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Turning them inside out

Saturdays in winter have returned to normal – it’s an early wake up for the adults and a drive to the park or school for a game. Leamington School’s ninth grade rugby team invited Goodwood School for a “fun run around last weekend” and manager Jude Fitness said the youngsters couldn’t wait to get back on the field. Steph Bell-Jenkins snapped young Mo Maxwell from Leamington School – playing with his shirt inside out – leading a charge.

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Waipa District Council will employ community advisors to work directly with local social agencies and community groups to help the district recover from Covid-19.

The positions will be part of a $795,000 recovery package earmarked by Council to help support and rebuild Waipa’s economy and community following the pandemic. The recovery money will come from a reserve fund built up by earnings from arbitrage arrangements; it will not be funded by rates There are several concerns with this arrangement.

Shouldn’t our current council staff be equipped to deal with such situations? In these tough economic times, we should not be looking to increase staff numbers but looking to set an example by cutting or trimming costs.

It has been noted and I quote ‘it will not be funded by rates’ – just how often have we heard those famous words, only to be later told otherwise, once it’s too late.

A reserve fund – oh yes, built up by earnings from arbitrage arrangements. What arbitrage arrangements do they imply or refer to, why the secrecy and just where did the funds come from to start these off?

This is not too dissimilar to when Council borrows large sums of money to place in term deposits – gambling on getting an interest dividend. What happens when it goes the other way? Council is dipping way too far out of their job description; they are meant to be managing and administering the district not acting like ‘financial institutions’.

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Waipa District Council response The Government has made it clear that, as large enterprises with strong community outreach, all councils can and should play a role in helping to mitigate the negative economic and social impacts of Covid-19.

The development of these roles is part of the Council’s specific response to the pandemic.

Council does not have staff on tap able to fill fixed term (18-month) community advisor roles as staff are already fully engaged on existing roles. These roles aim to help build long-term capability within Waipā’s social sector and make the district more resilient.

They also aim to help the sector better leverage regional and national initiatives.

In terms of arbitrage arrangements, there is nothing to hide. In fact, news releases about such arrangements have been sent out proactively by Council. Council reports about arbitrage arrangements are also publicly available on Council agendas, available for anyone to see at any time. Over the last four years, Council has received more than $1.185 million as a result of arbitrage arrangements that would not otherwise have been available.

THURSDAY JUNE 25, 2020

Lots of noise, but submissions light

The controversial plan to make significant changes to Te Awamutu’s Memorial Park has attracted relatively few submisisons.

And the Waipā District Council has this week encouraged residents to have their say.

The council has two plans out for public submission – Memorial Park in Te Awamutu and Lake Te Koo Utu in Cambridge.

“Love it, hate it, want to change it? Waipā District Council wants to hear your feedback about two draft concept plans in Lake Te Koo Utu and Memorial Park, currently out for consultation,” a councils statement read.

Submissions for both plans close on July 13 and in a report appearing in today’s Te Awamutu News, Community Board chair says the park plan has yet to receive 50 submissions.

“Based on the numbers who participated in the polls at the Let’s Talk Te Awamutu facebook group there are a lot more people out there who have an opinion about the outcome of this plan,” she wrote.

Community services manager Sally Sheedy said feedback had been steady and encouraged residents to head along to two drop in sessions which will be held this weekend.

Figures she quoted suggested the Cambridge

proposals had attracted considerably more than 50 submissions.

The Te Awamutu plan is also likely to be a point of contention for the town’s new ratepayer group.

Drop-in sessions will be held this weekend at both venues.

“Now is the time to tell us if we’ve got it right, or need to relook at some ideas, so we encourage you to check out the plan and let us know your thoughts,” Sally Sheedy said.

Council has erected signs throughout Memorial Park and Lake Te Koo Utu, and a main signboard outlines the concept.

Smaller signs are also placed throughout the walkways to highlight key proposals.

The first draft concept plan drop-in session will be held at Lake Te Koo Utu, Cambridge on Saturday from 1-2pm and the second at Memorial Park, Te Awamutu on Sunday 28, also from 1-2pm.

The draft plans are available online at www.waipadc.govt.nz/tekooutu and www. waipadc.govt.nz/memorialpark, along with online submission forms.

A hard copy of the plan and survey can be viewed at council offices and libraries in Cambridge and Te Awamutu.

Last Friday a Constable started a shift which would be his last.

As was the case perhaps for many of you, the news of the shooting of Constable Matthew Hunt in Waitemata left me with a feeling of shock and disbelief and generated ripples of sadness across the Police family.

As police officers, we each choose this career for a wide variety of reasons. Helping the community and making a difference sounds cliché, but it is at the core of so much of our service. Constable Hunt was one of many working hard to do just that.

For me, his death is a reminder that we can never know what is around the corner in life. I believe we can honour his memory by always doing our very best, making the most of every day, giving back to others and continuing to work together to make New Zealand the safest country.

Last week I was delighted to be given the opportunity to speak at the Whitehall Settlers’ Hall Association annual meeting. It was lovely to meet some members of our rural community and discuss local concerns.

Crime prevention in a rural setting has the complication of geographic isolation and having fewer ‘eyes on’ around the place.

For that reason, knowing the locals plus identifying and reporting any suspicious activity becomes even more important.

Whether it is the theft of an electric fence reel, tampering with or stealing stock, drug related activity or driving offences, we want to know.

From a crime prevention perspective, it is a good idea to record serial numbers of all power tools on the farm, to engrave your driver’s licence number on them and upload all details to a profile on www.snap.org.nz .

Ensure all outbuildings are securely locked when not being used and consider installing good quality security lighting and CCTV (with clear signs saying the cameras are in place). Keep keys to farm vehicles in a different location to where the vehicles themselves are stored. Secure fuel storage facilities and monitor usage levels. If you find a trespasser on your property, your safety comes first.

Get on the phone to 111, gather as much information as possible about the people and their vehicles but don’t put yourself in harm’s way by trying to block a vehicle from exiting etc.

You never know who you are dealing with.I’m keen to expand my discussions with our rural communities, so if you would interested in getting a local group together for a crime prevention chat, please get in touch (Email cambridgecommunityliaison@police. govt.nz ) .

Until next time, I once again remember Constable Matthew Hunt, lost to us all too soon. May he Rest in Peace.

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June races to 100

The fifth race at tonight’s harness meeting at the Cambridge Raceway will have a special appeal. It’s named after Cambridge Lifecare resident June Sullivan – who celebrated her 100th birthday on Tuesday. June is regarded as a huge supporter of racing in Waipā Cambridge – and insiders reckon one of the runners Shezsomethinspecial - would be a perfect selection. See more from the Cambridge Raceway today on Page 18.

Treasure Hunt

What are Waipā’s great treasures of the last 100 years? TVNZ is hoping to find them in a variation of the popular Antiques Roadshow. Presenters Scotty and Stacey Morrison will front a new 2021 programme, National Treasures, and explore New Zealand’s recent history.

TVNZ is calling for people to scour their homes in the search for treasures, objects and taonga that have significance to New Zealand history over the last 100 years. For more information, go to www. nationaltreasures.co.nz.

Fundraisers

St Peters Cambridge students raised more than $6300 for students in Malawi in support of World Vision’s 40-hour famine event earlier this month. `

Spot the birdie

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People are asked to select a site, and on one day look and listen for birds for one hour. They record the number of each species observed, and submit results. Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research - has run the initiative since 2007.

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Sian’s trump cards

By Jeremy Smith

One evening, Sian Winmill’s head started twitching and repetitively banging her shoulder.

For six hours it wouldn’t stop.

The 18-year-old former St Peter’s School Cambridge student had previously mentioned “random twitching” she occasionally experienced to doctors - nothing came of those conversations.

After that experience though, she and mother Renee wanted to know what was happening.

The result was most unexpected - doctors confirmed the cause was Tourette Syndrome.

Candidly, Sian said the diagnosis three years ago brought with it a loss of identity she found hard to cope with.

“It turned my world upside down - it basically came on overnight.”

Tourette Syndrome is a type of neurological disorder characterised by involuntary motor and vocal tics categorised as either simple or complex.

Motor tics are sudden uncontrollable movements, vocal tics are sudden uncontrollable vocalisations.

Both Sian’s motor and vocal tics are complex.

A common motor tic Sian experiences is her legs suddenly giving out.

Her most common vocal tics include asking “nonsensical” questions, experiencing outbursts ranging from one word to full sentences and imitating other people’s words or sounds she hears.

Often, at meal times, a motor tic can result in Sian unexpectedly throwing food.

She’s tried fighting tics, which she said is most akin to holding one’s breath.

“You can only fight it for so long,” she said.

“Whenever I try, eventually my brain takes over and they come back stronger.”

Some days are better than others.

“When I have lots of tics I feel so drained.

“I apologise to people after I have one too, so they know it was a tic. I try to make people laugh too, maybe that helps.”

Shortly after Sian was diagnosed, she and Renee heard about Camp Twitch - the Tourette’s Association of New Zealand’s annual gathering for those living with Tourette Syndrome and their families.

“That was very helpful.

“It gave us useful tools and advice about what living with Tourette’s would involve,” Renee said.

To cope with the challenges of living with Tourette’s, Sian has found solace in music, humour and - particularly - art.

Her quip “I used to be able to carry eggs into the kitchen, no worries.

“Now though, that activity carries with it a great deal of danger,” an example of her fun-loving nature.

“It’s very entertaining living with her at times,” Renee said.

“When I get lost in the art and design world though, amazingly, tics don’t happen,” Sian said.

On that front, a unique opportunity presented itself during the last six months of 2019.

As part of St Peter’s School’s wellbeing curriculum, deputy principals Yevette Williams

Former St Peter’s School student Sian Winmill with some of the Monster Conversations cards she illustrated.

and Jess Patrick had an idea to develop a wellbeing tool parents and teachers could use to help them have conversations with children around emotions, then come up with positive solutions or next steps.

Knowing of her passion, they brought Sian on board to design and illustrate the cards, now called Monster Conversations, which represent a variety of emotions from sad or happy, to worried or anxious.

Children use the cards in conversation to help them express how they’re feeling.

“Sometimes, it’s really difficult to have these conversations with younger children - these cards will help,” Jess said.

During early Monster Conversations discussions about ‘monsters’ representing the emotions, Jess was initially unsure.

“But Sian said the most amazing thing - monsters don’t have to be scary, neither do conversations around wellbeing.”

The first 100 Monster Conversations packs released about a fortnight ago are nearly all already accounted for.

“We’re so happy this is getting out there. Our goal is for every school in New Zealand to have one,” Jess said.

For every pack sold, Sian receives a percentage and funds are donated to the Tourette’s Association of New Zealand.

“Jess and Yevette and all the staff were so amazing when it came to my wellbeing at school, so now I’m happy to use my skills to help others in a similar position. Monster Conversations is a fantastic way of doing that,” Sian said.

Meanwhile for the past year - half of which has included her Monster Conversations work - a film crew has been documenting Sian’s daily life living with Tourette’s.

The finished documentary - part of the third

season of a programme called Living With Tourette’s - will air on Prime Television next month.

For more information, or to purchase cards, email himonsterconversations@gmail.com.

Tourette’s: what we know about it

According to the Tourrette’s Association of New Zealand, Tourette Syndrome (TS) is a genetic, neurological disorder that occurs during childhood.

The New Zealand organisation for rare disorders endorses the Australian Tourette Syndrome Association’s statistics of one in one thousand children having TS. By that reckoning, the Australian association’s data would suggest almost 5000 New Zealanders could be living with TS. Because some will have mild symptoms, not all of those living with it will be diagnosed.

And, according to the New Zealand association, not all children who inherit the TS gene display the associated traits.

Boys more commonly inherit the gene associated with TS, which is characterised by vocal and motor tics.

These can range from mild to extreme but both vocal and motor tics must have been present for a year for a person to be diagnosed with TS. The exact gene and neurons that cause TS are not known, so there is no cure.

Coprolalia is the name for the extreme vocal tic that causes people to repeat inappropriate, or swear, words - but only a small percentage of those diagnosed with TS have coprolalia.

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Matariki off to flying start

By Steph Bell-Jenkins

Matariki provided an ideal opportunity to celebrate fresh new beginnings at Leamington School.

The school celebrated Matariki on June 16 to mark the birthday of the fifth Māori king, Koroki Te Rata Mahuta Tāwhiao Pōtatau Te Wherowhero.

“Being in level one now, one of the things we were really aware of doing was celebrating the new Māori year in a way that allows us to connect back with our whānau, our community and each other,” said teacher and kapa haka group leader Dan Fraser.

Bex Paulsen, another teacher and kapa haka leader, said many students kicked off Matariki morning by exploring the story of seven kites.

“This shares a legend about how seven sisters make kites that drift into the night sky and represent the seven stars of Matariki,” she said.

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The junior and senior schools then collaborated to make and fly kites.

“We also acknowledged how there are many different legends behind the meaning of Matariki, so we’ve listened to a range of them throughout the day and done some specific learning behind each of the nine stars, their names, and the meanings behind each of them,” Ms Paulsen said.

For the first time since returning to school, sport houses were encouraged to mix while eating lunch and reconnect.

“We’re really keen to make those connections and try and establish some kind of normality again, while still being sensitive to not add any unnecessary pressure,” Mr Fraser said.

“As a school we came together with evening celebrations that consisted of Matariki activities to complete with whaanau in classes, a candlelit night walk and shared waiata around the fire From left, Leamington School students Ollie Glew, Mila Tipene and Russell Law fly kites with their pit.” classmates to celebrate Matariki.

Going the distance for battling kids

By Jeremy Smith

Mitre 10 Mega Cambridge staff, from left, Duncan Wright, Brianna Hadfield, Rachel Raven, Christy Patterson, Dianna Barker, Sandra Jager and Sally Bridgens with the cheque they’ll present to Ronald McDonald House.

A team of Mitre 10 Mega Cambridge staff raised $1200 for Ronald McDonald House Charities.

The group of 10 took part in the 2020 Ronald MacDonald House To House Challenge initiative which sees participants walk, run, cycle, swim or row a total of 210km during the month of March.

Ronald McDonald House Charities New Zealand supports families when their child is in a New Zealand hospital away from home.

Last year was the charity’s busiest in its 30-year history - it supported more

than 4600 families with accommodation and support free of charge.

“I have a friend who tragically lost a child at a very young age, and they were very grateful for Ronald McDonald House services during their journey,” Cambridge staff member Sally Bridgens said. “It made our desire to support this cause very personal,” she said.

She was proud of the team’s efforts, estimating the team collectively accumulated roughly a total distance of about 1480km in the month.

The challenge distance is related to the fact that each month families from around New Zealand travel an average

of 210km for their child to receive hospital treatment away from home.

All told, $210 is also what it costs to support a family for a night’s accommodation at Ronald McDonald House, including essentials when they arrive at the house and staple ingredients for a meal.

In Cambridge, the team’s funds came from a variety of sources thanks to the generosity of customers - including buckets at the checkouts and people adding a fundraising component to their in-store purchases.

Store owners Steve Deverall and Brendan Lafferty also got behind the cause, topping up the final total.

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More jobs and more spending

The job market is picking up.

Vacancies advertised on Trade Me surveyed by Waikato regional economic development agency Te Waka show for the week ending June 17 the number was up 11 percent on the previous week and 59 percent on last month.

Te Waka also reported the number receiving Jobseeker Support in Waikato had risen by 4,400, or 28% since the start of 2020, slightly below the 30% national average.

A total of 6.7% of the Waikato working age population is receiving Jobseeker support, compared with 5.3% at the start of the year. That is higher than the 5.9% of the national working age population now in receipt of Jobseeker Support.

The latest data on card transactions in Waikato – to the week ended June 7 – showed spending was almost seven percent higher than for the same week last year.

June 16 marked the end of the first full post lockdown week.

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A councillor’s commitment

By Viv Posselt

Donations of $400 each, raised by volunteer and Waipā District Councillor Philip Coles through the COVID-19 lockdown, were presented to Cambridge Community House and The Salvation Army’s Cambridge Corps on June 18.

For two months beginning before lockdown started, Philip committed hundreds of volunteer hours to collecting parcels of groceries from Cambridge New World and delivering them to residents, among them seniors and immune-compromised people advised against doing their own shopping during COVID-19 levels 4 and 3. He also delivered grocery parcels to Cambridge Resthaven, Bupa St Kilda Retirement Village and Care Home, and Te Awa Lifecare.

The $800 making up the two donations represent a ‘payment’ to Philip from Cambridge New World owner/operators Logan and Nicola McKenzie, to cover his voluntary efforts during that period.

“Just before lockdown started, I approached a couple of businesses offering to help with their deliveries,” said Philip. “Logan

was the only one who took me up on it. I knew there would be fewer volunteers around during lockdown, so I wanted to help where I could. But right at the start I said I didn’t want to be paid - we decided to make a donation to charity for my hours, so here we are.”

Throughout lockdown, residents’ changing needs called for ongoing collaboration between Philip, Cambridge Grey Power’s Val Massey, Cambridge Community House manager Harriet Dixon, and the Salvation Army crew headed by Shaun and Karen Baker. Both the Community House and Salvation Army teams found their work more than doubled during that time, while New World had to rapidly implement strategies to balance increased demand with a reduced workforce.

“We lost about 10 percent of our staff because of risk factors associated with the pandemic,” said Logan. “It meant we had to move fast to fill the gap. We took on a few people who had lost their jobs… and brought in Hautapu Rugby Club members to help out.”

Harriet said Cambridge Community House started to see people who had never had to ask

Celebrating the efforts of volunteer Philip Coles (right) are Cambridge New World owner/operator Logan McKenzie, Cambridge Community Centre manager Harriet Dixon, and Karen Baker of The Salvation Army’s Cambridge Corps.

for help before. “We had to find ways to help them through it, using many of our wraparound services,” she said. “Some of them are now going back to work, but there will be difficulties many will face in the months ahead.”

The Salvation Army’s Karen Baker said lockdown had seen foodbank parcel numbers jump from between five and eight a week to around 200 a week.

All agreed that because many of the town’s volunteers fall into the high-risk age category for COVID-19, it had been tough

to garner enough manpower to keep the wheels of their operation turning at a time of such high demand.

They expressed their gratitude to Philip for the donation, saying it would be helpful in the coming months.

Philip, meanwhile, is a finalist in the 2020 Volunteering Waikato Awards which coincide with the June 21-27 National Volunteering Week. He was nominated by Destination Cambridge.

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Join us for a fun morning of activities and browse the garage sale. There will be something for everyone 20% of all sales will go to the Volunteer Fire Brigade

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Waikato Regional Council ratepayers will get relief from a range of measures backed by councillors last week.

A rates relief package totalling $400,000 was approved through the 2020/21 annual plan budget in May, but councillors asked staff to come back with more detail on how this assistance could work.

The council’s strategy and policy committee considered a range of staff recommended options last week, before unanimously approving new criteria for additional rates remissions, as well as a further promotion of flexible payment options.

The approved criteria will allow for an additional remission of 10 per cent of rates payable for ratepayers who qualify for the Department of Internal Affairs’ rates rebate scheme.

Waikato Regional Council chair Russ Rimmington said councillors felt it was important to encourage struggling ratepayers to talk to council staff about repayment options or rates remissions.

“Ratepayers have a range of repayment options

available to them, but most still choose to pay their rates bill annually. There are other arrangements ratepayers could choose to smooth the cost over the year,” Cr Rimmington said.

“Staff are keen to be able to work with ratepayers to put in place a payment arrangement that can be tailored to them. Having these agreed arrangements in place also avoids incurring any penalties,” he said.

He added that Waikato Regional Council had already responded decisively to the unique circumstances by delivering a “trailblazing” net zero per cent rates revenue increase this year to provide short term relief to Waikato people.

Committee chair Pamela Storey said councillors recognised some Waikato people were struggling and supported the package to help ratepayers deal with the impacts of COVID-19.

“This package is designed to assist ratepayers who may be facing financial hardship in these tough times and we’re committed to providing an overall package to suit everyone,” Cr Storey

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An existing policy allows those aged over 65 years to postpone rates payments in relation to their principle place of residence. Those under 65 are also able to postpone their rates for up to 15 years.

Cr Storey said the changes approved allow support to be put in place over the coming 12 months, noting that a comprehensive review of the council’s rates remission and postponement policies will be undertaken as part of the development of the council’s 10-year plan. Any further changes will be subject to formal public consultation in accordance with the Local Government Act 2002.

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School help at the double

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Cambridge High’s service committee collects items as part of a recent food drive

By Matteo Di Maio

Flynn Thomson’s goal was 1000 items.

But Cambridge High School, he said, had “easily doubled that” in its recent food drive to support the Waipā community during the Covid-19 economic slump.

Thomson, a year 13 student at the school who is a part of CHS’ Service Committee, played a big role in the organising of the event – which pulled in over 2300 items from students, parents and staff.

The Salvation Army picked up the items from the school on June 22 and the food is going “to help families in need — and to help communities that are stricken by Covid-19,” Thomson said.

While Covid-19’s economic blow may be softer in Waipā compared with elsewhere in New Zealand, according to Mayor Jim Mylchreest, the region certainly won’t be spared.

An independent report commissioned by the District Council said recently that unemployment in the Waipa district due to Covid-19 would climb from 2.5% to 6.9% by March 2021.

The food drive was organised as a school house competition — and is a preview of a greater charity and community focus to come to CHS’ house system in the future.

“There’s real desire to have a more charity focus with the houses,” Marcel Kuijpers, an assistant principal at the school, said.

Pukeroro house won the competition with the most food items, with Te Koopu Maania in second and Horotiu in third.

The school had already been looking at linking its six school houses to individual community charities before the recent food drive, Kuijpers said.

As New Zealand headed out of lockdown, Kuijpers said, the school asked: “What can we do to help out?”

The food drive, which was organised by the schools’ senior leadership along with the service committee, had been the school’s biggest food drive in a long time, Thomson said. “I think this year, because Covid-19 hit, people felt like giving more.”

“We’ve stepped up,” Thomson said. “My goal was a 1000 [items] and we easily doubled that.”

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THURSDAY JUNE 25, 2020

Volunteers – and medical miracles

By Viv Posselt

The skills Te Awamutu’s Elizabeth Wright accrued as a teacher and farmer make her current role more achievable than it might be otherwise.

The patience and empathy they have nurtured help her front audiences with extraordinary stories of courage, stories of people in developing countries struggling to survive with awful injuries or abnormalities, people who are given new hope through a group of specialist volunteers from this side of the world.

Elizabeth is District 9930 chairperson for Interplast, a Rotary programme which has been operating in Australia and New Zealand for 37 years.

Now into her fourth year in the role, she has witnessed many of those stories firsthand while observing the medical teams in action at Lautoka Hospital in Fiji and Yangon Hospital in Myanmar.

A planned April 2020 trip to Bhutan was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

“I’d still like to do that trip if they can get back up there, and I’d like to do one to the Solomon Islands before I hand over to someone else,” she said.

“My role is to let people here know what these teams are doing in these countries.

It is amazing work which is completely transformative for the people involved.”

Interplast is a ‘twintrack’ partnership that sees medical professionals volunteer two to three week slabs of time delivering free surgical

Elizabeth with two-year-old Hnin from Myanmar, who is wearing Thanaka paste applied to help combat a non-cancerous growth on his face. The knitted bears are gifted to patients from Rotary clubs.

services and providing training/mentoring to local medical personnel in developing Asia-Pacific countries, including doctors, anaesthetists, nurses and allied health professionals.

Since 1983, it has conducted over 26,000 surgeries and trained countless medical staff in those countries.

There are 27 Rotary Interplast districts across Australia and New Zealand.

Elizabeth is one of six Interplast district chairpersons in New Zealand, with her District 9930 region covering a wide swathe of the central North Island and encompassing almost 60 Rotary clubs. Part of her role is to give talks to promote Interplast and help raise the $45,000 required to fund each of the team’s trips abroad.

She is sometimes on the speaking circuit for six days out of seven.

Elizabeth shows audiences the ‘before-and-after’ of people with deformities and growths, many of them

suffered through burn or fall injuries. The patients are often shunned in their home countries – Interplast is usually their last hope.

Elizabeth’s 11-year involvement with Rotary has encompassed several high-ranking roles; she was president of Te Awamutu Rotary from 2013/14. She has suffered her own losses in recent years, but always come back with a renewed fervour to help others.

“We help those whose lives are impacted in ways we simply don’t understand here. Often, these are gentle people who want for nothing but who need everything,” she said. “Interplast makes an immense difference to their lives.

“The plastic surgery the teams do has the power to change the future of entire countries, yet for millions of those who need it most, its is simply not available or affordable.”

Elizabeth is available to give talks – she can be reached on 027 223 8921.

Written appreciation

By Jeremy Smith

“The fact they took time to think of us is wonderful.”

That was Senior Constable Deb Thurgood’s reaction as six St Peter’s Catholic School students - Kieran Anderson, Alice Cho, Carter McNab, Connor Sparrow, Alistair Stokes and Cillian Punch - presented her with a gift on Tuesday afternoon.

The room five and six pupils wrote letters thanking Cambridge police for their efforts in the Cambridge community during lockdown, and Constable Thurgood received the letters on behalf of the wider Cambridge police force.

She also took during her visit to chat with the students and answer some of their questions, which ranged from asking about her police radio to how police dogs are trained.

They also asked how long Senior Constable Thurgood had been on the police force for the answer was 16 years.

“Thank you for your efforts, we really appreciate it,” Senior Constable Thurgood told the children.

“During lockdown, while you were all at home, we were out and about still working.

“Lockdown was a team effort, wasn’t it? At the end of the day we are here to protect our community,” she added.

“It was really cute that they made the effort,” Senior Constable Thurgood told the News after her visit.

In addition to writing to Cambridge police, catholic school students also wrote to various other places, including Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Director-General of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield, nurses and doctors and others.

The six pupils told the News that during lockdown they had used Zoom to keep in touch with their classmates – but said they enjoyed being back at school face to face far more. Senior Constable Thurgood said the letters would now take pride of place on the Cambridge Police Station walls.

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THURSDAY JUNE 25, 2020

Roundabout progress

Contractors have beaten the odds to get work on a major new roundabout passed the halfway mark.

Significant progress has been made on the construction of a major roundabout in Cambridge despite time being lost during the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions.

Work on the Hanlin Road roundabout, next to the Avantidrome on Cambridge’s northern boundary, began in February but was stalled for a month during the Covid19 lockdown.

Progress on the project, given the setbacks, had been remarkable, Waipā District Council transportation manager Bryan Hudson said “Our contractors are making fantastic progress and the roundabout is really starting to take shape now.

“Prior to Covid-19, we had expected to complete this project in August, and we are now looking at September. However, that is still really great given the restrictions which were in place during alert levels 4, 3 and 2.”

Since returning to the site at alert level 3, contractors have completed the relocation of underground power lines and the drainage retention systems and have prepared the foundations of the site.

Work is now under way to excavate the existing road towards Cambridge, clearing the way for the construction of new

entrances and exits to the roundabout.

A temporary access road diverts traffic from the site while work is under way.

Once complete, the intersection will include access to St Peter’s School, the Avantidrome and Cambridge Road, a bus stop next to the Avantidrome, a pedestrian refuge on Cambridge Road and shared paths and cycleways.

The project is funded by Waipā District Council and Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency with support from St Peter’s School and Home of Cycling Charitable Trust.

For more information go to www. waipadc.govt.nz/your-aipa/majorprojects/ hanlin-road-intersection.

Waipā’s voice on regional health is likely to remain unchanged if the government pushes through a radical restructure of the country’s district health boards (DHBs).

It wants to cut the number of boards from 20 to as few as eight under a Crown entity in a move not dissimilar to the outcome of its review of vocation education (Rove) which put 16 polytechs under a single common umbrella.

The plan would encourage greater sharing of services between DHBs and remove public input in board membership – they would be appointed.

Boards now comprise up to 11 members, four appointed by the Minister of Health who also appoints the chair and deputy chair.

Waikato District Health Board has been operating under a commissioner, Karen Poutasi, since its appointed and elected members were sacked in May 2019 by Health Minister David Clark.

Karen Poutasi subsequently appointed three deputies - Andrew Connolly, Chad Paraone and Margaret Wilson – the former deputy chair.

The Minister said nine of the 11 Waikato Board members had offered to resign because the board had been fraught with continual adverse publicity. There was no election for a new board in 2019.

David Clark says the review aims to “futureproof” the country’s health and disability services.

National has still to respond to the proposals.

Review chair Heather Simpson says the review is “probably” the most comprehensive integrated look at the New Zealand Health and Disability System in a generation.

“To meet the challenges of the future our population health focus has to be stronger, our preparedness for emergencies greater, and our system has to be much better integrated with clear lines of accountability and decision rights,” she said.

The report proposed establishing a Māori Health Authority as an independent departmental agency, reporting directly to the Minister of Health.

One of Simpson’s review team, Te Awamutu born Shelley Campbell, was one of the team

who thought the structure was not ambitious enough or sufficient to address Māori health issues.

Her concern was the authority would be a reflection of the Ministry of Health instead of an independent Māori entity A health insider told the News Waikato DHB should got into bat to ensure it retains its current regional shape.

“Waikato is the tertiary centre of excellence for the Midland area and there is nothing in the Simpson recommendations which would change that,” the health expert, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said.

“What we should be working towards is ensuring that Midland area - comprising five DHBs - Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Lakes, Taranaki and Tairawhiti - remains a viable health entity.

“That should be one district health board and let them get on with what they’ve been doing pretty well for 10 years which is working together for the population’s health. Take the regional trauma service as an example.

“If someone is involved in a horrific car accident or falls off a farm bike in the outskirts of Gisborne or Taranaki, they will almost inevitably end up in Waikato Hospital. That hospital is world-leading in trauma because the service is a regional-based one.”

It’s anticipated there will be suggestions the Simpson review should have looked more closely at the four regional structures of Auckland, Midland, Central and Southern and recommended the change retain those four DHBs. It is also likely there will be questions about the value of creating another level of bureaucracy in Māori health when the Ministry of Health already has a Maori advisory.

But the biggest concerns, the insider says, is the lack of advocacy for primary and rural health and disability issues. The changes are structural and top-heavy rather than coming from the community.

“Primary health care from GPs, practice nurses, chemists and midwives is the first point of contact and it’s they who provide continuing care. Anything which strengthens that would be more helpful than creating more bureaucratic structures.”

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DEPUTY MAYOR’S REPORT

Losing the keys to life

Now for the good news

We all know that society is dependent on technology. I for one tend to take it for granted. But having been in our new house for 10 days now and still being without an internet connection (I’d tell you the story - but neither of us have the time) I have realised all over again how much we rely on it: There’s no TV, no email, no online gaming for the teenagers, no web surfing.

A lack of internet forces one to live a different life. The teenagers have come out of their bedrooms and have been communicating with us via the spoken word - that’s different!

Having to connect through my mobile phone every time I want to check the email takes me back into the mists of time when we had dial-up connections.

And watching TV with the set top box hooked up through the phone is fine until it decides to go slow - or drop the connection altogether.

Then on Saturday night I was sorting out the post-shifting chaos in the garage and that must have been when I lost my car key.

On Sunday, with three open homes rapidly approaching, we turned the house (and the garage) upside down and failed to find them. “What about the spare” I hear you say. Well that was lost some years ago - I’m pretty sure it was when my mother-in-law borrowed the car but it’s best not to go into that.

So $400 later I have a new key for the car - I can remember when I was but a lad, if you lost your car key you got another one cut for about $5.

I commented to the automotive

Over the next two weeks I am looking forward to meeting up with many community organisations on issues that cover affordable housing, pensioner housing, local social services, and spending time with the Cambridge Community marae, Cambridge Grey Power and neighbourhood support to name a few.

It is crucially important we all stay connected, understand the issues in our communities and work together to solve them. There has never been a clearer message sent to us than over the past three months - work together to create strong resilient communities.

As a council we need to make sure we are very ‘community facing’. You need to know our business and we need to know how we can help you and your business. I welcome your view.

Council has held a number of meetings to deliberate and strike our rates for the 2020/21 financial year, and at this stage we are likely to settle on a 2.4 per cent average increase for the district.

Whilst there will be some highs and lows around Waipā we do know that for the vast majority of residents this is a great result.

To reduce our rates from the proposed 4.2 per cent to our planned 2.4 per cent there are a number of community projects delayed.

In 2021 we start our long-term plan discussions so these projects will come up again for debate.

While there has been speculation on reducing rates even further it is crucially important we maintain and continue councils core responsibilities. Compromising on key services isn’t a good strategy when we aim to deliver great services to our residents - drinkable water and flushing toilets are pretty important.

I do also love hearing from Cambridge residents who feel very proud of the services and projects we deliver well. I certainly commend our contractors and parks team on their efforts with

By Peter Matthews

locksmith that it would be typical if I found the missing key having just mortgaged the house for a new one. He said, “Doesn’t matter the old one won’t work now anyway”.

Is it all going too far? The kids spend a lot of time responding to software algorithms of their online games, we all spend too much time staring at our phones, it’s becoming increasingly common for computers to run our houses, they look after our diaries, and certainly they run our cars. And you can be sure there is a whole lot of binary to-ing and fro-ing going on behind the scenes of everyday life than most of us care to realise.

It makes me think maybe the planet would be better off if we all lived simpler lives. Well of course it would be, but it is true that technology has the power to deliver benefits, in countless ways, to the human race. We just need to remember to look after ONLY PLANET the environment which supports us as we strive to make our lives more comfortable and convenient

By Liz Stolwyk, Deputy Mayor, Waipā

the Cambridge leaves that are largely now all gathered.

Also the gaslight theatre is sporting a very new impressive sealed carpark.

I look forward to the two theatre shows planned prior to Christmas.

Another proposal that gained support around the Council table is the increase to our district promotion fund as part of the Covid-19 recovery plan. Having a close association with the tourism industry for most of my working career, I know just how important large events are to our town. Ever wondered how we can accommodate so many fabulous cafes?

With some national events planned to be hosted in Cambridge in August and September, these events can’t come soon enough for our accommodation providers who have been very affected over recent times. Not long to go now - we gladly welcome our rowers, cyclists, and triathletes back into town.

Another good news story is that more than $600,000 will be provided by the Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency to Waipā District Council for a new safe routes to schools and businesses project.

Created in collaboration with a local community group, including Olympic cyclist Sarah Ulmer, the project will look at making key streets in Cambridge safer for residents to bike, walk and scooter to work and school. Keep an eye out for more information about that.

A reminder that we are holding another public meeting on Lake Te Koo Utu on Saturday at 1pm at the lake. Proposed plans have been circulated, signboards are up around the lake and I look forward to seeing many of you there.

I also plan to be at the next Lions Trash n Treasure market on July 12 from 10am to 11am outside the BNZ bank – and I’ll bring my notebook.

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THURSDAY JUNE 25, 2020

THE AGE OF REASON

Reflecting on life and times

By Peter Carr

Attendance at the funeral of a longstanding friend and business colleague last week brought back to me the fallibility of assuming that one has a good memory for names. Especially for those that have not been seen for at least 20 years.

Yet it was this sad gathering in Auckland that caused me to stop, look at a face, struggle with the grey matter and attempt to recall what sphere of influence caused me to interface with a familiar (and ageing) face that stood before me.

He or she clearly going through the same struggle. Both realising that we were in a similar grey void and each beating the other to try and state our own name.

Then the light of recognition, realisation and a warm handshake followed.

And subsequently going back to the happy times that we enjoyed in industry, sport, social life or whatever other sphere of common bond tied us together in those far-off days.

In this case it was mainly business bonds that tied us. Either working in the same organisation, perhaps in commercial competition or in giving or receiving services. It does not matter. What really was of importance was that we were all still breathing, had conquered the dreaded virus, were all in the same pension-driven boat sailing on towards whatever the Grim Reaper has in store for us.

But for now – at this particular moment – despite the sad cause of our re-meeting, we were happy to catch up on each other’s progress, ask where so-and-so was, compare debilitating ailments, boasting about everexpanding families or talking about our good friend or colleague whose demise was the cause for our unplanned reunion.

My wife ran into the deceased’s sister with whom she shared Girl Guides in Wellington many years ago. A lady who has lived in Scotland for 40 years but had been trapped in New Zealand while on a visit as the lockdown commenced. And you can imagine what that conversation revealed in a major catch-up.

Eulogies at funerals always reveal just how much you did not know about the deceased even if he / she was a firm friend.

Their interests, community involvement, revelations about climbing mountains or rafting down rock-strewn swirling rivers.

Sadly we do not record such matters in a coherent way.

As a Māori friend once told me when he had visited his 92 years-old aunt – he had spent time with her to gain a greater understanding of family history. His forefathers relying on oral enunciation of what had gone on before. Relying on needto-be-explained photographs does not cut the mustard.

Yet there is a privacy aspect to such history. Some of the happenings are hugely personal at the time they occur, but gain importance to others - even if only in direct ancestral line.

But this apparent – and common – gap has caused me to perhaps record those happenings in my past that should at least give those who succeed me the opportunity to explain what they think is appropriate to those who gather to either farewell me – or perhaps ensure that I do not return to haunt them!

FAITH IN WAIPĀ

Bend or break…

Holding different views to others is a reality of life. The situation of people not seeing ‘eye to eye’ has always existed, but it seems lately public expressions of intolerance between people holding differing views is soaring.

More than ever before, reaching consensus or agreement on pretty much any topic that comes up in discussion is challenging.

Whether you are talking about politics, ethics, cultural or racial matters, global warming, diet, sexuality, exercise, religion, raising children, sport- you name it…there’ll be a plethora of conflicting ideas up for debate.

Our access to influencers and vast amounts of information through technology certainly fortifies strong opinions. An ever swelling pool of divergent beliefs is producing opinionated factions lobbying for the rightness of their tribe’s views, increasingly growing intolerant of others.

A pilot friend who flew internationally for Air New Zealand once pointed out to me how on the big jumbo jets, the range of flexibility (up and down movement) achieved at the wing tips is 8-10 metres! I found his comments enlightening.

Aeroplane wings aren’t just rigid chunks of metal. With carbon fibre incorporated in their design, elasticity is provided to keep the planes in the air. If the wings did not flex within the astonishing range that they do, they would simply break off - which makes for ‘uncomfortable’ flying.

Our ability to ‘flex’ (to a point) like aircraft wings is demonstrated by being accepting of others, while at the same time not necessarily agreeing with their values, expressions and lifestyle practises.

‘Tolerance’ is a word often used in connection within engineering referring to acceptable margins either side of a precise

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requirement. It occurs in biological contexts too, where upper or lower limits of tolerance to environmental factors (e.g. light, temperature, availability of water) determine if an organism can survive.

Being ‘tolerant’ of those whose practices and viewpoints differ from ours is not condoning or meekly accepting every bit of rubbish behaviour or offensive activity people are capable of dishing out.

Boundaries matter. But relationships often break where there is no ability to bend or to concede a little bit of grace and extend tolerance which allows room for someone to change.

So accepting others, instead of rejecting them on the basis of their different values, and lifestyle choices, means refusing to push them away with an intolerant or judgmental attitude.

There’s only one judge - and it surely isn’t us. Jesus, as our supreme example, demonstrated a perfect life while freely associating with dubious and imperfect people.

He said, “Who goes to the doctor for a cure? Those who are well or those who are sick? I have not come to call the ‘righteous,’ but to call those who are sinners and bring them to repentance.”

The intolerant, bigoted religious leaders mistook Jesus’ compassion and identification with sinners as his tacit approval of them.

Oblivious to their own faults, they selfrighteously rejected Jesus, missing entirely his purpose in coming- to intervene and bring help to those recognising their need.

Hopefully we won’t make that mistake.

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THURSDAY JUNE 25, 2020

Meat the competition…

Waipa will be presented in the Anzco Foods Butcher Apprentice of the Year by at least one entrant.

James Beattie, who works at Pak ‘n Save in Te Awamutu, has confirmed he will have another crack at the national competition.

Hamilton will host one of the five regional finals, covering the Waikato and Central North Island, on August 27.

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Funds for safe routes

A project to create safer and healthier journeys to school for children will soon be underway in Cambridge following the success of an application for funding to make streets more peoplefriendly.

More than $600,000 will be provided by Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency to Waipā District Council for the Safe Routes to Schools and Businesses for Active Transport project.

Created in collaboration with a community group, including Olympic cyclist Sarah Ulmer, the Cambridge project seeks to make key streets safer for residents and children to bike, walk and scoot to work and school.

Council service delivery group manager Dawn Inglis said the project was a fantastic opportunity for Council to trial a range of “tactical urbanism

Get gardening

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Vegetables Prepare the garden by applying a dressing of lime to the soil and dig in green manure crops of mustard and lupin. Give them time to break down before planting begins. In late July, plant new crops of leafy vegetables – lettuce, cabbage, silverbeet, broccoli, spinach and kale.

Rotate plants – avoid growing the same plants in the same place.

Plants like peas and beans put nutrients into the soil, which will benefit leafy crops.

Potatoes Potatoes can be purchased and set out in trays to sprout in a light airy shed.

Try some early potatoes in a large bucket or pot on a sheltered sunny deck or glasshouse away from frost.

Tree pruning Pruning should be completed this month and followed up with liquid copper spray to control fungal disease. Conqueror Oil is used to get rid of any insects and eggs – this is a bio-certified organic spray.

Roses Prune roses at the end of July. Spray with copper to help seal cuts and combat infection. Apply sheep pellets and rose fertiliser and look forward to their first flowers.

Spring bulbs Fertilise as they flower to help with next season’s flower development.

Perennials Lift and divide old perennial clumps, replanting the outer young growth and discarding the old centre growth.

Ornamental trees Now is the time to plant new ornamental trees for shade or flower.

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“The success of this application is significant because it will allow us to test a range of safety techniques and then consult with residents and road users to see what works for them before investing in permanent road safety measures.”

The project could involve artwork on the road surface to improve visibility, temporary speed bumps, new crossings, wayfinding signs and kerb extensions.

The project would also include funding for two community event days to engage with local residents and provide an opportunity for feedback.

Inglis said a focus was providing safer opportunities for students to get to school without relying on car-based travel.

“We know from a 2018 Council-supported Safe Ways to School Survey that a lot of students would love to bike, walk or scooter to school but don’t feel safe doing so.

“What we also saw during lockdown was a significant number of people out and about on their bikes when there were less cars on the roads. We’d like to keep this going so we know improving road safety is an absolute must.”

Several streets identified as high risk in the survey will be used for the project.

Cyclist and project ambassador Sarah Ulmer said the success of the application was a big win for Cambridge.

“We know kids want to ride their bikes to school, and parents want them to as well, but they need to be safe, so this project is really about children getting to school safely.”

Around 10 percent of the project cost will be funded

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Football’s coming home

Cambridge football fans starved of Northern League action since last August will finally see the Reds at home this weekend.

Due to the delayed start of the Lotto NRFL season, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, John Kerkhof Park has hosted few 11-a-side matches this year.

On Saturday, spectators will see Cambridge take on Auckanders Oratia United in a double header.

The two clubs’ reserves teams play at 12.30pm on Saturday, followed by the main game at 3pm.

Both are looking for their first win of the season as Oratia drew their opener last weekend while Cambridge lost 4-3 in a thriller at Hamilton’s Claudelands Rovers.

The result was a reversal of the corresponding fixture last season when Cambridge were the winners 4-3.

Cambridge got off to the better start when a fast break saw forward Josh Clarkin set up midfielder Elliot Cooper to rifle home the game’s first goal after six minutes.

Goalkeeper Fraser Nicholls was kept busy, making two excellent saves in one-on-one situations.

But on the half hour, Rovers captain Bailey Webster levelled the score on the greasy surface.

The home side went ahead four minutes later when Jono Viviani grabbed Rovers’ second, enough to send them into the half-time break 2-1 leaders.

Rovers ‘keeper Seamus Casey had also been busy, making important

saves, and the sides attacked and counter attacked.

The turning point came in the 82nd minute when Rovers were awarded a penalty which Webster calmly put past Nicholls.

With the final whistle approaching, Rovers appeared to put the result beyond doubt when substitute Jacob Robb headed home with his first touch of the ball, giving his team a 4-1 lead.

But the Reds weren’t finished.

Joshua Nooijen pulled back a goal in the 90th minute – his first for Cambridge – and Josh Clarkin rattled a few home ground nerves with another Reds goal in added time.

Cambridge’s reserves went down 4-2 to Claudelands Rovers in the Lotto NRFL reserves competition.

Cambridge took a ninth-minute lead through captain Devon Andrews. Then a flurry of goals kept the crowd entertained.

Gregory Pidoke and Krishaant Singh scored for Claudelands, while Franco Rigourd notched a second for the Cambridge visitors.

Tyler Ericksen and Singh, with a penalty, completed the scoring for Rovers.

Meanwhile, at John Kerkhof Park, Jacob Lind could not have picked a better time to score his first senior goal for Cambridge, waiting till four minutes from the final whistle to notch the winner against Whakatane Town in the WaiBOP Championship.

Coach Steve Thomas named

Kieran Hill, in action for Cambridge at Claudelands in the Northern Legaue last weekend.

skipper Adam Brady as the side’s Player of the Day. In Waikato Division 2, Cambridge keep their perfect record with their second win in as many games.

They beat a decent Claudelands Rovers Vets side 1-0 at John Kerkhof Park.

The scorer was forward Peter Buesnel, who took advantage of tiring bodies and minds to score on the stroke of half-time to net his seventh of the season.

Coach Chris Petropoulos gave his Player of the Day award to goalkeeper Henk Bertelink for an outstanding performance between the sticks which included a penalty save.

In Waikato Division 5, Cambridge’s D2 team lost 5-2 to Tokoroa Rezzienation.

Cambridge got off to a flyer with Brandon Vink scoring with a shot from outside the box in the second minute.

Tokoroa came back into the game strongly and despite a second Vink goal, from the penalty spot, the visitors ran out comfortable winners.

Cambridge FC’s women’s team lost their Waikato Women’s Division Two fixture 2-1 to Te Awamutu Pink Ladies in a close match at John Kerkhof Park.

Cambridge found the net first through Maria Cameron but Te Awamutu equalised a minute later.

The rest of the first half was evenly balanced until Cambridge’s Georgia Methven put through her own goal on the stroke of half-time.

Sophie Young was named as the

Hill Homes Player of the Day after filling several positions during a hard-working game.

Cambridge’s U-14 team won their second WaiBOP Federation Y-League game in a row, beating Northern United 4-0 at home.

Cambridge went ahead in the 17th minute through Jamie Kenny and the sides turned around with Cambridge 1-0 to the good.

Early in the second half, Jack Beaumonth doubled Cambridge’s lead and 10 minutes later, Dylan Gardiner made it 3-0.

Matt Jordan added a fourth to make sure of the victory.

The U-12 team continued their unbeaten start to the WaiBOP Federation J-League season with a 2-1 win at Melville United.

In the first half, Cambridge’s Luca Savage and Luke BrookeSmith both hit the crossbar and despite having more of the chances, a good goalkeeping performance and a well-taken goal meant Melville went into half-time with a 1-0 lead.

Jesse McDonald found the equaliser with a long-range shot that caught the Melville ‘keeper off his line.

Bede Newlands, in the Cambridge goal, made the save of the day to keep the scores level.

With only a few minutes remaining, Gethyn Foster fed Oliver Rickit whose left-footer from distance caught Melville by surprise and gave Cambridge a deserved winning goal.

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Development side loses in the rain Just Luke’s luck With the seniors having a bye in top fight Waikato rugby, Hautapu’s Development side took centre stage last weekend – and was pipped by Matamata 27 -23.

It was a Premiership B game played in two seasons. The first half started on a beautiful winter’s afternoon that brought

in big numbers in supporters for both teams.

The team were even at 17-all after 40 minutes, with Bodie Mechall kicking a penalty and two conversions and Elijah Corbett and Mitch Pettit dotting down for the home side.

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heavens opened and it started to rain – forcing team strategies to be reviewed.

Hautapu used the conditions well and put consistent pressure on Matamata but a series of errors gave the visitors some momentum and soon after a penalty.

The lead changed hands again

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courtesy of another converted Corbett try, but Matamata fought back with the last scoring move of the game to take victory.

In Waikato senior rugby, Otorohanga beat University 33-20 while in Hamilton Fraser Tech was 30-17 up over Te Awamutu Sports at full time.

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Hautapu’s Luke Jacobson, who looked set to carry the Waipā flag to the Rugby World Cup last year, has been hit by injury again.

The loose forward came home without playing in the World Cup after being concussed – having missed the previous year’s Mitre 10 Cup competition with the same problem..

Concussion also restricted his game time for the Chiefs in 2019 – and now he faces up to six weeks on the sideline after picking up what appears to be a fractured metacarpal in last weekend’s home loss to the Blues.

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Blues bath Pirongia New Leamington coach Karl Thornton fielded nine players on debut as his Leamington Cambridge Stud Senior A’s returned to the competitive arena with a big win over Pirongia last weekend.

Pirongia opened the scoring with a try out wide on the left wing, which went unconverted, but after that the hosts piled 62 points on the board.

The 5 Stags senior player of the day, Regan Eruieti, finished the match with a hattrick of tries and two conversions.

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The Leamington Regal Agriculture Colts set the platform with a 74-3 win over University.

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White gets back to the real thing The first half of 2020 has been one to forget for Waikato horseman Matthew White.

It started in the worst possible fashion when he was involved in an horrific race crash at Cambridge Raceway in January.

White sustained bleeding on the brain, a concussion, and three fractured vertebrae, which resulted in his absence from the track until the end of March.

Just two meetings back, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic hit home, and racing was shut down for two months. “It has been a bit frustrating, stopping and starting,” he said. “It is hard to get any sort of momentum, but that has just been the way it is.

White trains in partnership with Mike Berger at Cambridge Raceway, and they turned their entire team out over lockdown.

The pair have enjoyed stepping out several their team at the Pukekohe and Cambridge workouts over the past two weeks and their three-month absence from the races is set to end at Cambridge Raceway today.

The raceway is busy today with a greyhound meeting starting at 12.06pm and harness racing beginning is 5.21pm.

All Yours, Deamideal, and Mach Little Soaky pleased their trainers with their workouts at Pukekohe on Friday and are set to resume.

All Yours took out his 2050m heat after placing at the Auckland track the week prior,

and White is hoping he can add to his threewin tally today.

“He only had the two starts back from a bit of a let-up just before the lockdown. He wasn’t too tired before he had the break, but he has definitely come back well.”

He will be joined by new stable addition Demideal who placed in her 2050m heat last Friday. The daughter of American Ideal will have her first start today since last August and White thinks she will take plenty of improvement from her first-up run.

“She went well on Friday, but just blew out the last wee bit,” he said. “She did a bit of work mid-race. She is doing everything right and I think there is a win or two in her.

“She had quite a long time off. She is a tall mare that doesn’t carry a lot of condition and has come to hand fairly quickly.

White is excited about getting Mach Little Soaky back to the races and he will try and utilise his faultless standing start manners on Thursday.

“We have figured him out a bit now,” White said. “He has got high speed and has strengthened up a bit. I am quite looking forward to him returning.

“He is a last start winner and he has trialled up really nicely over the last two weeks.

He is right on target and will probably go around in that 2700m stand on Thursday.

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starts, he has always stepped away. He needs the right run though.

“He is a horse that can’t do a lot mid-race work, so if we can get handy enough and get one shot at them to use his high speed, I’d say he would be thereabouts.”

White is enjoying his first season of training in New Zealand and has been pleased to kick-off his training career with Gr.1 New Zealand Cup (3200m) winning trainer Mike Berger.

“Mike and I get on well and he is a guy with a lot of experience, so he is good to learn off… I couldn’t ask for a better partner.” – Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk

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Hamilton born trainer Cody Cole was back in the winning groove on Saturday when he produced promising staying mare Vainglory to win over 1600m at Pukekohe.

Matamata based Cole has also revealed he has another win in mind.

Cody Cole The former New Zealand Commonwealth Games weightlifting representative is planning a return to the sport at the National Championships later in the year.

A catch-up with friend Richie Patterson, who won gold at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games in the 85kg division, has prompted Cole to accept a challenge to compete again in his 69kg weight class.

“I caught up with Richie over dinner and a few beers the other night and we ended up having a wee bet that would see us both do Nationals this year, which is in Tauranga in November,” Cole said.

“We’re both unbeaten at National level so we’re coming out of retirement for it.

“I’m not sure where I’m going to find the time to train but it will be good fun and a bit of a laugh for us both.

“I’m walking at around 68kgs at present and don’t want to get any heavier as I ride a lot of work, so I don’t want to muck that up.

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2 1 g 1  DEADLINE SALE LOCATION SO CONVENIENT A warm well-appointed piece of paradise with very comfortable lounge, good size bedrooms & sunny deck. Close to the local shopping, doctors, dentist & more. DEADLINE SALE - Closes at 34 Victoria St, Cambridge, 17 July 2020 at 4.00pm (unless sold prior) Contact Katrina Cummings. Web Ref CA16050 Open Home Sunday 1.00 - 1.45pm

4 2 g 2  2 AUCTION FABULOUS HOME AND VIEWS Beautiful 240m² Cambridge Park home, built in 2018 on a manicured 820m² section with fantastic gully views & amazing sunsets. Balance of 10-year Master Build Guarantee available. AUCTION - 1010 Victoria St, Hamilton, 1 July 2020 at 12.00pm (unless sold prior) Contact Tony Mills. Web Ref CA15948 Open Homes Sat & Sun 12.15 - 1.15pm

3 2 g 2  2 AUCTION LIVING IT UP LARGE! Well located on a landscaped 730m², built by Golden Homes, this 201m² steel-framed Linea weatherboard home has fantastic street appeal and features spacious light & bright living. AUCTION - 1010 Victoria St, Hamilton, 1 July 2020 at 12.00pm (unless sold prior) Contact Tony Mills. Web Ref CA16036 Open Homes Sat & Sun 1.30 - 2.30pm

32 Browning Street, Cambridge

7 Vogel Place, Cambridge

58 Kingdon Street, Cambridge

3 1 g 1  2

SPACIOUS POOLSIDE LIVING A sunny north facing & private home with large open plan living, inground pool & portable sleepout (or home office). Carport + double garage/workshop complete with a vehicle inspection pit. Something for every member of the family here!! All on a 664m² freehold site. Contact Ron Bradley. Web Ref CA15940 Open Home Sunday 12.00 - 12.30pm

PERFECTLY PEACEFUL & PRIVATE Charming split level home positioned for privacy, peace and views on 1333m². Easy walk into town. Modernised bathroom & kitchen, great outdoor flow to covered decks, balconies and patio. 60m² double garage + double carport. Contact Peter Hulsdouw.

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4 2 g 2  2 $939,000 DREAM HOME, AMAZING VIEWS Immaculate home, custom built by RPS in 2018 on 1,563m² in Cambridge Park.

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233 Horahora Road, Cambridge

98 Thompson Street, Cambridge

48 Scott Street, Cambridge

$649,000

3 2 g 2  6

3 2 g 2  4

$787,000

HOST OF LIFESTYLE OPTIONS ON HORAHORA Beautifully presented Californian Bungalow + studio with separate bathroom. Separate utility/games room. Large 121m² garage/workshop with carport & covered storage for caravan or boat. Property on 2 lots – 7190m² includes all buildings + 4400m² bare land. Contact John Bishop. Web Ref CL15951 Open Home Sunday 1.00 - 2.00pm

SUPER TIDY SUNNY HAVEN! This super tidy, easy care property is located in a fab location close to schools, green belt, shops, cycleway, dog parks and more! Brand new heat pump, upstairs wall heater with timer, near new carpets, sun catching windows and immaculate presentation.

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3 1 g 1  1 $649,000 AMAZING LOCATION Walk to 2 major parks, shops, medical centre, school & pre-school from this immaculate brick home. Large separate lounge with cosy gas fire, upgraded kitchen & dining, huge north facing deck. Beautiful Rimu timber floors. Safely fenced for children & pets. Move in & enjoy! Contact Ron Bradley. Web Ref CA15958 Open Home Sunday 2.00 - 2.30pm

8 Queen Street, Cambridge

10 Walpole Street, Cambridge

61 Cowley Drive, Cambridge

$950,000

3 1 g 1 V 2  1

3 1 g 1  1

$549,000

LOW PRICE – LAST CHANCE!!

A beautiful century old villa in a highly coveted central location & boasting stunning original features with all the modern touches expected of today including new bathroom, 2 heatpumps, HRV system & covered wooden deck. A rare opportunity to own a villa in town! Contact Aimee Belton. Web Ref CA15766 Open Home Sunday 3.00 - 3.30pm

QUALITY HOME IN GREAT LOCATION Enjoyed by the same owner for the last 40 years!! A sunny north facing home on a generous 779m² site with well laid out lawns & gardens. Recent updating to both kitchen & bathroom, log burner + heatpump. Move in and enjoy!! Room to add value!!

Contact Ron Bradley. Web Ref CA15860 Open Home 1.00 - 1.30pm

4 2 g 2  2 $1,350,000 THE COMPLETE PACKAGE ON COWLEY An impressive 350m² Leamington residence in prestigious Cowley Drive, in excellent condition with some gentle upgrades, set in a peaceful 2018m² park-like environment.

Decks ensure superb space for entertaining and quiet relaxation. Shops and schools are nearby. Contact Aimee Belton. Web Ref CA15998 Viewing By Appointment

118A Grey Street, Cambridge

25A West Thompson Street, Cambridge

3/110 Maungakawa Road, Cambridge

$719,000

2 1 g 1 

$449,000

TIDY GREY STREET UNIT Idea for investors/retirees/first home buyers. Open plan living, modern kitchen. Private fenced garden & outdoor area. Handy to trotting track, local dairy, expressway & walking distance to town. Immediate possession available.

Contact Peter Hulsdouw. Web Ref CA15747 Viewing By Appointment

3 1 g 1  1

4 3 g 2

$629,000

 2

$949,000

STYLISH SIMPLICITY IN CAMBRIDGE PARK Simply superb location. In a sought after area sits a beautiful European clay brick home, which blends in with the surrounding designer homes. A thoughtfully designed home with a 2 minute stroll to Cambridge Park Oval. Contact Deborah Steel 027 562 0010 Web Ref CE15588 Open Home Sunday 2.00 - 2.30pm

4 2 g 3  2 $1,295,000 BEST OF BOTH WORLDS An elegant, split-level family home, situated on 4022m² comprising landscaped gardens & a paddock for a pony or lambs. Outdoor patio with heated saltwater pool, set against a backdrop of the Maungakawa Hills. School bus route and zoned for Goodwood School. Contact Vaughan Wetton. Web Ref CL15916 Viewing By Appointment

SOLD 1060 Roto O Rangi Road, Cambridge

123 Ngaroto Road, Ohaupo $460,000

COUNTRY LIVING CLOSE TO TOWN 5001m² of clean, easy care, rolling country with generous building platform for the new house and plenty of room for the shed. Rotoorangi School and Community Centre are nearby. Workable covenants. Power at the boundary. Ready now as title has been issued. Contact John Bishop. Web Ref CL15869 Viewing By Appointment Peter Hulsdouw Branch Manager Sales Consultant 0800 43 77 33

Tony Mills Sales Consultant 0800 35 34 34

Tracey Grover Sales Consultant 0274 996 866

7C Church Street, Tirau

4 2 g 2  5

$995,000

RELAX AND ENJOY This fabulous home on a beautiful 5000m² section has a wonderful outlook over Yarndleys Bush and local farmland. Triple car internal garage + free standing double garage workshop + large 3 bay shed onsite. Peaceful setting, handy to town. Contact Peter Hulsdouw. Web Ref CL16003 Open Homes Sat & Sun 11.30am - 12.15pm

Ron Bradley Sales Consultant 027 4967 004

Vaughan Wetton Sales Consultant 021 661 518

Aimee Belton Sales Consultant 021 0277 2426

$197,000 TIRAU OPPORTUNITY FOR FIRST TIME HOMEOWNER We have this lovely gently contoured, easy to build on, 953m² residential section. Mere meters from the ever popular Tirau main street, and a short drive to Cambridge and all it has to offer. If peace and tranquillity is what you are after, look no further, this is the place to build. Contact Vaughan Wetton. Web Ref CA15577 Viewing By Appointment

Talita Visser Sales Consultant 021 137 6035

Katrina Cummings Sales Consultant 027 222 4533

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Resource Consent Applications 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

AGM

AUTH139736.03.01

Take of groundwater for irrigation line flushing and dairy shed cleaning at Buxton Farm

29th July at 3.00pm 22a Taylor Street

AUTH139736.04.01

Take of groundwater for irrigation line flushing, wastewater treatment facility supply, and temporary construction purposes at Bruntwood Farm

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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1:30pm Start Cambridge Health & Community Centre 22a Taylor Street

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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 (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.

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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.

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BELCHAMBER, Peter Ernest – Passed away peacefully with his family at his bedside in Waikato Public Hospital on Sunday, 21st June 2020.

Aged 85 years. Much loved husband and soul mate of Marlene for 52 years. Beloved father and father-in-law of Daniel, Ruth & Malcolm and the late Stevie. Treasured granddad to Caleb and Lani.

“Psalm 1” A memorial service to celebrate Peter's life will be held at Cambridge Baptist Church, Queen Street, Cambridge, on Tuesday, the 30th June 2020 at 1.00pm. Donations to World Evangalisation for Christ NZ would be appreciated and may be left at the service.

All communications to The Belchamber Family, c/- 3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge, 3434.

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PUBLIC NOTICE OF APPLICATION CONCERNING RESOURCE CONSENT Sections 2AB and 95A Resource Management Act 1991

CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION HAS BEEN FURTHER EXTENDED Waipa District Council has received 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 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 31st July 2020 Contact Detals: 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

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10.00am Sunday 28 Duke Street Enquiries phone 827 3833 www.bridgeschurch.co.nz

6.15pm

11.00am 3.15pm 3.40pm3.45pm8.30pm

11 hr hr51 58mins mins

1.15pm 8.15pm 6.00pm

11.15am

3.15pm

4.10pm 6.00pm 6.15pm

4.00pm 8.00pm

1.45pm

1.15pm

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8.15pm

11.15am 1.45pm 5.30pm

11.15am 11.00am 12.45pm 4.15pm 8.10pm 3.45pm 5.50pm2.30pm 5.30pm

6.15pm 8.30pm 1.40pm6.10pm 1.30pm 1.30pm 1.45pm 1.40pm 1.05pm 6.00pm 8.00pm 1.00pm 11.00am 8.00pm 11.00am 5.45pm 11.30am8.15pm 12.30pm

8.00pm 11.00am 11.15am5.50pm1.15pm5.50pm1.20pm4.00pm

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4.10pm 8.45pm 11.30am 6.40pm12.30pm The Guilty hr 40Men mins(M) 11.00am 11.00am Swimming 1.20pm 11.00am 1.30pm1.00pm 4.00pm 1.40pm ROSIE (M)(M) 1With 4.20pm 1.50pm 3.20pm 6.30pm 8.30pm 4.00pm 1 hr 41 1 hrmins 52 mins

5.50pm

5.50pm

4.00pm 8.40pm

1.15pm 6.40pm

www.tivolicinema.co.nz

8.30pm

THE ASSISTANT 8.45pm 6.40pm The Guilty (M) 1(M) hr 40 mins 1.40pm 4.10pm 3.45pm 8.30pm 21 hr 42 mins Bookings 823 5064 – 32 Lake Street, Cambridge

www.tivolicinema.co.nz

Bookings 823 5064 – 32 Lake Street, Cambridge

4.30pm

28 | CAMBRIDGE NEWS

THURSDAY JUNE 25, 2020

“Cambridge, we are proud of you and what you have achieved.

We are all in this together.”

We understand Covid-19 has impacted everyone. So, to offer our support during these extraordinary times, we’re going to cover part of the cost of selling your home.

When you list and sell your residential or rural property with us, we’ll remove the 15% GST cost from our fee. For an average sale price in Cambridge, that’s over $3,000 worth of savings.

At Cambridge Real Estate, we believe giving back to our community is vital, and have been doing so for the past 13 years. Now more than ever, we are committed to doing our part in ensuring our vibrant community thrives.

Contact one of our team today to discuss how we can help you on 07 823 1945 *T&C’s apply Offer valid until the end of July 2020