has a competitive strength and has age group national champions including Hinewai Knowles, Jonny McKee, Alice Mason and Fred Needham. Last year, for the first time, the club entered two teams in the national relay championships in Feilding, where they were third in the Men’s Masters category.
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Luk’s in at Cambridge Luk Chin’s training property in Tamahere celebrated a treble when harness racing returned to Cambridge Raceway last weekend. The first meeting in the North Island since the lockdown was held behind closed doors with only those essential to running the meeting on course. The Waikato horseman won the Happy 40th Glenn Wallis Handicap Trot (2200m) with Safrakova and his namesake Chinski took out the Book Event Hire Furniture At Cambridge Raceway Handicap Trot (2200m) for trainer-driver Sean McCaffrey. McCaffrey secured the treble when steering home Bodrum Boy to victory in the Black Dog Furniture Shop Local Mobile Pace (2200m) for trainer John Godfrey, who also uses Chin’s private track. McCaffrey was delighted to secure Chinski’s third career win, though acknowledged the threeyear-old gelding still did it a bit wrong. “He has just got to behave himself and even today he didn’t,” McCaffrey said. “He won his first couple of races as a two-year-old and then he had his bit break during a race in Christchurch and he has thought it has been a nightmare at the races ever since. “He just needs to settle down. At home he is like a nine-year-old, everybody can drive him, but as soon as he goes to the races he shakes and shivers and thinks something is going to
Cambridge Athletic and Harrier Club runners pictured at the Waikato Bay of Plenty Road Race Championships.
Safrakova won the Glenn Wallis Handicap.
run him over. “He is going to get there. He was trotting today and then lost concentration looking at someone in the balcony of the clubhouse. “He is just too smart for his own good.” Chinski has pleased McCaffrey with his development and he thinks the son of Peak has a bright future ahead of him. “When you go to the trials, when nothing is happening, he never does a thing wrong,” McCaffrey said. “He has had a lot more starts than he probably should have, but we are just taking him to the races to show him that it is no big deal there. “He probably could have won any one of his last nine starts.” McCaffrey was also pleased for Chin and Godfrey with their respective wins on Sunday, and picking up a driving double with Bodrum Boy. “He has been working
super and he actually should have won the heat when he qualified, but he has had two trials since lockdown and he won both of them relatively easy, he has got a bit of speed,” McCaffrey said. “He has been a while getting to the races with one thing and another, but he is sound as a bell now and he is away. “It was a good effort from John because he has persevered with him and it’s been a while since he has had a winner. “He does a good job with them out on the farm and brings them in to fast work with us. “John deserves every bit of glory he gets. The phone nearly burnt off in his hand with everyone in Roto-o-Rangi ringing him to congratulate him.” Behind closed doors racing return next week with greyhounds and harness racing on June 11. – Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk
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Mary sticks to her knitting By Viv Posselt
The way things unexpectedly fall together sometimes has the most heart-warming result. As lockdown started, Cambridge’s Mary McKenzie was recovering from surgery to her leg. Unaccustomed to the grounding that kept her out of her garden, she spent her time knitting scores of ‘peggy squares’, bright little pops of colour she later joined together to make half a dozen blankets for some of Waikato Hospital’s seriously ill children. Mary is a highly skilled knitter, a festivallevel gardener, and is said on good authority to be both a brilliant seamstress and a whiz in the kitchen. She and her late husband, Ian, forged a long and impressive history with New Zealand Herefords through their Maryvale Stud. It was a conversation with a friend’s daughter, who is a nurse at Waikato Hospital, that the idea to knit ‘peggy squares’ for the children’s blankets first arose late last year. “I had lots of wool left over, and cardigans I could unravel … so I started knitting the
squares. People also donated wool,” said Mary. “Then I had my surgery and after that we went into lockdown. I had been told to keep my leg up for much of the day, so it was a perfect time to just get on with it. I’m not one who can sit and do nothing with my hands.” Mary was buoyed through the task by her indomitable support crew – friends Pam Wilkinson and Sharon Mercer. Pam and her husband enjoyed a long association with Angus cattle, through their property ‘Woodstock’, unsurprisingly named after the hippie music festival. Sharon’s ties aligned more with the Shorthorn breed – all of which means the tight trio spent many a day yarning over Mary’s baking while sharing bucketloads of laughter and musing over the finer points of cattle beasts. Out of it have come the colourful little blankets. Mary understands that each one will be owned by the small patients and taken home to be loved there once they leave hospital. “I’ve made them with certain colour ways, some with patterns, some more plain,” she said. “I just hope they enjoy them.”
Mary McKenzie (seated) and her ‘peggy square’ support crew, Pam Wilkinson and Sharon Mercer, spend hours together yarning over Hereford, Angus and Shorthorn – cattle, that is.
The pipes, the pipes are calling… By Viv Posselt
If the skirl of the pipes and drums doesn’t attract new members, the stories pipe major Bryan Mitchell tells might do the job.
Take, for example, the snare drums. Anyone mastering those could be snapped up by a top pop group, he suggested. The snare drums used today also differ from their forerunners, and remarkably originated
Cambridge and District Pipe Band pipe major Bryan Mitchell in his regalia, pictured at the Rangiaohia War Memorial Gates outside Te Awamutu.
in a German POW camp where Scottish soldiers captured after Dunkirk saw out what remained of World War II and cobbled together their version of a band. Bryan Mitchell is pipe major for the Cambridge and Districts Pipe Band, but he also acts as liaison for a number of regional pipe bands, often arranging cover for events such as Armistice Day and Anzac Day. He is also a fount of knowledge on the subject, having learned the pipes at 15 and played them in 23 different countries. With lockdown effectively over, Bryan said the Cambridge and District Pipe Band was starting up again this week, with June 18 set down for its annual meeting. They’re also returning to playing at events, weddings and funerals, and are looking for more members to swell the ranks. There are three bands in Waipā - the Cambridge and Districts Pipe Band, the Te Awamutu Pipe Band and the Rosetown Pipe Band. “We all need members … we have to call on other bands to provide enough players at times. We do have a few learners, but it’s a while before they’re ready to play at events.” Bryan said anyone over the age of 10 would be welcome – either boys or girls. “Many of the bands simply wouldn’t be able to operate without the input of girls.” “They need to be fairly well co-ordinated because we will train them to move and
play at the same time. They also need to memorise all the tunes we play, and that can be a fair amount – but they don’t need to know how to read music at the start. We will provide them with what they need and teach them what they need to know.” Scottish pipe bands feature the bagpipes, the snare (or side) drums, tenor drums and a bass drum. Some members play more than one instrument, and on occasions more than one family member joins. “People are often attracted by the novelty of it, but it is a great family thing to do.” Bryan remembers the ‘wow’ moment when he first heard a pipe band live at age 10. Five years later, after gaining his motorcycle licence, he spotted a set of bagpipes in a Takapuna shop window. “I rushed home and told my grandfather. He told me to go and buy them and gave me the £30 I needed. I dashed back on my bike and got them, five minutes before they closed.” Bryan acquired a practice chanter, found a tutor and never looked back. “I never told anyone at school that I played, then sometime later when I had learned enough to join a band guess what? There were two of my schoolmates from English class. None of us knew the others had been learning!” Bryan has a raft of great stories to tell. Those keen to join the band and hear them can contact him at kilts@xtra.co.nz.
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Council to get protection input Community voice for flood protection formalised Waikato Regional Council will establish subcommittees in
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areas paying the most for flood protection and drainage assets. Two advisory subcommittees will meet on matters relevant to the council’s flood protection programmes in the Lower Waikato and Waihou-Piako zones, and two drainage advisory subcommittees will be established in each of the Waikato and Thames Valley catchments. The chair of the council’s river and catchment management committee, Stu Husband, convened informal stakeholder group meetings in the Lower Waikato and Waihou-Piako zones during early March. At last week’s council meeting he received a majority backing from councillors to formalise an advisory arrangement. “Since disestablishing the catchment and drainage
committees last November, we’ve been exploring new ways of obtaining effective input from community members and stakeholders targeted to our most significant regional assets. “It’s become clear that we do need some sort of formal process in place, but one that’s not going to come at a big cost,” Cr Husband said. The four advisory subcommittees to the river and catchment management committee will comprise targeted ratepayers, iwi representatives and stakeholder interests. The terms of reference for the subcommittees, including how appointments will be made, is still to be decided. Members will not be compensated. “Landowners in these catchments pay a fair amount of money
through targeted rates for significant flood protection and drainage assets. It’s their money and their land being protected, and that’s why it’s so important they have an avenue to provide us with advice, support and feedback,” Cr Husband said. He said other parts of the region remained within the scope of the river and catchment management committee. Waikato Regional Council chair Russ Rimmington said the move reflected the organisation’s vision, agreed last month, of ‘empowering our people, caring for our place’. “Since being elected last October, we’ve taken a hard look at our strategy for the next 10 years and we’ve committed to encouraging communities to take action. Setting up these subcommittees
is keeping us in step with our new strategy. We want to walk the talk and that’s what we’ve done today,” Cr Rimmington said.
New feds leader sets her priorities By Jeremy Smith
Federated Farmers’ newly-elected Waikato president Jacqui Hahn – the first woman chosen for the role - has praised famers for their tenacity and resilience during a testing season. “It’s been a season of a lot of unknowns,” she said. While being elected president was an amazing opportunity, Hahn told the News she didn’t want to make a big deal of the fact she was the first women chosen. “I don’t put a lot of stock in that. I’m just excited to be in the role. It’s a big province and I will do the best I can by all our farmers.” Since taking up the three-year position about a month ago - replacing Te Aroha farmer Andrew McGiven – Hahn has set out clear priorities she believes are paramount in her new job.
At the top of that list is providing farmers with clarity around Waikato Regional Council’s proposed Plan Change 1, Healthy Rivers/Wai Ora policy. The plan – which the regional council notified the decisions version of at the end of last month - aims to improve the water quality of the Waikato and Waipā rivers. Essentially, its aim is to reduce the amount of direct contaminants reaching water from land - to do that farmers within those catchments must fulfil several environmental requirements. The plan change affects about 10,000 properties over more than a million hectares of land. Jacqui said farmers needed clarity so they understand whether they can stay as a permitted activity, or they require a consent. And she wants to ensure they have that
clarity. “That is key,” she said. Hahn has previously been Waikato Dairy chair. She and her husband Sofus run three farms in Waitomo – milking a combined total of about 1400 cows. Part of their operation is sheep and beef and they also manage about 50ha of bush and wetland in a QEII covenant. Hahn has been in the farming industry her whole life – she describes it as her passion. “I absolutely love it. Honestly, when you get up in the morning and you see these views, who would want to be anywhere else?” During Covid-19, Hahn said they’ve been using Zoom meetings to help conduct normal business – a platform she said she could see continued use for in the future. Federated Farmers’ Waikato province covers 10 branches - from North Waikato in the north to Waitomo in the south.
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A seedling of an idea has seen a greenfingered Waipā dry stock farmer establish what may be the biggest example of its kind in the country. Cambridge’s Ian Brennan and wife Trisha Wren have spent 13 years converting almost a third of their 87ha Te Miro property, Cassie’s Farm, into planted native forest to be managed as Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF). Ian said continuous cover forestry is an approach to forestry which, although common in other countries, is rare in New Zealand. It involves selective extraction of either single trees, or small groups of them, while maintaining a functioning forest ecosystem. The forest is intended to be a permanent
landscape feature and harvesting operations will be low impact – trees that are harvested will be replaced by natural regeneration. To date, the Brennans have planted over 50,000 native trees and shrubs in their steep gullies and around the seven streams which start on their ridge property. This year, with ongoing grant assistance from Trees That Count, Waikato Regional Council and Te Uru Rākau - Forestry New Zealand’s - One Billion Trees partnership programme, they’ll plant another 17,000. Ian said continuous cover forestry is more environmentally friendly form of forestry than the current norm in New Zealand. “We’re essentially establishing a demonstration area - a planted research forest to gather growth data on managed native trees.
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“And we’re now in the final stages of planting our least productive land.” Ian gets technical advice on the planting work from Tane’s Tree Trust, where he’s been a trustee for three years. The trust is New Zealand’s only organisation solely dedicated to native forestry scientific research - especially continuous cover forestry. The environment a far cry from the IT sector in Edinburgh where the couple met. Before they moved to New Zealand in 2005, Ian had already planted 2.5ha of trees on a previously “treeless, windswept coastal lifestyle block”. Within two years at Cassie’s Farm, they had planted 16ha of native trees under the protection of a QEII covenant.
“Some of our earlier windbreak plantings were a bit of a dog’s breakfast of whatever revegetation species were available,” Ian said. “Since then, we’ve become a lot more scientific in our approach.” Plantings include totara, kahikatea, rimu, puriri and kauri. We’ve planted more totara than any other because it is happy to grow in pasture under full sun.” By the end of 2021 he hopes to have 35ha of planted forest. He is committed to looking after the forest for many years yet. “The increase in birdlife since we came here is astounding. It’s fantastic to wake up and do what you love every day - who would ever want to be anywhere else?”
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Winter is around the corner and currently most farmers are focusing on achieving increased productivity by judicious use of nutrients with an aim of minimising environmental impacts. Cooler months can pose a significant challenge for nutrient management, some simple actions can reduce winter nutrient loss. Caution must be taken when applying nitrogen fertilisers to pasture or crops during winter. Winter applications of nitrogen fertilisers are generally least effective for promoting grass growth. Slow growth of pasture in winter and drainage can result in nitrate leaching directly from fertiliser before plants can take it up. Milking cows will excrete, in urine, about 70 per cent of the nitrogen consumed. The risk
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probably the farmer is doing fine. Further, owing to the prolonged dry spell, nitrate poisoning can result from high nitrate levels in pasture, usually occur in late autumn. This is particularly during a flush of growth where– nitrate levels build up in herbage as nitrate is taken by the plant faster than it can be converted into protein. Toxicity risk progressively increases with high soil nitrogen from various sources. The profitability of applying nitrogen is dependent on the utilisation of the extra feed. Therefore, nitrogen needs to be strategically applied to fill genuine feed deficits. • Bala Tikkisetty is a sustainable agriculture advisor at Waikato Regional Council. Contact him on 0800 800 401 or email bala. tikkisetty@waikatoregion.govt.nz
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Waikato Regional Council has welcomed changes to freshwater regulations announced last week but says they could be unaffordable for some communities. When the Action for Healthy Waterways regulations released last year by the collation government for feedback, the Regional Council applauded the intent but warned aspects were unachievable for the council and communities in the proposed timeframes. “Overall this step change has been clearly signalled and our council has worked alongside the coalition government and the wider regional sector to develop and refine last year’s proposal,” said Waikato Regional Council chair Russ Rimmington. “We’ll need time to look at the detail, but it appears government has listened to submitters in some respects while staying very much on the course they’d identified. “They have reduced the impacts on regions and communities with some of the changes they’ve made, but on the surface it does appear there are very significant increases expected in our monitoring, policy and planning work, and engagement with farmers. “This extra burden on regional councils will fall on us when communities are hurting from the effects of COVID-19. Our challenge will be meeting these
expectations in a way that’s affordable for our ratepayers at a time when jobs are being lost and we are facing a deep recession,” Cr Rimmington said. Waikato Regional Council chief executive and regional sector freshwater advisory group co-chair Vaughan Payne said the council had led the country in communitydriven planning. “We have worked very hard as the regional sector, along with the three other advisory groups, to help ensure any proposals are both
practical to implement and achieve the intended outcomes across all wellbeings. “We absolutely support the Government’s vision and can see a lot of necessary actions in the new regulations, many of which are already required in the Waikato region. We also support a more streamlined planning process and idea of having specialist freshwater panels that include regional council and tangata whenua appointees. “There’ve been a number of pragmatic decisions by the
Government in response to feedback, such as recognising that farmers who’ve already fenced off waterways shouldn’t have to move them to meet the new standards until they require replacement,” Mr Payne said. “They’ve also listened to the sound advice of scientists and have put a hold on the dissolved inorganic nitrogen and dissolved reactive phosphorus attributes, allowing time for more research over the next 12-18 months to get these important attributes right.
“Farm environment plans have been targeted and the rollout prioritised, which we’d support,” Mr Payne said. “We advocated for the deadlines for plan changes and regional policy statements to be extended, and the Government has done so by 12 months, giving us until December 2024 to have them notified and 2026 to have final decisions. This may still be a significant stretch.” However, a decision to place a cap on nitrogen fertiliser use of 190 kg N/ha/year might have unintended consequences. “New Zealand’s international competitive advantage is that we use sunlight, soil, fertiliser and rain to generate grass. If we can’t use nitrogen fertiliser to help grow grass because of the cap, farmers may have to bring in other forms of feed to maintain production, and so we may see an increase in cropping operations that can have significant environmental implications,” Mr Payne said. Regional councils will also have to set up systems to receive and monitor levels of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser use reported by dairy farms, he said. Mr Payne said any disparity between Proposed Waikato Regional Plan Change 1: Waikato and Waipā River Catchments and the new Action for healthy waterways regulations will be resolved through the Environment Court.
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Let’s have a pyjama party! For the Kids in Need Waikato! At Cambridge Real Estate we are proud to give back to our community and are happy to announce that we have become one of the proud sponsors of Kids in Need Waikato. To do our part, each team member at Cambridge Real Estate will be donating a brand new pair of children’s winter pyjamas to this very worthwhile cause. If other members of our community wish to do the same, we will be collecting the PJs at our office on 47 Alpha Street until the end of June. Plus, for every pair donated, our company will contribute another! All sizes are welcome, up to size 16 for both boys and girls. As we head into winter, now is the perfect time to think about our most vulnerable community members and doing what we can to show that the Cambridge community stand together and support one another. Call our team on 07 823 1945 or visit kidsinneed.org.nz for more information about this vital not-for-profit organisation.
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Section 101, Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012
Section 101, Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012
PUBLIC NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE
Of an application for Off Licence
Of an application for On Licence
Owen Bryden Swan, 400 Raynes Road, Tamahere, has made application to the Waipa District Licensing Committee for the renewal of a off-licence in respect of the premises at 400 Raynes Road, Tamahere known as The Wool Shed.
Owen Bryden Swan, 400 Raynes Road, Tamahere, has made application to the Waipa District Licensing Committee for the renewal and variation to increase the licensed area of a on-licence in respect of the premises at 400 Raynes Road, Tamahere known as The Wool Shed. The general nature of the business to be conducted under the licence is tavern. The days on which and the hours during which alcohol is sold under the licence are: Thursday to Saturday 4pm-8pm. The application may be inspected during ordinary office hours at the office of the Waipa District Licensing Committee, 101 Bank Street, Te Awamutu or 23 Wilson Street, Cambridge. Any person who is entitled to object and who wishes to object to the issue of the licence may, not later than 15 working days after the date of the publication of this notice, file a notice in writing of the objection with the Secretary of the District Licensing Committee at: Waipa District Council, Private Bag 2402, Te Awamutu 3840. No objection to the issue of a renewal licence may be made in relation to a matter other than a matter specified in section 131 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012. This is the first publication of this notice.
The general nature of the business to be conducted under the licence is tavern. The days on which and the hours during which alcohol is sold under the licence are: Thursday to Saturday 4pm-8pm. The application may be inspected during ordinary office hours at the office of the Waipa District Licensing Committee, 101 Bank Street, Te Awamutu or 23 Wilson Street, Cambridge. Any person who is entitled to object and who wishes to object to the issue of the licence may, not later than 15 working days after the date of the publication of this notice, file a notice in writing of the objection with the Secretary of the District Licensing Committee at: Waipa District Council, Private Bag 2402, Te Awamutu 3840. No objection to the issue of a renewal licence may be made in relation to a matter other than a matter specified in section 131 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012. This is the first publication of this notice.
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Resource Consent Application Extension of submission period Waikato Regional Council has received resource consent applications as follows: APPLICANT’S NAME: Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited - Hautapu Site NATURE OF APPLICATIONS: Reference Id
Activity Description
AUTH139736.01.01
Discharge dairy manufacturing wastewater (including biosolids) to land and associated emissions into air at the Bruntwood, Bardowie and Buxton Farms (including the Buxton Extension Farm)
AUTH139736.02.01
Discharge dairy factory processing water to the Waikato River
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AUTH139736.03.01
Take of groundwater for irrigation line flushing and dairy shed cleaning at Buxton Farm
HAIRDRESSING/BARBERING
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AUTH139736.05.01
Place, use, and maintain a diffuser structure in the bed of the Waikato River for the discharge of dairy manufacturing wastewater and remove an existing structure
AUTH139727.01.01
Discharge contaminants to air from a wastewater treatment facility
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These applications include an assessment of environmental effects. Please contact our enquiries team on 0800 800 402, if you have any questions about these applications. Any person may make a submission on the above application, but a person who is a trade competitor of the applicant may do so only if that person is directly affected by an effect of the activity to which the application relates that (a) Adversely affects the environment; and
Sections 2AB and 95A Resource Management Act 1991 CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION HAS BEEN EXTENDED
Call Janine 027 287 0005 or email janine@goodlocal.nz
Waipa District Council has extended the closing date for submissions for an application from Fonterra Limited for a resource consent. Type of Consent: Landuse Application Number: LU/0057/20 Proposed Description: Construct and operate a new wastewater treatment facility for the treatment of dairy manufacturing process and associated wastewaters Address of Site: 308 Fencourt Road, Cambridge 3434
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AGM Thursday 18th June 2020 1.45pm in the Quiet Room 6 Vogel St. Cambridge
The application, public notice and associated assessment of environmental effects are available for public inspection on Council’s website: www.waipadc.govt.nz Submissions now close on Friday 19 June 2020. Contact details: Waipa District Council, Private Bag 2402, Te Awamutu 3840 101 Bank Street, Te Awamutu 23 Wilson Street, Cambridge Ph: 07 872 0030 Ph: 07 823 3800 Email: info@waipadc.govt.nz Garry Dyet – Chief Executive For and on behalf of the Waipa District Council
(b) Does not relate to trade competition or the effects of trade competition. You may make a submission by sending a written submission to Waikato Regional Council, Private Bag 3038, Waikato Mail Centre, Hamilton 3240 or electronically to RCsubmissions@waikatoregion.govt.nz. The submission must be on form 13. Copies of this form are available from Waikato Regional Council or our website: www.waikatoregion.govt.nz/other-consentforms. Waipa District Council (WDC) have notified a consent application related to this application. Please refer to the relevant WDC submission form should you wish to make a submission relating WDC application LU/0057/20. Submissions close has been extended to Friday 19 June 2020 These applications can be viewed online via https://www.waikatoregion.govt.nz/rc-applications/ or as a hard copy at our Hamilton Office, 401 Grey Street, Hamilton East. You must serve a submission on Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited - Hautapu Site whose address for service is Private Bag 885, Cambridge 3450, as soon as reasonably practicable after serving your submission on Waikato Regional Council.
VRJ Payne Chief Executive
www.waikatoregion.govt.nz
M9053
PUBLIC NOTICE OF APPLICATION CONCERNING RESOURCE CONSENT
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THE LAST 1 hr 52 FULL mins MEASURE (M) 2 hrs 11 mins
20 Mar
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THE 2ASSISTANT hrs 15 With mins Men(M) Swimming (M) 1 hrs 42 mins !! NEW !! THE 1INVISIBLE MAN hr 53 mins (R16) 2 hrs 14 mins
11.30am 3.30pm
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