Cambridge News | October 27, 2022

Quake prone list grows

By Mary Anne Gill

sudden eviction of staff from Te Awamutu Museum last week underlines the fact Waipā has three town or village centres with significant and costly earthquake proofing to do over the next decade.

Earthquake Prone Buildings Register, held by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, lists 42 buildings in Cambridge, 19 in Te Awamutu, three in Ōhaupō and one in Kihikihi.

Six of the most iconic are the Masonic Hotel, Museum and Water Tower in Cambridge, the Regent Theatre and Spindleys Building in Te Awamutu and the Clock Shop in Ōhaupō.

The register provides information about buildings that territorial authorities determined “earthquake prone” and then issued notices which must be displayed in the buildings’ windows.

Te Awamutu Museum in Roche Street was not on the register and its fragility was only discovered when the council was looking to replace the roof and windows.

The building is on two sections. The older part has been owned by the council (previously Te Awamutu Borough) since 1925 and the borough council bought the two other buildings, designed in 1968 and 1973, in 1977.

A new report showed the building was at 20 per cent of national building standard which gave it a Grade D rating. In earthquakes these buildings present a risk to occupants between 10-25 times that expected for a new building.

Around 78 staff across the council’s service delivery and community services team work in the building, but not all at the same time.

Chief executive Garry Dyet said the council’s top priority, having evacuated staff, were to ensure taonga was taken care of.

The council bought the former Bunnings building for $2.05 million last year earmarking it for Te Ara Wai, a museum to showcase Waipā and New Zealand history with a focus on the New Zealand Land Wars. Its $21 million development relies on philanthropic and council

funding.

Roche Street is one of five councilowned buildings or structures which it has till 2032 to complete seismic work.

The others are:

• Cambridge Museum - Funding has already been approved for a seismic upgrade and reroofing. Work, which will begin early next year, includes bracing the parapet, strengthening the chimney and structure upgrades to the roof structure.

• Ōhaupō Memorial Hall –Analysed in three sections, with the back portion of the building

(where it is double storey), the only portion below the 34 per cent new building standard. It has been boarded up with the front portion of the building still in use.

• Cambridge Water Tower – It has temporary fencing around the base and the first phase of the upgrade is currently being prepared for a resource consent application.

• 90 Mahoe Street, Te Awamutu –It was assessed eight years ago and will be repaired by 2032.

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Deputy role for Mike

By Mary Anne Gill

Rookie Waipā councillor Mike Montgomerie has been fast-tracked into a powerful position as deputy chair of the Strategic Planning and Policy committee.

The Maungatautari fifth generation dairy farmer’s elevation was one of the big surprises when mayor Susan O’Regan announced her council committee structure this week.

Montgomerie, 52, graduated with a law degree from Otago University and worked in commercial law before returning to the Waikato. He has farmed at Hautapu, Whitehall, Kaipaki and Horahora where he and his wife Luci now milk 400 cows.

He served one term on the Cambridge Community Board before putting his name forward for the council at this year’s elections.

Three years ago, he completed his master’s degree focusing on environmental and agricultural law from Waikato University and told The News his studies would hold him in good stead for the council and strategy committee job.

The father of four sons is a graduate of Fonterra’s governance development programme and represents farmers on the CoOperative Council.

Proving the community board breeds leaders, former board chair and second-term councillor Mike Pettit, was appointed Service Delivery committee deputy while Roger Gordon has the same role on the Audit and Risk committee.

• See: Susan and Liz roadshow, page 3

Te Awamutu’s museum has been evacuated – and Cambridge’s is on the list of buildings which are “earthquake prone”

Quake prone list grows

Other buildings around the district affected are:

• Alexandra Street, Te Awamutu – numbers 2, 30, 45 (rear), 46, 54, 97, 159, 174, 235, 246, 279, 324, 452, 1498. This includes the Fonterra Butter and Cream Products facility, Commercial Hotel, Hutsons Building, Old Bakehouse and Regent Theatre.

• Alpha Street, Cambridge – 71 and 72 – St Peter’s Catholic School Block A and the old Power Board building.

• 21 Anzac Street, Cambridge, St Peter’s Catholic Church.

• 52 Arawata Street, Te Awamutu, Newton King.

• 261 Bank Street, Te Awamutu, Methodist Church.

• 29 Bryce Street, Cambridge Alpha Lodge Masonic Hall.

• Duke Street, Cambridge – numbers 35, 37, 44, 54, 55, 57, 59, 60, 63, 68. This includes Masonic Hotel, Legal Chambers and CF Ruge Building.

• Empire Street, Cambridge – 3, 23, 31 – includes Central Court and rear part of Geo Calvert & Co.

• Great South Road, Ōhaupō – 96, 98, 158 – includes Clock Shop, Christ Church and Memorial Hall.

• 3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge.

• 16 Lake Street, Cambridge.

• 54 Lyon Street, Kihikihi.

• 90 Mahoe Street, Te Awamutu.

• 34 Market Street, Te Awamutu.

• 54 Sloane Street, Te Awamutu.

• Victoria Street, Cambridge – 24, 32, 34, 38, 44, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 62, 64A, 65, 66, 67, 70, 70A, 72, 73, 74, 76, 91 – includes Calvert Chambers, Wallace and Boyce buildings, Geo Calvert & Co, Cambridge Fine Arts, Cambridge Museum.

Cruisers celebrate

They are the country’s newest rock ‘n’ roll club – and they are dancing up a storm.

Cambridge Cruisers celebrated successes for all its travelling members at the New Zealand rock n roll dance championships in Whanganui over the Labour Weekend.

Each dancer who competed from the Cambridge club came home with a medal for placings and/or winning.

“We are the newest club in New Zealand and most of our dancers were first timers and their very first experience at a national standard event,” club coach

Colleen Ryan said.

Cambridge Cruisers had entries in couples, teams and triples and was placed second for best dressed and third for dance in the senior top team section, third best dressed in the senior triples, best dressed and second and fourth in dance for senior same sex.

Members in the Diamond section were placed second in best dressed and fourth in dance, the masters were second best dressed and the novice dancers came home with a best dressed and second in dance award. The other award was a third in best dressed female.

hope you all had a relaxing long

you know, the ‘geography fear’ relates to how an individual’s perception of their personal safety varies across a given area. This can be influenced by a number of factors, not solely crime levels, but also familiarity and personal experiences within the area as well as environmental factors such as land use (commercial/residential), levels of lighting, isolation, visibility to others and levels of general repair or graffiti.

Graffiti is the factor I would like to again highlight today as it can make people feel less safe within their local environment. One tag may not seem a problem, but one becomes two becomes three and so on, as the presence of graffiti encourages more graffiti. The cumulative cost to remove graffiti and repair the surfaces involved can be substantial.

When I say graffiti, I am not meaning wall murals, commissioned, and created with

permission. Graffiti is the ad-hoc drawing of a “tag” or slogan, be it with spray paint or some other medium, on any surface without permission. For the most part, graffiti appears on publicly accessible property or a private property adjacent. Motivation for tagging varies, from gang insignias and territory marking to political messaging to spontaneous acts of youth. One person can be responsible for a large amount of graffiti, either in a short space of time or over a prolonged period, linked through their use of a single identifying “tag”. It is unfair to say that this is purely a youth issue however, as is shown through the range of motivations above.

Cambridge has seen an increase in the incidence of graffiti in recent months. Being able to hold offenders to account depends both on our ability to catch them in the act and to receive confirmed information from our community. We need your help to find out who is involved with these activities and

who is using a specific tag. CCTV footage is also a valuable resource in this regard.

Taggers usually adopt a specific tag identity and will frequently practice it, including drawing it on their personal belongings. If you have any information as to who is responsible for a specific tag, we would be very keen to know. Report to 105 or anonymously to crimestoppers on 0800 555111.

The continued presence of graffiti in a location, encourages more. Graffiti is wilful damage, and a specific charge applies. If graffiti appears on your property, please photograph it, report to 105 either by phone or online and remove or paint it out promptly. This ensures we can get an accurate picture of what and where graffiti is happening and identify trends and linkages. If you see people in the act of graffitiing, call 111 immediately.

Fay Good

Please join us to celebrate and remember the life of our dear mother, who passed away 1 year ago on the 5th of November 2021.

Due to COVID we were not able to hold a public funeral.

The Cambridge Cruisers senior top team comprised Warren Barr, Linda May, David Nordell, Irene Barr, Sally West and Jim Berry.

Assault claim

Police and Waipā District Council are investigating claims made on a Facebook group that a 13-year-old girl was assaulted at the Cambridge swimming pool.

Backlog clearing

Waipā’s recycling contractor is making progress tackling the backlog of recycling collections caused by driver shortages and illness. The district council hopes recycling collections will be back to normal by the end of the month.

Tamahere break in

Tamahere Bakery’s front window was broken into over the weekend by youths who then stole drinks from the cabinet. The incident was caught on closed circuit television.

Run, run, runway

Entries have opened for the 5km run-walk down the Hamilton Airport runway following its postponement earlier this year due to Covid restrictions. The November 20 event will raise fund for Kids in Need Waikato and Hospice Nepal.

Deputy mayor

James Thomas, the top polling candidate in the Morrinsville ward, has been appointed Matamata-Piako District Council deputy mayor by new mayor Adrienne Wilcock.

Tributes paid

School leaders from across Cambridge were present last week when the careers of police youth aid officer

Wayne Dunn and public health nurse Helen Smith, who have retired from their roles after a combined 30 years, were applauded. Dunn is retiring – and his successor features on Page 5 today, while Smith has transferred to a different role in the health service.

Mayor, deputy set new course

By Mary Anne Gill

It’s going to be the ‘Susan and Liz Roadshow’ from here on with senior staff members along for the ride.

Waipā’s new mayor Susan O’Regan and deputy Liz Stolwyk have embarked on a meet and greet philosophy which will see them team up at regular events.

The first was yesterday in Cambridge where they addressed a record turnout at the Chamber of Commerce After Five accompanied by chief executive Garry Dyet, chief financial officer Ken Morris and Strategy group manager Kirsty Downey.

“This provided us with a great opportunity to get in front of the business community,” said O’Regan

who earlier in the week named Stolwyk as her deputy and put her in charge of the powerful Strategic Planning and Policy committee.

“I’m wanting to work more closely with the chamber in the future, work closely with them strategically. We have an active and engaged bunch and we’re all looking for similar outcomes,” said O’Regan.

She will use the same approach around the district with greater community engagement, a promise she made during her campaign.

“We’ve got to make changes and be honest about what we’re doing.”

Stolwyk, who lives in Ōhaupō and represents the Cambridge ward, sang a similar tune when The News

discussed the approach.

She confirmed she would be working full time as deputy mayor and Strategy chair having recently employed Jeanette Douglas as operations manager in the family-owned events’ business.

Chairing the Strategy committee was not a new job for the experienced councillor now heading into her fourth term.

She will look to hold regular clinics for ratepayers and wants the webinars, introduced during Covid and used successfully during the dog control consultation, used more.

O’Regan has introduced deputy chairs to ensure there is a “deep knowledge base” around the decision-making table.

Stolwyk’s deputy will be new Maungatautari ward councillor Mike Montgomerie who joins Philip Coles on the Cambridge Community Board.

Councillors from the western side of the district chair the council’s other committees. Clare St Pierre of Pirongia takes on the Service Delivery committee from the now-retired Grahame Webber with Cambridge school principal Mike Pettit her deputy.

Marcus Gower of Kihikihi continues in the Regulatory committee role with St Pierre his deputy.

Independent Bruce Robertson will continue to chair the Audit and Risk committee with Cambridge’s Roger Gordon as his deputy.

Andrew Brown of Te Awamutu retains Finance and Corporate with PirongiaKakepuku councillor Bruce Thomas installed as deputy. Thomas will join veteran councillor Lou Brown on the Te Awamutu Community Board.

O’Regan wants the community boards to provide the connectedness with communities on behalf of the council. In the previous term, she questioned the community boards’ roles. Now their future is confirmed, she wants members to step up.

“There’s going to be a lot of work for councillors, dealing

with the local government reforms. There’s no doubt it’s going to be very busy and work rich.”

Councillors will take their oath of office next Monday at Lake Karāpiro’s Mighty River Domain followed by the first council meeting.

Inaugural meetings of both the Te Awamutu-Kihikihi and Cambridge Community Boards will be held later that afternoon, at 1pm and 2pm respectively.

• The News sources say Pamela Storey had the numbers to secure the Waikato Regional Council chair job when the council met in Hamilton today. We reported last week it was a deadlock between her and Angela Strange which could have seen it decided by the toss of a coin.

Where are the police when you need them?

The new Cambridge police station has been open nearly two months but visitors to the town would have had trouble finding it if they had followed the signs.

They pointed to the old station in Dick Street where a hand-written message pasted on the push button system with bits of black tape explained police had moved to 2 Fort Street.

Of course, if you are a visitor, the next task would be to find where Fort St is.

Tipped off by The News, a Waipā District Council contractor removed one sign on Tuesday and turned another on the roundabout outside the Town Hall towards Fort Street.

A spokesperson said the signs were not council’s responsibility but was happy to help after a police staffer asked for help.

Cambridge Funerals has changed its name, but we’re still us.

Susan O’Regan

Liz Stolwyk

From high heels to steel capped boots

By Steph Bell-Jenkins

Cambridge Police Station’s new youth aid officer is looking forward to helping children make positive changes in their lives.

“I was brought up by a solo mum and she was a great role model,” Constable Danica Hibdige said.

“She had this quote: ‘Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.’ So that’s a quote that’s stuck with me and I guess it relates to my role now. If you give youth skills they can branch out and you can set them up for life.”

Danica took over the youth aid officer role last week, succeeding Senior Constable Wayne Dunn, who has retired.

After working in a city station, she is looking forward to being in a smaller centre.

“Working in a smaller community was attractive; I haven’t had that before,” she said. “I love the idea of community policing – getting to know the locals and all working together.”

Danica found her calling as a police officer about seven years ago while working in the fashion industry for an Auckland-based retail company.

“While I was in that role I was doing volunteer work for an Auckland safety patrol organisation – mainly high visibility at major events like the Cricket World Cup

and the Chinese Lantern Festival,” she said. “I enjoyed it because you work alongside police.”

That prompted her to trade in her high heels for steel-capped boots and join the force.

After graduating she moved to the Waikato, where she spent her first three years in Hamilton Police’s public safety team responding to 111 emergency calls.

After that she became a youth aid officer, a role she held in Hamilton for another two years. This involved working with youth offenders and their families to understand why offending occurred and put supports in place to try and stop it happening again.

“Every youth is different – they all come from different backgrounds and have their own story – so every intervention is different,” Danica said.

“Sometimes we find them a job, or they get back into education, or we connect them with a positive role model they can look up to. It’s about building more of a routine for them and getting those supports wrapped all around them.

“It’s definitely rewarding when they get to the end of their plans and have a different mindset.”

In her spare time Danica loves growing fruit and vegetables in her garden.

“I think Cambridge is a really lovely town and I’m looking forward to getting to know people here,” she said.

Cambridge Police Station has a new youth aid officer, Constable Danica Hibdige.

Rural protest farmed out

As

tractors

leading the charge cheered on by supporters waving Voices for Freedom placards.

Most placards had nothing to do with

community.

The police copped an earful, the “Media Lies” and offensive attacks on Jacinda Ardern were on display.

In Cambridge two dairy farmers in town on business said they had not known about the protest, and it appeared to have been taken over by new tractor salesmen and Voices for Freedom.

Waikato Federated Farmers president Jacqui Hahn said she was “flat out on the farm” and too busy to go to the protests, while Cambridge branch chair John Searle said he was “far too busy” to go anywhere.

There were similar scenes in Te Awamutu where conspiracy theorists and Voices for Freedom members far outnumbered any rural participants.

Roughly 100 protestors were present in Te Awamutu, half that in Cambridge.

Several sign written utes, tractors, and a cherry picker drove laps around Te Awamutu in support of the farmers.

There, one woman wore a shirt proclaiming: “New Zealand mainstream media are mercenaries of state terror”.

“We need some new conspiracy theories, because all of the old ones have come true,” was written on another person’s shirt.

A protester yells at a passing police car.Not everyone was there to protest.

Above and below: Voices for Freedom signs talking about freedom, mandates and how the media lies, were on display during the Cambridge protest.

We’re Waikato’s ‘Ponsonby’

By Viv Posselt

Destination Cambridge’s new chair Martin Buglass is seeking a more collaborative approach to enticing visitors to stay longer in a town he describes as the jewel of Waipā.

He wants key entities to work more efficiently together – Destination Cambridge, Waipā District Council, the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce, retailers and accommodation providers – to ensure visitors will linger.

“We need to bring our voices together. We all want the same outcome, but at times it feels like we are all in a waka paddling in different directions,” he said. “We’re effectively the Ponsonby of the Waikato, and while events and attractions capture visitors, we need to get better at knowing what will keep them here for longer.”

Martin took over as Destination Cambridge chair in late August, bringing to the table 25 years’ international experience in sales and marketing. He and his wife started an accommodation business when they arrived here from the UK, and Martin joined Destination Cambridge in 2014.

“I knew I wanted to give more back,” he said. “More recently, I’ve wanted to be more involved in the decision-making … that led to my putting my hand up to become chair.”

Early in his two-year term, Martin held strategy meetings with the board and other players and walked the streets meeting people face-to-face. At 51, he is not one to be easily discouraged. He has a neuromuscular genetic disorder that affects his speech, balance and co-ordination, but he knows exactly what steps he wants to take.

“Initial meetings with both the Cambridge Chamber and Town Hall Trust have been very encouraging,” he said recently.

He is also keen to lessen confusion over the roles of Destination Cambridge and the Cambridge i-Site.

“Destination Cambridge has a contract with council to operate i-Site for them, and also to manage the hireage of the town hall … there is some confusion out there.”

Late August also saw Dick Breukink return to the Destination Cambridge board. Harking from the Netherlands, Dick came to New Zealand 15 years ago, bringing decades of global experience in hospitality and quickly making a name for himself as general manager of Novotel and Ibis Tainui Hamilton.

He is also an advisory member for the Podium Lodge and a business mentor, roles that evolved since he made the decision to retire in November 2019, ostensibly to ‘give something back’.

“I then started a small company to do coaching and mentoring in the hospitality industry. Little did I know that in December 2019, Covid would hit us and effectively ruin hospo for some time,” he said.

Dick was a member of the Destination Cambridge Board before, but after about eight months left to join the Cambridge Town Hall Trust where he hoped to be more productive.

“I’m an operational guy who runs hotels. After some time away, then Destination Cambridge chair Philip Coles asked me if I wanted to come back. Tourism was returning and changing, and he wanted to more actively promote Cambridge.

“Things are opening up now and there are new opportunities for Cambridge. One of the things we must do is switch to the virtual world in which we now live … we have to make better use of ways to promote ourselves, including using more online platforms.”

River levels are higher

More rain has fallen in Waipā and Waikato rivers and their associated hydro system catchments in recent months than in past years, Waikato Regional Council has confirmed.

The council has been working with Mercury Energy to monitor levels and create storage if more falls, said Regional Resilience team leader Rick Liefting.

The regional council and Mercury have teams of people who are constantly monitoring the weather and forecast inflows to manage the system.

“The management of the hydro system, as well as naturally higher flows downstream of Lake Karāpiro and on the

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Waipā River, results in the Waikato River being somewhat higher than we’ve been used to seeing over recent years for this time of year, but these levels are still well below flood levels,” said Liefting.

“We expect the flows will continue to reduce as we move into traditionally drier months, however, we are still likely to experience rain events that will periodically increase levels again.”

While high river levels are currently on the agenda, the council is also looking ahead to a third consecutive La Niña summer, which brings the risk of repeat drought in some regions and a marine heatwave.

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Destination Cambridge CEO Miff Macdiarmid flanked by Dick Breukink, left, and new chairman Martin Buglass.

Charlotte set to hit the high notes

By Mary Anne Gill

Charlotte Dominikovich is already a seasoned stage performer at 14 years old and is surprisingly calm about playing one of theatre’s toughest roles.

She is the lead in Mary Poppins JR, the St Peter’s School, Cambridge youth production which opens next week and runs over four days.

The biggest challenge the day student faces is she usually sings alto, and Mary Poppins is a soprano.

Two singing teachers have been helping her out.

Charlotte appears in every scene which would be daunting for any other performer but not the talented year nine student, says director Jaimy Goble.

There are 38 numbers in the one-hour show with 40 students involved both on and off stage. Mary Poppins JR is a one-act version of the standard show so many of the characters such as the magical nanny, Bert, his chimney sweep friends and the Banks family still appear.

Old favourites like Practically Perfect, A Spoonful of Sugar, Feed the Birds, Let’s Go Fly a Kite, Step in Time and the show-stopping Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious also feature.

“It’s busy, it’s full on,” says Goble.

Charlotte was on holiday visiting her grandparents in Germany when auditions took place towards the end of term two.

“That made it even harder for her because she had to do a digital submission and then we asked her to do some scenes so when she was away, she was having to rehearse,” said Goble.

Charlotte was living in Tauranga when in Year Six she had the leading role in The Greatest Gift. Two years ago, she was Tess

Tyler in Camp Rock at St Peter’s and then earlier this year was Lauren in School of Rock.

To look after her voice while rehearsing for the gruelling production, Charlotte drinks lots of tea – mostly black and sometimes peppermint – plus she does lots of vocal workouts.

In between preparing for her role, she is doing music theatre exams and plenty of

schoolwork.

Her dream role would be Sharpay in High School Musical but parts in Wicked and Six also appeal. She has already been cast in the ensemble for Anastasia, the next school senior production.

“This will be Charlotte’s last year to be involved in a youth production,” said Goble, who is in her first year as Head of Drama at

St Peter’s. Before that she was at Mercury Bay Area School.

“It’s been a very busy year and the performing arts calendar here is full and while that has been challenging, it’s what I want to do so it’s rewarding when you’re doing the things that you love doing.”

Mary Poppins JR opens with a matinee next Tuesday.

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Showtime: Charlotte Dominikovich, left, has the leading role in Mary Poppins JR at St Peter’s School directed by Jaimy Goble. Photo: Mary Anne Gill

Ian loves a crowd

By Mary Anne Gill

Ian Dunn has presided over more St Andrew’s

verger is prepared to admit.

than the

event – the first in two years because of

But he is in no doubt that Labour Day

- was the busiest he had seen in many years.

From the minute the stalls opened at 9am till when they started packing up at 2pm, the crowds were cheek to jowl.

Dunn, who had heart surgery a few weeks ago, had planned everything meticulously confirming 137 stalls with another 30 on the waiting list.

“The ones working in the kitchen say it’s the best they’ve ever done,” he said.

“We will never know how much money the stall holders make but they seemed pretty happy too.”

The Cambridge Brass Band played in the church from 10am providing plenty of toe-tapping music.

“They were great. They made the church rock,” said Dunn, who admitted when it was all tidied up, he was “a happy and tired man.”

He is already planning the next craft fair on Anniversary Weekend in January and looking for ways to accommodate the extra stall holders.

Ian Dunn takes in the music from the Cambridge Brass Band inside St Andrew’s Anglican Church. Photos: Mary Anne Gill

Record crowds attended the first post Covid St Andrews Craft and Collectable Fair on Monday.

Cambridge Brass Band, conducted by musical director Rob Hocking, in full swing inside the historic St Andrew’s Anglican Church.

news’ claims rejected

The Media Council has rejected complaints by failed mayoral candidate Chris Woodhams and supporter Brenda Stamp about coverage in The News.

Woodhams claimed The News presented him as a timewaster and produced “misinformation” to cause confusion during the campaign while Stamp claimed The News “fabricated” a story.

Woodhams finished a distant third in the mayoral race behind winner Susan O’Regan and sitting mayor Jim Mylchreest.

The Media Council has ruled it saw nothing more than straight forward reporting of a local body election and said there were insufficient grounds to proceed with the separate complaints.

The two complaints were considered without The News being informed of them.

Good Local Editor Roy Pilott said the complainants had themselves been guilty of misleading voters when Woodhams posted a defamatory statement on a Facebook group started by Stamp and other supporters which they said would allow open discussion on the elections.

The statement, accusing The News of “fake news” remains online. It

misrepresents a discussion Woodhams had with Waipā District Council chief executive Garry Dyet, who was the subjects of calls to resign from other contributors to the Facebook page.

Of Woodhams’ complaint the council said it had “some difficulty following” it.

“No inaccuracy or unfairness has been shown. No coherent or substantive argument has been presented to show that any principles were breached.”

Pilott said Woodhams’ complaints to The News had wasted a great deal of time during the election campaign.

“I did not raise the issue of time wasting in an attempt to have voters question his credibility – I raised it because it was a fact.”

The complaints were sparked by a single sentence in a story where he said that “Te Awamutu gets everything”.

Woodhams complained both that the quote was out of context and that he did not say it - but in a discussion with Pilott conceded he may have made the comment. Pilott agreed the quote was out of context with the rest of the story, and it was removed from the online version.

But Woodhams made subsequent complaints about a follow up story, then claimed a lead story discussing concerns expressed by Dyet had been written by The News without speaking to the chief executive and was “fake” news.

Stamp complained The News was guilty of “grossly inaccurate and misleading reporting” over the issue of sitting councillor Philip Coles discussing in public the securing of land for a third bridge in Cambridge across the Waikato River.

She further complained that The News’ story discussing a warning to candidates

from the chief executive about financial issues on the horizon “appeared to be a complete fabrication.”

“It was scaremongering and no proof was offered that the chief executive was interviewed by the reporter,” she wrote.

The comments parroted the fake news claim by Woodhams – who posted on the Facebook page “Garry did not talk to the Cambridge News - he did not provide them a quote or any input at all for this article, it is invented from the Candidate Handbook which was published before the election period started…”

Woodhams made the statement after discussing the story with Dyet. Pilott said the comments were palpably false.

Not only did senior writer Mary Anne Gill discuss the story with Dyet, but she was also given access by Dyet to a blog he sends to staff and to a power point presentation explaining his concerns. Gill also viewed, online, the meeting where the issue was raised.

The Media Council, in responding to Stamp’s complaints, saw no substance to them either.

“We see straightforward reporting of a local body election, and no evidence to show how the reporting was inaccurate or unbalanced,” the decision read.

• The Media Council provides the public with an independent forum for resolving complaints. Editors have the ultimate responsibility for what appears in their publications, and for adherence to the standards of ethical journalism which the council upholds. In dealing with complaints, the council seeks the cooperation of editors and publishers. News bloggers and digital media are similarly required to participate responsibly.

Woodhams against The Cambridge News.

Ruling: insufficient grounds to proceed Media Council statement

This complaint relates to several articles published by the CambridgeNews and Te Awamutu News in the two months prior to the October2022 local body elections.

Christopher Woodhams, who was a mayoral candidate for the WaipaDistrict, complained that he was mis-quoted by comments that were outof order and context, that editorial standards had been broken and thatthe editor was providing misinformation to cause confusion during theelection campaign.

Mr Woodhams said the editor had also presented him as a timewasterand problem in an attempt to have voters question his credibility. Itappears it stemmed from an article in which Mr Woodham claimed hehad been misreported. Although the paper disputed this, the matter wasapparently resolved amicably until Mr Woodhams reopened the issue bymaking social media comment criticising both the paper and thejournalist who wrote the article. This prompted the editor to publish astory rebutting Mr Woodhams criticism, and a demand for him toaddress his defamatory comments about the journalist.

Setting aside the history of this complaint the Media Council mustconsider whether there has been a breach of any of its principles. It hasnot been shown that any of the quotes were inaccurate, or that any ofthe reporting was unfair or lacked balance. In the end, we have nothingbefore us which establishes a breach. It is on some points MrWoodham’s word against Cambridge employees and others. TheCouncil cannot rule on that. No inaccuracy or unfairness has beenshown. No coherent or substantive argument has been presented toshow that any principles were breached.

Decision: There were insufficient grounds to proceed.

Brenda Stamp against The Cambridge News Ruling: insufficient grounds to proceed Media Council statement

This complaint relates to Facebook posts and stories published by theCambridge News in the lead up to the 2022 local body elections.

The first complaint relates to a Facebook post on September 9 reportingthat Waipa District Councillor Philip Coles had told a meeting that he hadsecured land from a local school for a bridge and that the school andmayor were furious and demanding a retraction.

Brenda Stamp complained this was grossly inaccurate and misleadingreporting. No reporter had been present at the meeting referred to and itappeared the article was written purely on hearsay.

The Facebook post was followed by an article published on September14 headlined: A bridge too far for Coles? in which Councillor Colesapologised at a public meeting for what he described as amisunderstanding over comments he had previously made aboutsecuring the land.

Cambridge News editor Roy Pilott responded to the complaint saying thereporting of Mr Coles comments was not inaccurate, biased, ormisleading.

Chris Woodhams and Brenda Stamp

Interest high in garden festival

By Viv Posselt

Tickets for this year’s Rotary Garden Festival are flying out the door.

Rotarian and event organiser Carey Church said two-thirds of available tickets for the November 20 event have already gone.

The annual garden festival is a major fundraiser for Rotary Cambridge, netting thousands of dollars for charities.

The last-minute cancellation of last year’s festival due to Covid saw many supporters donate the purchase price of their tickets rather than opt for reimbursement, a move that meant the club was still able to donate $13,000 for charity.

The 2019 festival raised over $36,500. Most of that went to the club’s key charity, Cambridge Lifeskills and the rest was distributed among other Rotary-supported charities.

This year’s festival will feature 10 gardens, several of them new to the event. They will go on show from 9am to 4.30pm on November 20. Carey said while recent frosts had affected some plants, the gardens were looking stunning. There will also be food, coffee, plants and other items available for purchase.

The event is being run alongside a two-day Passion for Art Trail event, which will see 12 artists or art-related establishments open from 10am to 3pm across both Saturday and Sunday, November 19 and 20.

The arts trail will include painters, sculptors and ceramic artists, as well as studios and galleries.

For the first time this year, an exhibition of art and artefacts from Cambridge Museum will be open for viewing at the historic Arnold Cottage at Te Awa Lifecare Cambridge during the same hours as the Passion for Art Trail.

Museum manager Elizabeth Harvey said it would focus on ‘This is Cambridge’, offering a glimpse of life in the town over the years through art, artefacts and photographs.

“The display will include items linked to the original family who lived in the cottage, and pieces of art that say a great deal about what people valued about the town,” she said.

Someone from the museum and the Cambridge Historical Society will be present during the exhibition, she added.

A day for the animals

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Louie Epp and Champion Calf Breeze. Stella Williams and lamb Cloudy.

Levi Williams and lamb Bluey.

Nevaeh Paraha and her sand saucer

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Greater love…

By Murray Smith, Senior Leader, Bridges Church

In some languages, there’s multiple words for “love”.

Sanskrit, which influenced modern Southeast Asian languages as much as Greek and Latin influenced modern European languages, has an astounding 96 words for love. Persian has 80.

In English we use ‘love’ to express fondness for anything we really like. When we say we love someone, or something, the context explains that a difference exists in the way affection, appreciation, fondness is felt.

For example, it’s clear that a person who says they ‘love’ their family while enthusiastically raving about how much they love chocolate, or going to the movies, is not saying they hold loved ones with equal affection for everything else they ‘love’ in life. There’s a difference… there’s degrees of love although we rely on one word to try and say it all.

I read a moving account highlighting this, in the historical account of 65,000 allied prisoners of war in Burma (Myanmar).

Battling torture, starvation, and disease during World War II under cruel Japanese captors, they were forced to hack through harsh jungle, shaping what became known as the Death Railway.

Bridge on the River Kwai tells of prisoners herded into concentration camps, facing terrible deprivation where sickness, food and water shortages made life a daily struggle. The remains of the railway and bridge these prisoners constructed under forced labour, is visible today.

Each day finished with guards ensuring all the prisoners were accounted for, along with the captors turning in all digging and construction implements. A captain named Ernest Gordon related how at the end of

one day, a spade was unaccounted for.

A hysterical Japanese guard demanded whoever took it, step forward.

No one responded. Walking down the line brandishing his gun, the guard screamed into the prisoners’ faces. “All die, all die!”

His frenzied rant, threatening to execute every last one of the prisoners, propelled one soldier to step forward and stand to attention. He was beaten to death by the guard, the folly being, that it was later discovered that the guard had miscounted the inventory, and there had never been a missing shovel.

Love for his fellow prisoners motivated that innocent soldier to step forward. That action saved his comrades from certain death.

I mentioned that there’s degrees of love. Not long before being crucified, Jesus foretold details of His imminent death. The hearers understood little of why He said His death was essential, in fact central to Him coming to earth. He said, “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” The prisoner of war demonstrated that depth of love…but the love Jesus showed for humanity was even greater.

The Apostle Paul explains, “Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God proves His love for us this way: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:7)

It happens - a person dying for someone they love. Dying for someone estranged, at enmity is love indeed.

Trust and confidence

By Tom Roa, Tikanga Advisor, Waikato University

With the dust settling from the announcement of results in our local elections congratulations to all those elected, commiserations to all unsuccessful in their bids for positions, thank you all for your willingness to serve. Indeed thank you to all those who have served our community in the past, those who serve now, and those who will serve in the future – in whatever capacity, whether elected, appointed, or voluntarily.

Note the word ‘serve’.

And in that ‘service’, the question we the constituency must always pose for ourselves as well as those who serve - can we trust them to do the best for us? Do we have a confidence in their best efforts for us – and by ‘us’ I include with all of the people of our community everything in our environment, human and otherwise, seen and unseen.

A very recent (July 2022) Office of the Auditor General (OAG) Report has not garnered much publicity, Its publication title, “Māori Perspectives of Public Accountability” in its timing and subject matter deserves more attention not just from Māori and the Public Service but to all of us the wider public in that principle question of who can/should we trust? Who has our confidence?

Whether the number of us who did and didn’t vote is an indication of trust and confidence is not a question I intend to explore here important as it also is.

Out of the discussions with participants about trust and confidence the four key ideas which emerged from the OAG Report were - trust is relational, trust is reciprocal, tikanga builds trust and confidence and the power imbalance thwarts trust.

Talking about dust settling, the recent occupation of Parliament Grounds and unrest

stemmed from issues of trust and confidence. And the explosion in that of the questioning of issues of power and equity. Not least of all in that is the wilful and often nasty spreading of dis- and mis-information.

The truism that, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing …” is rather trite and on closer examination makes little sense. Those advancing the evil needs be strong and determined; and those ‘doing nothing’ must be either willing to go along with the evil or have been cowed into submission.

Trite as the saying may be, it is nevertheless an important call for us to guard against complacency. To do nothing is as much a conscious choice as to do something.

Again a heartfelt thanks to those who have stepped forward to serve. And a further call to those of us ‘being served’ not to be complacent, but to proactively and consciously test our trust and confidence in them and their service.

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Waipā trust lights the way

A total of 85,000 energy saving light bulbs being distributed throughout Waipa communities could save thousands of dollars in electricity bills.

Waipa Networks Trust is working alongside Christchurch-based Ecobulb to hand out the bulbs and the first 5000 were distributed on Tuesday with support from Te Wharekura o Ngā Purapura o Te Aroha and Te Awamutu College.

About 10,000 households have been contacted through charities and schools and each have been offered five free generation Ecobulb LED energy-saving light bulbs.

The 9 watt LED bulbs have a 30-year lifespan and provide the same energy as 100 watt conventional bulbs.

The estimated annual

power cost of each bulb is $2.73 - saving individual households up to $112 a year in power costs over traditional bulbs.

Ecobulb managing director Chris Mardon said it is estimated there are 31 million inefficient light bulbs in New Zealand homes.

New generation LED bulbs could save the country $500 million in electricity costs a year, he said.

“At a time where household costs are increasing, this initiative will not only help people save money, but also improve energy efficiency within our region” said Sean Horgan, CEO for Waipa Networks. “We’re owned by our customers so this is another way that we can directly support our community”

ECONOMICS

Taxing agricultural emissions

Last Thursday I was doing some shopping in Victoria Street, Cambridge, when 30 or more tractors, many of them very large and very new, drove through the main street as part of the protests at the government’s plans for taxing animal emissions. The attitude of most of the people that watched the protest go by was supportive. That’s not surprising in a town like Cambridge.

The issues of how the emissions are measured and taxed and how carbon sequestering offsets will be measured and priced are key elements of the proposals and are central to Federated Farmers complaints about the government’s proposals. I am far from being an expert on these complex subjects so I initially I thought I would leave this topic to other commentators and write my column on inflation and interest rates again. Recent inflation data from the USA, UK and New Zealand were all higher than the authorities in those countries were expecting. But inflation and higher interest rates are going to be with us for a while so I will write that topic in a fortnight.

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By Peter Nicholl

There are two issues related to the emission proposals that surprised and worried me. First, the report announcing the proposals said ‘that socio-economic impacts could (and I emphasise could) be considered but are second to achieving the emission reduction targets’.

This is a poor way to go about making policy. It differs significantly from the way policy had to be made when I worked at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.

In those days, whenever we made a policy proposal to the Government we had to identify all the impacts of a proposal and show clearly who would benefit and who would pay. In other words, the socio-economic impacts of any proposed policy had to be considered from the beginning as part of the policy package. It wasn’t a choice and they weren’t regarded as secondlevel issues. The socio-economic issues that will arise from the emission pricing plan will be significant. Projections included in the government report are for reductions of 20 per cent in sheep and beef farming and five per cent in dairying.

All the so-called socio-economic factors have to be identified and measured before it is possible to say if the scheme has net benefits for the country.

Second, New Zealand would be the first country in the world to try and put a price on agricultural emissions. New Zealand has often been a world leader in policy formulation and we are usually proud of this.

But our economy still relies on agriculture to generate close to half of the foreign exchange we need to pay for our imports.

I therefore don’t think this is a wise area for New Zealand to be a world leader. First, it will have a much bigger impact on the New Zealand economy than anywhere else, even if every other country in the world follows New Zealand’s lead. But I have little confidence that the rest of the world will follow New Zealand’s lead in this area.

Agricultural protectionism is still rife in most of the major economies. I don’t think we will have many followers.

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MORTGAGE MATTERS

Why use a Mortgage Broker?

By Gavin Lynch – Yes Mortgages

In the present loan market, most lenders are changing their criteria in regards to what, how much and to whom they lend. is makes it even more important to use a mortgage broker so you know you are getting the right mortgage and right lender to suit your needs.

I believe every client has a unique borrowing scenario and time needs to be taken with the client to understand and analyse this, so a correct lending plan and structure can be put in place to achieve goals.

In this column, I want to explain brie y the role of the mortgage broker and what I can o er. e key role of the mortgage broker is to make the whole loan process easier for you, the client. is is possible because:

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And best of all using a broker is a free service in most cases. Now that has to be worth thinking about!

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A grand day had by all

By Steph Bell-Jenkins

1.10pm

tropical punch

a vase of

white flowers.

Grandparents’ Day at Cambridge Middle School and room 23 has worked hard to create a welcoming atmosphere.

the front of the classroom, more tables offer an array of treats including meringues, sausage rolls and home baked cupcakes with white frosting and pink and orange sprinkles.

nearby, Luci Rippey holds a red cardboard photo frame decorated with flowers and paper leaves. Her grandparents couldn’t make it today so she’s the roving photographer.

Daniel’s Nannan, Marion, is a grandparents’ day veteran.

“I have 11 grandchildren and I think I’ve been to all of them,” she said.

“My grandchildren are getting older now, so this is probably the last one I’m going to have. It’s sad.”

A part-time teacher at Moanataiari School in Thames, she said it was lovely to be able to visit Daniel’s classroom and meet his teacher for the first time.

“I love seeing the children’s work, their school environment,” she said. “This is a beautiful room; very well set up and very conducive to learning.”

She was amazed by how much Daniel has grown at intermediate, not only in height.

“Academically I think he’s done very well,” she said. “He’s learnt a lot and he’s also got involved in sport.”

Bob Pritchard hadn’t been to a grandparents’ day since his grandchildren were at kindergarten and travelled from Papamoa especially to see his granddaughter Rosa Pickering and grandson Lucas Williams.

He watched dance and singing performances in Rosa’s classroom and ate “lots of sweet stuff”.

“I’d recommend it yeah, thoroughly recommend it,” he said. “The food was good!”

Room 23 teacher Katie Scherer enjoyed meeting grandparents and watching her students show them around.

“This is probably the last time the year 8s are ever going to do it; they don’t

normally get invited into secondary school,” she said.

“And I really like them having a photo with their grandparents because it is a really memorable moment and some of them might not have many photos.”

She said grandparents loved the day.

“They’re very appreciative of the time to come into the classroom.”

Principal Daryl Gibbs estimated more than 400 grandparents attended.

Cambridge Middle School student Daniel Vivian snaps a photo with his grandmother Marion.

Rowing for Clive

By Benjamin Wilson

Rowing legend

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He coached Luka Ellery, Graham Oberlin-Brown, and Hannah Osborne, who would go on to win silver at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.

Clive was coaching for the club just months before he died in May last year, from an asbestos related cancer at age 74.

is now called the Clive Steenson Memorial Regatta, and was supposed to be held last year but was postponed due to Covid.

It is the first regatta of the rowing season and is known as a friendly introduction to competitive rowing for novices.

Tony did the computer and design work for it, while Shane gathered the photos and materials needed. It was presented to Clive in October of that year.

to the

helped it become the best in New

in 1981, when it won the Centennial Oar.

started rowing for the club in 1966 and “never left”. He rowed until 1981 when he started coaching that same year, was the club captain for 11 years, and president for five.

“Nothing was ever going to stop him from going out there unless somebody turned the lights off, and that is pretty much what happened… He coached right up until he couldn’t,” said Shane.

The club expects around 600 athletes from Waikato, Auckland and Northland to participate in the regatta.

In honour of Clive, the regatta

“He just thrived on numbers, he just thrived on seeing people on the water, seeing them improving,” said Shane.

“That is one of the things that he believed in, that you give people opportunities, that you give people chances,” said club captain Tony Edmondson.

The pair produced a book of Clive’s rowing accomplishments in 2017.

“We put on a night at the college in the staff room, I invited everybody that had been in the club that Clive either rowed with or coached. We had to keep it a secret from Clive, so I told him that I was going to put on an evening for a bit of a pre-season get together,” said Shane

He also nominated Clive for the Sport Waikato Service to Sport award he won that year.

“Every time he got a phone call about these awards, he would ring me and say, ‘you’re still interfering

with my life,’ he was a very humble guy,” he said.

Clive owned a plumbing business in Te Awamutu and is survived by his partner Sue, daughters Yvette and Marsha, and their five grandchildren.

Tony Edmondson, Ray Ormsby, Shane Swinerd, and Ann Edmondson remember Clive’s rowing achievements. Photo: Benjamin Wilson

Hannah Osborne and coach Clive Steenson with the NZSSRC U17 Challenge Cup in 2011.

Photo: Cathy Asplin

Clive Steenson

Fruit

traps should be put out to help monitor codling moths, if they are present spray with Yates Maverick or Neem oil to kill any caterpillars. It is important to spray for these before they can enter pip fruit like apples and pears.

Flowers: Spring brings an array of annuals to choose from. Petunia, begonia, alyssum and many more are suitable for garden beds, pots and hanging baskets. Perennial plants such as delphinium and daisies are perfect to plant for some added colour. Planting marigolds near the vegetable garden is a good way to deter insects.

Shrubs: Pruning shrubs like camellias and rhododendrons after they have nished owering will help to encourage branching out with new growth, especially if this is followed by a feed with acid fertiliser. Hedges will bene t from a light prune to the new growth and a top dressing with Tui Chicken and Sheep Pallets. Happy Gardening

One in the eye for Dylan

By Andy McGechan

Dylan Yearbury’s hopes of winning the notoriously-difficult Husqvarna Hard Adventure Enduro event in and around Tokoroa over Labour Weekend were scuppered by an eye injury.

Cambridge’s two-time and reigning national enduro champion topped the leader-board after Friday evening’s prologue and looked capable of adding another overall victory to the ones he claimed at this event in 2017 and 2018.

But he suffered a nasty scratch to his eye early on Saturday and withdrew.

Kiwi international Chris Birch, from Thames prevailed as he rode his KTM

300EXC bike to the top step of the podium.

Birch, 42, won the inaugural event in 2016, before Yearbury returned from injury to win it the following year and then repeated the feat in 2018. But Birch then won it twice more, back-to-back in 2019 and 2020.

Wainuiomata’s Jake Whitaker, on an identical bike was second.

The event uses a similar format to the notorious Red Bull Romaniacs international held each year in Romania.

Birch outlined how tough it was.

“There was one section called ‘The Last Climb’ that was impossibly steep.

Myself, Jake and (Taupo’s) Wil Yeoman teamed to use ropes to haul one another’s bikes up the cliff before we could carry on and, after that, we then found we still weren’t at the top and it became even steeper still.”

Event organiser Sean Clarke confessed afterwards: “I think this year we reached the limit for hardness.”

The event was one of two bike race meets in South Waikato over Labour Weekend – Taupō hosted its MX Fest event over Labour Weekend.

The New Zealand Women’s and Veterans’ Motocross Championships will be held in Cambridge next weekend.

Next stop Berlin for Matthew

By Benjamin Wilson

Waipā Special Olympian Matthew Smith has been chosen to represent New Zealand in the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Berlin.

Matthew has Russell-Silver syndrome, a genetic growth disorder, and is one of 40 athletes from New Zealand who will be traveling to Berlin for the World Summer Games in June 2023.

It is the world’s largest inclusive sporting event, and over 7000 athletes from 190 countries are expected to attend. But only four athletes from New Zealand, including Matthew, will be there to swim.

“I am very proud of him, it is just awesome,” said swimming coach Shelley Blair.

The 28-year-old swimmer is an athlete representative for the Te Awamutu’s Special Olympics team.

He first competed in the Special Olympics National Summer Games in 2013 in Dunedin, and will compete in the National Summer Games in Hamilton in December.

Shelley worked with Matthew as a swimming coach before he started swimming for the Te Awamutu team in 2010.

She said Matthew began

swimming in short distance events, but over the years developed into a longer distance swimmer, taking on 200 metre backstroke and freestyle, 100 metre backstroke, and the backstroke leg for the 4 x 50 metre medley relay.

Earlier this month

Matthew won two firsts, a second, and a third at the Special Olympics swim meet in Te Awamutu.

Matthew says he has put “quite a lot of work” into getting to where he is now, and has been training four

times a week in preparation for upcoming national and world events.

“It is awesome, he has been nominated before and wasn’t successful, but he’s got his opportunity now. It is like the icing on the cake really,” said Shelley.

Coach Shelley Blair with special Olympian Matthew Smith.

Records fall as race returns

The Cambridge Half Marathon returned this month with 415 runners and walkers competing over seven events.

The event, which has had a two-year hiatus due to Covid, was organised by the Cambridge Athletic and Harrier Club and doubled as the Athletics New Zealand Half Marathon Championships.

A regular visitor to Cambridge, Christchurch’s Oska Inkster-Baynes, won the 21km race and the Athletics New Zealand Half Marathon title in a new course record time of 1hour 6 minutes. He slashed more than six minutes off the mark set by Kerry Suter in 2012.

Inkster-Baynes, who was defending his 2019 title, was more than three minutes ahead of Rotorua’s Michael Voss (1:09:12) and Owairaka’s Simon Mace, who set a New Zealand masters 45-49 record of 1:09:56. The first five men’s finishers slipped under the previous course record.

The course record also fell in the women’s division

with Wellington’s Hannah Miller enjoying her third major win this season and taking the title, also in a new course record of 1:20:30. She was followed by three-time national 800m and 1500m champion Katherine Camp (1:22:23) from Christchurch, and Queenstown’s Sarah Douglas (1:23:40).

A new national record was set by Sally Gibbs in the women’s 55-60 age group. She bettered her own national record in the event, in a time of 1:24:27.

In the other running divisions were Will Taylor

(10km men), Jessie Speedy in a new course record (10km women), Ryan Nelson (5km men), Sophie Robb (5km women), and Colin Johnston in the 2km kids’ dash.

The 10km Gym’s Challenge was won by Cambridge’s Snap Fitness.

While the Cambridge Athletic & Harrier Club now turns its attention to the track season, harrier training sessions continue three times a week. Over 200 junior athletes ranging in age from 3-14 years were at the track last week for a combined first club and have-a-go night.

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are a time for relaxation. If I can cook one big dish that will provide two dinners and a lunch — such as my Rolled & Roasted Meatloaf that follows — then I’m happy. This

treat is also sophisticated enough to serve to friends who might normally think meatloaf is passe.

So where did meatloaf originate? One theory is that it was first concocted around the fifth century in Europe — a Mediterranean dish of finely diced meat scraps combined with fruits, nuts and seasonings. It was a great way to stretch meat and use up leftovers.

Americans embraced meatloaf with zeal. It is considered one of the country’s essential comfort foods. The first recorded American meatloaf recipe is from the late 1870s. Finely chopped cold cooked beef was combined with salt, pepper, onion, slices of milk-soaked bread and egg. However, back then the meatloaf wasn’t served at dinner. It was a breakfast staple!

The profile of the meatloaf improved when the French added lemon rind, fresh herbs and spices to minced pork and veal to create more of a terrine. And the Italian polpettone — which often includes hard-boiled eggs and cheese — is indeed a moreish masterpiece.

All of which – for me – makes meatloaf on the menu very acceptable.

ROLLED & ROASTED MEATLOAF

I used roasted red capsicums from a jar for the filling and Whitlock’s Smokehouse Tomato Chutney Sauce for brushing.

1kg lean minced beef

3 teaspoons dried Italian herbs, divided salt and pepper to taste

2 cloves garlic, crushed

1 egg + 2 tablespoons water

1 cup fresh breadcrumbs

2 medium roasted red capsicums

24 pimento stuffed green olives

1/4 cup smokehouse tomato chutney sauce

Preheat the oven to 180°C. Lightly oil a roasting pan. Combine the minced beef in a large bowl with 2 teaspoons of the Italian dried herbs, seasonings, garlic, the egg beaten

together with the water and the breadcrumbs. Mix well.

Place on a sheet of baking paper and pat out into a 27cm square about 1.5cm thick.

Drain the capsicums and olives and pat dry. Slice the capsicums into thin strips. Halve the olives crosswise. Place evenly over the meat. Sprinkle with the remaining dried herbs.

Use the baking paper to help roll up the mixture as you would for a sponge roll. Place seam-side down in the roasting pan. Brush well with the smokehouse sauce.

Roast for 1 hour. Stand for 10 minutes before slicing. Serve hot or cold. Serves 6-8.

WASABI PRAWN TACOS WITH KIWIFRUIT SALSA

400g cooked prawns

6 tablespoons mayonnaise

1 tablespoon lemon juice salt to taste

1-2 teaspoons wasabi paste

Salsa: 1 shallot, diced

2 large green kiwifruit, peeled and diced pinch sugar

2 tablespoons chopped coriander Extras: 8 crisp taco shells

3 cups micro greens or sprouts or finely shredded lettuce cherry tomatoes to garnish

Place the prawns in a bowl. Combine the mayonnaise, lemon juice, salt and wasabi in a bowl. Fold into the prawns. Chill for at least 30 minutes.

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Meanwhile, combine all the ingredients for the salsa in a bowl. Heat the taco shells according to the packet instructions. Half fill with the micro greens and top with the prawns and the salsa. Garnish with the cherry tomatoes. Serve immediately. Serves 4.

BLACK DORIS PLUM SLICE

Topping: 825g can Black Doris plums

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 tablespoon sugar Cake: 125g butter

1 cup sugar

1 egg, lightly beaten

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

2 cups plain flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

Preheat the oven to 190°C. Line the base and sides of 26x23cm cake pan with baking paper ensuring the paper is a little higher than the sides of the pan.

Drain the plums and halve. Carefully remove the stones. Sprinkle with the cinnamon and sugar.

Cream the butter and sugar until light. Add the egg and vanilla essence and beat until light. Sift the flour and baking powder and fold into the butter mixture.

Press the mixture evenly into the prepared pan. Place the plum halves flat side down on the mixture.

Bake for 50 minutes. Remove from the pan when cold and slice. Makes 24 pieces.

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There are five species of cabbage tree native to New Zealand, of which this is the most common. Once said to be the largest lily in the world, tī kōuka has now been reclassified as one of the largest agaves, and thus a member of the asparagus family. Normally used for revegetation projects in New Zealand, in Britain it is planted in gardens large and small, often standing sentinel beside entrances and staircases, valued both for its exotic appearance and ability to withstand cold.

In Māori culture the trees were highly revered, being seen as nearly immortal; when cut down new buds will sprout from the corky bark. It was said that the trees were brought to New Zealand from Hawaiiki and

then planted around places of settlement where they marked paths, boundaries and urupa.

They were also a vital source of food for pre-European Māori, providing one of the main sources of starchy, carbohydrate-rich foods. This was especially important in colder parts where it was

difficult to grow kumara. The cluster of undeveloped leaves, somewhat similar to an artichoke heart and known as koata, was helpful in digesting the rich fats from eel, muttonbird and kererū. Even more important was the long, fructose-rich tap-root, kāuru. When harvested from small trees before owering they could be chewed like sugar cane, but the large ones were cooked en masse in huge ovens or umu. Taking a whole day to cook, the surplus could then be stored for the winter or carried as sustenance for travellers and war parties.(The Meaning of Trees, Robert Vennell)

There is much more to know about the humble cabbage tree so watch out for further instalments.

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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!

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PUBLIC NOTICES

BLACKLER, Terry – Passed away suddenly at home, on Thursday 20th October.

Beloved husband of Carolyn for 56 years. Darling dad of Grant, Sue and Rachael; much loved father-in-law of Anna, Geoff and David.

Loved and cherished Poppa and mentor of Emilie, Christopher, Mitchell, Jesse, Leo, Toby and Seb. ‘Terry touched the hearts of many and will be dearly missed.’ As per Terry’s wishes a private family cremation has been held. A memorial service will be held on Thursday 10th November 2022, 1.00pm at Hamilton Gardens Pavilion, Cobham Drive, Hamilton, to remember this remarkable man. All welcome. All communications to the Blackler Family, c/- 3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge 3434.

COVENTRY, Diane Elizabeth

– Passed away peacefully on Tuesday, 18th October 2022. Aged 81 years young. Loved daughter of the late Winifred and Samuel Priest. Adored mother of Michele, John and Jenny and motherin-law of Scott, Leanne and Brad. Beloved grandmother of Tane, Aria and Koa. A service to celebrate Diane’s life will be held at St Andrews Anglican Church, Hamilton Road, Cambridge on Thursday, 27th of October 2022 at 12:00pm followed by the burial at the Hautapu Public Cemetery. All communications to the Coventry Family, c/- 3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge 3434.

FERGUSON, Henry Ritchie

(Harry) – Passed away peacefully on Tuesday 18 October 2022, aged 78 years. Loved friend and soulmate of Nan. Cherished father and father-in-law of Lana and Andrew. Adored Poppy of Ruby. A graveside service for Harry will be held at Leamington Cemetery, Wordsworth St, Cambridge on Tuesday 1 November at 1:00pm. Communication to Harry’s family c/- Legacy Funerals Cambridge, PO Box 844 Cambridge.

HARVEY, Steven Donald –

Passed away peacefully at Eastcare Residential Home on Tuesday, 18th October 2022. Aged 61 years. Loved husband of Annette. Loved father to Justine and Joy.

‘Now at peace’

A celebration of Steven's life will be held at Woodside Estate, 130 Woodside Road, Tamahere, Hamilton on Thursday, the 27th of October 2022 at 11:00am followed by a private cremation. All communications to the Harvey Family, c/- 3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge 3434

SEWELL, Sydney William, (Syd) – Passed away on Wednesday 19th October 2022 at the Moxon Centre Cambridge. Aged 84 years. Treasured and much-loved husband and best friend of Lesley. Extra special and dearly loved Dad and father-in-law of Tricia and Dennis Hunt and Andrea and Don Short. Cherished and loved Pop of Hayden and Ambra, Nathan and Becky. Our sincere thanks to Dr David De Beere, Waikato Oncology Department, and the Moxon Centre team for their care of Syd. The service for Syd has been held. All communications to the Sewell Family, c/- 3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge 3434.

The family of the late Bryan Paynter wish to acknowledge the many gestures of kindness shown to us following his death through the many flower arrangements, cards and phone calls received during our sad time, we are truly grateful. A special thanks to the Cambridge Golf Club and the Cambridge Raceway. We would also like to express our thanks to Jono and Ian at Legacy funerals Cambridge for their professional care of Bryan after he passed. As it would be impossible to thank everyone individually, our family hope you can accept this acknowledgment as an expression of our deepest gratitude.

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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 second publication of this notice. This notice was first published on October 20, 2022

Section 101, Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

PUBLIC NOTICE

Of an application for Off Licence MOBW Limited has made application to the Waipa District Licensing Committee for the renewal of a off-licence in respect of the premises at 790 Wallace Road, Monavale, Cambridge known as Monavale Blueberries Remote Sales.

The general nature of the business to be conducted under the licence is off licence remote sales. The days on which and the hours during which alcohol is sold under the licence are: a remote sale of alcohol may occur at any time on any day, however deliveries of products will not occur after 11.00pm and before 6.00am on any sacrosanct day. The application may be inspected during ordinary office hours at the office of the Waipa District Licensing Committee, 101 Bank Street, Te Awamutu or 23 Wilson Street, Cambridge.

Any person who is entitled to object and who wishes to object to the issue of the licence may, not later than 15 working days after the date of the publication of this notice, file a notice in writing of the objection with the Secretary of the District Licensing Committee at: Waipa District Council, Private Bag 2402, Te Awamutu 3840.

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

This is the only publication of this notice.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Of an application for On Licence Leamington Tavern (2012) Limited, has made application to the Waipa District Licensing Committee for the renewal of a on-licence in respect of the premises at 9A Campbell Street, Leamington known as Five Stags, Leamington.

The general nature of the business to be conducted under the licence is bar and restaurant. The days on which and the hours during which alcohol is sold under the licence are: Monday to Sunday 9am to 1am the following day.

The application may be inspected during ordinary office hours at the office of the Waipa District Licensing Committee, 101 Bank Street, Te Awamutu or 23 Wilson Street, Cambridge.

Any person who is entitled to object and who wishes to object to the issue of the licence may, not later than 15 working days after the date of the publication of this notice, file a notice in writing of the objection with the Secretary of the District Licensing Committee at: Waipa District Council, Private Bag 2402, Te Awamutu 3840.

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

This is the first publication of this notice.

Section 101, Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

PUBLIC NOTICE

Of an application for On Licence Monavale Blueberries Limited, 109 Tuwharetoa St, Taupo has made application to the Waipa District Licensing Committee for the renewal of a on-licence in respect of the premises at 156 Turkington Road, Monavale, Cambridge known as Cafe Irresistiblue.

The general nature of the business to be conducted under the licence is cafe. The days on which and the hours during which alcohol is sold under the licence are: Monday to Sunday, 9am to midnight.

The application may be inspected during ordinary office hours at the office of the Waipa District Licensing Committee, 101 Bank Street, Te Awamutu or 23 Wilson Street, Cambridge.

Any person who is entitled to object and who wishes to object to the issue of the licence may, not later than 15 working days after the date of the publication of this notice, file a notice in writing of the objection with the Secretary of the District Licensing Committee at: Waipa District Council, Private Bag 2402, Te Awamutu 3840.

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

This is the only publication of this notice.

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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.

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For more information, please feel free to contact Tricia Ball (residential manager) at tricia.ball@habitat.org.nz or call 07 871 5260.

For more information, please feel free to contact Tricia Ball (residential manager) at tricia.ball@habitat.org.nz or call 07 871 5260.

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