Cambridge News | December 22, 2022

Playing it safe

Karāpiro School might be small but there is no way the staff, parents and students are going to be pushed around by any government agencies.

Day after day principal Tina-Maree Thatcher says she sees near accident misses on SH1 and Karāpiro Road.

She records them on behalf of the community and shares them in regular reports.

“I’m on that road every day and it’s

terrifying.”

The turning point came four years ago when there was a fatality right outside the school and that prompted her, the school trustees and parents to step up their campaign.

Greg Brown, 43, was killed when his ute and a truck and trailer unit collided head-on outside the school on SH1 at 4.25am.

Thatcher had to close the school and tried her best to shield the tragedy from the

children.

“But every child knew why they weren’t at school that day.”

Pictures from the scene were horrific.

“We’ve got to protect our children from that,” she says.

So began a campaign which has resulted in the school named the Cambridge News’ Person of the Year for its persistent advocacy which resulted in Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency putting in place a temporary speed

reduction, installing signage and embarking on a series of safety improvements.

This follows Thatcher’s letter to Waka Kotahi in June saying, “we cannot wait any longer for our serious concerns to be addressed.”

Thatcher said it was a real honour for the school to be named News Person of the Year particularly after the last few years which had been “crazy” for all schools.

The Cambridge News Person of the Year Award has, for the first time, not gone to a person. It’s gone to a school community. Mary Anne Gill explains.

Person/s of the year: Karāpiro principal Tina-Maree Thatcher, chair Marilynn Jones and the whole school celebrate.

Photo: Roy Pilott.

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Swansong for star principal

By Steph Bell-Jenkins

Tauwhare School’s highheeled, opera singing principal has retired after 20 years in the job and 32 years at the school.

“Most of all, I’m going to miss the kids,” she said.

“They fill your bucket every single day. Watching even the tiniest steps they take and the success and the glow on their faces; I will miss that so much.”

She will also miss her “incredible” colleagues, who “work so tirelessly for every child”.

“And mostly, I’ll miss the music,” she said. “It’s a massive part of our lives here at Tauwhare.”

Fiona, a trained opera singer, is Hamilton Operatic Society’s president and chair of the Zony awards committee, which judges Waikato theatrical productions.

Like her own life, her school has been “full of music, singing and acting”.

“We do a production every two years and there is never a child as a tree, never,” she said.

“I take a microphone around assembly every week and get the kids to sing. Getting up and performing is so good for kids.”

Fiona’s theatrical skills also paved the way for the school’s first computer purchase.

“I can still remember begging, literally begging, the PTA to let me have one computer,” she said. “It was one of those big old Commodore 64s and I so wanted it. I am a bit of an actress so I even let a few little tears slip about my passion for this technology and it being the way of the future.”

Despite worries about the impacts on children’s handwriting, the board acquiesced and Fiona “never looked back”, eventually winning a $93,000 grant to flood the school with smart boards and surround sound.

“We had busloads of teachers and principals coming out to look at all our technology,” she said.

Fiona trained at Hamilton teacher’s college in 1975 and arrived at Tauwhare School as a relief teacher in 1989. She took a full time role in 1990 and was appointed principal in 2002,

following the death of Anne Currie.

Since then the school’s roll has grown from 65 to 150 and three classrooms have become seven.

Hosting an OECD education delegation and leading the Hillcrest Kahui Ako group from 2017-2021 were amongst her career highlights.

In addition to her many successes, Fiona is likely to be remembered for her love of high heeled shoes.

“I skip in high heels, I jump on the trampoline in high heels; there’s nothing I can’t do in my heels,” she said. “It makes me taller than the kids.”

The most challenging thing about her job has also been the most exciting.

“Every day is different,” she said. “I’ve never been bored, ever. I’m always meeting a new challenge or a new problem or a new opportunity.”

Now, as the curtain comes

down on her teaching career, Fiona is looking forward to travelling and spending more time with her whanau.

“Probably for the first time in my life I don’t have a plan and I don’t want one,” she said. “I’m actually going to leave here with

Playing it safe

The school’s motto is to provide a safe and happy learning environment for its students, she said.

“There is no ego in our school and the common goal is what’s best for our children.

“We really felt we had a duty of care to our children and our families and our staff. We know what works well and what doesn’t. We hold the answers and it’s on us to pass on to the people making the decision.”

Thatcher kept on and on at Waka Kotahi passing on the community’s concern at every opportunity, engaging with national and local politicians and anyone else who would listen to their stories of the near misses.

Trucks coming out of Karāpiro Road and onto SH1 create huge complexities for other traffic particularly those who do not know the road well, she says.

“Karāpiro Road is a busy area,” with a quarry, fruit packers, kiwifruit, bus company and tourists to and from Hobbiton and Tauranga.

Every day Thatcher says she sees reckless passing manoeuvres which defy logic and speeds near the intersection which can be mind boggling.

“The board really took their role in safety seriously and as a resident I know the issue so on behalf of the trustees I took that on board.

“There’s a time and a place for really capturing that community voice.”

Thatcher feels the school’s actions and Waka Kotahi’s response will save lives.

Karāpiro School is eight kilometres south of Cambridge and provides education for students in Years 1 to 6. The current roll is 40 students but that

nothing planned. It’s scary as hell.”

Tauwhare School’s new principal is Chris May, who comes from Tauhei Combined School near Morrinsville.

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is growing again, says Thatcher after the board of trustees resigned in 2018 and a commissioner was appointed. A board is back in place with former Hautapu School principal Marilynn Jones the chair.

It recently celebrated its 100th year on its current site – prior to that it had been further east towards Taotaoroa Road.

Which is why the upcoming community engagement between Karāpiro School and Waipā District Council over its Ahu Ake spatial plan is even more fascinating.

One of the suggestions is that the school move into Karāpiro village.

“It’s quite timely as we are celebrating a community relocating to our current site 100 years ago. The more things change, the more they stay the same. It’s like history repeating,” she says.

“We have 137 years’ worth of a fluctuating school roll where we grow - we might have two, three, four classrooms and we’re back down to two and then more.”

That is a trend because of the land around the school.

“We are the community hub. It just feels like the time to have some conversations about the future of Karāpiro and the school.”

There will be some rich conversations to have, says Thatcher.

“We know who we are and what we stand for. We’re not afraid of change. Schools have a place in the community to strategically plan for and be part of those conversations,” says Thatcher.

“We do really put the children at our centre and that includes keeping their families safe.”

Year six students say goodbye to retiring Tauwhare School principal Fiona Bradley.

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And it’s a merry…

Cambridge News will next publish on January 12 and we will update our website and social media platforms during the break. Email us any news tips on editor@goodlocal.nz Merry Christmas from the editorial team of Roy Pilott, Mary Anne Gill, Viv Posselt and Steph Bell-Jenkins. See you in 2023.

Website visits

You can never beat a good baby story. The picture/ story Mama… Mia, featuring Cambridge community board member Alana MacKay, husband Phil and newborn Mia, accounted for 25 per cent of all visits to the cambridgenews.nz site in the last week. The also rans were: The News …. in brief, Hit the Target, A serving of pickleball, Council looks at Māori land.

Covid warning

Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Waikato is warning Waikato residents to plan ahead as Covid infection rates rise. Covid-19 Directorate executive lead Maree Munro said there were 3000 active Covid-19 cases in the region and it was important to check when medical centres and pharmacies will be open. Free RAT kits can be ordered online at the Covid-19 website. Waikato hospitals are open over the holiday period and emergency departments will continue to provide urgent care.

No dumping please

Hospice Waikato is urging people not to dump their post-Christmas leftovers at their op shops in Cambridge and Te Awamutu.

Funding secured

Waipā District Council has secured up to $5.24 million from the government’s Better Off fund. The money has been allocated from a $2 billion fund to help councils pay for community improvement projects as part of the Three Waters reform.

Autumn fest cash blow

By Mary Anne Gill

A long-running community arts festival which attracts hundreds of performers and thousands of spectators every autumn has failed to attract a grant from the Creative Communities scheme.

The biggest impact on the Cambridge Autumn Festival next year will be on the Main Street Carnival and a Maadi Cup parade welcoming thousands of rowers and their supporters to Cambridge.

The festival, which first started in 2009, was granted $7000 from the scheme last year. But the money could not be used because the Covid pandemic led to the event being cancelled.

So, when the trust which organises the festival, made another application for $9000, it expected to get funding again.

Chair Alana MacKay said the festival had attracted funding from the creative scheme every year since 2014, totalling $50,500.

“The lack of funding is a huge blow to the festival,” she said.

“To have a $9000 gap in our budget at this late stage in our planning is very challenging. To be honest, it really took us by surprise, especially after having funds approved last year which were then never paid out.”

Waipā District Council has a partnership with Creative New Zealand to promote, support and increase participation in community arts and cultural activities in the district.

It provided $75,348 this year.

A council spokesperson said for the first round, approved

in September, there were 28 applications totalling $118,330.

The assessor panel comprised Alex Wilkinson (chairperson), Waimihi Hotere, Marie Bramley, Heather Wellington, Marcus Gower, Jennie De Groot and David McCathie, who has since resigned.

McCathie spoke to the Autumn Festival application and then left for that and the Cambridge Arts Council and Richard Adams Art Workshop as they were part of the Autumn Festival line up.

De Groot spoke to her application/project ‘Figure and Space Painting Workshop with Martin Campos’ and then exited the room for the allocation discussion.

In its notes on why it did not grant the festival any money, the panel said the Cambridge Autumn Festival has been funded continuously since at least 2014 from the fund with no significant change in operation.

One of the criteria panel members must look at is whether previously funded events had developed in any significant way.

MacKay said the festival was the highlight of the Cambridge cultural calendar bringing a wide range of performers to the town.

Most events are free for the community and others are at affordable ticket prices.

It is run by a trust of volunteers, involves around 500 artists and performers - many of them emerging local talent - and attracts thousands of patrons.

She understood the panel had questioned the Autumn Festival’s plans to use funds for print advertising.

But a spokesperson for the

council said it was part of a wider conversation about road closures, hall hire, projected number and opening event costs.

There was no suggestion the Autumn Festival application was unsuccessful because of its proposal around how it would advertise the event, the spokesperson said.

The trust was now looking to other options so the carnival and Maadi Cup parade could go ahead.

“It’s looking like we’ll have to tap into our minimal reserve funds, that have already been somewhat depleted by Covid, which puts future festivals at risk, but the show must go on.

“With time tight, and Christmas fast approaching, other funding options are extremely limited, and we haven’t had any luck so far,” she said.

Recipients of the Creative Communities Scheme September round and the amounts received were:

Te Wharekura o Nga Purapura o Te Aroha Whakamana Rangatahi Waipā Kapa Haka Festival - $3500, Tovah O’Neill Theatre Sports for Beginners - $1500, Jennie De Groot Figure and Space Painting Workshop with Martin Campos -$7000, Sasha McLaren, David Woodcock, Kereama Clarke Waipa Digital Storytelling Workshop - $4000, Te Awamutu Creative Fibre Looking Forward - $800, NZ Northumbrian Pipers’ Society Summer Workshop 2023 - $1800, Enrich Plus Mayoral Artwork - $200, Quinton Tunoho Whiti Mai Ra Ki Owairaka - $4000, Oriwa Morgan Ward Taua Toi Raranga/Our Woven Art - $1500, Alex Wilkinson The Creative Conduit - $19,960, Kate Symmonds The Artistry Huddle - $5000, Te Awamutu Community Food Forest Pekerau Mural - $2000, Adam Harvey Surgical Precision - $2500. • Did your group get funding or miss out? Tell us more. Contact editor@goodlocal.nz

Bella and labradors top the Waipā dog poll

By Mary Anne Gill

If your dog is called Bella and you’re out for a walk and call out her name, be prepared to have several dogs come bounding up to you.

Bella is the top dog’s name in Waipā followed by Molly, Charlie, Ruby and Poppy.

And it’s odds on one of the dogs will be a labrador as that’s the most popular breed in the district with 1271 of the 9434 dogs followed by collies (642), huntaways (491), spaniels (465)

and Jack Russell and fox terriers (both 413).

The council has rehomed 42 dogs in the last year including Duke who was impounded five times in the past year and the council animal control staff have finally found him a new home and hope to have seen him for the last time.

Not a lot is known about the name and breed of the 318 unregistered dogs on the council’s database other than owners can expect to see an animal control staff member soon.

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The 2021 Maadi Cup parade reaches Cambridge’s Town Square after parading through the town.

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Labradors are Waipā’s most common dog.

Fire call

The Don Rowlands Centre at Karāpiro was evacuated during last weekend’s Christmas rowing regatta following an electrical fault. Cambridge volunteer firefighters found the problem resolved when they arrived – the power had been switched off. All that was then required was to ventilate the building.

River project

A project to retrieve foreign objects dumped in the Waikato River has received $250,000 funding. Deep Dive Division will work at seven sites from Narrows Landing, through Hamilton city to Ngāruawāhia retrieving dumped items.

More potholes

Waka Kotahi says the latest round of bad weather has affected both road conditions and progress on road renewals. The roading agency says a number of new potholes emerged following rain in the middle of last week.

Time for a change of scenery

By Steph Bell-Jenkins

When Catherine Bell and Alistair Martin joined the teaching profession “many years ago” they quickly discovered how much of a theatrical element was involved.

“You’re an actress and an actor up in front of those kids and then you come to the end of the school year and you’re just like, phwoar!” Catherine said.

Now, after serving Cambridge Middle School for a combined total of 47 years, the two teachers are taking a break to explore new roles.

For Catherine, it is “an opportunity to re-evaluate”.

“I’m lucky enough to have some time now to just do something different,” she said. “For me it might just be with my grandies and my children. It might be travelling the world, it might be relieving.”

It was the joy of watching students achieve, and working with “incredible” people, that kept the pair coming back to Cambridge Middle School year after year, for nearly quarter of a century.

“I think that’s what’s made the decision to leave so hard.”

A desire to share her skills and help students achieve initially drew Catherine to teaching, and kept her in the job.

Since joining Cambridge Middle School in 1998 she has been a food technology, general classroom and fabric technology teacher, team leader, tutor teacher and associate teacher.

Alistair, a former businessman, arrived as a student teacher in 1999 and has been a general classroom teacher,

team leader and assistant principal.

“I like people and I like getting on with people and learning what makes kids tick and what makes their parents tick and having that three-way relationship,” he said.

“If you build those relationships you know what excites each different child in your room, be it that they’ve got a pet or they like this football club or they love horse riding or they have a goal in their life to be a farmer. It’s a teacher’s job to know their kids super well, and to go the extra mile for every child.”

He and Catherine were overwhelmed by the outpouring of gratitude and kindness they received during their last week of school.

After more than two decades teaching middle school children, the best advice he and Catherine can give parents is to “spend time with your child”.

Now, for he and Catherine, the stage is set for new adventures.

“Leaving is strange,” said Catherine, who is excited about spending more time with her family and on her hobbies – travelling, waterskiing, scrapbooking, sewing and family heritage.

“I know it’s the right thing though. My head knows it’s the right thing, the heart’s still getting there.”

“Whereas my heart knows it’s the right thing,” said Alistair, who plans to play more guitar and write more songs, poetry and comedy as the next act in his life begins.

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School’s out for Alistair Martin and Catherine Bell, who say goodbye to Cambridge Middle School after nearly a quarter of a century.

We refer to Waipā in every edition – today we present

Waipā by the numbers.

Population:

• 59,500

Age:

• 20% - under 15 62% - 15-65

• 18% - over 65

Ethnicity

• 87.7% - European

• 14.9% - Māori

• 4.3% - Asian

1.8% - Pasifika

• 1.4% - Other

0.5% - Middle Eastern, Latin American, African

Economy

• 8055 business units

• $58,366 – average household earnings

$117,903 contribution to gross national product per filled job

Waipā Council

• Value of property, plant and equipment $2,082 billion

• 2 wastewater treatment plants

184 bridges and large culverts

6 water treatment plants

• 51 public toilets

• 663kms of watermains

• 222kms rural drains

• 4203ha of open space land

• 28ha of cemeteries

• 2 libraries

303kms wastewater pipes

• 1115km of roads and streets

2 public swimming pool complexes

• 339 staff (279 full time)

• 7 executives received $1,286 million

• Rates collected $68,925 million

District value hits $2 billion

Waipā district is growing at an “exponential rate” and its assets are valued at over $2 billion for the first time.

The district council ended its financial year with an operating surplus of $28.7 million.

Deputy chief executive Ken Morris said the growth clearly reflected in the annual accounts.

“Developers contributed $19.4 million of development and reserve contributions and vested assets last year, which is a sizeable proportion

of the surplus,” he said.

“There can be no doubt the Waipā building boom continues. In the last financial year, council issued 2027 building consents with a capital value of $596.2 million.”

The growth also put pressure on infrastructure.

Just under a third of the $70.3 million collected in rates last year was spent on community services and facilities and the next biggest area of expenditure was roads and footpaths, almost 20 cents in every

dollar of rates.

Morris said 16 per cent of rates went on wastewater treatment and disposal and 13 per cent on water treatment and supply.

“These are core council services which ensure the district functions while continuing to offer a very good lifestyle for Waipā families and residents.”

He said the fact council maintained its AA- Fitch Credit Rating for the fourth year running was important.

House volunteers celebrate

Cambridge Community House (CCH) volunteers do a valuable job encompassing a variety of different roles and have proved to be ‘indispensable’ to manager Gabby Byrne, who stepped into the role nine months ago.

Speaking at a volunteers Christmas morning tea held at Cambridge Community House in Leamington, she said their efforts, combined with a growing staff base, made a huge difference as needs in the community increase.

She acknowledged CCH receptionist Amy Watkins and trust chairperson Carolyn Casey for their support over the past nine Labradors are Waipā’s most common dog. months.

Cambridge Community Board member Sue Milner gave a run-down of the community board’s function in the town and said its support of CCH was part of that.

“It is groups like yours that are really important … they are what community is all about,” she said.

“The financial climate we are all working in is challenging and there is no doubt at all that will continue into this financial year.

“But our credit rating means we can secure better interest rates for our debt than we would otherwise be able to achieve and that benefits all ratepayers.”

Council assets were valued at nearly $2.2 billion. Debt was $149.5 million which Morris said was relatively low in comparison to the wider local government sector.

Gabby Byrne rings in Christmas with Carolyn Casey, Cambridge Community Board member Sue Milner, and CCH receptionist Amy Watkins.

Christmas Messages

By Jeff Parker Pastor, Elim Church Centre

On behalf of the team at Elim I want to wish you a wonderful Christmas.

Sometimes when we think Christmas we just think gifts, gifts and more gifts. Then comes the pressure to choose the ‘right’ gift for the right person. Just today I was bouncing around some of our Cambridge shops trying to do just that, then consulting with my wife to ensure I got it right.

A great gift comes as a real surprise when the giver ‘nails it’ in giving you exactly what you wanted or needed. Some people seem to have a knack for this art of giving.

It might surprise you that God has ‘nailed’ the art of giving. One of the Bible writers expressed it this way ‘Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift’ speaking of Jesus and all that He can bring to our lives.

It’s been said He truly is the ‘greatest gift’ because He offers us restoration to relationship with God, forgiveness, healing and incredible hope.

I encourage you this Christmas to enjoy giving and receiving gifts, but also – take time to consider ‘the greatest gift’ - Jesus, and how He might be part of your life in the days ahead.

that you will have a time of physical and mental refreshment over the summer.

As Christians we remember at this time the birth of our King, Jesus. As someone who experienced the reality of living on this earth Jesus came with an invitation to a disenchanted world: ‘Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.’ In the beautiful carol O, Holy Night, we sing ‘The thrill of hope, a weary world rejoices’. Jesus still offers this exhilarating promise to everyone who calls out to him. May you know this ‘thrill of hope’ found in the person of Jesus this festive season.

By Murray Smith Pastor, Bridges Church

I’ve noticed Cambridge’s once relaxed pace gradually succumb over years, to the bustle of busyness - a reality particularly evident at Christmas time when things become anything but simple.

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By Jeremy Lind Lead Pastor

On behalf of Raleigh St Christian Centre, we would like to wish everyone a lovely Christmas. The year has certainly been challenging for many even in our little piece of paradise here in Cambridge. In our various community programmes such as food rescue and youth work, we have increasingly seen people stretched and worried. We pray that if you are feeling weary

Christmas ‘lists’ include racing kids to final school activities, putting up decorations, shopping expeditions and carpark wars, buying and preparing food, wrapping presents, entertaining family and friends, making calls, visiting loved ones, getting the car sorted, planning holidays, consuming more than we need, maxing out credit cards…oh, and trying to remember“what have I forgotten?”

Good question. Forgotten is the profound simplicity of the very first Christmas… Mary giving birth to Jesus, the Saviour we so need; this King born in a stable, not a palace. Angels first announcing the good news of Christ the King’s arrival to Shepherds, the most ordinary folk of the day - they, with wise men sought and found this child whose life perfectly and completely revealed everything about who God is.

Today this King is still being found by anyone wise enough to look for Him. Remember, distractions aside, Christmas begins with Christ and that simple discovery changes everything. A safe, joy-filled Christmas to you all.

Grant Calvert, Accounted4 Director (left) presents a donation

to Shaun Baker, Captain, Salvation Army. The money donated by Accounted4 is in lieu of client gifts and goes towards providing Christmas Day dinner for 70 deserving Cambridge families.

Kim Antonio, Director (2nd from left) and Christine Stevenson, Business Manager (far right) present a donation of $1000 to Aimee and Scott Noakes, Corps Officers of the Salvation Army Cambridge. This donation by Accounted4 is in lieu of client gifts and goes towards providing Christmas gifts and

welfare for members of the Cambridge community who need it most.

By Rev Jennie Savage

St Andrew’s Anglican Church

We deal a lot in words around Christmas, in social media, or cards with the simple ‘to’ and ‘love from’ others with a note or Christmas letter. Christmas may be the only time we hear or communicate with certain people we know.

In Jesus, God draws near to us in person. Better than a Christmas card or letter, Jesus is the gift of personal connection. By becoming a child, completely dependent on human care, God took away the distance between the divine and the human.

Words have to become flesh to be meaningful. We may talk about love, but unless love is alive for better or worse, richer or poorer, and in sickness or health – be it with friends, lovers, family or community – words of love remain lifeless on the greeting card.

May your words become flesh and your love be alive and present for others this Christmas.

Christmas comes upon us so quickly, and we do well if we can avoid the commercial snowball that threatens to bury us all at this time.

Christmas seems to mean a lot of things, including a chance for a holiday or at least to relax a little; the fact that problems still come our way; that life’s difficult and wonderful at the same time; that intimacy and solitude are important.

Christmas has many layers. At the top is the supermarket Christmas - reindeer and Santa Claus; all the luscious treats; politically correct cards or some other bland greeting, that omit all reference to Christ.

The second level is the feasting and the necessary preparations: ham, lamb, turkey, mince pieces and pavlova. Good food is a key part of so many celebrations.

The third level is the Christmas crib, invented by St. Francis

of Assisi in the 13th century, which will be seen in most Churches and some public places at this time.

The deepest level is the hardest to dwell in. It’s also the simplest. It’s the knowledge that in Israel, some 2000 years ago, a young girl had a baby, and at that moment, and with the birth of this child, God came to our earth. And as he grew, he taught us a new way of living. His life says that compassion is more powerful than competition, that what gives life its deepest significance is the capacity to love and care, that despite evidence to the contrary, virtues matter.

Christmas is the coming of the Lord, with pity and love and healing. It responds to one of the deepest longings of the human spirit, the longing to be rescued, to be saved, to be comforted, to be restored, to be put to right, to be loved. That’s the glory of Christmas.

My prayer for you all is that you will experience joy, peace good will, love and hope this Christmas and that you will share these priceless gifts with others throughout the coming year.

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Happy Christmas – More Hidden Gems

If you have friends and family staying over Christmas and New Year and are looking for a di erent place to walk or cycle in Cambridge, try the Maple Arboretum. Accessed at the end of Tiaki Way (o Thornton Road) the track winds between groups of maples from di erent parts of the world. All 30-plus varieties are named and have been planted over the past seven years by the Cambridge Tree Trust, the younger ones being at the SE end of the arboretum, and the older ones at the NW end, near the green bridge. They vary from large shrubs to what will eventually be tall trees, and are gradually being underplanted with violets, hellebores and Japanese anemones.

The taller ones are mainly from North America;

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these include various forms of the red swamp maple, Acer rubrum (at their most spectacular in autumn), the sugar maple, A. saccharum, from which maple syrup is obtained, and not to be confused with A. saccharinum, or silver maple, which has a very attractive large leaf with a silver back. From Europe

and Turkey come the purple sycamore, the eld maple and the Cappadocian maple. By far the greatest number however are from Asia.

From Japan come various forms of the well-known A. palmatum including purple, weeping and coralbarked varieties, and also the beautiful A. capillipes (red snake-bark maple) and A. myabei (corky-barked maple) from Hokkaido. From China we have A. fabri, an unusual evergreen maple (unfortunately hit hard by the late October frost), the delicate A. pentaphyllum ( ve- ngered maple), the unique A. griseum with bronze peeling bark, the elegant A. pubinerve with lovely arching branches, and many, many more. Have a Happy Christmas!

Special Olympians share Interlock lunch

The inclusion of eight Special Olympians among their number made last week’s Christmas lunch particularly special for Interlock NZ.

The group, whose members come from Cambridge, Hamilton, Te Awamutu and Matamata, offers a welcoming space for people living with disabilities to connect with friends while enjoying a range of activities.

Last week’s Christmas lunch at the

Hautapu Sports Club doubled as a celebration for eight of their members who achieved well at the recent national Special Olympics in Hamilton. Interlock NZ founders Aaron and Lois Ure said they were very proud of the athletes.

“This is about them living their best life,” said Aaron.

Lois added: “It is through opportunities like this that they are confident enough to enjoy such success. We are thrilled for them.”

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.

Special Olympic success was enjoyed across several disciplines by these Interlock NZ members. They are (back from left) Cambridge’s Tuscany Davis-Havill and Hamilton’s Katie Townsend, (centre from left) Cambridge trio Keziah Clark, Courtney Duncan and Christina Crawford, and (front from left) Hamilton’s Matthew Slone, Te Awamutu’s Stevie Cook, and Matangi’s Nicholas Taris.

Cryptocurrency: for the crypt?

By Peter Nicholl

Cryptocurrencies have been in the news a lot recently, but mainly for the wrong reasons.

The collapse of FTX in the US, one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges, has created shockwaves. A claim made when the industry started was because they were not subject to government regulation, they could be efficient, flexible and creative.

But because they were not subject to any regulation, FTX thought they didn’t need to worry about such boring things as keeping good accounts, having a balance sheet that balanced, maintaining internal controls and separating customer money from their own money.

If any ordinary business operated in this way, no-one would lend to it. But FTX had been described as the darling of the crypto industry and it was able to borrow huge sums of money. Now, most of these large sums of real money have disappeared and FTX has on its balance sheet a lot of their own tokens. Investors have recently pulled a record number of bitcoins off several other exchanges and further bankruptcies could follow.

In the midst of this drama, the RBNZ announced on December 7 a consultation process on how new forms of money, such as cryptocurrency, should be regulated. The RBNZ said “we need a level playing field where regulation matches risk across all technologies and consumers have real choice in how they pay and save and trust in private money is preserved”.

It all sounds good but the timing of the announcement surprised me. The risk involved in cryptocurrencies has been obvious since they first appeared in 2009. I don’t understand why it has taken the RBNZ, and most other Central Banks, 13 years to decide a “level playing field” where regulation matches risk across all technologies’ is a good idea. There should

have been a level playing field several years ago, specially in the area of money laundering, for which cryptocurrencies have been ideal.

Also, cryptocurrencies are making very slow progress in becoming widely-used forms of private money. I put the question ‘who accepts bitcoins in payments?” into my computer. A website produced a list of all the businesses that did. What struck me was that 13 years after bitcoin started, it is still possible to put on a single list the name of every business in the world that uses it in transactions. In comparison, Visa card is accepted in around 44 million merchants in over 200 countries.

Bitcoin has two major characteristics that will prevent it ever taking a major role as a transaction currency. First, its value fluctuates sharply and suddenly. Secondly, the way the transactions in Bitcoin are processed is very expensive and bad for the environment.

The amount of electricity currently used to process Bitcoin transactions is equivalent to the total electricity use of Finland. As much as 170 million tonnes of carbon dioxide is pumped into the atmosphere every year by crypto miners, equivalent to the carbon footprint of the Netherlands.

To date, the Bitcoin miners that have to pay for all that electricity have been primarily paid by being issued with new bitcoins. But the Bitcoin programme has an upper limit of 21 billion coins built into it. There are only 1.1 million left to be issued. As the limit comes near, miners will have to receive most of their income from transaction fees or they will switch off their electricity-hungry computers.

Apparently, this is already beginning to happen. I anticipate that it will accelerate.

MP’s MESSAGE

Express delivery wanted

By Louise Upston, MP for Taupō

Another year is quickly drawing to a close. It has been a relief to be free of Covid-19 restrictions and get back into visiting constituents throughout the Taupō electorate.

Although I’m a member of the National Party, as your MP I was elected to represent your views and concerns in Parliament, and to help you with issues about legislation, government policy or problems you have with state agencies at a local level. I help all people, not just National voters.

I continue to battle on your behalf to have the Waikato Expressway extension from Cambridge to Piarere fast-tracked to save lives, prevent horrific injuries and save families and emergency services from unnecessary trauma and cost.

Waka Kotahi NZTA has developed concept plans for the proposed extension, but the only way we will be able to travel this road inside a decade is with matchbox cars on a paper diagram. NZTA only has funding for consents and planning. Funding for detailed design and construction cannot be applied for before 2027. The construction itself will take years.

A third bridge is necessary to facilitate movement around a rapidly growing Cambridge. I am advocating on behalf of the community to ensure provision for that bridge is incorporated in the Waipā District Council’s long-term plans.

Government funding is likely to be necessary for such a large capital expenditure and we need to start thinking about that now and identifying a suitable location as soon as possible. I recently attended a Cambridge

Connections meeting to discuss roading and transport issues where Council announced plans to deliver a business case with a preferred bridge location in June 2023.

As an opposition spokesperson, it is my job to question the Government on how it spends taxpayers’ money and ensure that it is making sensible and effective decisions.

Opposition and Government MPs can all bring about change. I am involved in updating laws and making new laws. Last week was the first anniversary of my Rights for Victims of Insane Offenders private member’s bill. It began as an issue raised with me by a constituent who walked into my office, and due to his tireless commitment, ended with having the law changed.

I can also present petitions to the House of Representatives on your behalf. Sometimes I represent New Zealand’s interests internationally.

I have worked hard to represent your views and concerns during 2022 and I’m looking forward to a relaxing Christmas/New Year break. I am going camping (which has the benefit of a digital detox) and I have my fingers crossed for some sunshine.

I wish you all a happy and safe Christmas and New Year and I look forward to meeting as many of you as possible in 2023.

My Cambridge office will be closed until January 4 – my team will check phone messages and emails during this time and urgent matters will be responded to.

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Athletes strike gold

St Peters athletes excelled in the last weeks of the school term.

A team of 38 athletes returned from New Plymouth with a record number of New Zealand Secondary School titles and medals.

The team, led by captains Hayden Waddell, Letizia Hay, and Grace Wisnewski claimed 14 medals

The school also celebrated it first medal in the boys’ 4x100 metre relay.

The team comprised Alapati Tusa Soagia, Henry Smith, Caleb Woodfield, and Kieran Lawson.

Henry Smith also collected gold in the 200 metre final and made

the 100 metre final.

The junior mixed relay 4x400m team of Boh Ritchie, Maddie Waddell, Caleb Woodfield and Henry Smith also won gold, breaking the secondary schools record by seven seconds.

Boh Ritchie also won individual golds in the junior 3000 metre, 1500 metre and 4 km road race and was named in the NZSS Team and the most outstanding junior athlete.

“The squad is in a great position leading into the term one athletics season for 2023 with some promising juniors coming through the programme,” head coach Ange Russek said.

Cambridge Junior Cricket Club’s 12 junior hardball teams, which play in a Waikato competition, wrapped up their season with prizegiving at Cambridge Baptist Church on Saturday afternoon.

Zak Anderson took out the premium award, Cambridge Club Member of the Year, for his contribution to his team both on and off the field.

“Zak is a real team player who helps and supports his mates and a coach’s dream – polite, respectful and eager to learn,” junior cricket coordinator Steve Carter said.

Earlier in the day, many year 8 players said goodbye to the junior club as they played their last games before heading off to high school.

Get gardening

A monthly gardening column, courtesy of Amber Garden Centre December is the start of summer – this means it’s getting hotter in the garden – and it becomes more about maintaining plant growth than planting more. With the longest day coming up we get to spend more time in the garden. Apply mulch to bare soil to conserve moisture following rain.

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Vegetables – It is best to plant lettuce and fast growing herbs in areas with afternoon shade to prevent them from bolting in the summer sun. It is time to dig out new potatoes in time for Christmas and to replace them with final main crops, it is also time to check for any garlic bulbs you may have planted. Planting carrots and parsnips now will ensure winter crops. Hold off on planting seedlings if you are planning on going away over the holidays, or ask someone to water them for you. Vegetables will need to be watered at least three times a week in this dryer weather. Regular picking of beans, peas and tomatoes will encourage healthy growth.

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The 4x400 junior mixed relay team, from left, Boh Ritchie, Maddie Waddell, Ange Russek (coach), Henry Smith and Caleb Woodfield

WHAT’S ON

The 75TH jubilee celebrations will start at 7pm on March 24 with a catch up at the clubrooms.

The following day will see a series of games played at John Kerkhof Park – including a past v present xture.

On Saturday night the 75TH jubilee will be formally celebrated with a function at the Sir Don Rowlands centre at Lake Karāpiro.

For tickets and to nd out more go to www. cambridgefootballclub.co.nz

If you can help with memorabilia contact Peter Martens on 027 2943 044 or Selina Oliver on 021 2126 238.

For long-standing club president Peter Martens it will also be a chance to catch up on some memories – and perhaps be reintroduced to some club memorabilia.

Martens was two years old when the club was formed – and six when he rst kicked a ball for Cambridge. He’s been club president for 35 years.

He and club members are putting out feelers to catch up with as many former members as they can to get to the March celebrations.

“In this day and age everyone is able to take photos and store them – but go back a few years and that wasn’t the case,” he said.

“In the early days there were no thoughts of keeping records and pictures – all we wanted to do was play football. Most of the players who were at the club in the 1960s are no longer with us – and it’s important to know your history.”

He certainly does – after the club’s home was ooded several years ago he was involved in the clean up – and discovered the club’s rst minute books, albeit in soggy condition. He took them home and dried them out.

It was a case of saving history. Cambridge’s

history with football goes back 100 years.

But it wasn’t until March 20, 1951 that the new Cambridge club held its rst meeting and appointed Viv Butler as president. The club initially played in blue – but Butler led a change to the red and white of his favourite English club, Arsenal.

It was 16 years later that the club moved to its present home in Vogel Street and ve years later Cambridge joined the big boys of football by joining the Northern League. There have been highs and lows – in 2011 the club decided to drop back to the Waikato competition as part of what proved to be a successful rebuild. Three years later Cambridge was named Waipā District’s Sports Club of the Year and in 2015 growth was evident when construction began on a $200,000 extension to its changing rooms.

Just a few months ago work started on two new pitches at John Kerkhof Park The club has always been frugal Martens says – and he doesn’t mind suggesting the strong Dutch in uenc e in membership has a lot to do with that. In March past and present members will gather to celebrate a club which is very much on the rise – it boasts eight senior teams and 550 junior players Women’s football is also growing at the club and Martens marvels at the quality of the junior players he sees.

“I see the skill levels… we didn’t play like that – and its not just skill, it’s the thinking.”

Martens says the club is in the best position he’s ever seen it.

“I never dreamed the club would get this big ” What a great time to celebrate.

club on the crest of a wave will be looking back in time next March. Cambridge Football Club will celebrate its 75th anniversary with a weekend of social events

Cambridge’s senior team in the 1950s played in red and white quartered shirts which have been copied to become the o cial shirt for the 75TH jubilee.

Junior football is on the rise in Cambridge – so much so that three prizegiving ceremonies were held last season so all players’ supporters could attend.

CAMBRIDGE LEGENDS

Popular Goalkeeper Jim Barry joined Cambridge from Hamilton and went on to coach the seniors.

CHRIS WOOD played junior football for Cambridge – he’s now at Newcastle United. Shirts signed by the All White will used to raise funds during the celebrations.

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JOHN KERKHOF served for many years as club president – his contribution was underlined when the club renamed its home ground following his death.

KATIE DUNCAN, GRACE WISNEWSKI and MARIA ANDERTON have gone on to represent New Zealand.

Celebration nibbles

We may ring in the New Year like it’s going out of fashion — but it isn’t and it won’t.

Celebrations to mark the beginning of the New Year began several millennia ago. The first were recorded about 2000 BC in the city of Babylon in ancient Mesopotamia. Festivities in other regions of the world were often connected to the land or astronomical events. For example, in Egypt the beginning of the year coincided with the flooding of the River Nile, which usually happened when the star Sirius rose. The New Year is the traditional time to make changes for the better. And it’s customary to make some positive resolutions. However, every year my usual plans for fitness plus fun seem to come unstuck. Fun wins out and the planned 7000 steps every second day alternating with gym sessions falter. However, it’s always good to have a goal.

Developing innovative healthy dishes is an ongoing goal for me. It provides a great opportunity to catch up with family and friends — they make wonderful taste testers and their company provides plenty of fun. Hopefully my fitness plan can be accommodated too.

BAKED ONION BHAJI

Gluten-free, cheap, cheerful, yummy and easy to make and serve as pre-dinner nibbles.

500g brown-skinned onions

1 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 tablespoons grated root ginger

1 teaspoon each: cumin seeds, ground coriander 1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric pinch cayenne pepper

3 tablespoons finely chopped coriander stalks and leaves 1-2 teaspoons green chilli sauce

100g gram (chickpea/besan) flour

2 tablespoon canola oil

Peel and quarter the onions. Thinly slice then place in a bowl and sprinkle with the salt. Mix well. Cover and stand for 2 hours.

Tip into a sieve and rinse under cold water. Place in a bowl. Add the spices, chopped coriander and chilli sauce. Mix well. Sieve the gram flour over the onions and mix. There

should be enough water from the rinsed onions to form a thick batter. If not, add 1-2 tablespoons. Mix the oil in with your hands until the onions are evenly coated. Preheat the oven to 200°C. Line a baking tray with baking paper.

Using your hands, form the mixture into 10 balls just a little smaller than a golf ball. Place on the tray. Bake for 35-40 minutes until cooked and golden. Great served with a good chutney. Makes 10.

CHICKEN LARB IN LETTUCE CUPS

Taste the dressing and add more lime juice, fish sauce or sugar, if you prefer. I poached a chicken breast in water and root ginger on very low heat for about 20 minutes. It was so tender it shredded easily using two forks. I used crisp crown lettuce leaves cut into cups.

Dressing: finely grated rind 1 lime 1/4 cup lime juice 2 tablespoons fish sauce 1 tablespoon brown sugar 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1/8-1/4 teaspoon chilli flakes

Salad: 250g cooked chicken, finely shredded 4 tablespoons finely chopped roasted peanuts

2 spring onions, diced

2 small makrut (kaffir) lime leaves, julienned then diced 1/2 cup each: mint leaves, basil leaves, finely sliced 1/2 long red chilli, diced 8-10 small crisp lettuce cups

Combine the dressing ingredients in a bowl.

Add the shredded chicken and stand for 15 minutes. Combine the remaining salad ingredients — except the lettuce cups — in another bowl. Using tongs remove the chicken from the dressing to the salad bowl. Toss gently. Spoon into the lettuce cups. Top with a little extra dressing. Makes 8-10 nibbles.

GINGER LAMB BITES

500g lean minced lamb 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1 tablespoon finely grated root ginger salt and pepper to taste canola oil for frying

Combine the lamb with the garlic, ginger and seasonings. Form into firm patties about 3cm in diameter and 1cm thick. Brush each side with oil. Pan-fry or grill for about 2 minutes each side.

Great served on mini poppadums or flat corn chips topped with a dab of plain yoghurt. Serves 8.

This Week

THE TIME LINE - SYNCHRONISE THE MOVE

Buying and selling retirement village properties is not the same as it is ‘in the wild’. We’ve talked about the Licence to Occupy which is the usual ownership model but there is a timing issue as well: The Retirement Villages Act 2003 (Section 28) provides for a 15 working day cooling off period and there is no way round it.

When you’re buying in a village this is not really an issue, but it can be an issue when you’re selling.

If you are responsible for selling your unit, whether through an agent, or privately, it is important to realise that you have no certainty of a deal until that 15 working days is up. I have known someone to pull out on day 14!

Have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year - and call me to talk about synchronising the move.

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With our new Neuro Clinic on track to open early 2023, we will be making the move from our existing clinic into the spacious new purpose built facility. From here we will be offering all of our existing services, as well as expanding on our Neurological and Paediatric offering.

We have several new team members who will be joining us as we continue to build our team in 2023. We are looking forward to welcoming them, and having our physiotherapists, occupational therapists, hand therapists and administrators continue to support our community to achieve “Movement for life”.

NEW CLINICAL LEAD PHYSIOTHERAPIST EMMA McDERMOTT

Emma is a skilled physiotherapist with experience in both the UK and New Zealand. Her background is general physiotherapy with a focus on rural communities. She has 12 years’ experience in the DHB, recently bringing this knowledge base to Focused Physiotherapy for a new learning opportunity within the private sector.

Emma recently completed a Master of Professional Practice at Wintec with her research project focussing on recruitment and retention of physiotherapists in Rural New Zealand. Emma’s love for rural New Zealand and providing care to vulnerable populations is one of her key values, with equity being a focus.

Professional development, mentorship, and training for the physiotherapy staff is a main component of Emma’s role. She aims to support physiotherapists to provide high quality physiotherapy services to the population of patients seen by Focused.

When not at work Emma enjoys the outdoors and scenery of the Waikato, she tries to complete regular Pilates and Yoga. She is also the secretary for Tirau Volunteer Fire Brigade.

NO REFERRAL NEEDED FOR PHYSIOTHERAPY