Cambridge News | March 23, 2023

Challenge for i-Site

indecision about future council funding.

Michelle ‘Miff’ Macdiarmid has resigned from Destination Cambridge, the organisation which operates the i-Site.

Sources suggest one of the major reasons behind her decision to leave after five years is funding uncertainty.

She would not comment on that, referring The News to a statement she made to the organisation’s members on Monday.

The Cambridge Town Hall Trust is taking over bookings for the hall from Destination Cambridge on July 1 while Waipā District Council has delayed a decision over whether to pull its annual funding of nearly $150,000.

Service level agreements between the council and two i-Sites in Cambridge and Te Awamutu were reviewed in 2021 with both given 18 months – which ends on June 30 – to define their promotional roles.

Customer and Community Services group manager Sally Sheedy told The News she was in the process of extending the current service level agreement to next year. A decision on future funding would be made sometime during that period.

Destination Te Awamutu and Destination Cambridge will both get $147,868 for

the 2023-24 financial year. Hamilton-Waikato Tourism gets $171,864.

The council also paid Destination Cambridge a management fee to take Town Hall bookings$19,100 last financial year –and covered the rent. Those will no longer be paid.

Revenue from the hall in a Covid-impacted year was nearly $17,000 – well down on 2018’s $30,000.

Town Hall Trust chair Kirsty Johnson said collecting rent from Destination Cambridge was one of the things being considered towards making the hall a more commercially viable community asset.

This includes seeking a market valuation for the space currently occupied by Destination Cambridge.

“No decisions have been made and we will be working with Destination Cambridge and the council before taking any further steps,” she said.

Destination Cambridge chair Martin Buglass confirmed he was aware the Town Hall trust had done a rent appraisal for their own administration purposes.

“We are not aware of any charges at this time.”

A source told The News the organisation was determined to continue its operations in Cambridge

having got over the humps presented by Covid since March 2020. Retail sales, Covid business payments and wage subsidies have helped it get through the tough times and finish with a $40,000 surplus at the end of the financial year in June last year.

It would continue to focus on promoting Cambridge, the source said.

The News understands Ruth Crampton, named as Destination Cambridge chief executive this week, is on a short term contract pending the various reviews.

Crampton was Marketing and Communications director at St Peter’s School in Cambridge until recently. Before that she worked at Tourism Rotorua and owned a luxury bed and breakfast in the city.

In a role before that as inbound sales manager for Qantas Airways, Crampton worked closely with Tourism NZ, regional tourism organisations and offshore offices to promote New Zealand as a destination.

Macdiarmid is joining Cambridge-based agricultural company Shoof International.

“(I) look forward to looking on from afar and enjoying seeing how Cambridge thrives in the visitor market.”

Miff Macdiarmid

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Now you see us…

The residents of Belloc St wonder if it might be timely to rename our cul de sac Brigadoon Place as we seem to have become invisible to Waipā District Council except, when our rates are due.

Of the four side streets off Spencer St, we are the only one with overhead power lines and no footpath so I suspect our existence has been unknown for some years. The last time our blue recycling bins were emptied was on the February 1. Twice, by phone and in person, the Cambridge office of the district council has been advised but this seems to have fallen on deaf ears. Maybe I should ask for a rates refund, but realistically suspect I will just become invisible again, so to avoid trouble and expense I shall start delivering my empties to the council office.

Murray Reid

Leamington

We’ve been Googled

The pēpeha

Ko Potatau te tangata

Waikato taniwha rau –He piko, he taniwha!

By Tom Roa, Tikanga Advisor, Waikato University

Taupiri is the mountain

Waikato the river

Potatau the Man.

Waikato with its myriad taniwha

At each bend a taniwha!

At each bend a taniwha!

Following the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi/The Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, there was a period when the promise of collaboration and co-operation between Māori and Pākehā was being realised.

But then too many things began to unravel, particularly with the population explosion amongst the newcomers and their hunger for land and resources. Māori leadership began to realise conflict was inevitable.

Many in that leadership saw that intertribal warfare was destructive, and that this external threat to Māori autonomy – mana Māori motuhake – could only be addressed if Māori were to unite.

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The no through road article (The News briefs, March 16, SH1B Telephone Road rail crossing to remain closed) really made my blood boil.

The main reason for that is a letter from Waka Kotahi stated that most traffic was now using the new motorway. Well, in their wisdom, Google diverted traffic from Telephone Road through Eureka, and Tauwhare, which is where I live. The traffic we get has increased tremendously and the speed is crazy. Why can’t Waka Kotahi put a height restriction on each end to stop the big trucks from using it, so allowing normal everyday traffic to back to how it was? It seems to work on the high-level bridge in Cambridge, just wondering.

Mick Jones Tauwhare

Consultations took place over more than a decade. It became clear that uniting the tribes under one ‘king’ would be ideal in their aspirations of retaining and maintaining Māori mana over their ‘taonga’, their properties; and of preserving Māori autonomy; and more, to stop inter-tribal bickering and warfare.

In 1856 Te Heuheu, rangatira of Ngāti Tuwharetoa, announced the convening of the meeting, Hinana ki Uta, Hinana ki Tai, on the shores of Lake Taupō. Every major rangatira of Māoridom was invited. There he called on every rangatira to support his view that Potatau, paramount chief of the Waikato, Tainui confederation of Iwi, should be King. Many rangatira when approached and invited to consider whether they might be king responded by identifying themselves

with landmarks and waterways of their ‘homelands’.

Today the use of ‘pēpeha’ has become a common practice which people of Māori descent use to introduce themselves formally, asserting an identification with prominent landmarks and waterways. Interestingly, people of other ethnic persuasions are also using the ‘pēpeha’ to introduce and identify themselves, a practice most often welcomed amongst Māori.

I recently met a Māori physiotherapist who had been born in Australia. He won a rugby scholarship with the Brumbies franchise, but suffered injuries which curtailed his career and, he confesses, threw him into a funk. He studied physiotherapy, became qualified, and then decided he would come to Aotearoa New Zealand to explore his roots. Learning and then reciting his pēpeha on his father’s home marae filled him with pride. When Māori meet for the first time it is very unusual for one to ask the other ‘Who are you?’ The most likely first question is ‘Where are you from?’ In Māori, ‘Nō whea koe?’ which back translated can mean both ‘Where are you from?’ and ‘Where do you belong?’

The use of the pepeha by other-than-Māori is worthy of support as it opens the way for further conversations of related experiences of place, of mutual acquaintances, and the invitation to the development of mutually beneficial relationships.

I hope you have had a good week. You know it is Autumn when the fog starts rolling in.

Just a quick reminder first up, to manually turn on your vehicle head lights. If you have them set to auto mode, fog will not trigger them to turn on as it is simply not dark enough.

Vehicles can be very hard to see in fog which increases the risk of crashes. The AON Maadi Regatta is also coming to Lake Karapiro next week. This is the National Championships for school rowing in New Zealand and competitors will be arriving in town from the end of this week. The event will bring increased traffic so remember to be patient, allow a little extra time for travel and keep your speed down. Be seen and drive

safe.

In my good news roundup for the week, the smell of cannabis has definitely been in the air. Last Thursday, police went to an address looking for a male who was the subject of a warrant to arrest. They found not only the male but cannabis growing in the garden too. On the same day, local investigations resulted in the seizure of large cannabis plants from a different residential address in Cambridge East.

Finally I am also happy to advise that police have now arrested and charged a male in connection with the burglary of a commercial enterprise in Leamington at the start of March. He has appeared before the courts on this and other charges.

In the past week, I was happy to be

invited to speak with the volunteers at Busy Bee Op Shop, Union Parish Church. It was great to meet them and provide some retail loss prevention tips and guidance.

It is such a shame when people target charity op shops as it takes not only from them, but from the greater community who benefit from their grants.

Let’s keep removing opportunity through clever shop design, immediately reporting crime, and holding people to account either immediately or through follow-up enquiries. In this way we work towards making Cambridge less attractive as a shoplifting target to our out-of-town offenders.

Ko Taupiri te Maunga Ko Waikato te Awa

Pools’ patronage up

User numbers at Go Waipā pools in Te Awamutu and Cambridge have now recovered to pre Covid numbers. However, staff shortages have tested the facilities’ ability to maintain normal operating hours and expected levels of services.

Te Awamutu numbers for the six months from July 1 were 68,526 and 66,249 for Cambridge.

New president

Richard Cato was elected president of the Te Awamutu Menzshed last week, succeeding the retiring head Steve Mannington.

Mike third

Pirongia’s Mike Bowe placed third in the national excavator competition in Feilding on Saturday. The Civil Contractors NZ CablePrice National Excavator Operator Competition title went to Dunedin’s Troy Calteaux who pipped Northland’s Steven George.

Water eyed up

Waipā District Council’s Water Safety Plans are currently under ‘rapid review’ by Taumata Arowai, the new water services regulator for New Zealand. The organisation’s role includes overseeing the environmental performance of the three waters – drinking, waste and storm. The council will learn soon whether the regulators want a more detailed audit done.

Website hits

Our online story about the Law Society’s shock suspension of Te Awamutu lawyer

Takena Stirling for diverting funds for his own use and his subsequent resignation from Waipā District Council accounted for nearly a quarter of all visits to cambridgenews. nz. Rounding out the top five were Audit rebuke for council, Showing how it’s done, Kiwifruit decision to be appealed and Will the real Slim Shady stand up, a Cambridge News story written by student Archie Miller last year and picked up by One News and RNZ over the weekend.

Waipā: June election

By Mary Anne Gill and Roy Pilott

It’s a yes from one, and “I’m thinking about it” from the other.

The two Waipā Māori ward candidates who finished behind the now resigned councillor Takena Stirling last year could both be contenders again in the by-election to replace him.

Bill Harris was a definite yes when spoken to within hours of the announcement Stirling had resigned and on Monday Gaylene Roberts told The News she was thinking about it.

And during that conversation she received a text from a supporter suggesting she does stand.

Stirling, who quit after being suspended as a lawyer, won the seat with 309 votes last October from Roberts (163) and Harris (76). Less than a quarter of the 2417 eligible voters returned their papers.

Nominations for the by-election in the Waipā Māori seat open next week. The postal election will cost

up to $25,000. Only those enrolled on the Māori electoral roll are eligible to vote.

Nominations close on April 27 and the delivery of postal voting papers will start on June 1. Voting closes on Friday June 23 and the successful candidate is likely to be announced the same day.

The election will be managed independently on council’s behalf by electionnz.com.

Stirling’s admonishment by the New Zealand Law Society which prompted his resignation was revealed by The News on line last Friday. A short time later it was confirmed he had resigned from council.

The Law Society had posted details of the suspension on its website a day earlier.

The council told The News on Friday it was not aware of any decision coming out about Stirling, but 20 minutes later, issued a statement saying mayor Susan O’Regan had accepted Stirling’s verbal resignation, effective immediately.

Calls to Stirling from The News went to voice mail.

O’Regan said she was deeply disappointed.

“It’s not just me. All councillors are disappointed and frankly, quite disheartened. This is not what we wanted for our council or our district or for those whom Takena represented,” she said.

“Takena has taken full responsibility for his actions and I am grateful for that. Now we can get on quickly and get someone else into his seat. By law (Local Government Act) we have no choice but to hold a by-election so let’s just get on with it.”

The Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal has suspended the Te Awamutu lawyer on an

interim basis from 22 December 2022.

The society’s Standards Committee sought the suspension order after laying two charges. The first was based on affidavit evidence that Stirling had deceived his bank or misappropriated funds. It reported the bank suffered a net loss of $85,000 after it used $15,000 held by Stirling in a separate fund to mitigate its loss. The second charge indicated that Stirling’s trust account dealings had been irregular for some time.

The Tribunal found that Stirling had “lost his moral compass in relation to trust moneys” and was a risk to the public and any bankers that he may engage.

Takena Stirling’s presence on the Waipā District Council website has been taken down.

Focus on council attendance

By Mary Anne Gill

Takena Stirling’s resignation has sparked media stories about his attendance at meetings.

Stirling missed seven of 11 meetings since December – two of which were to represent the council at Te Maruata Hui – and was paid just under $19,000 during that time. His last appearance at the council table was on December 13. Stirling is not the only

councillor who missed several meetings five months into the term.

Cambridge councillors Philip Coles and Mike Pettit were absent on holiday for five meetings each. They missed their swearing in on October 31 – and four more leading up to Christmas. Deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk missed four meetings before Christmas for the same reason.

Roger Gordon, Mike Montgomerie and Clare St Pierre have attended every meeting during

the same period.

Payments made to councillors up to March 31 are: Andrew Brown $22,455.72, Lou Brown $20,981.22, Philip Coles $20,981.22, Roger Gordon $18,769.84, Marcus Gower $20,244.34, Mike Montgomerie $22,455.72, Susan O’Regan $66,325.12, Mike Pettit $19,507.09, Clare St Pierre $23,192.97, Liz Stolwyk $28,352.97, Bruce Thomas $22,455.72.

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We’ll take the car, thanks

By Mary Anne Gill

Cambridge residents have a high dependence on cars and on key connections through the town which results in significant bottle necks at peak time.

And the town’s transport network shows little consideration for other transport modes such as walking, cycling and public transport making cars the most realistic choice.

Those are the key findings in the Cambridge Connections programme draft business case considered by Waipā District Council’s Service Delivery committee this week.

The situation is so bad that Cambridge lags behind its big city cousin Hamilton with lower rates of walking/jogging, cycling and public transport.

Safety is a big concern, particularly for cyclists.

“Not feeling safe riding a bike has been a consistent community feedback theme for Cambridge,” the report reveals.

People on bikes in Cambridge are almost four times more likely to be killed or seriously injured in a crash than motorists.

“Without both actual and perceived safety, large numbers of people will not choose to bike.”

The 92-page draft report brings together all the niggles Cambridge residents have about transport options and creates an opportunity for the community, deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk said.

The project will go on to assess Cambridge’s transport system and the function of its streets, roads, bridges and intersections and then develop a programme of interventions to ensure it continues to function effectively in the future.

“It’s important we get this out. The more of our community we can bring along this

journey, the better,” said Stolwyk.

Councillor Roger Gordon said he had read the report thoroughly.

“Throughout the report there are a number of quite strong statements that endorse the need for change across the whole network.”

Councillor Philip Coles asked whether the future work would identify a site for a third Waikato River crossing.

More than 28,000 vehicles a day cross the town’s two bridges across the Waikato River –Victoria and Fergusson – with the community “heavily reliant” on the two “vulnerable” bridges.

Transportation manager Bryan Hudson said the work would not identify an exact location yet.

“The programme business case will say these are the actions to take quickly because they have the best impact for your community. There will be others that are saying there are longer term things you need to plan for. It will produce a programme of works and a timeframe.”

Public transport will be part of the solution and consultation will look towards the next phase to make it more community oriented, he said.

“There are people in the community saying ‘the bridge must be here, the bridge must be

there’. We understand the current bridge has an economic life. You could throw lots and lots of money into it and costs will continue to escalate.”

So the work ahead might identify multiple locations which provide the greatest benefit for the community, said Hudson.

The report looks into the congestion in the town plotting vehicles’ movements using Bluetooth technology.

Much of the data was collected prior to the opening of the Hamilton leg of the Waikato Expressway which has seen a change in traffic movement to the north.

Within the town itself, the data showed that Victoria Street is an example of movement and place conflict on a ‘key connection’.

“It is the main retail and commercial centre for Cambridge with parking, cycling and foot traffic, but also provides a movement function between Leamington and the town centre and north.

“This is often a cause of congestion through the town centre and produces safety conflicts, which restricts retail activity and affects the economy of the town centre during key business hours,” the report says.

A Project Stakeholder group will now review the draft business case and develop a short list of options to test with stakeholders.

Briefs…

Fluoride application in

Council staff have submitted a funding application to Manatū Hauora-Ministry of Health for its share of the $11.3 million available to the 14 local authorities ordered by outgoing director-general Ashley Bloomfield in July last year to add fluoride to their community water supplies. The estimated costs for Cambridge, which would include the Karāpiro and Alpha Street plants and the only Waipā supply affected, will be $480,000 with annual operating costs of $130,000.

Deputy Brown

Waipā councillor Lou Brown has been appointed Waikato Civil Defence’s Emergency Management joint committee deputy chair. Taupō’s Anna Park chairs the committee made up of representatives from the region’s district and regional councils.

Road closures

Road closures were approved by Waipā’s Service Delivery committee this week for the Dragon Boat Festival Pink Parade (April 14), Cambridge Cycling Festival and Anzac Day (April 25).

Three charged

Three men will appear in court in Te Awamutu on April 4 after arrests were made following an incident in January. The three, aged 33, 36 and 50, are charged with wounding with intent, taking a motor vehicle, and arson. Emergency services were called to a house in Oliver Street, Kihikihi, after a man described as a meter reader suffered serious head injuries.

We’re in love with our cars in Cambridge.

We’re on a roll…

Rock ‘n’ roll is here to stay if the response to Saturday’s inaugural dance competition at Lake Karāpiro is any indication. Mary Anne Gill was there and took these photos.

Organisers say the inaugural Stars Dance Rock ‘n’ Roll event, which featured 18 competitors – nine couples –dancing in front of 400 people, proved Cambridge is a thriving and vibrant town.

Riverrock Farm’s Aliesha Moroney and Cambridge Cruisers dancer Craig Clark won the event on Saturday night after a dance off featuring Colleen Ryan and Shale Tangianau (Go Waipā) and Stacey Crook (Cambridge Sportsworld) and Nathan Philps.

The winning couple practised five days a night for eight weeks and was the audience’s favourite following the first round.

Ryan, the Cruisers club spokesperson, was roped in to dance with Tangianu following an injury to his original partner and said it was a perfect setting for the night.

“It’s an intense time leading up to the event for the dancers and their stars managing work commitments and a couple of injuries from the dancers, which can happen with any dance programme,” she said.

Each star, including deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk, danced to their chosen song, and then joined with two other couples for judges to get another look before the dance off.

Ryan said the collaboration with businesses, organisations and the community is valued more than ever.

The best dressed couple was Professional Farm Services Graham Baldwin and Pam Berry.

Ryan said the amount raised would not be known for a couple of weeks.

Aircon company moves into spacious new premises

With staff based in and around Cambridge, Auckland and Tauranga – plus access to local technical expertise in all three regions – they are able to move seamlessly across the central North Island, both at the installation phase of a project and for any troubleshooting that may occur later.

Their comprehensive stock list offers most major brands at competitive prices. The company’s fine reputation saw the Air Conditioning Group named as one of the few Daikin dealers for the Waikato, and it is a service agent for Panasonic NZ.

Years

Air Conditioning Group Waikato.

Cambridge-based Ian Grant formed the company in 2009 as a subsidiary of the Grant Group. Today its team of solutions-focused experts install, service and repair a wide range of domestic and commercial air conditioners and ventilation systems across the Waikato, Auckland and Bay of Plenty.

While its central office remains in Cambridge, the company recently moved into an impressive 500 square metre space at Rukuhia, bordering Hamilton Airport. Of that, 100 square metres is given to an airy office and showroom space, providing an easily accessed area in which customers can discuss their requirements for heating and cooling solutions and view their options.

“They can feel the air flow from the units we have in stock, whether they are full home-ducted systems, ceiling cassettes, floor consoles or the several different types we have for high-wall installation,” Ian says. “All of them have advanced connectivity. We can demonstrate that here or do training if required.”

The team of qualified and experienced air conditioning engineers is headed by an Independent Qualified Person (IQP) who can issue Form 12A certificates in terms of

Section 108 (3) (c) of the Building Act 2004. That is a significant point of difference and one that lends weight to the company’s ability to offer an unprecedented full five-year installation warranty rather than the standard 12 months.

The winning formula at the Air Conditioning Group Waikato is further enhanced through its ability to carry out servicing and repairs, and to offer a free ‘no obligation’ quotation system.

Safety is paramount throughout, both for technical staff and for clients who may be in situ during any installation or maintenance process.

Ian Grant brings years of experience to the Air Conditioning Group Waikato

The dancers take to the floor one last time, from left Graham Baldwin, Pam Berry, Hamish Lile, Liz Stolwyk, Bhavin Parshottam and Irene Barr.

Deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk and her dance partner Hamish Lile.

Winners Aliesha Moroney of Riverrock Farm and Craig Clark.

of award-winning experience and excellent technical expertise from the bedrock of specialist services available at the

Compere Jim Berry congratulates his wife Pam and dancing partner Graham Baldwin. Pam and Graham went on to win the best dressed couple.

Amy Walsh of Cambridge Real Estate with Aidan Edwards.

John Mullions of C & R Developments with Helena Graat.

Shale Tangianau from Go Waipa and Colleen Ryan only had a fortnight to perfect their dance routine.

Colleen Ryan makes last minute adjustments to Amy Walsh’s dress.

Consultation closing soon!

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.

Animal instincts

By Peter Matthews

One of the more disturbing aspects of natural life, I found as a child, was the fact that having overcome its prey, your average predator would simply begin to eat it. This practice is widespread and is easily explainable; there is no need to expend energy or resources killing an animal which is unable to defend itself.

My childhood desire to become a wildlife ranger was probably a casualty of my unease with this situation. That, and receiving a guitar for my 13th birthday - put paid to my education as well.

Compassion and empathy are the missing pieces here, neither of which are found in any animals except humans. Go on, tell me I’m wrong.

When my dog watches me eat a piece of toast in the morning her eyes are full of joy which she feels because she can see how happy it makes me. Or is the earnestly focused attention directed more at the toast than me?

I was tasked, a few nights ago, with rescuing a frog which the cat had brought into the house.

Slippery little creatures. I found myself admiring the cat for having caught it in the first place, something I was failing to do.

The dog (Twigg, a terrier) watched the proceedings intently, as did the cat from outside the window having been ejected from the building.

Twigg did not seem moved either way until, spotting her opportunity, she leapt in front of me and grabbed the frog for herself.

Clearly Twigg had no concerns for the

welfare of the frog, but neither did she harm it. She was indifferent.

As are all members of the animal kingdom to all other members outside their own family or territorial group. Humans are not the same. At some point in our evolution, we have developed the ability to care about others. Other people and other species.

This is a curious twist of evolution, one which has not improved our chances of survival since a human looking out for others is less likely to notice a threat to itself.

This selflessness is one of the things that make humans who we are.

Along with self-consciousness, generosity, and sadism.

Yes, we have gone the other way too; there are those among us who take pleasure from the suffering of others, and that can surely have no evolutionary benefit.

As a person who believes, or should I say “accepts the reality that” the only movers and shakers in the universe are cause and effect, these developments in humans are somewhat hard to understand.

In fact, I don’t understand them. This is where the paranormal comes in: Another trait of humans is that faced with the unknowable, they tend to invent rationales. I can see why this happens and I can see why it might help.

But when I look at the world, I still can’t see how any of the approximately 2500 available gds can have had anything to do with any of it.

AGE OF REASON I’m loving this hybrid

By Peter Carr

Gliding silently (and carefully) through our village the other day my mind turned to the advantages – or otherwise – of not depending on fossil fuels for vehicular propulsion.

Yes, I have become one of those smug holier-than-thou drivers who have looked at the alarming carbon emission growth and elected, at car change time, to go for something greener.

Before going further, I am not a diehard Greens fan but do respect a small number of their views.

Their input to the (then new) 2017 MMP government decision to scrap the extension to the southern end of the Waikato Expressway was tantamount to dooming several people to their deaths – or at least permanent crippling of their bodies between Cambridge and Piarere. I deem that as political manslaughter.

So, having got that off my chest why did I elect to move away towards a different form of mechanical propulsion?

It was not the government’s dangling carrot of a rebate as the price for electric cars went up anyway due to demand.

It was not a desire to balance off the absolutely confusing carbon emission payments as to whether one’s trees are native or timber-producing commercial.

It was a simple matter of finding a smaller car that looked after our driving costs to maintain what is essentially a relatively local environs perambulation on four wheels.

I did not want to be dependent on plugging in either to the house nor a roadside commercial power supply point. So I decided on a pure hybrid that essentially looks after itself.

There were several choices however the final decision was driven by finding a

supplier who did not have a six-month waiting list. And I am very pleased with the decision.

Seven months down the track the small 40 litre tank has only been filled four times and carefully driven in economy mode, has seen the petrol consumption drop at a steady rate.

Not ‘flooring the foot’ is but one positive aspect of finding the sweet spot when battery power kicks in. Gliding upwards slowly produces welcome rewards.

Over this weekend we have been visited by friends from Auckland who are driving a very smart Chinese-branded totally electric (chargeable) car built around a highly respected European chassis.

We were witness to the decision as to ‘which’ power supply point to use to get them back to Auckland.

It was an interesting exercise as prices here in Cambridge vary quite widely and there are a growing number of points to activate for the topping up exercise.

For me the whole thing was an eye-opener as sitting in a café five minutes’ walk from the power point, we were able to check up the top-up level on the mobile phone while enjoying a kerbside breakfast.

Pretty smart stuff and good utilisation of waiting time.

All that said the up-front capital cost of the vehicle was eye-watering. Call me prejudiced if you will but $80,000 or so for a car appears to this pensioner to be a bit much.

As they say – if you have it feel free to flaunt it. But it did come supplied with some very smart technical wizardry. Including a drone’s-view aspect when gliding into parking spots.

Gabrielle’s bottom line

By Mary Anne Gill

The cost of Cyclone Gabrielle for Waipā has been revealed.

Remedial work, which includes clearing fallen trees and branches, is likely to cost more than $300,000, Park Operations team leader Matt Johnston told the Service Delivery committee this week.

Details of cyclone damage to other parts of the council’s operations were also tabled at the meeting.

Johnston was seeking an increase of nearly $500,000 in the council’s annual Tree Maintenance Services contract with Treescape to cover the cyclone and other weather-related costs.

Rather than increase rates, Johnston said it would come from a mix of existing budgets and the general insurance reserve.

The $630,000 Treescape contract, in place since 2019, covers street tree maintenance which in recent years has increased due to storm events and an increase in tree numbers at Lake Te Koo Utu and other district parks.

Trees are not insured – insurance only covers the damage they create.

The council has built up a reserve fund with unused premium increases which Johnston recommended the council use to pay the additional storm costs.

There were still many trees to inspect and maintain and providing the additional money would allow that to continue.

The committee was told the cyclone also caused a minor “non-compliance” at the Cambridge Wastewater Treatment Plant and some power cuts. None of this resulted in any interruption to water supply or wastewater conveyance.

Work on relining the Albert Street pumpstation in Cambridge has been delayed due to supply restrictions after the cyclone. Meanwhile Emergency Management operations manager David Simes told this week’s Regulatory committee that the Western Waikato Shared Service organisation comprising Waipā, Ōtorohanga and Waitomo councils was tested during the cyclone and weather incidents.

“While these events were well managed, receiving favourable feedback from the public in general, staff and elected members, the nature of these events has highlighted opportunities to improve in across a small number of functional areas.

“Internal compatibility of IT platforms across three councils, external communications to isolated communities where normal channels are damaged and non-operational, and cross-training of staff to build depth and resilience in availability, have all been highlighted,” said Simes.

A State of Emergency was called in Waitomo district because of significant flooding impacts to the roading network and properties.

Simes said recovery work was ongoing in all three districts.

‘Rubberneck’ delays

A crash on State Highway at Karāpiro on Sunday resulted in delays for motorists. Police say it was motorists slowing to look at the crash who caused the long jam traffic which backed up to the southern end of the Waikato Expressway. The crash did not block the road. Three people were taken to Waikato Hospital with what were described as minor-moderate injuries.

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Trust for youth launches

By Roy Pilott

Gina Christie says if she and husband Andrew won Lotto, they would have used the money to set up hostels to help young people in need.

This week they have done the next best thing – with a function to launch a Waipā-tailored operation to do exactly that.

Their not-for-profit Ko Wai Au Trust already has seven referrals as it

seeks to empower young people who are not engaging with education or employment.

Ko wai au translates into English as Who am I.

Gina Christie says the project has been five years in the making.

It could have launched the initiative three years ago, but the couple wanted to ensure it was tailored specifically for Waipā. They believe they have got it right with a contract signed with the

Shakespeare success

Cambridge High won one of the two sections of the Waikato Regional Sheilah Winn Shakespeare festival in Te Awamutu las weekend.

The school produced a five minute performances from Measure for Measure, described as a dark comedy in five acts and thought to have been first performed in 1604.

It was the first opportunity students had had to gather for the festival for two years. Schools at the regional event included also Hillcrest High, St John’s College, Sacred Heart Girls’, Hamilton Girls’ High, Hamilton Boys’ High, Te Aroha College and Te Awamutu College.

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“A lot of people have difficulties – and the aim is to mentor and advocate for them – to get them into education or into the workforce,” she said.

Among those at this week’s launch in Te Awamutu was community constable and News columnist Ryan Fleming who said he believed the services being offered are needed and will be used. He is also confident it will be backed by businesses.

The Christies, who both have experience in working in social services, have lived in Waipā for eight years, having returned after a spell in Australia.

Andrew grew up in Whakamaru, Gina in Tamahere, Palmerston North and Taihape.

The trust works on a “being, belonging, becoming” path .

It will aim to encourage young people – working on getting them things like identification, IRD numbers, driving licences.

“We will aim to help people who might have had very little whānau support., they might have mental health issues,” Gina Christie said.

“We will work with people aged 15-24 on a one-on-one basis – this isn’t a 12 week programme.”

The couple believe achieving their long-term goals will be helped by the fact they have good relationships in the social services sector.

“We are backing ourselves.”

The board members of the new trust, which has its offices in Sloane Street, Te Awamutu, are Andrew and Gina Christie, Tiri Maresca-Allison, Bryce Kingman and Allan Spice.

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Jesse Tweddle and Hamilton Kay on stage during last weekend’s Shakespeare festival.

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By Viv Posselt

Cambridge Altrusa Club members have moved fast to support a national office initiative aimed at helping children caught up in emergency situations.

They are making up as many ‘Distraction Packs for Tamariki’ as possible, age-group related bags filled with goodies for boys and girls involved in situations attended by emergency services such as the police and fire brigade.

Each pack contains colouring pages, colouring pencils, a sock or finger puppet and a small toy or activity.

“They are intended to occupy or distract young children in situations where adults are working with emergency services,” said current Cambridge Altrusa president Glenda Little. “By having something on hand

to calm children at the scene and divert their attention, emergency services personnel will be better able to get on with their work.”

Waipā emergency services are in full support, and early donations have helped swell the club’s coffers to provide material for the packs.

Next up is a public ‘working bee’, set to run from 10am to 1pm on Saturday, at Taylor Made Community Space in Taylor St (formerly the Cambridge Health and Community Centre).

Altrusa’s De-ane Busby said they want members of the public to come along and help make sock or finger puppets and assemble the packs. “We will have most of the materials on hand, but if people want to bring anything with them, they are welcome to do so,” she said.

Glenda said it was hoped they could make up at least 50 packs as a starting

point, but the intention is to continue with the project on a long-term basis. Once the initial batch is ready, the packs will be given to local emergency services for them to carry in their vehicles.

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based Altrusa International, a service organisation for women founded in 1917. Education and literacy are key focuses for Altrusa clubs around the world. The Cambridge group raises several thousand dollars each year to go towards community organisations.

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Altrusa Club president Glenda Little, right, with fellow member De-ane Busby and some of the items intended for the ‘Distraction Packs for Tamariki’.

Manaia eyes the goal

By Steph Bell-Jenkins

As Cambridge Football Club gears up for the biggest party in its history, one of its most promising prospects also has plenty to celebrate.

Manaia Elliott’s dream of playing professional football is on track following her selection to the Wellington Phoenix Academy.

“It’s pretty cool,” said the 17-yearold, whose proudest sporting moment was captaining New Zealand’s FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup team in India last year.

“I think the best part is just how good the training and the coaches, Paul Temple and Katie Barrott, are.”

The Wellington Phoenix is the country’s sole professional football club and competes in the A-League – New Zealand and Australia’s highest-level professional football league. Its academy programme provides pathways into men’s and women’s A-League teams.

As Cambridge Football Club celebrates its 75th jubilee this weekend, Manaia stands out as one of its many success stories, along with Chris Wood, who currently plays for Nottingham Forest in the English Premier League.

“I’m happy for the club that they’re celebrating this milestone because every kid has to start their footballing journey somewhere,” she said.

“That’s probably where I first felt accepted to play football as a female in a male dominated sport, so it was quite vital in my development. I wasn’t challenged by girls’ teams

so they happily accepted me in the boys’ teams.”

Manaia arrived at the club in 2014, after moving to Cambridge with her family from Otago, and played there for six years before joining Melville United in 2020.

At 15 she was selected to play in the New Zealand National Women’s Football League, which led to spots in the Future Ferns Development Programme and the New Zealand women’s national U17 football team.

Having moved to Wellington this year to join the Phoenix academy, the former St Peter’s Cambridge student is now completing year 13 through distance learning with Te Kura, and shooting for a football scholarship at an American university next year.

Cambridge Football Club’s women players during the preseason tournament at John Kerkhof Park in Cambridge. Back row, from left Mel Chambers (physio), Nigel MacIntosh, Hannah Jordan, Hilary Eyres, Wiki Jacobs, Aitana Arreseigor, Caitlin Varcoe, Leydi Florez, Paris LeGros, Georgia Jones, Tahlia Hansen, Ashlee Conder, Auryn Maroney, Karin Ingram, Elli Wichman, Leianne Nordstrom, Mackenzie Caddy, Chynelle Tuhi, Emma Oliver, Zoe Houlton, Sarah McKnight, Mariela Robeldo, Tony Pereira.

Front row, from left Olivia Milne, Elliot de Nys-Farrell, Gemma Martin, Sophee Rapson-Jones, Gabby Soledad Montorfano, Georgia Bellamy-Hill, Aimee Archibald, Nikau Jacobs, Gen Churton, Summer Gunn, Rachel and Leo Hill, Steph Upton, Emma

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Cambridge Football Club fielded two teams in the women’s preseason tournament on Sunday and showed its player strength by winning the event.

The tournament was open to clubs fielding teams in Waikato divisions one and two, Bay of Plenty division one, high school first XIs and community leagues.

Twelve teams competed from Papamoa, Metro Auckland, Taupō, Mt Maunganui, Te Awamutu, Rotorua, Whakatane, Thames and Tauranga.

The 30-minute games saw each team play up to 150 minutes of football.

Cambridge Red won the Hilary Cup, for the second year in a row, while the Mt Maunganui College First XI was second. Taupō won the plate and Rotorua Lakes the bowl.

March is New Zealand Football’s Girls and Women’s Month held in advance of the Women’s World Cup which kicks off in Auckland on July 20 with the Football Ferns taking on Norway.

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What you believe, you become…

By Murray Smith, Pastor, Bridges Church

During an interview, Albert Einstein once said, “imagination is more important than knowledge”.

Nobody could refute the fact that that our imagination is a massively potent faculty. It’s capable of producing both good or bad outcomes in our lives. It’s the stimulus for beauty and creativity, amazing inventions as well as caring actions and deeds… yet, in some minds it’s also where everything negative and horrifyingly unwholesome is conceived.

Researchers have discovered that when you are relaxed, thoughts or pictures focussed on, in your mind, with vivid imagination and emotion, are stored in your brain as reality. Your subconscious mind cannot differentiate between something you have experienced and something you have vividly imagined. In fact, imagined experience is proven to have much more impact than actual experience.

It’s interesting how this principle was developed as a technique for improving results and performances of athletes, skiers, football players and many other sporting stars. As an early pioneer of VMBR (Visual Motor Behaviour Rehearsal), champion golfer Jack Nicklaus imagined and rehearsed every shot in his mind before he physically hit the ball.

The Bible has incredible insight into the power of imagination. Our thought-life, what we believe, and what we agree with, prescribes much of what happens to us in life.

“As a person thinks in their heart, so they will be…” is often quoted from the Book of Proverbs.

A true story about a railway worker in Russia illustrates the power of imagination. He accidentally locked himself inside a refrigerated boxcar. Such an event would naturally be considered unsurvivable without rapid intervention. Unable to attract the

attention of anyone outside, this man resigned himself to the thought that his fate was sealed as he anticipated slowly freezing to death.

As he felt his body becoming numb, he began recording the story of his approaching death in sentences scribbled on the wall of the boxcar.

“I’m becoming colder…” “Still colder now.” “Nothing to do but to wait…” As it became harder to breath, he felt sleepiness come over him.

“I am slowly freezing to death…half asleep now.” “Can hardly write anymore.” Finally he wrote, “These may be my last words..” And they were. Opening the boxcar they found him dead. The temperature of the boxcar was only 13 degrees Celsius. That’s cool, but it’s way too warm to freeze to death. The refrigeration unit was out of order and there was no physical reason for the worker’s demise. There was plenty of air - he hadn’t suffocated.

He was the victim of his own illusion. His mind convinced him that surviving the ordeal was impossible and his imagination confirmed the process of imminent death. The power the mind has over the body can produce effects which are almost unbelievable.

Discovering a love and security that releases our minds from plaguing, anxious uncertainty and expels tormenting imaginations totally changes everything. Where’s that found?

Words penned by the inspired Biblical prophet Isaiah, link it to being found in relationship with God…

“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.”

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Eruptions - the complicated basics

By Janine Krippner

In my line of work “I have a dumb question” is usually followed by a great question that has a complicated answer.

“How do volcanoes erupt?” is one of these, and really should be explained before all of the other interesting things I want to cover. What is a volcano? It is a point on the surface where magma comes out, either as ash (pulverized rock), lava flows, or several other exciting and dangerous processes like pyroclastic flows (more on these in future columns). Mountains form when the erupted materials build up around the vent, or multiple vents.

We can group eruptions into types using several definitions. The style of eruption largely depends on the type of magma, especially how sticky or viscous it is, and how much gas is within it. The style can change during one eruption, and each “type” of volcano produces a range of styles. That stuff we learn in school about volcano types (shield, stratovolcano, etc) producing a particular style is not true.

We can break eruptions down into effusive and explosive. Effusive is when we have lava flowing out at the vent (like at Kīlauea, Hawai’i), explosive is when the magma is being violently blown apart into bits of rock. We can also take water into account. Phreatic eruptions are driven by steam (like what happened at Whakaari on that awful day), and magmatic is where magma itself comes out at the surface. We can also have magma and water mix in a particular way that can produce a phreatomagmatic eruption, which can be much larger than expected, like what we saw and possibly even heard from Tonga last year.

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Gas is important. Below the surface, magma contains gases that come out to form bubbles when pressure is reduced. This can happen when magma moves into shallower areas of the crust, or during an eruption when it is suddenly at the atmospheric pressure we live in. This is similar to opening a bottle of coke. In the pre-opened, pressurised bottle we can’t see the bubbles as the gas is within the liquid, then when we take the lid off it reduces the pressure and bubbles form.

The next complication is how easily bubbles form and move within the magma. In a runny or less viscous magma like at Kīlauea, gas can form bubbles and move away into the crust easier, so we don’t often get explosive eruptions. More viscous magmas, like we see at Ruapehu, tend to erupt explosively because the gas can’t escape as much before it erupts then… boom However, if the magma has been sitting there for a long time the gas can slowly seep away, leading to an effusive eruption with thick, slow lava flows or domes. Or it never erupts at all and slowly crystallizes into something like a granite.

It is not as simple as just releasing pressure either. Volcanoes are what we call open systems, not a closed bottle of coke. They are constantly evolving on much larger space and time scales than we live in, and we work together around the world studying every teeny tiny part of them to understand the whole.

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Over 200 performers, around 50 art stalls, and the footpaths of Victoria and Empire Streets come alive with sound and activity. There will be music from Rowdy’s Rose, Brad Hunter, Riverside Ukes, Mosaic Choir, a fabulous programme of Blues at Rouge Café, and much more. There will be dance from the local dance groups. For the children, there will be face painters, ‘have a go’ activities, and photo opportunities with roaming stilt walkers and street performers. Don’t miss the Art Attack Exhibition, Photo Exhibition and Rewind band at the Town Hall. Art Attack is the Cambridge Community Arts Council’s wonderful exhibition of ceramics, painting and pottery. In the Photo Exhibition see the top entries in this year’s Cambridge Autumn Festival Photo Competition themed ‘A hard day’s work’ and vote for your favourite photo. Details of where each of the acts will be performed will be in this newspaper today. In between performances, check out the annual Autumn Art Market. Watch artists at work – see them painting at their easels, wood turners in action, glassware to jewellery, photography to pottery.

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Waipā missed out on its Friday Balloons over Waikato show but Goodwood School did get a visit last week.

Pilot Darryn Redshaw brought his Blueprint and Cloud Hopper balloons to the school to support student and Little Heart Kid George Paki.

George is an ambassador for the Heart Foundation and has had a series of heart surgeries and procedures.

George, his mum Elaine and Goodwood School Deputy Principal Marsha Copping were taken on a short flight over the school and Redshaw answered students’ questions about ballooning and the Balloons over Waikato festival. The Heart Foundation is observing Little Heart Day tomorrow. For more details go to cambridgenews.nz

• Photographer Brian Holden snapped this shot below at Hamilton’s Innes Common.

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Nine Waipā players are among the 27 named in the Chiefs under 20 rugby squad playing in the Super Rugby tournament playing in Taupō this week.

Five are from Te Awamutu Sports – hooker Sean Ralph, loose forward Malachi Wrampling, outside back Cody Nordstrom, loose/lock forward Tai Cribb and loose head prop Manahi Goulton.

Selectors’ eyes were on Nordstrom who made his senior debut as a 17-year-old.

Famously in one match he scored four tries against Hamilton Old Boys. A product of Hamilton Boys’ High School, winners of the last eight National Condor Sevens titles, he was picked in the New Zealand Under 20s squad that won the Oceania Championship last year.

The other four Waipā Chiefs players are from Hautapu Sports – winger Waisake Salabiau, flanker Andrew Smith, loose forward Jonty Shorty and number eight Senita Lauaki.

The team lost its first match at Owen Delaney Park on Sunday against the Highlanders.

The tournament, which wraps up on Saturday, presents an opportunity for national selectors to assess the country’s best merging talent ahead of the World Rugby Under-20 Championships and Trophy competitions in South Africa and Kenya later this year.

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Alanna Rawson has smashed a series of swimming record at the Waikato intermediate school championships.

The 12-year-old year eight student broke three records –including one dating back to 1983.

He efforts helps her school win the event shield which had been held by Hamilton’s Berkley Intermediate.

The Maeroa Jubilee Shield has been contested since the 1979 – the 25th year of Queen Elizabeth’s reign.

Anna’s record haul included beating the 50 metre freestyle mark set in 2018 by Savannah Bourke, the 100 metre

freestyle time set by C Rukuwai in 1983 and the 50 metre butterfly record held since 2016 by K Heaslip. The meet was held at Hamilton

Waterword in Te Rapa last week. Swimming Waikato’s junior championships will be held on Saturday and Sunday at the same venue.

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Walker’s BMX crown

Waipā riders were to the fore at last weekend’s national BMX champs in Tauranga.

Cambridge’s Leila Walker and North Harbour’s Rico Bearman claimed the overall elite honours – both also had under-23 Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) World Cup wins in Colombia last year.

Bearman got the jump from the gate in the final to dominate from Cambridge rider Rico D’Anvers, who claimed the under-23 title, with Te Awamutu’s Cole McOnie third.

North Canterbury’s Liam Goodwin was third in the elite class and fourth overall, with Cambridge rider Bennett Greenough runner-up to D’Anvers in the under-23 class.

Walker, from the Cambridge club, was equally emphatic in winning both heats and the final.

The 18-year-old was only allowed to

claim the junior women national title, but elites, juniors and under-23 riders all raced together where the Cambridge rider was the Rotorua’s Megan Williams finished second to Walker in both heats and the final, producing a strong display to claim the national elite honours, with Brooke Penny from Te Awamutu club third overall and runner-up in junior women.

Fellow Te Awamutu club rider Baylee Luttrell finished fourth overall after a crash in the final heat, but still claimed the under-23 national title, while Hamilton’s Caitlin Georgantas was runner-up in the elite

The next stop is the UCI Oceania Championships to be staged at the international Te Papa o Te Kauri BMX track in Rotorua on 15-16 April.

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120 Scott Street, Leamington

4 2 1

- The flowing floor plan offers four sun-filled bedrooms, a generous living space and open plan kitchen/ dining.

- Updates include carpet, aluminum joinery, kitchen, lighting & blinds.

Open Home Sunday 1.00 - 1.30pm

Grand, Spacious and Secluded

Deadline Sale

65 Swayne Road, Cambridge 5 3 3

- …And yet so central! Nestled up a tree-lined driveway and set on large, beautifully maintained grounds, this prestigious fivebedroom plus office executive home has the all the space a family could ask for.

Open Homes Saturday & Sunday 3.00 - 3.30pm

Karapiro 364 Karapiro Road

This property is only 8 months old and is situated on a spacious 3096 m2 section.

Tamahere 396A Bruntwood Road

3 2 2 2

clad home has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a gorgeous sunny aspect over much of the property and is all set for quality family living. Call Kevin or Mark today to arrange your viewing!

Kevin Deane M 021 970 902

Mark Ingram M 027 495 5941

For Sale Deadline Treaty Thursday 20 April 2023, 12:00pm

Unless sold prior View by appointment or scheduled open home times www.harcourts.co.nz/CB4032

ANNUAL PYJAMA DONATION DRIVE

Giving back to the community we are a part of, has always been a core focus of Cambridge Real Estate. The past three years we have championed a winter pyjama donation drive to support the incredible work Kids in Need Waikato do and we are excited to be running this campaign again in 2023!

As a local charity, the Kids in Need Waikato team work tirelessly to create care-packs of necessary and sentimental items for children who are removed from their homes and placed into foster care – often with only the clothes on their backs

As we transition into winter, one item that is sure to bring some comfort to these vulnerable children is a pair of brand-new pyjamas!

Once again, our office will be the collection point for our community’s generous donations We are accepting brand new pyjamas in all sizes, from infants to teens from 27th March until the 28th April Plus:

FOR EVERY SECOND PAIR RECEIVED, CAMBRIDGE REAL ESTATE WILL DONATE ANOTHER PAIR!

Last year the community and Cambridge Real Estate collected and donated an incredible 453 pairs to this incredible organisation We look forward to another fantastic campaign this year!

PRICE REDUCTION

FINAL NOTICE

SECURITY DOORS AND

LUKIN, Ivor – Passed away peacefully on Monday 20 March 2023 in his 90th year. Much loved and loving husband of Beverley for nearly 65 years. Loved father of Jeff and Lance, and respected father-inlaw of Andrea, Louise and Heather. Adored grandad of Olivia, Maddison, Zachary, Alex, Georgia and Aimee, and great-grandad of Levi. A service to celebrate Ivor’s life will be held at the Salvation Army, 27 Williamson Street, Cambridge on Friday 24 March at 1:00pm. In lieu of flowers please make a donation to the Salvation Army Cambridge in Ivor’s memory.

Family Notices

• Engagements

• Weddings

• Births

• Anniversaries

• Bereavements

• In

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

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 volt & 12 volt lighting, fire extinguisher, excellent storage, beautiful condition. Why would you pay $90,000 or more for a comparable new van when you could have all this for $50,000.

Cambridge telephone 07 823 3576

WAIPA DISTRICT COUNCIL MEETING NOTICES

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

SITUATIONS VACANT

CAROLE HUGHES KIRSTEN

19 Queen St, Cambridge 021401951

MCINTOSH

6 Williams St, Cambridge 0279238560

APRIL 1 & 2 10AM - 3.30PM

Deadline Ahead

SEEKING FULL TIME (WEEKDAYS) EXPERIENCED ALL-ROUNDER: GARDENER, FARM HAND WITH A POSITIVE “CAN DO” ATTITUDE TO JOIN OUR TAMAHERE TEAM: 39-ACRE LIFESTYLE BLOCK WITH A FEW ANIMALS

• Farm implement work, operation and maintenance.

• Upkeep of all gardens

To be successful, you will have:

• Full NZ driver’s license

Previous experience as a gardener/ general farm hand would be advantageous

A great work ethic, reliable and able to follow instruction

You will receive a well-paid contract rate

Send your CV to: wairua182@gmail.com

PUBLIC NOTICES

Resource Consent Application

Waikato Regional Council has received a resource consent application as follows:

APPLICANT’S NAME: Waipa District Council

NATURE OF APPLICATION:

Reference Id Activity Description

AUTH145312.01.01 To discharge treated wastewater to land and water.

AUTH145312.02.01 Discharge to Air.

AUTH145312.03.01 To discharge seepage to land.

AUTH145312.04.01

AUTH145312.05.01

To construct, use and maintain a discharge structure on the bank and bed of the Waikato River, including associated discharge of cleanfill.

To undertake activities in, on, under or over the bed of the Waikato River, spring one and surrounding wetland for the purposes of constructing a discharge structure.

AUTH145312.06.01 To dam, divert and take water associated with the construction of a coffer dam.

LOCATION: Cambridge Wastewater Treatment Plant, 25A Matos Segedin Drive, Leamington, Cambridge.

This application includes an assessment of environmental effects. Please contact Amy King (0800 800 402), if you have any questions about this application.

Any person may make a submission on the above application, but a person who is a trade competitor of the applicant may do so only if that person is directly affected by an effect of the activity to which the application relates that

(a) Adversely affects the environment; and

(b) Does not relate to trade competition or the effects of trade competition.

You may make a submission by sending a written submission to Waikato Regional Council, Private Bag 3038, Waikato Mail Centre, Hamilton 3240 or electronically to RCsubmissions@waikatoregion.govt.nz.

The submission must be on form 13. Copies of this Submission on consent application form are available from Waikato Regional Council or our website: www.waikatoregion.govt.nz/other-consentforms

This Resource Consent Application Notice was first published in The Waikato Times on Friday 17th March 2023. Submissions close: Monday 17th April 2023.

This application can be viewed online via https://www.waikatoregion.govt.nz/app145312 or at our Hamilton Office, 160 Ward Street, Hamilton.

You must serve a submission on Waipa District Council whose address for service is CambridgeWWTPSubmissions@waipadc.govt.nz or Private Bag 2402, Te Awamutu 3840, as soon as reasonably practicable after serving your submission on Waikato Regional Council.

CDA McLay Chief Executive

Section 101, Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

PUBLIC NOTICE

Of an application for On Licence

Miller and Rowe Limited, 3384 Cambridge Rd, RD3 Cambridge, has made application to the Waipa District Licensing Committee for the issue of a on-licence in respect of the premises at 1242 Kaipaki Rd, RD3 Cambridge known as The Lily Pad Cafe.

The general nature of the business to be conducted under the licence is restaurant. The days on which and the hours during which alcohol is sold under the licence are: Inside premises, Monday to Sunday from 8am to 5pm and 5.30pm to 12.00 midnight; outdoor area, Monday to Sunday from 8am to 5pm and 5.30pm to 10pm.

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 second publication of this notice. This notice was first published on March 16, 2023

OPEN HOMES

$349

Clean up with ease

An efficient hand held leaf blower that combines high blowing power with user friendliness.

H 122HD45

122HD45

21.7 cc - 45 cm Bar/28 mm Teeth Opening - 4.7 kg

21.7 cc - 45 cm Bar/28 mm Teeth Opening - 4.7 kg

122HD45

The ideal hedge trimmer for home use. Light weight, low noise and easy to use with Smart Start® technology.

$629

27.6

The ideal hedge trimmer for home use. Light weight, low noise and easy to use with Smart Start® technology.

21.7 cc - 45 cm Bar/28 mm Teeth Opening - 4.7 kg

The ideal hedge trimmer for home use. Light weight, low noise and easy to use with Smart Start® technology.

Ideal for a quick clean up around the house. Includes vac kit.

28.0 cc - 0.8 kW - 76 m/s - 4.35 kg

Low weight, high power and easy to use. Ideal for a quick clean up around the house.

$479

H 122HD60

H 122HD60

21.7 cc - 59 cm Bar/28 mm Teeth Opening - 4.9 kg

21.7 cc - 59 cm Bar/28 mm Teeth Opening - 4.9 kg

H 122HD60

21.7 cc - 59 cm Bar/28 mm Teeth Opening - 4.9 kg

Low noise, lightweight hedge trimmer with adjustable rear handle and Smart Start® technology.

Low noise, lightweight hedge trimmer with adjustable rear handle and Smart Start® technology.

Low noise, lightweight hedge trimmer with adjustable rear handle and Smart Start® technology.

699

Multi-purpose tool for homeowners with a powerful, yet easy to start engine and intuitive controls. Supplied standard with the trimmer attachment, this machine can be easily equipped with a number of optional attachments.

Multi-purpose tool for homeowners with a powerful, yet easy to start engine and intuitive controls. Supplied standard with the trimmer attachment, this machine can be easily equipped with a number of optional attachments.

Protective Boots

Protective Boots

High quality leather, all-weather protective boots providing comfort and durability, with composite toe cap for maximum protection. Certified to: EN ISO High

Classic Jacket Made from high-quality polyester/ cotton twill. Sizes: S to XXL.

High quality leather, all-weather protective boots providing comfort and durability, with composite toe cap for maximum protection. Certified to: EN ISO 20345, S3, SRC, RO.

Eye Protection

X-series feature scratch resistant lenses with extendable frames and angle adjustable lenses. Available in

X-series feature scratch resistant lenses

Jacket