Cambridge News | December 15, 2022

$9.23 – cost of a vote

By Mary Anne Gill

Waipā ratepayers paid a Christchurch company $9.23 for every vote cast in the recent local body elections.

The $145,000 bill from ElectionNZ to run the election netted 15,703 votes for a 39.65 per cent return.

Details of how much candidates spent on their campaign in Waipā have also been made public this week – but in bizarre fashion after The News was told it was not known when the information would go live.

The News asked Waipā Governance manager Jo Gread on Tuesday morning when the candidate electoral donations and expenses returns would be available. She denied knowing - and told us to keep our eye on the council website.

Then, less than 90 minutes later, the information had gone live on the Waipā District Council website. The News subsequently learned the information –which by law must be made available to the public - had been with the Governance team for five days and instructions made on Monday from a staffer to post them online.

Candidates had been given a December 7 deadline to file the information - 55 days after the election result was declared on October 13.

The figures show the biggest spender was new mayor Susan O’Regan who forked out $13,675, mostly on community newspaper advertising, and received free public relations’ advice, valued at $4800, for her 6902 votes.

Chris Woodhams, who finished third with 3181 votes, spent $13,540. He reported no donations in kind or in cash and most of his spending went on community newspaper and Facebook advertising.

Incumbent mayor Jim Mylchreest only spent $3843.87 for 4909 votes – just about all of it for signs and none on advertising.

Bernard Westerbaan’s low-frills $344.46

campaign secured him 687 votes.

Late last month The News put a series of questions to the council about the election campaign including when electoral returns would be available. We were told “late December”. We also asked why the council used an external provider and what the cost was.

The council initially declined to provide the ElectionNZ costs for running the election in Waipā saying because it was a private contractor, costs were commercially sensitive and would not be released.

The News went back to the council and asked it to reconsider as Rotorua Lakes Council said it spent $182,000 on the same provider. We signalled that we would go to the Ombudsman to secure the information we believe is in the public’s interest.

If all the country’s 78 local authorities spent an average $150,000, that represents more than $11.7 million on two private contractors which resulted in only one in three eligible voters having their say.

Local Government New Zealand wants a review of local elections to improve voting and make it more accessible in the 2025 elections. A centralised approach, including online voting, has been mooted.

Waipā paid just over $9000 to promote the elections.

We also asked why the council had allowed candidates to use old photos during the campaign. The rules say photos should be less than a year old.

Roger Gordon, Takina Stirling and Ange Holt were elected using photos more than 12 months old.

The rules in the candidate handbook said candidate photos had to be newer ones and in colour.

Stirling’s was an older black and white photo which had been used for promotional purposes on his website.

Mama…Mia!

Cambridge Community Board member Alana MacKay and husband Phil have welcomed their first child, a daughter Mia Christina McCathie MacKay, born on Monday at 1.47am weighing 3900g (8lb 6oz). MacKay, 37 yesterday, is understood to be the first elected member to give birth while in office. She fulfilled several community board duties last week, including a three hour board meeting held at the same time as the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce annual meeting. Phil, who was at that meeting, said he was not worried about his wife going into labour - because board chair Jo Davies-Colley was a midwife.

Photo: Mary Anne Gill

River ride’s last link opens

A 13-year mission to provide a 65km walkway from Karāpiro to Ngāruawāhia has been completed.

The final link in the walk and cycleway was opened last week to enable walkers and cyclists to reach Hamilton Gardens from Riverglade Drive, Tamahere – but it includes a 500 metre walking only section.

The Te Awa River Ride goes through Waipā and Waikato districts and Hamilton city and last week’s opening ceremony brought together Hamilton and Waikato local body politicians.

Hamilton Mayor Paula Southgate recalled being at the opening of the first section in Cambridge in 2009 when she was a regional councillor , “so, to be here today, 13 years later, and see the full path through to completion, as the Mayor of Hamilton, is exceptionally special.”

The section between Cambridge and Hamilton, which includes the State Highway 21 Airport Road underpass, was built in four stages by Waka Kotahi, Waipā District Council, Waikato District Council and Hamilton City Council.

It was jointly funded by Waka Kotahi and the Government’s Covid-19 Response and Recovery Fund, managed by

Kaanoa, the Regional Economic Development and Investment Unit.

Hamilton City Council’s Capital Projects Director Kelly Stokes said the final section involved working through one of the most challenging river sections for a path and the project was also delayed by Covid.

The boardwalk takes users over one of Hamilton’s oldest

gully systems where pekapeka –the long-tailed bat - roost.

Stokes said a 500 metre part of the new walkway was narrow and an on-road detour has been designed for those who want to stay on their bikes or scooters.

There, within a one-hectare area more than 145 native plant species exist, making this one of Hamilton’s richest forests. It’s cultural heritage dates to the 16th century when the area was

populated by Ngāti Wairere. It is also a corridor for native birds including tui, kereru, korimako and kākā

“These reasons and more, meant the boardwalk couldn’t be widened which is why we’re asking people to walk through this narrow 500m section,” said Stokes.

Plans are now being made for another ceremony in March to celebrate the entire 65km ride.

Merry Christmas! This will be my last column for the year as we head into holiday season.

While there are many safety messages that apply at this time of year, it’s timely for my annual reminder about security. We have seen an increase in burglaries, particularly commercial and rural burglaries, of late so we need to be vigilant.

It is easy to become complacent as Cambridge is generally a safer town to live in. This does not make us immune from opportunistic thieves however, especially those prolific offenders who come into the area from across the district.

Thieves can be the Grinch of Christmas, and in previous years burglars have even broken in and stolen Christmas presents from underneath the tree. Be security conscious even when home. When the weather is warm, do not leave your garage doors open

wide for ventilation - you are showing any offenders exactly what you have that they can steal. You are also providing access to internal access doors.

If you are out the back of your house, keep the front doors locked and valuables such as wallets and iPads out of sight. If you are going away, do your best to not advertise your absence to passers-by. Ensure you lock all doors and windows, and if away for any length of time, have the lawns mown and consider asking a neighbour to park their car in your driveway.

Remember to ensure any pets are cared for if they can’t go with you, either at a kennels/cattery or by a visiting carer. If you have CCTV in place, check that it is working properly; recording and saving, and if it can be accessed from your mobile phone, even better.

When your car is parked on your property,

remember to lock it even when you are leaving it for a short period of time. Again, do not leave any valuables in your car as these entice thieves to smash a window, break in and steal them.

Prevention is best and you may avoid a theft and the associated inconvenience of insurance claims and trying to get the car repaired at an already hectic time of year.

Reporting is key in all cases. Let me stress one more time for 2022, if a crime is in progress, or offenders have just fled a scene, call 111 immediately – do not second guess yourself. If you return after a holiday or time away and find something has happened and offenders are long gone, ring 105 or report it online at 105.police.govt.nz

However you are celebrating the holiday season, I wish you a safe, fun and relaxing time. See you in the New Year.

A large gathering was on hand to see the last section of the river rise declared open.

Hit the target

A community newspaper advertising campaign calling for registered and enrolled nurses and midwives keen to return to work at Waikato, Thames, Te Kūiti, Taumarunui or Tokoroa hospitals has hit the target. The News understands within hours of the advert going in newspapers like ours, Te Whatu Ora (Health NZ) Waikato’s lines were running hot from people wanting to return to the clinical workforce working flexible hours.

Café for pool

A café will be built within the Cambridge Perry Aquatic Centre at no cost to the Waipā council. Access to the café will be available to both internal and external customers via kiosk type windows and operated by a third party on behalf of the Waipā Community Facilities Trust. It will be in an existing service accessway to the 50m pool, adjacent to a Waipā Networks transformer enclosure, which will have to be moved.

Ava’s a winner

Karāpiro School student Ava Williams has featured in the 2022 Fred Hollows Foundation New Zealand Humanity Awards. Principal Tina-Maree Thatcher said Ava, who was nominated by the school, was a role model “and we are delighted to celebrate her success… we will follow Ava’s future humanitarian endeavours with interest.”

Top five stories

Our online readers to cambridgenews.nz loved the news in brief feature we launched last week. It was the top page with more than 37 per cent of all visitors. The rest of the top five were: A warning about photos, Ready for the Special Olympics, Cambridge girl from beginning to end and CJD blood ban will be lifted.

Business as usual – again

By Mary Anne Gill

It might have been, in Kelly Bouzaid’s words, a “tumultuous year” but the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce finished it financially healthy and committed to advocacy.

In her chief executive’s report to the 34th annual meeting last week, Bouzaid said there were uncertainty and challenges but a Meet the Mayor event last month and the annual member satisfaction survey reflected

optimism and positivity.

“Our work has primarily been in crisis management and economic recovery but it is great to be returning to a more business as usual environment with our eye focused on business development and vitality,” she said.

The chamber hosted 36 in person and five online events during the year and now has several relevant workstreams and advocacy projects it was committed to for next year.

Chair Tracey Olivier said business owners and the community went through the mill.

“We still grew membership and we were still able to hold our head high financially.

“We had to become a little ruthless in not doing anything that wasn’t necessary as everyone faced not only business strain but personal strain too,” she said.

The board concentrated on supporting the team to create

positive connections, community engagement and collaborative advocacy.

At the meeting, Colonial Antiques’ Ken Sheldrick was presented with a certificate acknowledging his retirement after nearly 50 years.

Karen May was also made a life member of the chamber for her 20 years of membership, loyalty and strategic partnership. Tammee Wilson was added to the board after an election.

$9.23 – cost of a vote

During the campaign, The News asked candidates if their photos were less than 12 months old.

Only Gordon and Ruth Nicholls, who unsuccessfully stood for a seat on the Cambridge Community Board, fessed up.

Jill Taylor, who successfully stood for the Te Awamutu-Kihikihi Community Board said her one was new.

“The instructions were (to) provide a photo not more than 12 months old so that is what I didwhy would any prospective candidate not follow

the instructions?”

Waipā deputy chief executive Ken Morris said all candidates were told the rules and were responsible for policing the photo rule themselves.

“We and the community should have an expectation that anyone standing for public office would simply follow the rules. It’s disappointing some people didn’t.”

During the campaign returning officer Warwick Lampp of ElectionNZ said: “all candidates have assured me the photos are taken within the last 12 months as required by the candidate handbook.”

Asked if he would act, Lampp said he would not.

The News understands only O’Regan and Liz Stolwyk were told to change their profile photos.

O’Regan because her photo was taken on the steps of the Cambridge Town Hall, an identifiable council asset and thus against the rules, and Stolwyk because she originally submitted an older photo.

O’Regan photoshopped her photo to get rid of the background and Stolwyk found a newer photo which she re-submitted.

Celebrating Life - Your Way

Helen Carter Funeral

Chamber chair Tracey Olivier thanks retailer Ken Sheldrick for his 50 year contribution and rewards Karen May with life membership. Photos: Mary Anne Gill

Regional chair for Graf

By Mary Anne Gill

Waipā-King Country’s Clyde Graf has been elected Waikato Regional Council’s environmental performance committee chair.

And in a shock, his experienced colleague Stu Kneebone of Cambridge missed out on chairing any of the key “discretionary” council committees.

The election of chairs and deputy chairs follows a tumultuous few weeks since the local body election which resulted in an even split – seven for Pamela Storey and seven for Kneebone.

Because of the impasse, Storey’s name was pulled from a hat to become regional council chair.

Five Storey supporters - Graf, Robert Cookson, Mich’eal Downard, Chris Hughes and Warren Maher – picked up strategy and

policy, integrated catchment management, finance and services and regional transport committees. The climate action committee will be chaired by Kneebone supporter Jennifer Nickel.

Kneebone, who has been a regional councillor since 2010, and supporters Noel Smith, Kataraina Hodge, Tipa Mahuta and Angela Strange all have deputy chairperson roles.

Graf, who lives in Hamilton but represents Waipā-King Country, chaired the environmental performance committee in his last term on the council between 2013 and 2016.

The council at today’s meeting in Hamilton – held after The News went to press – was to discuss remuneration for the council from its $933,748 pool.

Storey gets $163,254, which is set by the

Remuneration Authority and not part of the pool.

The recommendations are that deputy chair Bruce Clarkson gets $85,184 and committee chairs, Cookson, Downard, Graf, Hughes, Maher and Nickel get $75,355.

Smith would get $68,802 as deputy chair of the critical integrated catchment committee which the other five councillors would get $65,526.

The regional council chairs and deputy chairs are:

• Environmental Performance Committee: Clyde Graf; deputy chair Kataraina Hodge

• Climate Action Committee: Jennifer Nickel; deputy chair Tipa Mahuta

• Finance and Services Committee: Chris Hughes; deputy chair Angela Strange

• Strategy and Policy Committee: Warren Maher; deputy chair Stu Kneebone

Number three, meet number 90,000…

When Waikato University celebrated its 90,000th graduate it sparked a celebration which had a true Waipā flavour.

The student was Cole McOnie, an international class BMX rider from Te Awamutu.

To recognise the achievement, the Alumni Association invited Cole and members of his family to a morning tea where they met some of the first graduates who had attended the university in 1964.

He was introduced to Dorothy Gaunt, of Cambridge, the third person capped by the university. The first two, including the first graduate, Peter Allen, who

grew up in Cambridge, have died.

Dorothy Gaunt enrolled when the university buildings comprised A block and a cow shed. Today the university complex comprises more than 100 purpose built lecture theatres.

The first 19 graduates – who all received a Bachelor of Arts - were capped in 1967 at Hamilton’s Founders’ Theatre.

At the Claudelands arena Cole, whose graduating class was almost 600-strong, received a Bachelor of Health, Sport and Human Resources.

PICTURED RIGHT: Cole McOnie with Dorothy Gaunt.

• Submissions Subcommittee: Warren Maher; deputy chair Chris Hughes

• Regional Transport Committee: Mich’eal Downard; deputy chair Angela Strange.

• Integrated Catchment Management Committee: Robert Cookson; deputy chair Noel Smith.

Clyde Graf Stu Kneebone

A different serve from Holly

By Viv Posselt

As the rest of us settle into a quiet January, Cambridge’s Holly Christina will be at the ASB Classic in Auckland. She won’t be playing, nor will she be ball girl as she often has been in past seasons. Instead, the New Zealand singersongwriter will be among those entertaining the crowds. It’s a gig the then plucky 24-year-old picked up after giving her card to the ASB Classic’s chief executive some six years ago, suggesting it might be an idea to offer live entertainment to fans between the games. Turned out it was, and Holly Christina has been performing at the Classic ever since.

“I’ve been upgraded to the Treehouse from the entertainment stage,” she grinned. “Now, the Classic is one of my favourite summer gigs.”

Holly Christina, aka H.C. Roberts in her new literary life, has woven elements of those tennis and musical worlds into her recentlypublished first novel, the 410-page ‘Harp and the Lyre’ fiction piece she describes as alternative fantasy for young adults. It tells the stories of five teens facing

today’s teen-centric issues –the clash of tech giants Harp and Lyre, gaming, climate change, influencers, how to navigate real life and an online life in tandem.

The book features four maps and 14 songs, the latter embedded or unlocked via QR codes, making for an unusual reading and listening experience.

Holly Christina has always had a passion for music and storytelling. She learned the piano early on, then the flute and guitar at around 12. It was the guitar that gave her the freedom to write songs and has been her instrument of choice ever since. She recorded her first album at 15, and has done around eight more since then, some released the old way, some digitally.

She has been teaching guitar since she was 16. “I work mostly with teens, so I really get what they think about.”

The novel is subtitled ‘Exposed’ and is intended as book one in what she hopes will be a fulsome series. She has left some threads that suggest there is more to come, and is already well underway with planning the next few.

Holly Christina’s own reading choice is generally more classical, things like

‘War and Peace’ rather than fantasy. The ‘Harp and the Lyre’ was seven years in the making. “It went through a number of iterations … started off as a musical in a high school, then a play before I finally settled on a novel.”

Her 2019 move from Auckland to a quieter life in Cambridge, combined with Covid lockdowns, gave her the impetus she needed to write, and she spent most of the last year doing a series of re-writes. When she

first came to Cambridge, she joined the bellringers at St Andrew’s Church for a while and wrote a song entitled ‘Cambridge’ which she debuted at the church’s 2021 sesquicentennial.

Now slightly exhausted, Holly Christina wants to get her debut novel off to a good start before heading down the frenetic writing tunnel again.

“It’s been quite a journey,” she mused. “I think this summer is going to be about giving my brain a rest …”

Welcome back

Two councillors on leave since they were re-elected to the Waipā District Council on October 8 have been welcomed back and sworn in.

Philip Coles and Mike Pettit missed the pōwhiri and swearing in of Waipā’s mayor and councillors on October 31 at Lake Karāpiro and meetings held in the intervening period.

Now back from leave, they made their declarations at the council meeting this week.

They had been unable to act as members of the council until the ceremony.

Holly Christina can now add author to her CV after publishing her first novel.

Philip Coles

Mike Pettit

new lens

By Peter Carr

It’s been an interesting fortnight since my last offering to this august journal. The first week involved working the full four days at Fieldays and the following week involved a nervous wait for, and execution, of a double cataract operation.

So, this comes to you with my pecking at a keyboard complete with very dark glasses impersonating one of the Blues Brothers... but not earning their money!

A Fieldays clear of cold, foggy Winter mornings was something board members (including myself) had hankered for over several years. Traditionally the annual event was aligned with the ‘quiet’ part of the dairy farm calendar until the pandemic created (or caused) major change. But in keeping faith with the large number of exhibitors the Fieldays Society attempted an early summer offering. The public, with the agricultural fraternity busy with double milking and silage preparation, spoke out by staying on the land. Interestingly the smaller crowd gave the exhibitors more quality time with their clients – prospective or actual – but essentially many visitors were feeling the financial pinch in the pocket.

So turning to the second week I followed up on the recommendation of the optometrist and the eye surgeon to ‘do the double’ and permit the creation of new eye lenses preceded by the destruction of both cataracts. As I write (or rather struggle to tap this due to the aforementioned dark glasses) I have to admit that just three days after the fairly short, side by side, operations the vision is greatly improved.

The late Fred Hollows, having been brought up in the Manawatū, initially set off to be trained as a minister of the church

but, after a student holiday job in a mental facility, changed to study medicine in general and ocular matters in particular. By this time, he was in Australia and later the United Kingdom educating himself in a high degree of medical vision support. He also had a love for scaling rocks in high places –including in Nepal - and was, for a period, a close friend of Sir Edmund Hillary. His introduction to socio-economically depleted Nepal and other similar countries took him to persuading manufacturers of intraocular lenses in those areas to do so at a minimal cost. It enabled him to start the main thrust of his career improving the sight of people in deprived regions.

The resultant Fred Hollows Foundation is an excellent reminder of Dr Hollows’ magnificent work which came to an end when he died in 1993. I knew little of the detail but my brush with defective sight caused me to read up on that fine man whose dedication and skills are treasured by many thousands of people around the world.

Sight – along with hearing, smell and touch - are birth-given skills that we too often take for granted. The smell of a blooming flower, the bouquet of a shiraz and the touch of a hand on one’s cheek are to be treasured. Should any one of them be frustrated for any reason we fret and miss them terribly.

See you all in the New Year – the essence of a good Christmas with your family is arriving there safely. Take care.

What’s the truth about Christmas?

By Murray Smith, Senior Leader, Bridges Church

Lots of traditions can be sourced back to meaningful origins. However over time, many drift into being a ‘form’ with their point long forgotten.

Once a tradition is formed, then perpetuated throughout many years, memories dim as to what actually began that tradition in the first place. Reflecting on ‘why’ we do what we do and the circumstances behind our observance of traditions is worth re-evaluating.

I heard someone once describing a young woman about to pan-fry a whole fish. Before she placed it in the hot frying pan she cut its tail off.

Her mother observed this and asked the daughter if there was a reason. The daughter’s slightly indignant response was that she had learned it from her mother“I learned that from watching you,” she said. “You always cut off the tail first and I thought it was just something that you did to cook fish nicely.”

The mother smiled as she responded, “Oh my goodness! I only ever cut the tails off because I never owned a frying pan that was big enough…”

That makes me think about how Christmas is celebrated. With traditions galore now that go with the season, it’s anyone’s guess where these originated back in the past. Putting up the Christmas tree, decorating spaces with tinsel and lights, kissing someone you love under mistletoe, eating treats like plum pudding, the anticipation of Santa Claus coming (if you’ve been good), hanging stockings, exchanging gifts…on the list goes.

But what is the enduringly special element of Christmas? The clue is in the first six

letters. Christ. Therein lies the magnitude of Christmas. The coming of a Saviour, so needed by all of us. Our culture has exchanged much of this significance, preferring other traditions over celebrating the birth of a baby born 2000 years ago. Yet the birth of Jesus Christ remains the pre-eminent event in human history despite many viewing it as irrelevant to their lives.

Becoming secularised and humanistic has had consequences. In 2016 the Oxford Dictionary declared the phrase of the year to be…’post-truth era’ having observed its usage increase by 2000 per cent. The assertion of our world being in a ‘posttruth era’ has certainly gained oxygen up until today, with its abundance of twisted, misrepresented, distorted and unreliable information. Into a setting desperately needing truth, Jesus’ timeless words echo… “I am the truth.”

While leading a small group course explaining what Christian faith really is, I spoke about the coming of Jesus to Earth. A young woman in her ‘twenties’ delightfully expressed her discovery realising for the first time, the true essence of the Christmas story. That wondrous account of Mary giving birth to Jesus - the ‘incarnation’ or God coming in human form to reveal Himself. She’d observed nativity scenes on cards and in shop windows since childhood, but never connected the dots as to the reality and purpose behind those images.

Discovering the reason for the season changes everything.

Skatepark opens

Waipā District Councill has announced it will partially open Cambridge’s new skatepark in Dominion Avenue tomorrow.

Construction began on the $800,000 project began in early August.

Waipā District Council’s community services manager Brad Ward said the skatepark is more than halfway complete and is on track to be completed by March next year.

“We’re excited to be

able to open some of the skatepark in time for Christmas and the school holidays. Our contractors Fluhler Contracting Limited and Acid NZ have been working hard to get this section completed,” he said.

“Skaters will be able to enjoy many of the new features such as the flow bowl, a step up quarter pipe with a flat ledge, a bank, pump dump, wedges with a rail feature, stair set, euro gap and down rail, a pocket

corner and hipped 4.5 foot quarter pipe. There will also be access to the shaded hangout area.”

Ward said a newly completed skatepark in Te Awamutu had become a popular skate location since opening in September and council was expecting the same results for Cambridge.”

Security fencing and CCTV will remain in place at the Cambridge skatepark while construction continues.

Our new New Zealanders

By Grace Odlum

A family celebrating 11 years in their new home have become naturalised New Zealanders.

Angeline Naomi and Christo Van der Merwe, and their two children Eben and Yolinda moved to New Zealand from South Africa in 2011.

But the journey to Cambridge came via Australia. They fell in love with that countrybut were not big fans of the number of people were they were, so crossed the Tasman.

Angeline and Christo started their business, CAD Boiler and Combustion Ltd in April. Angeline is the Office Manager and Christo does more of the hands-on work. Their children both work too – Eben makes custom headstones and bench tops and Yolanda is a chef.

Last Friday the family was among a group of 30 immigrants who became New Zealand

The full list of new citizens was, from Cambridge, Melina Blevans (America), Stephanie Curin (Britain), William Davidson (Canada), Lewis Ferrier (Britain), Maura Furniss (America), Carmel Stock (Australia), Angeline, Christo, Eben and Yolinda Van der Merwe (South Africa), Eduan, Pieter and Tane Venter (South Africa), Louisa Venter (Zimbabwe), Philip Butler (Ireland), Fabian Burgos Pino (Chile), Isabelle Verriere (France), Cesar Carranza (Argentina), Barbara Brassesco (Argentina), Lorraine Marsh (Britain), Kelly Stokes (Australia), Emily Veelenturf, Christine Verrion-Clarke, Denise Weatherby and Sian Mansill (all Britain), from Te Awamutu, Dalila Jellie (France), Natasha Kelly and Robert Aughey (Ireland) and Marianne Tible (Philippines), and from Ōhaupō, Hana Beatson (Britain).

citizens at a ceremony in Te Awamutu where mayor Susan O’Regan presided for the first time.

Yolanda, Angeline, Christo, and Eben Van der Merwe, pictured during last week’s function to welcome 30 new citizens.

Vaughn Maxwell tests out the Cambridge skatepark.

Lions show their class

By Viv Posselt

School leaders and several Cambridge Lions met recently to discuss the benefits local students receive through Lions’ donations.

Cambridge Lions provides an annual grant of $13,000 each to Cambridge High School and to a primary/ intermediate schools cluster, comprising Cambridge Middle School, Cambridge Primary, Cambridge East Primary, St Peter’s Catholic School, Leamington Primary, Roto-o-Rangi Primary, Kaipaki Primary, Karapiro Primary, Horahora Primary, Hautapu Primary, Goodwood Primary and Te Miro Primary.

The money is raised through the Vogel St Lions Shed, the club caravan, and Trash & Treasure market.

Immediate past president of the Cambridge Lions, Warren Beard, said the amount to schools had increased from $10,000 about four years ago.

“We give it in two lumps over the year. The intermediate school and primary schools get half the amount each at the end of terms two and four, with Cambridge High School splitting it across the end of terms one and three,” he said.

The grants are channelled

through the Cambridge Principals Association and Manaaki Ā’Konga, an organisation providing support for students who may be educationally disadvantaged for some reason.

Cambridge High School deputy principal John

McDonnell said recipients are identified according to certain criteria.

“Part of the prerequisite would be where we believe a student’s education might be compromised without it or enhanced with the Lions funding. Examples would include buying new glasses

for a student, buying a pair of sports shoes, helping a student after the family home was affected by a fire,” he said.

“It is a lifeline for some … we have used the funds when there has been a death in the family, or made sure there is food in the cupboard

if a job loss is involved. A lot of our students would miss out without the Lions funding.”

Tagget Christophersen, chairperson of Manaaki Ā’Konga, said the increase in Lions funding was ‘gratefully received’ by the schools, particularly since Covid. She

said some families receive help with grocery or petrol vouchers where required.

Kim Budd, principal at Kaipaki School and chairperson of the Cambridge Principals Association said each recipient school had a committee with the hands-on knowledge of its students’ needs and distributed the money accordingly.

Also at the meeting was Julie Dawick, deputy principal at Cambridge Middle School and Manaaki Ā’Konga treasurer. She said the Lions funding was increasingly helpful for a growing number of families.

Wayne Donnellon, principal at Roto-o-Rangi School, said the more streamlined distribution of Lions funds through Manaaki Ā’Konga meant needs could be met more efficiently. He said he encouraged some of his pupils and their families to ‘give back’ by helping at the Lions’ Trash & Treasure market.

The Cambridge Lions have distributed around $250,000 over the last Lions year. Club president Elbe Moreland said they would continue to support schools and the wider community where they could.

Pictured at Cambridge Middle School after their recent meeting are, from left, Tagget Christophersen, John McDonnell, Lions Elbe Moreland and Warren Beard, Kim Budd, Wayne Donnellon, Lion Heidi Wehrle, and Julie Dawick.

Taking donuts off the menu

By Mary Anne Gill

Burn outs, donuts and excessive speed by boy racers could be a thing of the past in parts of Te Awamutu and Kihikihi following a Waipā District Council recommendation.

Transportation safety officer Julie Taylor told the Te Awamutu-Kihikihi Community Board at its meeting last night – after The News went to press – that antisocial driving was on the increase in the district.

“Much of, although not all, such behaviour occurs late at night. As well as making other motorists feel unsafe on the roads, this behaviour is often intimidating and creates litter issues and excessive noise. In rural areas, the noise frightens stock, as well as disturbing residents,” she said.

Earlier this year Waipā councillors agreed to create a light motor vehicle prohibition register and ban the cars from selected roads between 9pm and 4am every day.

The roads chosen in Te AwamutuKihikihi for discussion by the board were in the Bond Road industrial area, Puahue Rd - Parklands Rd –Chamberlain Rd loop and Arapuni/ Bulmers Landings area.

The register would be created under a clause in the Waipā District Public Places Bylaw 2018. It would be an offence for the light motor vehicles to

be on the roads during that time unless they had legitimate business there.

The Bond Rd area takes in Riverhurst Dve, Benson Rd, Jack Russell Dve, Bruce Berquist Dve, Livingstone Brothers Lane and Mathews Place.

“Industrial cul de sacs are ideal for light motor vehicle prohibitions as they have little legitimate night traffic and there are limited exit points for antisocial drivers to evade police,” said Taylor.

Roads in Cambridge and Pirongia are also being eyed for the ban.

Taylor said the prohibition might reduce antisocial driving activity but was only effective if police were available to respond.

“It will therefore be important that residents report activity at the time it is happening,” she said.

If the roads chosen reduces or eliminates antisocial driving, then other roads could be added.

The board was to consider the list of roads and submit its views to the Service Delivery committee at its February meeting.

“The community board members’ insight into what is happening in their area will help focus council resources to best target the locations where need is greatest and the light motor vehicle prohibitions are likely to be most effective,” Taylor said.

In the festive spirit

Fifteen restaurants combined to donate food to support Achievement House’s annual Christmas party – which came with music from Cambridge Rotary’s Bruised Brothers.

Achievement House in Cambridge offers part-time employment and volunteer opportunities for those with disabilities. Occupational and social activities provided are enjoyed by people from Cambridge, Te Awamutu and Hamilton. A total of 46 people attended this year’s Christmas festivities.

Manager Neil Fynn said the event, which has been organised by Cambridge Rotary for about 11 years, was always a highlight for

those affiliated with Achievement House.

“They look forward to it every year. It’s a great event and we’re very grateful for the generous support from the community,” he said.

St Peters’ helping hand

The St Peter’s Year 7 and 8 students sponsored 20 families by providing them with food baskets.

The donations, from February to July, were part of a continued association the schools has with Salvation Army.

“Their commitment to serving the local community has been through our monthly supply of different food items. From February to July students

managed to sponsor 20 families by providing food baskets for them. They then started to work with them by volunteering every Wednesday… each week a group of students helped sort vegetables and fruits for local families,” a school spokesperson said.

An annual ‘Walk for the Sallies’ – where students were involved in walking or running a 1000 metre circuit - was a success.

Students sought sponsorship and one students covered a total of 52 km to contribute towards a combined total of almost $12,000 raised.

This money goes directly to the Salvation Army and will be used in projects helping families who are really struggling.

Students have also sponsored families with Christmas gifts - each class has a nominated family support.

Achievement House workers and volunteers enjoy the sounds of the Bruised Brothers.

Photo: Shelby McClelland.

‘Born to teach’ Kathy says farewell

By Mary Anne Gill

Kathy Miller has been a teacher for 50 years and as she contemplates life away from the classroom, she keeps coming back to the profession that was always more than a job for her.

“I was born to be a teacher,” she says as she sits in the staffroom at Te Awamutu College waiting for the farewell morning tea, she knows will be an emotional one.

Kathy has just turned 73 – time to retire from her job as a science and biology teacher at the college but the staff and students who wished her a happy retirement this week, are just as likely to see her early next term.

Relief teaching is something she is keen to continue doing and only at Te Awamutu College.

“It’s a lovely school to work in,” she says.

It was 32 years ago – the summer of 1991 – when Kathy and her family moved up to Cambridge from the central Hawke’s Bay.

There were two science teaching jobs going – one at Te Awamutu and the other at Hamilton Girls. She applied for Te Awamutu and got it. For her it was like “déjà vu” – the girls’ uniform was the same as Central Hawke’s Bay College in Waipukurau, the only other school in which she has taught.

Kathy was born in Hawke’s Bay – the fifth of seven Willis children and her mother was a schoolteacher.

She obtained a science honours degree in botany at Massey University and then did her teacher training in Auckland.

Married at 20, she and her exhusband, also a teacher, moved back to Hawke’s Bay where they raised three children, now all in their 40s.

When the family moved to Cambridge 32 years ago and Kathy to Te Awamutu College, the job became all encompassing. She was appointed teacher in charge of biology, then a dean and head of department.

In preparation for retirement, she stepped down as head four years ago and has taught .8 of her time.

She says people who leave Te Awamutu College often report back they did not realise how open a school it was.

“There is a place for everybody at this school. You can be different and still have your friends and be part of your (own) social attitudes.”

Principal Tony Membery has been at the school throughout Kathy’s tenure – first as a teaching colleague and since 2007, the boss.

In between relief teaching, Kathy will spend more time with her eight grandchildren and do her best to improve her 26 handicap at Cambridge Golf Club.

She had a year’s sabbatical several years ago and went to the US, Europe and the United Kingdom which whetted her appetite for travel.

A longer version of this story appears on cambridgenews.nz

Kathy Miller of Cambridge is leaving Te Awamutu College.

Photo: Mary Anne Gill

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Council looks at Māori land

Changes to Waipā’s District Plan are being considered to better enable Māori to use their land for housing.

A report discussed this week considered how the council can best meet community expectations around papakāinga - communal living on ancestral land.

It suggests two scenarios, with the preferred scenario being the introduction of a Māori Purpose Zone into Waipā’s District Plan. This would replace the existing Marae Development Zone already provided for in the District Plan which is only centred on existing marae areas.

Māori Purpose Zones are already used by a number of councils. They are areas zoned mainly for Māori cultural and development needs, including residential and commercial

activities. While the zones would generally enable papakāinga in defined areas, in Waipā this has yet to be refined.

Mayor Susan O’Regan noted the report was timely given the ongoing shortage of housing in the district. But it had not suggested anything radical or unexpected, she said.

“Papakāinga is already allowed in the Waipā district in some areas,” she said. “What this report has done is confirm that some change is required to meet expectations around existing landholdings.”

Council made the call to prioritise papakāinga last term following a recommendation from iwi representatives. The report noted there were around 112 Māori landholdings in Waipā, most in rural

Watching over us

Waipā motorists heading north for the festive season will get to see the final piece in the Waikato Expressway’s jigsaw of art.

A 16 metre sculpture celebrating the journey of the Tainui waka watches over State Highway 1 north of Hamilton.

The Waka Maumahara, a stainless steel work designed by Fred Graham was installed on Sunday just north of Lake Rd between the four-lane Hamilton section and the SH1C offramp.

The artwork was blessed at a gathering of mana whenua on Tuesday.

Graham, 94, is a renowned sculptor and Tainui kaumātua of Ngāti Korokī Kahukura descent

Information about the artwork is on storyboards at Resolution interchange and Osborne Road bridge.

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency partnered with Waikato-Tainui to develop a cultural symbolism plan for the expressway which included the creation of a cultural reserve at Tamahere, large artworks and storyboards along the route.

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environments clustered in Maungatautari, Pukeatua, Kihikihi/Mangatoatoa and Kakepuku. Most involve large land areas with just a small number of rural landholdings less than one hectare in area.

“Put simply, our District Plan rules do not reflect the different categories of Māori land and are not consistent with what’s happening elsewhere. This is a real barrier to enabling more housing in our district at a time of very high housing need. A change to the District Plan is needed but there is a lot of work to do yet.”

Discussions must take into account a range of issues, including Ahu Ake –Waipā’s Community Spatial Plan.

“Papakāinga doesn’t exist in isolation from other issues and opportunities our district is grappling with.”

Iwi and mana whenua engagement on a potential Plan Change will begin early in 2023. Broader community engagement on papakāinga will also be part of the Ahu Ake engagement process next year.

The proposed Plan Change looks likely to be formally notified in mid-to-late 2023.

Ready for foot and mouth

The spread of foot and mouth disease in Indonesia has Emergency Management operations staff in Waipā, and the rest of New Zealand, on red alert.

The Ministry for Primary Industries is leading national planning, Waipā Emergency Management operations manager David Simes told the Regulatory committee this week.

Basic scenarios were worked through at national planning workshops where lessons

identified during the Covid 19 pandemic were considered.

New Zealand has never had an outbreak of foot and mouth disease which is caused by a virus that infects cloven-hooved animals – cows, pigs, sheep, goats, deer, alpaca and llama – but not rodents, cats, dogs, birds, or horses.

It is an animal health disease and unrelated to the human hand, foot and mouth disease common in young children.

Kiwifruit on high

An application to build artificial shelters for a Cambridge kiwifruit orchard is heading to the High Court.

Independent commissioner Alan Withy granted the land use consent in August, but a neighbour applied for a judicial review which will be held at the High Court in Hamilton next May 13.

Owners GDP Orchards at 383 Parallel Road want to build vertical and horizontal (overhead) artificial shelter and cryptomeria shelterbelts breaching setbacks and site

coverage requirements in the Rural Zone.

Further down the road, at 582 Parallel Rd, Kiwifruit Investments Ltd has applied for a retrospective land use resource consent to build vertical and horizontal artificial kiwifruit shelters.

Owners started planning vines at the former grazing block and asparagus plot earlier this year and have already planted 15ha with another 8.5ha to go.

A hearing date has yet to be set.

The Waka Maumahara sculpture is 16m high and weighs 5 tonnes.

Charlotte Risi, Chloe Cawte and Gemma Barham of Cambridge High School were among 31 recipients of David Johnstone Charitable Trust grants presented in Hamilton last week. Each student received $6000 to start their tertiary career. Hundreds of Waikato school leavers have realised their potential in tertiary education in science, engineering, teaching and technology thanks to Johnstone’s determination to give other ambitious, hard-working young people the gift of learning. He died in 1990 and the first of the annual scholarships were awarded in 1993.

Gemma Barham

Charlotte Risi

Chloe Cawte

Special times at the Olympics

By Roy Pilott

It’s the only sporting event I can recall where the competitors make a point of approaching the media to say hello.

The national Special Olympics in Hamilton wrapped up last weekend at the somewhat stunted end of three days of competition involving 13,000 competitors across 11 sports.

“The competitors say hello to everyone,” swim coach Shelley Blair said. “It’s a truly amazing event.

“There is a lot of socialisation –it’s physically an important thing for the athletes for their health and wellbeing, but there are holistic benefits – they take responsibility for being organised.”

The event itself was robbed of a closing ceremony and social function after some athletes

returned positive Covid tests – and some teams took the decision to return home on the final day rather than compete.

Waipā celebrated a cache of successes in the form of medals and personal bests.

Weightlifter Courtney Duncan from Cambridge finished the event with two silvers and two bronze medals.

Blair, who looked after Waipā’s

swimmers at Waterworld said it was a testimony to their work when six members collected medals on the final day.

There were more than 250 competitors in the pool for the national event.

And these Special Olympics are competitive as well as social.

“I’ve seen tears when one of my swimmers didn’t finish in the top three – but then she went out and

did a personal best and won a gold in a final.”

Waipā’s 50-plus strong team of swimmers went home with 11 gold, 14 silver and 12 bronze medals – and a tally of 34 personal bests.

The 2023 Special Olympics will be in Canterbury – the torch has yet to be passed though, that was supposed to happen at the closing ceremony.

ABOVE: Robert van der Wee, Te Awamutu, gives it everything in one of his swimming events.

LEFT: Sorry, wrong number …. coach Shelley Blair makes some last minute adjustments to Cambridge swimmer Jarrod Gilbert’s number.

RIGHT: Courtney Duncan, from Cambridge, shows off her weightlifting medals.

A serving of Pickleball

By Steph Bell-Jenkins

It’s got a quirky name, its ball has a Swiss cheese vibe, and people are going crackers for it.

Pickleball, a fusion of tennis, table tennis and badminton, is whetting the appetites of young and old in Cambridge, attracting players aged 12 to 70-plus.

For local plastics engineer Mark Hanlon, it’s been a total game changer.

“I’ve played tennis all my life and I had to stop playing about 10 years ago because arthritis was causing some issues in my elbow, which I hated,” he said.

“I loved playing tennis; I loved the competitive part of it, I loved the social aspect as well. And suddenly pickleball brings all that back.”

Pickleball was invented on Bainbridge Island in Washington, USA in 1965 by Joel Pritchard, who later

served in the US Congress as Washington’s lieutenant governor, and his friends Barney McCallum and Bill Bell.

According to Wikipedia, the three dads returned from golf one Saturday, found their families bored and challenged them to invent their own game.

Controversy remains over whether the sport was named after the Pritchards’ family dog, Pickles, or because Joel’s wife Joan had remarked the game reminded her of pickle boats, where oarsmen were chosen from the leftovers of other boats.

Now enjoyed across the globe, the game is played on a badminton court with a tennisheight net, using a hollow plastic ball covered in holes and an oversized table tennis paddle.

According to USA Pickleball’s website, it has been the fastest growing sport for two years running in America, where there are now more than

4.8 million pickleball players or “picklers”.

“It’s extremely popular,” Mark said. “It’s reputedly the fastest growing indoor sport in the world. We have 40 clubs in New Zealand.”

Mark discovered the game through his brother-in-law, drove to a club in Morrinsville to give it a crack and was instantly hooked.

“It was a real revelation because I thought that side of my sports life had really gone,” he said.

Now, he and his wife Janet have teamed up with six other fans of the game –Alison Saville, Ewan Hunter, Danny and Ali Beskalo, Kath Carmody and Thane Haarhoff – to launch Pickleball Cambridge.

The group is running games at the Cambridge Badminton Stadium on Wednesdays from 3pm-6pm and encouraging anyone interested to give it a thwack.

Kath Carmody gets stuck into a pickleball game at the Cambridge Badminton Stadium.

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Cyclists get into Games mode

Cycling New Zealand’s elite track riders are starting a hectic and vital summer programme with Paris Olympic qualification at stake.

With the shortened Olympiad post-Tokyo, qualifying steps up a gear in 2023, with the key track events pushed into the early part of the year which provides the pathway to the revamped world championships in September and on to next year’s Paris Olympics.

The competition hots up tomorrow with the annual Aon Cambridge Three Day track event starting tomorrow (Friday) at the Grassroots Trust Velodrome.

It will feature the national championships for the four-discipline omnium and the twoperson madison.

The competition features a number of Commonwealth Games stars including gold medallists Campbell Stewart, Corbin Strong and Tom Sexton, back from their professional road season in Europe, along with fellow Games riders Nick Kergozou and Callum Saunders.

Double gold medallist Bryony Botha will be in action in the omnium along with fellow Games double medallist Michaela Drummond and Olivia King.

There is also star quality with professional road rider Ally Wollaston, along with Ella Wyllie, Pru Fowler, Emily Shearman and the return of Jessie Hodges and Emma

Cumming after long-term injuries.

“This is the start of an extremely important nine months for the Cycling New Zealand high performance team,” said Cycling New Zealand’s Amy Taylor.

“The target is the Nations Cup in the New Year with the first in Jakarta in February and Cairo in March followed by the Oceania Championships. Performances there are fundamental to qualifying in Olympic events for the world championships later in the year in Glasgow.

“This weekend is the first turn of the wheels in that direction. We welcome back some of our experienced riders off their professional road campaigns in Europe and also some of our riders from the junior world championships stepping up to elite level.”

The leading para-cyclists are also in action including Tokyo Paralympians Nicole Murray and Anna Taylor, and Devon Briggs who return to the track after their outstanding medal-winning success at the recent Para Cycling Track World Championships in France.

Murray will sport her rainbow jersey after claiming two world titles in the scratch and omnium and a bronze in individual pursuit in C5; Taylor two bronze medals in 500m time trial and omnium in C4, while Briggs won two silvers in the 1000m time trail and omnium in C4.

Tom Sexton is back from racing in Europe.

Photos: Guy Swarbrick.

New Zealand’s top cyclists will be racing at the velodrome.

Double gold medallist Bryony Botha will be racing in Cambridge.

Yule be sweet

“Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.” Miles Kington, British journalist. Fabulous, flavoursome, healthy, versatile — summer stone fruits and berries take centre stage just in time for festive feasting. Traditionally enjoyed piled on pavs or cheesecakes or served as combos in an attractive glass bowl, summer fruits can also enhance ice creams, smoothies and sauces. Enjoy: puréed strawberries drizzled over raspberries; or blueberries, bananas and yoghurt blended for a quick instant breakfast; or frozen blackberries and cream whizzed in a food processor to make instant ice cream.

Summer pudding originated at English health spas and resorts in the 1800s where it was referred to as ‘hydropathic pudding’, considered healthier than desserts with butter-laden pastry. In the early 1900s, it acquired the name of ‘summer pudding’.

MINI PLUM PUDDINGS

A twist on the traditional summer pudding with berries. Brioche bread (from France) is available from most supermarkets. Alternatively, use day-old white sandwich bread. These puddings are best prepared three days in advance.

850g can Black Doris Plums

500g loaf sliced brioche bread, crusts removed assorted berries to garnish whipped cream or plain yoghurt for serving Drain the plums in a sieve reserving the juice in a bowl. Halve the plums. Remove and discard the stones.

Line six, 1/3-cup ramekins with plastic wrap allowing it to overhang the rims. This makes the puds easier to remove. Thinly roll out each brioche slice. Trim the bread to fit the bases and sides of the ramekins. Cut the remainder of the bread into rounds using the top of a ramekin as a template.

Spoon about 3 plums into each bread-lined ramekin. Press down lightly. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons of juice. Top with more bread. Holding each ramekin over the bowl that contains the juice, spoon 2-3 tablespoons of juice over the top. Cover the tops with the overhanging film and place a weight on top. Refrigerate for 12 hours. Unmould onto serving plates and brush with the remaining juice.

Great garnished with berries such as sliced strawberries,

blueberries and freeze-dried raspberries and served with whipped cream or yoghurt. Serves 6.

BLACK FOREST TRIFLE

An easy trifle with store-bought ingredients. Can be frozen without the garnish.

100g dark chocolate, chopped 2 cups (500g) prepared custard 300g chocolate log 3 tablespoons kirsch or brandy 450g can stoneless cherries

300ml cream 2 tablespoons icing sugar grated chocolate and fresh or canned cherries to garnish Place the chocolate in a large microwave bowl. Cook for about 1 1/2 minutes, stirring halfway through, until the chocolate is just melted. Stir well. Add the custard mixing well. Return the bowl to the microwave for about 30 seconds. Stir until smooth. Cool.

Slice the chocolate log into 1.5cm rounds. Line the sides and base of a 19cm diameter x 8cm deep glass bowl. Drizzle the slices with the kirsch.

Drain the cherries well, reserving the juice. Sprinkle a little over the log slices. Pile the cherries in the bowl then top with the chocolate custard. Smooth the top. Cover and chill overnight. Whip the cream and icing sugar together until thick. Spread

over the custard. Garnish with the grated chocolate and cherries. Serves 8.

LIGHT RICOTTA CHEESECAKE

Prepare the biscuit crust ahead. Combine 250g crushed biscuits and 125g of melted butter. Press onto the base and sides of a 20cm loose-based cake pan and chill.

2 eggs

3/4 cup sugar

4 teaspoons powdered gelatine

2 tablespoons fruit juice

400g ricotta

grated rind and juice 1 lemon

1 cup crushed pineapple, well drained

1 x 20cm biscuit crumb crust

300ml cream, whipped

Beat the eggs and sugar over hot water until thick and creamy and the sugar is dissolved. Cool.

Stir the gelatine into the fruit juice and stand for 5 minutes. Heat gently to dissolve. Cool. Stir into the egg mixture until well combined.

Beat the ricotta until smooth. Combine with the lemon rind and juice and pineapple. Mix with the egg mixture. Whip the cream until thick and fold in. Pour into the prepared biscuit crust and refrigerate to set. Can be refrigerated for up to 3 days. Great served with summer fruits. Serves 10.

CAMBRIDGE OPEN HOMES

CAMBRIDGE REAL ESTATE

Sunday 18 December

9 Manuka Place $779,000 10.45-11.15am

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

It’s a village There are going to be anywhere from tens to hundreds of people living in a gated community, enjoying various levels of individual and shared facilities If you are moving from a farm or lifestyle block this is going to be a big change

Yet it is precisely the community and social side of village life that attracts a lot of people

Of course some are not so keen on

being in such close proximity to the neighbours and often these two ends of the spectrum can be found in two halves of the same couple!

For some, village life can be a real kick-start to a renewed social life, feeling of belonging, and ultimately happiness

Give it some thought; what do you want out of village life? And as always, call me if you’d like to talk it over

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21 Terry Came Drive $1,150,000 12.00-12.30pm

8 Mirbeck Avenue PBN 12.15-12.45pm

3B Hall Street $595,000 1.00-1.30pm 39 Sheridan Crescent $875,000 1.00-1.30pm 3 Hillary Place $799,000 1.45-2.15pm

3A Alpha Street $625,000 1.45-2.15pm

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Black Forest trifle Mini plum puddings

with Jan Bilton

Cambridge 49a Weld Street 3 2 1

My lovely Vendor’s are on the move and their beautiful family home is up for sale! So bring us an o er and call this amazing little property your home, just in time for Christmas! Tucked away in a prime, private Cambridge East position is 49a Weld Street. Only a one minute drive to get onto the express way, a short walk to town or Cambridge High School, this property has the ideal location!

Shelby Garrett M 027 622 4166

Te

Miro

231

Gray Road

4 2 1 2

Your slice of quiet country living Perfectly placed in the beautiful rolling hills of Te Miro, is this cozy 4 bedroom, 160m2 ‘A frame’ home nestled in amongst the native bush of our beautiful Cambridge countryside. Giving o the homely feel, you will walk into the open plan re-modelled kitchen and dining area that looks through to the second level, the hub of the home. The second level holds the living area which leads out onto a deck with amazing countryside views. You will then walk down the hallway to find three double bedrooms, the master bedroom with views anyone would love to wake up to. Call Gary today to arrange your viewing!

For Sale Deadline Treaty (26 January 2022, 12:00pm)

Unless Sold Prior View by appointment or scheduled open home times www.harcourts.co.nz/CB6238

Gary Stokes M 021 351 112

Shelby Garrett M 027 622 4166

Karapiro 103 Fergusson Gully Road

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Entering via an attractive tree clad driveway you will find this cedar clad 5 bedroom home sitting nicely on an elevated setting with stunning views of Mangatautari and surrounding farm land. Large lawn with fruit trees complement the home, and with 3.65ha of rolling country there’s room for horses/sheep or a few beefies. Concrete floored workshop complete with lean to, provides options for hobbies and storage. With an easy commute to Cambridge or Hamilton and Lake Karapiro nearby this location is sure to impress.

For Sale Price By Negotiation View by appointment or scheduled open day www.harcourts.co.nz/CB4014

Gary Stokes M 021 351 112

Mark Ingram M 027 495 5941

59 Wordsworth Street, Cambridge

Hidden from the street is this exceptional four bedroom plus office/fifth bedroom, two storey home which is sure to impress the most discerning buyer with its plus-sized living rooms and so many gorgeous features. Upstairs master bedroom with two cantilevered glass balconies, ensuite with bath and two showers in an enclosed tiled room and a super-sized wardrobe with built-in storage drawers and mirrors. Three double bedrooms downstairs - all with shared access to one of three tiled bathrooms. Formal lounge with gas fire, heat pump and a separate cocktail bar with fridge. An extraordinary home that offers a luxurious lifestyle minutes from the centre of Cambridge in a private setting.

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NOTICES

Annual General Meeting 6pm

Tuesday 20 December 2022

Perry Aquatic Centre ASB Community Room

The business of the AGM will be:

• Declare meeting open

• Welcome to all attending, introduce current elected Trustees and CEO

• Approval of previous AGM minutes

• Receive the Annual Board report and statement of accounts for 2021-2022

• Appoint WCFT’s auditor for the new nancial year – PKF Hamilton.

• Retirement and retirement by rotation:

o Mervyn Gyde – retirement

o Michael Livingstone – retirement

o Michael Lord - retirement

o Chairman speech

• Nominations and Appointments

– new Trustees and Chairman

• General Business

• Meeting closed

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PUBLIC NOTICES

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

Of an application for Club Licence

Cambridge Golf Club (Incorporated) 30 Duke Street Cambridge Waikato, has made application to the Waipa District Licensing Committee for the renewal and variation to increase the licenced area of a club licence in respect of the premises at 112 Tirau Road Cambridge known as Cambridge Golf Club.

The general nature of the business to be conducted under the licence is sporting club. The days on which and the hours during which alcohol is sold under the licence are: Monday-Thursday 11.00am-10.00pm, Friday-Saturday 11.00am12.00 midnight, Sunday-public holidays 10.00am -12.00 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 December 8, 2022.

PUBLIC NOTICES

ADVERTISING TERMS OF TRADE

Advertising Deadlines (Run of Paper): Advertising booking deadline for is one week prior to publication day. Copy deadline for ad-make up is 5pm Friday prior to publication day. Advertiser is responsible to advise us of any copy changes before 5pm Monday prior to publication day. Advertising supplied in completed form, deadline is Tuesday midday prior to publication day. Public holiday weeks, deadlines move forward on working day. Cancellation deadline week prior to publication. If cancellations are received after the booking deadline then full charge applies. Advertising setting is free for use in Good Local Media Ltd publications only. If used elsewhere charges will apply, pricing available on request. Advertising space only is purchased, and all copy made up by Good Local Media Ltd remains the property of Good Local Media Ltd. If supplied ready to print, copy is owned by the advertiser. Publication day is Thursday for urban deliveries and Friday morning for rural deliveries.

Specifications: For supplied adverts: PDF/X –4 spec, fonts pathed or embedded, text 100% black. Photos & logos – high resolution jpg (300dpi). All files to be large. Colours to be CMYK not RGB. Photos should be colour corrected with a total ink level of approximately 220%. Rate card: Rates are based over a 12-month period starting from the date the first ad publishes. Rate bracket e.g. 6 insertions, 12 insertions etc. chosen allows ad sizes to vary within the rate bracket. If the number of insertions chosen is not met then a bulk charge will be applied at the end/cancellation of your schedule based on correct rate reflective of the number of ads published e.g. if you have chosen the 12 insertion rate and only publish 6 insertions, the bulk charge will be the difference in price between the 6 insertion rate and 12 insertion rate multiplied by the number of ads published. You pay the rate reflective of the number of ads you actually publish.

Invoicing and Payments: For advertisers on a regular schedule invoices will be sent at the end of the month and payment is due by the 20th of the following month, otherwise payment is required by end of day Tuesday in advance of publishing. Accounts in arrears +60 days may be subject to a $95 + GST late payment fee per month. Advertiser is responsible for all debt collection fees. Cancellation deadline is one week prior to publication. By confirming and placing advertising in Good Local Media Ltd publications you are agreeing to our terms and conditions of trade.

Limitation of Liability: Good Local Media Limited (including its employees, contractors, officers, or agents) shall not be liable for a failure or breach arising from anything beyond their reasonable control e.g. an act of God, fire, earthquake, strike, explosion, or electrical supply failure, unavoidable accident or machine breakdown; and shall not be liable in tort, contract, or otherwise for loss of any kind (whether indirect loss, loss of profits, or consequential loss) to the Advertiser or any other person.

NOTICES

Section 101, Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

PUBLIC NOTICE

Of an application for On Licence

Hanoi Boy Limited, 40 Victoria Street, Cambridge, has made application to the Waipa District Licensing Committee for the renewal of a on-licence in respect of the premises at 40 Victoria Street, Cambridge known as Hanoi Boy.

The general nature of the business to be 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 11am-11pm.

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.

PUBLIC NOTICES

NOTIFICATION OF WEIGHT AND SPEED LIMITS ON BRIDGES

Baffin

Victoria

Ariki

Bowman

Maungatautari

Pokuru

Te

kg -

Attention is drawn to the applicable infringement fees set out in Schedule 1 of the Land Transport (Offences and Penalties) Regulations 1999, which apply to infringements of these limits.

Dyet CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Garry

Heavy Motor Vehicle Regulations 1974, Regulation 11

BIRCH, Brice Allister –

Peacefully passed away surrounded by his loving family at Waikato Hospital on Wednesday, 7th December 2022, aged 53 years. Loved father to Aleisha, and granddad to Ajardya, and Mirza. Special friend to Vanessa. Beloved brother to Bruce, and Peter. A memorial service for Brice will be held at Taradale & District RSA, 156 Gloucester Street, Taradale, Napier on Saturday, the 17th of December 2022 at 12:00pm. All communications to the Birch Family, c/- 3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge 3434.

BRITTON, Dane Curtis

Tragically passed away in a motorbike accident on Saturday, 3rd December 2022 in Auckland, aged 43 years. Dearly loved son of Peter & Sue. Much loved brother of Lisa and Ivan and adored uncle to Dylan.

‘You leave a big hole in our lives’

The service for Dane has been held. All communications to the Britton Family, c/- 3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge 3434.

BEARDSLEY James (Jimmy)

21.04.1945 – 18.12.2021

BEARDSLEY Tony 20.02.1970 – 30.12.2018

Gone from home but not from our hearts. Love you always and forever.

Chrissie, Mum, Steve and all your loving family.

5pm Monday 19 December.

Finished artwork – ready to print noon Tuesday 20 December.

Office Closes 2022 noon Wednesday 21 December.

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Cambridge Seventh-Day Adven�st Church Cr. Shakespeare & Browning Streets

Bible Study Each Saturday: 9.30am – 10.45am

Worship Service: 11.00am

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Hope Channel – Freeview Ch 27, Sky 204

We offer detailed study of the Bible and inspiring worship experiences. All Welcome.

10 January.

Office reopens 2023 by appointment from Monday 9 January

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Do you have the ‘write’ stuff?

The TE AWAMUTU NEWS is a weekly community newspaper that is independently owned and has a passion for serving the Te Awamutu community.

Does the following sound like you?

If so, we want to hear from you.

• I always listen to news on radio and read news online and in print.

• I think on my feet, I can produce copy quickly and accurately – and I am a skilled interviewer.

• I’m comfortable taking pictures.

• I know my community – from sports clubs to local body politicians.

• I’m computer literate and proficient with MS Office.

The Te Awamutu News reporter will report to the news editor and discuss job assignments, how stories will be presented and how to make the most of resources available. For the right candidate, this position could either be full time or part-time, but the hours will be flexible and often determined by the timing of events and the availability of contacts.

It is expected the successful applicant will have had experience in working in media. This is an all-rounder position – the successful applicant will generate stories and be adept at reworking supplied copy and assist with proof reading. This position will require the reporter to be out in the field regularly, but also able to work collegially with a small team of sales and layout staff.

Applicants for this position must have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa. You will need a reliable vehicle and a clean driver’s licence.

We offer a competitive salary based on the skills and experience of the successful applicant.

If this sounds like the role for you, please email your C.V. and letter of application to Roy Pilott on editor@goodlocal.nz

Family Service

10am December 18th 28 Duke Street

No Christmas Day service www.bridgeschurch.co.nz

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

Corner of Queen and Bryce Street

Sunday Service at 10am will be led by Rev. Mohu Lolohea

Pirongia’s big day