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Homeless close to home

Some homeless people who are becoming more visible in Cambridge have spent all their lives in the community, Cambridge Community House manager Harriet Dixon says.

“There have always been homeless people in Cambridge. They usually keep themselves well hidden. Now we are seeing a couple venture out onto the street to collect money,” she told the News this week.

The issue of homeless residents was raised this week at a Waipā District Council standing committee

Council unveils retro home plan Waikato Regional Council wants to loan moan to future proof homes.

It has unveiled a proposal in its 10-year plan which would see up to $35 million made available in loans to turn cold, damp houses into healthy homes.

The project would see the loans made available at a 4 per cent interest rate.

Regional Council chairman Russ Rimmington says the plan, “stolen” from Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is not a silver bullet, but it is start.

Today on Pages 8 and 9 the News takes a look at the plan and why Rimmington says it’s time for his council to “stop thinking about stop banks” and take steps to break the country’s housing crisis.

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meeting – and it comes as the News looks today at an innovative plan by the Waikato Regional Council to retro fit homes in the province.

“The true Cambridge homeless are not seen by our community,” Harriet Dixon said. “They sleep in their cars. Some by the river, or local bush areas. Others at the local camp grounds.

“They keep hidden because they often feel humiliated or overwhelmed. They also want to stay in their own community, and fear having to move to another town. A growing number of people in this

situation are asking us for support.”

She said the average rental in Cambridge was now $600 for a three bed, and $450 for a two bed, and around $250 for flatting. One beds or flatting situations were scarce.

There was a combination of factors.

“Their rent has risen and they can’t afford it - they have had their income reduced by COVID-19, leaving them unable to afford their rent - they have had their income reduced by COVID-19, leaving them unable to pay their debts.”

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Harriet Dixon

Talk on the street

Pink and blue squares and orange sticks. It’s part of the Waipā District Council’s Streets for People plan designed to make the community’s roads safer and it’s got people talking.Some love it, some hate it, some want some changes made.

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Firm friends who share a generous heart, Pierre Syben and Lois Alexander.

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Lois Alexander and Pierre Syben make a cracking team.

At 74 and 96 years old respectively, they are again defying the norm to collect Easter eggs for kids who might otherwise miss out. They’re scouring local businesses for donations of eggs, hoping their efforts might make Easter a little brighter for local families who are struggling in the current economic climate.

The eggs they collect will be picked up by the Salvation Army and distributed to families in need.

Pierre began collecting Easter eggs for community kids three years ago, at just 94.

“I knew from an earlier conversation with a teacher that some children didn’t get Easter eggs because their families couldn’t afford to buy them. I thought it would be good if I could do something to help. I had the time, so why not?”

The one-time Whitehall farmer, who was one of Waikato’s first to shift from sheep to dairy, moved into Cambridge’s BUPA St Kilda three years ago after a spell living in Mount Maunganui.

His first efforts at egg collecting netted him about 200 – not bad considering he has had six heart attacks and his mobility is hampered.

Operating solo at that stage, he was surprised at the questions he had to field from some in the local community.

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“Some would ask, ‘how old are you?’. When I told them I was 94, I was told, ‘well, here is $20, now go home’. Or else they would ask if my family knew I was doing this, or if I had permission to do it. At one stage I decided to lie and told them I was 84,” he said. “Then they’d say that what I was doing was a tremendous thing.”

Things changed when Lois came on the scene. She moved from Auckland into BUPA St Kilda two years ago.

“I met Pierre one day when we were both going on a bus trip. I helped him get onto the bus then we sat together.

We found we had so much in common and have been really good friends ever since.”

Lois joined Pierre on his Easter egg collection. Aided by her youthful energy, computer know-how and her car, the pair collected 3500 eggs last year.

They’re hoping to match or better it this year, but are mindful that things are tighter out there and are very grateful to businesses and individuals who are supporting them.

“Anything is better than nothing,” said Pierre, who turns 97 in July.

The friends are deeply aware of how many families struggle to provide treats for their children, and said they plan to keep doing this for as long as they are able.

The eggs they collect will be collected by the Salvation Army on March 17 for distribution at Easter.

Topics for my column often arise from questions that I get asked during my day to day interactions with the community. In the last week, those queries have included the topic of Vaping. Legislation changed around vaping in November 2020 with the introduction of the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Act 2020. Some changes were immediate while others will come into effect staggered throughout 2021.

The immediate impact of the Act was to broaden the scope of smokefree areas, to be smoke and vape free.

Vaping is prohibited in workplaces, schools, ECE and care centres and other smokefree locations. It also made it illegal for vaping products and toy vaping products to be sold to anyone under 18years of age. Manufacturers and importers must also advise the Vaping Regulatory Authority of any adverse reactions to vaping products. Further information on the changes and rollout timeline can be found online at https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/preventativehealth-wellness/tobacco-control/vaping-smokefreeenvironments-and-regulated-products Young people vaping is an ongoing issue and we appreciate the concern of parents in this regard. As you will appreciate, Police can only work within the confines of the legislation in place however. It is not currently illegal for an adult to buy vape products and supply it to a young person, so we are unable to take any official action should this occur. We would encourage education of our young people around the risks associating with vaping, peer pressure and good decision making. The Ministry of Health has a Vaping Facts website that may assist with this. https://vapingfacts.health.nz/ .

Along the same lines, I would encourage our parents to keep the lines of communication open with their children, particularly teenagers. Do you know where they are hanging out, who with and what they are getting up to? Do you keep an eye on their online activity, the types of chat rooms they are involved in, their friendships and social group? What supervision is there in place for them? When in cars, are they meeting their driver licence conditions, if being picked up by mates - is the driver licenced, the car safe? Who else are they travelling with? Do not be afraid to ask. If your teen and their friends are hanging out at your place, do you know what they are doing? There is a balance between developing trust, allowing them some autonomy and still providing guidance and supervision.

If we detect things are going a little off the rails, early intervention around better decision making can be a big factor in getting things back on track.

In a final note, a word on Found Property. If you find something in the street and hand it in to Police, there is the possibility of the item being returned to you if you wish, if it is unclaimed within a period of time sufficient for all enquiries to be made (e.g. 3 months). If you find an item, post about it on Facebook but then keep it yourself if no one comes forward, you are committing the offence of theft by finding. As I always say, hand it in to Police at the earliest opportunity and only then also post on social media if you wish, advising that the item has been handed in to us.

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Summits conquered Karapiro hiker Caroline Webber raised more than $1450 for cancer research via a Givealittle page by reaching six summits in 28 hours last weekend. She saw the views from the peaks of Mt Te Aroha, Wairere Falls, Maungakawa (Te Tapui), Pukemoremore, Kakepuku and the Hakarimata range.

“For all the people I knew that have been affected by cancer… this was for them,” she said. She has Shovel ready to go A delay in starting shovel ready projects approved by the Government is not impacting on Waipā.

Infrastructure Commission chair Alan Bollard told an audience at Waikato University this week projects all over the country were being delayed by consenting processes. Waipā has just one project in the programme – the Te Awa Cycleway, and work has started on it.

Gatsby’s off A March 20 Party Like Gatsby event at Te Awa Village, has been called off. “The uncertainty of future Covid Level changes is too great for us to continue with planning an event of this nature and the health and wellbeing of both the residents at Te Awa Village and our attendees cannot be compromised,” Lifecare Village general manager Mandy Hudson said. It is now planned to hold the event in Spring.

Conference time Cambridge Community Board representatives are expected to attend the New Zealand Community Board Conference in Gore and the New Zealand Sister Cities Conference in Wellington next month.

Stage chance The search is on for talent to perform in a musical celebration of youth in Waikato. The StageAntics and Bravo Theatre Company production at Hamilton’s Berkley Normal Middle School on April 10 will feature performers aged 11 to 18. For details go to https://forms. gle/TBw6u2ydNBNDSgcKA.

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The dark after the storm

Waipa Networks believes a power cut which left some Leamington residents without electricity for more than nine hours on Saturday was a hangover from a Thursday storm.

Power was lost about 7pm Saturday and initially affected almost 1000 customers.

“Our faults staff were dispatched and began to patrol the lines, while

operating switches at different sections of the network to attempt to narrow down the location of the problem,” Kerry Watson, Stakeholder Services Manager told the News.

“While this process meant power could gradually be restored to many customers by 8:20pm, some customers were without power to 4:30am the following morning by

the time the cause was located and isolated.”

The fault was caused by a damaged automated piece of equipment.

“Due to the timing of the problem, we suspect the equipment had been damaged during the lightning storm two days earlier however had not failed immediately,” Mr Watson said.

He said that other than the weekend incident and the lightning storm on Thursday, the Leamington area has had a relatively low incidence of “unplanned power outages” - on average one a year over the past few years lasting between one and two hours.

They had been typically caused by adverse weather or trees.

Streets for People sparks debate Waipā District Council’s ambitious Streets for People project has hit a couple of speed bumps.

The Streets for People project will see more than 25 temporary changes made to streets around Cambridge in an effort to make them safer.

It is the subject of a social media debate, a new petition, and the town’s community board has concerns about a

one-way plan.

A Cambridge woman who contacted the News to say she had launched a petition says there are “serious concerns about the work being done”.

She plans to distribute a petition to retailers tomorrow calling for the orange road sticks to be removed.

Social media debate about the project has featured

Spots on the road, orange sticks, brightly coloured planter boxes and chess-boards in blue and pink are features of the Streets for People project.

many posts applauding the changes and others sarcastically ridiculing the project.

Waipā District Council group manager Dawn Inglis last month acknowledged they were aware several changes would mean a significant shift in traffic movements, particularly on Wilson and Duke streets “where we will be implementing a pop-up cycleway and a one-way on Duke Street around the blind corner”.

Cambridge Community Board chair Sue Milner, raised that issue in her report this week.

“Our emergency services use the Duke St route to bypass a very, very busy Victoria Street as they make their way to Hamilton Road, and also to our large Retirement Village rest homes. An urgent rethink is

needed on this proposal, our fire brigade and ambulance services should not be delayed because they are negotiating traffic in a very busy Victoria St,” she wrote.

She backs the project and wrote she hoped the Cambridge Community would make the best of it “and we will all see the intended benefits”.

At the time of the launch Dawn Inglis said the project was a collaborative process with residents.

“If we put in some changes and they are a complete flop, we’ll change them or take them away. If they’re successful and the community is happy with them, we’ll leave them in place.”

When the project was unveiled, Community spokesperson Sarah Ulmer said the idea of it was to trial the temporary changes in

real time to see which were effective and which weren’t.

She said the community had said through the Safe Ways to School survey in 2018 they wanted their children to be able to walk, bike or scoot to school – if the roads they travelled on were safer.

“We would love all our Cambridge residents to get involved with this project so that together, we can make our streets better spaces for all road users.”

The Streets for People programme features colourful giant spots, road bumps and trees in planter boxes as well as cones appearing on the streets near schools.

The changes will remain in place until the end of June, depending on community feedback.

For more information go to www.streetsforpeople.nz.

Watermain project starts An upgrade on a major watermain which began in Cambridge on Tuesday will help futureproof the town’s water supply.

Waipā contractor Camex is carrying out the work, which involves drilling and installing a large new water supply pipe along the section of Victoria Street between the Alpha Street and Queen Street roundabouts.

Waipā District Council’s water services manager Martin Mould said the upgrade was an essential part of supporting the town’s growing population.

“We’re installing a new fit-for-purpose pipe which will help to deliver more water to Cambridge North as it grows. With more people coming to the district, we are required to upgrade our infrastructure to meet increasing demands.

“Regular construction noise and vibration can

be expected while this work takes place but with a minimum impact on traffic flows and water supply.”

Directional drilling will be used to create the pipe cavity but as the work will happen near some of Cambridge’s original founding heritage trees, extra care is being taken to safeguard the health of the trees.

“We are taking specialist advice from expert arborists regarding these significant trees and are putting a number of measures in place to help reduce any impact on the root structure. While we recognise this upgrade is vital, we are also cognisant of the great amenity and wellbeing value these trees offer our community.”

The upgrade is expected to be completed by the end of April.

Pedestrians and cyclists heading along the Victoria Square pathway should take extra care where the pathway is narrowed from 3m to 1.5m while some of the work takes place.

Work on the new watermain started this week.

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Wards back on the agenda

Waipā District Councillors have 10 weeks to determine whether or not to introduce a Māori ward at the 2022 local body elections – but individually most have yet to announce where they stand.

The News has emailed every councillor on the issue for three weeks and to date eight have offered no view or said they have yet to decide.

It is understood the ward issue will be discussed next Tuesday at a Service Delivery meeting. Councillors also discussed Māori representation at a workshop

ahead of the legislation change to remove the power to overturn Māori ward decisions via a referendum.

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told the News after the initial workshop councillors were in favour of a discusson starting on the issue.

Neighbouring councils such as Waikato and South Waikato district councils have already decided to stick with their present representation system.

And as we reveal today, there is a recommendation for Matamata-Piako to set up such a ward.

Waipā voted to put iwi representatives on their four main standing committees this term.

Today we review what councillors have said to date: Mayor Jim Mylchreest – “In my view gaining an iwi perspective is invaluable in

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Piako to consider Māori seat

Matamata-Piako will be encouraged to establish a Māori ward for the 2022 local body elections.

Its Manawhenua forum, which met on Tuesday last week, unanimously recommended the establishment of a ward – and that the forum continue.

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If a Māori Ward is introduced for the 2022 elections, Council will need to make this decision by May 21 and it would trigger a representation review involving public consultation and hearings.

Under present legislation, the council can only have one Māori ward because it has 11 councillors.

Meanwhile, the South Waikato District Council, which supported the legislative change, says it has no plans to add a Māori ward.

“The South Waikato District is a strong multicultural community. We always have been. Our representation on Council has always encompassed

a wide range of cultures particularly Māori and Pacific Island people,” mayor Jenny Shattock said.

“This has provided our Council with a sound basis for community representation since its inception in 1989. We have been very fortunate with the nature of our inclusive representation over the years, compared to some other councils.”

She said the focus on building oneon-one relationships with different communities over the past four to five years had enhanced her council’s ability to effectively represent different sectors of the community.

“Building and strengthening relationships continues to be a key focus for council.”

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all decision making and as a community we need to be inclusive if we are to get the best results for all of our community. Is it not time that we look to change the system for the benefit of all of us?”

Liz Stolwyk – “Any vote I would make going forward would be based on a suitable and robust process of selection.”

Elwyn Andree-Wiltens – “I am not prepared to say how I would vote on the issue of Māori wards until I have seen the proposed changes to the Act and received all relevant information.”

Marcus Gower – “I would vote for a Māori ward, as long as there was a reduction in councillors first as I feel that Waipa Council now has too many.”

Susan O’Regan – “I would vote for the establishment of a Māori Ward as I did when it came before us last.

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Roger Gordon – “The concept of a Māori Ward for Waipā District Council I would vote against. I believe that local people in our local communities should be the ones who make the decision on who they wish to represent them. Although I hold this view currently, I will wait until I see the final form of the national legislation before I confirm my position.

Mike Pettit – “If you make a knee-jerk reaction, to something that deserves the mana of needing more understanding and knowledge… chances are you will get a sore knee.”

Andrew Brown – “Adding a Māori ward to ensure representation from a significant proportion of our population seems like an excellent way to further improve our decision making.

Philip Coles – “There is a process that we have to go through to give it justice, at the end of the day it will be the community who decides.”

Hazel Barnes called the News to indicate she supported the concept of Māori wards.

Clare St Pierre, Lou Brown, Bruce Thomas and Graham Webber and had not responded to the News at the time of going to press.

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Homeless Harriet to the rescue close to home Continued on page 7

Harriet Dixon said pushing homeless out of Cambridge was not the answer.

“These are families who work in Cambridge. Their kids go to school in Cambridge. Their family and social supports are here too.”

She said the Community House was also seeing many families living in one property, and overcrowding was an issue.

“When a family doesn’t have a home, it puts pressure on the community. It increases social services demand and health services demand. It can force teachers and police into frontline social work.

She said what was needed was short term emergency accommodation in Cambridge.

“The nearest is Hamilton, which displaces families from their connections, work and school.”

Other solutions were low-cost housing options to help families remain in their community and easier ways to get onto the social housing list and more housing availability to reduce accommodation wait times.

“Challenges don’t end with a place to stay. People also need support to live in their own place. They need the skills to look after the house, keep it clean, warm and dry. They need the skills to create financial stability for themselves.”

She said the Cambridge Community House provided these skills as part of the range of wrap around support.

“It’s that total support that can help people thrive.”

Students graduate

Wintec’s Graduation and Special Awards events start tomorrow and will celebrate the success of about 2,800 students from 2020. Around 400 graduates who missed out on the opportunity to walk across the stage to be conferred last year are attending this year’s ceremonies which runs to March 18. They will include a number of former international students who remain in New Zealand.

When Harriet Lamb takes the plunge, she believes in making a big splash.

The 54-year-old writer for medical communications agencies in the Northern Hemisphere is just over two weeks away from tackling her biggest swim marathon – the 20km journey from Waiheke Island to Auckland.

She will be in the field for the Westpac Chopper Swim, an ultra-distance event and already has almost $1400 in pledges to support the event – the second highest on the event website when we checked earlier this week.

It started in 2016 when three Westpac staffers and ocean swimmers realised the Waiheke ferry wharf was exactly 20km from the Westpac Rescue Helicopter base, and the idea of a charity swim was born. In the first year, they raised $35,000 for the Westpac helicopters. The event is now run annually and has raised over $400,000 in total.

“The Chopper Swim course through the Waitemata Harbour has always appealed to me as a challenge, and the Rescue Helicopters are a cause that I find easy to get motivated about,” mother of two Harriet, who lives on a small farm between Cambridge and Te Awamutu said.

“We all hope that we will never need a rescue helicopter, but the reality is that it is an essential part of our frontline emergency response and is in constant need of funding.

“Most of the open water events that I do are about 3 or 4km, so stepping up to a marathon event like the Chopper Swim is a completely different ball-game. Sheryl McLay – who has swum the English Channel and Cook Strait – is helping with my training and preparation.”

Harriet began training in December and swims 20 to 25km each week in the Te Awamutu pool, plus 3-hour swims or longer in open water at the weekend.

“A couple of weekends ago, I completed the 15km swim at Lake Rotoma which took me

about five hours, followed by the 7km Round the Mount event the next day. That was a huge confidence boost and made the Chopper Swim look possible for the first time.”

The focus of training is to improve my speed over many hours so that I can swim fast enough to make the distance before the tide-enforced cutoff of 7 hours.

Once the tide in the Waitemata turns, it would be extremely difficult to make progress against the current especially towards the end of a long swim.

Harriet started swimming regularly about 15 years ago as part of a rehabilitation programme for a back injury.

Her physio at the time said she should continue swimming to keep injury free.

“That really resonated with me, so I made a commitment to swim regularly in the pool no matter what.

“Pool swimming became boring after a while, and I thought it might be good to try something different. So I started doing a few open water swim events about five years ago and really enjoyed them. I find the combination of navigating in open water and handling the conditions a wonderful challenge.

“It has been daunting at times preparing for this event, but I am hugely grateful to have a great coach to keep me on track, and the support of family and friends.

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Waikato Regional Councillors are backing a project to future-proof homes in the province via low interest loans. The proposal is set to be part of the council’s draft long term plans. Roy Pilott looks at the proposal and what inspired it.

One dollar in, four saved

Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has loaned money to upgrade 16,500 homes – inspiring the push for Waikato to follow suit.

The Bay council’s number equates to a quarter of the occupied dwellings in the region.

Hawke’s Bay Regional Council (HBRC) launched a Heatsmart programme in 2009 and upgraded to a sustainable housing concept in 2018.

As part of its 2018–2028 Long Term Plan, HBRC agreed to borrow up to $13 million over 10 years, to provide financial assistance packages to initially enable 1,300 homes in Hawke’s Bay to become more sustainable, reduce energy consumption, and become more resilient in a civil emergency.

It estimates the total savings on every dollar loaned is $4 – and the project doesn’t cost ratepayers as it becomes a Voluntary Targeted Rate on the home.

HBRC borrows money from banks to on-lend to ratepayers and it takes advantage of its credit rating and financial standing to borrow at a low rate.

Its success has encouraged the Waikato Regional Council to attempt to mimic the project in the greater Waikato.

Under the scheme being put up for public consultation by the council it would cap the loan fund at $35 million and allow for about 920 new applications a year.

Home owners would have access to a suite of improvements beyond

insulation, double glazing, heating and ventilation – it could extend to sustainable improvement options such as water tank installation, solar power and septic tank upgrades.

The council has existing funding schemes aimed at lower carbon housing and healthy homes. In established the On the House Programme in 2007, spurred by National Air Quality Standard changes.

Part of that project sought to clear the air in Tokoroa by replacing woodburners in homes.

Other councils to have programmes to make homes more energy efficiant include Bay of Plenty Regional Council, Clutha District Council, Dunedin City Council, Environment Canterbury Regional Council, Greater Wellington Regional Council, Environment Southland, Marlborough District Council, New Plymouth District Council and South Taranaki District Council.

Waikato anticipdates about 340 applications for the scheme in the first year and an average lend of $5500. It is expected it would take about five years to reach a point where the scheme breaks even.

The paper for consideration on the project suggests the most robust and efficient model to meet WRC’s carbon neutral aim, as well as its climate and economic resilience objectives, would be a model that uses the On the House Programme as a base, and matures into a holistic Sustainable Homes programme.

Warm in Wairoa

Sally Hook’s Wairoa home was draughty and had rattling windows before she had double-glazing put in last year.

“My home was built in the 1950’s and the windows weren’t great and needed replacing. They would rattle away in the wind and were letting cold air into the house,” says Sally.

Sally Hook “I had double-glazing installed in 2019 and it’s made quite a difference, my house is much better for it.

She took advantage of the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council’s Sustainable Homes programme after a friend told her about it.

“I wouldn’t have been able to get the new windows without Regional Council, and I’d recommend Sustainable Homes to anyone – I’m a very happy chappy,” she said.

Getting double-glazing can make a big difference to having a warm, healthy home says Mark Heaney, Regional Council Procurement Manager.

“Having a warm home has such a positive impact on the people who live in them”, says Mark.

“As the Regional Council in Hawke’s Bay, we want everyone to live in warm, healthy homes which is why we have our Sustainable Homes programme.”

In Hawke’s Bay eligible ratepayers can access up to $20,000 for double glazing at 4% which is repaid over 10 years by way of a voluntary targeted rate (VTR).

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‘A tool to turn round a crisis’

Russ Rimmington expects some opposition to his council’s proposal to retro-fit homes – but he challenges the naysayers to suggest something better.

“National and Labour have failed when it comes to housing. Retro fitting is a tool to turn round the housing crisis,” he says.

The Waikato Regional Council is considering a multi-million programme to future proof hundreds of homes.

It will be a feature of the council’s 10-year plan proposal and consultation on it will run through April when people will be able

to make their submission online by visiting the waikatoregion.govt.nz website.

Rimmington says it is common sense to retro fit existing housing stock and provide families and tenants with a healthy environment which is not now available in hundreds of Waikato homes.

“People will be able to take some pride in their home. And it is a better option than demolishing the house and using the section for low quality apartments.

I look at Hamilton and I question the quality of the large number of infill

housing there and wonder what those houses will be like in 10 or 20 years.”

The regional council’s plan was outlined in a business case supporting a sustainable housing scheme which discusses retro fitting homes with insulation, double glazing, heating and ventilation.

It is estimated more than one in five – 22.7 percent – of Waikato homes are always damp and 18.1 percent have mould issues.

The figures are plucked from the last census and are slightly worse than the national average percentages – 21.5 and 16.9.

The Health Ministry says cold, damp, crowded homes can increase the risk of respiratory issues and other preventable health conditions, such as rheumatic fever and skin infections.

It says there is strong evidence, nationally and internationally, of improved health outcomes resulting from warmer and drier homes.

“Improving housing is also an equity issue, with Māori and Pacific families being over-represented in low-income households in areas of poorer quality and crowded housing,” the ministry reports on its website.

The Science Learning Hub – Pokapū Akoranga Pūtaiao – quotes the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ reporting 700,000 New Zealanders have a respiratory illness – at an annual cost to the taxpayer of $5.5 billion.

In December Statistics New Zealand’s Housing in Aotearoa report said rental houses were more likely to be damp and mouldy, leading to serious physical and mental health effects.

It linked poor housing to serious health effects.

One in six houses

Infill housing, which has become commonplace in older Hamilton suburbs, presents its own problems, Russ Rimmington says.

reporting mould patches larger than an A4 sheet of paper. Just over half of those who lived in cold, mouldy homes had worse mental health issues than those who lived in warm dry homes.

They were more frequently sick with colds and cases of flu, and had higher rates of asthma.

That equates to more time off school for sick children, and more time off work for those employed.

The evidence showing the impact of thirdworld conditions in New Zealand houses on the country’s health budget is overwhelming.

In early 2019 another report said “preventable injuries and hospitalisations due solely to poor housing conditions in New Zealand” could be costing more than $145 million a year in ACC claims and hospital costs.

A study found homes that were damp or mouldy were a factor in more than 35,000 nights in hospital – at a cost of $35 million.

Russ Rimmington told the News affordable home for young people was one of the country’s biggest challenges.

“Owning your own home was par of the New Zealand DNA,” he said.

He said the barriers went

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beyond house prices and extended into compliance costs and section costs.

He was unhappy with the impact of the Resource Management Act and how the costs of it flowed down.

“People can’t get into rentals and we have them living in motels.”

He said it was the regional council’s role ot assist.

“Banks are not big on lending for retro fits and some people may not qualify,” He said the project was not solely aimed at easing social deprivation.

He believes it could also help put a break on the rural drift to Hamilton from communities like Tokoroa and Tokaanu.

“It’s a drop in the ocean – but it’s a start.”

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The changing times

Getting our priorities sorted…

Construction on the Notre-Dame cathedral, which, almost two years ago, turned the Parisian sky black in a horrific blaze, began during the reign of King Louis VII in 1163. It was completed in 1345 — a whole 182 years later. Charles VII was on the throne - between them sat the reigns of 13 different other monarchs.

That is a long time for a society to remain dedicated to the same cultural enterprise. But it is hardly unusual, as long as you go back a few centuries; it took about 30 or 40 years to construct the US Capitol building.

Generational change used to have little meaning, as these building projects show; the craftsmen on the Notre-Dame could pass their skills and dedication down to their children, confident in the assumption that the chisel or the hammer would change very little in the intervening centuries.

These days, technological change occurs monthly; millennials (those born 1981 to 1996) once accustomed to getting tech-help calls from older relatives, are now equally bewildered by the odd trends of the under 20s. As one self-help column declares in Wired magazine: “When major technological innovations arrived every few hundred years rather than every decade, it was reasonable to assume your children and grandchildren would live a life much like your own.”

Not so now.

How long do we have to go back in history before you could expect your children to live the exact same life as you? Perhaps it is the dawn of the 20th Century, before the war spurred 100 years of technological advancement out of the starting blocks. Those born during the post-War boom, which lasted until the 70s, enjoyed the sexual revolution, and lives better in almost every measurable metric than their parents’. But even they would be unprepared for the next 50 years.

There is a lot of hype about Harry and Megan. This couple seems to be at odds with the very institutions which have given them the means with which to withdraw from it all. It reminds me of the John Bishop joke: His wife suggested to him that they take some time off to get away from it all. He replied: but you are ‘it all’.

Harry met Megan and they got married and then decided they didn’t like the public attention. Given Harry’s family background they might have seen that coming.

Sure, the Royal Family are a bit stuffy and not great at moving with the zeitgiest but there is no doubting the Queen’s devotion to her country.

It’s the family around her which often causes problems. The Duke of Edinburgh is famously quick to comment without engaging the royal brain, and one could easily point out the foibles in each and every one of the others. By and large though, they do seem to get on with it, and Britain holds a place in the world which is due, in no small part, to the establishment at the apex of which the Royal Family sits. The Duke of York is a little harder to defend.

Having taken advantage of the rocket launch that their wedding has proven to be, Megan and Harry (and Megan does appear to be the driving force) have used their long-time foe - ‘the media’ to take a few pot shots at the Firm.

My own reaction to all of this is: who really cares?

Even the three idiots who shout at me every morning (thanks to my wife’s insistence on inviting them in to our

By Peter Matthews

By Matteo Di Maio

As one English teacher at my school likes to point out, generations can now almost be segmented by their attention spans; their brains physically hardwired to different mediums. Novels give way to movies, which give way to TV episodes, which turn into 15 minute YouTube clips, which morph into 15-second TikTok rolls, Gen Z’s preferred entertainment method.

If you subscribe to the exponential change theory, even today, we sit on the cusp of a massive acceleration in technology; the point where the shallow curve gathers itself and points skyward.

There are skeptics, and indeed algorithms already hold a lot of sway in our lives, but there is a broad consensus that this will be the decade Artificial Intelligence goes big.

So certainly the only guarantee an old craftsman could offer his children in this day and age is that the next 10, 20, 30 years will be unimaginably different from today.

The questions these changes prompt are myriad: What place does elderly wisdom have nowadays?

How can we prevent generations falling further and further apart? There is an innate fear that comes from all of this: that history is moving too fast, that the things I value and trust will soon slip away to make room for some yet more unintelligible zeitgeist. How long before I become another out-of-touch older sibling, parent?

At the heart of this debate is: how much does technology actually change us? Are we the same old humans at the core, or are we physically different beings? Perhaps the role of the elder nowadays is to simply ditch culture — strange Gen Z dance moves, our seemingly incomprehensible internet slang — and burrow to the heart of the human condition. Some things just don’t change, and it’s only the experienced who can truly know what those things are.

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But honestly, do you care?

I know I don’t; I’ve got enough to worry about.

I’ll tell you what is important: The plight of our planet is important, and yet I meet people every day who clearly couldn’t care less. And why should they? No one else does, at least not around here.

We in New Zealand are splendidly isolated, for now, from most of the effects of global warming, and even those that do reach us are gradual, so we don’t have to worry today. Let’s leave that for tomorrow.

For a real life reminder of global warming though, drive out of Cambridge, north on Victoria Road. Just before you get to the freeway, on your right, you will see a huge stormwater run-off area designed to protect all the new development in that area. This is supposed to hold in abeyance the vast amount amounts of stormwater which the council knows are likely to accumulate more often than once every hundred years, so that it can dissipate safely.

There it is - a huge hole in the ground to remind us that climate change is real.

But who really cares?

Perhaps Harry and Megan should talk to Oprah about it.

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Community says thanks, Michael

By Viv Posselt

Michael Jeans’ contribution to the photographic story of Cambridge has been recognised with a Cambridge Community Board Community Service Award.

The award was presented last week at a Cambridge Community Board (CCB) meeting, part of which was held at the Cambridge Primary School hall to better accommodate increased numbers.

In presenting him with a framed certificate and potted hebe, CCB chairperson Sue Milner said: “We don’t do this very often, and only for very special people. Michael is one of those … he is this town’s unofficial photographer.”

Most would view him that way - his rangy frame appears everywhere, always high energy, hair flying. His own characterisation is of a self-taught documentary photographer, a family-centred homebody, someone content to capture the charm of his own place.

Michael was born in Cambridge, the eldest of three to Phyllis and Bruce Jeans. His great-grandfather, Fred Potts, built several of Cambridge’s significant buildings and his mother Phyllis was in a genealogy group with historian Eris Parker. His father Bruce, also Cambridge-born, recently moved into Resthaven on Burns, leaving a marked gap in Michael’s life. He had been his companion and carer since Phyllis died in 2005.

After attending primary school in Whitehall, Michael went to Cambridge High before embarking upon three non-consecutive waves of incomplete study – dairying, psychology and sociology, and teaching. His interest in photography was likely sparked by the gift of a Kodak Instamatic on Christmas Day 1964. Later, as he carved out a career, he was deeply influenced by some of the region’s eminent photographers, and he ended up

teaching photography at Wintec for about a year.

Several pivotal moments spurred him on, one in the early 70s when he photographed Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, then the Rolling Stones on stage using a massive telephoto lens. “I thought I was such a hot shot, but when I was asked what it was for, I started to look at what I wanted out of it.”

The next pivot was starting his business in the late 1970s, initially doing wedding photography. He reckons he has done well over 700 weddings.

Through the years Michael has become Cambridge’s man behind the lens, photographing people, places and events in delightful, often unexpected, detail. He has taken around 300,000 images since 2000/01 his total archive is closer to a million. One day, he hopes it will contribute to a valued archive for the town.

“I need to do some work to make sense of all that, to put it in order and give context to the photographs. I might knock those numbers down to between 5000 to 10,000.”

Destination Cambridge has worked with Michael for several years. They purchase his images for promotion purposes, and it was his assistance with photographs and videos that contributed towards Cambridge’s win in 2019 of the Keep New Zealand Beautiful Awards (KNZB) ‘Most Beautiful Large Town’ award, and to the town’s Victoria Street picking up the KNZB ‘Best Street’ category win last year.

He was made an honorary lifetime member of Destination Cambridge in 2018.

“I honestly don’t think I could have done anything else,” he smiled. “I’m in my happy spot.”

Delighted to have received the award, he said what he most enjoyed was seeing the joy Michael Jeans, a familiar face musing on a life behind the lens. it gave his family and friends.

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It’s 30 not out for Altrusa

Altrusa International Cambridge Club marked its 30th anniversary

last month with a dinner that brought together several past and

present leaders.

The February 25 event celebrated

Celebrating Cambridge Altrusa’s 30-year tenure are, from left, current president Maureen Blackstock; past president (1996/67) Dianne Murdoch; immediate past governor District 15 Christine Melville; past president (1991/92) Gill Mathieson; and immediate past president Jenny Shaw.

the extent of the club’s activities over the past three decades.

Club spokesperson De-ane Busby said while there had been many changes in membership over the past 30 years, the club’s focus remained the same – making a difference to the community. She said the club had received many awards at the annual New Zealand District 15 Conference and had good reason to feel proud of its achievements.

“We have focused on literacy, awarding children from all primary schools in the Cambridge area who have achieved through their hard work,” she said. “Over the years, we have also held two balls, garden showcases, Bride of the Year events, and film evenings.

We have a stall at the monthly Trash and Treasure Market and have sausage sizzles twice a year.”

De-ane said club members have volunteered at the Cambridge Library and at a school where they helped catalogue books in their school library, and for years have offered assistance to St Andrew’s

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Village residents in the form of transportation for shopping, appointments, and numerous outings.

“We have also made donations to many local charities, and we collect toiletries each month to donate to the Salvation Army each November.”

Their international project, ‘Threads across the Pacific, which helped women in Vanuatu learn to sew on machines donated by the club, has won awards.

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The Altrusa International Cambridge Club was chartered on February 27, 1991, with 19 members. Its first president, Gill Mathieson, attended the 30th anniversary dinner.

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Pavilion ready for a new test

By Viv Posselt

Checking out the final stages of the upgrade to the cricket pavilion are Cambridge Cricket Association chairman Simon Dodds, right, with committee members Peter Church and Ian Hughes.

Cambridge will have another community facility for hire from March 17.

The extended and renovated cricket pavilion in Victoria Square, which has for years been home to the Cambridge Cricket Association, will be officially opened at 4pm that day by Waipā District Mayor Jim Mylchreest.

Members of the public are invited to attend the first part of the official proceedings, with invited guests then moving indoors for refreshments.

The landmark opening marks the end of a long journey for the Cambridge Cricket Association to have the facility extended. A rebuild was first mooted in 2008. It has been done in sympathy with the style of the original

1956 block, and the facility will now be available for community use.

Association chairman Simon Dodds said the upgrade more than doubled the pavilion’s floor area. The extended upstairs lounge/dining area can now accommodate 80 to 100 people, a lift has been installed, changing room facilities extended, and a larger commercial kitchen and additional toilet facilities added. The project is seen as giving a much-needed boost for cricket in Cambridge as well as offering the community a new facility that can be hired out for business or private functions.

Securing funding for the pavilion’s $400,000 upgrade has been ongoing for a few years. The Waipā District Council has provided financial support, as have several Trusts, while some

Vintage time for seniors Residents from Ultimate Care Cambridge Oakdale travelled back in time recently when some of their number took a ride out of town in a variety of stylish cars owned by members of the Waikato branch of the Veteran & Vintage Car Club.

The club’s publicity officer Terry Pidduck said 12 vehicles, ranging in years from 1920 to 1991, took part in the outing. “We took the residents to Lake Karapiro, over the bridge and around Mighty River Domain for an hour or so. It was very slow, very gentle … they were really appreciative.”

The club has a similar arrangement for outings with Cambridge Resthaven. Terry said Covid-19 had affected the number of runs the club was able to offer, and it was great to be able to help some of Oakdale resident Pamela Billing with her vintage car club member husband, David. the town’s seniors enjoy another run.

local businesses and contractors have contributed either work or materials at a reduced cost.

The first sod was turned in March last year, just before the Covid-19 lockdown.

The Cambridge Neighbourhood Support group recently moved its offices into a downstairs space in the pavilion.

“All told, the building is now exactly what we wanted,” said Simon.

“The cricket fraternity is growing in Cambridge … teams had struggled for some time with the changing room space, and the upstairs area was very tight. It was decided early on that if we were to go ahead with an upgrade, it made sense to turn the pavilion into a facility that could also be used by the wider community.”

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THE AGE OF REASON

FAITH IN WAIPĀ

Some right royal reflections

Inconsistent morality…?

By the time you are reading this the much-hyped interview undertaken by Oprah Winfrey will have aired. And you are possibly already tired of the subsequent drawn-out media hype that will have followed it. That the Queen, in a stroke of pure political savvy, broadcast a strong Commonwealth message the day prior to the programme speaks volumes as to her huge degree of experience and understanding of those who reside in the Commonwealth.

But we live in changing times. And with great respect (which I am sure you mostly share) the longevity of the dedication of HM speaks volumes. That she is blessed with a quartet of offspring - most of whom are ‘different’ - tells us all that, wherever you are in society, you cannot control your heirs to the degree that you would like. That they desire to digress from the hoped-for line that you have mentally drawn is something that will have caused most parents to shake their head in bewilderment. In the case of the UK Royal Family such a state of social complexity and relationship wandering is more apparent due to the public nature of those who ogle from the side-lines. And make money out of doing so.

Some years ago, I had the interesting experience, along with five others, of spending an afternoon with Prince Charles – at Government House in Wellington.

We represented the local board of a fine international educational establishment named United World Colleges - of which HRH was the Patron. Part of our role was to organise the search for, and interviews of, groups of fine young Kiwis who we felt would represent the nation well with

Due to Covid-19 over the last 12 months, we’ve experienced enough enforced lockdowns now to know the drill.

Our government’s response to the disease has been internationally acclaimed as an example of how to effectively manage a pandemic.

Some countries placed their economies ahead of health outcomes. New Zealand chose a different path with the government aiming to eliminate community transmission of the virus.

The focus was on saving human life, despite the inevitable cost. From a ‘faith’ perspective, this emphasis on the value of life is commendable.

Weirdly enough though, the ‘kindness’ mantra of valuing human life has not extended to the most vulnerable in our society. While the government shaped its lifesaving Covid-19 strategy, parliament busily passed its Abortion Legislation Act 2020.

This law change’s objective was to remove abortion from the Crimes Act - a reflection of the sad reality of abortions in our country. Our abortion legislation is now among the most radical in the world, with abortion available up to birth on demand for any reason. (After 20 weeks, abortion must be ‘clinically appropriate in the circumstances’.)

There is now no legal age limit on seeking or having an abortion. Parental notification is not required for minors. Sex-selective abortions are legal since a ban on sex-selective abortions was voted down by members of parliament. The 20-week limit for disability-selective abortions has been scrapped. And babies born alive after a ‘failed’ abortion are not to be given medical support.

The contradictions in valuing human life are hard to comprehend.

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a two-year stint at one of these multi-national educational colleges.

They would mix with similar young people from many countries and study for the International Baccalaureate – which some schools in this country now strive to utilise.

The culmination of the annual search was to find two ‘top’ students (not just in academics) and then take the eight finalists to Government House for afternoon tea.

Prince Charles was due to visit and we had a problem as the Prime Minister (Muldoon) had cancelled government support of the single scholarship that they paid for – we raised funds for the other. We asked the Governor General if we could meet with our Patron to discuss the matter.

This was agreed and we duly trooped up the hill behind the Basin Reserve for tea and cucumber sandwiches with the regal visitor.

Between us all we devised a strategy that HRH would have a frank discussion with the PM to seek his agreement to changing his mind. Prince Charles was successful.

Now this is a man not unknown to be heavily criticised for his social behaviour or his views on architecture and consumption of green vegetables. But my abiding memory, after we had consumed huge quantities of weak tea, was when HRH turned to the host saying - ‘Governor General - do think we have something stronger to serve our guests?’ Promptly came a silver salver, several crystal glasses and a bottle of gin.

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Since late calving cows are problematic for farmers, inducing the cow, resulting in calves being stillborn or requiring euthanasia (due to being non-viable), was common.

Aborting baby cows for convenience was declared ‘inhumane’ and banned in June 2015.

Yet in 2020 politicians advocated for human abortion, claiming “no reasons exist for it being a contentious and divisive issue”.

But there’s more… strategies for eradicating Mycoplasma bovis were implemented following a dairy farm testing positive in 2017 for this previously unseen bacterium. From May 2018, any cattle from M. bovis infected properties (even asymptomatic stock) had to be destroyed. To date, more than 100,000 animals have been culled.

So it is ‘inhumane’ to abort baby cows for convenience but culling thousands of likely healthy adult cows may be alright? Humans are valued the exact opposite way. Allowing abortion of a human child while prohibiting abortion of a dairy calf yet doing everything possible to keep born humans alive (in a Covid environment) no matter how sick, shows puzzling inconsistency.

This unfathomable lack of logic points to exchanging truth for foolishness. If it’s agreed that all human life is valuable and worth preserving- like unborn calves, application of that ethic must begin in the womb.

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Our Life Education Trust squares up to challenges The Waipa King Country Life Education Trust is looking to bounce back from a Covidimpacted 2020.

The trust, formed in 1992 and assisted by racing legend Sir Patrick Hogan, has delivered a Life Education programme to many children throughout this region for almost three decades.

Trustees chose not to make a charge to schools for additional material provided during lock-down last year and a planned fundraiser was canned.

As a result, the trust’s financial position is not as strong as it has been and it is looking to continue fundraising efforts through 2021.

An opportunity for people to be involved arrives on March 24, when the Trust holds its annual meeting at the GW Accounting offices, Mahoe Street, Te Awamutu, on March 24.

The trust provides specialised lessons that align with the New Zealand Curriculum and the Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy.

At primary school level is it best known for the Healthy Harold programme which helps develop life skills.

The year 2020 had started well with a second classroom on the road and trustees

and educators looking forward to a busy year seeing more children than ever in Waipa and King Country schools. The Covid hit.

Trust secretary Mandy Rasmussen says educators Nicky Wise and Sarah Bolton worked from their own bubbles by remote connection to produce material, both written and video, which was circulated around the community – both the schools that they were scheduled to visit and others as well.

“We received really positive feedback from schools about the effort that was being made to reach out and the real needs of children that the Life Education programme addressed,” she said.

“Nicky and Sarah are being kept very busy now that they are back in schools again.

They have been teaching many programmes including resilience which is clearly very relevant after everything that we have been through in the last year.

“We are more passionate than ever about the value of providing Life Education to the children of Waipa King Country.”

For more information contact Mandy Rasmussen — 0274 930928, 07 872 0236 or mandyr@edmondsjudd.co.nz

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Residents will be able to walk into a balloon at Albert Park

Six hot air balloons will be on show for a free Balloons Visit Waipā event on Friday next week.

The annual Balloons over Waikato is an all New Zealand event as a consequence of Covid this year and will feature the Sweet Pea, The Shiner, PK Sound Egg, SkyCity Hamilton and Abel Tasman.

A walk-through hot air balloon will also be on show, with an invitation to step inside in exchange for a gold coin donation to the KidsCan Charitable Trust.

The event will run from 5 to 8pm and balloons will start inflating about 6pm, depending on the weather.

The Balloons Visit Waipā event, supported

by Waipā District Council, also includes

entertainment and food available for purchase.

Next week’s event will be Balloons Over Waikato’s first visit to Te Awamutu, Cambridge has hosted the event in previous years.

The Council is encouraging people to use buses, bikes or to come on foot to the venue to reduce anticipated traffic congestion.

Free parking is available at Castleton Park/ Te Awamutu Marist Club on Park Road, a 10-minute walk from the event at Albert Park.

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Wintec backs lunch programme New Zealand’s healthy lunch in schools programme, Ka Ora, Ka Ako aims to deliver lunches to around 200,000 primary and secondary students by the end of this year, and Wintec is training people to implement it at schools and kura.

Duggie Melsom has taught nutrition and food safety to budding chefs for more than 30 years at Wintec, and this year some of her newest students are sharpening their knives to a different beat.

They’ll take their learning back to the school kitchens of the Waikato and Coromandel to ensure their students get a healthy, nutritious lunch.

She says schools and kura can opt to outsource the delivery of lunches to an approved external supplier or create menus and make their own lunches at the school. To do this, they need trained staff who are paid above the minimum wage for their work.

“For many of our smaller communities, delivery from the school is the only option,” says Melsom. “They are too remote to have a caterer on their doorstep.

Students are coming to us through these schools, and they are all ages and ethnicities.

She said principles saw it as a great opportunity for their learners.

“Their facilities vary a lot; many are inexperienced and there are a lot of challenges for them.”

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Melsom is delivering a comprehensive two-day training programme developed by Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) in collaboration with district health boards, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry for Primary Industries, to train people from the community to prepare and deliver lunches.

Sushi is just one of the options schools can create for their students and the course includes a

lesson.

To help out, Wintec chef tutor, Carl Houben created a video demonstrating how to make a simple California sushi roll to help out the Wintec course attendees as an ongoing reference.

Wintec Hospitality Team Manager Sarah Turpitt says, “the energy between Duggie and these students is immense”.

“They have just two days.

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got to follow a food control plan to comply with legislation, be healthy and be safe. We want to help them succeed and when they leave this programme, we are looking forward to visiting them, to support them on their journey.”

St Mary’s Catholic School in Ōtorohanga is blessed with a “perfect kitchen” in the school hall and they will launch their school lunch programme Term 2, (early May) this year.

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Being prepared is important to Principal, Deidre Gray-Edwards who attended the training course at Wintec with a parent and grandparent from the school.

“Sharing food brings us together as a community,” says GrayEdwards who adds that as well as the daily lunches, they are planning “a sit-down whānau lunch” once a week with their 32 students who range from five to 13 years old.

Melsom says the creative response from schools on the delivery of the Ka Ora, Ka Ako lunch programme is interesting and varies from school to school depending on where they are situated, the cultural makeup of their community and what resources they make use of.

“The schools are learning to design their own menus,” says Melsom.

Turpitt says Kawhia School stunned her with their idea to utilise produce from their school gardens, so their students take part in growing the food that will end up on their lunch plates.

Ka Ora, Ka Ako started in 2019 as a two-year initiative to explore the provision of free and healthy lunches to Year 1-8 students in schools with high levels of socioeconomic disadvantage.

It was expanded across New Zealand in response to Covid-19 and aims to reach around over 214,000 students in 964 schools and kura by the end of 2021.

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Leamington Rugby Club Annual Fishing Contest

Another successful competition Following another successful Leamington Rugby Sports Club Fishing Competition we would like to thank both our new and returning sponsors that came on board and can’t wait to make next year’s event even better.

Keith Kogan Leamington Motors handing out his sponsored prize.

A highlight of the competition is the Rob May Builders Family Photo with the Edmunds family taking out the $500 cash prize.

New to the competition this year was a section for heaviest crayfish which attracted $500 Get Wet voucher sponsored by CEC Ltd for diver Steve Abbott.

We had a 261 fish weighed in totalling 646kg which was auctioned off for over $6500 with all funds going to the Cambridge Volunteer Fire Brigade. Our 2021 local charity was also supported by a Talica 50W Game Combo raffle sponsored

by The Continuous Group sold 300 tickets at the prize giving, which contributed another $3000, Abbey and Shane Kerr in Control of the weigh in. bringing our final total to $9500

The Leamington Rugby Club Fishing Contest returns next weekend – challenging fishermen to catch a whopper of a fish and bag a prize in the process, and welcoming residents to bid for a fish at auction, all for a great cause.

Now in its 11th year the event has grown considerably, each year gathering support from the generous sponsors that make the event possible. Having raised money for prostate cancer in previous years, this year proceeds from the event will go towards Cure Kids.

The original organizing group of Shane Kerr and Roly Bolton have stepped down for 2020, handing over the reigns to Karl Bolton and Andrew George – and already they’ve managed to gather some great sponsors and prizes.

Fish can be caught on the beach or out at sea beginning at 12pm on Friday February 7, and all entrants must have their catch back in Cambridge and ready to be weighed between 2pm and 4pm on

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Sunday February 9 at the Leamington rugby clubrooms on Carlyle St. Following the weigh-ins and prize giving, fish will be auctioned off to the public and filleting stations will be available for buyers to have their fish filleted.

Women and children are also invited to take part in the competition with respective prizes set aside.

Categories include snapper, kingfish, kahawai and gurnard.

As well as earning a ‘heaviest fish’ title, another division of the contest sees $250 offered to a person who takes the best photo of a released snapper.

There are also two $250 “hard luck” prizes to be won as well as hundreds of spot prizes. Rules for the contest are on the entry tickets.

Spectators and fish buyers are free to attend the weigh-in. Those taking part in the contest can purchase their tickets – only $30 this year – from Leamington Motors, Sportsworld and Cambridge Home Kills.

Karl Bolton loading the fish bin in readiness.

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Choir offers singing workshop

The Mosaic Waikato Modern Choir is extending an invitation for singing enthusiasts to join them on March 20 for a choir singing workshop which will be part of the Cambridge Autumn Festival.

The workshop will be held from 9.30am to 4pm at Bridges Church in Duke St. It will be led by choir leader Brooke Baker and accompanist Eon Malan, and those taking part

will be able to join in singing some of the songs at a concert set to end the workshop at 3.30pm.

Those organising it are promising a gentle ride. No experience or music reading is required and there are to be no scary solos or auditions.

Mosaic Waikato Modern Choir chairperson Katrina Richards said they want Cambridge residents to enjoy a fun day and afternoon tea with the group. Participants will learn new songs as well as some of the choir’s favourites, and all ages and abilities are welcome – children younger than high school age should have an adult with them.

Doors will open for registration from 9.30am. There will be an hour’s break for lunch at noon, and the afternoon session will end with the 3.30pm concert for the public.

Participation for adults is $20 (early bird prices is $18) and is $15 (early bird $13) for unwaged people, students and children. The fee includes song-sheets and afternoon tea.

Katrina said the workshop was providing the choir with a boost after Covid meant some events were cancelled last year, including the annual concert.

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Cambridge duo Nick Marsh and Nigel Slaughter are the co-producers of ‘Saving Sam’, a film series story written by Nick and adapted in these early stages for a brief performance as part of the Autumn Festival. Its festival outing on March 22, in which it is being called ‘Living Well,’ will feature an actors’ readthrough intended to test whether ‘Saving Sam’ could eventually be compelling enough to attract content platforms such as Netflix for a global series, initially of six episodes.

It is a bold new venture for both Nick, who is author of ‘The Matisse Puzzle’ arts thriller, and Nigel, who played Captain Hook in the December 2020 Gaslight Theatre production of Peter Pan. Together with other Waipā performers, they will perform an extract of the script, then, depending on audience response, they’ll go on to create a video for wider exposure to investors.

Nick said: “The bigger vision is to develop a Creative Film Hub in Cambridge, linked to Hamilton and Auckland, which generates and audience-tests a series of original story screenplays aimed at international audiences.”

He said they would also talk about ‘the extraordinary opportunity which now exists for Cambridge to connect internationally’ as major studios search the world for new and different stories to produce.

The story wraps around the current global pandemic.

It is set in January 2020, with the drama/romance taking place in the body of famous scriptwriter Sam. It plays in two parallel worlds and sets of relationships, one the complex immune system relationship between cells inside Sam’s body, the other the external world of relationships around Sam. “The more one reads the complex science of immunology, the more obvious it is that the cells we are writing about have superpowers and are a band of super-heroes,” said Nick.

Nigel has been coming up with stories for years, but said being located in Cambridge New Zealand offered little hope they

would be screened internationally.

“But with the combination of Covid and social media, things have changed. We can now call together groups of friends with talents in different areas … make something quickly and share it widely.

“Nick’s concept is great.

It turns out the immune system is way more interesting and smart than I ever imagined. It pretty much mirrors the world, and this makes it perfect for telling stories.”

The March 22 airing at Bridges Conference Centre is at 7pm. Entrance is free but registration is required via nick.marsh@ nextcorporation.net or text 021 617 267.

Cambridge’s Nigel Slaughter and Nick Marsh want to test their script for a series that brings the immune system to life with ‘cell; characters in a production being done as part of the Autumn Festival.

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Game on: school sport switches to clubs

By Steph Bell-Jenkins

Cambridge clubs are welcoming a major shake-up of the primary school sports scene.

In a move driven by the Cambridge Principals’ Association, year 1-8 rugby, netball and hockey teams will be organised by clubs, rather than schools, this winter.

Deano Herewini, junior sports director at one of the clubs involved, Hautapu Sports Club, said growth in Cambridge’s population and player numbers meant schools no longer had the manpower to administer sports teams.

He said his club was “very, very excited” about the move, which would ease the load on busy teachers and promote growth in local clubs.

“We’ve been working hard for a number of years on creating a very friendly, family-orientated culture within our club, so I want the junior sports kids and parents to be part of that,” he said. “We’d like them to know this facility is here for them to use.”

He said clubs were liaising closely

with schools to ensure students would be put into teams with schoolmates wherever possible.

“We’re just wanting kids to enjoy themselves and have fun and all the clubs have agreed on that, which means teams should be pretty even in terms of ability,” he said.

Leamington Rugby Sports Club, Tom Voyle Park Sports Club, Cambridge High School Netball Club and Cambridge Junior Rugby and Community Sports Club are the other four clubs involved.

All five clubs opened their doors to the community from 2pm-4pm last Saturday.

Leamington RSC treated visitors to free sausages and drinks and set up a waterslide and touch rugby games for kids.

“A lot of people who walked in here said: I’ve never been in this club before, isn’t it great?” said chairman Dave Peters.

“We had 300 sausages and we’re down to the last 20 – it was an awesome turnout.”

President David Barnett welcomed the move to incorporate junior players, saying it was a

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Leamington Rugby Sports Club president David Barnett (left) and chairman Dave Peters at Saturday’s open day.

natural progression for the club.

“We’ve jumped at it because it’s quite easy for us to handle and it’ll give us some growth,” he said.

Lara Connors, a member of Leamington School’s Sports Council who has been helping Leamington RSC set up junior netball, said parents had been feeling nervous

as there was uncertainty about how the new system would run.

“We’re still figuring it all out from our end, so parents probably feel a bit unsure, but give us a little bit longer and I think it’s all going to come together really well,” she said.

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across the board and develop a common stance on fair play.

“Once we’d established those things we knew we were all in this together and it was going to work well,” she said.

Leamington RSC’s new junior rugby coordinator Jude Fitness said the move would give people a place to gather in the community outside of school.

“We’re going to try and have the clubrooms open so the kids can come in and have a pie or a bag of chips or whatever after the game and have a little bit of a social gathering as well,” she said.

“And as adults, further down the track when they’ve outgrown their school sport, they’ve got somewhere they’re already loyal to and have a connection with.”

Tom Voyle Park Sports Club committee member Sunny West said her club was excited about the opportunities the initiative would provide.

“Being able to support the children’s pathways in sport as well as shared community resources is a positive outcome for all,” she said.

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Big hitters converge on Cambridge

By Steph Bell-Jenkins

A tournament celebrating legendary New Zealand softball star Kevin Herlihy, who died in 2006, will be held at Tom Voyle Park in Cambridge on Sunday.

“We would love everyone to come down, check it out and see how softball is played in honour of a great player,” TVP Sports Club committee member Sunny West said.

Once described as “the Richard Hadlee of softball”, Kevin Herlihy was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1990.

He joined Cambridge Softball Club in 1970 and in 1976 he and Carl Mossman represented New Zealand in the World Series in the Hutt Valley in 1976.

This year’s Kevin Herlihy Invitational Tournament will be the 10th in honour of the three-time New Zealand Softball Player of the Year.

“Eight premier men’s teams from across the North Island will compete in two sections named after Carl Mossman and Bruce McIntosh, the two other significant and former Cambridge New Zealand Blacksox Players,” West said.

“The tournament is sure to provide great quality softball in our town and our TVP men’s team has entered, so we’d love people to come down and support them.”

Games will start at 9am at Tom Voyle Park in Taylor St, with the grand final scheduled to begin at 4.30pm.

Doug Mienie – powerlifting champion Doug Mienie trains at Cambridge Fitness Centre.

Never too old to learn

By Steph Bell-Jenkins

Octogenarian Doug Mienie has walked away from the Oceania Power Lifting Championships with another gold medal to add to his collection – and an important lesson under his belt.

“I didn’t lift as well as I wanted to – before the competition my totals were better in training than on the day – and the judges thought this was due to the fact I’d over trained,” the Cambridge Sports Walk of Fame member said.

“I perhaps should have rested a few days longer prior

to the comp. As we age recovery time takes longer. I should have realised that, but one is never too old to learn.

However, I lifted more than the rest and won a gold medal.”

Doug, who competed in the 85kg class in the over 80 age group, was up against three other lifters from the South Island, Melbourne and Perth.

He said all had competed in their own countries because of Covid, with total lifts compared and winners decided after the event.

“I am now back in training – this time not over training – and hope to compete again with my training partner Doug McWatters in Tauranga in April,” Doug said.

Doncaster likely for Aegon

New Zealand threeyear-old Aegon put in an uncustomary subpar performance in the Gr.1 Randwick Guineas (1600m) on Saturday when running sixth, and trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman are reassessing the colt’s plans.

The son of Sacred Falls had previously won all five of his starts.

The Randwick Guineas was just a fortnight after the Hobartville and Forsman, who part-owns the colt with

the Zame family, said he didn’t handle the shorter turnaround between runs.

“All we can put it down to is that he didn’t handle for the first time in his life having to run on a two-week back-up. We have always kept him fresh and it’s pretty obvious the reason why.

Baker and Forsman are now leaning towards a tilt at the Gr.1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) next month and bypass the Gr.1 Rosehill Guineas (1600m) on Saturday-week.

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Looking to Rosehill on Saturday, the Cambridge conditioners could line-up both Quick Thinker and The Chosen One in the Gr.3 Sky High Stakes (2000m).

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Women line up for Cambridge sevens

The 11th annual Cambridge Sevens women’s football tournament will bring together sides from Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty and King Country.

Thirteen squads will contest the women’s sevena-side tournament at John Kerkhof Park on Sunday.

The tournament provides an excellent opportunity for players to build their fitness in preparation for the winter season, and to enjoy a day of open football with no offsides, heaps of goals and plenty of fun.

Games start at 9am and the finalists will face each other late afternoon.

On Saturday, Cambridge FC’s Northern League squad host Waikato Unicol at John Kerkhof Park in the Reds’ third warm-up games of their pre-season campaign.

The Reds start their Lotto NRFL season on March 27 and are preparing with matches against four WaiBOP Premiership sides.

New signings have played a key part so far in the practice fixtures.

The Reds beat Huntly Thistle 7-1 in a midweek match. Scorers for the Reds were Jamie Woodlock, Daniel Clarkin, Michael

Cosgrove, Ewan Donald, Davy Smith (2) and Aston Hurd.

Smith’s double provided the perfect way to make his debut for his new club, while other Reds playing in Cambridge colours for the first time were Tevin Luther-Smith and Oliver Haultain.

Last weekend, the Reds U-23 reserves team beat Otumoetai 4-1 while the first team lost 2-1 to their Otumoetai counterparts.

For the U-23s, scorers were Hurd (2), Tom O’Leary and new player-coach Colin Coster who joins the club after moving north from Christchurch.

In the main game, Cambridge’s goal was scored by new signing Smith, adding to the double he scored against Huntly.

Reds head coach Paul Richardson said teenager Willem Dikmans made his debut in a starting role, playing at left-back.

“After three seasons of working hard and learning the role, he did very well indeed,” Richardson said.

The Northern League players continue as mixed squads as the players use their pre-season games to maximise game time.

Cambridge’s games on

Saturday against Waikato Unicol are scheduled for noon (U-23s) and (2pm) first team.

Junior footballers have also started their preparation for the season ahead.

More than 250 boys and girls attended a series of player assessment sessions last Sunday, and more are expected to participate in a second day of sessions this Sunday.

The assessments help match players with teams that can best provide a postitive experience during the junior season which starts in May.

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A fairer commission rate of 2.8% to first $300,000 then 1.8% on balance + gst Plus FREE, tailor-made marketing worth $2,500+

School Place - Love The Space

A Hidden Sanctuary

Deadline Sale

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OPEN HOMES SAT & SUN 11.00 - 11.30AM

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- The magical ambience, secure and private off road location is so attractive, yet central to Cambridge town shops and cafes, the medical centra and the lake reserve.

Deadline Sale, all offers by 25th March, at 4.00pm

3 School Place, Cambridge -

A 230m2 home designed for ease of living.

Spacious living areas, huge bedrooms, two dual bathrooms (ensuited) and a separate toilet.

- Well cared for grounds and well fenced on boundary.

- Great location!

St Kilda Show Stopper

$785,000 OPEN HOMES SAT & SUN 12.00 - 12.30PM

433 221

Auction OPEN HOMES SAT & SUN 1.00 - 1.30PM

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- Seldom to the maket, in a fantastic location and a quiet cul-desac.

- A large home, in original condition, with plenty to like.

- Large living areas, rumpus downstairs, terrace off lounge, year round fruits throughout the seasons.

- By hook or by crook, buy Brooke!

07 823 2300 sales@more-re.co.nz www.more-re.co.nz

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1012m2 - Family Home of 60 Years

2 Brooke Terrace, Leamington

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- Sometimes you just know a property is for you!

- Built in 2019, private back section 2096m2 (more or less) plenty of space for a pool.

- Indoor/outdoor flow from the central living area to a raked ceiling portico and covered gazebo.

- A stunning home with many additional features.

Auction (unless sold prior), on site 23rd March, at 11.00am

More Real Estate Ltd Licensed REAA 2008

74 Victoria Street Cambridge

Peter Tong 021 987 867

Wendy Tong Lily Hooker 027 555 0633 027 870 3317

Jason Tong Sean Senior Scott Saunders 027 755 2902 021 0231 7949 022 024 5404

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- Easy care section, ready for your style.

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- A private and attractive 1116m2 section (more or less).

- Features include : a second lounge/games room, open plan living, 5 bedrooms, private entertainers rear deck.

- Enjoy the aspect, indoor/outdoor flow, low maintenance, large double garage and separate laundry.

Schooling Important - Location A Must

Auction VIEWING STRICTLY BY APPOINTMENT

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- Additional living spaces created by the conservatories (2) and a fantastic, fenced yard and screened raised gardens, enhance the lifestyle living.

- Viewing is STRICTLY by appointment only so call now.

Auction (unless sold prior), 13th April at 2.00pm

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Peter Tong 021 987 867

Wendy Tong Lily Hooker 027 555 0633 027 870 3317

Jason Tong Sean Senior Scott Saunders 027 755 2902 021 0231 7949 022 024 5404

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CAMBRIDGE REAL ESTATE Thursday 11 March 6A Lilac Close Deadline Sale 32 Richmond Street PBN Saturday 13 March 42 Kingdon Street Deadline Sale 2/17 Pope Terrace $719,000 5 Kaaka Street PBN 6A Lilac Close Deadline Sale Sunday 14 March 1150A Victoria Road PBN 42 Kingdon Street Deadline Sale 3072 Cambridge Road Deadline Sale 15 Alpha Street Deadline Sale 273 Grice Road Auction 6 Ada Close PBN 32 Richmond Street PBN 6A Lilac Close Deadline Sale HARCOURTS Sunday 14 March 204/34a Lake Street 19a Alpers Ridge 8 Vosper Close 24 Ruru Street

PBN $899,000 PBN $989,000

Saturday 13 March 5.00-5.45pm 5.15-6.15pm 11.00-12.00pm 12.15-12.45pm 1.00-1.30pm 1.45-2.30pm 11.00-11.30am 11.00-12.00pm 11.30-12.00pm 11.30-12.30pm 12.30-1.15pm 12.45-1.15pm 1.00-2.00pm 1.45-2.30pm

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2 Brooke Terrace

$785,000

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Deadline Sale 12.00-12.30pm

55 Alan Livingston Dr

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1.00-1.30pm

54A Hamilton Rd

Deadline Sale

2.00-2.30pm

20 Ruru Street

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Deadline Sale 11.00-11.30am

54A Hamilton Rd

Deadline Sale 11.00-11.30am

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$785,000

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3 Eliot Place

Deadline Sale 12.00-12.30pm

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55 Alan Livingstone Dr Auction

1.00-1.30pm

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Built in 2018, this magnificent 280m2 (more or less) contemporary chic home with outstanding views is a masterpiece of modern living. Generous dimensions are the hallmark of this property with a land area of 1592m2 (more or less), creating a sense of country comfort and calm both inside and out. Every need has been catered for with a stunning kitchen with walk-in pantry, four double bedrooms, two bathrooms, office, two living areas, two patios (one covered), an extra-large laundry, double garage with pull-down storage access, two ducted heat pumps and ample parking space. If you are looking for a home in Cambridge offering sunshine and sunsets, a country outlook and the comfort and convenience of a near new home, your search is over. Call Rachael Seavill 027 722 4235 for more information or to view.

DEADLINE SALE: CLOSES 3PM, 23RD MARCH AT THE OFFICE OF CAMBRIDGE REAL ESTATE OPEN HOME: SATURDAY & SUNDAY: 11.00AM-12.00PM

CONTACT RACHAEL SEAVILL: 027 722 4235

VIEW MORE LISTINGS AT WWW.CAMBRIDGEREALESTATE.CO.NZ 47 Alpha Street, Cambridge 07 823 1945 sales@cambridgerealestate.co.nz

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MAINTENANCE SERVICES • Repairs and upgrades around the whole home • Tiling and decorating • Fencing and outside ground repairs • Roof and guttering maintenance

Brenden Daniel your local Cambridge based Handyman m: 021 110 7123 e: bdmaintenance.bd@gmail.com

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88 88 Duke Duke St, St, Cambridge Cambridge Ph Ph 827 827 7456 7456 PAINTING

Painting & Decorating Specialist

About us: We are a small professional insurance business based in Cambridge. For over 30 years we have been advising individuals, families and businesses in respect of their risk insurance needs. We are passionate about providing excellence to our clients, ensuring personally tailored solutions and providing a total claims service.

We are looking for an office administrator to join our team on a part time basis. Ideally this would be three days a week however we can offer some flexibility. The right person is someone who can multitask and competently manage a range of administrative responsibilities. Confidentiality is a must and a bright and friendly phone manner is essential.

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Qualifications & experience: Excellent communication skills – both written and oral Proficiency in the Microsoft Suite Great attention to detail Excellent computer skills and the ability to learn new software quickly A strong sense of maintaining client and business confidentiality Ability to work as part of a team and also autonomously Motivated, friendly, mature outlook and positive attitude Tasks & responsibilities: Providing administration support Scanning, printing and filing documentation Maintaining our client database Regular client communication General office tasks Answering phone calls, taking messages and organising appointments Applications close 19 March 2021.

Please submit your CV to: David Cooney david@cooneyinsurance.co.nz

PUBLIC NOTICES

VIDEO CONVERSIONS

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AUDIO - cassettes, records, reel to reel tape VIDEO - any format tapes, HDD camera footage FILM - cinefilm 8mm, 9.5mm, 16mm SLIDES & PHOTOS - any size scanning

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823 9121

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If not satisfied with the response, the complaint may be referred to the Media Council P O Box 10-879, The Terrace, Wellington 6143. Or use the online complaint form at www.mediacouncil.org.nz Please include copies of the article and all correspondence with the publication.

SITUATIONS VACANT

If you enjoy working outside and being part of an awesome team, we are looking for you!

The Concrete People Lord & Co Ltd are a Waikato based concrete placing business that prides itself on the excellent workmanship and customer service.

We do all kinds of concrete from high rises to feed pads, to industrial buildings to driveways.

• Experience screeding • Experience finishing • NZ Driver’s License • Must be physically fit with a can do attitude • Class 2 Drivers License and experience in formwork would be looked at very positively.

• Must be able to pass a drug test Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa.

Email your CV to shirley@theconcretepeople.co.nz

EXPERIENCED BUILDER/CARPENTER WANTED Roger Ramsey Building are looking for an experienced builder/carpenter to join their growing team.

We specialise in residential renovations and rebuilds, the work offers variety, challenges, opportunities to upskill and advance in our company, as well as generous remuneration in line with skills and experience, a tool and PPE allowance, a uniform, and mobile device.

The right candidate will have a strong work ethos, work well within a team and be self-driven to ‘get the job done’, have the ability to problem solve and know when to ask questions to ensure all work is efficient and of the highest standard, have a positive attitude and willing to help and support team members, hold a full drivers’ license and have the right to work in NZ. As Roger Ramsey Building values a work/life balance, down time and quality family time, so we have a strict ‘weekends off’ policy.

If this sounds like an opportunity you’re interested in, please send your CV and cover letter to roger@ rogerramseybuilding.co.nz using the heading “RRB Job Application”.

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DEATH NOTICES

THURSDAY MARCH 11, 2021

FUNERAL SERVICES

HAMPTON, Robert George – peacefully passed away in his sleep on Friday, 5th March 2021, aged 84 years.

Loved husband of Johanna.

Beloved father and father in-law of RJ & Shona, Katrina, Rayner, Fiona, and the late Richard. A Funeral Service for Robert will be held at Trinity St Paul's Union Parish of Cambridge, Queen Street, Cambridge on Friday, 12th March 2021 at 11.00am followed by the burial at the Matamata Public Cemetery. Donations to The Bible Society would be appreciated and may be left at the service. All communications to The Hampton Family, c/- 3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge 3434

FOR SALE

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PUBLIC NOTICES

TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE – Wilson Street, Victoria Street and James Street on 21 March 2021

Please note that the roads listed below will be closed to ordinary vehicular traffic between 12:30pm and 1:00pm on Sunday, 21 March 2021 for the Maadi Cup Street Parade.

• Wilson Street – between Duke Street and Victoria Street • James Street – whole street

ROBERTS, Edward Richard William – Passed away peacefully at Waikato Public Hospital. Aged 82 years.

Dearly loved husband of Barbara. Loved father of the late Lana.

At Edward's request a private farewell has taken place.

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

SWEARS, Dorothy Frances Tregenna (Frances) – Passed away peacefully on Monday 8 March 2021, surrounded by her loving family. Cherished daughter of the late Clive and Dorothy Swears. Beloved sister and sister-in-law of David and Brita, Florence and the late Derek, the late Peter and Dorothy, and the late Jocelyn. Much loved aunt and great-aunt to all her nieces and nephews, and their families. A funeral to celebrate Frances’ life will be held at St Andrews Church, 85 Hamilton Road, Cambridge on Friday 12 March at 10:00am.

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Honouring your loved ones wishes We are there for you in your time of need - 24/7.

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TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE Empire Street on 21 March 2021

Please note that the road listed below will be closed to ordinary vehicular traffic between 7.00am and 4.00pm on Sunday, 21 March 2021 for the Cambridge Autumn Festival.

• Empire Street – between Alpha Street and Duke/Victoria Street roundabout Arrangements will be made for access by emergency vehicles during the closure, if required. Access will also be available for Empire Street staff and residents.

For more information please contact Waipa- District Council on

0800 924 723 or email info@waipadc.govt.nz

Garry Dyet Chief Executive

• Victoria Street (northbound only) – between Wilson Street and Alpha Street Arrangements will be made for access by emergency vehicles during the closure, if required.

For more information please contact Waipa- District Council on 0800 924 723 or email info@waipadc.govt.nz

David Espin

Garry Dyet Chief Executive

TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE – Stokes Road and Head Road on 21 March 2021

07 827 6037

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• Births • Bereavements • In Memoriam etc Call Janine 027 287 0005 or email janine@goodlocal.nz

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NOTIFICATION OF INTENTION TO CONSIDER TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURES Waipa- District Council will consider an application to close the following roads to ordinary vehicular traffic:

Please note that the roads listed below will be closed to ordinary vehicular traffic between 9.00am and 5.00pm on Sunday, 21 March 2021 for the Hamilton Car Club’s Head and Stokes Roads Bent Sprint.

• Stokes Road – between Maungatautari Road and Head Road • Head Road – between Stokes Road and Maungatautari Road Arrangements will be made for access by emergency vehicles during the closure, if required.

For more information please contact Waipa- District Council on

0800 924 723 or email info@waipadc.govt.nz

• Alpha Street – between Victoria Street and Bryce Street • Dick Street – between Queen Street and Duke Street • Duke Street – between Victoria Street and Hallys Lane

Garry Dyet Chief Executive

between 6.00am and 12.30pm on Sunday, 28 March 2021, for the Waipa- Fun Run. The application will be considered under the Tenth Schedule of the Local Government Act 1974.

will be holding their

Annual AGM Meeting on Monday 12th April, 7pm at Cambridge Toy Library, Health and Community Centre, 22a Taylor St, Cambridge.

All welcome to come along.

CHURCH NOTICES

Arrangements will be made for access by emergency vehicles during the closure, if required.

Any objections to the proposal must be lodged with Waipa- District Council, in writing, before 12.00pm (midday) on Thursday, 18 March 2021. Please include the nature of the objection and the grounds for it.

For more information please contact Waipa- District Council on 0800 924 723 or email info@waipadc.govt.nz

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Corner of Queen and Bryce Street

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Sunday service at 10am will be lead by Rev. Alistair McBride.

The service on Sunday at 10am will be led by Rev. Alistair McBride.

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PUBLIC NOTICES Section 101, Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

PUBLIC NOTICE

Of an application for On Licence Cambridge Jockey Club Limited, 40 Racecourse Rd, Cambridge 3493, has made application to the Waipa District Licensing Committee for the issue of a onlicence in respect of the premises at 40 Racecourse Rd, Cambridge known as Cambridge Jockey Club Ltd. The general nature of the business to be conducted under the licence is function centre/entertainment.

The days on which and the hours during which alcohol is sold under the licence are: Monday to Sunday 9am-12 midnight.

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 105 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.

This is the first publication of this notice.

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14 Mar

11.00am

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