Cambridge News | March 9, 2023

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Rates: inflation hits

By Mary Anne Gill

Waipā’s average rate increase will go up six per cent, but residential and commercial ratepayers will find themselves paying way more than that because the value of their properties are about to increase significantly.

It is in Cambridge where the real pain will be felt from July because house and building values have gone up far more than in the rest of the district.

The six per cent increase could have been worse.

Before Christmas district councillors and

staff had been looking at 12-13 per cent increases across the district’s 24,254 rateable properties.

Debate at this week’s Strategic Planning and Policy committee about the Annual Plan for 2023-24 was muted as many councillors opted to put questions to staff by email prior

to the meeting.

Several times deputy chief executive Ken Morris referred to the questions and answers provided by email the night before.

The News requested the emails and the council provided them during the meeting.

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The crowds are back – and nowhere more in Waipā last weekend than when the annual Waipā fun run returned from Covid isolation and attracted almost 700 entries. The News camera was there to catch the action – see inside today on pages 8 and 9. Pictured ahead of the Year 5 and 6 race were Hautapu School runners, from left, Flynn Jones (246,) Cruden Cummings (100), Archie Dean (101), Mitchell Harrison (105) and Tennyson Brook (104).

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Inflation and growing cost pressures have changed the climate which existed 21 months ago when Waipā adopted its Long Term Plan and estimated the rates increase for the 2023-24 financial year would be 3.7 per cent.

Not known yet is the impact new property revaluations, due next month, will have but Morris said his intelligence suggested property valuations would go up 50-60 per cent in Cambridge and 34-50 per cent in Te Awamutu. Farm values would not rise as much, he said.

Chief executive Garry Dyet said the revaluations would “change the incidences of rates radically.”

To “soften” that variance, the council will reduce uniform annual charges and to keep the rates at six per cent, council pulled its support for the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame at Cambridge Velodrome ($750,000), Waikato Screen’s request for $12,173 to help bring filmmakers to the district and $70,000 for a youth employment hub in Te Awamutu.

targeted area rate by Cambridge ratepayers only - to reactivate the Town Hall’s community use.

New museums for Cambridge and Te Awamutu remain in the Long Term Plan but no activity is planned in the next financial year.

Councillor Roger Gordon said given the projected $27 million cost for Te Ara Wai museum in Te Awamutu, he wanted to see more visibility around design and ongoing costs. Staff also reassured him the $750,000 tagged for a new Cambridge museum remained in the Long Term Plan.

In a first, community board chairs Jo Davies-Colley (Cambridge) and Ange Holt (Te Awamutu-Kihikihi) sat in on the Annual Plan discussion.

Davies-Colley said the Cambridge board’s top priority was to see a new librarycommunity hub. “Our current library isn’t fit for our growing town.”

Holt said when rates go up, the impact flows through.

“Our families are really struggling,” she said.

a Memorial Park playground “right now”.

Councillor Clare St Pierre said rate increases had been “swings and roundabouts” in the past. Several years ago, there was an increase in rural properties’ value.

“What I’m saying is we’ve seen this before and it hits our communities hard.”

Based on the average six per cent rise, a residential property in Cambridge valued at $960,000 would see a rate increase of $4.09 a week.

A residential property in Te Awamutu valued at $720,000 would see a rate increase of $2.48 a week.

But a rural property in the district, valued at $3,08 million would see a rates decrease of $8.69 per week.

The council unanimously supported the Annual Plan noting there did not need to be any consultation with the public because the plan contained no material or significant differences from what was included in year three of the Long Term Plan.

Absences noted

Waipā councillors and committee members absent from meetings will now have to give a reason why they cannot be present under new conventions introduced this term.

Two councillors – Bruce Thomas and Takena Stirling - were absent from Tuesday’s Strategic Planning and Policy committee with only Thomas giving a reason.

Two become one

Waipā now has a new Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) policy replacing two existing ones as part of a rationalisation project after staff noted there might be confusion by having two policies and procedures for different situations

Public places

Waipā council staff will review the Public Places bylaw which regulates a range of issues such as street dining, mobile trading, signage in road corridors and parking. It is primarily concerned with rules for promoting car user safety, placemaking and community liveability. The bylaw is nearly five years old and must be reviewed before October 30.

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But councillors agreed to give the Cambridge Town Hall Trust $110,000 – payable as a

The Te Awamutu Community House was handing out six to seven food parcels every day. She urged staff to look even closer suggesting there was no need to spend $400,000 on

Some of you may have noticed a name change at the top of the column today. Please be reassured it is still me, Deb (Thurgood that was). I have simply now returned to my maiden name Deb Hann.

With that out the way, I have more good news today. On Monday, Cambridge Police located and arrested a male at a residential address who was wanted for breaching his bail conditions. A vehicle in his possession bearing different number plates and with VIN numbers removed was also subsequently identified and found to be stolen.

A search located a quantity of methamphetamine sufficient for supply. The male has appeared before the courts. This continues the disruption of the drug trade in our town and shows again how an arrest for one matter can lead on to solve further crimes.

The last word went to Cambridge councillor Mike Pettit who remarked: “Cambridge will pay more because their capital value has gone up.”

Drug supply and addiction is a key driver of crime. An addiction and the cost of maintaining it rapidly increases. People quickly become dependent on more of the drug to achieve the same high. This leads to them exhausting their own financial funds which drives them to steal from those closest to them or commit crime for collateral to exchange for cash or drugs.

Breaking the supply chain unsurprisingly often sees a reduction in downstream dishonesty offending in an area. If you have first-hand knowledge of people or places involved in drug dealing and supply, please ring 105 or Crimestoppers 0800 555111 (the latter provides anonymity). Your information helps a lot.

Another good catch last week again showed how crime prevention is a team effort. A male was seen via remotely accessed CCTV syphoning fuel from a generator at

A new Waipā fees and charges schedule will go out for public consultation with some increases more significant than others. A new $798.50 marquee charge – for marquees over 200 square metres – was debated fiercely by councillors but retained.

a treatment plant on Hall street. Police were alerted and due to the live remote CCTV access, received real-time updates as to the male’s actions and locations. Working together with local security, Police apprehended and arrested the male. The fuel was recovered and he has also appeared in court.

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Briefs…

Celebrating the river ride

Mary Anne Gill takes on the Te Awa River ride with Sarah Ulmer, takes a selfie and talks about the ride’s completion.

Joe Scaramussa was so angry when he read in The News last week that thieves jimmied open a cash box fixed to St Peter’s Catholic School’s sharing shed, he rang the school and offered to replace the lock box and reimburse the money stolen.

Principal Anita Asumadu said it was wonderful to hear of decent people in the community after the disgusting behaviour of the thieves.

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welcomed a record 211 new students into its Registered Nursing programme this week, doubling last year’s intake. Cambridge’s Sue Hayward and Jan Adams were the driving forces behind the Bachelor of Nursing programme with Prof Allison Kirkman. Hayward is Te Whatu Ora Waikato chief nurse and Adams the nursing director at Pinnacle Midlands Health Network. Both are now honorary professors at the university.

On yer bike…

In its ninth year, The Big Bike Film Night will celebrate cycling in all its shapes and forms, as part of the lead up to the Cambridge Cycling Festival. The film night will screen at the Tivoli Cinema in Cambridge on April 24 with a series of short films.

Writers’ nights

Two upcoming ‘Girls Nights’ events at Waipā libraries will take the shape of mix and mingle evenings with groups of women authors. The first is at Cambridge Library on tomorrow (Friday) and the second at Te Awamutu Library on March 17. Both start at 5.30pm

Sarah Ulmer is one of our greatest cyclists, the first New Zealander to win an Olympic cycling gold medal. The only medal I’ve won of any note is a gold for winning the Northland junior women’s cross country.

And that was more than 50 years ago!

finally finished.

Ulmer, 46 (47 by the time of the celebration) lives in Cambridge and has been involved with the Brian Perry Charitable Trust for more than a decade.

The mother of two is the river ride’s trail manager and knows every inch of the route.

The first section opened in Cambridge in 2009; the brainchild of Simon Perry who wanted to make the Waikato River more accessible to the community through a multi-purpose path.

We met at Gaslight Theatre – she looked fit and raring to go on her cycle – and I had my fully-charged eBike. It was this bike which got me back cycling for the first time since I finished high school and which I now use to gather news around Cambridge.

The interview took place as we rode. That explains why there are no direct quotes.

After 14 years and nearly $40 million, the 65km Te Awa Great New Zealand River Ride - from Ngāruawāhia in the north to Karāpiro in the south - is

He chairs the Te Awa River Ride Charitable Trust which undertook the work.

Ulmer became an ambassador for the New Zealand Cycle Trail in 2011 and soon after joined the Brian Perry Charitable Trust. Since then, other sections have been added – Cambridge to the Velodrome, Ngāruawāhia to Hamilton, Velodrome to Tamahere and the final piece – Tamahere to Hamilton Gardens.

It was she who fostered relationships with landowners, community

groups, Waka Kotahi and the local councils of Waikato, Hamilton and Waipā. Ulmer would be embarrassed if I had suggested her famous name helped that process, but it is fair to say engaging with a legend of New Zealand sport is not an everyday occurrence for most.

Impressively, as we ride, she rattles off each of the 27 stations which will be open for the Sunday celebration on March 26.

She even knows the names of the entertainers, the face painters, where you can get free ice cream and where the coffee cart will be.

Ulmer shows me the new picnic stop at the Velodrome/Hooker Road intersection which will be one of the stations open between 11am and 2pm on the day.

At each station, you will be able to pick up a passport and then collect stickers at the others.

The more stickers you get, the more chances you have to go into the draw for $13,000 in spot prizes, including two eBikes.

Three women ride towards us on their bikes – I feel a bit inadequate, their ones are people powered not e-bikes like mine.

They excitedly tell Ulmer they managed to get up the hill. Ulmer congratulates them thinking they mean the steep ride up to the Velodrome; they mean the hill leading to the bridge and back before the steep incline.

She still praises them knowing that too is a tough ask.

Janet Myers, Sarah Ulmer and Lois Lewis on the Te Awa River Ride.

We stop for a photo shoot and Ulmer notices how overgrown the bank is overlooking the Waikato

Olympic gold medallist and Te Awa River Ride trail manager Sarah Ulmer on the Te Awa River Ride track between the Velodrome and Hooker Road.

River saying how busy Waipā parks and recreation staff have been since Cyclone Gabrielle. You get the feeling that bank will not be overgrown on the day of the celebration. We head back to Cambridge, cutting the interview short. Ulmer has an urgent trip to make to the orthodontist for one of her daughters.

We ride along the Hamilton Road two-way cycleway, a project she championed two years ago amid what she called ‘bike lash’.

Photo: Mary Anne Gill

“Cambridge is about to get another $11 million to extend the cycleway, it’s wicked,” I think she says that, because she says wicked a lot.

She doesn’t say it but her expression suggests she feels vindicated with the announcement because of the trials and tribulations which came before it. Oh, and for the record, the pink and blue dots were not her idea.

Read cambridgenews.nz for more details on the Te Awa Great New Zealand River Ride celebration.

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Run the Runway

The annual Run the Hamilton Airport Runway event is on again this Sunday from 6.45am. The Rotary-organised 5km event will benefit the charity OrangeSky.

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Dairy honour for manager Sam

Sam Dodd was one of the major winners in the Waikato Dairy Industry awards last week.

The farm manager for Belinda Wilson on her 252ha Te Awamutu farm milks 800 cows.

He was named Dairy Manager of the Year 2023, won four merit awards –and picked up $10,025 in prizes.

Leamington’s Chloe Mackle was named runner up in the share farmer category – won by Aleisha Broomfield, based in Te Aroha.

Natasha Price, based in Morrinsville, won the 2023 Waikato Dairy Trainee of the Year award.

Before entering the dairy industry six seasons ago, Dodd was studying to be

a paramedic. He made the switch to dairy farming and enjoys working outside with animals and the responsibility that comes with that.

“You can see progress and see how your decisionmaking benefits the business,” he said.

The 26-year-old believes one of the most exciting things about the future of dairy farming is the number of people changing careers to begin dairy farming.

“They bring new skills and perspectives.”

Challenges have included droughts and floods - and Dodd says he is grateful to work for a supportive family who have allowed him to have the growth and opportunities to be where he is today, and he also cites them as a strength of the business.

Chloe Mackle was the 2016 Southland/Otago Dairy Trainee of the Year and runner-up in the 2018 Southland/Otago Dairy Manager of the Year category. She won $8,428 in prizes and one merit award.

Mackle is contract milking 215 cows on Neil and Sonnie Kirk’s 69ha Leamington property.

The friendships she formed as a dairy trainee

during the national study week are still strong and she credits the awards programme for bringing these people into her life.

The 30-year-old is excited about the future of dairy farming in New Zealand

“The primary industries are an exciting place to be. We are resilient, flexible and adaptable. I think there is plenty of opportunity going forward to keep being good stewards of land, breeding efficient cows and working with great people.”

The runner-up in the dairy trainee category was Lauren Randall who won $1950 in prizes and one merit award.

Randall is farm assistant for the 2021 Fonterra Responsible Dairying Award winners Pete Morgan and Ann Bouma on their 230ha, 605-cow Te Awamutu property.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts Event Management and worked in the events industry for eight years.

“I had never been near a cow until I met my partner in 2018. To spend time together I would go out on farm on the weekends and help with whatever she was doing.”

Third place in the Dairy Trainee category went to 19-year-old herd manager

Kirwyn Ellis, who won $1250 in prizes. He works for Hamish and Sheree Germann on a 135ha, 460cow Te Awamutu farm.

The major winners will be at the Waikato Dairy Industry Awards winners field day on March 24 at 241 Mikkelsen Road Te Aroha.

Farming fame –all in the family

A Pirongia dairy farmer has been crowned the Waikato Bay of Plenty young farmer of the year – and Trav Miers and Caleb Van Der Bijl from St Peter’s Cambridge are the region’s junior young farmers of the year.

The Waikato Bay of Plenty FMG Young Farmer of the Year awards were announced in Morrinsville on Saturday.

Emma Poole, 28, from Te Kawa West Young Farmers is a secondtime regional final winner and this time goes to Timaru in July for the grand final.

It’s an extraordinary family affair – her husband Chris was the reigning title holder and her brother Tim Dangen won last year’s grand final.

Poole was one of eight to make it through to the regional final on Saturday.

“After coming up short in 2019, I felt like now was the perfect time to give it another crack. Chris and I have a oneyear-old son, so I have something bigger motivating me this time around,” Poole said.

“The challenges were quite physical, so being a female, you wonder if you have what it takes when you’re competing against men who have an advantage in that area, but I pushed through, and I’m so stoked with the result. I feel like it shows women can do anything.”

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Sam Dodd with his trophy, pictured at last week’s presentation night in Hamilton.

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Handing back history

By Mary Anne Gill

When Janine Krippner saw the stone axe sitting on her parents’ bookshelf alongside some family photos at their Paterangi farm next to Lake Mangakaware, she immediately knew it didn’t belong there.

Eight years in the United States –where she witnessed first-hand the growth of the Black Lives Matter movement - had sharpened the Te Awamutu-born volcanologist’s

view of her own country.

“I saw so many levels of toxic racism in that country and it deeply impacted me.”

Seeing the axe - measuring about 25cm - and having recently completed a course on Māori values and wellbeing, she knew the taonga had to be returned.

But how and when?

The opportunity came when her father’s cousin, Waipā District councillor Clare St Pierre, mentioned there was to be a handover of a cultural impact assessment report called ‘Mangakaware – The Forgotten Waters’ to the council on behalf of Te Rūnanganui o Ngāti Hikairo, Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Apakura and Pūrekireki Marae.

Her late grandfather John Krippner had found the artefact years earlier near the peat lake and on his farm, which is now owned by his son Peter and wife Gaynor.

“We were sitting around in the backyard and I said I would go and take the taonga with me.”

Once there last month, the 37-year-old spoke to Waipā iwi relationship advisor Shane Te Ruki and told him she wanted to return it in the most respectful way.

He asked to look at it and realising its significance – there used to be a pā site beside the lake - said he would call her forward during the ceremony.

“As the mokopuna of the people on the land, I found it very

moving and so did they,” she said. “I completely underestimated the significance for them,” said Krippner.

Three sites of previous habitation have been discovered beside Mangakaware, including a swamp pā site with an area of about 3400 square metres.

“I got to enjoy this land as a child – some of my happiest memories are there – but that doesn’t mean I get to keep the taonga.”

Krippner is a physical volcanologist who uses remote sensing to study pyroclastic flows and is a popular science communicator.

She was educated at St Patrick’s Catholic School and Te Awamutu College before graduating from Waikato University with her Bachelor and Master’s degrees in volcanology. She completed her PhD at Pittsburg State University in 2017 funded by NASA.

Wired magazine – seen as the world’s leading emerging technologies publication – named her one of the top scientists to follow on Twitter.

Krippner was the US media’s go to person in December 2019 when Whakaari/White Island erupted.

She came home after the Whakaari eruption for Christmas before returning to the US where she was stranded by the pandemic until September 2020.

Back in Te Awamutu she admits she sees the town differently now.

“I can’t believe I took for granted that on that horizon we have Maungatautari, (on) that horizon Pirongia and then we have the little cones over the lake – this is so unbelievably beautiful, how did I never see this before?

“We’re literally in a ring of volcanoes right here but they are extinct.”

Krippner is actively looking at various research projects while still based in Te Awamutu. She also has a National Geographic grant to go to La Palma in the Canary Islands

where there was an eruption at the Cumbre Vieja volcanic ridge which lasted from September through to December in 2021.

“It is important for us to understand every aspect of volcanoes, using every tool that we can, to understand what they might do next,” says Krippner. • A longer version of this story can be found at cambridgenews. nz Janine Krippner has joined The News team as an occasional columnist – see what she has to say today on Page 14.

Janine Krippner is back home in Waipā where she is surrounded by volcanoes, and family.

Photo: Mary Anne Gill.

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We’re in the early stages of developing Ahu Ake – Waipā Community Spatial Plan which will determine what our district, towns and villages will look like in 2050. It covers how we’ll manage growth, move around, care for the environment and support our economy.

We have some ideas on what this could look like.

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Fun runners flock back

The return of the Waipā Fun Run last weekend was welcomed by both competitors and organisers as an impressive 647 runners and walkers completed the course.

Sunday’s St Peter’s Catholic School’s Lugtons Waipā Fun Run race marked the event’s return after Covid restrictions saw it cancelled last year. The school’s organising committee, comprising event co-ordinator Donna Warwick, principal Anita Asumadu, Nic Peacocke, Lee Powell and Jacqui McCann, were thrilled at this year’s turnout.

“After being told that this should be treated as a re-building year post-Covid and not to be too disillusioned if numbers were down, we were blown away that 647 runners and walkers completed the course,” Donna said on Monday. “Seeing all the happy faces of the children as they ran through the finish line really makes all the hard mahi worth it.”

Participants came from around the region.

Cambridge’s Matthew Hallam took out first place in the 10km run/walk, with Hamilton’s Michael Robinson coming in second and Hamilton’s Joe Mace third.

The Cambridge Vets 5km run/walk was won by Papamoa’s Seth Herbert, with Cambridge’s Sam Montgomerie coming in second and Ōtorohanga’s Mel O’Brien third.

The Kaz 2km School Challenge (Year 7-8) was won by Cambridge Middle School’s Colin Johnston with St Peter’s Catholic School student Henry Eisenbarth coming in second, and Ryan Mourits of St Joseph’s School in Morrinsville third.

The Kaz 2km School Challenge (Year 5-6)

was won by Cambridge Primary School’s Joshua Barclay, from Goodwood School’s Quinn Davis and Cambridge East School’s Abel Bartz.

The Kaz 2km School Challenge (Year 3-4) was won by Lewis Verner from St Joseph’s School in Morrinsville. Goodwood School’s George Campbell was second and Ryan Morton of Te Awamutu’s Puahue School was third.

Orchard Valley Glamping won the Cambridge Steel Fabricators & Engineers Team Challenge, with Reform Cambridge and Cambridge Vets coming in second and third respectively.

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Patrick Taylor (769) from Cambridge Vets takes an emergency call during the 5km run while his workmate Bill Hancock (705) strides ahead.

Papamoa’s Seth Herbert (571) beat Sam Montgomerie of Cambridge (745) in the 5km run. Here they are at the start of the run leading the field over the High Level Bridge.

Colin Johnston (33) of Cambridge Middle School just edges ahead of Henry Eisenbarth (244) from St Peter’s Catholic School but both crossed the line in 6:46 to come first and second in the Year 7 and 8 2km race.

Cambridge Volunteer Fire Brigade ran in full gear carrying a stretcher full of fire fighting equipment. From left: Leon Vincent (773), Michael Morton (772), Phil Johnston (774), Tyler Six (775), Caleb Hassman (771).

Morrinsville’s Amelia Kerr (162) of St Joseph’s School watches from behind as St Peter’s Catholic schoolmates Zara Sudfeldt (205) and Grace Littlejohn (204) cross the line in 19th and 20th in the year 7 and 8 2km race.

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School plans celebration

Tree issue

I have lived in Cambridge for four and a half years and in that time a number of dead trees have fallen into the river from a grove in lower Shakespeare St. I often wonder at the havoc one could cause if it floated away. After last week’s weather event a few more have fallen over, including the one in the foreground of the photo.

Museum cost

I read in The News (February 16) an article concerning the Waipā District Council and the new Te Awamutu Museum. Its cost is now a staggering $27 million. This museum project has been under some form of progress for the last six years. During this time cost estimates appear to have doubled and doubled again.

Several years ago, the Cambridge Heritage Charitable Trust started work at providing Cambridge with an upgrade to its existing museum and a new complex attached. I’m reasonably sure that the last costs to construct this facility was around $4 million at the time.

By Steph Bell-Jenkins

Cambridge High School will throw a party to commemorate 50 years since its library opened - and the launch of its new archive room.

Library manager Glenys Bichan said the March 23 celebration would be a community event where people feel free to come back to their school and their school library.

The archive room is named after former principal George Marshall, who served from 1964-1972.

“I think for a school to have a sense of belonging, its students need to know its story, and now, for the first time, that story is

in one place,” Glenys said.

She said the room had already been used by past Cambridge High School student Simon Moroney, now a renowned scientist in Germany.

“His father was the head of the science faculty at Cambridge High from 1950 and then again in the 1970s...and he was able to find photos of himself, photos of his father and rediscover his own story,” she said.

Staff have spent two years collecting the school’s taonga, which will be on display at the celebration. These included student photos dating back to the 1940s, Board of Trustees minutes from 1892 and artefacts relating to the school crest and motto.

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On a broader tree issue, it seems to me that all of the trees uprooted in Lamb and Carlyle streets in Leamington seem to have very little root structure. Many also show disease. My uneducated opinion is that for far too long Waipā has persisted in having exotic European trees that probably grow too fast to develop extensive roots. Many are also out of their natural shape by frequent pruning and have become top heavy. I would suggest an independent review of tree policy is warranted, and a move toward flowering natives might be a better result.

My initial reaction when I moved here, pre-spring 2018, was an almost total absence of native birds. For most of the previous 35 years I had lived very close to the Central Business District of Howick. My late wife gave names to the five or more regular tui in our neighbourhood, all year round. Native pigeons were also regular visitors. I have seen none here.

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There is much in your article as to where the money to build this may or may not come from but there is almost nothing to substantiate the costs. There is a lot going on here and the ratepayers may not be fully informed. It is now time for the Waipā District Council to spell out to the ratepayers in detail just what their latest budget costs are expected to provide and who has provided the estimates. Costs such as the purchase of the Bunnings site and buildings and all other ‘costs to date’ need to be released to the public as well as the presentation of quantity surveys, consultancy, valuations and tenders. We need to protect our heritage but the cost of doing this needs to be transparent and affordable. Keep in mind as well, this is not a general regional museum, it is themed around the Māori-European land wars. What costs may we be looking at to provide a general museum and research centre in the future?

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Remembering the forgotten

Anyone who has watched television programmes where people retrace their family history will know it can be a fraught experience.

Tragic stories of babies born out of wedlock, lives lost far too young, injustices and bad luck.

Two recent experiences where I have gone in search of information from the past have upset me and it is because seemingly the lives of three women meant nothing to their families, one of them mine.

They lay in “unmarked graves” a phrase which can mean so much but reveal so little.

When there is an unmarked grave in a public cemetery, it can either be because of widespread disease or war, the person was not worthy of commemoration, the family couldn’t afford or bother to get a memorial headstone or plaque - or if there was one it has been damaged and no one is around to replace it.

A few weeks ago, for a story about the Masonic Hotel, I went searching for the grave of Elizabeth Carroll, 40, the wife of William Carroll, who died on 2 June 1899, 18 days after her husband brutally assaulted her.

A search of Waipā District Council’s excellent cemetery database showed she was buried on 4 June 1899 and lay in plot 251, row N and block E2 of Hautapu Cemetery. When I cycled out there, as Cyclone Gabrielle brewed in the distance, I found an unmarked grave.

The newspaper coverage of her death said she had been under the influence of drink at the time of the beating and that they lived unhappily, both in drink and out of drink. He was the publican at the hotel. Medical evidence showed “shocking injuries” to her body and three broken ribs.

Carroll said he had not intended to kill his wife, his lawyer said there was no malice and the charge should be reduced to manslaughter.

It was, and he served 10 years in prison. Nothing more is known of him and he is not buried in any Waipā cemetery.

Elizabeth Carroll has been the forgotten one in all this – lying in an unmarked grave, blamed it seems for her own death because she liked a tipple and argued with her husband.

Some weeks before I’d gone to the

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old Hamilton East Cemetery to find the graves of my great and great great grandmothers.

The mother and daughter were both living in Hamilton when they died – Eva, the mother of 11 children, in 1945 aged 78 and Lillian, 11 years later aged 66 and the mother of three children, seven grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren, including me.

Hamilton City Council has a great cemetery database too and armed with a copy of the map on my phone, I went to the cemetery with my two granddaughters to find the graves.

What we found was …… nothing. A bare piece of ground where each woman was buried. No sign there had ever been any memorial stone.

Thanks to Ancestry.com, I know something about the women but none of that explains why they have unmarked graves.

We have vowed to place a simple plaque on their graves to at least show their descendants care. Who is going to do that for Elizabeth Carroll?

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An 18-year-old with ties to Waipā history will go on a yearold mentoring journey with mayor Susan O’Regan.

Maude Rewha was schooled at Pekapekakarau Primary, Te Awamutu Intermediate and Te Awamutu College. Her application for the Tuia Leadership Programme outlined whānau ties and connections to the Waipā district.

She is a descendent of many people linked to significant Waipā landmarks including Rangiaowhia and Orakau.

O’Regan has selected the Te Awamutu teenager for a mentoring journey where the two will work together to learn skills, compare views and share their vision for Waipā.

The national Tuia programme involves young people across the county having monthly meetings with a mayor and attending at formal occasions.

Maude said she wanted to share her knowledge, talents and skills with others in the hope it would encourage and empower others to do likewise.

“Each of us must make a conscious choice and decision to either make it bitter or better. I choose through my tupuna,, whānau and hāpori (community) to be better.”

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Support for cyclone victims

By Steph Bell-Jenkins

Cambridge High School families have dug deep to support students of Wairoa College in Hawke’s Bay affected by Cyclone Gabrielle and raised more than $3000 from a mufti day.

“Everyone’s really wanting to get behind it – people have been bringing so much more money than what they usually would for non-uniform days for any other cause,” said head girl Bella Peacocke, who worked with the school’s senior leadership team and other senior students to organise the fundraiser.

“I think it’s that mentality of kids that want to help other kids’ education, their learning.”

About $3000 was raised through cash donations alone and online donations are still being counted.

Bella, who has family living in Hawke’s Bay, said Wairoa College was chosen because it was an area teacher Blair Ludlam had often stopped in as a child while travelling to Gisborne to surf.

“He thought this school is one of the isolated areas and maybe it hasn’t had as much publicity as other places... so he reached out to their school principal and asked what we could do to help them,” she said.

“I think lots of those school students have lost most things, so the money will go towards things like uniforms, computers, books, even just lunch money and things like that, that they need.”

Ludlam said Cambridge High’s senior school leaders were “instantly on board” to support Wairoa College’s request for financial help.

Artist raises awareness

A former Waipā based photographer based in Germany is helping raise awareness of mental health service in New Zealand.

Conceptual fine art photographer Leigh Schneider’s solo exhibition Beyond the Shadows shows her work on topics such as loss, isolation, sadness and depression.

“The last three years have seen an increased demand for mental health services including LifelineNZ who receive an estimated 300 calls and 1000 texts a day from people struggling with stress, anxiety, monetary pressures, loneliness and depression,” she said. “Of these calls and texts, 15-20 are made by people at high risk of suicide.”

The collection, featuring 12 photographic works, is being staged at Hāwera until March 15 and a portion of the proceeds from the South Taranaki exhibition will go to LifelineNZ.

“While my work might appear on the surface to be dark aesthetically, the core of my concepts focusses on the light. I’m inspired by the idea of a world beyond what we immediately see, as well as human emotion and the capacity we all have for transformation and growth. For this reason, I don’t really think of my work as ‘dark,’ as much as ‘stealthily optimistic.’“

LifelineNZ does not receive government funding while offering 24/7 services.

Schneider, who lives with her husband near Frankfurt, spent her early years in Waipā and Queensland and has family in Cambridge.

Leigh Schneider is exhibiting in Hāwera.

Bella Peacocke (right) and year 13 student Chelsey Cook celebrate as money rolls in to help students at Wairoa College.

Volcanologist Janine Krippner today joins the team of columnists writing for The News.

Volcanoes - why do we care?

By Janine Krippner

On 19 February 1975 Ngāuruhoe, our most active volcano at the time, produced one of the more violent recent eruptions in Aotearoa. The seven-hour event launched an ash plume of pulverized rock and hot gases up to 11 kms above sea level, ejected large hot rocks out to several kilometres, and produced pyroclastic flows – rapid, hot avalanches of rock and volcanic gases, down into the Mangatepopo valley. This dangerous event was witnessed by a school group on the Tongariro Alpine Crossing from just below the cone. The ash plume drifted northwards with the wind, with a fine layer of ash falling at the family farm in Paterangi.

Walking down the streets of Te Awamutu we have stunning views of our local extinct volcanoes – Maungatautari, Pirongia, Kakepuku, and Te Kawa. On a clear day we can even see Ruapehu. Our beautiful landscape and fertile soils have been shaped largely by ancient volcanic activity. We might travel to our largest lake at Taupō, go skiing at Whakapapa, or visit Auckland – our largest city built right on top of a volcanic field. Some of us visited Whakaari before disaster struck. We may even go overseas to one of the 40-50 ongoing eruptions (the average on any given day) or to the nearly 1400 potentially active volcanoes around the world. We live on a spectacularly active planet!

Volcanic ash is the most widespread volcanic hazard and is often misunderstood. Ash plumes rise above the vent then are carried by the wind, where it deposits increasingly fine particles of rock below it, so depending on the wind direction we could experience it here again if Ruapehu or Tongariro produced a sizeable enough eruption. Depending on how much ash accumulates on surfaces it can be a

pain for farming, electricity networks, transportation networks, communications, electronics, and it is corrosive so careful how you wipe it off your glasses.

It can also be an issue for crops and animals and can cause health complications for those with pre-existing lung issues like asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

From volcanic ash being incorrectly called “smoke” to rumours of it shredding lungs if inhaled (it won’t), there is a lot of misunderstanding about every aspect of volcanism, a process that ultimately has positively helped life on Earth as we know it.

Thankfully for many of these impacts there are things we can do to prepare, which also helps us to recover much faster, and the first step is knowledge.

Why talk about volcanoes here? Because our region was shaped by them, we could feel the impacts of an eruption here either through ashfall or larger eruptions impacting critical networks in our country, and many people visit volcanoes around the world, some of which erupt with little to no warning.

Knowledge does save lives. Plus, volcanoes are just cool and we see them on the news every now and again.

My life has been driven by a deep love of volcanoes and eruptions since I was a local kid, encouraged by those around me and even introduced to the concept of a volcanologist in a classroom at Te Awamutu College.

I couldn’t turn down the opportunity to share with you what I’ve learned in my hometown, with much love and enthusiasm.

Getting re-connected…

By Murray Smith, Pastor, Bridges Church

A basic longing all human beings have is to feel ‘connected’.

In Tom Hanks’ movie, Cast Away he plays a Fed-Ex executive who survives a plane crash and finds himself alone, marooned on an island far from home. Isolated by oceans he discovers the longing for connection. His ‘soul’ companion becomes ‘Wilson’...a soccer ball washed ashore, on which he paints a face. His psychological survival was arguably attributable to interaction with this mute ‘friend’.

People simply cannot remain healthy or function if they become isolated from others. It’s for good reason that down through the ages, solitary confinement has been considered punishment. Deprived of connection we slip into depressive loneliness.

Perhaps we feel isolation more acutely than previous generations, because with technological devices like smart phones at our fingertips, we’re used to continual ‘communication’. It feels strangely incomplete or disabling without them. Hence our despair with a flat battery or encountering low coverage. The ability to text at will staves off feelings of isolation and satisfies ‘connection’ craving. Similarly, social media offer hundreds of ‘friends’ (many unknown), reinforcing feelings of being connected - ‘liked’ too if we’re lucky.

Not long ago, I watched a documentary of the mission to rescue 12 Thai boys and their soccer coach who had become trapped in a flooded cave in northern Thailand. The resilience of the boys drew much comment as they sat on a ledge engulfed by darkness. Hoping the outside world would realise their plight and discover them, they waited, hungry, in desperate conditions for 10 days until located by British divers.

Having each other’s company during their confinement helped at one level,

but morale was given a massive boost once connection with the outside world was established. That simple fact cannot be over-estimated. The divers took back notes the boys had written to their families - then hope soared.

Soon, sophisticated Israeli communication technology provided a ‘daisy-chain’ of small radio devices and data cables passing wireless communications through twisting, watersubmerged caverns, giving the youths voice, data, and video connection to the outside world.

They were still separated by perilous passageways flooded by rainwater, but isolation was overcome by providing connectedness in a place where ‘line of sight’ was blocked by major obstacles.

It was a huge effort with many contributions to a successful rescue… most significantly, gaining outside ‘connection’ brought the boys assurance and sustenance, ultimately resulting in their salvation.

An interesting analogy can be drawn from this account. We’re in a deep predicament. Humanity has lost its way. We’ve become disorientated and disconnected from each other, but horrifically worse is the relational estrangement from God our creator. Turning our backs on Him leaves us hopelessly isolated in darkness and desperately in need of saving. People weren’t ever designed to function without Him. That’s why this truly loving God intervened, displaying love that will stop at nothing to save, to rescue and re-connect... a recovery plan was provided. A plan that offers hope and reconciliation.

We’re offered another shot at regaining our primary life- purpose… relationship with our Creator. The Cross ‘echoes’ a timeless reminder of this fact.

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Digging for information

By Peter Matthews

One morning last week, driving the kids to school, I was surprised to hear a conversation about horticulture, which went into some detail about planting dates, and soil types.

Unaware, or rather heedless, of my eavesdropping (Who me? I just drive the car) they continued, and the dialogue developed as follows: The farmer said: “I have plenty of soil and I need to plant the crops but I don’t have a spade”.

To which the agricultural consultant replied: “In that case you’ll need to go to the forest to get some wood, and then the mines for some iron ore, and then you’ll have to find a blacksmith who can make one for you”.

At this point I wondered why the farmer might not just make a quick trip to the local hardware supplier where she would find a range of pre-made spades and other implements.

The consultant was displaying an encyclopaedic knowledge of crops and weather conditions and how variations in the weather could potentially affect the yield of the crops.

Ah, but of course - these kids were discussing a virtual world of farming, played out in silicon chips inside computers situated in data centres, themselves dotted around the world.

And the ubiquitous ‘if this then that’ scenario is one which lends itself particularly well to being represented programmatically. This is what computers do: they shove an electric current along a path whereupon it is channelled either one way or the other.

All computer programs can be reduced ultimately to a series of ones and zeros - the

binary system: On or off. One level up from there are the notions of ‘and’ and ‘or’. From these building blocks it is theoretically possible to assemble any computer program which can be conceived.

In the early days of computing these were relatively simple. That’s why early ‘video games’ were actually quite boring. It was the novelty of the technology which made them attractive to a generation who had never witnessed such magic - but they weren’t really very interesting.

Fast forward to our school-bound farmers and the issues with which they are currently wrestling and we can see that it is still, essentially ‘if / then / and / or’. It is the number of calculations which can be performed quickly by ever faster processors, and the amount of data that can be stored, which enable problems of awe-inspiring complexity to be transformed into solutions.

Moore’s Law (which is more of an observation than a law), simply put, says the capability of computers will double every two years. This ‘law’ has held true, more or less, since the 1970’s.

We can only imagine where all this is heading.

One result, which we can see today, is a new wave of young people who simultaneously know everything and nothing.

All knowledge is available to them at all times and they can access it and form their resultant opinions at will, whilst never having experienced whatever it is they are dealing with, in the real world.

Get our data in order

By Peter Carr

By the time you have read this opinion piece you will have (or should have) completed and forwarded the census details for March 7.

It is a five-yearly national assessment of the numerical value of the nation and some –for the government – finer details therein.

This year much as been made about mould in homes (we are dry), whether I have changed my sexual orientation (no) and do I have any trouble washing my full body or dressing (not yet).

Ethnicity is in every census and rightly so. In the disaster that was the 2018 edition the return rate was described as unacceptably low – returns from Māori fell from 88.5 to 68.2 per cent and Pacific Islanders from 88.3 to 65.1 per cent.

The overall return dropped from 92.2 to 83.3 per cent. It remains to be seen whether the money spent advertising this census changes the trend.

Is it census or cencii? My good companion, the Oxford Dictionary, informs me that it is censuses which I find a wee bit clumsy. But I am safe in the knowledge that the grammar mentor in my village will not berate me on this occasion.

Census information – or good census information – is vital to the well being of the nation and as a guidance to the government of the day. And local bodies for that matter.

When Alan Livingston was mayor of Waipā he asked me, 14 years ago, to consider starting a Business Development section in the Waipā council.

I did, though there were senior factions in that body’s management who were not happy that they should dip their toes into the commercial world.

One of the key areas of business development is employment and I turned to the latest census information to ascertain how many people left the confines of Waipā Monday through Friday to seek employment elsewhere.

I well remember (in 2010) that 30 per cent of those 16-64 years of age travelled – mainly to Hamilton – to earn their crust. Which to me was shameful but if real jobs were not available what else could you expect them to do?

Likewise, I found what is now called Work and Income was helpful as to the proportion of (possibly capable) workers who were living off national social welfare for a multitude of reasons.

Some of them were spurious. I made a formal appointment with the Cambridge branch manager (and later at Te Awamutu) to try to obtain a good picture.

The manager was most surprised that I should ask as she informed me that they had a huge amount of good data, but nobody ever asked to see or use it.

Sitting me down alongside her desk she went through several screens later directing me to a regional manager when I wanted to dig deeper. He, too, was truly helpful.

The moral of this story Is simply this. Without clear and simple basic information good decisions cannot be made. The ball is in your court. If you did not complete the census, you will not be fined for a late entry. Go do it.

Rosie gives back for Reef

By Steph Bell-Jenkins

Five years after her son finished cancer treatment, Rosie Smith is hoping to serve up an ace for the charity that helped her family.

The professional tennis coach is teaming up with Cambridge Racquets Club to run a tournament on Sunday.

She hopes to raise $10,000 for Ronald McDonald House Charities, which provides free accommodation and support for families with a child in a New Zealand hospital away from home.

“I’ve chosen a family tennis tournament because it reflects the Ronald McDonald ethos of keeping families together,” she said. “That’s what felt right for me.”

In 2014 Rosie’s son Reef was diagnosed

with leukaemia, a type of cancer that develops in the bone marrow.

Ronald McDonald House provided a home away from home while he was having treatment at Starship Children’s Hospital in Auckland.

“It’s just absolutely amazing,” she said.

“In the middle of it all, when you’ve got all this treatment, all this chaos and all this noise from everything you’ve got to try and do, it’s this lovely place to go to where they look after you.”

Reef is now 10 years old and a cancer survivor, having just passed his five-year post treatment milestone.

Now, his mum wants to give back to the organisation that gave her family so much.

“I don’t know how we would have got through it without Ronald McDonald

House’s financial and emotional support,” Rosie said. “It’s the most incredible resource that we have as a charity.”

She is running this Sunday’s family tennis tournament with Cambridge Racquets Club life member Graeme Martin and committee member Wayne Peterson. The event is open to everyone in the community keen to play doubles tennis with a family member and entry is $20 a team.

“You can be 40 years old and be the child playing with your mum or dad – we’ve got a whole range of different entries, ages and family connections who have entered,” Rosie said.

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Final date for Cambridge

By Steph Bell-Jenkins

Cambridge Middle will take on Berkley in this year’s Waikato Intermediate Middle Schools cricket final in Hamilton.

While the Black Caps were fighting their way to a one-run test win over England in Wellington last Tuesday, the Cambridge team was producing superb cricket of their own.

At the University of Waikato for a one-day middle schools tournament, they completed a clean sweep of their pool, recording comfortable victories over Fairfield Intermediate, Tokoroa Intermediate and Rototuna Junior High.

“They bowled and batted exactly as we had planned and they executed really well,”

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“It takes a lot to continue to do that over three games and it was quite hot out here, so they’ve done really well to focus for that long. They rotated through and shared the workload around... and that’s really good for their learning and development.”

Berkley Normal Middle School won the other pool and invited Cambridge to a final showdown on their home turf nest Wednesday (March 15) as there wasn’t time to play the final on the day.

Rutter said he was very proud of the Cambridge players.

“They’ve done a really good job,” he said. “They’re just a really nice bunch of boys and they play well together.”

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Tall Fern Leger-Walker, 21, was also named the outstanding player of the tournament as her team also became the first seventh seed to win the tournament.

Cambridge Pony Club has won the annual Waikato Area Pony Club Teams Dressage Competition for the fourth time.

Its latest success came on Sunday at the Waikato Equestrian Centre in Pukete.

The winning Cambridge Black team (pictured above) comprised Rachael Le Miere, Valentina Di Maio, Issie Kavanagh, Jade Worth, Kendra Rogers and Kaelyn Strawbridge.

Cambridge Pony Club members Emerson Johnston and Amber-Rose Gofton were members of a second placed mixed team and Sophie Risi, Becca Stretton, Mikayla Rogers, Holly Emmett, Bailee Pirie and Amber Robertson-Giles, riding for Cambridge White, finished sixth.

The pony club teams competition has been running since 1989.

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3.9%

Finance o er available on new Nissan X-Trail models registered between 01/03/2023 and 31/03/2023 or while stocks last. Approved applicants of Nissan Financial Services New Zealand Pty Ltd (Nissan) only. Fixed interest rates of 3.9% p.a. only available on loan terms up to 24 month term. No deposit required. This o er includes and establishment fee of $375, PPSR fee of $8.05 and $10 per month account keeping fee. Excludes all lease and some eet purchases. Nissan reserves the right to vary, extend or withdraw this o er. Not available in conjunction with any other o er. Additional terms and conditions apply and can be viewed at www.nissan.co.nz.

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Ohaupo 469 Mystery Creek Road

4 3 1 1

This charming character house o ers a fantastic chance to enter the lifestyle market on a budget, yet is located in a premium lifestyle location and surrounded by more expensive properties.

This property boasts four spacious bedrooms, perfect for families and extra visitors, great shedding for car enthusiasts and a barn perfect for the pony. There is even the flexibility of being able to lease a few acres from the neighbour, providing you with plenty of room for additional horses, pet lambs or a couple of beefies. Call Gary today to arrange your viewing!

Cambridge 48 Ihimaera Terrace

4 2 1 2

Easy Family Living in River Gardens

- Open plan kitchen, dinning and living.

- Double internal acess garage.

- Master with walk-in wardrobe and ensuite.

- Outdoor BBQ area with vegetable garden. Call Shelby today to arrange your viewing!

Price by Negotiation View by appointment or scheduled open home times www.kdre.co.nz/CB6263

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 Deadline Treaty 30 March 2023, Unless Sold Prior View by appointment or scheduled open home times www.harcourts.co.nz/CB4031

Gary Stokes M 021 351 112

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

Shelby Garrett M 027 622 4166

FEATUREDLISTINGS

NEW LISTING

Motivated vendor – price reduction of $115,000

Live a more self-sufficient life in this private hideaway handy to Cambridge Character home on 7662m2 with open plan living and great outdoor spaces surrounded by native bush views and space for vegie gardens and animals

Separate large double garage with extra room suitable for teenagers /office/accommodation

NEW PRICE

PRICE REDUCTION

OPEN HOME

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

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

$799,000

105 Shakespeare Street, Leamington 3 1 1

- 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. Open Home Sunday 10.00 - 10.30am

An Exciting Family Haven - Pool

Negotiation

33 Byron Street, Cambridge

- Home itself consists of three bedrooms & an office. Two bedrooms have access to decks and outdoor area. Work with a view of the pool from your home office.

Open Homes Saturday & Sunday 1.00 - 1.30pm

Karapiro Laneway Lifestyle - Two In One

Negotiation

35 Riverside Lane, Cambridge 5 3 5

- Built in 2016, this superbly aspected 428m² home enjoys the benefit of a spacious 106m² one bedroom granny flat.

- Quad garaging allows for 4/5 car garaging and workshop space.

View By Appointment

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

Super Views to the Horizon

$1,139,000

27 Kingsley Street, Cambridge 4 2 2

- Stunning views over the treetops to the golf course and beyond.

- Light décor welcomes you to a home with four bedrooms; the upstairs master is ensuited and showcases a spacious mezzanine living area (again with views to savour).

Open Home Sunday 11.00 - 11.30am

Sometimes You Just Know! Deadline Sale

14 Bronte Place, Cambridge

- 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.

Homes Saturday & Sunday 2.00 - 2.30pm

Seclusion In Bronte - What A Find!

Deadline Sale

8A Bronte Place, Leamington 4 2 3

- Large L shaped living/kitchen/dining area, a warm and inviting space, enriched with timber flooring and character wall panelling with easy access to either a covered portico or expansive deck.

View By Appointment

SECURITY DOORS AND

HITCHCOCK, Matthew

Neville – Passed away suddenly on Saturday, 25th February 2023. Aged 32 years. Much loved husband of Renata. Cherished son to David & Rayleen, and brother of Steven & Amy and Ryan & Danica. Adored uncle to Fleur and Maya. Loved grandson of Neville & Joan. The service for Matthew has been held. All communications to the Hitchcock Family, c/- 3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge 3434.

BELDHAM, Joanne Frances

Miriama – Passed away suddenly on 4 March 2023, doing what she loved, aged 68 years. Much loved and loving wife of Kevin for 49 years. Adored mother and mother-in-law of Todd and Anna, Ross and Janna. Cherished Nanny Jo of Eli, Keanu, Amelia and Zaviya. A service to remember Joanne will be held at Henley Hotel, 151 Maungatautari Road, Cambridge on Sunday 12 March at 1:00pm. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to NZ Heart Foundation in Joanne’s memory.

Ian Calvert Funeral Director

COLLECTION of costume jewellery. Ideal for dealer. Collection of garden pots and statues. Ph 021 211 8754

FIREWOOD – Macrocarpa

$120 per metre. Delivered. Ph 027 492 0601

VIVIENNE ARCHER, please contact Dave – 027 243 7047

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 07 888 3800

FOR SALE!

CARAVAN 180 XL 6.5 metres, all aluminium frame, cert, self-contained with fully enclosed awning, double glazed tinted windows, sleeps 5, microwave, Thetford cassette toilet, 3-way automatic fridge/ freezer (90ltrs), 5 good steel belted radials (8 ply), 90ltrs fresh water, 102ltrs grey, gas cooker & grill, 2 gas bottles, 230

MONAVALE HALL CENTENARY CELEBRATION

Saturday, 15 April 2023 – 2:00pm. An invitation to all former residents and friends. RSVP by 20th March 2023 to monavalehall100@gmail.com

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 second publication of this notice. This notice was first published on March 2, 2023

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SITUATIONS VACANT

ADMINISTRATOR WANTED

for a busy Automotive workshop.

Approx 30hrs Mon- Fri. Phone 078716710 or email CV to office@kihikihigarage.co.nz

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

PUBLIC NOTICES

Section 101, Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

PUBLIC NOTICE

Of an application for On Licence

AS Grewal Hospitality Limited, 7 Frame Place, Rotorua has made application to the Waipa District Licensing Committee for the issue of a on-licence in respect of the premises at 19 Kaniera Terrace, St Kilda, Cambridge known as St Kilda Cafe & Bistro. The general nature of the business to be conducted under the licence is cafe and restaurant. The days on which and the hours during which alcohol is sold under the licence are: Monday to Sunday 7am10pm.

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 105 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 second publication of this notice. This notice was first published on March 2, 2023.

Northern Health School

Waikato South Unit

Teacher Aides

Two locations during school term time only.

Start date by negotiation

Northern Health School is one of three regional health schools that support students who are currently unable to attend their regular school due to ill health. The successful persons must possess a high degree of empathy and enjoy working with young people who are too unwell to attend their regular school due to mental or physical illness.

Experience working with primary and secondary aged students an advantage.

Locations/days required:

• Te Awamutu: Monday and Wednesday

9:00am – 3:00pm

• Cambridge: Tuesday and Thursday

9:00am – 2:00pm

Possibility both positions could be undertaken by one person.

A full clean New Zealand driving licence essential. Please visit www.nhs.school.nz for further details and to apply online by 17 March 2023

PUBLIC NOTICES

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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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JUNIOR PARTS PERSON

We are currently on the look out for a JUNIOR PARTS

PERSON to join our Cambridge Branch

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

What we are looking for

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.

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.

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

OPEN HOMES

CAMBRIDGE OPEN HOMES

FITTER/WELDER & GENERAL LABOUR ROLE

We are a busy enginee ring company with a well equipped workshop, working in the Mining, Quarry and Transport Industries.

• Up to 12 hour days Monday - Friday

• Reliable and punctual

• Physically fit

• Strong health and safety awareness

• Quality focus and attention to detail

• Ability to work in a team environment

• Must pass Drug & Alcohol test

• Possible transportation availability

Apprenticeship opportunity exists for the right candidate

Please email your CV to: gray.constru ction@xtra.co.nz or phone 021 964 187

ADVERTISE

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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

Explore your Backyard: Maungatautari

Maungatautari’s must do

CASUAL GUIDES WANTED

We are looking for paid casual tour guides to join our team and help us deliver our unique range of guided experiences. We have casual roles for both weekdays and weekends, delivering day and night tours.

You will:

• Share an evident passion for the environment and conservation

• Love being outdoors

Confident leading groups of people

• Knowledge of biodiversity is advantageous; however, training is provided

• Experience providing customer experiences

Desire to inspire people to connect with nature

Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari is a must-do for your family during the holiday period –come and experience the magic of an untouched native forest with an abundance of birdsong and curious native species like the North Island robin and kaka. It is an enchanting place to explore with all the family, with well-maintained tracks and several places to sit and watch, you can spend all day exploring and observing this dynamic ancient forest! Explore by guided tour or use

the informative signage to learn more about this incredible conservation project and the flora and fauna that is safe within its 47km long predatorfree fence.

If you would like to be part of this ambitious project and make a meaningful difference in the community, please contact guide@maungatrust.org

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)

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. 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.

Deadline Ahead

Experience the magic of the maunga with all the family these school holidays!

Use promo code SUMMER15 at our visitor centre or online at www.sanctuarymountain.co.nz to get 15% off your Sanctuary Explorer Pass.

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55 Victoria Street, Cambridge

83 Ill-gotten gains, 84 Flint. DOWN: 2 Random, 3 Crisp, 5 Noun, 6 Holiday, 7 Lately, 8 Main, 9 Lighting, 10 Thesis, 11 Allegation, 12 Rows, 13 Endless, 17 Queue, 18 Scattering, 22 Foyer, 23 Discount, 25 Scooter, 26 Fiddler, 28 Gigolo, 29 Ironic, 30 Angora, 33 Amigo, 35 Diner, 36 Ogre, 37 Taxi, 42 Group, 43 Unsteady, 44 Trivet, 45 Coastguard, 46 Need, 47 Economy, 48 Nutmeg, 49 Naive, 51 Used, 52 Insulin, 53 Odours, 58 Discourage, 59 Study, 63 Virtuoso, 64 Stork, 65 Airfare, 68 Austria, 69

Chilli, 70 Ribbon, 71 Beaten, 75 Crawl, 76 Snag, 77 Flat, 78 Stun.

H 120 Mark II $519

H

38.0 cc - 1.6

Features X-Torq® engine technology for low emissions and Air Injection™ that keeps the lter clean. Low kickback cutting equipment for increased safety. $699

38.0

A lightweight chainsaw, featuring a low kick back cutting chain and full chain brake safety system for maximum protection.

H 130 $589

H

45.7 cc - 2.1 kW - 18” Bar - .325” Pixel Chain - 5.1 kg

Excellent all-rounder combining performance with fuel e ciency. Ideal for cutting rewood and general land maintenance.

$1219

Bar - 3/8”

Chain - 4.7 kg Starts quickly, handles easily and delivers excellent cutting performance making it the perfect garden chainsaw.

H 450e Mark II

50.2

Reliable workmate with more power, less fuel, lower emissions and reduced vibrations. Features Smart Start® and fuel pump for easy

$1489

User-friendly lawn tractor with foot-pedal operation, side ejection cutting deck and powerful engine to tackle smaller blocks.

H TS138 $5290

SHOP ONLINE. COLLECT IN-STORE.

SHOP ONLINE. COLLECT IN-STORE.

SHOP ONLINE. COLLECT IN-STORE.

SHOP ONLINE. COLLECT IN-STORE.