Cambridge News | October 20, 2022

Women in charge

By Mary Anne Gill

Women are to the fore in Waikato local body politics with four mayors elected to the top jobs - and it’s odds on they will be joined by a fifth female leader when the regional council elects its chair next week.

Waipā’s Susan O’Regan was in Wellington for a two-day

Angela Strange as Waikato Regional Council chair.

The News looks at their chances on page two today.

Three of the four mayors have chosen female deputies in what is almost certainly a Waikato first.

O’Regan had not confirmed Liz Stolwyk when we went to press but throughout her campaign she told voters the Cambridge councillor would be her choice.

Piako will go to Bruce Dewhurst from Morrinsville.

History was also made across the border in Rotorua where new mayor Tania Tapsell chose Sandra Kai Fong as her deputy.

Women on Boards New Zealand and Governance New Zealand chair Julie Hardaker- a former Hamilton mayorsaid having so many women mayors in the Waikato was

Leading the way: Jacqui Church, Adrienne Wilcock, Paula Southgate and Susan O’Regan.

Photo: Moko Tepania

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Thanks, voters

Elections have been and the people have spoken and condemned us to a future of being another Auckland. There is a slow merging of all the urban areas, soon they will only be a part of the whole.

They have been pushing population growth at the expense of infrastructure and our rural lifestyle. In 2015, it was known that there was insufficient water at source for the growing town, so we had water restrictions and water meters to control usage rather than curtail housing developments.

Cambridge has added 300ha to the housing and already there is congestion on the roads. Cambridge north, Leamington west, now Cambridge west, similar in Te Awamutu, Ohaupo, Pirongia, Ngahinapouri expanding and will soon all merge.

This is what you have condemned the future to and this new mayor has been a part of this, so what will change? Not infrastructure, but more cycle trails, skate parks and museums - these are seen as more important. Iwi 13 man consultation group - why?

They can make submissions the same as the rest of us, this group has direct access to council and influence, unlike other submissions. Look at what they want to do with the Memorial Park, which the council has no right doing.

But council are a law to themselves and you have reinforced that attitude.

On

I hope the first week of term 4 has gone well.

Will this iwi group now be disbanded with a Māori ward?

We are going to have another three years of hundreds of hectares of housing development of rural land on top of what they have already allowed. I would like to know who is benefitting from all these developments. There is plenty of land within the borough limits, so why all these rural housing developments? This obsession with growing the population will continue.

B.Fynn Te Awamutu

• Editor’s note: Having been accidentally sent an earlier draft of this letter penned by different person and carrying a suggestion “pilott may not print it” …I have. The author’s population growth message as a council candidate was rejected by voters and has had more than enough airing on these pages.

Biased coverage

I just read the article in the October 13 edition by Mary Anne Gill titled O’Regan’s win was down to business. You used your paper as an unfair political platform to promote your bias immediately before an election. Your newspaper now enjoys the recycling bin.

Sue Hazlewood Fencourt

• Editor’s note: We reject suggestions of bias – but we are in full support of recycling.

Women in charge

“Councils were seen as the bastion of men. That has changed now,” said Hardaker.

And for female mayors to select female deputies was uncommon but understandable.

“It’s gender neutral,” she said, because mayors select their own deputies, and generally want to go for the person who was the right fit.

It also shows there are lots of capable females in local government. Told there could also be a female regional council chair, Hardaker said that mix of female leaders had never happened before in her knowledge.

Stolwyk, who was deputy mayor under Jim Mylchreest, said she already had a good working relationship with Southgate and O’Leary in Hamilton and knows Storey and Strange from her work on regional council committees.

“To have this number of women in senior positions in Waikato with the time and energy to make a contribution is genuinely exciting,” she said.

Stolwyk has championed Women in Politics functions to encourage more females into local body politics.

“I don’t think I can take credit for what’s happened,” she said, “but it’s especially pleasing to see women coming onto community boards.”

Hardaker said community boards gave many women their first foray into local government at a level that suited them.

Four of the five representatives on the Cambridge Community Board are female – and one is almost certain to get the chair’s role - while in Te Awamutu, three of the five are women. One of them, Ange Holt, was chair last term.

Several years ago, when there were fewer women standing for local authorities, a study showed two significant barriers standing in the way, said Hardaker.

The first was time commitment – trying to balance everything else in their lives with wanting to do a good job.

The second was the pay particularly for those women who had to sacrifice higher paying jobs for being a councillor.

It appeared those barriers were breaking down, said Hardaker.

young people

In a recent column, I spoke about supports that were available to parents and caregivers of children and the process for making a report of concern if you fear for the wellbeing or safety of a child.

I also know that some of our youth are themselves struggling with their mental health and wellbeing - anxiety, disconnection and the negative effects associated with social media.

It can be hard for any person to open up and be vulnerable, and sometimes even harder to know where to go for help, counselling and general support.

Earlier today, I had a conversation with representatives of 24-7 Youthwork about their engagement in our community and the E Tu

Tangata programme, which instills the belief that each individual has value, that we can succeed together and that others matter.

I applaud them as well as our schools for the hard mahi they are doing to support Cambridge youth and also recognise the recent involvement of other organisations such as “I am Hope” locally in this space.

If your child is struggling and isn’t ready to speak to a friend or family member, there are independent organisations they can text or phone to contact a trained support person/ counsellor for a korero and advice.

On another note, just a reminder that for reporting historical incidents, you can phone 105 but also, you can access it online via the Internet at 105.police.govt.nz . Reporting online also enables you to upload any photos at the same time.

Who you can call

The following are just a text or phone call away :Youthline, 0800 376 633 or free text 234, What’s Up?, 0800 942 8787 or www.whatsup.co.nz , The Low Down, 0800 111 757 or text 5626, and 1737 (text or call) is a nationwide support line. Sparx, 0508 4 Sparx (0508 477 279) or free text 3110, is a self-help e-therapy tool for youth (12-19yrs) and also offers a helpline.

Lifeskills Cambridge also provides free counselling to primary age children in Cambridge (www.lifeskills.org.nz).

Cambridge High School also has school counsellors on site. Where cyberbulling is an issue, there is also help available. Netsafe has a lot of information online at https://netsafe. org.nz .

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No quarry news

Additional information sought by Waipā District Council from Beacon Hill following the Cambridge company’s retrospective application to quarry sand from its Oreipunga Road mine in Maungatautari has yet to arrive. The council had extended its deadline from June 30 to August 12.

Complaint laid

Journalist Paul Barlow, who kept Waikato candidates entertained during the local body elections, has lodged a Code of Conduct complaint against Te Awamutu Community Board member Kane Titchener over comment he made to him.

Waipā governance manager Jo Gread told Barlow she was unable to progress the complaint as only community board members or the chief executive could lodge Code of Conduct complaints.

How to grow..

Waipā District Council says a snapshot of feedback received as part of the development of Ahu Ake –Waipā Community Spatial Plan suggests residents want climate change tackled, neighbourhoods with quick access to services and growing communities ‘up’ rather than ‘out’.

Cyclists star

Cambridge Middle School won both the boys 7-8 years team pursuit and team sprint during the national schools track and mountain bike championships which finished on Sunday in Southland. Outstanding individuals on the track included multiple winners Carter Paine, Sophie de Vries and Millie Wright from St Peters Cambridge.

Sherriff third

Judy Sherriff, not former chair Barry Quayle, finished third in the race for the two Waipā King Country seats in the Local Body elections as we reported last week. We apologise for our error.

Regional top job: Tails for head?

By Mary Anne Gill

A coin toss could decide who chairs Waikato Regional Council this term, continuing what has been a tumultuous 2022 for the council.

Lobbying for the position of chair – the third this year - began only hours after incumbent Barry Quayle missed out on one of two places for the Waipā-King Country constituency.

And The News understands Russ Rimmington, who started the year as chair and finished it as a defeated Hamilton candidate, is actively promoting North Waikato dairy farmer Pamela Storey.

Her competition for the seat comes from Angela Strange in Hamilton. She was the top polling regional council candidate, who impressed in her first term as

public transport chair.

Selection for the job, which comes with a $163,254 pay packet, takes place next Thursday.

Publicly both contenders are downplaying the contest, but The News understands each has seven votes.

Strange has support from Tipa Mahuta and Kataraina Hodge in the two Māori constituencies - Ngā Tai Ki Uta and Ngā Hau E Whāwith Hodge favourite to get the deputy chair’s position.

There is reportedly a split in Waipā-King Country with Clyde Graf favouring Storey and Stu Kneebone in the Strange camp. The crucial vote could be that of Noel Smith who unseated Raglanbased Fred Lichtwark in the Waikato constituency.

Smith was a long-serving Waikato district councillor who is thought to favour

Strange but is also seen as a potential ‘dark horse’ for chair given his experience in governance and management. He chairs the Waikato JPs’ Association.

Lichtwark appears to have paid the penalty for an unseeming role in the last term when he was suspended from the regional council for allegedly bullying Storey and then helped roll Rimmington from the chair’s position.

Rimmington started legal action against Lichtwark but dropped it on the eve of the election. Voters told both men to “sling their hooks.”

Strange’s supporters just want to move on from the mess that was Waikato Regional Council’s last term under Rimmington and see the former primary school teacher as the “fresh broom” the council needs.

They point to her success as Regional Connections chair where she got councillors from several districts to agree to radical public transport innovations.

Those in the Storey stable are understood to be concerned at Strange’s links with the Labour Party.

Her husband Jamie Strange is the Hamilton East MP.

Graf stood on an anti-Three Waters platform as did other candidates and so would

Pamela Storey

balk at any suggestion they favour the government’s water reforms. Storey has extensive governance experience.

By the numbers this week it looked like: For StoreyClyde Graf, Chris Hughes, Mich’eal Downard, Warren Maher, Robert Cookson, Ben Dunbar-Smith; For Strange - Bruce Clarkson, Jennifer Nickel, Tipa Mahuta, Kataraina Hodge, Noel Smith, Stu Kneebone.

Tyrannosaurus Rex…in print

create the skeletons of the likes of the Haast eagle and moa.

And for someone with a keen passion for New Zealand Wildlife that would be a welcome task.

Clark was born in the Bay of Islands and moved to Cambridge after he and his Wellington-based wife Sarah married 17 years ago.

He has always had an interest in computer games, flying and simulation - so when virtual reality hit the market and he put on his first headset VR goggles it was “mind-blowing’.

Today he is known online by the name Topgunsi (Top Gun, favourite move, si for Simon) and his virtual reality world has extended to creating flora and fauna for a virtual insect museum. He even walks you through the museum discussing the insects and how they were created.

The project has had the added benefit of removing his fear of some insects.

By Roy Pilott

When Simon Clark decided work was no longer enjoyable because the company was getting too big, he decided to call it quits and follow his dream.

The now 42-year-old with a passion for virtual reality started virtual sculpting and using a 3-D printer.

Fast forward a few years and “too big” isn’t part of his vocabulary.

Clark’s lounge boasts a full scale raptor – and outside he is working on what will be a four metre tall skeleton of Tyrannosaurus Rex.

This is the second he has built – the first developed some scale issues, but he was still able to find a buyer for it.

The skull of his current model will be on show at Auckland’s Museum of Transport and Technology – Motat - next week. It comprises 46 pieces and weighs 100kg.

A Givealittle page has helped fund the project. When it’s finished Clark says if he sells it he will refund the donations and start another project.

“I want the public to seet it.”

It’s difficult not to think there will be organisations interested in commissioning him to

His 3-D models are built with a cornstarch based product he imports from China.

“So its not burning fossil fuel – the product won’t last in strong sunlight, but I coat it with epoxy.”

What is T-Rex worth? That’s a good question, but the printer time alone is 6500 hours –“and I’ve lost rack of how many hours I have put into it”.

Clark drops into the conversation that he also has a full scale aircraft in his garage. It’s a two seater and will be taking to the skies.

But just as this fantastic story seems set to take on an unbelievable angle, he points out this is a kit sit – not a printed version.

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New looks, but the same name

By Benjamin Wilson

The Waikato-owned Hamilton Airport has a $15 million terminal upgrade which reflects the colours and culture of the region – but the Hamilton name will remain on it.

“It won’t change, for many reasons it will stay Hamilton Airport… even though our legal entity is Waikato Regional Airport Limited,” Waikato Regional Airport Ltd group chief executive Mark Morgan told The News this week.

For 15 months, travellers had been occupying the northern end of the airport’s terminal while the upgrade progressed. The terminal was unveiled on Sunday.

“I’m very proud of what we have achieved together. The days of arriving at a functional and soul-less Hamilton Airport are gone,” said Morgan. “There can be no doubt, upon landing in Hamilton, that

you’ve arrived in a special region, rich in cultural tradition. I think that’s brilliant,” Morgan said the redesign will help futureproof the airport. It included structural strengthening, a newly designed departure area, new furniture, fittings, flooring, and extra dedicated workspaces for travellers.

Design specialists Eugene Kara (Ngāti Koroki, Kahukura) and Norm Te Hira (Ngāti Haua) collaborated with Archimedia Architects, Adrian Morton Landscapes and airport staff to design an environment that draws on Waikato’s cultural history.

“Mana whenua have been excellent in terms of their partnership with us on the terminal,” Morgan said.

The airport’s new tohu (logo/ sign) is integrated throughout the redesign. Its two parallel notched rectangles represent a waharoa, or

a gateway to a pā, as well as the airport’s runway.

The design was inspired by pekapeka, the native long-tailed bat, which is presented as being symbolic of the gateway between worlds in Māoridom, safe travels, and manākitanga (hospitality and kindness).

The terminal’s colour scheme, which incorporates earthy greens, browns, and sky blues, aims to

reflect the colour pallet of the Waikato. Story boards will explain the culturally relevant aspects of the redesign.

Waikato Regional Airport Limited is owned and controlled by Waipā, Waikato, Ōtorohanga, and Matamata-Piako district councils, as well as Hamilton City Council.

“You’ll probably start to see Kirikiriroa maybe used in tandem with the Hamilton Airport name.

Ceiling of approval

But Hamilton Airport is important, from an aeronautical perspective it is known as Hamilton Airport, and globally its three-letter code for air services is also linked to its name,” Morgan said.

An official opening for the terminal is planned for December 9, when additional cultural artworks, including a pou planned for the centre of the airport terminal, will have been installed.

The placement of flax weaved ceiling panels - raranga - at the Hamilton Airport departure gates are designed to calm anxious travellers before they board their airplane. And the Air NZ Hamilton Airport team, from left, Maree Higgins, Linda McCann and Hilary Crow, with Ngati Haua representatives, checked them out during last week’s unveiling.

Photo: Jason Dawson

Waikato Regional Airport Limited group customer experience manager Angela Beardsmore and chief executive Mark Morgan.

Photo Benjamin Wilson

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BY CAROLE HUGHES

Carter’s Flat Takes Shape

Where did it all begin?

We read of the start of Carter’s Flat, we see on this page the photo showing the start of Cambridge Timber, and we look at it now – Cambridge’s major industrial area.

The now Mitre 10 Mega had an inauspicious beginning when well over 50 years ago two young men, Frank and Gerard Overwater set up a building trade. It was based at their home and soon became known as Overwater Brothers. They built school buildings, houses for farmers and they quickly gained a reputation for prowess.

Remember this was a time when Calverts dominated the retail area, there was no strip of trees down the main street, and Carter’s Flat was in a fledging state of development.

In 1971, they purchased a block of land in Carter’s Flat which had previously been owned by Taylor and Jourdain from Te Awamutu. This was a three-acre block which had a drying shed and a small relocatable office.

At this time Ann and Frank Overwater also built a house next door, and we watched as their family grew up alongside our family, my daughters swam in

The Progress of Mitre 10 Mega

Mitre 10 started to spread its wings over Carter’s Flat in 1988. Remember when you visit Carter’s Flat that this was originally an area which was a base for buggy and horse which took you to Auckland. Look at it now; bustling, busy with a main state highway which takes you through Albert Street and up to the main highway through Queen Street.

In 2002, the business was sold, and the current owners Stephen Deverell and Brendan Lafferty started to expand it. After eight years in the old building, which

now houses Pet Vet, they opened the Mitre 10 Mega Store.

A staff of 21 had grown to 130 with a further 36 people in their Hautapu-based Frame & Truss manufacturing plant.

Recently they reclaimed part of the old Mitre 10 building and have re-established their Kitchen & Bathroom showroom in that area.

No one in the early days of Cambridge Timber and Hardware envisaged the enormous growth of Carter’s Flat and the expansion of Mitre 10 which is now the third largest trade business in the

King Carter of Carter’s Flat KAREN PAYNE

King Carter, the namesake of Carter’s Flat and Carter’s Crescent, was a tall athletic American. An experienced coach driver, he established himself as proprietor of a coach service based in Cambridge.

The Waikato Times in 1880 described the 57-year-old Carter, engaged in a coach race at the time,

as “ well known as the crack driver of the Australian colonies … His great shouts reverberated from range to range at Hinuera until cast back by ‘echoing rock’. There certainly was rain enough and wind enough, and Carter supplied the thunder. A small tribe of Māori galloped for miles astern of Carter,

their pool and we were aware of the progress the newly formed business Cambridge Timber and

Hardware was making. Together with Norm Hunt, who became Mayor, the business

started growing and so did Carter’s Flat. In 1975, Frank took over the ownership and with his directors Kevin Field and Brian Unwin, extended the premises to include a new precut factory and wallboard store. They leased two acres over the road. There was a huge demand for precut and they gradually expanded the range of wallboard.

At this time there were 125 Mitre 10 outlets throughout New Zealand and in 1988 Cambridge Timber and Hardware joined the Mitre 10 franchise. In 2002 Frank and his directors sold to current owners Stephen Deverell and Brendan Lafferty and in 2010 it became Mitre 10 Mega.

Mitre 10 network. Plans are being worked on to provide additional space and resource for their Trade customers.

The Garden Centre has always been one of the gems in the business. In years gone by it was easy to expand; the owners

simply moved the fence further into the Trade yard. It could easily justify twice the space they have now!

The current Garden team are buzzing with their inclusion as a Finalist in the Mitre 10 Mega Garden Centre of the Year, which

admiring his vocal performances.” His coach to Auckland held 25 passengers and the horses were changed nine times. Spades were needed to dig the coach out of the mud, and when climbing steep hills, the male passengers had to walk to make it easier for the horses. Carter used carrier pigeons for sending messages between his various stopping places and Cambridge.

becoming a Friend of the Museum. Details available at cambridgemuseum.org.nz under “Get Involved” or call 07 827 3319.

is due to be announced at a Gala Dinner in November.

With the growth in Cambridge and a goal to give the people of Cambridge the best offer possible, it is inevitable a new site will be required in the future.

He was always smartly dressed, usually in a brown frock coat with wide brimmed hat, carrying a goldheaded walking stick and sporting a white Van Dyke beard and flowing moustache. He settled with his wife Mary Ann in a house in Carter’s Flat. She was over 20 years younger than her husband, but he far outlived her. He died in 1918 aged 95, and is buried at Hautapu.

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… and so the story begins. 1972 photo from Frank Overwater.

Long-term Mitre 10 Mega staff. Photos by Bruce Hancock.

King Carter Ref Cambridge Museum

Lions take

By Viv Posselt

Two Lions who have given a fair chunk of their time to helping others are finally easing up. After a decade behind the wheel of the Cambridge Lions Shed truck, Graham Wiseman is hanging up his keys. At the same time, he is stepping back from an initiative he inherited that linked the shed’s truck with Cambridge High School.

Each week for the past 12 years or so, the Lions Shed has hosted a couple of students for a few hours’ work experience, during which they help load and unload the truck, and tag along to help with any other tasks at hand.

“I would collect two or three students every Thursday,” said Graham.

“We don’t have the capacity for any more than that. The students are selected by a

well earned

teacher, and as long as they want to be involved, I’d find them things to do. It’s a great arrangement. Even after leaving school, some of the lads give up their Saturdays to help.”

Graham compiled a monthly report on the students’ shed activities and shared it with the school. Some of the students picked up ideas for careers, and even as he retires from the truck, he is keen to stay in touch with the school and follow the students’ progress.

Graham has also worked with Achievement House for the past two years and said he had enjoyed every minute with them and the Lions.

Another shed regular who is still around but easing up is Scotsman John Milne. Now 90, he made the front pages in 2010 when at age 78 he jumped in the back off his car as it was being driven off by a teenage thief who claimed to be looking at furniture at the Lions clubrooms. The story tells of the thief grabbling John’s keys and leaping into the driver’s seat of his car.

John jumped into the back seat and held on for dear life as the car sped off, then threatened to hit the thief on

the head with a glass lamp conveniently at hand.

Remarkably, he persuaded the offender to return to the clubrooms, but a wary John refused to get out of the car for a full 30 minutes. Faced with an irate Scotsman clearly prepared to sit it out, the thief eventually gave up and left. Months later, the offender received his comeuppance when a judge slapped him with seven

months’ home detention.

John joined the Alexandra Lions in 1968 and transferred to Cambridge when he arrived here to open his funeral business in 1976.

Ever the wag, his preferred turn of phrase was tied to his profession.

“People introduce me like this … ‘meet John Milne, he’ll be the last person to let you down’,” he grinned.

Festive team makes it eight

The team at the helm of the Cambridge Christmas parade is returning for an eighth year.

Vicki Ewing will be parade manager and Cambridge New World owners Logan and Nicola McKenzie are the major sponsors for the December 4 event which is back after a Covid enforced year off.

The 2pm parade is expected to last about 45 minutes and entries will be taken up to November 25.

It costs $40 to enter a business float, but entry is free for community groups and schools.

The 2022 theme, “A Commonwealth Christmas” was chosen to honour Waipā’s Commonwealth Games athletes.

Destination Cambridge CEO Miff Macdiarmid says funding from supporters enables the parade to be a cost neutral event. More than 40 volunteers help with set up, crowd control and directing floats.

Graham Wiseman with two Year 10 Cambridge High students, Hayden Steen and Jed Vincent.

Long-time Lion John Milne, pictured with fellow member Heidi Wehrle, is stepping back.

St Peter’s names new head

The new head at St Peter’s Cambridge has been recruited from Adelaide.

Marcus Blackburn, the deputy headmaster and head of senior school at St Peter’s College in Adelaide since late 2019 will become head of school in January.

His present school is described as a leading Anglican boarding and day school with a roll of 1500 boys.

He has previously held leadership positions at boarding schools in both the United Kingdom and Australia.

St Peter’s Cambridge Trust Board chair John Macaskill-Smith said the search for the new position of head of school, started in April, produced highcalibre applicants and Blackburn was a stand-out.

In a statement released on Monday by the school, Blackburn said from his first visit he sensed in everyone he met, a deep pride and passion for the school.

“St Peter’s has an enviable reputation for excellence and endeavour in a range of areas.

“With its strong founding vision and

unique setting, St Peter’s is perfectly placed to provide an outstanding education for its students.”

Macaskill-Smith said Blackburn’s experience demonstrated a strong strategic capability.

“Through his various roles at leading independent schools around the world, Marcus has developed extensive leadership experience in all areas of school life, leading strategically on academic achievement, pastoral care and co-curricular provision. Notably, at Hereford Cathedral School, Marcus supported the introduction of boarding as a key strategic initiative and led on culture at one of the UK’s largest boarding houses at Bradfield College”.

“In his current role, Marcus has driven new strategies in the leadership of pastoral care, service and outdoor education.”

St Peter’s Cambridge announced the recruitment for a head of school in April 2022.

This followed the board’s disestablishment of its executive principal position which had been

FAITH IN WAIPĀ

True perspective in life…

By Murray Smith, Senior Leader, Bridges Church

Dale Carnegie, the American writer and lecturer, developer of courses in self-improvement, public speaking, and interpersonal skills, is credited with making the statement: “two men looked through prison bars - one saw mud the other saw stars”.

It’s a succinct well known statement graphically depicting the difference that ‘perception’ makes to our wellbeing - two people in the same environment have a completely different outlook on their situation. We assume the man pessimistically looking down, is viewing the mud ‘outside’ - not inside the cell where he might entertain hope of digging an escape route.

It’s our perspective that determines if the glass half empty or half full.

Sometimes things cumulatively pile up in life causing us to lose hope and focus. Even little things can cause us to lose sight of a bigger perspective in life.

Think of our sun for a moment… it’s massive. More than one million earths could fit inside the sun if it were hollow. Yet, one little dollar coin held in front of our eye can obscure this mighty, fiery planet. Like that coin obscuring the sun, our

limited viewpoints, perceptions and conclusions will dramatically influence the outcomes of our life.

A young woman, Florence Chadwick planned to swim 35km from Catalina Island to the coast of California. She had already become the first woman to swim the English Channel both ways. As she swam bravely, her support crew gave encouragement from small boats alongside, scaring off sharks with a rifle. Swirling currents and freezing waters stretched her endurance. Exhausted after 16 hours, she begged to be pulled on board. Florence’s mother urged her to press on since she was so close. But with thick fog falling, from Florence’s perspective, it was over. As it turned out, she was only a kilometre from shore.

Later during an interview she said “I’m not making excuses but feel I could have made it - if I could have just seen the land….”

Cold, depleted and shrouded in fog, from Florence’s perspective in the water, her goal was a lost cause. That one kilometre may as well have been a thousand. In a successive attempt without fog, a different perspective afforded victory.

vacant since June 2021. Former principal Dale Burden resigned last year during an investigation into bullying at the school. The News reported last week he had been appointed principal at Howick College. The school now has two leadership positions reporting to its trust board. Rob Campbell was appointed Commercial head in April.

Losing perspective is reflected in a whimsical family movie, “Honey I shrunk the kids.” The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighbourhood kids. With his technique going awry, these now tiny children are dwarfed by huge insects which are among perilous dangers they combat. Life can be like thatpresenting challenges and trials that dwarf us.

There’s help for dealing with intimidating and fear producing circumstances - it has to do with gaining fresh, new perspective. In my experience, that began through a personal relationship with God which changed everything.

Knowing that He is all-powerful, all-loving, completely in control and ever present, offers a totally freeing perspective to existence.

It offers assurance of never being alone, supported by strength and wisdom that surpasses my limited human resources.

With this fresh perspective, comes perfect peace.

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Business awards spark interest

Entries for Waipā’s premier business awards have opened –and signs are they will be keenly contested.

The Waipa Networks Business Awards, which have become biennial, will culminate in a function at Mystery Creek next April.

But in the meantime nominations have been open for a week and run

through to February.

The awards are organised by the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce with support from their Te Awamutu counterpart.

Cambridge chamber chief Kelly Bouzaid said it was evident from before entries opened that there was high interest.

“We are seeing it with the number of registrations of interest

we are recording on our website,” she said.

The 2023 awards provide an opportunity for businesses which have battled through Covid lockdowns and limitations to celebrate their success.

“There are lots of stories to tell and we are looking forward to hearing them,” she said. It was more important than

ever to acknowledge the district’s businesses achievements “and continue to inspire each other to continue to be one of the most diverse and innovative business communities in the country.”

Waipa Networks chief Sean Horgan said the company had long supported the awards and it was “great to be part of an event that recognises and rewards excellence

within our local business community”.

Bouzaid said people interested in the being part of the awards could contact her to organise one on one workshops.

Good Local Media, publishers of the Te Awamutu News and Cambridge News will sponsor the Customer Choice award which is decided by public voting.

By Archer Miller

Former Cambridge High School students have taken the stage in what is billed to be New Zealand’s first slasher flick.

Buzz Cut, directed by Auckland’s Martin Renner, follows the Hash House Harriers, a running group with a drinking problem, and their encounters with an insane beekeeper.

Filmed around New Zealand in 2020, the movie features two former Cambridge High students in its main cast.

Andrew Lyall and Matt Hicks make up two of the cast, alongside a mixed bag of New Zealand actors, and cameos from 80s Hollywood scream queens Linnea Quigley (The return of the living dead) and Donna Wilkes (Jaws 2/Angel).

Hicks, a Cambridge resident as well as DJ, wedding celebrant, actor, and director, also directed the Cambridge based film The Tavern, in 2019, however it is yet to be released.

He said it was a hard process, and Buzz Cut

feels like a reward.

“It felt like the universe rewarding me for all my hard work on the previous film, and I could just sit back, relax, and just enjoy acting.”

“It was quite a fun, freeing, no stress experience,” he said.

The film, produced by Donna Wilkes, is doing the festival round, having screened in Toronto, Cannes, Orlando, and Hong Kong.

The horror-flick naysayers need only cast their minds back to the 80s and 90s movies Bad Taste and Brain Dead. Low-fi gore galore, they were required viewing for those born in the 70s and 80s, and were the films that put Peter Jackson’s name on the map.

“It’s pretty basic and silly (loaded with horrible puns) but will be a good time for anyone that love 80s silly slasher films. If you can put your brain and morals (it’s a little crude) on autopilot for 90 minutes you’ll have a bit of fun”.

Buzz Cut will have a Halloween screening at the Tivoli Cinema in Cambridge on October 30.

Matt Hicks and Andrew Lyall feature in Buzz Cut.

Photo: Nathan Higgins

AGE OF REASON

Dressing for the occasion

By Peter Carr

In this fast-moving age it is clear that adherence to social media brings with it a distancing from history. Or rather the more pleasant sides of history that formed part of the standards of the day in their time.

I am reminded of this by this week’s BlackTie Dinner at Lauriston Park – the retirement village that hosts our home. It is built on land owned originally by (then) Mayor Halley in 1892 who on-sold it to William Rout. He then decided to erect a fine home and engaged an architect to provide him with his concept of fine living, a house with a grand view and yet adjacent to the slowly expanding town.

The house itself lives on what is sometimes known as Māori Hill – although the name was never formalised. It’s attraction was that it was the highest point in the Leamington Borough from which there was a 360 degree vista of the verdant land rolling out before the beholder. And no doubt Mr Rout and his wife Ann did have a fine life, raising their one son and using the surrounding land to experiment with different varieties of fruit. He communicated the success of this horticultural venture with the government of the day.

The house was completed in 1902 and named Whānau Ora (House of Health) – a link to Mr Rout’s initial intention to provide a sanitorium for the district. However, he was beaten to that dream by an English wool dealer who built his health-related venture on the cool slopes of Maungakawa.

But back to historical standards. The house fell into disrepair and was essentially derelict when it was purchased by the company that built the retirement village. They had the foresight to refurbish it in a grand style and each October we celebrate this fine attribute with the Black-Tie Dinner. Gentlemen arrive in sober smart garments and ladies attired in

their finery to match the occasion of a five-course dinner at a very moderate price.

Which harks me back to my sea-going days when, as a deck officer and navigator on passenger ships servicing New Zealand, we had to ‘dress’ for dinner every night (except Sunday). Starched white shirt with golden studs up the chest, cummerbund, white or black mess jacket depending on the climate and patent leather dancing shoes. And of course, the obligatory black tie. None of the colourful stuff that abounds today. Woe betide any officer seen outside his quarters prior to 6pm in evening mess kit and equal opprobrium if he stepped outside after 6pm in day dress.

Some will think that this is all old-fashioned nonsense. But the standard of dress and appropriate timing regulations were all part of the desired regimentation and behavioural expectations where passengers had a right to know that the ship was run to high standards. It reflected on timeliness, security and overall safety.

I am reminded of these olden days standards when visiting restaurants in this town and elsewhere, wondering how a highly trained maître d’ or waitperson feels when they have to maintain a standard and present food from highly skilled chefs to men in T shirts and jandals – and often downmarket attire of some of the ladies. Let us be clear here. Everyone has the right to dress how they feel.

But spare a thought for the restaurant professionals who work to a standard to please their clients. They have a right to be treated in a civilised and polite way and dress is but one part of that politeness.

One of the highlights at every Cambridge Farmers’ Market are the entertainers who perform for market shoppers. Hamilton jazz, blues and pop singer Cara Graham, pictured, regularly sings at Nivara Lounge and B iddy Mulligans in Hamilton and on Saturday was the star show at the market. The former computer applications trainer kept the music going much to the delight of market goers.

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Ngā

By Benjamin Wilson

The chances of another algae bloom occurring at Lake Ngā Roto this summer are high, but new sensors will help council staff to respond quicker.

“There is not a lot of actions that can be done to prevent it… so basically, this summer our focus is more on protecting public health,” said Waikato Regional lakes scientist, Mat Allan.

At the turn of the year a toxic algal bloom caused the death of birds and thousands of fish at Lake Ngā Roto.

Allan said calm weather and the warmer water temperatures of summer are the main drivers of algal blooms in lakes like Ngā Roto.

“This year we will be working closely with Waipā District Council. Following on from last year they’ve done a lot of planning on communication lines and actions if there are algae blooms.”

A new sensor is being installed in Ngā Roto’s autonomous

monitoring buoy, which will give council staff and health officials “a bit of an early warning if there are algae blooms coming”.

Allan said the sensor will be able to detect phycocyanin, a light harvesting pigment found in cyanobacteria.

Typically, water samples are taken from the lake weekly throughout summer, these are sent to the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), who measure the amount of cyanobacteria in the water.

If elevated levels of cyanobacteria are detected, health

warning’ system

harmful algal blooms.

“We are testing it to see how well the measurements compare to measurements taken at NIWA, to see whether or not we can use it as an ongoing monitoring tool,” Allan said.

The two new sensors will help the councils mitigate any potential damage caused by algal blooms this year.

Armistice events will go ahead

By Mary Anne Gill

The organiser of a two-day Armistice event at Lake Karāpiro next month has rejected online criticism the event glorifies war.

Armistice committee chair Paul Watkins said some people suggested cancelling the event because of the war in Ukraine.

warnings are issued by Te Whatu Ora.

But the new sensor can be monitored remotely and in real time, meaning council staff will be able to know if an algal bloom is likely to occur much sooner.

“It should be operational all summer, so we will be able to get real time data on the phycocyanin… if there are algal blooms coming, we would see those phycocyanin levels rise,” Allan said.

The councils are also testing a handheld sensor, which can be used to predict the onset of

“The plan this year is to be more responsive in terms of looking for any dead fish or dead animals and then removing them,” said Allan.

Removing the dead fish reduces the risk of members of the public, dogs, and other animals from getting sick.

Weekly test results from Ngā Roto, as well as more information about algal blooms, are published on the Land Air Water Aotearoa (LAWA) website.

Allan recommends that people attending the lake should check these results throughout the summer and become more familiar with what agal blooms look like.

“There’s 19 wars going on in the world at the moment,” the war historian said.

“We don’t see any issue with this and neither do the hundreds of other people who have commented on our social media.”

The two-day annual event features an immersive living-history of things to see and do with plenty of family friendly activities.

Cadets from Te Awamutu and the greater Waikato will join representatives from the New Zealand Navy for the free event.

The event at Mighty River Domain took a two-year break because of Covid. This year’s theme revolves around the 80th anniversary of US troops arriving in NZ during WW2.

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Polio Day recalls its damage

When World Polio Day on Monday reminds people of the horrors of the disease, two Cambridge men will be privately revisiting their own families’ experiences with the virus.

Greg Gascoigne and Roger Gordon are among several Rotary Cambridge members who have personal memories of polio.

Greg’s sister Pauline contracted polio during the early 1950s when at boarding school in Wellington.

“I well recall the horror my parents went through,” he said. “Fortunately, she pulled through OK, but when I went to boarding school in Auckland, several of my mates had badly affected limbs as a result of the outbreak.”

Fellow Rotarian Roger Gordon said his mother, who was a competitive ballroom dancer, contracted polio in the United Kingdom outbreak in 1955, aged 33. He recalled: “After an extended stay in hospital, some of it in an iron lung, she came home. She was paralysed and in a wheelchair for nearly another 40 years until she left us in 1994.”

Their experiences, and those of others, have seen Rotary Cambridge run an annual ‘End Polio Now’ Day to increase awareness of the disease. They will do the same this year, with Paper Plus Cambridge lending support with a window display and fundraising donation box. The display will go up on Sunday to coincide with World Polio Day on Monday.

The wider Rotary network has a long association with efforts to rid the world of polio. Rotary International is known for its global campaign ‘Polio Plus’ which over the years has

helped shrink the incidence of the disease to just two countries – Afghanistan and Pakistan.

However, recent outbreaks of polio in the United States have strengthened the arm of those working to eradicate it. The first case of polio in the US in nearly a decade was identified in July in Rockland County, north of New York city, and later detection revealed it had emerged in Long

Island.

One of the biggest challenges is the ease with which polio spreads. Although the virus is now considered rare because of modern interventions, the disease can impair the brain area governing breathing, and can be fatal. Polio, which has no recognised therapy, can be avoided through vaccination.

Carter’s Flat rezoning approved

Waipā District Council believes successful “prenotification engagement” is behind the absence of any submissions on a plan to rezone Carter’s Flat in Cambridge.

Group manager district growth and regulatory Wayne Allan said it was rare to receive no submissions on a proposed Plan Change. It is planned to rezone the area to a commercial mixed zone, which will pave the way for apartments and more trading activities.

The absence of submissions removes the need for a court hearing and will save at least $10,000.

Council is likely to approve making the proposed Carter’s Flat Plan Change, also known as Plan Change 19, at its first meeting on December 13. Under the Resource Management Act, the changes already apply.

The council received one piece of feedback for the Carter’s Flat

Local Area Plan, supporting the development.

It is planned to make the area a mixed-use destination with large-format commercial activities, including retail and office space supported by apartment living.

Meanwhile, submissions remain open on other proposed changes to Council’s District Plan, including:

• Enabling industrial development at Hautapu (Proposed Plan

Change 17). Submissions for close on November 11 and there has been opposition to the plan.

• Extending the Hamilton Airport Northern Precinct (Proposed Private Plan Change 20). Submissions close on Friday next week.

• A summary report of submissions for Housing Intensification (Plan Change 26) will be made public in late November.

No time for the nickers

By Archer Miller

Barbara Holmes (pictured) was just arriving home in Hamilton when she got a call from her son, Brad, from Brisbane. A online social media post from the Cambridge Grapevine about her Victoria Street store Holmes and Co had made its way over to him in Brisbane.

And then came a call from a customer in Cambridge, and then about four more. All to say a table of stock had been left out in Victoria St after closing time.

The table in question was men’s underwear, and to the surprise of anyone who has lived in a big city at some point, the table was waiting for Barbara the next morning.

“We are really, really lucky… anywhere else, they would have just been gone,” she said.

She didn’t need to travel back to Cambridge to rescue the stock, nor did she worry about it being missing. This is Cambridge, after all. The table was brought inside by the staff at ASB, the business next door, for the night.

The tale of the Holmes and Co underwear underlines the benefit of a strong network of neighbourhood support.

A Rotary International worker delivering the vaccine to a baby.

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Celebrating 25 years with a sister

The 25th anniversary of a sister city relationship between Bihoro in Japan and Cambridge was celebrated with colour, excitement and a lot of noise on Saturday.

The noise came from the Wai Taiko drummers while the colour came from the costumes and cherry blossoms in the Japanese Garden alongside the Waipā District Council’s Service Centre.

Children learned how to make Japanese themed crafts

including their own mini Koinobori (carp streamer).

Throw in a demonstration of Sensei – Go-Kan-Ryu karate and it was a quarter century celebrated in style.

The relationship was mooted as far back as 1993 when Professor Masahau Yamaki addressed the Cambridge Community Board with a sister city proposal.

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Youngsters enjoyed the chance to complete some craft work during the celebrations. L-r Caitlyn Davies, 7, Lucy Carmichael, 6, Sophie Davies, 11, Izzy Yerkovich, 7, Evelyn Johnson, 6 and Lily Davies, 4.

Grahame Webber and Robyn Maxwell cut the Bihoro-Cambridge celebration cake.

The Cambridge Community Board is responsible for the relationship between Bihoro and the town. Four members of the previous board were on hand to celebrate l-r Jo Davies-Colley, Sue Milner, Alana Mackay and Mike Montgomerie.

develop and foster the relationship, and on October 12, 1997 a Sister Cities agreement was signed to formalise the connection.

The relationship was marked last week at a reunion dinner where a cake was cut by former councillor Grahame Webber, a strong supporter of the sister city relationship for all those 25 years.

Bihoro is on Japan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido and in the middle of Akan National Park. The town is rural with main industries of dairy farming and rice growing, and is home to the aboriginal Ainu people who have been noted to have similarities with Māori in their strong oral traditions and distinctive art.

Community Board member Alana MacKay said many school exchanges have taken place between the two communities with hopes these can start again soon. Photos by Mary Anne Gil

Mike Vallabh, left, and Flavio Moghini of the Wai Taiko drummers entertain part of the crowd at the celebrations.

That’s Entertainment: Wai Taiko drummers, from left, Arnav Ram, Raewyn Wooderson, Matthew Bryson, Flavio Moghini, Sarah Whittaker and Mike Vallabh.

Sensei – Go-Kan-Ryu Karate members demonstrated the traditional Japanese style of karate. Pictured were, Back row, from left, Cassius Brown, Ryan Khiev, Gavin Moore, Shivneel Rajan and Daniel Patching, front, Emma Barrett-Garnier, Macarena Reidel Olivia Brotherston and Kyle Patching.

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Lunix Homes’ latest show home oozes sophistication and exceptional quality – hallmarks of a company that places great importance on vision, innovation and attention to detail.

It is those hallmarks which have been recognised in this year’s Registered Master Builders House of the Year.

Lunix Homes won a Gold Award as well as the Show Home Category in the Waikato Regional Competition 2022.

Last week Lunix Homes was named in the House of the Year Top 100 homes – meaning the Lunix team will be in attendance at the National Finals in November.

A remarkable feat given the show home is Lunix Homes’ first entry in the annual Registered Master Builder House of the Year competition.

“This is an incredible honour and representative of the blood, sweat and tears our team has poured into this beautiful home.

“After winning a Gold award and Category award at the regional competition, recognition at a national level is both humbling and reaffirms our focus on quality craftsmanship to be a strong point of Lunix Homes.

“We’re excited and genuinely proud to be among the Top 100, of just four show homes in the final line-up. A huge thank you again to all our supporters, clients, and suppliers!

“We’re hugely grateful to each and every one of you!”

Lunix Homes owners Tau Haimona and Felicity Haimona-Kay are thrilled to have made the Top 100.

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Refined style best describes this contemporary four-bedroom pavilion home.

The four-bedroom pavilion home incorporates striking features that are evident as soon as you arrive – the Euro-style roofing, striking metallic brick paired with a dark vertical weatherboard, accentuates its modern charm.

Cantilevered floating stampedconcrete steps with LED lighting set the scene outside the front of the home, alongside stylish and striking landscaping.

The bold and prominent entry is framed by wide stone pillars, drawing your eye directly to the oversized pivot front door.

Beyond the entrance portico of this 238sqm home, living areas showcase raking ceilings, feature lighting, and over-height interior doors designed for spacious family living and entertaining.

Dark cabinetry, gun-metal tapware and appliances set in stone benchtops blend harmoniously to deliver an impressive kitchen – destined to be the hub of this family home.

The large scullery has ample storage

and prep space and a window for natural light. Each of the generously sized four bedrooms draws in an abundance of natural light thanks to well-positioned glazing.

The master bedroom includes a large walk-in wardrobe with warm timber cabinetry and a plush, textured

headboard that runs from floor to ceiling. There’s easy access from the bedroom to the sleek compositetimber decks via a ranch slider. The decking out the back is also accessible via the dual living areas, seamlessly integrating the ambience of indooroutdoor living with plenty of privacy

and room to entertain beneath the large portico.

Warm, wood features throughout in the likes of the custom-built cabinetry in the walk-in wardrobe, scullery and in the formal lounge where it provides beautifully lit spaces to display art and treasured family photos as well as an

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entertainment unit.

The home offers a spacious, light, and airy feel thanks to floor to ceiling windows placed strategically throughout, along with ceilings of varying heights.

The sleek, tiled bathrooms are what

you’d expect to find in a high-end hotel.

This home shows off the best in quality materials, design and craftsmanship.

Situated in Frontier Estate, Te Awamutu’s newest subdivision, Lunix’s show home has become quite the eyeopener. The home proudly displays the

quality workmanship that Lunix Homes is renowned for.

The house design being modern and sleek means it would suit a residential site, while a slightly modified plan would be perfect for a more extensive rural section.

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The Te Awamutu-based residential design and build company aligns with the niche boutique construction market.

With 20 years of knowledge and experience in the construction industry, you can be sure you’re in good hands.

Lunix Homes owners Tau and Felicity say “quality over quantity is key when it comes to building homes”.

“We have built some beautiful homes over the years and we love doing it; this is the perfect job!

“Every home we create is unique to the client and we love making sure when they move in, they’re as proud of their new home as we have been to create it for them,” Tau said.

With every new build, Tau and Felicity focus on getting to know each client, building relationships on both a personal and professional level so clients can rely on them to deliver what they say they will.

“We’re incredibly passionate about providing the best service and advice we can from our first introduction and throughout the building stages,” Tau said.

“It starts with communicating our processes clearly and sharing the way we work with our clients, and what they can expect throughout the building process.

“It’s about transparency and the way we communicate,” Felicity said.

“We believe people come first so we’re committed to building relationships, being innovative and collaborating to deliver beautiful high quality homes.”

“To us, it’s not just a working relationship,” the couple said.

“It’s a personal one which lasts long after we hand over the keys.”

If you are considering building or designing your new home, give Lunix Homes a call.

Tau and Felicity would love the opportunity to discuss and create your new home and share their knowledge with you.

“We believe people come first so we’re committed to building relationships, being innovative and collaborating to deliver beautiful high quality homes.”

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How tunnel vision paid off

By Benjamin Wilson

The damage caused by an early October frost, which decimated orchards throughout the Waikato, could have been prevented, says an exporter.

Blueberries New Zealand (BBNZ) estimate between 1500 and 1800 tonnes of blueberries were lost on October 7, when a frost that has been described as a ‘polar blast’, brought temperatures of minus five degrees Celsius to some Waikato orchards. As a consequence, they predict blueberry exports will be down 50 per cent on last season.

Kiwifruit and asparagus farms were also affected by the frost, but to a less permanent extent than the berry farms, which rely on plants which flower once a year.

“It is pretty devastating; I am well aware of the impacts of frost and how all of the work that you’ve done can suddenly be smoked by something that you can’t control,” said Kaipaki Berries managing director, Jay

Molloy.

Kaipaki Berries, which produce over 500 tonnes of strawberries and 70 tonnes of raspberries annually on 16 hectares of land, were not affected by the frost.

“There is a good story about how protective cropping helps to minimise the impact and damage caused by frosts,” said Molloy.

When he set up his Ōhaupō orchard three and a half years ago, he set it up as a “protective cropping” business for this very reason.

“It was under the reasoning that it would protect us from any future weather events,” he said.

His orchard is completely covered by plastic canopies, also called tunnel houses, which help protect the berries from extreme weather events, including severe frosts.

But tunnel houses are not cheap – they can cost upward of $200,000 a hectare to install, Molloy said.

“Frost damage is preventable, money just needs to be spent.”

Of the farms who suffered big losses he said “I feel really bad for them, but at the same time we know of these risks, and we know that money can be spent to safeguard yourself from them.”

Oakberry Farms near Hamilton lost 85 per cent of their crop to the frost - two out of seven hectares of their berries were protected by tunnel houses, One News reported.

Monavale Blueberries, whose crops were not fully covered, were one of the worst affected by the frost. They expect to lose about 90 per cent of their crop, or 250 tonnes of blueberries.

“It happened at the worst possible moment, when the flowers were the most open, the most sensitive, and just as the berries were forming, it couldn’t have happened at a worse time,” said Monavale managing director, Marco de Groot.

Marco said BBNZ had approached the government in the hope they would provide growers financial assistance and declare the

frost a severe weather event.

They are still waiting for a response, and Oliver de Groot is unimpressed.

“They just don’t really care,” said Monavale orchard manager, Oliver de Groot.

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Kaipaki berries invested in tunnel houses, which proved their value during this month’s polar blast.

Jay Molloy’s tunnel houses saved his orchard from a devastating frost.

The answer is in the science

Our family farms sheep, beef and dairy in the Arohena and Ngaroma districts. We have always believed that if you strategically fence off the gullies and waterways it protects the environment and creates a good stock flow for mustering. We started fencing and riparian planting in 1977 with assistance over the years from Waikato Valley Authority (later to become Environment Waikato and now Waikato Regional Council) and are still protecting new areas.

All tributaries flowing into the Waikato and Waipā Rivers, as well as land bordering the river, are fenced and planted. Our special interests are maintaining and promoting native biodiversity and we strongly believe in the protection of our world class productive food producing land including planting the right trees in the right place. We have retired and covenanted six blocks of 100ha native bush and have planted over 20,000 natives. Our cow numbers have been reduced, whilst still maintaining production, by building two herd homes. Cows can be sheltered during the wet and cold eliminating pugging of soil and can be shaded during the summer. We feed our home-grown maize in these herd homes so we can fully utilise our feed resource with no wastage. The floors are slatted to allow all effluent to be captured and spread when the weather is suitable. Our Farm Environment Plan showed this would reduce nitrogen leaching by 36% even though we are still a pasture-based system. We are proactive with our use of technology using Trackmap

for fertiliser spreading, Halo for water and effluent management, In shed electronic recording of cows and production, and GPS monitoring of pasture management.

We do not believe that small water schemes like Arohena, which was built and maintained, by farmers, has its holding tanks and water pipes on our land and pump station on our fenced stream, can be managed from Wellington.

We strongly believe in the value to New Zealand of a vibrant rural community. Our responsibility is to produce good clean food that everyone worldwide is happy and confident to feed to their children. The issue today is striking the right balance between protecting the environment and using its resources.

Our economy in Waipā King Country is built on agriculture and there needs to be support for all farmers to limit their impact on the environment without drowning us in legislation. We believe that science and technology will prove to be the answer to alleviate climate change in agriculture.

It is unfair that all the hard work done by farmers - protecting, retiring, planting areas and enhancing the environment - is not recognised or acknowledged by the present Government These plantings on farms should be counted for sequestering carbon. The future for control of carbon and methane emissions will be solved by scientists not politicians.

Muller on the frontline

The resignation of National MP Barbara Kuriger as agriculture spokesperson has pushed former leader Todd Muller back into the spotlight. Muller is the MP for Bay of Plenty, which borders Louise Upston’s Taupō – which in turns borders Kuriger’s Taranaki-King Country electorate.

The new acting spokesperson for agriculture already had the oceans and fisheries, biosecurity and food safety portfolios and has indicated he will stand again next year.

Muller was at the helm of National for less than three months before standing down in July 2020 citing health issues. He featured in the TVNZ documentary You, Me and Anxiety, which also featured actress Robyn

Malcolm last month.

Taranaki based Kuriger has an office in Te Awamutu and as the Taranaki-King Country MP has been an outspoken cheerleader for the rural sector.

Most recently she welcomed the new memorandum of understanding between the Government and agribusiness leaders as part of the Centre for Climate Action on Agricultural Emissions, calling it a step in the right direction.

She stood down last week acknowledging she had a conflict of interest –because her family was in dispute with the Ministry of Primary Industry.

“You just cannot be holding agricultural portfolios that interface, that MPI manage, while you also have a family dispute with MPI,” leader Chris Luxon said.

Kuriger’s son Tony and husband Louis were charged with animal cruelty offences in 2018. It related to a herd of cattle which were lame and suffering white line disease in 2016 and 2017. Tony Kuriger was convicted after pleading guilty in January 2020,

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while charges against Louis Kuriger were dropped.

At the time Barbara Kuriger told the New Zealand Herald there appeared to be a political element within Fonterra to the prosecution. She released emails showing a Fonterra employee expressed “hope” Tony Kuriger would be jailed and a text where the Kurigers were described as “typical entitled politicians”. Two years on, Luxon said was an “obvious” conflict of interest appear. “It wasn’t registered, it wasn’t recognised, it wasn’t well-managed, and as a consequence that represents a serious lapse of judgement,” Luxon says he will announced a reshuffle of portfolios next month.

Judy Sherriff received 7438 votes in the Waipā-King Country ward in the Waikato Regional Council elections – placing her third, and not enough to win a seat. She discusses the environmental work done on her farm.

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Our rural men want their lunch too

A “men’s lunch” is on the cards for the Wharepapa South Branch of Rural Women New Zealand, which celebrated an 80th ‘birthday’ last month.

“Our aim, and it has always been this and it will continue to be this, is to look after our community, to provide a place and a space for families, and for women. We are even looking at doing something

for the men of the district next year,” said branch secretary, Sue Hall.

The women’s group was founded to bring rural people together, and to help them feel less isolated.

“Being 30 minutes from town is very different from being 15 minutes from town, and I think that is our success. If we were closer to town, I don’t think we would have

this whole community feel… I think people would just go to town,” said Hall.

She said that the group tries to arrange some kind of lunch or event for the women each month.

“It is all about community as far as we are concerned out here. We just want to provide a place for people.”

She said a passing comment from “one of the guys” sparked the idea of them hosting a men’s lunch in the future. “We were having a girl’s lunch and he said there is never a lunch for us guys.”

The group used to cater for Dairy New Zealand meetings, and will discuss the men’s lunch idea at an upcoming committee meeting.

“We were thinking we don’t have to have the Dairy New Zealand thing, we could just do a farmers’ lunch for the guys.”

The women celebrated their group’s 80th with a gathering of past and present members at Fahrenheit restaurant, Te Awamutu, last month.

Photos, old Minutes books and newspaper cuttings were available to jog memories.

But the highlight of the day was the awarding of a Branch Honour to Carien Ouweltjes for her many years of service on the committee and as branch Treasurer.

“That was really important, that is recognised at a national level,” said Hall.

Carien said that after arriving at

their farm over 20 years ago, she decided that living right across the road from the Wharepapa South Hall she had to be involved with events and gatherings because “that is just what you do.”

President Jacqui Wellington organised for everyone attending to be given a wooden key ring as a memento of the day. Inscribed on one side was Wharepapa South Rural Women 80 Years with an imprint of the intersection by village hall behind it. The flip side

showed the recipient’s name. Hall said she hopes that in the future the group’s younger members will pick up where the older members leave off.

“When I came into it, the older ladies were just absolute stalwarts and really kept the group together, they of course got older and had to move on, and it was left to the younger ones, hopefully that will continue… just to get people together so that they don’t feel so isolated.” she said.

Come and celebrate, connect, and share our passion for all things equine!

Join us for three days of competition education, shopping, and nightshows.

All tickets on sale now!

A Branch Bar of Honour was presented by president Jacqui Wellington to treasurer Carien Ouweltjes.

Ann Rawson was assigned the task of cutting the 80th birthday cake.

Sensible? Of gorse not…

By Paul Melville, Federated Farmers Principal Advisor Water and Environment Strategy

For the last two years many farmers have appealed what they view as unworkable freshwater regulations. The chief culprits have been rules requiring resource consents for planting a winter forage crop, rules that make paddocks of weeds socalled protected wetlands, and rules that require fencing of thousands of mountain streams.

Some 11,000 farmers across New Zealand were in breach of new fertiliser cap rules because a website wasn’t ready in time for them to comply.

Under the regulated definition of a wetland, we have many more ‘wetlands’ than first anticipated. With rules that make it impossible to do any earthworks within 100 metres of a wetland, and wetlands potentially on every corner, the Ministry of the Environment released proposed changes in May that would create a pathway for quarries, landfills, clean fills, urban development, mining and critical infrastructure. You name it, we’ll exempt it. Unless it’s farming.

But just three months after opening this consultation,

the Ministry has launched yet another new consultation process.

This will be the sixth change to the freshwater regulations in just two years.

In regulating wetlands the government has defined a ‘natural wetland’ as anything that is permanently or intermittently wet, supports a natural ecosystem adapted to wet conditions, and is less than 50 per cent pasture.

Federated Farmers has submitted that this definition is likely to capture a far greater area of New Zealand than the Ministry expects and that the rules will constrain many activities that may actually enhance wetlands. Now it appears the Ministry is saying the same thing.

New Zealand’s beaches and rocky shores are also intermittently wet, support an ecosystem adapted to wet conditions, and are certainty less than 50 per cent pasture.

This appears to mean that earthworks or land disturbance on the beach is now a prohibited activity as it would be occurring in a socalled wetland.

The regulations require that, before weeds can be cleared or structures like maimai are repaired there is a requirement to write to the Regional Council 10 days prior with a map and a plan

for the activity.

The government is set to amend the rules to exempt the coastal zone.

But this speaks to a broader issue that farmers have been pointing out over the last two years: highly prescriptive freshwater rules that apply a single national approach are making farming a compliance nightmare.

Federated Farmers has been contacted by landowners who have been given cease orders for digging drains too close to paddocks of rushes, for undertaking earthworks in what is seemingly a paddock of buttercup, and taken to court for clearing gorse too close to a wetland.

This causes real mental health strain and stress for rural families.

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Paul Melville

CAMBRIDGE REAL ESTATE

Weld Street

Pukerimu Lane

Te Miro Road

12:00-12:30pm

1:00-1:30pm

11.45-12.30pm

12.30-1.15pm

2.00-2.45pm

Brunskill Road $1,175,000 3.15-4.00pm

1 Pepys Place $763,000 11.00-11.30am

Carnation Court $1,155,000 11.00-11.30am

Broadmeadows Road $950,000 11.30-12.00pm

Hemans Street $789,000 11.30-12.00pm

3B Hall Street $621,000 11.30-12.00pm

7 Richards Street Deadline Sale 11.30-12.30pm

Byron Street Deadline Sale 11.45-12.15pm

Weld Street PBN 11.45-12.30pm

19 Tiaki Way $1,349,000 12.00-12.30pm

3/11 Bryce Street $629,000 12.15-12.45pm

1A Mackenzie Place PBN 12.15-12.45pm

66J Queen Street $465,000 12.30-1.00pm

43 Pukerimu Lane Deadline Sale 12.30-1.15pm

191 Taylor Street $959,000 12.45-1.15pm

18A Saffron Street $1,155,000 1.00-1.30pm

1 Hulme Place $660,000 1.00-1.30pm

41 Catalyst Avenue $1,990,000 1.00-1.30pm

13 Cooper Crescent $1,325,000 1.00-1.30pm

3 Hillary Place $815,000 1.00-1.30pm

105 King Street $1,075,000 1.15-1.45pm

165A Williams Steet $989,000 1.30-2.00pm

35 Whare Marama Drive PBN 2.00-2.30pm

64A Thompson Street $799,000 2.00-2.30pm

45 Weld Street $1,099,000 2.00-2.30pm

88 Te Miro Road Deadline Sale 2.00-2.45pm

3/49 Pengover Avenue Auction 2.15-2.45pm

4/49 Pengover Avenue Auction 2.15-2.45pm

Victoria Street $769,000 2.30-3.00pm

33 Watkins Road $1,069,000 2.45-3.15pm

222A Shakespeare Street $635,000 3.00-3.30pm

99B Kingsley Street $1,150,000 3.00-3.30pm

6/88 Maungakawa Road Deadline Sale 3.30-4.15pm

HARCOURTS

Sunday 23 October

58a Moore Street $567,000 11:30-12:00pm

LJ HOOKER

Saturday 22 October

10a Weld Street PBN 12.15-1.00pm

34 Williamson Street Deadline Sale 1.15-1.45pm

LJ HOOKER continued

Sunday 23 October

31a Goldsmith Street Deadline Sale 11.45-12.15pm

54b Hall Street Deadline Sale 12.30-1.00pm

43 Vogel Street PBN 1.15-1.45pm

LUGTONS

Sunday 23 October

37 Ruru Street $1,175,000 1.00-2.00pm

MORE RE

Saturday 22 October

16A Thornton Road $759,000 10.00-11.00am

279 Shakespeare Street PBN 12.00-12.30pm

35 Baxter Michael Crescent PBN 1.00-1.30pm

49 Jarrett Terrace PBN 2.00-2.30pm

2 Clifford Close PBN 2.00-2.30pm

4 Richmond Street PBN 2.00-2.30pm

10 Lilac Close PBN 3.00-3.30pm

Sunday 23 October

30 Williamson Street $1,095,000 12.00-12.30pm

279 Shakespeare Street PBN 12.00-12.30pm

8D Burr Street $979,000 12.00-12.30pm

45 Campbell Street PBN 12.00-12.30pm

35 Baxter Michael Crescent PBN 1.00-1.30pm

15A Vogel Place BEO $920,000 1.00-1.30pm

19A Saffron Street PBN 1.00-1.30pm

7 Pukeko Grove PBN 1.00-1.30pm

2 Glenroy Place PBN 2.00-2.30pm

2 Clifford Close PBN 2.00-2.30pm

4 Richmond Street PBN 2.00-2.30pm

49 Jarrett Terrace PBN 2.00-2.30pm

31 William Paul Street $1,495,000 3.00-3.30pm

10 Lilac Close PBN 3.00-3.30pm

73 Massey Road Tender 3.00-3.30pm

Monday 24 October

16 Keats Terrace $679,000 11.00-11.30am

16A Thornton Road $759,000 12.00-1.00pm

RAY WHITE

Saturday 22 October

91a Carlyle Street $1,149,000 11.00-11.30am

Sunday 23 October

109 The Oaks Drive $1,340,000 11.00-11.30am

91a Carlyle Street $1,149,000 11.00-11.30am

15 Sewell Place $765,000 11.00-11.30am

35 Sunline Drive PBN 12.00-12.45pm

8 Duke Street PBN 1.00-1.30pm

12 Pengover Avenue $1,435,000 1.00-1.30pm

101a Thompson Street PBN 1.00-1.30pm

101 Thompson Street PBN 1.00-1.30pm

20 Honiss Place Offers Over $1,350,000 1.15-1.45pm

26 William Paul Street PBN 1.15-1.45pm

9 Boyce Crescent $1,330,000 2.00-2.30pm

2 Priestley Place $1,350,000 2.00-2.30pm

Monday 24 October

12 Pengover Avenue $1,435,000 1.00-1.30pm

Downsizing? Choose

Expert

During the last few years, I have become something of a downsizing specialist I have dealt successfully with many clients moving to & from retirement villages, gaining a solid understanding of what’s involved

This Week

WHEN TO SELL?

If you’re moving into a new village you have a date by which you need to be sold: Do you sell early and go for a longer settlement, or wait until closer to the time?

If you’re waiting for a resale in an established village should you sell now and be a cash buyer when the chance arises or make an offer conditional upon selling your existing house?

The best option is usually: Sell as soon as you can and have peace of mind that the deal is done Of course you may need to ‘camp’ somewhere in the interim if your dates don’t align.

If you’d like help with getting your ducks in a row give me call, I’ll be happy to talk things over

this space each week for more downsizing info!

always tell you the truth and I’ll work hard to get the right result for you”

Made for Family Living!

- Positioned cleverly on this picturesque 2872m² section and 247m² (more or less) home encompasses flair in design and well-proportioned spaces.

- The heated pool welcomes the extended courtyard fun beside the outdoor fireplace and bbq area.

- Large open plan scissor ceiling living area with separate lounge/theatre room linked by the picturesque kitchen.

- Tidily-presented and situated in the heart of Cambridge, with Lake Te Ko Utu at the doorstep.

- Easy-care backyard, the all-so-favoured lock up & leave lifestyle.

- Something special - a characteristic bungalow which oozes 1920s vintage ambience.

- A cosy, warm and sun-filled dining combined living room.

Off street parking includes a single carport.

Fresh décor continues throughout

new bathroom, all bedrooms have

décor, with master also having slider access to the deck.

Smart new kitchen with all the modern conveniences.

All this situated on a great sized 689m² (more or less) section, which is attractively fenced, featuring an electric gate, making this property a safe and secure place for children and pets.

feature of this modern home, with large family/dining/kitchen being a central hub, a separate lounge/movie room and in a separate wing, the kiddies play room.

Love the numerous outdoor patio areas, some situated nicely between the living areas and heated saltwater pool providing great spots to relax in covered and uncovered areas.

Well designed kitchen with separate scullery.

Pukeko

Designed by

259m² brick and

combination.

Stunning kitchen with Caesar stone benchtops, double dish draws and scullery.

Two gas fires, one in family and the other in the more intimate separate lounge. Wonderful

With Circus Café and the Oval reserve within 100m stroll – and no neighbours on the back & northern boundary.

Outdoor entertainment including fireplace with your own private sanctuary of the reserve next door.

of

with a 2.7m stud and French sliders that open to a stunning

area.

Features include: brand new Coretec Herringbone flooring in the living areas; attractive feature wall in living; scullery; large master with gully views, tiled ensuite & walk-in robe; auto lights in hallway.

HARTLEY, Dorothy Norma June Sue, (Sue) – Peacefully passed away at Waikato Hospital on Saturday, 15th October 2022. Aged 80 years. Beloved mother to Vanessa & Allen, Stephen & Kathy, Craig, and the late Warwick. Friend of Laurie. Loving Nana Sue to 4 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. A memorial service for Sue will be held at the Greenwood Chapel, 395 Morrinsville Road, Newstead, Hamilton on Wednesday, the 26th of October 2022 at 2:00pm. All communications to the Hartley Family c/- 3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge 3434.

SMITH, Ian Raymond –

Passed away at home suddenly on Friday, 7th October 2022. Aged 78 years. Partner to Eva Ekstam, father to Rebecca and Richard and poppa to Arietty and Ethan.

“He will be missed’’

At Ian's request a private family farewell has taken place. In lieu of flowers, donations to SPCA would be appreciated and can be made to https://www.spca.nz/donate.

All communication to the Smith Family, c/- 3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge 3434.

JAMIESON, Allan David, Reg No: 457223, Signalman, NZA. 22.21932 - 12.10.2022

– Passed away peacefully at Waikato Public Hospital. Much loved husband to Zelda for 66 wonderful years.

Loving father and fatherin-law to Robyn & Brian, Carolyn, Boms & Wendy, and Gail. Loved Ganga to 7 grandchildren, 5.5 greatgrandchildren and all his extended family. Many thanks to Dr Pinfold and staff for the wonderful care shown to Allan over the past years.

At Allan's request a private family farewell has taken place. All communications to the Jamieson Family, c/3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge, 3434.

Join us this Sunday at Raleigh St. Christian centre, 9:30am and 4pm 24-26 Raleigh Street

EVERYTHING has to go. House lot of items. Monday 24th October. 36A Grey Street, Cambridge. 8am to 2pm.

Houses Wanted for removal Great prices offered

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is an

Section 101, Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

PUBLIC NOTICE

Of an application for On Licence

Nosh Enterprise Limited at 55 Duke Street Cambridge has made application to the Waipa District Licensing Committee for the renewal & variation to increase the licensed hours of an on licence in respect of the premises situated at 55 Duke Street, Cambridge known as Pony Bar and Eatery

The general nature of the business to be conducted under the licence is a restaurant & bar. The days on which, and the hours during which the alcohol is intended to be sold under the licence, are Monday to Sunday 8am to 1am

The application may be inspected during ordinary office hours at the office of the Waipa District Council, District Licence Committee at either 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 publication of this notice, file a notice in writing of the objection with the Waipa Licence Committee at: Waipa District Council, Private Bag 2402, Te Awamutu 3840.

No objections to the issue of a new licence may be made in relation to a matter other than a matter specified in section 131 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.

This is the first publication of this notice.

Vacancy Caregiver (Casual and Part Time)

Court makes independent living affordable

WAIPA DISTRICT COUNCIL MEETING NOTICES

Pursuant to Section 46 of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 notice is hereby given that:

The following meetings will be held in October 2022 Monday 31 October 2022 9.00am Whakatau

11.00am Inaugural Council Meeting

1.00pm Inaugural Te Awamutu –Kihikihi Community Board Meeting

2.00pm Inaugural Cambridge Community Board Meeting

All the meetings will be held at: Te Manawa o Matariki Room, Don Rowlands Event Centre, Mighty River Domain, Lake Karapiro, 601 Maungatautari Road, RD2, Cambridge

The first ordinary council meeting will be held in November 2022

We have two vacant positions to start as soon as possible. COVID-19 vaccination

In the heart of Te Awamutu, Freeman Court makes independent living affordable and a little easier for older people. We have one vacant position to start as soon as possible. COVID-19 vaccination required.

Rostered shifts covering 24 hours and seven days a week

For more information, please feel free to contact Tricia Ball (residential manager)

For more information, please feel free to contact Tricia Ball (residential manager) at tricia.ball@habitat.org.nz

Tuesday 15 November 2022 Council 9.00am Council Chambers 101 Bank Street

AWAMUTU

Electronic copies of Council agendas are available on the Waipa District Council website prior to meetings.

Garry Dyet

Executive

Mohu Lolohea

Craft CollectableandFair

SITUATIONS VACANT

Retail Superstar Wanted!

The team at Cambridge Office & Copy Centre have been delivering friendly, locally owned office product solutions for the home-office, school, and business environment since 2004 when Rose became the owner.

An exciting new job-share role has been created to help the team ensure they can continue providing the same great level of service their customers have come to expect.

On any given day you’ll be helping customers with their office stationery and consumables orders along with managing copying and printing requests.

Their print & copy centre is a hive of activity! You need to be able to navigate your way around the computer and copier machinery and have a working knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite to help customers.

This is a part-time role working every second week, 9.00am to 3.00pm, Monday to Friday

Additional hours will be available from time to time so ideally you will have the flexibility to say yes.

If you’re a switched-on cookie with an inquisitive mind along with a great customer-centric approach, then we’d love to hear from you pronto!

Commercial Broker Support

PIC Insurance Brokers Limited

Waikato – Cambridge

PIC Insurance Brokers is one of New Zealand’s largest independent insurance brokerages. Proudly 100% New Zealand owned and operated, our team is dedicated to providing quality advice and a high standard of personal service to our clients.

Our Commercial Broker Support Team plays a central role in ensuring our clients have a great experience with PIC.

If you’re passionate about people and delighting clients we’d love to hear from you.

Key accountabilities:

Efficient and accurate processing of commercial insurance policies

- Assist commercial brokers in a range of duties as required

- Ensure shared mailbox is managed efficiently

- Credit control

Skills and attributes required:

- Strong inter-personal skills

Excellent attention to detail

Ability to manage time and workload effectively in a fast-paced environment

- Competent in Microsoft office products

Enthusiasm and a strong desire to make a positive contribution to our team and our clients

- Ability to prioritize effectively and work well under pressure

What we offer at PIC:

- A comprehensive remuneration and benefits package including a competitive salary, insurance cover, birthday leave, and partner parental leave

- A commitment to supporting your ongoing professional and career development

A warm, welcoming, committed team

This is a permanent position, full time Monday to Friday.

To apply:

If joining PIC’s Broker Support Team sounds like the right next step for you, we’d love to hear from you. Please email your CV and a covering letter to kent@pic.co.nz

SITUATIONS VACANT

OCTOBER 20th - 26th

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HOCUS POCUS (1993) | PG | $10 Tickets for our Classic Screenings

A curious youngster moves to Salem, where he struggles to fit in before awakening a trio of diabolical witches that were executed in the 17th century. Fri 5:30, 7:45

MRS HARRIS GOES TO PARIS | PG

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris is the enchanting tale of a seemingly ordinary British housekeeper whose dream to own a couture Christian Dior gown takes her on an extraordinary adventure to Paris. Thu 5:40 Fri 5:10, 7:35 Sat, Sun 12:40, 3:05,5:30 Mon 10:40, 1:05, 3:30 Tue 6:00 Wed 10:00, 5:20, 7:45

BLACK ADAM | M

Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the ancient gods – and imprisoned just as quickly – Black Adam (Johnson) is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world. Thu 5:45 Fri, Wed 5:30, 7:40 Sat, Sun 1:10, 3:40, 5:10, 7:40 Mon 11:10, 1:40, 3:05, 5:40 Tue 5:50

DAME VALERIE ADAMS: MORE THAN GOLD | M

The true journey of four-time Olympian and two-time gold medallist, Dame Valerie Adams as she embarks on her fifth and final Olympic campaign.

Thu, Tue 6:10 Fri 5:40, 8:05 Sat, Sun 6:10, 8:10 Mon 4:10, 6:10 Wed 10:15, 5:40, 8:00

DON’T WORRY DARLING | R13

“Trust me when say the less you know going in to see the film the more you will enjoy it.” Sat, Sun 7:45 Mon 5:45

LYLE, LYLE CROCODILE | PG

The loveable New York croc Lyle makes his way to the big screen in this feature film. Sat, Sun 12:30 Mon 10:30

AMSTERDAM | M

Three close friends find themselves at the center of one of the most secret plots in American history. Featuring an all-star case including Christian Bale, Margot Robbie and Robert De Niro. Sat, Sun 7:05 Mon 5:05 Wed 7:25

DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS | PG

Fri 5:20 Sat, Sun 2:45 Mon 12:45

PAWS OF FURY: THE LEGEND OF HANK | PG | Final Screenings Sat, Sun 3:10 Mon 1:10

SMILE | R16

Thu 5:50 Fri 7:45 Sat, Sun, Wed 7:55 Mon 5:55

TICKET TO PARADISE | M

Thu 6:00 Sat, Sun 1:00, 5:35 Mon 11:00, 3:35

THE RAILWAY CHILDREN RETURN | PG | Final Screenings Sat, Sun 12:20 Mon 10:20

MURU | M | Final Screenings

Sat, Sun 4:55 Mon 2:55 Wed 5:45

LANCASTER | E | Final Screenings Sat, Sun 2:40 Mon 12:35 Wed 5:10

#NowHiring

Northern Health School

Waikato South unit based in Te Awamutu

Administration support

30 hours per week during school term time only.

Northern Health School is one of three regional health schools that support students who are currently unable to attend their regular school due to ill health.

Are you a confident, energetic and experienced administration support person looking to use your skills, expertise and common sense in a busy, friendly, educational environment?

We are looking for someone with general office experience and a range of excellent computer skills.

Knowledge of MSTeams, Google and eTap an advantage.

Teacher aide

8 hours per week during term time only. To be worked over 2 days:

Cambridge on Thursday 11.30am - 3.30pm

• Te Awamutu/Pirongia another day 9.00am - 1.00pm

Must be prepared to work in Cambridge, Te Awamutu or Pirongia as required.

The successful person must possess a high degree of empathy and enjoy working with young people who are too unwell to attend their regular school due to mental or physical illness.

Experience working with primary and secondary aged students an advantage.

New Zealand driving licence essential.

Possibility both positions could be undertaken by one person.

Please visit www.nhs.school.nz for further details and to apply online by 31 October

Be at the heart of it.

Do you have interest in working in Aged Care? Do you heart for the elderly? Are you someone who wants to rejoin the cause to provide and improve the quality of life and serve the elderly in need of love and care?

Bupa St Kilda Care Home, located Cambridge, is HIRING NOW. Great opportuni ty to work close to home, avoiding the hustle & bustle of the city.

The Care Home Manager, Penelope Dine, is seeking interest for compassionate, empathetic Caregivers to provide love, care & support to our residents to enrich their lives. Yes, it is hard work but very rewarding too!

Bupa is a community, and together, we share a purpose - Helping People live, longer, healthier, happier lives, and make a better world. This is an incredible opportunity to work in a rewarding environment, where our residents are at the heart of everything we do.

Bupa can offer you:

• An environment where you are encouraged to grow professionally & personally

• Opportunity to belong to a caring community

• Industry-competitive remuneration and benefits

• Opportunities for national (and sometimes international) career advancement

• Internal reward and recognition programmes

We would love to hear from you - to express your interest, into the St Kilda Care Home for a chat with the Care Home Manager, Penelope Dine, email your CV to ernest.fancuberta@bupa.co.nz, or apply through the Bupa Careers page https://www.bupa.co.nz/careers/

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