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Down in the dumps By Viv Posselt

There is very little light at the end of the rubbish dump tunnel for Cambridge residents irate over the lengthy ‘temporary’ closure of the local tip. The Cambridge Transfer Station in Matos Segedin Drive has been closed since last August. A notice fixed to the locked gate says the site will be closed until further notice and suggests people travel to Hamilton to dump their rubbish. The area behind the gate looks like a wasteland, with broken glass and the lack of activity suggesting there will be no change to the status quo any time soon. Meanwhile, frustration among residents continues to build, particularly as lockdown and the summer break sees many of them use the time to have a clear-out at home. Some of the anger is being directed towards the Waipā District Council. Council transportation manager Bryan Hudson said EnviroWaste owns and manages the Cambridge Transfer Station as a private business. “I understand the station is closed for repairs or necessary safety works. We have been in contact with EnviroWaste about the illegal dumping occurring outside the closed station.” He said council was keen to see the station reopened. Dot and Barry Harding have for months have been taking their waste to the Te Awamutu transfer station. They said while they understood the closure was related to repairs being done, there was no evidence of any action. “The weeds are growing through the All bagged up and nowhere to go … Barry and Dot Harding started an outpouring of ire about the closure of the rubbish dump. driveway. Obviously, there is nothing being discussion with Waipā District Council about “Coming out of lockdown, we took a look site remains closed while we consider done,” said Barry. progressing these plans. at the facility with fresh eyes and made a our next steps. We are assessing some EnviroWaste spokesperson Georgie Hills “People have the option to take their call that it needs to be upgraded before it upgrades in order to improve the service confirmed the site had been closed since can reopen to the public,” she said. “The to our customers and site safety. We’re in Continued on page 2 August.

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Festival: what’s on, what’s not The Cambridge Autumn Festival has been postponed but two of its more interactive elements are going ahead. This year’s Photo Competition will stay put. The free-to-air competition opened last month with the theme ‘Memorable Waipā Architecture’ and sponsorship by Paua Architects. The entry deadline is 5pm on March 11. Also remaining on the table is the festival’s Short Story Competition. Entries to that closed on January 31 and judging is now underway. The decision to postpone the 2022 festival was taken on January 27 in line with the government decision to move the country to red in the traffic light levels. Cambridge Autumn Festival Trust chairperson Alana MacKay said festival events other than both the photo, and the short story competition, would be postponed to 2023. “With the threat of Omicron spreading in our community it is not currently viable to proceed with these other events,” she said More details are at www. cambridgeautumnfestival.co.nz One of the casualties of the Autumn Festival’s cancellation is a new art exhibition tied to the event. Waipā artist Carole Hughes had organised ‘Passion for Art’, a two-day exhibition

featuring 12 local artists and including the Cambridge Museum. It has been decided to postpone the exhibition and hold it alongside November’s Cambridge Rotary Garden Festival. “This was the first ‘Passion for Art’ event we had organised to run as part of the Autumn Festival… everyone involved was very enthusiastic about it,” Carole said. “It’s

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waste and recycling to our Resource Recovery Centre in Lincoln St in Hamilton. We know this is out of the way for locals, and we apologise for the inconvenience.” Dot Harding’s call for community input netted almost 90 comments. Cathy Tuck, who drives her waste to Morrinsville, said she had not used the Cambridge facility for over two years because of the cost. Thoughts around other

options included a food waste collection bin, or a USA-like service where the fire department put a skip out twice a year for discarded material. Calls are also being made for a temporary solution to be put in place. Val Morgan moved to Cambridge last September, and says it is costly to drive to Hamilton each week. “People are dumping rubbish bags and stuff at Waipuke Park and outside the gate of the rubbish tip. Every town has to have a

rubbish tip – it would be great to get this sorted.” One contributor who has clearly mastered the art of disposal said a tip was just an excuse to throw away more good stuff. Eric Hillerton said: “We manage what we buy, compost the organic material and use the yellow and blue bins. Also, we support Urban Miners, use Countdown for soft plastics and Mitre 10 for polystyrene. We put out a yellow bag about once every three months.”

On the beat with Senior Constable DEB THURGOOD Keep your eyes peeled… School is back! This means there are again large numbers of children commuting on our roads. They are on foot, bikes and scooters and there is an increase in vehicular traffic, especially around school drop off and pick up times. I’ll start with a reminder to look out for those younger members of our community. They are easily distracted and can sometimes behave impulsively and unpredictably around the road. Police enforce the lower speed limits around our schools to reduce the risk of harm, so remember to keep your speeds down and drive defensively. In previous columns I have given some insight into the court process with which we work This week I wanted to highlight an alternative action option police sometimes use when holding offenders to account. In Waikato, we have an initiative called Police Supported Resolution. It is recognised that a person’s offending is frequently the end result of a combination of social and other factors. This process aims to help people get their

lives back on track and to get them out of a circular pattern of offending, whilst avoiding the traditional court process. At the same time, it holds them accountable for their actions and includes a component to ensure we do right by any victims of their crimes. The process is only for qualifying offences (predominantly less serious ones such as shoplifting, wilful damage or common assault - not family harm related). The offender must be over 18 years of age, admit to committing the crime and agree to engage in the programme. Only then might a referral to Police Supported Resolution be appropriate. The process begins with the participant meeting with a panel that looks not only at the offence in question, but also what is going on in the person’s life (for examples issues such as finances, drug/ alcohol dependencies, employment and housing). The assigned support agency then works with the participants to make a plan to address the problems they may be facing. The plan sets out actions they must

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Briefs… Covid cases Waipā has five Covid-19 cases – four in Cambridge and one in Te Awamutu – but no places of interest other than Mystery Creek, where the Soundsplash Festival was held and became a super spreader. According to Waikato District Health Board’s communications staff, the DHB’s public health team “were very busy and unable to provide information on individual cases.” Turn it down Waipā council staff confiscated a stereo and fined two people $500 each following noise complaints in the quarter from October to December. The council received 231 noise complaints with 79 of them being issued with written or verbal directions to turn the noise down. Parking tickets issued Nearly 160 car owners have been pinged for over staying time limits in Te Awamutu and Cambridge central business districts. Councillor Grahame Webber said some people had contacted him to say the signs were were not clear while Philip Coles said he had received “very little” complaints from retailers since the enforcement officer had increased his ticketing workload. Pass, please Waikato Regional Council is now requiring a My Vaccine Pass for entry to all its premises under the Orange and Red settings of the Covid Protection Framework. The policy covers all staff, councillors, committee members, service providers and members of the public aged over 12 years and three months. Awards postponed The Waikato Business Awards have been postponed from February 9 to March 11th and the new event will be a hybrid, consisting of an awards ceremony for 100 invited guests and a livestream to the premise of each finalist of the Awards.

Cat’s out of the bag By Mary Anne Gill

A Waipā district councillor finds it “puzzling” the council has invested so much in protecting native species but has no regulations on cats who prey on them. Marcus Gower supported a submission from Forest and Bird Society, calling for limits on cat numbers in Waipā at the council’s Strategic Planning and Policy committee meeting this week. “I don’t want to see the cat issue dropped off again,” Gower said. “If you’ve got any more than three cats, that’s an issue. It becomes an issue to the neighbours.” The committee considered a draft animal nuisance bylaw and cats and bees were most controversial. Members pushed back and deferred the bylaw’s adoption so staff could work further on the wording. The draft by law went out to public consultation in November and attracted 21 submissions. Several were miffed at the omission of cats, another wanted horses banned from Cambridge and Te Awamutu streets, a Kihikihi woman wanted to be able to keep her pet pig and a beekeeper took exception to the suggestion beehives should be sited no closer than five metres from a property’s boundary. Amelia Geary of the Forest and Bird Waikato branch called for a limit of three cats for each household and for every domestic cat to be neutered and microchipped. She criticised the council for its level of consultation about cats when it drafted its bylaw. “Domestic cats pose a significant risk to native and endemic birds, lizards and insects. The detrimental direct effect of cats on native species

has been widely documented,” she said. Geary acknowledged the position cats hold as a valued companion animal to loving owners. “As a loved animal, these owners also need to take responsibility for their cat’s behaviour and safety. Limiting the number of cats on a property and ensuring all cats are desexed and microchipped is the bare minimum of this responsibility.” Raquel and Dale Richards wanted cats included in the bylaw too. “We have a significant amount strolling on our property, breeding and hiding kittens, spraying and lying on our outdoor furniture and constantly breaking into our rubbish.” There was no accountability or regulations for cat owners, they said. On the bee issue, Phil Evans from Hamilton said putting beehives under a washing line or in the middle of the lawn, so they were five metres from the boundary, was a nonsense. “It’s fence height that is more critical than location. It is irrelevant, and distance from boundary needs to be removed from the bylaw.” The council received six complaints about bees in the last five years and the complaints were easily resolved, he said. Cr Roger Gordon said he could not understand why bees were in the bylaw when the issue was quite minor “…the nuisance value isn’t there so why do you seek to limit the number of beehives?” he asked. Committee members asked for the revised draft bylaw to come back before this year’s local body elections.

Carey Church, with kittens Portia, 3 months, left and Pixie, 4 months, right. Both cats came microchipped and neutered from the New Lives Animal Rescue charitable trust in Cambridge. The trust, established in 2014, actively encourages, supports and educates the community on the importance of de-sexing dogs and cats, so that in the future there are less unwanted animals as a result of over breeding. Carey has had cats for 25 years and always ensures they are microchipped and neutered and urges all cat owners to do the same.

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Facebook has become a preferred communication tool for Covid and crimefighting. Police and the Waikato District Health Board are using their Facebook pages to report crime and Covid outbreaks – and not telling print media circulating in Waipā. This week Waikato District Health Board announced three Covid cases in Cambridge on its own Facebook page. “The Waikato DHB FB post is where daily local information is available. Most media seem to go there as well,” the District Health Board’s communications manager Kathryn Jenkin told the News. Police are using the same process to report crime.

They took to Facebook in an attempt to get information about a December ram raid at Noel Leeming, Te Awamutu – but did not inform the News about it. The irony is that police staff regularly lament the fact that Facebook users report crime on that platform – but don’t tell police about it. Good Local Media news director Roy Pilott said the moves were indicative of Government departments stage managing the release of information. “We saw the same thing during the Super Saturday Covid promotion. District health boards delayed the release of places where people could go to be vaccinated to suit their digital platforms.

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Building boom continues By Mary Anne Gill

Infrastructure growth in the Waipā district is expected to continue throughout this year given the large surge of applications, pre-application meetings and enquiries council staff fielded before Christmas.

In his quarterly report to the Strategic Planning and Policy committee this week, Growth and Regulatory Services group manager Wayne Allan said the council suspended pre-application meetings at the end of last year to allow staff to prioritise processing consents already in progress.

A proposal to fell a protected black walnut tree in Le Quesnoy Place, Cambridge has been received by the council.

District Plan and Growth manager Tony Quickfall told the committee there was “sustained interest” with numbers so high, the council had to outsource 30-40 per cent of the work to consultants. “We use consultants to take the peak load. Covid has not had much of an impact (on the work),” he said. A total of 531 building consents valued at $168.33 million submitted to council in the quarter from October to December, up by 64 in the same period in 2020. There were 486 building consents issued in the quarter with 152 of them being new dwellings: 75 in Te Awamutu and Kihikihi, 26 in Cambridge and Leamington and 51 in the rest of the district. Councillor Mike Pettit noted Te Awamutu was outstripping Cambridge which showed the impact of the delay with the 3Ms development in Hamilton Road, he said. The significant building consents among them were: • 1907 Cambridge Road Cambridge, New commercial building and associated carpark. (Gym) • 16 Hanlin Road Cambridge, Erect New

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Back to school, but Covid rules

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Cambridge Primary principal Mike Pettit enjoys being able to visit his classrooms and students throughout the school day. But under the new Covid restrictions, he will no longer be able to do this. Students returning to school this week have found that because of gathering limits, they are kept in their year groups during break times, and for Pettit, it means that he cannot have the same school-wide presence that he used to. The year group separation also means the students won’t be able to make use of certain facilities at the same time. As a result, Pettit’s office has been converted into a second sick bay, so that they can avoid student cross over. Cambridge Primary has employed a dedicated Covid response manager and despite the drastic changes for their students, Pettit says “we are really excited to have them back and we are as ready as we can be for them.” A highlight of their school year is the opening of their new ‘Garden to table classroom’. Cambridge Middle School,

which has a roll of more than 700 and is welcoming four new classrooms and teachers this year, must also keep their students across year groups separated. To negate any communication struggles brought on by their large roll in a covid setting, they have been running assemblies online through Zoom since last year. “This year in particular requires us to be even more flexible with our learning” said principal Daryl Gibbs. Last year the prizegiving went ahead in the format of a YouTube video. Gibbs said that because the event was held online, it reached a wider audience than what normally would have been possible. With everything going on, Gibbs believes that schools must be responsible for the impact that they can cause and that “communication is key.” In Kārapiro size is not an issue. “Being small is our superpower” said Karāpiro School Principal, Tina-Maree Thatcher. While the school has had to put many events on hold, including their 100th year site anniversary, its small size has allowed it to

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negate many of the redlight restrictions. Students can have regular assemblies, can use any facility, and mix across the year groups. The school’s two large oak trees also allow for classes to be held outside, so the students don’t have to wear masks all day. The school is welcoming Dan Churstain, who will be joining their teaching team

this year. Churstain said that he was able to meet all of the students at once last year, something that was only viable because it was a smaller school. He is glad that he will be able to connect to his students face to face and says that “you cannot make those same types of connections over Zoom.” “My hope is that we can do a good job for the kids

this year.” Pupil Griff Hopkins is in his last year at Karāpiro School. After having his last 9 ½ weeks of learning online, he said “I’m really looking forward to seeing my teachers and friends again.” Griff says that he wants to be a wildlife photographer. During his discussion with the News he named all of the different types of cicadas he could hear - in Latin.

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Karāpiro’s different summer Why we lost the rowing

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A different sort of summer is emerging at Mighty River Domain as campers, groups, picnickers and day-trippers enjoy a Lake Karāpiro made more accessible through the cancellation of major seasonal events. December through January at the lake is normally heaving but shifting Covid-19 levels and the recent move to red in the traffic light system has seen almost all major events canned or postponed. Many of the domain activities attract thousands of people, so cancellations result in the disappearance of huge numbers of participants, supporters, volunteers and the not insubstantial dollars usually spent across Waipā accommodation providers, restaurants and retailers. Lake Karāpiro site manager Liz Stolwyk could be forgiven for losing sleep, but she is remarkably calm. “We were lucky in many ways to have enjoyed a full season last year,” she said. “And while it is really unfortunate that we’ve had to cancel so many of the larger events this year, it’s been interesting to watch how people are using the domain in different ways. Without the big events taking the place over, there is room for

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picnicking, swimming … so many people have come in with their campers or are using the accommodation. Some are just enjoying the trees and the space in summer. It surprises me to see how busy it is.” The venue was still being used by some rowers in the interim, she said. Nine clubs camped and trained there over the long weekend and New Zealand rowing trials would take place the week after the nationals. Many of the cancelled or postponed events are over several days, and revenues at Mighty River – as with other venues – are significantly down,” Liz said. “The reality is the cancellations cause losses around the region,

beyond what is spent by the thousands of people they attract. Events such as the Stragglers show channel their gate takings back into the community. All that is lost, too.” Some deft organisation meant Liz managed to squeeze in some sizeable weddings before the move to red, and a few smaller groups have stepped in to make the most of the unusual calm at the domain. “We are heartened by what is turning out to be a bumper camping season. We’re luckier than many venues in that we have a range of accommodation options, the lake and parklands … people can enjoy the spaces even without events.

“It’s also giving us time we never normally have to do maintenance. I’m optimistic things will turn around soon and, in the meantime, we’re making the most of a different opportunity.” Covid-19 permitting, Lake Karāpiro will host the International Breast Cancer Paddlers Commission worldwide Dragon Boat Festival from 10-16 April next year as well as the Maadi Cup in late March 2023. Meanwhile the Domain was busy over the long weekend with visitors including campers, rowers, picnickers and cyclists. “It’s a relatively safe environment and I think people appreciate that,” said Liz.

The New Zealand Rowing championships were moved from Lake Karāpiro to the South Island because of the Waipā venue’s topography. Lake Ruataniwha in Twizel is long and skinny and can accommodate competitors and spectators in the 100-person pods required under Covid-19 Red Light protection framework. Lake Karāpiro’s Mighty River Domain can cater for 15,000 people outdoors and up to 1000 indoors but it was virtually impossible to accommodate them safely for Covid-19, said Rowing NZ’s Community and Development general manager Mark Weatherall. All eyes were on Lake Ruataniwha over the weekend to see if the South Island Rowing championships were a success under the Covid-19 restrictions. The championships were held on Saturday and Sunday with no spectators and 1400 competitors from 35 clubs. South Island Rowing provided live streaming and commentary for spectators unable to attend. It appears to have been the ideal test run for the national championships from February 14 to 18 and the Maadi Cup secondary school championships from March 28 to April 2. Weatherall said making the decision to move the nationals to the South Island was made in consultation with both the Karāpiro and South Island rowing operational committees and their respective boards. The scramble is now on for North Island clubs to get their rowers and boats to Twizel, he said. Bluebridge Cook Strait Ferries is a Rowing NZ supporter and is putting additional sailings on to accommodate the extra boats. North Island clubs could also access boats from South Island clubs.

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Dogs destroyed following attacks By Mary Anne Gill

Two people – one a teenage boy and the other an adult woman - required hospital treatment after being attacked by dogs in Cambridge and Pirongia. Both separate incidents started out as dog versus dog incidents, Waipā District Council compliance manager Karl Tutty told the Strategic Planning and Policy committee this week. The two dogs involved were

both euthanised, one by its owner and the other by the council. The dog owners intervened to protect their own dogs and were injured in the process, said Tutty. Staff will look at what other action might be taken against the dog owners. The council’s animal control team received 622 calls in the quarter October through to December with 345 of them relating to animal control issues.

Of the 13 reported dog bites across the district – eight on other animals, five on people) two were in Ohaupo/Pirongia, four in Te Awamutu/Kakepuku and seven in Cambridge/ Maungatutari. They were down on the previous quarter likely due to the impact of Covid restrictions, he said. Only 230 dogs remained unregistered and there was only one dog in the council pound at the end of December.

Early win for new reporter

Good Local Media’s newest reporter has celebrated his first week with an honour. Benjamin Wilson completed Wintec studies to become a News reporter and his brief will be to add more stories to our sister paper the Te Awamutu News. On Tuesday he revealed he will collect the award for top New Zealand diploma of journalism student at next month’s Wintec graduation. The Good Local team also includes two of the country’s most experienced community newspaper journalists in Mary Anne Gill and Viv Posselt. It also has Steph Bell-Jenkins, whose human interest stories were a highlight in the Te Awamutu News and Cambridge News in 2021. Wilson completed an internship with Good Local Media while at Wintec last year. “It was a privilege to do this and to write about the community tales that were shared with

me. I am excited that I am able to do this again, and I look forward to hearing more of those community stories that deserve to be shared,” he said. Our new reporter arrives with experience in hospitality and photography. He trained as a chef and rose to being head chef of Profs @ Woodlands in Gordonton. Over the past six years I have taken on freelance photography jobs wherever possible, taking portraits and photographing anything from weddings to events. “This is what led me to pursue a career in journalism. Despite what they say, there are only so many words that can be expressed through a photograph. Writing a story alongside a photograph gives it context, but journalism gives it a purpose,” he said. Many of Benjamin’s stories will appear in both the Cambridge News and Te Awamutu News.

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Sowing the seeds… By Peter Matthews

Since I wrote about desert lawns a couple of weeks ago most of the grass in suburban Cambridge has shrivelled to a crisp. There has been no rain to speak of, apart from a brief offering which was little more than a teaser. We had dinner recently with friends who have a fourhectare block north of Cambridge. The ground there was predictably brown although, around the house they have some lovely vegetable gardens, and our dinner was delightfully ‘home grown’. They also showed us an area which they have sown with wildflowers. It is resplendent with all kinds of plants and creatures. They plan, this year, to continue this planting to include two whole paddocks on their property as part of their land use rotation. What a great thing to do. And they told us of others they know who are doing similar things. It is heartening to see and hear of nature being given a chance to make inroads into the largely monocultural landscape. At home we have a small area of our garden which was effectively wasted space with a few straggly weeds when we came here late last year. A couple of packets of seeds from the local home improvement monopoly have transformed it, over the summer into a mass of lush vegetation, complete with any number of bees, caterpillars, butterflies, and bugs. Most are welcome, although I suspect we are harbouring a few vegetable saboteurs for which our neighbours may not thank us. But that’s what you get from nature - biodiversity, and it’s a good thing.

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As one of the many species competing for space, shelter, and food on Planet Earth, humans have certainly got the upper hand - for now, but our effect on the natural world is one of diminution and homogenisation. We diminish whatever resources we find without replenishing, and we take biodiverse ecosystems and bring them under monocultural dictatorships. Nature thrives on variety, but we want to make everything the same: Lines of pansies, banks of agapanthus, expanses of lawn, entire regions growing a single crop. We spray our driveways to kill the weeds, our houses to kill the spiders, our crops to kill anything but the crop, and the chemicals run away into the soil. It’s no wonder the prognosis is not so good. Actually, it’s not we, as a species, who are in trouble; humanity will be just fine. Individuals, of course, will die in great numbers along the way, but since when did nature care about individuals? It’s the natural world as we know it which is in trouble. Of course I would never condone any sort of subversive behaviour; no-one would ever dream of spreading flowers on someone else’s property, but it might be fun to leave a trail of wildflower seeds along the way when you take the dog for a walk. Imagine the chaos next spring as green verges throw up bunches and outcrops of colour; the spiders might even prefer to live there instead of up your spouting.

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New development courses Bridging

Two new community courses in Cambridge this month will offer strategies to combat Covid-related stressors and chart a more positive path through life. Both courses are free of charge and are being offered by Violence Free Waipā. Anyone aged 17 and over is welcome to attend. The first, Whakahonohono Mai, will run on Monday mornings from 10am to noon, starting on February 14. It is the first stage in a community-based Women’s Leadership and Personal Development Programme aimed at helping participants learn about rediscovering their strengths and dreams, and develop an understanding of their personal worth, strength and purpose. The intention is to set goals around those values in a friendly group setting. The second course, called Te Kaupapa Whakamana, will run on Tuesday evenings from 6-8pm starting on February 15. This first stage in a Men’s Leadership Development Programme will help men make healthy choices and achieve their full potential. The course content will look at the importance of healthy, supportive and positive ‘life influencers’ to combat unhealthy habits and

relationships. It will include key principles around leadership, being a good father and leadership in the workplace. Violence Free Waipā co-ordinator Ruth Nicholls said the courses had not been held locally before. All sessions will be held at Cambridge Community House. “We have been in talks with Transform Aotearoa for the last year to get a lifetransforming programme here. It’s the first of its kind in New Zealand, and is now here in Cambridge,” she said. She said the Cambridge Community House had seen a significant increase in requests for all types of support over the past two years. Calls to Cambridge Police regarding family violence had increased, as had calls to Citizens Advice Bureau. “People are reaching out… this can no longer be swept under the rug using Covid as an excuse. People have reflected during these times and are seeking an opportunity for help that comes without mandate, affiliation, obligation or cost. These courses are not mandated, they are not affiliated with any religion and there are no obligations, other than wanting to

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empower yourself and transform the lives of those around you.” The course sessions will be held at Cambridge Community House, 193 Shakespeare St in Leamington, where wraparound services are available if required. Ruth said it was not essential to be Covidvaccinated, but maskwearing, scanning in and social distancing will be practiced in line with government protocols at the red traffic light level. She also said that while the courses are free, a koha from those able to afford it would be appreciated. For more information email Ruth at coordinator@ violencefreewaipa.org.nz.

The next major development in a key commuter route in and out of Hamilton will arrive on Friday next week. Traffic which has been restricted to a maximum of 50kph from the Tamahere interchange to just south of Newell Rd for the past year will be moved to a bridge which crosses the under-construction Waikato Expressway. Overnight detours will be in place on State Highway 1 at Tamahere on Friday. A full closure of the road is required to move traffic on to the new bridge and the

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road will be closed from 6pm while barriers are moved, and line-marking done. The closure points are at the SH1-State Highway 26 roundabout at Hillcrest and SH1-State Highway 21 interchange at Tamahere. The highway will reopen around 6am on February 12. Night-time travellers, especially freight, are being encouraged to plan ahead and make use of alternative routes, such as State Highway 1B, State Highway 2-State Highway 27, State Highway 3, State Highway 39 and SH21. Residents will have access

to their homes at all times, including into Tamahere via Newell Road at the city end and SH21-Airport Rd to the south. The traffic switch is needed to create construction space for the 22km Hamilton section of the expressway, which is expected to be completed mid-year. Traffic will be moved on to the new bridge, which will eventually be the southbound on-ramp, for about six weeks before northbound traffic will return to using the on-ramp into the city.

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A good central banker used to be described as someone who would take away the punch bowl just as the party started to liven up. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand and most other central bankers around the world, have certainly not been acting like this over the last few years. They reduced interest rates to ridiculously low levels and injected huge amounts of liquidity, creating the biggest monetary punch bowl the world has ever seen in the process. The inflation party is now well and truly roaring along. Inflation in New Zealand in 2021 was 5.9%, the highest level for 31 years. In the USA it is even higher. Part of New Zealand’s inflation problem is global. Imported or tradeable inflation was around 6.9% in 2021. But the domestic part of our inflation was 5.3% - and is rising quickly. Once this domestic component starts to spread, and it is already beginning to do so, it will be hard for the RBNZ to reverse it or even slow it. Faced with inflation rates that are rising rapidly and are already at levels not seen for over 30 years, what have the RBNZ and most other central banks done? – they have done very little. The measures they have taken are miniscule compared with the stimulatory punch bowl they created over the preceding decade – and which Is still in existence. I worked in central banking for over 40 years and I chaired the RBNZ’s Monetary Policy Committee when New Zealand first started inflation-targeting. I cannot understand the lack of urgency the RBNZ and other central banks are displaying as inflation reaches levels not

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seen for 30 years. A New Zealand Herald column last week asked ‘will the RBNZ raise interest rates even if house prices are falling?’ The question is quite extraordinary and should not even be considered by the RBNZ. The RBNZ continued to pour oil on the housing sector fire In the form of lower interest rates as house prices soared. They helped create one of the biggest wealth transfers New Zealand has ever seen. The RBNZ response to this criticism was that their target was inflation, not house prices. This needs to work in both directions. If inflation and house prices move in the same direction, the RBNZ does not have a dilemma. But if inflation stays where it is or rises further and house prices fall, the RBNZ would need to tighten monetary policy – and remind themselves that their target is inflation, not house prices. On their web-site the RBNZ says that their ‘purpose, vision and values’ are to ‘enable economic well-being and prosperity for all New Zealanders.’ Not all New Zealanders are home owners. The RBNZ’s role will not be easy in 2022. Whatever they do, they will not be popular with or appreciated by everybody. But there is a chance that if they continue to show such little urgency when New Zealand’s inflation is at a 30-year high, they could end 2022 unpopular and unappreciated by everybody. The punch bowl could turn into a punch bag.

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Novel deal is two good By Viv Posselt

Nikki Crutchley was swamped with emotion when she heard her latest novel had secured a two-book deal with Harper Collins Australia. “There were tears,” she laughed. “Getting a book deal itself is difficult enough. Getting a two-book deal is fantastic!” It wasn’t expected. Nikki has selfpublished three books before, and even though they brought recognition and success, it was with a sense of resignation that she approached this fourth attempt. Working closely with her agent Vicki Marsdon, someone she secured at the end of 2018, she began writing To the Sea in January 2020, just as the pandemic hit. “It wasn’t an easy year. The kids were at home because of lockdown, and it was difficult to write with any consistency,” she said. “It took almost a year … I re-wrote the ending three times with Vicki’s guidance. It went to the publishers at the end of the November that year and within a week Harper Collins Australia came back to us with the two-book deal. I

was stunned. There were tears, I can tell you.” The finished book launched internationally in December. Nikki already has thoughts in place for the next one and as she generally completes a book a year, she feels on track. When self-publishing, she knew the sales numbers in detail. “This time, I won’t know how it’s doing until I get a royalties cheque. I’ll have to get used to that.” To the Sea has been described as ‘a compulsively readable suspense thriller’ and has generated rave reviews from top New Zealand literary critics and authors, including one from Paddy Richardson who reckoned it ‘crackled with menace’. Her first book, Nothing Bad Happens Here, was a Ngaio Marsh Book Awards winner in 2018. Her second, No One Can Hear You, was long-listed for the same awards in the best novel category, and her third, The Murder Club, won her even more fans. All were self-published mysteries that plumbed her extensive research into police procedural work and her instinct towards writing

criminal dramas, albeit without gratuitous gore. This latest book is more of a psychological thriller, she said, more intent on examining the psychology of those behind the crime. Nikki has always been attracted to dark questions around ‘why-dunnit’ rather than simply the ‘who-dunnit’ when it comes to crime. She was born in Cambridge but did most of her schooling in Ōtorohanga, then completed an English and sociology degree before travelling and living abroad. She had always been keen on psychology and did a paper on crime and deviance while at uni. On coming home, she did a diploma in library and information studies before starting her own proofreading business which she juggles with her writing. She was always an avid reader, and so are the daughters she shares with husband Simon. While the material might be dark, Nikki is anything but. “To be clear, I write to entertain people. There is absolutely nothing lofty about it at all,” she laughed. “I’m not going to apologise for that.” Nikki Crutchley’s new book, To the Sea, is said to ‘crackle with menace’.

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happen where one neighbour wants a more expensive boundary fence than the other neighbour. If there is a contract or covenant with an agreement that the neighbours will share the cost differently or not at all, or if they previously agreed to other conditions, then the cost is according to that contract, covenant or agreement. If you can’t come to an agreement about repairing or building a fence, the neighbour who wants the fence repaired or rebuilt can service the other with a Fencing Notice which is a formal proposal to your neighbour which describes the fencing work you would like done (the cost of which you want your neighbour to contribute to). 62 Alpha Street, Cambridge 9.00 to 4.30 Monday-Friday Ph 07 827 4855, 0800 367 222 Email cambridge@cab.org.nz

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Forgive…to live, part three By Murray Smith, Senior Leader, Bridges Church

In the two previous articles for this column, I wrote about problems associated with holding attitudes of unforgiveness. By choosing not to forgive someone, as well as opening ourselves to emotional and physical backlash, there’s considerably more we open ourselves up to. Refusing to forgive a person means we are standing in judgment over them. That in itself exposes us to judgement…we reap what we sow. “Judge not, that you be not judged…” as the Bible says. Forgiving another’s wrongdoing means releasing them from our sense of judgment whether they’re asking to be forgiven or not. A king was settling accounts with servants who had borrowed money from the royal treasury. It came to his attention that a servant owed him a large sum. So he summoned the servant and said to him, ‘Pay me what you owe me.’ When the servant was unable to repay his debt, the king ordered that he be sold into slavery along with his wife and children and every possession they owned as payment toward his debt. The servant threw himself facedown begging for mercy. ‘Please be patient with me. Just give me more time and I will repay you all that I owe.’ Upon hearing this, the king had compassion, releasing the servant, forgiving his entire debt. No sooner had that servant left when he met a fellow servant, who owed him a small amount. He seized him by the throat and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay me everything you owe me right now!’ The fellow servant threw himself

facedown at his feet and begged, ‘Please be patient with me. If you’ll just give me time, I will repay you all that is owed.’ But the one who had his debt forgiven stubbornly refused to forgive his fellow servant and had him thrown into prison, demanding he remain there until he repaid the debt in full. His associates saw this happening and were outraged. They told the king the whole story. The king said to him, ‘You scoundrel! Is this the way you respond to my mercy? Because you begged me, I forgave you the massive debt that you owed me. Why didn’t you show similar mercy to your fellow servant as you were shown?’ The king was angry and turned him over to jailors assigned to torment him until all his debt was repaid. This illustrative story was told by Jesus after fielding a question that Peter, one of the disciples posed. Peter had asked how often he should forgive someone who wronged him, proposing up to seven times - a number he considered generous. But Jesus’ response was, “Seven times? I’m saying you should forgive 70 times seven times!” Jesus wasn’t of course recommending Peter keep a ledger recording up to 490 occasions that he extended forgiveness and then that was it. This was a figurative statement to demonstrate how freely we should extend forgiveness continually. Unless we forgive others, we ourselves will not be forgiven- unforgiveness is a burden of torment too great for anyone to bear.

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Ngaroto: like an effluent pond

By Roy Pilott

A Fish and Game manager is challenging councillors to spend time with him at the scene of what he calls the region’s latest environmental disaster. David Klee, Game Bird Manager for the Auckland/Waikato Fish and Game Council has penned an open letter about Lake Ngaroto – which he likens to an effluent pond. Thousands of fish and birds have died this year in the lake. Now he is challenging Waipā District Councillors and decision makers to meet him at the lake. “When you are seeing the carnage unfolding, it’s a bit different, it becomes more real,” he said. Klee, who has been in the Hamilton office for 12 years and specialises in lake ecology says the problem has built up over years and “you can’t just go round the edges – it’s a big job”. In his open letter he wrote “I have been getting feedback that apparently some local body officials hold the belief that: hey, it’s a dry year and shallow lake, these things happen in these environments, it’s part of a natural cycle. So, if you read this and hold that belief, this letter is addressed to you.” He says the lakes do not naturally have nutrient levels “off the charts and get cyanobacterial blooms with cell counts high enough to kill a dog if they took a drink”. “Second, these lakes do not naturally go anoxic (without oxygen) for days, causing even the hardiest fish species such as koi carp, goldfish and eels to die on mass. Third, these lakes do not naturally get botulism outbreaks that will likely kill the birds that inhabit them.” He says these are symptoms of highly degraded ecosystems, “and in fact, the only

places where such events regularly occur are town effluent ponds”. “That is the current state of Lake Ngaroto. These issues also don’t just happen overnight; they are due to the systemic failure of our institutions to set and implement appropriate policy and rule frameworks to safeguard our freshwater ecosystems.” David Klee recounted a visit to the lake where he talked to the Waipā District Council’s new contractor. “As he was retrieving another week-old maggot-infested shag carcass with a stomach full of decaying fish, I could see the gag reflex starting to kick in, and I thought whatever he’s getting paid, it’s not enough. “In amongst the dead and dying mallard ducks, we found dead grey teals, black shags, little black shags, a heron, and we even flushed an Australasian bittern, a critically endangered species. It made it to the other side of the lake. Hopefully, it will move on to cleaner water elsewhere.” David Klee said his letter was not designed to “put the boot in”. “Council staff are doing great things; they are keen and passionate. Individual landowners are doing a good job, planting and fencing streams. “But the science is clear – if you fence streams while increasing fertiliser use and stock levels, the quality of the water will still get worse.” He warned that the cost of restoring lakes in a condition like Ngaroto grows exponentially. Nearby Lake Serpentine (Rotopiko) looked in good condition, but “the science says most of our lakes are going backwards”. “I hope councillors take me up on my offer, we need an incentive to make change.” David Klee can be reached through the Another maggot-infested shag carcass is pulled out of Lake Ngaroto. Forest and Game website.

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A Cambridge Airbnb has taken out an award for being welcoming and friendly and contributed to the town securing a top five place in a tourist booking organisation’s annual traveller review awards. Reviews on booking.com for Carol Townshend’s Te Koutu Apartment have never been lower than a 9/10 and it secured her a second consecutive award. That contribution and the performance from other hospitality operators in the town makes Cambridge New Zealand’s fifth most welcoming town behind Hokitika, Lake Tekapo, Oamaru and Whanganui in booking.com’s awards. Destinations must have at least 50 eligible

lake right there.” Destination Cambridge chief executive Miff Macdiarmid said the results were consistent with reviews her organisation receives. Covid-19 has ruined the summer events schedule but once things settle down, Cambridge will see high demand again, she said. “It’s the whole experience people get.” Residents could take some credit for that as visitors always comment on how friendly people are to them. When the Waikato Expressway opens, Cambridge will be an ideal first night/ last night accommodation stop for people arriving in Auckland. Todd Lacey, area manager of booking. com New Zealand, said the country’s award

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Waipā ratepayers are being sheltered from the current inflation boom. Draft proposed average annual rates increases announced by Waipā District Council ratepayers remain aligned with the 2021-31 Long Term Plan despite inflation levels. Waipā District Council’s draft average rates increase is 4.3 percent. Waipā’s Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer Ken Morris said the figure is testimony to the approach council has taken to its budget, at a time when annual consumer price inflation is 5.9 percent for the year ended 31 December 2021 – its highest level in 30

years, He had a word of caution on the draft proposed average rates increase, noting that although the 4.3 percent is the average, very few properties will receive an increase of that level. “If the plan is adopted as currently proposed the majority of rural properties will have increases in the range of 1 to 3 percent, while the majority of urban properties will have increases in the range of 5 to 8 percent. This profile also stays true to the 2021-31 Long Term Plan.” The draft 2022-23 Annual Plan was discussed at a public workshop as part of the Strategic Planning and

Policy Committee meeting on Tuesday. Following Tuesday’s meeting, it will be presented to the Strategic Planning and Policy Committee meeting on March 1 to seek elected members’ approval. The plan will be out to the community from around mid-March to mid-April. While a special consultative procedure was not required due to the draft proposed average rates increase staying similar to that estimated in the 2021-31 Long Term Plan, Council wants to engage with the community about the plan and gain feedback before it was considered for adoption in June, Morris said.

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A plan hatched shortly after progressive galloper Marchand ran second at his two-year-old debut last season looks on track. The three-year-old son of Burgundy is in line for a tilt at the Gr.1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) in March. Bred and raced by Cambridge Stud owners Brendan and Jo Lindsay, the Lance Noble-trained runner proved too strong for his four rivals at Ellerslie on Sunday when taking out a three-year-old 1600m contest from another Derby aspirant in Te Toki. Marchand had put the writing on the wall that a winning run wasn’t far off when finishing an unlucky third behind On The Bubbles in the Listed Uncle Remus Stakes (1400m) on Boxing day after throwing a shoe shortly after the start. There were no such problems this time as rider Leith Innes camped Marchand outside Te Toki, who led at a snail’s-pace throughout, before getting the better of that rival to win by a neck on the line under a confident ride. “He is still on a steep learning curve but both Leith and I were thrilled with the way he settled and didn’t reef and pull on such a slow speed,” Noble said. “That augurs well for what we have planned for him.” Noble was referring to the New Zealand Derby on March 5, a target that has been on the agenda since Marchand ran second on debut to talented juvenile Atullibigeal over 1300m at Ellerslie back in April last year.

another Rich Hill stallion in Proisir, as recent stakes winners to provide further impetus to the momentum of the Matamata nursery just six weeks out from the start of the 2022 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling sale at Karaka. Co-owner John Thompson is thrilled with how things have been going for the stud which was established with business partner Alan Galbraith QC and Thompson’s parents Colin and Irene back in 1994. “To see how far we have come since we first kicked off is just amazing.” Rich Hill stand Shocking, Proisir and Vadamos along with Group One winning Japanese miler Satono

“When he ran second on debut I sat down with Brendan and Jo and we talked about targeting the Derby and have worked our way back from there. “He will tackle the Avondale Guineas next (Gr.2, 2100m) and if he shows us he can handle the step up in distance then he will head to the Derby a fortnight later. By former Cambridge Stud stallion Burgundy, Marchand is out of the outstanding racemare Lashed who numbered three Group One victories amongst her seven career wins and is closely related to the Group One performers Shogun Lodge, Referral and Singing The Blues. – NZ Racing Desk

Aladdin, a son of Deep Impact, and dual Group One winner Ace High, whose eldest are yearlings. However, it is foundation sire Pentire that Thompson credits for providing the platform for where the Walton nursery sits today. “Pentire was our first stallion and he was just amazing and has provided us with the resources to grow into the operation we are today,” he said. “I think in some ways we, and I mean the whole New Zealand industry, may have taken him a little for granted in some ways as year on year he delivered horses that were capable of winning at all distances and in all company.

“As a relatively young stud, we didn’t have a huge broodmare band to support him and perhaps if we had he could have risen to even greater heights.” “What he did do though was allow us to expand and establish ourselves and to be in a position to act when opportunities to secure new stallions came along. Thompson is also thrilled by the support that all five stallions received in the recently completed breeding season, with approximately 480 mares covered amongst the group. Rich Hill Stud will offer 41 yearlings across the Book 1 and Book 2 sales at Karaka, which commence on March 7. – NZ Racing Desk

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Lunch box leaders

It’s back to school and back to work. And back to finding ways to make the transition from holiday fun easier. Interesting new lunch box creations fit the bill. The sandwich is the lunch box supremo: open to endless interpretations and as simple or as elaborate as you like. Sandwiches are popular around the world — Americans eat more than 300 million a day! — with many countries offering their own unique versions. These include; the crust-free cucumber, salt and pepper summer sandwich of Wimbledon fame; the katsu sando of Tokyo — fried breaded pork, sliced cabbage, tonkatsu sauce and mayo; the peanut butter and jelly — a favourite of the midwestern USA; and, of course, the bahn mi of Vietnam. Sandwiches are synonymous with lunch boxes. And lunch is the second most important meal of the day, especially for children. It should provide about one-third of our daily nutrients which help keep our energy levels and concentration in peak condition during the afternoon. CHICKEN BHAN MI Although this Vietnamese sandwich is usually served hot it also makes an excellent cold take-away lunch for picnics or work. The chicken can be cooked the night before. Or toss cooked chicken in the marinade if you’re short of time. Chicken: 1/4 cup each: fish sauce, lime juice 2 tablespoons sugar 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1 small chilli, seeded and diced 200g skinned and boned chicken Pickled Veg: 1/4 cup each: hot water, rice vinegar 2 tablespoons sugar pinch each: salt, chilli flakes 2 each: small carrots, large red radishes Sandwiches: 2 short baguettes or long rolls 1/3 cup mayo 1/4 telegraph cucumber, thinly sliced 1/2 cup mint leaves, sliced

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Chicken bhan mi

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a tomato slice. Cook on medium for 2-3 minutes, until golden. Flip and cook for another 2-3 minutes. Makes 6.

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This beautiful character home in Cambridge's exclusive Cowley Drive neighbourhood, will win you over the minute you arrive. Set in a park like established garden with large trees (big enough to house the tree hut) and lush boarders, this is truly a home with heart and soul. On offer are four double bedrooms, plus great living spaces. The third living come rumpus room is currently being used as an office, perfect for those needing to work from home during these changing times. The farmhouse styled kitchen is open planned with the dining area and a family lounge. This space comes complete with a wood burner in the corner and you can tell this is where a lot of family living takes place. There's a large formal living that allows an escape, the perfect place to snuggle up and watch a movie. The bedrooms are generous as are both the family bathroom and ensuite. There's a dedicated laundry and large garage, so space isn't an issue. Step outside and you have your own private park to enjoy, set on grounds of 2595m2. Plenty of room for the cricket pitch or maybe add your own pool. This is a home where memories are made. If you think this sounds like the perfect fit for your family to live their next chapter then call us to view. AUCTION: THURSDAY 24TH FEBRUARY 2022 AT 1PM AT THE CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY PAVILION, CORNER OF QUEEN STREET AND DICK STREET, CAMBRIDGE (UNLESS SOLD PRIOR).

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ADAMS, Jack – Passed away peacefully on 26 January 2022 at Bupa St Kilda Resthome, Cambridge; aged 89. Dearly loved husband of Ethel (deceased), very special dad to Christine and Jeanette, and fatherin-law to Ian and David. Adored ‘Gaga’ to Adam and Christopher. Brother to May (deceased), Eva and John (Australia) and brother-in-law of John (UK). Special thanks to all of the caring staff at Bupa St Kilda Resthome for their loving care of Dad. In accordance with Jack’s wishes, a private cremation has been held. All communications to Cambridge Funerals, PO Box 844, Cambridge 3450.

MARTIN, Bryan Kennedy (Bryn) – Passed away Monday 31st January 2022 at Liston Heights Rest Home, Taupo, after a long illness. Dearly loved brother-in-law of the “Rodgers sisters” Sue and Julie, and loved uncle of Benita, Cinnamon, Mark, Sarndra, Justine and Samantha. A beautiful soul who will be very sadly missed. Taupō Funeral Services Ltd

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