Cambridge News | November 24, 2022

Drivers get it wrong

By Mary Anne Gill

Driver behaviour and not highway conditions are the major factors in death and serious injuries from crashes on SH1 between Cambridge and Piarere.

The News can reveal it is drivers who get behind the wheel when they are unfit to drive and others who make bad decisions who are primarily responsible for what is happening on the 16km two lane strip of tarmac dubbed a “killer road” by politicians and community leaders.

Just over a quarter of the fatal and serious crashes in the past five years have been attributed to alcohol and or drug use – less than three have been blamed on the road.

The statistics suggest Waka Kotahi made the right decision to reduce speeds now and install short-term safety measures, such as median strips.

Our investigations show Karāpiro School hit the nail on the head with its 1000-plus word letter to the New Zealand Transport

Agency urging for the speed limit to be lowered to 80km/hr.

Ironically, less than 24 hours after Waka Kotahi staff copped abuse and anger at its Community Engagement Day in the Cambridge Town Hall last week, a red station wagon travelling north on SH1 at Karāpiro left the road and crashed into a tree between Fergusson Gully and Kentucky roads.

Police appealed for witnesses to report anything about the incident or driving manner leading up to the crash.

There have been seven fatal crashes and nine deaths on the road since 2017 - three fatalities this year from two crashes. The data shows there were a further 20 crashes resulting in 32 serious injuries in the five years up to Monday this week.

Causes of fatal crashes might not be known for months due to delays in the Coroner’s Court.

The SH1 crashes have been 100m east of the Tirau Road on-ramp near Cambridge to 100m west of the SH29 off slip lane at Piarere.

Waka Kotahi Waikato/Bay of Plenty Regional Relationships director David Speirs said implementing safety measures, including median barriers, reduces the number of people killed or seriously injured in crashes by 75 per cent.

“We need safer roads, appropriate speeds, sober and focused drivers in safer vehicles, and a transport network that accepts that people make mistakes, and the road system will protect us when something goes wrong,” said Speirs.

Waikato West Police area commander Will Loughrin said the ‘Road to Zero’ vision of reducing road death to nil involved several factors.

The Cambridge to Piarere stretch was considered high risk and police presence there reflected that.

While not apportioning all issues to driver behaviour, he said speed, not being restrained, fatigue and intoxication were among the elements which contributed to road deaths.

• Next week The News reveals where the accidents have happened and what the statistics say caused them.

• Have your say, let us know what you think editor@goodlocal.nz

Members of the public talk to Waka Kotahi representatives at the Community Engagement Day. From left, Project Management specialist Eduardo Majorel, Stantec team lead James Caufield and senior project manager Nael Abusaleh. Photo: Mary Anne Gill.

A dozen reasons to visit

Denise Mayhew and Andrew Green already had 10 Carole Hughes masterpieces in their Auckland homes.

Now they have 12 following their trip south on Saturday to Cambridge for the Passion for Art tour.

It gave the couple an opportunity to finally meet Hughes in the flesh and buy another two paintings.

Hughes started painting in 1994 experimenting with oils and now paints large and colourful paintings with different materials from Italy, France, Serbia, Bosnia, Spain, United Kingdom, and Cambridge, New Zealand.

Twelve artists and art orientated businesses participated in the tour held around Cambridge on Saturday and Sunday. It was to have been held in April as part of the Cambridge Autumn Festival but when the festival was cancelled because of Covid, the art tour was postponed.

It was held at the same time as the Rotary Cambridge Garden Festival instead.

Potter Jo Beckett reported she was busy with out of town viewers – the furthest from Kerikeri.

“What a fantastic festival,” she said.

“I have never had so many people in my workshop … it was constant all day.”

Other artists linked to the Passion for Art Tour echoed Beckett’s findings, saying a surprising number of their visitors were people from out of town who had come for the weekend, many attending both the garden festival and the Passion for Art trail.

Hughes said this had been one of her best exhibitions to date in terms of visitor numbers,

while the Cambridge Society of Arts said they had around 150 visitors over the two days. Both said sales had been good and the art centre said several visitors were interested in a series of art classes soon to come on stream.

Kirsten McIntosh said she was so busy with visitors that the painting she was working on remains unfinished as she was kept busy chatting to people.

“I got to meet so many wonderful people who took the time to visit my art display,” she said.

Wayne Sinclair, who opened the studio/shop he runs with co-artist wife Robyn Barclay, said their visitor numbers were also good throughout the weekend.

The garden/art combination was touted by many as being a particularly good one, enabling people to enjoy indoor and outdoor elements according to the weather.

• More on the Cambridge Garden Festival – see pages 8 and 9.

Change for the best?

There will be a lot of interest in whether the Fieldays move from mid-winter to the beginning of summer will have any impact on sales and attendance.

The Southern Hemisphere’s largest annual agricultural expo was postponed due to Covid mandates and will now be held over four days from next Wednesday.

Several Waipā roads and routes will be affected during Fieldays.

And for those wanting to attend Fieldays from Waipā, the Park ‘N’ Ride buses will again be in operation.

Details of road closures and bus timetables appear on page 42 of today’s The News.

Tyre fire

As I write this column, I have joined the ranks of those who’ve had to isolate due to Covid-19.

Anecdotally, there seems to be a bit of it going around again. The experience certainly reminded me of the importance of support networks for any whanau. I understand it can be hard to reach out. If you have to isolate due to sickness, do take up offers of assistance, grocery drop offs and medicine collections from friends and family however. If you need further assistance in that regard, Cambridge Community House is a phone call away. No one should feel alone.

While I have been at home, there has not surprisingly been more device time than usual. Social media invariably featured. It is a topic I have discussed a fair bit in conversations lately, especially with regards to the impact it has on our youth. When I was at school, bullying was left behind at the school gate and rarely happened over the

landline. To some degree this at least gave the victim a break from the harassment.

Today’s youth have a high reliance on social media for their connection with peers, often also seeking through it, validation from others. This can make them vulnerable to online bullying – today’s bullying follows them around relentlessly on their device and may involve more than one perpetrator. Sometimes the bullying is via direct messaging/group chats, and sometimes through targeted references in posts made on platforms such as Instagram and Snapchat. If this happens to your child, contacting their school is the first port of call, especially where it is happening in school time and on school property. If a situation escalates to serious, credible threats, assaults or other criminal offending, Police intervention may be appropriate however. The Netsafe organisation has a lot of helpful and relevant information. You can also report harmful

digital communications via their website.

Another negative impact of social media is the incentive it gives some youth to offend by providing an audience for footage being streamed live or posted online showing their illegal or antisocial activities. Do you know what the tween or teenager in your family is looking at online and what they are posting themselves?

Finally today, I’d like to highlight the fantastic work that the Cambridge Committee of Social Services does each year with the Christmas Cheer initiative. The initiative supports Cambridge families in need with new toys, Christmas goodies and supermarket vouchers to help make Christmas special for everyone. I encourage you all to make a small donation of a new, unwrapped toy if you can. Please make your donation by December 9.

Mary Anne Gill and Viv Posselt

Art passion: from left Andrew Green and Denise Mayhew with Cambridge artist Carole Hughes. Photo: Mary Anne Gill

Reader David Thomas sent us this shot from the Waikato Expressway south of Hautapu overbridge – after things clearly got heated for one vehicle. The picture was taken at 5.09pm on Monday.

Road works

Waka Kotahi’s maintenance work has been hampered by recent wet weather. It is planned carry out work on more than 700 lane kilometres of state highway by the end of the second quarter of 2023 in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty. Sites being targeted include Okoroire, Lichfield, Ātiamuri, Puketaha, the Ngāruawāhia section of the expressway, Pirongia and Kōpaki.

Early call

Staff at St Peter’s school in Cambridge have met their next principal. Adelaide based Marcus Blackburn, who was named as Head of School for 2023, visited his new school last week.

It’s beginning…

Christmas trees will start popping up on Victoria Street next week as part of the Cambridge Community Board’s Community Christmas Tree Project. Inspired by the Taupo street trees, they will complement the other town Christmas decorations by adding a pop of colour and festive spirit at ground level.

Book released

In Her Blood, the latest book by Cambridge author Nikki Crutchley, is being released next week. Crutchley said the plot of the book came from her love of true crime podcasts and in one there was an episode on stalking and people who become obsessed with other people. The book took a year to write with most of the action in the fictional settlement of Everly and the Gilmore Hotel, which is based on the Waitomo Hotel.

Top five

Our online stories at cambridgenews.nz are gaining popularity, so we’ll keep you informed of the ones which have proved popular. The headlines of the top five last week, in order, were Farewell to netball godmother, Open day and taggers tagged, Councillors cut the pay pie, Remembering them and Storm clouds above.

Waste: what’s in the pipeline

By Mary Anne Gill

Cambridge’s new $28 million wastewater treatment plant will be one of the most advanced operations in the country when it opens in four years.

And while Waipā Water Services manager Martin Mould likes to discuss the various state of the art qualities the plant will have, his big hope is that most residents will hardly notice it.

Innovative technology will keep smells, noise and visual nuisances to a minimum.

Mould said it would probably use membrane bioreactor technology, widely used around the world to provide an advanced level of nutrient removal, to provide high quality effluent. Instead of the current ponds, the new facility would consist of buildings, tanks and large concrete structures.

Biosolids generated could be recycled as compost.

A wastewater plant to treat Cambridge’s sewage was built on the land at the end of Matos Segedin Drive in 1971.

During the 1980s the council’s maturation pond failed twice due to leaks

along the old stream gully under one of the ponds.

Meanwhile the neighbouring Weddel meat works treated its own wastewater and discharged it into eight rapid infiltration beds.

When Weddel went bust in 1995, the council bought the meatworks’ land and upgraded its plant on the 37.83ha site to include the infiltration beds.

The wastewater enters the Waikato River near Pukerimu Lane and the regional council monitors water quality about 12km downstream at The Narrows boat ramp.

The plant breached many of its regional council consent conditions for the river several times - prompting Waikato Regional Council to issue an abatement notice in 2019.

A short-term consent allowing the plant to continue operating and discharging wastewater was approved in December 2020 provided a new plant was in operation by December 2026.

Mould said the design of the treatment plant is expected to be finished by next June.

Waipā has memorandum of understanding

agreements with local iwi, Hamilton city and Waikato district councils which makes the likelihood of drawn out hearings to get resource consent unlikely.

Consent conditions will include a requirement to remove more nitrogen and phosphorous than is the case now.

The current plant comprises preliminary

treatment including a grit chamber, screen, an anaerobic lagoon and secondary treatment, which includes an aerobic biological process in an aerated pond and a sedimentation tank.

Wetlands and the rapid infiltration beds provide the final treatment. Treated wastewater seeps from the beds through porous soils

into the Waikato River.

The council will ask for a 35-year discharge consent through an outfall structure into the Waikato River.

Only a third of the current site will be required - so the final consents will allow for site work to include native tree planting, solar technology to power the plant during the day and regular technology reviews.

Supporting events: explaining our role

By Roy Pilott, Editor, Good Local Media

About 30 years ago I helped organise sponsorship for what was then the richest football tournament in Waikato.

We recruited sponsors and encouraged our Tokoroa club members to support the people who supported us.

That line is one I have used many times, and right now it applies to how your community newspaper views life.

Our two publications – Cambridge News and Te Awamutu News – have made quite an impact serving you in the last year.

We are regularly breaking news stories of regional interest. Our local body coverage is without parallel in the Waikato and combined with fiercely local and exclusive coverage, our two papers have become pacesetters.

We are also cognisant of the part we play in promoting worthy causes – but some organisations

are now finding we have lifted the bar on determining what is advertising and what is news.

In short, while we cover news, we also support the people who support us, as I would expect any business to do.

We are seeing more organisations who choose to invest in communications advice and buy adverts from our rivals - including from foreign-owned social media platforms that pay no tax in this country – then suggest we have an obligation to provide free publicity as “the local paper”.

We don’t.

We will always cover news – but for this newspaper to continue serving you at the present high level - with a team of four part time journalists (three at or near pension age) – the editorial department cannot undermine the advertising department by becoming a drop box for people who do not support us.

Sound harsh? Harsh is the cost of delivering your paper rising 30 per cent. Harsh is the cost of

newsprint rising 30 per cent. That’s the reality your newspaper has faced this year.

We don’t ask you for money to support our journalism, but we do stick to our standards – and we won’t give away adverts or do deals to run complimentary stories with adverts we sell.

We do have resources to help you promote your work – and one of them is the opportunity to purchase a Business Showcase. Talk to Janine Davy on 027 287 0005.

Running a superb editorial department producing a free newspaper requires an economically sensible business model.

The print industry is facing tough times – I expect to see many more newspapers folding as those extra costs bite.

Those mastheads which have the support of their communities have a far healthier future.

We plan to be among them.

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Martin Mould in front of one of the wetland ponds.

Photo: Mary Anne Gill.

Work for Kneebone and Graf

By Mary Anne Gill

Appointments were to be made to Waikato Regional Council committees today at its first meeting in Hamilton with the two Waipā-King Country constituency members set to pick up a heavy workload.

In the agenda, chair Pamela Storey made her recommendations but given the stalemate which occurred when she was elected to the top job, the deck may see some reshuffling.

Sources say much of it was thrashed out behind closed

Briefs…

Ex-staffer in court

doors in workshop sessions.

Experienced Cambridge councillor Stu Kneebone, who went up against Storey last month and lost when her name was pulled from the hat, is on the powerful Finance and Services committee and favoured to take the chair.

Clyde Graf is touted for the Strategy and Policy committee where despite his past experience on the regional council, he is unlikely to pick up the chair’s role.

Committees which Waipā District Council also have representatives on include

St Peter’s Cambridge said yesterday it was cooperating with police investigations into a former staff member facing charges over historical allegations of student abuse. The 73 year old has pleaded not guilty to 10 charges and elected trial by jury. He has been remanded at large to appear in court again next year.

Parks checks

Visitors at Waipā playgrounds will be surveyed from now to late January as part of a $3.3 million update programme. Information will be collected from eight playgroundsLake Te Koo Utu, Leamington Domain, Thompson Street Playground, Gwyneth Common in Cambridge, and War Memorial Park, Hiskens Place Reserve, Russell Park and Pioneer Park, all in Te Awamutu. The information will influence decisions on future developments across the 26 playgrounds in Waipā.

the Waikato Regional Transport Committee.

Taupō-Rotorua’s Mich’eal Downard will chair it and Warren Maher from ThamesCoromandel will be deputy chair and join Waipā’s Clare St Pierre on the committee which plans and coordinates land transport, road safety and regional public transport.

A new Metro Public Transport subcommittee, which Waipā deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk is on, includes Hamilton’s Angela Strange who previously chaired the Regional Connections committee and given her hard work last term, is expected to be selected chair.

Strange also joins Storey and deputy chair Bruce Clarkson on the Local Government NZ Zone 2 committee.

The committees which Storey recommends Kneebone and Graf go on with the rest of the members are:

• Lake Taupō Protection Project Joint Committee: Downard and Kneebone, with the chair and deputy appointed by the committee.

• Ngā Wai o Waipa CoGovernance Forum: Kneebone and Storey (alternate).

• Raukawa Charitable

Trust and Waikato Regional Council Co-Governance Committee: Bruce Clarkson, Kneebone, Tipa Mahuta, and Storey.

• Te Arawa River Iwi Trust and Waikato Regional Council Co-Governance Committee: Clarkson, Downard, Kneebone and Storey.

• Tῡwharetoa Māori Trust Board and Waikato Regional Council Co-Governance Committee: Clarkson, Downard, Kneebone, and Storey.

• Integrated Catchment Committee: Clarkson, Robert Cookson, Downard, Ben Dunbar-Smith, Graf, Kneebone and Noel Smith.

• Finance and Services Committee: Chris Hughes, Kneebone, Strange.

• Strategy and Policy Committee: Downard, Dunbar-Smith, Graf, Kataraina Hodge, Hughes, Maher, Mahuta, Jennifer Nickel and Smith.

• Environmental Performance Committee: Clarkson, Cookson, DunbarSmith, Graf and Hodge.

• Climate Action Committee: Dunbar-Smith, Graf, Nickel and Smith.

• Farm Environment Award Trust (Waikato): Kneebone and Storey.

New block for high school

A new education block at Cambridge High School is among the latest building consents granted by Waipā District Council.

The council released details of some of the 535 consents from July to September ahead of a report to be published today.

Group manager district growth and regulatory services Wayne Allan said the consents - averaging 178 every month – had a value of more than $263 million.

Number wise, the total was 112 more than in the same period 12 months ago.

Most new homes planned were for Cambridge or Leamington.

Other commercial consents listed in the media release were for an automotive head office at Hamilton Airport, a 13-unit retirement village in Cambridge, a trade store with office and a warehouse in Te Awamutu, a block of five two-storey residential units in Leamington and a new warehouse and drive-through in Hannon Road Cambridge.

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Late for school…

By Mary Anne Gill

The tight construction market and supplier resourcing challenges have resulted in the Ministry of Education deciding to delay the opening of its new Cambridge West primary school by a year.

Infrastructure and Digital leader Scott Evans said as a result of delays in the early planning stages the school would not open until term one of 2025.

“The programme takes account of these ongoing challenges as well as key timing issues such as undertaking major earthworks during the dry months.

“There is expected to be sufficient capacity across the Cambridge school network ahead of the opening of the new school and the ministry will monitor rolls closely and provide short-term roll growth classrooms if required,” he said.

The school on a 4.026ha site at 1881 Cambridge Road –midway between Cambridge town centre and St Peter’s School - will provide up to 300 places for year one to six students with capacity to expand the roll to 850.

The need for a new school in Cambridge was identified in the 2019 Budget and funding was allocated for planning and design of this school in the Budget last year.

There are four primary and three full primary contributing schools in Cambridge, including one state integrated school (St Peter’s Catholic).

Current growth in the Year 1 – 6 population has been above the highest growth projections made by the National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis.

An establishment board for the school is in place and includes Hinerangi Kara, Susan Duignan, Dianne Pacey, Michelle Skipworth and Paul Matthews who have support from governance facilitator Shawn Gielen.

A fashion leader too

By Mary Anne Gill

A social media posting featuring mayor Susan O’Regan standing in her wardrobe resulted in an additional sale for the Waipā retailer where she bought the clothes she is wearing.

O’Regan bought a jacket from Ruby Rose Boutique in Te Awamutu which she wore for her first council meeting as mayor on 15 November.

When she realised she had paired it with trousers and a top bought at the same place, she took a photo of herself in her wardrobe and sent it off to Jenny Fleming who operates the store with her daughter Baylee.

“Dressed top to toe,” O’Regan told Fleming who then asked if she could put the picture up on Facebook.

“Go for it,” she said without realising in the background is a cast off black shoe, her favourite walking sneakers and work laptop case.

Sharp observers will see clothes O’Regan wore during her election campaign while her husband John Hayward has equal space in the walk-in wardrobe.

Several hours later a woman walked into Ruby Rose and asked whether they had a jacket just like the one the mayor was wearing. They had one left which the woman bought.

O’Regan laughed when The News said it would publish the photo saying she realised now she was a public figure.

She said supporting local businesses was important to her and if appearing on social media helped people buy local, then she was all for it.

In the closet: Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan dressed head to toe in locally bought clothes.

Cambridge in bloom

Dodging rain showers was the order of the day for the Rotary Cambridge Garden Festival on Sunday with a recordbreaking 1500 tickets sold.

Organiser Carey Church said she hoped it would net something in the region of $50,000 for charity once costs were finalised.

“People visited eight gardens on average and fitted most in before the rain and thunder set in around 2.30pm,” she said. “All the gardens were quite different. We aimed to ‘clump them together’, so to speak, and that was appreciated by attendees.”

Senior writer Mary Anne Gill took her camera, an umbrella and a raincoat out with her to capture the day’s highlights.

• More photos at cambridgenews.nz

Eunice Martin in her “With Nature in Mind” garden in Terry Came Drive. A “Large Residential Surprise” in Shelley Street owned by Katherine Tozer and Peter Tribe where the roses attracted Glenda Rodger of Cambridge.

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Storm brings damage

call-outs on Wednesday morning to council roading contactors and in two cases farmers had come to the rescue to clear the debris.

Aaron, an accountant with Tainui Group Holdings, said there was damage to the two year old house – but early checks suggested it was not structural.

Waipā was “treated” to a lightning show late on Tuesday – and the thunder was loud enough to be heard over the noise cancelling headphones Aaron was wearing while watching Netflix.

An early check with Waipā District Council confirmed the storm had caused other damage.

There were reports of a conifer splitting and falling into the section, and leaning on a house in Burns Street.

“There were some issues with trees falling on roads, particularly with a tree from a private property blocking Parallel Road,” a spokesperson said.

A crew was clearing the road yesterday morning.

There were just three other

find a farmer had already cleared the tree.

“Treescape did not have any call outs overnight but there are a lot of small branches down in parks. There are no reports so far of large damage - council contactors are checking a list of trees that are monitored and checked after all significant weather events,” the spokesperson told The News yesterday morning.

Aaron Bethune surveys the damage after a tree fell onto the roof of his home yesterday morning.

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Carey Church launches the Rotary Cambridge Garden Festival at a sponsors and gardeners event on Friday night.

Sisters from left, Catherine and Michelle Edge at Jan and Bill Mathers’ Wells Place “Crowd Pleaser”.

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was announced the winner of the Xero NZ People’s Choice Award.

They were at 12:04 am to Grove Road where the crew arrived to find a farmer has already cleared a tree, 4:34am to Tuhikaramea Road where fire and services cleared a tree and 5:27am to Koromatua Road where the crew arrived to

TALKING ECONOMICS

What’s wrong with the public sector?

By Peter Nicholl

Two reports I saw this week reinforced how poor the performance of the New Zealand public sector is these days.

First, the Auditor-General, John Ryan, warned of widespread failings in the public accountability of government agencies. In an extraordinary statement he said “I don’t trust CEOs of government agencies – you want trust, you gotta earn it, front up”. The Auditor-General believes there has been a “serious diminution”’ in recent years in the accountability of how public money is spent and what has been achieved.

More and more is spent on communication by public agencies but most of the information that is being published is much more like advertising than it is about accountability for performance.

The second report was about failings in the public sector procurement system. The total value of goods and services procured by Government departments and agencies in New Zealand is around $51 billion a year. It has increased by almost $10 billion, or 25 per cent, over the last three years and is now about 20 per cent of GDP. The efficiency with which this huge amount of money is spent is therefore very important for economic performance and living standards in New Zealand.

Three years ago the government had a major report prepared into the government procurement system because at that time, potential suppliers, government procurement staff and cabinet ministers were all frustrated by. That report was critical of most government procurement practices. The government set up task forces and working groups charged with making recommendations to improve the system. One would have hoped that at least some

progress had been made over the past three years.

The most recent annual procurement business survey, rather than showing improvement shows more dissatisfaction than in 2017.

An annual report on progress in improving the procurement system has recently gone to Cabinet. I decided to read it. It was heavy going. It said that “over the last year the foundations of a substantial and complex programme to reset New Zealand’s procurement system has been established”. It sounds impressive. The report went on to talk about things like dashboards, high-level road maps, leadership models and digital procurement platforms but I could find few actions to improve the system that had been completed during the year.

I had not intended to write about the recent reappointment of Adrian Orr as Governor of the Reserve Bank, but one statement in the Auditor-General’s recent report struck a chord. He said there is a lack of consequences for failure to meet outcomes, particularly at senior management levels. The Reserve Bank has missed its inflation target by about 300 per cent and unemployment is below the its sustainable level measure. With hindsight, that they pumped too much liquidity into the financial system - and this is proving to be a very expensive mistake - and they were too slow to start raising interest rates again.

This isn’t a great tack record – but the Governor has been reappointed anyway. There seems to be some truth in the concern raised by the Auditor-General.

Gratitude matters

By Murray Smith, Senior Leader, Bridges Church

A Frankfurt newspaper reported last week that a 38-year-old man was on his way home from visiting his Mum when he noticed a piece of paper fluttering on the ground.

He picked it up and found that it was a cheque made out for the equivalent of $7.82 million. The signed cheque was made out to confectionary giant ‘Haribo,’ from a large German supermarket chain.

“There was such a large sum on it that I couldn’t even pronounce it,” the man said, confirming he immediately contacted the confectionery manufacturer. He was reportedly told by a lawyer from Haribo to destroy the cheque, which he did, sending them photographic proof.

A few days later, he received a ‘standard’ thank you package for his trouble. It contained 6 packets of lollies. The incident sparked discussion online about how much, if anything, one should expect in return for a good deed.

Some felt that Haribo had been a bit ‘cheap’ with their reward even though the crossed cheque could not have been redeemed by anybody but the company. Others felt Haribo’s response was appropriate for the situation.

What might be expected in return for a good deed? A handshake? A financial gift? Or does the feeling of doing something good suffice? I guess it depends on the circumstance.

I was touched learning of another altogether different situation recently, that warranted significant gratitude. A family had lost their son, a young adult, in his prime in a tragic accident.

As an organ donor, the young man’s heart was given to another man desperately in need of a donor heart in order to have

a chance to survive a medical condition.

Although it is not the protocol for family members of an organ donor and the recipients to be connected with one another, by remarkable ‘unofficial’ means, this situation became an exception.

Becoming connected through a series of coincidental encounters, long after the event, the family joined the dots with the timing of their son’s accident and the recipient’s surgery taking place. Assured that they did indeed have a ‘match’ a very touching meeting took place.

The man had done well with the donated heart and was now physically fit, in training and exceedingly grateful for his shot at life. His response to the parents of the young man and his empathy for their loss which had provided him with life, was exactly what you might expect…deep, profound gratitude.

It is understandable that such a gift would render a ‘heartfelt’ response. For any recipient to exhibit a casual ‘take it for granted’ attitude would be unimaginable.

Yet, countless people every day, through ignorance, or indifference, express similar ingratitude.

Let me challenge you - next time you see a Cross somewhere, pause and seriously contemplate what it represents… how Christ’s death was for you.

To remember with gratitude, the blessing of your life being spared due to an organ donor would be reasonable. How much more ought our indebtedness and acknowledgement find expression to Jesusthe Saviour who gave His life for every one of us.

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Looking for somewhere di erent to walk or picnic with family this summer?

Try the Meadow Walk in Leamington. Accessed at the end of Alpers Ridge Road, the entrance is beside number 50. A concrete path leads to a gate which is unfortunately kept locked, but next to it is a sturdy stile. After 50 metres you reach a grove of Cabbage trees, occupying a small wetland area. The path then climbs through an open orchard section where peaches and heritage apples are available for picking in autumn. At the top there is a seat, the Falcon’s Restmaybe you will see the rare Karearea gliding by.

Continuing on, a number of handsome Cryptomeria line the left side of the path while Kowhai groves feature

on the right, under-planted with Rengarenga, in their full glory at present. Passing through the open gateway at the end you will shortly descend steeply to a culvert which spans the outlet to another wetland. Here the native jointed rush, Oioi, has been extensively planted to slow and clean the water as it ows into the river. Also

planted here are ax, Toi Toi, Kahikatea, Ribbonwood, Cabbage tree, Manuka, and other wetland species, including Nyssa sylvatica and swamp Cyprus to provide autumn colour.

Follow the track, passing Maples, Gingko, Liquidambar, Copper Beech underplanted with the weirdly prehistoric forms of various prostrate coprosmas. You can continue at the end alongside a wooden fence and over another stile to follow marker posts through the meadows, emerging at the end of Fletcher Place. Alternatively turn back to the large grassed area on the right, perfect for a picnic in the shade of one of the many large trees, overlooking the wetland planting below.

Cambridge Tree Trust would like to thank Mitre 10 for their support for these monthly articles which are intended to raise interest and awareness of trees in Cambridge.

Farewell to Jenny

Noumea on the horizon

Students at Cambridge High School are planning fund raising projects for a school trip in October next year.

About 30 year 10 to 12 French studies students will head to Noumea, New Caledonia, Almost 99 percent of people aged 15 and older in Noumea –population about 180,000 – speak French.

The trip is being organised by French teacher Pip Feast.

Fundraisers include a quiz night – and a pop up shop which will open in March.

Parent Stephanie Riddle, who is helping with the organising, said from an educational perspective

the opportunity for the students to manage a retail store will be a great experience.

“What we need is donationsclothing, jewellery, belts, hats and shoes,” she said.

Donations can be made through the school and the shop will be open each Saturday in March next year

Riddle – whose daughter Lauren, 10, will be on the trip, said the shop presented an opportunity for the community to get involved in the project.

Cambridge has a strong French connection – one of its sister cities is Le Quesnoy in France.

She’s affectionately described as a school office legend.

So there was no shortage of platitudes when Jenny Comer, who will soon retire after 22 years of service on the front desks of two Cambridge schools, was acknowledged at Goodwood School last week.

“Jenny was the friendly face of Karāpiro School from 2001 until

2016 before moving to Goodwood School for the past six years where she reprised that role,” Goodwood and former Karāpiro School principal David Graham principal said

More than 50 friends, colleagues, and families of the two schools joined for the informal celebration of Jenny’s contribution to both schools over the past two decades.

Among the many memories shared were Jenny’s contributions to school camps where she ran the kitchens and looked after logistics so teaching staff could focus on the learning and wellbeing of children.

Jenny is retiring to Thames where travel, and planning and building a new home will keep her busy.

Goodwood School will hold a formal farewell in December.

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Students, from left, Samara Skinner, Skyla Tubman and Ivy Chaplin are looking forward to the trip.

Jenny Corner, left, speaks during the informal farewell.

Courtney’s special target

By Grace Odlum

Courtney Duncan’s build up to the Special Olympics National Summer Games in Hamilton couldn’t go much better.

The swimmer turned powerlifter is setting personal bests with just a couple of weeks to go to the competition.

She recently bench-pressed 60kg, squatted 85kg and deadlifted 105kg at an event. The latter two marks were 15kg better than she had ever managed and “no one was expecting the 105 deadlift” said mum Sue Duncan.

The nationals will run from December 8 to 12 and are expected to attract more than 1400 athletes and hundreds of volunteers to Waikato University’s recreation centre. The Games, held every four years, are described as New Zealand’s largest national event and one of the country’s largest multi-sport events.

Courtney, who is 27 and has Down Syndrome, won gold in her weight group at the mainstream Waikato Bay of Plenty Classic Cup in 2018 and the Waikato women’s championship for her grade in 2019.

She is part of a powerlifting team based in Morrinsville where she trains

once a week – and she also trains twice a week at Fit Gym in Cambridge. Her week is full of other hobbies as well. Recreate, a company which

produces social activities for people with disabilities, stages social events she takes part in with her three flatmates and she also drums and enjoys cycling.

COMMUNITY BOARD COMMENT

Here’s our new vision…

By Jo Davies-Colley – Chair, Cambridge Community Board – Jo.davies-colley@waipādc.govt.nz

The Cambridge Community Board has a new vision statement: We are friendly and effective representatives, working hard for the good of our communities.

It’s our goal that you will see us putting our vision into practice over the next three years by being a visible and approachable board that listens to the concerns of the community and advocates to council on its behalf. The next triennium will bring plenty of opportunity for that.

Early next year, council will seek feedback on Ahu Ake, the spatial plan that will shape how Cambridge and the greater Waipā district looks in 30 years’ time. The plan will become a key strategic document and will drive planning and services to realise council’s vision to build connected communities. We all have a stake in the future of Waipā and as a community board, we will take an active role in the community engagement. We encourage you to have a say.

Last week I attended a Waka Kotahi information day outlining plans for

SH1 Cambridge to Piarere. It was great to see some of the short-term safety improvements that will be implemented towards the end of this year and beyond. The Karāpiro School community will be encouraged with these changes which include lowering the speed limit to 80 kph, flexible median barriers and a proposed roundabout by the school.

With the weather warming up, now is a great time to explore Cambridge’s network of cycling and walking paths, especially the Te Awa Cycleway. It is my goal to bike to every monthly community board meeting during my three-year term.

Popping into town on foot or on your bike, if feasible, is a great option, especially when Christmas shopping will soon be in full swing. Shopping local will help to support those business who have done it tough over the last few years. Soon the town will be decorated with Christmas decorations and on December 4 the Christmas parade will roll through town. Many in the rural community are

coming out of a tough spring and working through issues, including labour shortages, high in-put costs and rising interest rates. If you are part of the rural community and want to discuss any issues with our rural rep Andrew Myers, he is always happy to hear from you. Please also consider supporting our berry growers this Christmas and summer season. Many lost considerable sections of their crops when the severe frost of early October hit.

The Cambridge Committee of Social Services is supporting those for whom Christmas can be a tough time. Their annual Christmas Cheer drive is well underway and if you can spare an extra gift for a child this year, you can pop it into the Christmas Cheer boxes.

My column will be back in January, so for now, on behalf of the Cambridge Community Board, I would like to wish you all a happy and peaceful Christmas and New Year.

Courtney Duncan has set new marks in the build up to the national summer event in Hamilton.

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MORTGAGE MATTERS

Re nancing Your Mortgage

By Gavin Lynch – Yes Mortgages

Re nancing your mortgage is the process of changing your mortgage lending from your existing lender to a new lender. Re nancing is a common practice for any of these reasons:

• You don’t like the lender you are with. You’ve experienced poor service, problems with sta , or high account fees.

• You want to borrow more money but the lender won’t allow it.

Perhaps you want to consolidate debt, borrow to purchase a rental property or a vehicle, or put working capital into a business.

• You have ‘outgrown’ your existing lender and want to move forward.

is is common for self-employed people with a growing business, or for investors with an increasing portfolio.

• Your lender has asked you to re nance. You may be in arrears with mortgage repayments or you need to restructure your mortgage.

Re nancing can involve costs such as break fees from the existing lender, solicitors’ fees, valuation charges etc, but we can help get cash contributions from your new lender to help o set these costs.

At Yes Mortgages, we can outline the costs involved and nd the best new lender to t your current situation from the 25 or so di erent lenders available. In most instances, our service is FREE to you.

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It’s a runway success

More than 360 people took the chance to run Hamilton airport’s runway at Mystery Creek on Sunday.

The Rotary organised event attracted entries from throughout the districts - and Rotarians from much further afield.

Hamilton scored a quinella in the run to the finish line with first time starters Mark Cornage (19m 26s) and Rowan Torckler (19m 39s) first back ahead of Cambridge’s Matthew Hall.

The day produced a sunny morning with light cloud – in stark contract to the thunder and lightning the night before and the heavy rain which fell later in the morning.

Organiser Mike Cahill was delighted with the success of the event which was put back to November from the original March day because of the Covid traffic light restrictions.

The next one will staged on March 19, and the success of the first two has encouraged organisers to think bigger.

Cahill said the organisation is carried out by six Hamilton based Rotary clubs – and he is keen to see Cambridge Rotarians involved in future. He said the airport management had also embraced the event and were interested in seeing it develop into a bigger family orientated day.

Sunday’s event was very much a social gathering as entrants covered the 5km distance on wheels and on feet, most at a leisurely pace, but many showing a notable level of fitness.

Kelly Remkes, a firefighter based at the airport, completed the distance in firefighting gear – including helmet.

Heather and Richard Brand were first home on bikes, getting a late reminder from organisers to go across through the “official” finish line.

Cahill said the day would raise about $14,000 to be split evenly between two organisations.

One is the Kids in Need Waikato charity inspired by Linda and Graeme Roil of Cambridge, the other is a major project in Kathmandu. Rotary is supporting a $2 million mission to build a children’s hospice. The existing hospice has just eight beds and cannot meet needs. The new hospice will also have an adjacent training centre for doctors, nurses and health care workers.

Story and photos – Roy Pilott

Get gardening

A monthly gardening column, courtesy of Amber Garden Centre

Vegetables - November is a busy time in the garden, as spring rolls into summer and we see warmer and longer days. It is now warm enough to plant pumpkin, cucumber, courgette, watermelon, pepper, chillies and tomatoes. As other earlier crops are ready to harvest, make sure to plant more for a continuous cycle. Compost and sheep pallets should be used to boost soil texture and nutrients.

Herbs - Basil, dill and coriander are short lived herbs which grow well now. Parsley, thyme, chives and rosemary are longer living and bene t from regular picking. Borage is great to plant as it encourages bees and owers, it can also be used as edible decorations.

Lawns - Spray with Tur x to eliminate at weeds and for Onehunga weed use prickle weed killer.

Small fruit - Strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and passionfruit would all bene t from a feeding of sheep pallets.

Indoor plants - Spring is an important time for indoor plants as it is the start of their growing season. Now is a good time to check and see if any need repotting. Is so, it is important to only increase the pot size by a little bit at a time and to continue with regular feeding.

Karen Lovegrove of Tamahere registers for the run with three year old Charlotte Beardsmore.

The event catered for everyone – including 52-year-old Matthew Hall (centre) who was the third runner home.

Gordonton’s Jee Grayson was among the early birds to register her children, from left, Sam, 12, Nathan, 10, Emily 4, Joseph 7 and David, 13.

Hamilton’s Mark Cornage flew home as the first runner back.

Rowan Torckler from Hamilton was the second runner home.

Cambridge firefighter Kelly Remkes, who is based at the airport, completed the event in his “work clothes”.

Ready for the run – from left, David Natzke, Keith Small and Aaron Kearney of Cambridge with Hamilton’s Ryan Page.

Berklee place was a top score

By Viv Posselt

Isaac Pamment’s career dreams were cemented in August when he attended a programme in film and game scoring run by Berklee University in Los Angeles.

It was the programme’s first year, and Isaac was one of three international students among 80 in total, and the only New Zealander.

“It really expanded my knowledge,” he said, “and changed much of what I’m doing now.”

The Cambridge teen, now prepping for his Year 12 school exams at St Peter’s School as well as putting work into a 15-minute composition for a music scholarship, is already something of a music maestro.

He’s been playing the piano from age five. His family moved north from Kaikoura when he was seven, and after hitting the wall with the classics, segued into jazz and blues, played keyboard in a band for a couple of years, and taught himself the guitar.

He returned to piano lessons at St Peter’s where he was given free rein to pursue a range of music genres. He also took singing lessons, going on to sing and act in three school productions.

In 2020, Isaac started composing, inspired by a set of events that saw award-winning American composer Ken Lampl and his wife spend four days at the Pamment B&B while the band Foreigner was performing in Hamilton. Ken, who

was then head of the Australian National University School of Music, has a slew of awards under his belt; he has scored over 90 films, including for the Pokémon franchise.

Isaac had already dabbled in writing music systems using the digital audio workstation, Logic Pro. He showed Ken what he was doing, and the two have since set up weekly Zoom sessions.

“Each week, I compose a piece of orchestral music and send it to Ken. I write it using an orchestral library on my laptop and compose it on my keyboard,” said Isaac.

“Ken goes through it and gives me

feedback.”

It was through Ken that Isaac tapped into the summer school programme in film and game scoring in August.

The students, put into four groups of 20 each, were asked to compose for a scene in one of four films – Bridgerton, Star Wars: The Game, BioShock, and Lost in Space. The composers came in as part of a masterclass and the students ranged in age from 14 upwards.

Isaac’s tutor for the week was University of Southern California Professor Patrick Kirst, a Los Angeles-based film score composer. His group was composing for BioShock, and at the end of it, parents and supporters were invited to hear the finished piece. Isaac’s family were there with him.

“I found it a real challenge to work in a group, but I’m really pleased with the one-minute piece we wrote for a full screen in BioShock. It took a couple of days to finish… we got very positive feedback,” he said.

The experience put him in touch with some of the biggest names in the business and showed him a pathway ahead. He’s keen to do a degree majoring in screen composition at Berklee. It’s not offered on-line and he will have to audition for entry into the first semester of 2024.

For the time being, however, it’s back to the books for those end-ofyear exams.

Isaac Pamment, in his ‘happy place’ at the family piano, with proud mum Suellen listening in.

Running in the family

Siblings Benji (left) and Isla Lee will be heading to the Cambridge InterSchool Athletics Championships tomorrow following wins at Leamington School’s annual athletics day on Wednesday last week. Benji took out the 11-year-old boys’ high jump event and Isla powered home to clinch victory in the 8-year-old girls’ 100m sprint final. The competition was held at the Cambridge Athletic Club grounds in Vogel St, the same venue which will be used tomorrow.

Photos – Steph Bell-Jenkins.

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Driving to find a home

Colin Jowsey wants to get a new Waipā Grass Karts Club up and running.

Jowsey, who has lived in Te Awamutu all his life and set up Hammer Hardware in town, was enticed into the sport last Christmas when he was assigned a task by grandchildren – convert two lawnmower engines so they could be used in go karts.

He is enthused by the fact grass kart racing is relatively cheap - $875 gets you a 200cc engine out the box – and the sport will appeal to youngsters and even former speedway drivers who will race for fun.

Jowsey has spent most of the last 12 months working to set the club up and was confident he had found a home for it before plans fell through earlier this month.

He’s looking for a rural home, a school or a marae which will allow use of an area the size of a rugby field for the racing.

The worst damage caused by the karts’ ride-on lawnmower tyres is grass burn, he says, and when that starts, it’s simply a matter of moving cones to change the track layout.

If drivers paid a small amount each race day, hiring out land for a track could be worth several thousand dollars a year, he believes.

“I’m thinking we could run twilight meetings, say from 4-7.30pm on a Wednesday – geared so families can be involved and it doesn’t impact on people who have

“We won’t be looking at prizes or prizemoney – this will be for fun.”

Jowsey says he has no doubt the sport will be popular.

“I was at a Morrinsville club event recently and met two drivers who had come down from Auckland to compete.

“I know we have the drivers

who are keen – and I know of two karts being built in preparation for the new club starting - I just need somewhere for them to race.

He is working to set up the new club with Ōtorohanga’s Neville Budd.

A Waipā Grass Karts Facebook page the pair have set up describes Grass Karts as “possible the most affordable motorsport’.

Before the rain…

Ollie Broadbent hits a four during Saturday’s junior cricket match between Cambridge and hosts Matamata. Cambridge got in their full 30 overs, scoring 235 runs for the loss of six wickets. Matamata had scored 146 off 10 overs when the match was abandoned following a heavy downpour. Ollie also took a wicket with his first ball.

Photo: Steph Bell-Jenkins

Logan Lindsay, left and Carter Neilson with grandad Colin Jowsey.

commitments to other sports.

with Jan Bilton

Tasteful gifts

For me, giving gifts to friends reinforces our connection and their unique relationship to me. And Christmas is the perfect opportunity to cement this bond. It’s a way of expressing appreciation, and home-made cookies, candies and cakes say, ‘you’re sweet’!

My mother was always making and giving bakes and at Christmas would make a huge traditional festive cake, cut it into eight pieces, cover each with almond icing and then butter icing. Wrapped in cellophane it was her way of thanking neighbours for their kindnesses during the year.

For three years my fave quick and simple gift from my kitchen was an after-dinner treat. I’d soak pitted prunes in gin for a few weeks then transfer them and the gin into small attractive gift jars. But when a friend said ‘Oh, your amazing prunes in gin again,’ I felt I had to give something a little different. I dipped prunes in melted dark chocolate and chilled them until solid!

If you know of a shortbread fan, then traditional shortbread with an edge or corner dipped in melted dark chocolate after baking is a treat. Or try dipping an edge in melted white chocolate then sprinkle with crushed pistachios. Presented in one of the many beautiful gift boxes available these days it will warm the heart of even the most discerning shortbread lover.

PARMESAN COOKIES

Any scraps can be re-rolled and cut into shapes. 100g each: butter (chilled), plain flour, finely grated Parmesan cheese

1 tablespoon chopped rosemary leaves freshly ground black pepper to taste 1 small egg, beaten extra parmesan and rosemary to garnish Line a baking tray with baking paper.

Dice the butter and place in a food processor with the flour and parmesan. Mix until crumbly. Remove and add the rosemary and black pepper. Knead until a dough forms. Cover and chill for 15 minutes. Either roll into 2 equal logs or roll out to about 1cm thickness.

White chocolate peppermint bark

Using a 4cm diameter biscuit cutter, make shapes and place on the baking tray. Chill while the oven is heating.

Preheat the oven to 180°C.

Brush the tops with a little of the beaten egg and sprinkle with a little parmesan and a rosemary leaf. Bake for 10-15 minutes, until golden. Makes about 30.

WHITE CHOCOLATE PEPPERMINT BARK

I had a problem finding green glace cherries this season, so I used diced, green jube-like sweets. Ensure the chocolate doesn’t get too hot.

250g white chocolate 2-3 drops peppermint essence 3-4 small peppermint sticks, crushed 1/4 cup diced green glace cherries or green jubes 1-2 tablespoons silver cachous 2 tablespoons chopped glace mixed peel Line a baking tray with baking paper.

Melt the chocolate over hot water or in bursts in the microwave. Stir well until smooth. Cool slightly and add the peppermint essence. Mix well. Pour onto the baking paper and spread to a thickness of about 7mm.

Sprinkle with the crushed peppermint sticks, cherries or jubes, cachous and mixed peel. Chill until set, about 2 hours, or leave overnight.

Break into large pieces. Store in attractive containers.

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Location, fees, and accommodation are important but so are facilities

Different villages offer a wide variety; community centre, café, cinema, swimming pool, gym, library, communal vegetable gardens, petanque, men’s sheds and workshops, motor home parking, transport options, and of course various levels of health care There will usually be a resident’s committee organising a range of activities and interest groups as well.

There is one village not far from here which has a swimming pool only because it was already there when the operator bought the property on which to build the village!

Take some time to look at what is on offer, and perhaps contact an existing resident or two to see why they chose as they did, and how they feel about it now

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BAYLEYS Sunday

CHRISTMAS MARMALADE

500g each: oranges, lemons

2 litres water

1 tablespoon whole cloves 2 cinnamon stick, broken up 3 star anise

1.5kg sugar

Halve the oranges and lemons and remove any pips. Roughly chop the fruit. Place in batches in a food processor with water to cover. Process, until evenly chopped. Repeat until all the fruit is chopped.

Pour the fruit and water into a preserving pan or large saucepan. Tie the cloves, cinnamon sticks and star anise in muslin or similar and add to the saucepan. Bring to boiling point and simmer for 1 hour.

Remove from the heat and stir in the sugar until well dissolved. Boil rapidly until the marmalade reaches setting point, 104°C. Ensure the marmalade does not stick on the base.

Remove from the heat. Remove the spice bag and discard. Pour the marmalade into hot sterilised jars then seal. Makes about 8 cups.

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First Class Location Fencourt District

• 648 Fencourt Road, 1 km from Goodwood School & 7 kms from Cambridge Central

• approx. 1.349 hectares title still to be issued

• easy rolling to flat contour, deer fencing on the boundary

• 4 brm dwelling, mainly solid plaster walls, wooden joinery, long run coloursteel roof

• ensuite and walk in wardrobe off master bedroom

• additional shower and toilet in the laundry area

• gas hot water; wood burner; HRV heating system; alarm system

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• Healthy Homes Standards Report available

• water supply from adjoining landowner will be metered and charged at standard rates

• 3 car garaging including a double garage with auto door opener plus a single garage with additional toilet & storage area

• a well serviced location being an easy distance to Cambridge Middle School, Cambridge High School and approx. 9 kms to St Peter’s Private School

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Cambridge 49a Weld Street 3 2 1 For Sale Price by Negotiation View Scheduled open homes or by appointment www.harcourts.co.nz/CB4015

Made for Family Living!

Located down the end of the street, in a private position, this large 917m2 section has plenty to o er, with space for the whole family! Fully fenced and surrounded by gorgeous, established greenery, you will be able to enjoy the seasons all year round with a perfect covered decking area complete with your own fire pit.

Shelby Garrett M 027 622 4166

Taupiri 529 Tenfoot Road 0.84ha

Your lifestyle opportunity starts here

Time to get motivated, this 0.84ha bare land block has serious o erings to suit any buyers. Ready to build your dream home amongst these amazing country views? Don’t limit yourself there, add on a workshop or horse arena to make the most of this rare opportunity. Located close to the expressway and so much more. What are you waiting for? Give Gary a call today to arrange your viewing.

For Sale $599,000 View by appointment www.kdre.co.nz/CB4016

Gary Stokes M 021 351 112

Kyle’s one of hours…

Cambridge teenager Kyle Aitken has set several new national records at the town’s Velodrome – and put himself among the world’s elite in his age group.

The 18-year-old – last year’s head boy at Cambridge High School - has notched up a series of successes this year.

After missing out on cycling overseas at Junior Worlds last year due to the pandemic, he set his sights on the 2022 track nationals where he won gold in the kilometre race, gold in the team sprint and silver in the individual pursuit.

In August he rode in the UCI Junior World Champs in Israel and despite carrying injuries from a crash six weeks earlier, won a bronze in the team pursuit.

This month, inspired by a vocal crowd, he set a new national Under-19 one hour mark and also set a new allcomers record.

The previous New Zealand record set in 2017 was 48.922km - Kyle covered 49.186km. He said he went out a little faster than planned but managed to keep consistent times and even managed to increase the pace in the last 10

minutes.

His time places him in the top three junior riders in the world for one hour times.

“I’m not sure how I managed to go faster at the end, I couldn’t feel my legs, but I just dug deep and gave everything I could… it was great to have the support from the crowd, I could hear them cheering me on”.

Kyles mum Sally said he had often talked about challenging the hour record but was nervous to commit to the event.

“It’s a race you need to be mentally strong for, and those that attempt it normally do specific training around four to six months.”

With a two week break after junior worlds champs, he started a new programme aiming at the national track championships next year.

He focused his training for nationals rather than the hour record, but with training going well at the end of October, decide to attempt the record.

Kyle completed the attempt after just four track sessions.

Kyle Aitken set a new Under-19 one hour mark.

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PUBLIC NOTICES

Shift Manager Carters

Manufacturing, Cambridge

Night shift leadership role in Carters Frame and Truss plant

Responsible for leadership, quality management, planning and scheduling.

Great career development, fantastic benefits package. Mon – Thur 5pm-5am, Fri 4pm – 3am Apply now – www.carters.co.nz – careers Or email jenny.cussins@carters.co.nz

Kaiāwhina/ Associate Teacher Part-time (33 hours per week) Te Awamutu:

He tūranga e wātea ana ki te Wharekura o Ngā Purapura o Te Aroha. E kimi ana mātou kia rua ngā kaiāwhina mō te kura, e mōhio ana ki ngā mahi whakaako tamariki. Me ū te kaitono ki te reo māori me ōna tikanga. Me matua mōhio hoki te kaitono ki ngā mahi whakahaere i te akomanga, me ngākaunui hoki ki ngā mahi whakaako tamariki.

E whakapono ana mātou, he taonga te tamaiti, ko rātou hoki te pūtake o tā mātou kaupapa. Ka kati tēnei tono hei te 02 o Hakihea, 2022 Tukua tō

Tātai Oranga (CV) ki te Tumuaki: tari@npota.school.nz Tukua mai mā te poutāpeta rānei ki: attention: Te Wharekura o Ngā Purapura o te Aroha. Enquiries 021 225 7577

PUBLIC NOTICES

PUBLIC NOTICE

Clause 7 of Schedule 1, Resource Management Act 1991

Waipa District Council gives notice of the availability of the summary of decisions requested by persons who made submissions on Proposed Plan Change 26 Residential Zone Intensification to the Waipa District Plan under the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA).

The summary of decisions requested by submitters and the submissions received on Proposed Plan Change 26 may be viewed at:

• Online at www.waipadc.govt.nz/planchanges

• Waipa District Council offices in Te Awamutu and Cambridge

• Waipa District Council public libraries in Te Awamutu and Cambridge

Making a further submission

The following people may make a further submission:

(a) any person representing a relevant aspect of the public interest; and (b) any person that has an interest in the proposed policy statement or plan greater than the interest that the general public has; and (c) the Waipa District Council itself.

A further submission must be limited to support of or opposition to a submission that has been made on Proposed Plan Change 26 and must seek that the submission be allowed or disallowed (in whole or in part).

A further submission needs to contain all of the information detailed in Form 6 of the Resource Management Forms, Fees and procedures Regulations 2003. A copy of Form 6 can be downloaded from www.waipadc.govt.nz/planchanges or is available from the above-listed places.

Lodging Your further submission

You may send your further submission to Waipa District Council by one of the following methods:

• Fill out the online further submission form 6 at www.waipadc.govt.nz/planchanges

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to: Waipa District Council, 101 Bank Street Te Awamutu OR 23 Wilson Street, Cambridge

A copy of your further submission is also required to be sent to the submitter to which your further submission relates, no later than 5 working days after lodging your further submission with the Waipa District Council (refer clause 8A, Schedule 1, RMA).

Dates

The Summary of Decisions requested is publicly notified on November 28th 2022. Further submissions must be lodged with Waipa District Council by no later than 5pm Monday 12 December 2022, which is 10 working days after the day on which public notice is given.

Public Notice of Availability of the Summary of Decisions Requested in Submissions on Proposed Plan Change 26 Residential Zone

PUBLIC NOTICES

LAND INFORMATION NEW ZEALAND

Notice of Weed Spraying in Lake Karapiro

Property owners and users of Lake Karapiro, including for recreation, are advised that the herbicide diquat (Reglone) in gel form will be applied via boat to the following sites at Lake Karapiro:

• Horahora Domain

• Lake Karapiro/Mighty River Domain

• Navigation Safety Zones 1 through to 12 The work is scheduled to begin from Monday 28 November 2022 and may continue intermittently to Friday 9 December 2022, as weather, weed and water conditions permit. Treatment will not take place during weekends or on public holidays.

As a precautionary measure only, Land Information New Zealand advises users not to take water from Lake Karapiro to consume or for irrigation purposes from the vicinity of the treatment area until 24 hours after treatment has been completed.

Notices will be placed at www.linz.govt.nz 24 hours prior to the planned spray dates. Warning signs will be placed at authorised public boat ramps prior to and during treatment and will be removed 24 hours after treatment. Changeable weather conditions may result in delays to weed spraying. Please scan the QR code below to access the most up-todate information.

The Hazard classi cation for diquat is 6.1C, 6.3A, 6.9A, 8.1A, 9.1A and 9.3C.

Weed control in Lake Karapiro is supported by the Waikato Regional Council, Waipa District Council, Mercury and Land Information New Zealand.

A copy of the Spray Plan can be obtained from Bo a Miskell Ltd during o ce hours on 0800 638 943, by writing to PO Box 110, Christchurch 8140, or emailing biosecurity@bo amiskell.co.nz.

SITUATIONS VACANT

Weekend Assistant, Part Time

Saturdays, 10 am – 2 pm (4 hours per week)

Cambridge Museum is a much-loved culture and heritage organisa�on commi�ed to caring and preserving its collec�on on behalf of our community as well as developing and sharing engaging content through displays and educa�onal programmes.

We are currently looking for a Saturday Museum Assistant who is helpful and friendly to support and deliver a welcoming visitor experience through customer service and posi�ve interac�ons with the public whilst ensuring the safety and security of visitors, staff and collec�ons. The fundamental part of this posi�on is to be the first point of contact for all our visitors to provide a warm welcome and a great visitor experience in keeping with Manaakitanga (respect, humility, kindness and honesty to others) and Kai�akitanga (guardianship and protec�on). Basic collec�on management, wri�ng and research tasks will also be part of the role.

We are looking for a person who has:

• Outstanding customer service skills with a proac�ve approach

• An interest in history and museums

• An awareness of a wide range of cultures and associated protocol and tradi�ons within Cambridge

• A “can-do” posi�ve a�tude to solving problems or issues

We have a permanent part-�me Saturday role available. This is a great opportunity to work around your studies or whanau commitments.

To apply, please supply a le�er/ email expression of interest and a CV to Elizabeth Harvey, elizabethharvey@ cambridgemuseum.org.nz .

You must be currently eligible to work in New Zealand to apply for this permanent posi�on. To read the full posi�on descrip�on, please visit cambridgemuseum.org.nz/jobvacancies/

We are reviewing applica�ons as they are received, so don’t delay apply today.

Closing date: 4pm Friday 2 December 2022

PUBLIC NOTICES

NOTICES

Cambridge Badminton Club AGM

Monday 5th December 2022

GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE OF WAIPĀ COMMUNITY TRUST ANNUAL

The AGM of the Waipa Community Trust will be held on Monday 5 December 2022 beginning at 5.30pm in the Waipa District Council Kaipaki Room, 23 Wilson Street, Cambridge.

Ken Morris Treasurer

Section 101, Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

PUBLIC NOTICE

Of an application for On Licence

GL Events Ltd has made application to the Waipa District Licensing Committee for the renewal of a on-licence in respect of the premises at 601 Maungatautari Road, RD2, Cambridge known as Sir Don Rowlands Centre.

The general nature of the business to be conducted under the licence is Function Centre. The days on which and the hours during which alcohol is sold under the licence are: Monday to Sunday, 11am12 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 second publication of this notice. This notice was first published on November 17, 2022.

Section 101, Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

PUBLIC NOTICE

Of an application for On Licence – Endorsed BYO Rungrueang Limited has made application to the Waipa District Licensing Committee for the renewal of a on-licence endorsed BYO in respect of the premises at 46A Burns Street, Leamington, Cambridge known as Thai Food Cambridge.

The general nature of the business conducted under the licence is restaurant. The days on which and the hours during which alcohol is sold under the licence are: Monday to Sunday 4.30pm till 9pm.

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 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 only publication of this notice.

Held at 7.00pm in the Clubroom’s

5 MacLean St Cambridge

PUBLIC NOTICES

TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE

– Dick Street, Alpha Street, Victoria Street, Commerce Street, Duke Street and Empire Street on Sunday, 4 December 2022

Please note that the roads listed below will be closed to ordinary vehicular traffic between 12.00pm and 4.00pm on Sunday, 4 December 2022, for the Cambridge Christmas Parade.

• Dick Street – between Queen Street and Alpha Street

• Alpha Street – between Dick Street and Victoria Street

• Victoria Street – between Queen Street and Commerce Street

• Commerce Street – whole street – access to Milicich Place via Fort Street only

• Duke Street – between Victoria Street and Commerce Street

• Empire Street – between Alpha Street and Victoria Street

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

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

Garry Dyet CHIEF EXECUTIVE

TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE

– Mystery Creek Road, McEldownie Road, Mellow Road, Lamb Street and Milton Street from 30 November to 3 December 2022

Please note that the roads listed below will be closed to ordinary vehicular traffic from 30 November to 3 December 2022 for the National Fieldays.

MYSTERY CREEK

5.30am to 7.00pm

• Mystery Creek Road – between Gate 2 and Gate 5 – (vehicle pass holder access only)

• Mystery Creek Road – between McEldownie Road and Mellow Road (resident access only)

• McEldownie Road – between Kaipaki Road and Mystery Creek Road (resident access only)

5.30am to 12.00pm

• Mellow Road (northbound) – between Kaipaki Road and Mystery Creek Road

• Mystery Creek Road (eastbound) – between Mellow Road and Gate 5

Traffic is free to move on Angus Road, but there will be no left turn into Mystery Creek Road.

1.00pm to 7.00pm

• Mellow Road (southbound) – between Kaipaki Road and Mystery Creek Road

• Mystery Creek Road (westbound) – between Mellow Road and Gate 5

Traffic is free to move on Angus Road, but there will be no right turn on to Mystery Creek Road and access will only be available from Gate 5 direction.

CAMBRIDGE PARK ‘N’ RIDE

5.30am to 11.00am

• Lamb Street (eastbound) – between Cambridge Road and Milton Street

• Milton Street – between Lamb Street and 127 Milton Street

1.00pm to 7.00pm

• Lamb Street (westbound) – between Burns Street and Cambridge Road

• Milton Street – between Lamb Street and 127 Milton Street

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

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

Garry Dyet CHIEF EXECUTIVE

BRANT, Colleen Margaret, (nee Speake) – Passed away peacefully at the Possum Bourne Village, Pukekohe on Thursday, 17th November 2022. Aged 83 years. Dearly loved wife of Ron. Loved mother and mother-in-law to Craig & Linda, Teri & Phil, and Gavin & Sue. Loved grandmother and great-grandmother. At Colleen’s request a private family farewell has been held. All communications to the Brant Family, c/- 3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge 3434.

JOHNSTON, Aldo Reggie, (Aldon) – Peacefully at St Joan’s Resthome on Wednesday, 16th November 2022, with family by his side. Loved dad of Lewis & Brendan, Helena, Stephen & Helen-Mary. Step-dad to Shirley, and Jim. Grandad of Caelum, Alex, Sam, stepgrandad of Roger, Phillip, Mike, Kathryn, Bevan, Justin, Bridget, Lisa, and Alana. The service for Al has been held. All communications to the Johnston Family, c/- 3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge 3434.

BLACKLER, Terry

Thank you for your kindness, support, and comforting words. We deeply appreciate the cards, flowers, baking and expressions of sympathy received during this very sad time. To those who attended the celebration of Terry’s life, thank you for sharing this special occasion with us. Please accept this as a personal acknowledgement of our gratitude. From the family of Terry Blackler –Carolyn, Grant and Anna, Sue and Geoff, Rachael and David and their families.

ESPIN, Bryce Douglas –

Peacefully at Resthaven Home & Hospital, on Sunday 20th November 2022, in his 91st year. Very loved husband of the late Ngaire for 60 years, much loved partner of Sylvia. Loved father of Warren & Heather (Hawera), Vivienne & Ray Bennett (Hamilton), Karen & Phil Crossan (Auckland), David & Tracey (Cambridge), and Ross & Dianne (Oxford). Very much loved Poppa to all his grandchildren and great grandchildren. Thank you Sylvia for making dad’s final years so happy for him. Bryce will be lying in state at David & Tracey’s home, please phone David on 027 827 7293 for details. All welcome. A celebration of Bryce's life will be held at Woodside Estate, 130 Woodside Road, Tamahere, Hamilton on Wednesday, the 30th of November 2022 at 1:00pm, followed by a private cremation. All communications to the Espin Family, c/- 3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge 3434

Deon, it’s been 10 years since you took your last breath in my arms. A whole decade of learning to build a new life and an entire lifetime for one of our three children growing without you. I know our hearts will never be the same and that the darkness of grief can sneak up and blind us when we least expect it. But in these 10 years, I have also come to a place of acceptance and contentment of how truly blessed we were to have had you in our lives and for all of the things you achieved whilst here with us. You truly are an inspirational Man. Your life here with us may have been short, but your presence and legacy will last this lifetime and beyond. Thank-you for leaving the best of you behind, our three babies. I will forever know you are helping to guide us through this journey we call life. We love you and miss you until the day we meet again.

Arohanui Always Kelly, Quentin, Tyson & Vivika

Sydney W SEWELL

Lesley, Tricia, Andrea and families would like to offer heartfelt thanks for the kindness shown at the time of Syd’s passing. We sincerely appreciated all the phone calls, cards, beautiful bouquets and baking we received. Please accept this acknowledgement as an expression of our deepest gratitude.

NOVEMBER 24th - 30th

• Visit our website www.theregent.nz

SERIOUSLY RED | M |

A rowdy and rambunctions musical comedy starring Krew Boylan (also the film's writer) as a realtor who takes a wildly different career turn: becoming a Dolly Parton impersonator. Thu 6.00pm, Fri 5.20pm & 8.35pm, Sat 3.20pm, 5.30pm & 8.15pm, Sun 11.00am, 12.55pm & 6.25pm, Tue 5.45pm, Wed 5.15pm, 8.10pm

BEST BIRTHDAY EVER | G |

Little Charlie goes to a kindergarten and plays with his friends. But all that changes when his baby sister is born, leading to an unexpected adventure with his best friend Monica. Sat 12.45pm, Sun 11.10am

EMILY | M |

The biographical drama of Emily Brontë, charting her journey of rebellion and womanhood.  Thu 6.15pm, Fri 8.05pm, Sat 2.55pm, Sun 3.00pm Wed 5.20pm & 7.50pm

SHE SAID | M |

Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, the New York Times reporters who broke the bombshell Harvey Weinstein scandal, in this media drama from Emmy-winning director Maria Schrader . Thur 5.55pm, Fri 5.35pm, Sat 12.40pm & 5.40pm, Sun 10.30am, 3.15pm, 6.25pm

BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER | M |

The people of Wakanda fight to protect their home as they mourn the death of King T'Challa. Thur 5.35pm, Fri 5.25pm & 7.30pm, Sat 12.30pm, 3.45pm & 6.55pm, Sun 10.50am, 2.00pm, 5.30pm, Wed 5.20pm, 7.20pm

MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS | PG |

Thur 5.45pm, Fri 5.40pm & 8.10pm, Sat 2.30pm, 5.00pm, 7.25pm, Sun 1.10pm, 3.35pm, 6.00pm. Tue 5.30pm, Wed 10.20am, 5.30pm, 8.00pm

BLACK ADAM | M |

Fri 8.20pm, Sat 12.20pm & 7.35pm, Sun 5.35pm

THE WOMAN KING | R13 | Last Week Sat 7.50pm, Sun 5.50pm

LYLE, LYLE CROCODILE | PG | Sat 1.00pm, Sun 3.45pm

DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS | PG | Sat 3.15pm, Sun 1.20pm

WHEN THE COWS COME HOME | E | Locally made film

Fri 5.55, Sat 5.35pm Sun 12.50pm, Tue& Wed 5.35pm

THE ROYAL EDINBURGH MILITARY TATTOO | G | Last Session Wed 10.00 am

LIFEMARK | PG | Sun 10.40am, Wed 8.30pm

TINY TOTS SESSIONS (FOR THOSE WITH UNDER 2S) $10 Tickets **Last Tiny Tots Session of the Year** See How They Run 11.00am

COMING SOON Mister Organ

Deon Wayne MITA 22/01/1973 – 24/11/2012