Cambridge News | March 2, 2023

We just need Dad’s Army

patrol working the Cambridge and Leamington central business districts during the day has come from the Cambridge Safer Community Trust. And it is the town’s retirement villages in the trust’s sights where there are plenty of able-bodied people who could walk the beat,

said trust member Kelly Bouzaid.

The Cambridge Community Patrol already provides a service driving the town’s streets for five out of seven nights a week in the safety of a ute donated by C & R Developments.

The patrol recently trialled a daytime on-

foot service to discourage shoplifters in the CBD.

Neil Bridgland said the night time patrol, started in 2017, relied on mature volunteers. He is in no doubt there would be others willing to help out during the day.

World War I, now Kelly Bouzaid, left, and Neil Bridgland, right are doing it for Cambridge.

Photo: Mary Anne Gill

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We just need Dad’s Army

People wary of working at night might be happy to work during the day keeping an eye out in town.

“There are no bobbies on the beat anymore and while this won’t replace that, it will help,” says Bridgland.

The plan is to recruit 25 to 30 people using a campaign similar to that used by Lord Kitchener in World War I to recruit soldiers - replacing “Your country needs you” with “Cambridge needs you.”

The volunteers would work in pairs and patrol the main streets but would not be expected to chase offenders.

“This is a Dad’s Army type approach and one that works

Clark turning 101

well in other towns,” said Bouzaid.

They would undergo training and be equipped with radio equipment.

The trust would also need to raise about $5000 for uniforms and communication hardware to ensure the volunteers were kitted out, said Bouzaid.

“There are many abled bodied citizens who care greatly about our community and who have time on their side.

“Given police resources are stretched, this initiative is designed to support our retailers and keep our streets safer. As with the Community Patrol, this team will work closely with our local police.”

Former Waipā stalwart George Clark will celebrate his 101st birthday on Wednesday March 8. For his birthday last year the former Te Pahu farmer, who now lives in Waihi Beach, received cards from the Queen and then PM Jacinda Ardern. An article with pictures and a story about his centenary, supplied by daughter former prime minister Helen Clark, was one of the top online articles on The News website last year.

Museum stats

Bouzaid, who is chief executive of the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce, said she and the trust wanted to do all they could in support of retailers and the council.

Waipā District Council has fast-tracked the installation of 25 closed circuit television cameras across the district with money either coming from the government or from a ratepayer serviced loan.

There are already 13 CCTV cameras in operation across Waipā with their installation overseen by a group made up of council representatives, the NZ Police, CommSafe, Cambridge Chamber of Commerce and community representatives.

Despite the physical closure of its facility, Te Awamutu Museum staff provided education services for 1155 student visits, 18 schools, 12 different programme and 45 sessions for the six months ending December 31. Delivery of the programmes is part of the museum’s Enriched Local Curriculum contract with the Ministry of Education.

Cameras are monitored by police and the district council meets all costs.

Dad’s Army was a nickname given to the Home Guard –Britain’s last line of defence against German invasion in World War II. It comprised men and women too young or too old to join the Armed Services.

The BBC series Dad’s Army, which aired from 1968 to 1977 over nine series and 80 episodes, was a huge ratings success and is airing on Sky TV’s Jones Channel weekdays between 7.20pm and 7.55pm.

Lance Corporal Jack Jones, the town butcher, often referred to Lord Kitchener, who he “served” under in the Sudan.

Lions chip in

The Lions Club of Te Awamutu have pledged $3000 to the Lions’ Gabrielle Relief Fund and is inviting businesses, organisations and residents to make donations too. “We do not have a target for donations made by the Te Awamutu community - but the sky is the limit as ongoing support for those affected will be needed,” Te Awamutu Lions President Brendon Hand said. The Lions fund has already contributed $30,000 for flood relief work.

In early 2021, I addressed the subject of begging. An increase in people asking for money on our streets again prompts me to mention it. Then, as now, there are sometimes people who find themselves in a bad situation with a genuine need for support.

These people may not be aware of the local resources available and may accept the opportunity to engage with Cambridge Community House, Salvation Army and the like. Such engagement can also lead on to counselling, budgeting, addiction and related assistance.

I have previously mentioned another group of people however, those who are not living locally and instead travel into Cambridge to beg specifically due to our known generosity. I still see one person from that time who continues to travel to Cambridge periodically for this reason.

Tim van de Molen

Recently a retailer told me of someone else to whom food and money was donated by passers by outside their shop. When the man moved on to a different location, he left the food and rubbish behind.

Sometimes we need to be cruel to be kind. I would recommend not giving cash, rather providing food or, even better, practical assistance to contact our support agencies. Sitting on the footpath on public property is not an offence. However, if someone is being aggressive, intimidating or disorderly, phone 111.

In another reminder, online scammers continue to find victims in our town. If a random person strikes up an online conversation with through snapchat, whatsapp or Instagram and attempts to build a relationship with you, be wary.

Scammers use images taken from google to create an attractive illusion and will

lure you in. They are commonly based overseas and may even tell you this. If you find yourself in this situation, and the person starts asking for financial help, requesting you give them money using itunes or prezzy cards, it is highly likely you are being scammed. Don’t send the money. This can end up costing you thousands, with almost zero likelihood of getting any of your money back.

If in the same scenario you are instead asked to send intimate photos of yourself on the promise of some being sent in return, remember that you lose control of who sees those photos the moment you press send. You have no idea to whom you are truly sending the photos. We have again had examples where scammers blackmail their victims once compromising photos are received. Be cyber safety aware.

Taonga presented

A family member of a Lake Mangakaware landowner surprised iwi and Waipā staff at the weekend when she presented a taonga her grandfather found several decades ago. The adze head was discovered near the site of an old pa. Ngāti Hikairo and Ngāti Apakura were present for the handover of a cultural impact report on the lake, near Ngāhināpouri and got a bonus with the taonga

Ingham’s bid

Ingham Motor Group has lodged a resource consent application to redevelop the site on the corner of Lake and Queen streets in Cambridge for a car dealership. The consent also required a contaminated site management plan as the site – formerly Bunnings - has been identified as potentially hazardous.

Birthday celebration

Cambridge High School’s library will celebrate its 50th birthday later this month. An event on March 23 will also mark the official opening of the GN Marshall Archive Room. George Marshall was the school’s principal from 1964 to 1972 and died in 2018 aged 93. He left an endowment which is being used to establish the archives.

New audit member

Te Awamutu councillor

Lou Brown has been added to the Waipā council’s Audit and Risk committee joining independent chair Bruce Robertson, mayor Susan O’Regan and fellow councillors Andrew Brown, Roger Gordon and Mike Montgomerie.

Business chance

Fifty $120 places in online business courses which look at sustainability are being offered free by the Waipā District Council. The courses are run by the Sustainable Business Network. The funding for 10 places in five courses comes thanks to a subsidy from Tax Management NZ and money managed by council for the Environment Ministry.

Emotions high at hearing

By Mary Anne Gill

Ōhaupō landowner Neil Jennings broke down and was unable to continue with his evidence at an independent hearing last week heard to consider a retrospective application to construct vertical and horizontal kiwifruit shelters around his house.

The hearing, before commissioner Alan Withy took a day and ended with Withy making an onsite visit to the Jennings property in Parallel Road.

There he would have seen a house surrounded on three sides by shelter cloth and shelterbelts.

Withy will now consider his findings which have been made tougher by closing submissions from the applicant’s legal counsel Joan Forret, received earlier this week.

The independent commissioner is unlikely to release his findings for another week.

The applicant, Kiwifruit Investments Ltd, has built the shading to protect kiwifruit plants next to the Jennings home.

In addition, the company has established shelterbelts closer to the Jennings property than the council’s District Plan allows.

The resource consent applications were lodged retrospectively after director Parmvir Singh Bains said he had no idea consent was needed from the council. Jennings became emotional as he read

out what impact being surrounded on three sides by six-metre-high shade cloth and shelterbelts was having on his family. He said he felt like he was in prison.

He had no argument with kiwifruit being planted and only took issue with the shades and the shelterbelt which he said had ruined their quality of living.

His barrister Phil Lang read the evidence instead. Earlier Lang argued there had been no expert evidence provided by the applicant

or the council on landscape, visual and rural character effects.

“There is no expert opinion backing up assessments of whether the effects of the shelterbelt are less than minor, minor, more than minor.

“The reporting planner is not an expert in landscape, visual or rural character effects, and is therefore able to make the required assessments in the absence of supporting expert evidence, which is normally provided by the applicant

in these situations. The applicant has chosen to conduct its case entirely without expert evidence, other than the planner’s evidence,” Lang said.

Jennings employed a landscape architect who provided the only expert opinion, he said.

Joanna Soanes, a principal landscape architect at Boffa Miskell Ltd, argued Kiwifruit Investments proposal to include minimal setbacks, structure heights, large site coverage and shelterbelt planting had the potential to create moderate to high degree effects “equating to a more than minor adverse visual effect.”

She has a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture with Honours from Lincoln University.

After the hearing, Dr Forret provided closing submissions and said her client proposed alternative options and altered plans to mitigate Jennings’ concerns.

Council sends reinforcements

By Mary Anne Gill

Waipā has sent four of its staff to help out weather stricken areas in Hawke’s Bay, Thames-Coromandel and Waikato.

They have held positions of response manager, welfare, intelligence and planning support for a combined 232 hours.

But one of the staff, planning manager Tony Quickfall, used the opportunity to announce his secondment to Hawke’s Bay last week to complain on LinkedIn about being on the receiving end of a few keyboard and media warriors who are “experts in everything”.

He said their credentials for criticising were that they could drive or live in a certain place.

Quickfall said working

in local government was sometimes “really hard work being in the glass bubble.”

“But each day those of us in local government quietly know we have in a small way, made the world a little better. And we come back the next day to do it all again,” he said.

It was not clear whether Quickfall’s comments were directed at The News which in recent times has reported several controversial planning decisions including kiwifruit shade cloths and illegal quarries or the public who criticise the council on social media.

Meanwhile Waipā District Council has adopted its Far North equivalent as part of Local Government New Zealand’s Adopt-aCommunity campaign.

The aim of the campaign is to raise as much money

as possible for the adopted communities’ mayoral relief funds.

Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan said she would be providing moral support to her counterpart Moko Tepania, a first-term mayor like her.

She met Tepania at mayors’ school and persuaded him to take a photo of Waikato’s female local body leaders which The News ran last year.

She and deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk have also bonded with the 32-year-old at rural and provincial sector meetings.

“The plans are still in development,” O’Regan said but she is encouraging residents to support the Far North council in whatever way they could. She and fellow Waipā councillors were to discuss ideas this

week.

Central Otago mayor Tim Cadogan, a member of the Local Government New Zealand council, came up with the idea.

“Local government leaders such as mayors and chairs have an incredible ability to bring communities together and rally behind a

strong cause,” he said. “What we know from experience is that when it comes to communities getting back on their feet, it’s a marathon not a sprint. That’s especially true with a disaster at this scale.

Clutha and Waitaki councils have joined Waipā in supporting the Far North.

Susan O’Regan Tony Quickfall

Commissioner Alan Withy, top centre, presides over an independent hearing at Waipā District Council last week with submitters to the left, and applicants in the foreground.

Songs of Rangiaowhia

By Steph Bell-Jenkins

As a teenager, Daphiney Owen used to cruise around the rural roads of Rangiaowhia in old cars with her friends, completely unaware of the bloody massacre that took place there.

Now, many years on, the singer is working with artists from around Aotearoa to tell the story of the small Waipā settlement, where pain is still felt by the descendants of those killed.

“I was raised here; I heard of this korero, but didn’t really know it,” said Owen, also known as Vox Dawn, who grew up in Hamilton and now lives in Palmerston North with her husband.

“It’s not until now, as I’m an adult, that I’ve really understood what actually took place.”

Rangiaowhia, lying between Cambridge and Te Awamutu, was once a thriving community, home to Ngati Apakura and Ngati Hinetu people.

On February 21, 1864, British soldiers attacked the village.

There are conflicting reports about the incident, but there is little doubt that soldiers shot Māori who attempted to surrender – and later returned to loot the village.

Ngati Apakura and Ngati Hinetu say that on February 21 terrified villagers fled, a few shot at the troops, some sheltered in prayer houses. Some in those houses were gunned down as they tried to get out of the building when it began to

burn down and at least seven died inside.

Owen, who spoke to The News at this year’s Rangiaowhia commemorations on February 21, believes there are many around Aotearoa with little knowledge of the incident – and she wants to change that.

She and her husband have set up the Oceans Before Me trust to tell indigenous stories through music and education and have

already worked on a project to raise awareness of the 1970s dawn raids in Auckland.

Now, the pair are teaming up with rangatira (leaders), established artists and school children on the 1864 Rangiaowhia Massacre Project, aiming to release a 10-track album this time next year. Every song will be about Rangiaowhia.

“The idea is to educate the next generation… a lot of our nation still doesn’t quite know what took place

Fun run, walk back

The 11th annual fundraising Waipā Fun Run returns after a Covid enforced absence to Victoria Square in Cambridge on Sunday.

The charity event run by St Peter’s Catholic School and sponsored by Lugtons will see $1 from every entry fee go towards a not-for-profit counselling agency.

Cambridge Lifeskills provides free counselling for children and young people aged 5-15.

here... so it’s just using music as a tool to get that story out,” she said. “But also, music is healing.”

Students from Te Awamutu school Te Wharekura o Nga Purapura o Te Aroha have already contributed to one waiata, and members of a kapa haka group will feature on another.

Owen couldn’t reveal the names of other artists working on the project yet, but said they were well known.

“I can’t wait to release these songs we’ve created,” she said.

The event has become a favourite among families, schools and businesses. One of the best attended Fun Runs attracted about 650 people. Part of its appeal is that it offers a range of courses for runners and walkers of all ages, including 10km and 5km walk and run options, a 2km School Challenge and a 5km Teams Challenge.

Registration will be open at Victoria Square from 3pm to 5pm on Saturday, and from 7am on Sunday. Racing is due to start at 9am and prizegiving starts at 11.30.

St Peter’s Catholic School’s Donna Warwick said the community had again surpassed itself by offering a selection of great prizes.

Daphiney Owen, stage name Vox Dawn, pictured at Rangiaowhia with cousin Tupou Phillips (left), is working on a new album to raise awareness of Rangiaowhia.

O’Regan, Colley for Le Quesnoy

By Mary Anne Gill

Waipā will send two representatives to France – mayor Susan O’Regan and Cambridge Community Board chair Jo Davies-Colley – to the opening of the New Zealand Museum and Visitor Centre in Le Quesnoy.

The two will be the district’s delegation to the event later this year. Cambridge has had a sister city relationship with Le Quesnoy since 2000.

The community board has had the responsibility of managing the relationship but does not have the delegated authority to approve overseas travel.

Waipā council granted $150,000 to support

the establishment of the museum in Le Quesnoy which will open in October.

While other allies in Australia, Canada and South Africa all built their own museums and visitor centres on the Western Front post World War I, New Zealand has not.

More than 100 years since the end of the war, there is no dedicated place in Europe that tells stories of New Zealand’s participation in both world wars.

Travel costs will be covered for the mayor and Community Board chair. Any other Waipā elected members who want to attend must pay their own costs.

Staff presented the paper to council this week so they could take advantage of flight prices before they increase.

Lions are best in the district

By Viv Posselt

Members of the Cambridge Lions Club are basking in success after winning the premier trophy naming them the top club in Lions District 202L for the year 2021-22.

District 202L encompasses the Waikato, Bay of Plenty and King Country.

The win covered the year in which Warren Beard was club president (2021-2022) and was awarded in recognition of his ‘Team Cambridge’ initiative which called on members to ‘share the load’.

The club last won the trophy in the 2012-2013 year.

Describing the win as a coup, Warren said it reflected on success

that came during a particularly difficult period when the club was affected by intermittent Covid lockdowns and extended periods when normal club activities were halted.

“My call for us to operate as Team Cambridge, and for all our members to ‘share the load’ was made on the back of that. Even with those constraints, we were able to put back over $250,000 into the community that year, a sum that included $60,000 for the Cambridge Volunteer Fire Brigade,” he said.

“I was extremely wellsupported by a very able management team, and as a club we were very indebted to our community. Without that support, we wouldn’t have been

able to achieve as well as we did. This win is a big honour for us … and for the community.”

The club is one of 53 in the

Briefs…

Rural sports finalists

Tamahere’s Luk Chin and Cambridge’s Nicky Chilcott are finalists in the New Zealand Rural Sports Awards. Both are leading lights in harness racing. Chin, an anaesthesiologist, is a veteran breeder, trainer and driver and Chilcott was the first New Zealand woman to train and drive 500 winners. The awards night will be held in Palmerston North on March 10.

Lotto winners

Two Lotto players who bought tickets in Waipā are each $21,038 better off following the weekend’s draw. Tickets bought at Victoria Station in Cambridge and Pak n Save in Te Awamutu were two of 11 Division Two winners.

Festival programme

The Cambridge Autumn Festival programme is out listing events taking place from March 24 to April 2. The highlight is the Main Street Carnival and Art Market on March 26 where the footpaths will be brimming with original art, photography, jewellery, pottery, sculpture, woodwork and more. The festival finishes with a family friendly concert in the Town Hall featuring Youth Orchestra Waikato.

Website hits

Millions for Masonic, an article about a $4 million upgrade to the iconic Cambridge hotel, is The News’ best read story online the last fortnight followed closely behind by our piece on Selina and Emma Oliver volunteering for the FIFA Women’s World Cup tournament. The News home page, Battling the Big Storm and mayor Susan O’Regan’s column on kiwifruit shelters round out the cambridgenews.nz top five.

NEW VENTURE FOR LOCAL BUSINESSMAN

Cambridge’s newest bottle store - Blue Drops Premium Liquor - is perfectly placed to o er thirsty patrons and selective connoisseurs one of the best selections in town.

The outlet opened in the former Guthrie Bowron building in Victoria Street just before Christmas and has been busy ever since.

Well-known businessman and Blue Drops owner Avi Singh is understandably delighted, but then he does know a thing or two about running a successful business.

In the 24 years he has lived in Cambridge, Avi has opened two busy Vege Fresh stores - one each in Cambridge and Leamington - and two years ago purchased the Deli on the Corner café. It was while at his Victoria Street Vege Fresh outlet several years ago that a customer asked him if he would consider stocking beer and wine, given the then recent loss of a liquor outlet over the road.

“We just didn’t have the space to do that, but it made me think about it and I started looking for the right spot. Then this place came up … I thought it was perfect for us. We have good visibility and it’s very accessible, and we’ve just nished concreting an area around the back of the store for easier parking.”

Once inside, the store is bright and welcoming, with a sizeable wellstocked chiller at the rear. Smart store design means customers can

easily move around, and those keen to scan the selection will nd an excellent range of whiskeys, gins and other spirits, cocktails, RTDs, fabulous wines and beers. Much of the range is internationally sourced, and there are fabulous presentation boxes for special gift ideas. There’s an equally impressive range of the increasingly popular lowalcohol, low-carb options, which means there really is something for everyone at Blue Drops.

Right from the start, Avi was determined to keep his prices as low as possible while o ering a range that meets the multi-cultural needs of Cambridge residents. He and his manager Chandu Jella know their product well and have started doing weekend tastings.

It turns out there as almost as many reasons to pop into Blue Drops as there are varieties of alcohol on the shelves. They’re open from 10am seven days a week.

In store tastings in the weekends.

Monday 10 am–7.30 pm

Tuesday 10 am–8:00pm

Wednesday 10 am–8:30 pm

Thursday 10 am–9 pm

Friday 10 am–9:30 pm

Saturday 10 am–9:30 pm

Sunday 10 am–7 pm

Cambridge businessman Avi Singh is delighted with how well his new store, Blue Drops Premium Liquor, has been received.

Blue Drops Premium Liquor owner Avi Singh, right, with store manager Chandu Jella.

202L District. The trophy was presented by the visiting vice president of Lions International, Canadian Dr Paddi Hill.

Winning Lions at the trophy presentation are from left, Karen Johnson, Bill Cairns, current Cambridge Lions Club president Elbe Moreland and, past district governor Suez Reid. They were pictured with the visiting vice-president of Lions International from Canada, Dr Paddi Hill.

Susan O’Regan Jo Davies-Colley

Hit by $10 thieves

By Viv Posselt

Thieves have jimmied open a cash box fixed to St Peter’s Catholic School’s sharing shed to steal the money inside.

“It’s a real downer for us all,” said the school’s Room 4 teacher, Heidi Littlejohn. “We feel gutted

that someone would go to the effort of doing that, particularly as the shed is there to help the wider community.”

Making the experience even more senseless is that the thieves made off with about $10 - putting a new cash box in place will likely cost upwards of $50.

The theft goes against every tenet the children live by at St Peter’s. They espouse kindness, sharing and empathy for others and have been asking questions about why people do such things.

Heidi’s builder husband Blair Littlejohn built the shed for the school late last year, complete with shelves, roller wheels and a boltedin money box. The school decided to have one as a natural extension of its vegetable-growing project started earlier in 2022.

The boxed vegetable beds and outside kitchen space have produced well since they were set up at the end of term one last year. Teacher Liz Sudfeldt said the youngsters research what vegetables grow at what time of year, then plant them up, look after them and then reap their crops.

Vegetables grown on site are often supplemented by donations of excess produce from school families. It all goes towards building up the school’s output, which in turn goes towards an in-school meals project that helps local families in need.

Much of the produce is sold in the sharing shed which is placed on the roadside to be in easy reach of people walking by. The funds generated go towards keeping the cycle going.

“While we’re feeling devastated about the theft, we will keep going,” said Heidi. “We’ll just get it fixed and start again.”

Breakfast helps Gabrielle victims

Lauriston Park retirement village residents have added $3000 to funds being contributed by the Lions Club of Cambridge to victims of the Hawke’s Bay floods.

The village social committee organised a fund raising morning tea for victims of Cyclone Gabrielle – which has claimed at least 11 lives and caused an estimated $13 billion in damage.

Committee spokesperson Graeme Burson said the committee sold tickets and catered for the breakfast in the Homestead at Lauriston Park and placed a bucket at morning tea for cash donations.

The breakfast sold out and 50-plus people enjoyed a big breakfast on Wednesday morning.

“Because Lauriston Park has a close relationship with the Lions Club of Cambridge it was agreed that the funds be forwarded to the Lions who have added it to the $30,000 that they are sending to the Lions Clubs International emergency fund,” Burson said.

He said it was a “a great effort” from a bunch of elderly folks with big hearts.

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Teacher Heidi Littlejohn with some of the youngsters involved in setting up the sharing shed. They are, from left, Georgina Lowe, Sean Boss, Lucas Albuquerque Stiaque, Gus Eisen and Dylan Hubbard.

The fundraising breakfast was a sell-out.

Reserve Bank redefines failure

By Peter Nicholl

The Reserve Bank Monetary Policy Committee on February 22 raised the Official Cash Rate (OCR) by 50 basis points (bp) to 4.75%.

The following day, Governor Adrian Orr appeared before Parliament’s Finance Committee. A committee member pointed out that following the Christchurch earthquake, the bank lowered the OCR by 50 basis points. They asked Orr if the Reserve Bank had considered doing something similar because of the impacts of cyclone Gabrielle. Orr said that would have made no sense.

I agree. To reverse the direction of monetary policy when inflation is so far above the target range would have made no sense.

But far from loosening monetary policy, the Reserve Bank continued to tighten policy. A 50bp increase rather than the previous rise of 75bp was what was widely expected before the cyclone hit because of the positive signs beginning to appear regarding global inflation.

So, on February 22, the policy committee made absolutely no allowance for the cyclone effects in their OCR decision. I don’t think that makes sense either. The cyclone was not a trivial event.

The Reserve Bank should have made some acknowledgement of that in their policy decision.

Another comment made by Orr at the Select Committee surprised me even more. Nicola Willis asked him whether he was failing at his job considering inflation had been out of the Reserve Bank’s target zone for almost two years, was now almost three times the target level and was predicted to stay above the target for at least another

Local government reform: give it time

By Mike Keir, Waikato District Councillor, Tamahere-Woodlands Ward

year. This seemed a fair question to me.

Orr responded that it wasn’t a failure as globally most central banks were in similar situations.

So, it seems in reserve bank speak it isn’t a failure to miss your target by miles if most other central banks have done the same thing.

Most central banks have failed at their core job over the last few years. They all loosened their policy setting far too far in response to recession fears.

This led to some major shifts in asset prices and income distribution and increased the amount of risk in the global financial system as investors looked for things that would give them a positive return.

Economies and societies are still living with those damaging side-effects. Then central banks were too slow to start raising their policy settings again when inflation began to reappear, believing the inflation would be transitory.

Now they all face the policy dilemma of how much they need to tighten their policy settings to bring inflation back to their target range. These abrupt changes in policy direction mean they have in the last few years become a destabilising factor and have helped create rather than smooth economic cycles.

I believe these mistakes in policy by central banks constitute a massive failure.

Governor Orr is correct in saying most other central banks made similar mistakes. But having inflation at three times the target range is still a failure however you look at it. I think the Governor would gain credibility if he admitted that.

Cambridge Town Hall

Local government faces a huge amount of reform. The aims are good, but the outcomes are doubtful unless the government takes more time to get it right.

A summary of reforms currently underway are:

• Three Waters: This is in the process of being set up unless government steps in and slows the process down.

• The Natural and Built Environment Act (NBEA) and the Spatial Planning Act (SPA). These reform the current Resource Management Act (RMA) and will have a significant impact on how councils operate.

• Future for Local Government: This aims to improve local representation including working more closely with iwi groups, making councils more accountable and stimulating voter engagement.

• The Climate Adaption Bill: This is not yet out for consultation and covers issues like managed retreat and helping to decide where and how we develop. These are issues highlighted by the recent storms. The aim of these reforms is to improve processes, lower costs, operate more sustainably and encourage more engagement in local government. One real measure would be increased voter turnout in the next local body elections.

This is a huge amount of reform. Three Waters, NBEA and SPA should remove a significant amount of responsibility and hopefully costs from councils. Whether they do or not is still being debated – and will be until after the reforms are in place.

The intentions of the reforms are good. However, after some analysis I struggle to see how they will improve anything in their current form. I am concerned they will actually result in worse outcomes in terms of:

By Simon Brew, Cambridge Town Hall, General Manager

There’s been a lot of interest lately, both regionally and nationally, about the state of our heritage buildings and the price of seismic safety and bringing them up to current New Zealand’s building standards.

The grand Chateau Tongariro is the latest in a growing list of historic buildings to succumb to earthquake regulations and the soaring cost of maintaining and conserving significant heritage features.

This may have left you wondering where the heritagelisted Cambridge Town Hall sits in this picture, and what the future holds for our muchloved local landmark.

The good news is that we won’t be seeing a ‘closed’ sign on the front of the Town Hall doors anytime soon due to seismic assessments. Although the Cambridge Town Hall is not an Earthquake-prone building, the Cambridge Town Hall Community Trust is looking at strategies for strengthening the building’s seismic resilience as any proposed capital works are undertaken.

However, we’re not completely out of the woods just yet.

It’s no secret the Cambridge Town Hall is in need of major

repairs and maintenance and some tender loving care.

Behind the scenes, we liken the work currently underway to planning for a great show. The Cambridge Town Hall Community Trust is the backstage crew, and the Cambridge Town Hall is the star.

While a show might only be a few hours in duration, careful preparation, planning, and rehearsals are needed to make sure the performance goes off without a hitch, and that takes an enormous amount of time and energy that no one can see.

Our talent has a lot of work ahead of her to get her primed and ready for her audience.

Last year the Cambridge Town Hall Community Trust set up a facilities management sub-committee. We know the community is keen for the Trust to crack on and bring the building up to a reasonable standard, and the facilities management sub-committee will facilitate this important work.

Staff from Waipā District Council have also been working closely with this committee, as the Cambridge Town Hall is a Council-owned asset and the interests of Waipā communities must be taken into account in everything the Trust undertakes.

As part of handing both activation and maintenance responsibilities to the Trust, Waipā District Council commissioned a condition assessment of the Cambridge Town Hall late last year, which highlighted some major (but not unexpected) issues for maintenance and capital works. The committee has been working through this thorough report which highlights several condition-driven replacement needs, as well as numerous superficial repairs throughout the building.

The bulk of major replacements are recommended within the next three years, including the replacement of the roof and ceiling – not terribly

• Increased cost and time to gain consents.

• Reduced local representation.

• Less trust in and engagement by the voting public in local governance.

This is my personal view, and not necessarily the view of the council.

My first concern is that this reform is not coordinated and is being done in silos, yet they all impact on each other. How the government expects to get good outcomes by proceeding in this way is beyond me.

The whole process needs to slow down, and the reforms need to link into each other in a complementary manner if they are to be workable.

The RMA reform replaces one act with three, adds another layer of bureaucracy with Regional Planning committees that will struggle to be representative or workable. Worse, how this process is to be funded has not been detailed. Councils are already struggling under increasing debt levels and the pressure of trying to constrain rate rises.

All local government organisations in our region have concerns about how these reforms will be delivered in their current form. We’re all asking the Government to slow down and get these reforms right. Local councils have made a number of very good submissions with strong recommendations.

The big concern is that, to date, the Government has ignored advice provided by councils and their organisations. If it does so again, we will be poorly served by this legislation as we have been with the power sector reforms of the 1990s and the polytechnic sector reforms of the last two years.

exciting changes, but absolutely necessary if our Town Hall is to have a glittering future.

Additionally, the committee has been writing the 10-year Activity Management Plan for the council. This important piece of work will be presented during Council’s 2024-2034 Long Term Plan process for the community to prioritise and provide feedback on.

At the same time, we need to implement some of those ‘must have’ items the community has requested – some are quick wins, and some are larger capital and operational developments.

WIFI, business technology, sound systems, EFTPOS, lighting, wallpaper, security… the list goes on. These items seem like easy things to sort out, so you may be asking ‘why aren’t they done?’

We’re activating the Town Hall – prudently. We’re working through a sequence to make sure no money is wasted by ‘undoing’ or ‘redoing’ works. But you will be pleased to hear that after some careful planning, changes are fast approaching!

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Down the rabbit hole…

By Peter Matthews

In the course of my internet travels, I have recently come across one Katie Hopkins. You may already be bristling at the mere mention of her name, but I confess I had never heard of her. I also discovered, only yesterday that I did not know what the word ‘pejorative’ meant.

Both situations have now been rectified.

Arriving, unencumbered by prejudice, at my unscheduled introduction to Katie Hopkins I was impressed by her speaking and writing style, her clarity of thought, her wit and repartee, and I found myself agreeing with a lot of what she said.

Taken in isolation, some of her arguments make perfect sense, and any argument benefits from an eloquent and confident speaker.

It became apparent soon enough, however, that this is a very divisive person.

More often than not the clips I was watching of her speaking at various universities and conferences were accompanied by the background noise of protests outside by those objecting even to her physical presence in their midst.

Some research revealed that Katie gained her first public attention as a contestant in series three of the British version of The Apprentice from which she withdrew in the penultimate episode.

That initial spell in the spotlight seems to have provided Hopkins with a career as a media “personality”, columnist, and far-right political commentator.

On April 17, 2015, a column written by Hopkins appeared in The Sun newspaper. I won’t quote any of it here but it caused quite an uproar. Rightly too: It is a nasty piece of writing.

She also got herself into hot water when

she was accused of fatshaming when she said: “would I employ you if you were obese? No, I would not. You would give the wrong impression to the clients of my business. I need people to look energetic, professional and efficient. If you are obese, you look lazy. To call yourself ‘plus size’ is just a euphemism for being fat.”

In 2014 Hopkins took part in a documentary entitled ‘Fat and Back’ in which she gained and then lost nearly 22 kilos.

She later admitted that losing the weight was an ordeal and conceded that ‘no one wants to be fat by choice’.

As I said, here is a divisive figure. It seems to me that Katie Hopkins discovered, almost by mistake that she is good on camera, she is an articulate and engaging speaker, a capable writer, and can construct a convincing argument.

She obviously enjoys what she does. Is it for the money and the attention, or does she honestly believe her words can improve the world?

The danger of people like her is that, in today’s world, social media algorithms lead gullible people down rabbit holes. Search

‘Tim Minchin: confirmation bias’ for an entertaining take on that subject.

Like it or not Hopkins has the right to say the things she does and the ensuing debates are both lively and enlightening.

And I now know what the word ‘pejorative’ means.

Life is like a building

By Murray Smith, Pastor, Bridges Church

Most of us probably haven’t thought of our lives as being like a building, but in many respects, they are. For starters, they require upkeep and maintenance… they’re subject to damage and they age.

Also, every building is only as good as its foundations. If basic foundations are flawed, it jeopardises every aspect of whatever is built on top - regardless of how fancy it appears, or how fabulously it is furnished.

The slips and devastations created by recent storms we’ve experienced, in particular Cyclone Gabrielle, led to considerable damage and the inundation of many homes. How devastating to witness extreme weather conditions expose all those buildings and properties to destruction. From outward appearances, prior to these weather events, most of these buildings would have looked perfectly fine - until proven vulnerable.

Images of storm-eroded cliff tops where formerly beautiful homes now cling precariously, are heart-breaking - I can only imagine how owners feel. They had trusted their seemingly unassailable property had been developed using thorough consultants along sound engineering lines, geo-tech advice and design.

Nonetheless storms or natural disasters thwart even the best intentions and calculations of expert designers.

I was in Cairo, Egypt some years ago, not too long after an earthquake. The toll and damage in terms of property and lives lost was unbelievably high. It became obvious that the scale of destruction was due entirely to inadequate building standards and practices being applied.

So, going back to my analogy of our lives being like a building, how can we build our

lives on a good foundation that withstands the ‘storms’ of life? There’s a saying, “Big doors swing on little hinges”… slipping into bad habits and sloppy personal standards has an eroding effect on our ‘foundations’. Poor foundations equal poor buildings. Similarly, just as poor diet renders poor health, what we feed on and what influences us, is going to become evident in time. Daily we’re absorbing information that moulds and shapes us - stuff we read, and view. There’s an old saying, “Garbage in, garbage out”.

Many years ago a young couple and their toddler lived opposite my home. One day I learned the young man had been convicted and imprisoned on a rape charge. I was stunned to learn his young female victim was a neighbour. Habitually, this guy had watched her from a vantage point in his home while she exercised. Evil thoughts, like seeds grew in his heart, producing an evil harvest. Later, pending a rubbish collection, a big box was left by my house. Being curious about its origin and contents, it was shocking to discover what was inside. It was crammed with pornographic literature, plus several letters and invoices identifying the young man who had been imprisoned. Joining the dots wasn’t hard.

There’s a ‘building code’ for solid foundations that is a recurrent theme in the Bible… ‘Keep a close watch on how you live and stay true to what is right’. Jesus stated that wise people obey His words, thereby building a life founded ‘on rock’ that withstands any storm!

To do otherwise, spells doom, like foolishly ‘building on sand’.

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Rays of Sunbeams

By Mary Anne Gill

Brian Baylis has spent an “arm and a leg” doing up his 1970 Sunbeam Rapier H120 and does not regret a penny of it.

As he stands proudly next to the car during the weekend’s 51st Sunbeam annual meeting in Cambridge, Baylis is unapologetic about the thousands he spent restoring it.

“You can put 80 grand in the bank and what do you get out of it? This is my business card,” he said.

The four-day meet wrapped up on Sunday with organiser Keith Snap coy on how many cars and people participated.

There were 15 on display outside House of Wonder Childcare the previous day as judges put the cars to the test.

“We had a good time and enjoyed our meeting in Cambridge,” said Snap. Baylis, from Pukekohe, said he imported his Sunbeam Rapier from the United Kingdom in 2010.

The four speed manual car was built in Linwood near Glasgow and brought to New Zealand as a bare metal restoration after featuring in several magazines there. Its final compliance in New Zealand – allowing it to drive on the road – came in May 2015.

There are only five of its type in this country, seven are road legal and registered in the UK and another 15 are held in storage there.

The Sunbeam Rapier was produced by Rootes Group, founded in 1913, which at its peak was one of the largest car manufacturers in the UK until it was taken over by the Chrysler Corporation in 1964. The Rapier H120 – a two door 1725cc fastback - was built between 1968 and discontinued in 1976.

The Sunbeam Motor Company began in 1901 and was picked up by the Rootes Group in 1934 after it fell into financial strife. The name Sunbeam was used as a marque name on new cars until 1976 and then as a model name for Chrysler until 1981.

Programme for disabled starts

Registrations have open for a series of Waipā events for disabled people.

The Hauora Project run by Connexu is supported by Waipā District Council’s Waipā Recovery Fund.

Connexu works in partnership with adults who have an intellectual, physical, or sensory disability and people living with neurological conditions.

Event topics include environmental safety, mindfulness, animal

ownership, fire and home security and safety, budgeting skills, giving back to the community, cooking on a budget, sexual and personal safety and cyber and social media safety.

They will be held at the Te Awamutu library.

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Organisational, Wellbeing and Quality Laura Etz says the programme has been designed to bring disabled people together after a limiting few years due to the pandemic.

“We have a series of events based around life skills and teachings, she said.

The district council’s recovery fund supports projects, programmes, activities and services provided by not-for-profit community groups and businesses which aim to assist communities to recover from the impacts of Covid.

Events will be run each month through to the completion of the project in November.

Brian Baylis checks out his Sunbeam Rapier H120.

Photo: Mary Anne Gill

Sunbeam cars on display in Cambridge.

Photo: Mary Anne Gill.

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Police find lab in a float

Three men have appeared in court after police in Cambridge busted a meth lab in a horse float.

The haul also included three ounces of methamphetamine, more than $15,000 cash, guns and ammunition.

Cambridge Police say the bust, part of Operation Cobalt, has significantly disrupted the operations of drug suppliers in the town.

The arrested trio, aged 32, 34 and 55, have been arrested over the past month. Police say they have gang associations and face a range of serious drug and firearm charges. They have appeared in the Hamilton District Court.

Cambridge Sergeant Ben Joll said the bust was a fantastic result achieved through good police work by local staff and community support.

“We hope these arrests provide some reassurance to the Cambridge community that we are committed to making our communities safer from the influence and harm caused by gangs and their criminal activities.

“These arrests will make an impact on the harm caused by drugs in our community, the consequences of which reach much further than the individual user.”

Police posted this photograph of the cash they seized.

‘Earthrounders’ pay flying visit

By Viv Posselt

A pair of septugenarians recognised as New Zealand’s first ‘Earthrounders’ and the oldest combined age couple to have flown around the world in a small aircraft, recently popped up in Cambridge.

Barry and Sandra Payne live in an apartment appropriately sited at Taupo Airport. They told their ‘Adventures on a Wing’ story at the first U3A Cambridge meeting for 2023.

The couple achieved their official ‘earthrounders’ status after flying their single-engined Piper Comanche aircraft around the world in 2019. The term refers to those flying around the globe in a light aircraft.

Their circumnavigation of the globe in an aircraft weighing less than 7000kg saw them fly from New Zealand to Australia, through Japan, Russia and Alaska, to the world’s biggest air show at

Oshkosh in the United States, back to Canada, through Greenland and Iceland to the United Kingdom, back through Europe, the Middle East, India and Malaysia, then Australia and home.

“When Barry asked me what I thought about the idea of flying around the world, I said, ‘what are we waiting for?’. Barry dealt with the aircraft and all the mechanical stuff, and I dealt with everything else. I was only allowed 6kg of clothing and we had to give serious consideration to how we were going use a potty during the long flights,” Sandra laughed. “I made sure every contingency was covered.”

The idea to do it took hold as the couple found themselves staring down the barrel of retirement.

The lifelong adventurers were determined to fill their looming leisure years with more of the sort of flying experiences they had long enjoyed. They had amassed numerous air miles around the

Pacific and Australia where Barry satisfied his interest in World War 11 history and Sandra indulged hers in local food and culture.

Thoughts of a full circumnavigation started around 2019, a year that marked their 50 years together, the 50th anniversary of Barry’s first solo flight, Oshkosh’s big 50th, and the 50th anniversary of Kiwi Cliff Tait’s 1969 solo flight around the world. His was the only other attempt by a Kiwi to fly a light aircraft around the world, starting and finishing in New Zealand, but he was not recognised as an earthrounder because his aircraft had been shipped across one of the legs. With thousands of flying hours between them, the Paynes were well up to it. Barry, 76, joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force in 1963, training as a pilot for both fixed wing aircraft and helicopters a couple of years later. Now 72, Sandra obtained her private pilot’s licence on her 60th birthday, and the pair have flown extensively since – as Bazflyer 1 and 2. For the most part, the entire adventure went smoothly. Thanks to fastidious planning and preparations for each of the intended stops, they were able to navigate most of whatever glitches arose. In Japan, they learned of the speed wobbles associated with language difficulties; they masterfully dealt with Russian security guards whose gruffness turned into smiling selfies; and

in Alaska it was Sandra’s deft diplomacy that calmed overzealous border forces.

They could barely understand the Wick natives in Scotland, were astounded at the endless Siberian forests that characterised just one five-hour leg, and created a stir at the world’s biggest air show at Oshkosh where they won an award for vintage aircraft in its class. There was massive interest and

selfie requests throughout, with Sandra making a name for herself in Russia as ‘the flying babushka’ –or flying grandmother. “We are still in contact with many of the people we met on that trip,” said Barry. “By the time we got back to Taupo, we had done our 50th flight in 175 days. We had been through 13 countries and over 10,000 litres of aviation fuel. It was some experience.”

Barry and Sandra Payne spoke in Cambridge on their record-breaking flight.

The route map followed by the Paynes on their record-breaking flight.

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Alpha to serve again

By Roy Pilott

Kihikihi’s Alpha Hotel is being primed to reopen as a community hub – more than 150 years after residents first flocked to it.

A community group has been working in and outside 1 Lyon Street following a generous offer from its owner to allow it to be used free of charge in perpetuity.

The only payments required will be the rates.

Former National MP and Auckland city councillor Arthur Anae told The News he had wanted to put the old building to good

kaumatua Bill Harris.

The Alpha was opened in 1867 and the double storey extension which now exists was added 15 years later. The 1074 square metre hotel is registered by the Historic Places Trust as a Category Two building.

It stopped serving patrons in the 1980s and has spent time as a second-hand furniture shop – and less obviously, a house of ill repute – evidenced by the removal of a large number of mattresses during the clean-up.

Anae, who also owns the closed Oxford Hotel in Tirau, is gifting the lease of the Alpha to the Kihikihi community

used for the community – and an education trust which he has established and will be advised of his wishes.

He said Harris, was the “right man” for the job of opening the building to the community again. The former psychiatric nurse at Tokanui chairs the Ngāti Apakura Runanga Trust and is Te Kanohi iwi representative on the Waikato District Council Service Delivery Committee.

Harris was given good news last week when an engineering and electrical report confirmed the Alpha – was in sound condition.

Its rimu bones are strong, and despite being shut for some time is in remarkably good condition inside. Since being closed part of the building has had a caretaker and its alarm system remain plugged in.

Harris believes cats can take some credit for keeping rats and birds at bay.

He gave The News a tour of the Alpha last week – starting with a kitchen and dining area which will be the first to be opened. It is the newest part of the Alpha and will eventually serve as a Pataka – a food bankThe old bars are still in place – one has a Te Awamutu

Rowing Club oar5 above the counter - but under the present plan the Alpha has served its last alcoholic beverage.

An elegant room – but painted black – had served most recently as a gaming lounge and Harris noted his parents had worked in there when it was a kitchen and dining area.

Upstairs the accommodation area is old and worn – and missing doors and wallpaper, but as with the ground floor, it’s solid.

The group behind the project includes representatives from surrounding communities and trusts.

The Department of Corrections has also provided labour to assist with the clean-up and to remove items.

An existing fire escape is being removed and an internal stairwell will be reshaped to enable access from near the front entrance – and the remaining chimney will also be removed.

Harris discussed the plans with members of the Te Awamutu-Kihikihi Community Board last week.

Chair Ange Holt said it would be great to see the Alpha getting a new lease on life rather than appearing as a derelict building and it was “super good” that there was no requirement to pay for it.

The update also prompted Cr Lou Brown to congratulate Harris.

Harris hopes the community hub will become a destination for education programmes and perhaps a place for people to come for a Sunday roast.

“But we won’t try to run before we can walk,” he said.

News of the work at the Alpha is spreading and Harris said there were already offers of help coming in – “people can see this will be beneficial”.

Bill Harris and Margaret Johnson standing outside the Alpha Hotel in Kihikihi.

Photo: Roy Pilott.

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Reduce, recycle...reconnect

By Steph Bell-Jenkins

For deputy principal Karen Jack, Cambridge Primary School’s March 11 gala is a chance to throw out the welcome mat once again to parents and caregivers forced out during Covid.

“We’ve done lots of work over last year to bring our parents back and our community back into the school, because our parents, before this, were at the gates saying goodbye to their children,” she said.

“We’ve done picnics, scavenger hunts, barbecues... so it’s just one of those ways to remind parents, come in and learn with your children, you’re very welcome into the school.”

In a post pandemic world, acting principal Sharyn Douglas said staff were “walking towards the new norm”.

“People have changed, their professions have changed, their whole lifestyles have changed, so what we want to do is adapt to that – but the segregation that Covid created we’re trying to remove that barrier and bring our community back on site,” she said.

The gala is held every second year.

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“There are going to be heaps of activities, including inflatable obstacle courses, soccer darts and dunk the teacher, as well as all the usual favourites like home baking and classroom stalls,” PTA committee member Mel Moore she said.

“The PTA is working really hard to reduce our carbon footprint and all the teachers are working towards making sure their stalls are environmentally friendly.”

Included in the range of goodies on offer will be calendula ointment and preserved rhubarb produced from plants grown in school gardens by student business groups.

Douglas said the calendula ointment was “a miracle cream”.

“I can attest to that, I’m the biggest advocate for that cream ever,” she said. “It will do every single thing you ever need.”

Money raised at the gala will go towards creating a new outdoor classroom from a recycled shipping container.

“Our Thursday arts programme focuses on being outdoors and being one with nature and the classroom will contain activities and equipment needed to deliver the programme,” Douglas said.

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Surf lifesaving siblings shine

By Steph Bell-Jenkins

St Peter’s Cambridge student Alyssa Lawson won seven gold medals at last weekend’s Oceans’ 23 junior surf lifesaving festival in Mt Maunganui.

The 13-year-old competed for the Whangamata Surf Life Saving Club. The event attracts competitors aged 11 to 14 from all over the country.

She won gold in four individual events –the run swim run, surf race, diamond and board race – and three team events – the U14 board relay, board rescue and grand cameron.

“There were around 700 athletes from 44 clubs from across New Zealand competing and some clubs had as many as 43 athletes,” Alyssa’s mother Kelly said.

“Whangamata was one of the smallest, with 17 athletes, but always punches above their weight and had their best ever performance this year with 26 medals in total.”

Kelly said the squad was led by new junior head coach Hunter Robinson, who completed year 13 at St Peter’s last year.

Alyssa’s success follows her outstanding performance at the 2022 Zespri Aims Games last September. There she was the most successful Waipā individual athlete, winning four swimming medals and breaking three Waikato records.

Her brother Jackson, in year eight at St Peter’s, also shone at last weekend’s festival, taking silver in the grand cameron event and bronze in flags.

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Woolaston bags three golds

Tamahere’s Ally Wollaston wrapped up a successful opening New Zealand campaign by winning the UCI Nations Cup track competition in Jakarta.

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Wollaston, in her first major international track campaign, won her third gold medal with a victory in the four-event omnium, an Olympic competition.

The 22-year-old had too much speed and nous to win the opening scratch race, placed second in the tempo race and dominated the elimination race to take a 20-point lead into the final points race.

Wollaston covered all the key moves and was in the group that put a lap on the field for 20 bonus points. When she had the chance she used her speed to effect, winning three of the 10 sprints, including the double points final sprint to claim the title.

Wollaston finished on 158 points, 19 clear of Clara Coppini (France) and 34 ahead of Neah Evans (Great Britain).

The women’s 4000m team pursuit combination of Michaela Drummond, Wollaston, Bryony Botha and Emily Shearman, in their first competition together, won the final and set a new national record.

Their time of 4m 8.44s was nearly two seconds faster than the previous time set at the Tokyo Olympics, and faster than times set at the recent European Championships.

Wollaston had to change bikes and return to the track for the elimination race, where the last rider every second lap is eliminated.

Earlier the experienced men’s pairing of Aaron

Gate and Campbell Stewart were third in the two-rider madison behind Germany and the Netherlands.

They raced aggressively early, and when the Germans and Dutch escaped to lap the field, the kiwis used their experience to cover the field to pick up the bronze.

In the keirin, Olympic medallist Ellesse Andrews qualified for the final where

she finished fourth on the back of a limited build-up.

The only downside was the injury to Sam Dakin in a crash near the end of the men’s keirin final, preventing him from racing in the sprint competition, and likely to side-line him for some time.

The New Zealand team now turns its attention to the second round of the Nations Cup in April.

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Ally Wollaston celebrates her victory in the omnium and shows off her third gold medal of the Nations Cup.

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College rowers’ final frenzy

Waipā schools featured in more than 50 A and B finals as the 2023 Aon junior rowing regatta enjoyed fine weather at Karāpiro last weekend.

After a threatening weather forecast, the first day of racing dawned bright for near perfect rowing conditions and remained that way for most of the weekend.

In this regatta rowers were representing their school and not their club so donned

the St Peter’s, Cambridge High and Te Awamutu College rowing colours.

The schools’ colours were seen regularly in finals.

St Peter’s had 21 boats in 20 A finals and three boats in B finals, Cambridge High celebrated reaching 24 finals – 20 A and four B-finals.

Te Awamutu College secured places in five B-finals and celebrated wins in three.

Cambridge High’s Isabelle Murray and Lucy

Eastwood enjoyed an outstanding weekend, they won the girls Under-17 double sculls heat and final, were in the boat which did the same in the coxed quad sculls and were also part of the team which finished second in the final of the Under-18 coxed eight.

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seconds from the race the previous day.

The finals continued to deliver some exciting results with two first places by the U17 boys double scull crew of Josh Yeoman and Valentin Barrio-Frojan, who were later joined by teammates McClintock and Khaidar Tuikin and coxswain Leti Hay to collect the U17 boys coxed quad sculls title.

The U18 girls double sculls pair of Imogen Short and Arabella Barrio-Frojan were the first crew to secure a second place, followed by the girls U16 coxed eight, the girls U15 double sculls, the U15 boys coxed quad sculls, the U16 girls coxed four.

Following this up with five third places, the school made top three in over half of their finals, most of which were A finals.

From Te Awamutu College, in the Boys U18 Novice Double Sculls William James and Hunter Coleman placed first and Willem Poolman and Tira O’Carroll fourth.

The Girls U18 Novice Double Sculls B final was won by Asarwa Johnson and Casey Lee Baker and Alyssa Campbell and Sophie Dale finished sixth.

Isla Joyce, Asarwa Johnson, Casey Lee Baker, Janaiah Jacob, Carys Joyce then team up to win the B final of the Novice Coxed Quad Sculls

The schools’ major target

is the Maadi cup at the end of the month, but the next event on the calendar is the North Island Secondary School Championship starting on March 10. Both events will be at Karāpiro.

Isabelle Murray and Lucy Eastwood celebrate their double sculls win for Cambridge High.

Mo Szyslak wins again A night to remember

The showcase meeting for graduates of the national auction house came to Cambridge Raceway last week as it staged the NZB Standardbred Harness Millions Series.

The event is traditionally staged at Auckland’s Alexandra Park but that venue is out of action due to flood damage.

The evening featured the $200,000 Listed NZB Standardbred Harness Million Three-Year-Old C&G Final (2200m) won by Merlin and the $150,000 Listed NZB Standardbred Harness Million Three-YearOld Fillies Final (2200m) won by unbeaten filly Millwood Nike.

Trained in Clevedon by Barry Purdon and Scott Phelan, Merlin was patiently handled by Cambridge driver Zac Butcher, who acknowledged his horse’s effort to overcome starting from barrier 11 in a 2.39.5 time for 2200m was huge.

“When you are four-wide around here trying to pick them up, it is hard work,” he said.

“So, kudos to the big fella, he puts his head in front at the right time and I am just glad he has done it again tonight. He is quicky becoming one of the

favourites, he’s got the will to win and he always seems to find a way.”

This was Merlin’s second Harness Million win having previously won the two-yearold edition.

Amongst those celebrating Merlin’s win was racegoer Sheryn Hobbs who won a one percent share in the horse on the night. Through the win Hobbs collected $1000 which she donated to the Hawke’s Bay Flood Relief fund coordinated by New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing, Dunstan Horsefeeds and the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association.

Millwood Nike, prepared

by Purdon’s Christchurchbased brother Mark and nephew Nathan wowed the crowd with her ninth win in as many starts in the feature fillies’ final.

The three-year-old is raced by rugby league figures Frank and Shane Endacott, who were on course to celebrate the win, along with Stephen Byrne, Steve Thompson and Bruce Irvine.

“Steve has been the instigator of this group coming together, they have raced a lot of horses over the years and this filly is special – they deserve it,” Mark Purdon said.

Cambridge’s Jo Stevens

and her partner Dylan Ferguson also shared the limelight on Friday with the Stevens-trained Rosie providing Ferguson with his first Group win in the Gr.3 HR Fisken and Sons Northern Trotting Breeders Stakes (2700m).

The six-year-old mare led from start to finish crossing the line two-and-a-quarter lengths clear of her rivals and providing emotional scenes for all involved.

“I’m a small-time trainer and for us to get our first Group win together - well I never thought in a million years that would be the case,” Stevens said.

By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk

Pukekohe pacer Mo Szyslak served up another win for his backers at Cambridge Raceway on Sunday.

The son of Sweet Lou started the year off in perfect fashion when winning at the Waikato track last month and he doubled his season tally when victorious in the Dunstan Horsefeeds Mobile Pace (2200m).

Driver Peter Ferguson elected to ease his charge back from his wide draw to settle at the rear of the field. He hopped on the back of Franco Hoffman to get a cart into the race before he was stoked up by Ferguson to loop the field at the bell to sit outside leader Crusader.

The pair entered a duel upfront with Mo Szyslak eventually coming out the victor and he saw off the late challenge of Doctor Tim to win by a half head.

Trainers Steven Reid and Simon McMullan were pleased with the four-year-old entire’s winning effort off the back of some handy runs.

“It was a good run today,” McMullan said.

“He has been running well in his last couple of starts, even though his form hasn’t looked as good, but he got the job done today.”

Later on the card the stable were favoured to secure a winning double courtesy of Manhattan Sunshine, however, after setting the pace throughout she faded to third behind Pacing Hope and Voodo Prince.

It was just her second start for Reid and McMullan after finishing runner-up first-up for the stable last week.

Her trainers have been pleased with what they have seen from the mare and believe she should take home a winning cheque at short notice.

“Manhattan Sunshine went another good race. A couple were a little bit better, but she went well again,” McMullan said.

“We have only had her for two starts, but they have both been good runs.”

Merlin gets his nose in front to win at Cambridge Raceway on Friday night.

Cheers to cooking

Wine is the elixir that can remedy many a cooking problem — besides providing a pleasurable sip while you’re preparing dinner.

As a marinade, wine softens the tissue of tougher cuts of meat. Wine can add liquid pizzaz to casseroles and some cakes and desserts. And it adds flavour to a variety of dishes enhancing but not overpowering them.

To make the most of the flavour, ensure the alcohol is burnt off. It evaporates at about 78 degrees Celsius.

When it is included in a casserole it will take longer to evaporate than when added to a frying pan to deglaze it or to make a sauce. So, add the wine while there is still plenty of cooking time.

If stirred in at the end it could add a raw harshness to the dish.

Heating concentrates the flavour of wine, which is why it’s important to choose the right one. It should blend in and complement the other ingredients.

In general, choose a medium-dry wine for cooking such as a pinot noir or pinot gris. If a recipe calls for a robust red then choose a shiraz or a cabernet sauvignon.

Dry wines suitable for cooking include sauvignon blanc, chenin blanc or a dry riesling.

MULLED WINE PLUM COBBLER

Mulled wine makes a great cooking medium for sweet and savoury dishes.

Mulled Wine: 1 1/2 cups red wine eg shiraz

1/4 cup caster sugar

2 tablespoons blackcurrant or raspberry jam

2 each: star anise, small cinnamon sticks, whole cloves

thinly peeled skin 1 orange

Plums: 8 large red plums, halved and stoned

1 1/4 cups self-raising flour

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

100g butter

1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1 egg, lightly beaten

1/2 cup plain Greek-style yoghurt

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Cook, stirring, for 1-2 minutes until the sugar dissolves. Cook for a further 10-15 minutes, until thickened. Cool completely then strain. Discard the solids. Preheat the oven to 180°C.

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Meanwhile, sift the flour and cinnamon into a bowl. Rub in the butter until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. (Use a food processor, if preferred.) Stir in the brown sugar, egg and yoghurt, until combined. Remove the plums from the oven. Drizzle with a 1/2 cup of the mulled wine then drop heaped tablespoons of the dough over the plums. Scatter the almonds evenly over the top.

Bake for 30 minutes or until golden. Great served with the remaining mulled wine and whipped cream or ice cream. Serves 6-8.

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TIPSY OLIVE OIL CAKE

Excellent served with coffee or tea, or with fresh fruit and whipped cream for dessert.

3 large eggs

3/4 cup caster sugar

finely grated rind 1 each: large orange, lemon 1/4 cup each: extra virgin olive oil, pure olive oil

1 1/2 cups self-raising flour

1/2 cup late harvest white wine

icing sugar to dust

Preheat the oven to 180°C. Lightly oil a 20cm round cake pan and line the base and sides with baking paper. Whisk the eggs and caster sugar in a large bowl for about 3 minutes, until pale and thick. Add the orange and lemon rinds and both the oils. Beat until well combined. Fold in the flour alternately with the wine, until combined. Pour into the prepared pan and bake for 30-40 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Turn onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Dust with icing sugar to serve. Can be stored in an air-tight container for 4 days or freeze for up to 3 months.

Mulled wine plum cobbler

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Simply The Best - Pool - Style

Deadline Sale

38 Tulip Drive, Cambridge

- Sensational Stonewood (award winning) ex- show home (built in 2013) with summer fun around the pool is a dream come true. - 4 bedrooms plus an office–master with walk-in robe & tiled ensuite. Open Home Friday 2.00 -2.30pm

Hidden Sanctuary on Shakespeare

$829,000

105 Shakespeare Street, Leamington 3

- Looking for space–how does a 1131m² section (more or less) sound?

- Appealing home with french doors opening from the lounge to a patio and deck which enjoys the overview of the private back lawn.

Oh Yes On Oaklands

Negotiation

35 Oaklands Drive, Cambridge

- Splendid curb appeal, a secure and attractive backyard and relaxed outdoor living – all on a 702m² (more or less) section.

- Built 2003, you benefit from HRV system, heatpump & gas fireplace. Open Homes Saturday & Sunday 12.00 - 12.30pm

Sometimes You Just Know!

Deadline Sale

14 Bronte Place, Leamington 3 2 3

- Fabulous Hinuera stone property, built in 2017, has lots & lots to offer.

- Welcoming open plan living enjoys a large portico for alfresco dining.

- 726m² (more or less)section is attractive & private, off-road parking. Open Home Saturday & Sunday 3.00 - 3.30pm

A fairer commission rate of 2.8% to first $300,000 then 1.8% on balance + gst Plus FREE, tailor-made marketing worth $2,500+

Boomer On Burns

Deadline Sale

110 Burns Street, Leamington 2 1 1

- Tremendously spacious two-bedroom flat level brick home, which enjoys a sunny aspect.

- Low maintenance, well positioned kitchen and large bedrooms. Open Homes Saturday & Sunday 10.00 - 10.30am

The Goodwood Lifestyle

Deadline Sale

511 Fencourt Road, Cambridge 4 2 2

- Enjoy the benefits of a country life style on this 2,046m² (more or less) section.

- Inviting kitchen/dining/family room, plus large light filled separate lounge, both having access to separate verandah’s. Open Homes Saturday & Sunday 12.00 - 12.30pm

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Negotiation

8A Boulton Place, Cambridge

- Large open plan living with easy access to outdoor entertainment areas; the choice of outdoor courtyard or large deck entertaining.

- Formal separate lounge & family wing allows for ample separation.

Home Sunday 12.00 - 12.30pm

Stunning Rural Outlook

$1,339,000 521 Aspin Road, Cambridge 4 2 2

- Stunning rural outlook from this elevated 5000m²(more or less) property. Huge sunny wrap around deck for outdoor entertaining.

- Attractive well designed 4 bedroom home completed in 2014.

Open Home Sunday 3.00 - 3.30pm

Tamahere 330G Pencarrow Road

Cambridge 1 Lakewood Lane

For Sale $1,790,000

View by appointment or scheduled open home times www.harcourts.co.nz/CB4024

Executive Lakewood Townhouse

O en Admired, Rarely Available

Set upon an equestrian-friendly 3ha in Tamahere this 550m2 quality built home just oozes desirability. From the moment you enter the electric security gates the burnt Hinuera stone home with a USA shingle roof just says welcome. With numerous living zones inside and outside, a master bedroom retreat from out of this world and so much more –you truly must inspect.

Cambridge 24a Thompson Street

5 4 3 3.0996ha Price

3 2 1

Stand out on Thompson

Walking into the 108m2 home you’ll get the feel for the large open plan layout of the kitchen and dining that opens out to the decking, which is perfect for entertaining on those kiwi summer BBQ nights. The kitchen has the perfect sized breakfast bar and holds a dishwasher, wall oven and cooktop for convenience.

Open Home

Located in the heart of Cambridge beside new Lakewood shopping centre & above lake Te koo Utu is this elegant, executive 240m2 townhouse. Three stories high with your own elevator for convenience, this home is stunning from top to bottom. Contact Gary or Shelby today to arrange your viewing!

Gary Stokes M 021 351 112

Shelby Garrett M 027 622 4166

Leamington 58 Scott Street

3 1 1 1

Beautifully refreshed and ready to go!

This home boasts an open plan living space, perfect for entertaining and relaxation. The single car garage has ample storage and work-space, plus the newly painted exterior adds to the home’s curb appeal. The real showstopper is the entertainment area, perfect for hosting gatherings, rain or shine. The covered patio allows for indoor/outdoor living and alfresco dining. The beautifully manicured gardens include fruit trees and a flourishing vegetable patch. Contact Shelby today to arrange your viewing!

For Sale Price By Negotiation View by appointment or scheduled open home times www.harcourts.co.nz/CB4028

Shelby Garrett M 027 622 4166

8 Taylor Street, Cambridge

Enjoy stylish, low maintenance urban living in this award winning executive townhouse located close to Cambridge. Winner of House of the Year 2022, this is an easy care property built to a very high spec. Seek the quality of life you have come to expect with open plan living, three bedrooms and two bathrooms. The eye catching form with its red brick and tray cladding is distinctive and complementary in a town that retains many of its early buildings.

For Sale $1.3m

View Sunday 5 March, 1.00 - 2.00pm

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Marae mahi earns scholarship

A Te Awamutu nurse has won a $10,000 scholarship to help with her work at Mangatoatoa marae at Tokanui.

Te Awamutu Medical Centre practice nurse

Natasha Clifton was awarded the 2022 Pinnacle Nursing Scholarship.

The scholarship was relaunched in 2022 because of the interruptions caused by Covid.

Clifton said the grant was “more for the patients and the community, that we can keep the Hauora Clinic at the marae going and address the equity issues that prevent great health outcomes”.

Pinnacle said in a statement the clinic was bringing healthcare services and education to a community where barriers of access and affordability were high, and trust in the health system historically low.

“Kihikihi has a high Māori population and the whole community has been without GP services for several years. Travel and cost barriers mean people and whānau were often unable to access the health services they needed,” the company media release announcing the scholarship said.

Clifton recalled how health navigator Rangi Paraha was working in the community, regularly taking patients back to the clinic in Te Awamutu.

“Some of them were hospital-level unwell by the time they arrived. It was time and resource intensive, and people couldn’t access the care they needed.”

She made contact with the kaitiaki of Mangatoatoa marae, Ada and Dan Te Huia, Hone Hughes, Moe Roberts and her husband Derek, to talk about setting up a marae-based clinic that would provide free holistic healthcare.

“The idea was really well received, and Derek and Moe made things happen really quickly. We got a one-off $6,666 grant from the Raukawa Settlement Trust, which was provided to several local clinics and pharmacies in the area to help reduce the health equity gap for Māori, and Derek set us up with space and support on the marae.”

The Hauora Clinic opened last August at the marae, offering booked consultations a few mornings a week with a doctor and nurse Natasha.

The response from the community was immediate. After just two clinics, they were fully booked.

Rongoa Māori services, counselling, exercise sessions r hauora tinana (physical health) and smoking cessation advice from Te Whatu Ora are also available on site.

Along with reducing barriers to healthcare, Clifton says the clinic is also re-establishing community relationships and trust in health providers.

“We are in an area where people in the older generations have mamae (hurt) influenced by extensive earlier te tiriti issues. There isn’t a lot of trust. If we can get out and change their experiences and opinions of health providers and remove barriers that prevent great health outcomes for younger generations, it will make a huge difference. It’s about generational change.”

Time for a break

Potential Olympians have the opportunity to take their first step towards Paris 2024 this weekend, when the Great Kiwi Break Off takes place in Kirikiriroa.

Breaking (often mistakenly called Breakdancing) has been chosen to feature on the Paris 2024 Olympic programme after successfully making its debut at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires in 2018. Sixteen B-Boys and 16 B-Girls will face off in the Olympic competition and the first step for Kiwi dancers to that stage takes place at Victoria on the River on Sunday.

Organiser Dujon Cullingford says Sunday’s event is the first of four across the motu where competitors will be able to accumulate ranking points. At the end of the events, the Aotearoa New Zealand Breaking Association will nominate their top dancers to the New Zealand Olympic Committee and seek support for them to attend international qualifying events in the hope of doing enough to be selected for Paris.

However, he acknowledges it’s not an easy road.

The Great Kiwi Break Off is free and takes place at Victoria on the River at 3pm Sunday. It is supported by the Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival and the Hamilton Central Business Association.

Natasha Clifton

MEEHAN, Robin James –Slipped away peacefully at Waikato Hospital on Sunday, 26th February 2023. Aged 85 years. Dearly loved husband of Glenise. Much loved father and father-in-law of Stuart & Bridget, and the late Gill. Cherished popa to Lloyd, Karl, Ava, Hamish and greatpopa to Taine, Aubrey and Mabel, and fur baby Chaz.

‘A loving, kind gentleman, will be sadly missed.’

A celebration of Robin's life will be held at St Andrews Anglican Church, Hamilton Road, Cambridge, on Thursday, 2nd of March 2023 at 1:00pm followed by a private cremation. All communications to the Meehan Family, c/- 3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge 3434.

PITTAMS, Keith Robert (Pedro)

In loving memory of our cherished son and brother lost 1st March 1998. He lived his life with vitality and laughter each and every day. Engraved in our minds and hearts is where he will always stay.

Family Notices

Call Janine 027 287 0005 or email janine@goodlocal.nz

GOOD MONEY FOR LOGS

Local mill wanting to buy specialist logs from cyclone damaged trees. No pine, oak or gum thanks…example… walnut, ash, elm, paulownia, chestnut, blackwood etc and any native species. Can pick up with our hiab truck. Graham Oliver. Walton. Ph

Section 101, Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

PUBLIC NOTICE

Of an application for Club Licence Hautapu Sports & Recreation Club Incorporated has made application to the Waipa District Licensing Committee for the renewal of a club licence in respect of the premises at 211 Victoria Road, Cambridge known as Hautapu Sports 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 to Thursday and Sunday from 12 noon to 10.30pm, Friday and Saturday from 12 noon to 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 first publication of this notice.

Section 101, Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

PUBLIC NOTICE

Of an application for On Licence Profile Farms Ltd (Takapoto Estate), 90 Finlay Rd, Maungatautari, Cambridge, has made application to the Waipa District Licensing Committee for the renewal of a On-Licence in respect of 37 Plantation Road, Cambridge known as Takapoto Estate Ltd

The general nature of the business to be conducted is an Events Centre. The days on which and the hours during which alcohol is sold under the licence are: Monday to Sunday 11am to 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 new licence may be made in relation to a matter other than a matter specified in section 131 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.

This is the first publication of this notice.

WAIPA DISTRICT COUNCIL MEETING NOTICES

Pursuant to Section 46 of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 notice is hereby given that: The following meetings will be held in March 2023 –

TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE –Head Road and Stokes Road on Sunday, 12 March 2023

Please note that the roads listed below will be closed to ordinary vehicular traffic between 9.00am and 5.00pm on Sunday, 12 March 2023 for the Hamilton Car Club’s Head & Stokes Roads Bent Sprint 2023.

• Stokes Road – between Maungatautari Road and Head Road

• Head Road – between Stokes Road and Maungatautari Road Arrangements will be made for access by emergency vehicles during the closure, if required.

For more information, please contact Waip-a District Council on 0800 924 723 or email events@waipadc.govt.nz

Garry Dyet CHIEF EXECUTIVE

NOTIFICATION OF INTENTION TO CONSIDER TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURES

Waip-a District Council will consider an application to close the following roads to ordinary vehicular traffic on Tuesday 25 April 2023:

Between 5.30am and 11.30am:

• Victoria Street – between Queen Street and Alpha Street

• Lake Street – between Queen Street and Alpha Street

Between 8.00am and 9.00am:

• Alpha Street – between Empire Street and Lake Street

• Empire Street – between Kirkwood Street and Alpha Street for the Te Awamutu ANZAC Day commemorations.

The application will be considered under the Tenth Schedule of the Local Government Act 1974. Arrangements will be made for access by emergency vehicles during the closure, if required.

Any objections to the proposal must be lodged with Waip-a District Council, in writing, to events@waipadc.govt.nz, before 4.00pm on Thursday 16th March 2023. Please include the nature of the objection and the grounds for it. See the Privacy Statement on the Council’s website for further information.

For more information, please contact Waip-a District Council on 0800 924 723 or email events@waipadc.govt.nz

Garry Dyet

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

LAND I NFORMATION NEW ZEALAND

Notice of Weed Spraying in Lake Karapiro

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

• Horahora Domain

• Lake Karapiro/Mighty River Domain

NOTIFICATION OF INTENTION TO CONSIDER TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURES

Waip-a District Council will consider an application to close the following roads to ordinary vehicular traffic on Tuesday 25 April 2023:

Between 10am and 6pm:

• Queen Street – between Bryce Street and Victoria Street

• Alpha Street – between Bryce Street and Victoria Street

• Dick Street – between Queen Street and Duke Street

• Commerce Street – between Victoria Street and Duke Street (access to Milicich Street car park via Fort Street only)

• Empire Street – between Alpha Street and Victoria/Duke Streets

• Duke Street – between Hallys Lane and Anzac Street

• Victoria and Alpha Street exits from Hally’s Lane

Between 11am and 6pm:

• Victoria Street – between Whitaker Street and Queen Street (southbound)

• Victoria Street – between Queen Street and Wilson Street

• Queen Street – between Victoria Street and Lake Street (eastbound)

• Lake Street – between Kirkwood Street and Victoria Street

• Alpha Street – between Victoria Street and Empire Street

The application will be considered under the Tenth Schedule of the Local Government Act 1974.

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

Any objections to the proposal must be lodged with Waip-a District Council, in writing, to events@waipadc.govt.nz, before 4.00pm on Thursday 16th March 2023. Please include the nature of the objection and the grounds for it. See the Privacy Statement on the Council’s website for further information. For more information, please contact Waip-a District Council on 0800 924 723 or email events@waipadc.govt.nz

Garry Dyet CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Newspaper Deliverer Wanted

for delivery of the Cambridge News, your local weekly community newspaper.

Deliveries are to occur every Thursday.

Are you honest and reliable and would like to earn some money while keeping fit? Our runs are suitable for either youth (minimum age 11 years) or adults. Delivery runs available in the following areas:

• Leamington (two runs available)

Please contact us on E: admin@goodlocal.nz

The following meetings were cancelled in February 2023 –

• Navigation Safety Zones 1 through to 12

The work is scheduled to begin from Monday 6 March 2023 and may continue intermittently to Friday 24 March 2023, as weather, weed and water conditions permit. Treatment will not take place during weekends or on public holidays. As a precautionary measure only, Land Information New Zealand advises users not to take water from Lake Karapiro to consume or for irrigation purposes from the vicinity of the treatment area until 24 hours after treatment has been completed.

Provide your name, phone number, and the area you are located.

Please visit the Council website for all meeting information. Electronic copies of Council agendas are available on the Waip-a District Council website prior to meetings.

Garry Dyet Chief Executive

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

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

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

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

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ADMINISTRATOR WANTED

JUNIOR PARTS PERSON

We are currently on the look out for a JUNIOR PARTS PERSON to join our Cambridge Branch

WANTED QUALIFIED / EXPERIENCED CARPENTER

We are on the search for someone that is a hard worker, keen to learn and develop their skills in the building trade, trustworthy, able to take instructions, takes pride in their work. We are in Te Awamutu and a small firm that specialises in renovations.

Please email your CV to: LPBUILDERS@OUTLOOK.CO.NZ or phone Logan 027 218 7228

WINSTONE AGGREGATES

Weighbridge Administrator

Be the friendly face to greet customers, monitor and weigh their trucks and communicate their requirements clearly to the operating team via RT. Based at our Whitehall Quarry, Cambridge

Part-time - 26.5 hours per week

Thursday - Friday 6:30am to 5:30pm and Saturday 6:30am to 12:00pm

Email CV to michelle.williams@fbu.com

VACANCY

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

VACANCY

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

• Kitchen hand (Casual role)

Caregiver- casual position. Rostered shifts covering 24 hours and seven days a week

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

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

PARTS PERSON

www.gaz.co.nz

This role is full-time with Saturdays on rotation (after a period of training) and is ideal for someone who is interested in farm machinery, is enthusiastic and willing to learn and looking to gain experience that will carry them through their career. This role involves in stock control, identifying, ordering, and selling of parts to customers and technicians. School leavers with the right attitude and aptitude will be considered.

We are currently on the look out for PARTS PERSON to join our Cambridge Branch.

This role is full-time with Saturdays on rotation (after a period of training) and is ideal for someone who is interested in farm machinery, is enthusiastic and willing to learn and looking to gain experience that will carry them through their career. School leavers with the right attitude and aptitude will be considered and if applicable can undertake a parts apprenticeship.

What we are looking for Mechanically minded with ideally some exposure to/ understanding of farm machinery, or someone who is mad about machinery! Computer literate and willing to learn new systems. Experience in a customer facing role would be advantageous, but high levels of communication skills and a genuine desire to interact with people will be a good fit. Willing to learn new skills and be a critical part of a strong growing team.

What we are looking for Mechanically minded with ideally some exposure to/ understanding of farm machinery, or someone who is mad about machinery! Computer literate and willing to learn new systems. Experience in a customer facing role would be advantageous, but high levels of communication skills and a genuine desire to interact with people will be a good fit. Willing to learn new skills and be a critical part of a strong growing team.

JOB VACANCY OUT OF SCHOOL CARE ASSISTANT

Due to roll growth, our Out of School Care Programme (Funky Kids Club) is looking for a dynamic and creative person to join our dedicated team. The successful applicant will be required to actively supervise students at Leamington School Monday to Friday between 7am8.30am and 3pm-4.30pm (negotiable), during each school term. This position will commence at the start of Term 2 (26th April). Option for hours during School Holiday Programme by negotiation. Applicants will be required to complete police vetting process for working with children.

Contact Chris Brown for a chat on 027 488 0306 (or stop in at the branch) or email your CV to chris.brown@gaz.co.nz

Contact Chris Brown for a chat on 027 488 0306 (or stop in at the branch) or email your CV to Chris Brown@gaz.co.nz

If you are passionate about working with children and are interested in this advertised position, please submit your CV, with a covering letter, by email to petra.g@ leamington.school.nz, or by post to Petra Gilbert, Leamington School, 249 Lamb Street, Cambridge 3432 by 3pm Friday 10th March 2023.

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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.

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