Cambridge News | April 27, 2023

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When Shaane Fulton saw little Ava struggling in the kids’ race at the Cambridge Cycling Festival this week, the New Zealand track cycling team member took the little one under her expert wing. Fulton was one of several kiwi cycling stars who turned out to help the children get around the

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Ava on her bike complete with trainer wheels.

Victoria Street course and who then competed later in the day.

More than 500 children cycled across three age grades while another 80-100 competed in criterium races.

The festival started after the Cycling World Cup Competition was held at the Velodrome in 2015 and is held on Anzac Day every year, only

interrupted by Covid for two years.

It was another busy Anzac Day in the town starting with the Dawn Service – with the Red Poppies hot air balloon featuring – followed by the Commemorative Service in the Town Hall at 9am.

The streets remained closed for the cycling festival which wrapped up in the late afternoon. • More photos cambridgenews.nz

Mark Hanlon celebrated at the Waipā Networks Business Awards - see pages 12 and 13.

Karen Payne tells us why Mary Murphy was such a character on Page 14.

A new Cambridge suburb is given a name from the past. Read about it on page 3

Florence Shearman QSM was at the Cambridge Anzac ceremony – see pages 6, 7, 35.

way: New Zealand track cycling star Shaane Fulton with

Photo: Mary Anne Gill

Mary Anne Gill

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Chestnuts removed

By Mary Anne Gill

Cambridge lost two chestnut trees last week from between the Thomas Wells Memorial Gates at the entrance to The Domain.

The trees – a horse chestnut and a sweet chestnut – both died during the summer.

Neither tree came into leaf and council arborists suspect a series of long hot summers took their toll.

Replacement trees will be planted in autumn or winter when they have a better chance of surviving.

The species have not been selected but they will be largegrowing trees to provide shade and match other trees in the area.

Treescape, council’s contractors, mulched some of the wood for garden chip to be used in council gardens and parks. The rest will be used for firewood.

Meanwhile council has confirmed there was little useable wood from five trees poisoned five years ago near the Lakewood development. Three totara, a cryptomeria and a cedar were all felled and the culprits never found.

Aiming for a clean sweep

When this column goes to print, Anzac day will have already been celebrated in time honoured tradition at dawn and civic ceremonies across Waipā. I am proud that I will have again represented Cambridge Police, marching along with other services. We remember those who sacrificed themselves for the lives of others. A true community spirit.

In local news, the male arrested after a recent search warrant will be reappearing in court in July, now facing a total of three charges of burglary, four of theft, one of possessing cannabis and one of possessing utensils for methamphetamine.

As I continue to say, making one arrest can often solve several crimes, so the more help you give us by way of calls to 111, CCTV footage and general information, the better.

We have also had a good response to our call for owners of the stolen property we

recovered in the search warrant. What it has also highlighted however is that despite our best efforts, the message to report crime is still not being heard. Three separate parties nominated one of the mountain bikes as their own stolen item, however I am told that none of them had reported the theft of their bicycle previously. I am unsure of any reason not to report thefts, except perhaps where you were uncertain whether an item was lost or stolen - but even then, reporting the item as lost still enables it to be identified and returned when located. Whether it’s a retail shop theft, a burglary, a theft of an item left at the park, or anything else criminal, report, report, report immediately!

Last week the Waikato West Police Prevention Team of which I am a part, carried out two separate search warrants in relation to a burglary and assault. While enquiries continue for the burglary progress

was made. The latter saw a male arrested. He was already wanted due to having previously failed to appear in court and now faces an additional charge in connection with an unprovoked assault at Lake Te Ko Utu. Good outcomes.

In upcoming events, I look forward to meeting Whitehall residents at the next Neighbourhood Support community meeting today (Thursday) at the Whitehall Community Hall. This follows on from a recent meeting at Fencourt Hall. I thank all who give time out of their evening to come along to these meetings, to listen to our crime prevention information and take up the opportunity to connect with Police around their own queries and concerns. Have a great week and be sure to report any crim.!

The Waipā district parks and reserve team spent Monday tidying up the Cenotaph and Town Hall gardens in Cambridge ready for Anzac Day. Pictured were, back row, from left, Jim Cooper, Paul Wootton, Jo Chambers, Jade Wilson, John Swafford, Ali Ferguson and Frank Verhoeven, front Darrian Gedge and Phill Gumbley.

Council contractors Treescape remove the last of the two chestnut trees from the Cambridge Domain.

Photo: Mary Anne Gill

The return of Arikirua

Centenary celebrated

Past and present residents and friends gathered in Monavale Hall recently to celebrate its belated 100th birthday. The hall was upgraded for the occasion with an extra toilet installed, interior painting and a large French door on the eastern side. The hall opened in June 1922 at a cost of £150.

Eltje wins bronze

Cambridge paracyclist Eltje

Malzbender won two bronze medals – in the women’s T1 time trial and road race – at the Italian Para Cycling World Cup in Maniago. The trike rider completed the road race in 1:06:17.

Grants made Cambridge Community Board allocated its discretionary grants last week. Successful recipients were: Brain Injury Waikato Inc $1500, Cambridge Chamber of Commerce $526.80, Cambridge Community Garden $813.92, Cambridge Cycling Festival Inc $1000, Cambridge Repertory Society Inc $2350, Cambridge Safer Community Charitable Trust $9000, Citizens Advice Bureau Cambridge Inc $660, Ko Wai Au Trust $2000, Leamington Croquet Club Inc $1500, St Andrew’s Church $499, St John Cambridge Area Committee $3855, The Rotary Club of Cambridge Charitable Trust $1519.35, Waikato Rowing Club Inc $1500.

New playground

Kihikihi’s newest playground will be celebrated with a formal opening on Saturday. Work to transform John Rochfort Park on the corner of Hall and Bryce Streets began in February this year. In the past year Waipā District Council has updated a portion at Pioneer Park in Te Awamutu, the Lake Te Koo Utu senior playground in Cambridge new Centennial Park parkour and skatepark and playground in Te Awamutu and upgraded the skatepark in Cambridge.

By Mary Anne Gill

Ngāti Koroki Kahukura and Ngāti Hauā have gifted the name Arikirua for Cambridge’s newest suburb.

In a dawn ceremony on Monday, mana whenua spokesperson Karaitiana Tamatea said the name was not a new one, but it would bring it “back to life again” after more than a century.

Arikirua was a large Ngāti Koroki Kahukura and Ngāti Hauā pā site on the banks of Waikato River. It was at the centre of a major agricultural region and the hub of trading activity.

It was there manu whenua affirmed their support for Kingitanga. The land was confiscated in the 1860s and the first European owner was John Arnold, a member of the Third Waikato Militia.

The history of the site appears on two sign boards midway between the Gaslight Theatre and Velodrome on the Te Awa River Ride.

Arikirua is a joint venture between St Peter’s School and 3Ms developers on 32ha of what was part of the school’s 170ha farm.

Tamatea noted the wind was up, the birds were singing and through the clouds you could catch a glimpse of Maungatautari in the distance making the gifting ceremony an “auspicious occasion”.

Waikato River – the awa – was tūpuna’s (ancestor) equivalent of state highway one and was a logical place for pa sites. Arikirua was well known for its gardening and food crops, he said.

Bringing the name through into St Peter’s which provided food of knowledge was “walking the talk.”

“Arikirua reinstates the mana of the whenua and both iwi trusts support the gifting of the

name,” he said.

Tamatea revealed a similar name and theme had been suggested for the new primary school currently under construction across the road from the Te Awa Retirement Village.

St Peter’s Trust Board chair John MacaskillSmith said the school valued the connection with manu whenua.

“For us, having a gifted name for this subdivision is just the beginning. We look forward to building a close relationship with mana

whenua to help us bring the meaning of Arikirua to life by sharing more stories about the land and connection from the past, to the present and into the future,” he said in a statement.

Proceeds from the Arikirua subdivision sales will go into the school’s Endowment Fund to develop the school’s facilities and provide scholarships and grants.

The first of the sections will be available for sale late next year.

Siteworks are already underway.

Funerals has changed its name, but we’re still us.

St Peter’s School Māori teacher Karehana (Carlson) Wirihana, John Macaskill-Smith (St Peter’s School chair), Puhi King, Karaitiana Tamatea (Waikato University associate dean of Māori), Rev Haki Wirihana and Marcus Blackburn (St Peter’s School head of school). Photo: Mary Anne Gill.

The two signs at the site of the Arikirua Pā which outlines the history and how the pā looked in its heydays.

Photo: Mary Anne Gill.

Four chase Māori seat

By Roy Pilott

The second election for a Māori ward member on the Waipā District Council will be at least a four-way race.

As this edition went to press Barney Manaia, Gaylene Roberts, Dale-Maree Morgan and Bill Harris had put their pōtae – and $200 - into the ring.

Nominations close at noon today – Thursday – and voting papers will be posted to people on the Māori electoral roll on June 1.

Voting will run to June 23.

The seat available was vacated in mid-March by Takena Stirling moments after The News learned he had been suspended by the Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal of the New Zealand Law Society.

Mayor Susan O’Regan subsequently announced the appointment of mana whenua representatives on four council committee had been put on hold until after the election.

Stirling was a clear winner in the elections last October, getting 309 votes and beating Gaylene Roberts and Bill Harris.

Voting numbers around the country were uninspiring, though Waipā’s total turnout was on a par with three years earlier – but the turnout for the Māori was, 566, was well shy of the numbers who voted in any of the other wards.

That’s likely to encourage the four candidates to look for more voters this time.

All four candidates have extensive links to Waipā and Māori organisations.

Barney Manaia has a strong background in the NZEI and Combined Trade Union, the Apakura runanga and Maniapoto Trust Board, while environmentalist Dale Morgan has been a spokesperson for Don’t Burn Waipā – a group formed to oppose a resource consent for a rubbish-burning energy plant in Te Awamutu.

French connection

A delegation from Waipā was in Auckland this week to hear more about new links with Cambridge’s sister city Le Quesnoy.

Weta Workshop will open an exhibition in the town which was liberated at the end of World War I by New Zealand soldiers seven days before the Armistice. The town, near the Belgian border, had been occupied by the Germans at the start of the war.

The timing this week was no coincidence - Anzac Day is marked with a procession through Le Quesnoy. The announcement

was made by the New Zealand Memorial Museum Trust and Wētā and the exhibition is expected to open on Anzac Day 2024. The exhibition will be housed in the Le Quesnoy Living Museum, which is an 1890s mansion in the centre of the town.

This week’s presentation in Auckland featured Weta Workshop senior creative director Andrew Thomas and live from Le Quesnoy, its mayor Marie-Sophie Lesne. The Weta exhibition will feature giant sized models similar to those at Te Papa.

Le Quesnoy links: From left, Mayor Susan O’Regan, New Zealand Memorial Museum Trust chair Sir Don McKinnon, deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk and Cambridge Community Board chair Jo Davies-Colley.

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Barney Manaia

Bill Harris

Gaylene Roberts

Dale-Maree Morgan

War’s impact recounted

By Viv Posselt

Cambridge Resthaven residents marked Anzac Day on Monday with a service at their village centre in Vogel St.

The service was conducted by Cambridge RSA’s Brigadier Jon Broadley MBE, and was attended by several men wearing service medals, among them 102-year-old Les Winslade QSM, and his son-in-law Wolf Hucke.

Wolf is married to Alison Hucke who looks after Resthaven’s community garden – all three live at Cambridge Resthaven village.

Speaking to the importance of remembering those who have died in wars

around the globe, and others who serve today in both combat and peace-keeping roles, Jon said that by the end of World War 1 in 1918, almost 17,000 New Zealand service personnel – 94 of them from Cambridge –never returned.

“It has been estimated that about one in every three New Zealanders at the time were closely linked to the death of someone serving in the war,” he said. “More than 40,000 New Zealanders were wounded, and while they lived to come home, the war stayed with them for the rest of their lives.”

The impact of such loss or injury had

“united us as a people in shock and grief”.

He said 61,500 people have joined the ranks of New Zealand veterans since 1990,

and several hundred NZ Defence Force personnel are currently serving, in training or about to deploy, in multiple environments around the world.

“All these people and their families also carry the burden of separation experienced by past generations, and as in the past we,

as a defence force and a community, need to support them all and acknowledge them.”

Assisting him in the service was Lieutenant Commander RNZN (ret) Dr Paul Murphy, and Cambridge RSA bugler Staff Sergeant (ret) Doug Rose, who played The Last Post.

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102-year-old Les Winslade QSM, and his son-in-law Wolf Hucke, share a cup of tea at the service on Monday. Over Les’ shoulder is the Cambridge RSA bugler, Staff Sergeant (retired) Doug Rose.

Remembering Anzacs: Mary Haslam, 3, with a photo of her great, great, great grandfather Harry Steffert, who served in WW1 with his brother Neville, who died in France. Looking on are mother Olivia Haslam, grandmother Jacquie Steffert and dogs Bella, left and Lottie.

Photo: Mary Anne Gill.

Church full for Anzac service

By Viv Posselt

About 20 motorcyclists and their partners joined residents, RSA members and the clergy at Pukeatua War Memorial Church on Sunday for the 2023 Anzac memorial service.

The church is one of just two in New Zealand built as a memorial to service personnel lost in World War I and II. The other is at Tutira, north of Napier, and both have historic building covenants over them.

For the past few years, members of the Hauraki Chapter of the Patriots Defence Force Motorcycle Club have travelled from around the central North Island to attend the annual Anzac service at Pukeatua War Memorial Church.

Mike Neville, the Patriots’

spokesman on Sunday, said club members had come from as far afield as Rotorua, Tauranga and Hamilton for this year’s service, most of them meeting up in Putaruru before riding on to the church.

“We’re all ex or current servicemen and we’ve lost a few of our own over the years. Our club shares an affinity with those who were lost in the wars, so we’ll keep coming here to pay our respects,” he said. “We have also contributed towards this church over time, helping them with a lead-light window and a brass plaque.”

The service was conducted by Te Awamutu RSA padre, Rev Murray Olson, assisted by lay minister Kathie Claypole.

Rev Olson paid tribute to those “who went overseas to

fight for freedom and who never returned”, and to those whose lives and communities were forever changed by the experience. He also acknowledged the men and women involved in areas of conflict subsequent to the world wars, and those serving today.

“Each year the poppy reminds us to remember those men and women who gave up so much in World War One, and in many wars since, especially those who made the ultimate sacrifice. It should remind us to pray for world peace, so that war becomes outdated.”

After the service, several wreaths were laid at the cenotaph, around which four members of the Te Awamutu Community Cadet Unit stood guard.

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played on the bagpipes by Te Kuiti and Districts Pipe Band member, Craig Wards, and those attending laid sprigs of rosemary at the cenotaph.

Margaret Main places the wreath from Pukeatua War Memorial Church.

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A what-if situation

By Janine Krippner

If disaster struck, what would you take with you?

As part of my preparation to go to the Canary Islands in a few months to work in an area that was decimated by lava flows in late 2021, I am sitting here watching interviews of those who were there.

People received very little notice before they had to pack what they could and leave their homes and neighbourhood behind. Some lost their homes quickly; others had an agonising wait to see if the lava flows would claim theirs too.

The lava flows in La Palma average 12 metres thick, reaching 70 metres in the centre.

The hottest measured lava temperature during the eruption was 1140 degrees, it will take years to cool. Over 1300 homes gone, plus around 1500 other buildings and almost 1000 hectares of plantations and farmland. Around 8000 people were evacuated. Residents speak of how unsettling the roar of the volcano was over the 85-day-long eruption.

Over the years I have heard people describe what it is like having just moments to evacuate, looking around their home trying to decide what to take.

I pack for travel a lot. On my phone is a checklist of things to put in my bag so that I don’t forget anything, perhaps this is something we could all do for emergency situations too.

As we have seen, we do have extreme weather events in New Zealand, we do have flooding, we do have significant earthquakes, and we do have fires. All that fun stuff that we don’t want to think about when it’s not impending... What should you have on your list?

Old photographs (before everything was on our phones), important documents like birth certificates, medications for your family - pets included, sentimental things that have been passed down to you, mementos that you wouldn’t want to lose?

We often describe how devastating an event is by the death toll, but there is much more lost than human life.

We only have to look at Cyclone Gabrielle footage, where within many homes the total damage is heart-breaking, as well as in businesses and farms. If the time comes, you deserve to have with you the physical things most special to you. Get out your phone or paper and write down those things, put it somewhere you can easily grab if you are ever in a situation where you need to pack and run.

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Zero rubbish – it’s all DIY

By Gabriel Bowen

Over 9000 students, three rubbish bins

It is hard enough as a parent to get your child to recycle, well try over 9000 secondary school students to do it over a week’s long rowing competition.

Then do it again for successive national and international events.

That was the job completed by volunteers led by the

manager of Lake Karāpiro –and Waipā’s deputy mayor - Liz Stolwyk.

After years of trialling with different ways as well as spending money on skip bins, she believes she may have come up with a formula that “makes so much sense” and will not only be used for future events at the lake but also be incorporated into events around New Zealand known as the “Zero Waste Plan”.

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It has been trialled at the North Island and Maadi Cup secondary school rowing competitions, then again at the two Dragon Boat festivals at Karāpiro.

The Zero Waste Plan centres on a “Sort yourself Station”, a regular drop zone. At Maadi all schools used it from 2-6pm each day. Students sorted their recycled material as well as general rubbish gathered over the day and placed it in marked bin.

The station was manned by volunteers to ensure the users got it right.

At the same time, while Karāpiro was packed for Maadi there were just three public rubbish bins on the entire site – so just as the students were adjusting, so too were the adults.

Stolwyk says she has been working for 18 years to come up with the right solution to rubbish and recycling, and after events in recent weeks, believes she is well on course, Succeed, she says, and it will be her greatest triumph as manager of the site. Additional reporting –Roy

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Liz Stolwyk at the Sort Yourself Section during the Maadi Cup

Double trouble: The support crew for Pink Challengers Malaysia team included twins. Meet Wan Ling Chin, left, and Wan Fang Chin.

Farmer John Hayward, left, and National Party leader Christopher Luxon caught up for a chat. Hayward, husband of Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan, often gets mistaken for Luxon.

The two Mary Annes – The News’ senior reporter Mary Anne Gill met Pink Crusaders, Canada crew member Mary Anne Sitek.

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Coming up roses

By Mary Anne Gill

Rose Town is likely to remain the brand name for Te Awamutu after 60 per cent of the people surveyed said it was still a relevant tag line for the town.

But the ‘Who are we Te Awamutu’ survey reveals a lack of knowledge about the town’s history and culture with 41 per cent saying they had no idea what the town’s name means.

And 55 per cent did not know Waikato’s oldest surviving building is Te Awamutu’s Old St John’s Church and that it was built by Māori and pakeha in 1853.

The results were tabled at last night’s Te Awamutu and Kihikihi Community Board –after The News went to press.

A working group comprising board chair Ange Holt, deputy chair Kane Titchener, Chamber of Commerce chief executive Shane Walsh, Ngāti Apakura Runanga Trust chair Bill Harris and Te Awamutu Museum Trust chair Dean Taylor have reviewed the results and made recommendations.

They include retaining Rose Town, reestablishing a heritage trail and developing an iwi-driven master plan to acknowledge and treasure Te Awamutu’s Māori stories.

Just over 700 people responded to the survey – 69 per cent were female, 13 per cent were Māori and over two thirds were from Te Awamutu.

More than 20 per cent were over 65 and 19 per cent under 18. Over a third felt not enough was done to celebrate and highlight Te Awamutu’s history, 41 per cent said Māori history was acknowledged and celebrated and nearly half said the town’s identity as a farming town was not showcased enough.

An analysis of the survey included in the board agenda noted there was very poor

awareness of Te Awamutu history.

Only 59 per cent knew the meaning of the name Te Awamutu which refers to the end of possible canoe navigation of the Mangaohoi Stream due to snags – literally the end of the river.

While 402 people (60 per cent) of those who answered the question wanted the Rose Town moniker to remain – with another 83 people not caring – only 373 people knew anything about the Rose Gardens which led to the name’s adoption in 1969.

Elsewhere in the results, respondents gave Te Awamutu’s main shopping centre a poor rating saying there needed to be more planting, seating and gardens, improved car parking, better shops, more art sculpture and rid the main streets of trucks.

The survey respondents thought the town’s entrances needed replacing and enhancing.

Asked what Te Awamutu’s main claim to fame was, roses garnered more than half the votes with rural/farming second on 22 per cent.

The Finn brothers – Tim and Neil who went on to become Split Enz and Crowded House – attracted 14 per cent of the vote.

Te Awamutu’s population in June last year was 13,550 making it Waikato’s fifthlargest urban area behind Hamilton, Taupō, Cambridge and Tokoroa.

The population of its Waipā sister town Cambridge – known as the Town of Trees –was 21,600 just under a year ago.

But not surprisingly, nearly two thirds of survey respondents said Te Awamutu was the most liveable town in the Waikato with Cambridge second on 24 per cent and Kihikihi third on seven per cent. A third live in Te Awamutu because they were born there or because of family and friends.

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Business on the up in Waipā

Waipā businesses have been give a big tick of approval from the one of two head judges of their major awards.

When the business community gathered last Friday at Mystery Creek for the Waipā Networks

Business Awards night – back after a Covid enforced absence – Howard Davey from the Waikato University’s business management school was fulsome in praise.

He spoke of the innovation, adaptation to

technology and attention to detail shown by entrants, the strategic thinking, the nurturing of workers and investment in staff and successful client relationships.

The quality was high –“better than before” – it was

diverse, and a privilege to judge, he told an audience of 350.

Davey’s judging team selected Waipā recycling company Treadlite as the winner of its major award. The company based in Carter’s Flat, Cambridge,

has become a national leader in recycling tyres.

The audience heard that the business applies “the rethink philosophy of the waste hierarchy” by stopping waste before it’s created and turning waste into usable productsspecifically used tyres.

Company chief executive Brad Pierce said the company hires and trains marginalised people in the community and “we’ve got a team of rockstars”.

There were also regular visits to the stage for Cambridge Rotary Urban Miners – another organisation which has a proud record of recycling - Squoodles Educational Resources – a one woman operation based in Matangi – and Grinter’s Funeral Home and Rosetown Funeral Home. The Customer Choice awards, sponsored by Good Local Media, publisher of The News, went to Fresh Choice in Te Awamutu and The Smoke Collective Barbecue in Cambridge.

The night also saw a “home win”. New Zealand Fieldays Society chief Peter Nation was on stage at the start welcoming businesses to “our place” – and he later

returned after being named the 2023 Leader of the Year.

There was also a tribute to the late Sir Patrick Hogan from Cambridge Chamber of Commerce board member David Natzke. Hogan was a patron of the chamber and made a life member in 2002.

“Sir Patrick never kept a register of any donations he made and kept a low profile when it came to his philanthropic work… we will never truly know the actual contribution he made through his time, expertise, donations and sponsorship, but there is no doubt that it was significant, and for that, we will always be grateful,” Natzke said.

Cambridge chamber chief Kelly Bouzaid was delighted with “both the diversity and calibre of applications” for the 2023 awards.

“We are in a privileged position to peek into businesses of all ages and stages and see the calibre of leadership, innovation, culture and sustainability,” she said.

“We have seen resilience and robustness within our business community, and we are inspired and proud of the achievements.”

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Overall winners – Treadlite NZ staff, from left, director Blake Richardson, Head of Sales and Marketing Tracy Smith, Operations Manager Richard Upperton, Office Manager and Logistics Tracy Cochrane, chief executive Brad Pierce and director Jo Collins.

Photo: Christine Cornege

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Peter Nation won leader of the year.

Aroha Croft picked up the Cambridge Customer Choice award for The Smoke Collective Barbecue from Good Local editor Roy Pilott.

Jim Goddin, pictured left with Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan, was a double winner for community contribution and small business excellence.

David Natzke presented a tribute to the late Sir Patrick Hogan.

Mark Hanlon celebrates a win for Cambridge Rotary Urban Miners.

Photos: Christine Cornege.

Hail Mary – a woman of controversy

Mary Teresa Murphy chose not to conform to the social norms of Victorian society and so there is little written about her in the history books. But court reports and newspaper clippings from the time bring her to life. Mary was violent when drunk, short tempered, unpredictable, and had no respect for authority.

When she settled in Cambridge in 1875, the town was in the midst of an economic boom. She owned properties and businesses in central Cambridge but her real claim to fame was her appearances before the courts – as either defendant or plaintiff. She loved an audience and treated the court as her stage. She was naturally funny and when she spoke in court, the gallery was always warned against excessive laughter by the court officials.

She was born Mary Cronin in Limerick, Ireland in 1844. Her father was a cattle dealer. At the age of 20, Mary married a local policeman named Terrence O’Connor, and they had a daughter Minnie (Mary Catherine).

Ten years later, Mary married Patrick Desmond Murphy, a local carpenter and on July 11, 1875, the three of them boarded the British Empire and arrived in Auckland on October 7, 1875.

When the family came to Cambridge it was then a place people from all over New Zealand came to

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There was a sharp increase in flourishing businesses, especially in the hospitality industry.

Mary, “a lady of proverbial enterprise”, purchased a house and premises between Alpha, Brewery (now Empire), and Victoria Streets.

The family occupied a house there, Patrick set up a carpenter’s workshop next door, and she opened the Wharekai, a restaurant to cater for Māori who were accommodated in barracks hastily erected on the property where the Cambridge Town Hall now stands.

The first glimpse of Mary’s

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Kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides)

This 20 year-old stand of kahikatea was planted by the Tree Trust near the corner of Maclean and Taylor Streets.

Kahikatea prefers wet swampy ground where it eventually grows large buttress roots entwined with those of adjacent trees, a sort of neighbourhood support group. In days gone by kahikatea dominated the swampy lowlands, pure stands covering much of the Waikato.

Unfortunately, these forests lay in the path of European settlement and farming and were almost obliterated by burning and milling, although small scattered remnants can still be seen

character came in a September 1, 1881, Waikato Times article when she was charged with assaulting Mary Ann Teague by punching her and then striking her with a billhook, after accusing Mrs Teague of poisoning her fowls.

Sergeant McGovern who conducted the prosecution said that Mary, when drunk, was a perfect pest to the neighbourhood. She defended herself by making a long statement on her good character which she said was well known to the police. Sergeant McGovern said the accused had better not go to him for a character reference.

between Cambridge and Te Awamutu.

James Cook and his crew rst encountered kahikatea, when paddling up the Waihou River. He noted in his diary that their tall straight trunks would make excellent spars for ships.

Shortly thereafter Britain became engaged in naval wars with revolutionary America and France, and the demand for timber brought European vessels to Thames, where for a time Maori helped cut and load timber in exchange for iron tools.

However the trade was short-lived because it was found that the logs rotted easily in water. Had Europeans asked local Maori they might have saved themselves some bother. It was known that kahikatea was unsuitable for waka, but the resinous heartwood that remained after the sapwood had rotted away had other uses for Maori. Tied in bundles it made great re torches, and blue and black dyes could be extracted and mixed with oils for tattooing. Also, because the timber has hard and did not crack, it was used to make eel spears, ne-toothed combs, gardening tools and musical instruments. In time Europeans too found uses for the pale, odourless wood, most notably to make boxes for the export of butter and cheese.

Cambridge Tree Trust would like to thank Mitre 10 for their support for these monthly articles which are intended to raise interest and awareness of trees in Cambridge.

Cambridge Museum’s Karen Payne stands next to the grave of Mary Teresa Murphy, a successful Cambridge businesswoman.

Photo: Mary Anne Gill.

Looking up Victoria Street showing the original National Hotel. One of Mary Murphy’s properties can be seen bottom left.

Mary Teresa Murphy was an Irish woman who took the lead in her own business affairs, dealt directly with men and did not categorise herself as anyone’s victim, as Karen Payne from the Cambridge Museum reports.

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Although the assault was shocking, no-one can deny the humour of the exchange in the courtroom between Mary and Sergeant McGovern. This was an introduction to a long-running series of court appearances, in which she was undoubtedly the star, with occasional support from husband Patrick.

As time went by, more and more townsfolk attended her court hearings knowing they were guaranteed a good show, sometimes followed by a minor scuffle with either her accuser or a hapless court official.

The Wharekai was popular, but short-lived. It had a tarred roof and a large oven inside. In 1882, it burned down in mysterious circumstances.

Some thought it was arson; others believed that a fire was left burning in the back of neighbouring butcher Thomas Hoy’s premises; Hoy implied that the occupants of the Wharekai were “in no condition” to manage the heat from their large indoor oven.

In 1883, Patrick’s workshop also burned to the ground. Cambridge had no reliable water supply and therefore no Fire Brigade. Wooden buildings were vulnerable to fire and expensive to insure. The focus was to prevent the fire from spreading rather than trying to preserve buildings that were already alight. As money was plentiful in Cambridge at that time, neither of these setbacks seemed to affect the Murphys.

In the late 1880s, Cambridge suffered an economic downturn. Mary lived off the rent from her properties and also ran a store, selling various goods such as fish, tobacco products, ginger ale, cakes, etc. She never missed an opportunity to make money, whether it was hiring out household furniture and fittings to her tenants or touting her wares in the street on council meeting days.

Every Sunday, she took her dinner at Hewitts at the National Hotel. Men enjoyed her company and would often buy her drinks. Occasionally she lived alone when Patrick was sent off to Mt Eden jail to serve time for various drinking offences.

Her court appearances continued regularly for over 30 years. She died on May 30, 1913, of pneumonia at the age of 69 and is buried in the Hautapu cemetery.

Read more details of Mary Murphy’s court appearances cambridgenews.nz

Tales from the passed

A group of about 30 people attended the Hautapu Cemetery tour on Sunday run by Cambridge Museum and featuring historian and author Lyn Williams.

The Dead Tell Tales event was such a success, the museum is considering other similar activities. Williams discussed 42 headstones and got sidetracked a couple of times as members of the group spied other interesting graves.

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The Dead Tell Tales: Local historian and author Lyn Williams, at right

with microphone, during her Hautapu Cemetery tour attended by about 30 people.

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Ken – a man of firm opinion

By Viv Posselt

Newly-minted centenarian Ken Hanlon is just about as good a plug for clean living as you could find.

The Resthaven Cambridge resident turned 100 this month, and while perhaps less nimble on his feet than in years past, his razor-sharp mind and ready humour leave many far younger folk trailing in his wake.

He puts it down to clean living, good eating “mostly vegetables”, keeping active and being a ‘calm’ sort of a person … helped along by a nightly glass of pinot gris and a daily dose of cod-liver oil.

That ‘calm’ is less evident when talking about politicians.

“Nothing but straw men,” he says, delightfully unconcerned that he should probably switch to “straw people” to align with today’s requirements in terms of political correctness.

Talk of politicians segues to education. Ken sees that as one of the many failings of successive governments and reckons the ‘Tomorrow Schools’ reforms under David Lange were disastrous for New Zealand. Chat moved to how other global educational reforms of the era teased young people away from the notion of failure – he’s not keen on any of it.

“If you tell a country that its students cannot fail at anything,” Ken reckons, “the one sure thing

is that the country will fail. And besides, today’s students should be learning history, geography and general knowledge in far greater depth than they are doing so now.”

Warmongers are another target. Ken trained as a WW2 pilot in New Zealand and Canada, but he doesn’t like to talk about it, save to say: “I regard war as a complete waste of time… a waste of lives”.

Sadly, however, mankind seems hell bent on waging war, he adds, suggesting that the next might come at the hands of the Russians.

Seeing how good Ken is at selling himself, and a lifestyle that included distance running, it comes as no surprise that he had a flair for marketing from a time that likely predates the term as a business staple. “I liked the idea of selling stuff.”

He was born in Napier during the Depression, and clearly remembers being in the school playground at 10.47am on February 3, 1931, when the devastating Hawke’s Bay earthquake hit.

“I remember watching the school coming to pieces … concrete facades just falling to the ground.” Then came the polio epidemic, then the war – those were not easy days.

After leaving school, Ken joined the railways as a cadet, coming in as No. 2461. He asked his manager about the railways

marketing programme. The reply was that they didn’t have one, but if he was worried about his future, he needed only wait until No. 2460 passed on. “I decided to get into another field.”

He joined Shell Oil where he worked for decades, completing an accounting qualification and, unsurprisingly, doing marketing. He travelled around New Zealand and did stints of varying lengths in England, the Netherlands, Australia and Singapore.

With him throughout was his late wife Jill, whom he met when she was working at Shell as a typist. They married in 1952 and raised three sons, but lost their eldest to cancer 10 years ago. The couple moved to Resthaven nine years ago, and Jill died a few months later.

Now, Ken’s days are filled with “very careful consideration of the ceiling”, watching The Chase and listening to the radio. His family fill him with pride.

There’s a secret place in his heart for the congratulatory card he received from Queen Elizabeth 11 when he and Jill marked their 60th wedding anniversary. He’s less enthusiastic about the one he received from King Charles 111, but welcomes the recognition, nonetheless. Did he expect to make his centenary?

“Not a hope… there are so few who do it.”

Centenarian Ken Hanlon with birthday cards received from Britain’s King Charles 111 and his wife Camilla, and the New Zealand Governor General, Dame Cindy Kiro.

A nuclear New Zealand

By Viv Posselt

Nuclear physicist Dr Gavin Wallace describes some approaches to nuclear power as ‘irrational’ and says the radiation that surrounds us most of the time is nowhere near as harmful as many think it is.

Speaking to the Cambridge U3A group, the Scotsborn physicist conceded that some level of fear was ‘understandable’ because radiation cannot be felt, smelled or seen.

“However, it is well researched and well understood. It is handled conservatively, the negative health effects are overstated, and New Zealand makes good use of it,” he said. “And in terms of power generation, it must be an option in a world dealing with global warming. I’m not advocating we should go fully nuclear, but it is not something we should rule out either.”

Dr Wallace, QSM, has more than 50 years’ experience in the field. He retired from the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences after 41 years but still contracts for GNS, touring the country delivering radiation safety courses. Away from nuclear physics, he has notched up 50 years as a volunteer firefighter in his home area of Wainuiomata, where he also heads the community’s historical society.

His talk to the U3A group was on New Zealand’s nuclear-free stance, something he suggested was not founded in fact.

“There is a bit of hypocrisy around Nuclear Free New Zealand. Not many people know, for example, that it is still legal in this country to build a nuclear power station, and

that we make good use of nuclear techniques… in medicine, for example. Small, nuclear power plants will come on stream in the next year or two. Regulatory authorities are controlling nuclear waste… it is very tidy when compared to coal.”

He addressed the nuclear science timeline, walking the audience from the 1885 discovery of x-rays by German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen, through Marie Curie’s discovery of polonium and radium to the pioneering studies of radioactivity and atoms done by New Zealand-born British physicist Ernest Rutherford, who went on to became known as the father of nuclear physics. He won a Nobel Prize for his work and is the only New Zealander to be buried at London’s Westminster Abbey.

Dr Wallace spoke about the realities of ‘nuclear New Zealand’ rather than ‘nuclear free New Zealand’. He said many of the earlier risks associated with it – such as the damage done through pedoscopes found in shoe stores but discontinued in the 1960s, where high doses of radiation were used to show the bones of the feet – had long been overcome.

Concerns about microwave ovens ‘nuking’ food were groundless, he said, and fears about New Zealand’s ‘shaky isles’ geological character over-rated. Investigations into major global nuclear events, such as the 1986 Chernobyl disaster and 2011 Fukushima earthquake and tsunami, implicated other factors.

It is cost-effective and plausible for New Zealand to make use of small modular power plants that have the necessary seismic safeguards, he said.

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The price of ‘least regrets’

If there was a budget blowout of $10 billion in the health or education areas, it would be the subject of intense criticism and recrimination.

There has been a $10 billion blowout in the cost of implementing monetary policy and it has received little attention and almost no criticism.

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand implemented a Large Scale Asset Purchase programme from March 2020 as a response to the economic impacts of Covid. They purchased low interestbearing government securities from banks and increased the banks’ deposit accounts at the Reserve Bank by the same amount.

It was a programme of money creation and it certainly lived up to the ‘large scale’ part of its name. The amount of government securities held by the bank increased from just under $5 billion in March 2020 to almost $52 billion in March 2021.

The banks’ deposit accounts at the Reserve Bank, which had averaged around $7.5 billion over the decade to 2020, peaked at almost $60 billion in January 2023. Not only were huge amounts of liquidity created quickly –but also, they are still in the system today

despite the surge in inflation.

Since 2020, many interest rates have shot up because of the Reserve Bank’s monetary policy tightening. The Reserve Bank pays the banks the Official Cash Rate on the banks’ deposits with it.

It was only 0.25% in 2020 when the programme started but is now 5.25%. However, the interest rates on the government securities the Reserve Bank bought from the banks haven’t risen. That’s why the programme’s cost is currently $10.5 billion - and will go higher if the Reserve Bank increases the OCR again on 24 May.

Could the Reserve Bank have anticipated that its programme was going to be costly for the government?

Absolutely. They must have thought that their low-interest rate and money creation policies were going to support and raise economic activity, or they shouldn’t have implemented them in the first place.

They must have known that as economic activity increased, they would need to move interest rates back to a more neutral level from their unprecedented low level. Given this, the ‘least regrets’ policy should have been to inject liquidity relatively slowly and to

By Peter Nicholl

turn off the money creation tap as soon as the first signs of rising inflation appeared.

The Reserve Bank did neither. They pumped in huge amounts of liquidity quickly and a lot of it did nothing more than sit in the banks’ deposit accounts at the bank. They didn’t turn off the tap until late 2022, by which time inflation was already over six per cent.

The programme was helpful in maintaining confidence and economic activity in the face of a pandemic. But it didn’t need to cost the country over $10 billion. The cost is only this high because of poor decisions made by the Reserve Bank.

I wonder if they have any regrets about that today. From their public statements, it doesn’t seem they do. But the taxpayers, who are going to have to meet the bill, certainly should have regrets. Imagine the useful ways in which that $10.5 billion could be used if it wasn’t being used to prop up banks’ profits. It could have been spent on things like education or health or government debt could be reduced substantially.

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Practices display priorities

While conversing with an older couple, the wife described how she did not share in the slightest, her husband’s enthusiastic, avid passion for golf. She described earlier years in their marriage where she felt abandoned- a ‘golf widow’ - was the term used.

Time and effective communication had resolved those difficulties. Now she happily releases him to enjoy his recreational outlet which could have come at the expense of the marriage.

It hadn’t come to that because they’d found balance by determining priorities and refusing to allow anything - be it recreation, business, another person, whatever - to create distance in their relationship.

What we deem to be of ‘worth,’ we’ll hold onto dearly, sacrifice for, invest our time, attention and resources into. Our practices reveal where our priorities lie, making plainly visible what we value in life. Today there’s so many distractions and things clamouring for our attention that matters of great importance all too easily, if allowed to, become overlooked or neglected… and strangely, trivial stuff assumes precedence over majorly consequential matters.

By Murray Smith, Pastor, Bridges Church

We all have 168 hours in a week to fill with eating. sleeping, family time, working, studying, social or leisure activity, sports or hobbies… and on the list goes. Where we fit everything in without omitting something essential, can be a challenge.

That’s where it becomes important to order our priorities with thought and care.

I spoke with a young couple planning to marry, about their need to set priorities together. He had an interest in pursuing a journey of a spiritual nature… while she evidently had almost zero inclination for anything ‘spiritual’. This was no mere trivial deal such as ‘he loves Marmite on his toast while she can’t stand it’. To not be in agreement on crucial, significant ‘life-issues’ is a very big deal as it sets up a dynamic where someone is likely to start feeling they do the compromising to keep the peace.

I’m always surprised, how in determining priorities, most give scant thought to spiritual values, life beyond death and the temporary nature of life itself… the fact this life is fleeting and in fact a preparation for what is eternal, barely warrants a thought in way

too many people’s perspective.

I was distraught to discover while pulling favourite merino and possum fur blended pullovers and cardigans out of storage, for the onset of cooler autumn weather, that everyone one of them had been ravaged (by moths) I assume. Clusters of holes were everywhere - way beyond what any skilled needle worker could ever darn.

That upsetting discovery triggered in my mind words spoken by Jesus… they’re relevant to ‘priorities’. He said, “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.” (Matthew 6 verse 19)

The point is that it’s a tragic oversight to think of this life only when ordering priorities and to neglect taking into account the crucial priority of preparation for eternity.

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Setting the benchmark

By Peter Matthews

It might seem like a cop-out to write about the teenagers again, but they are the source that keeps on giving.

He’s got his driving licence now, and completed a defensive driving course, but it’s restricted so he still can’t drive us home after a night out.

He can however be sent out to the supermarket to pick up the things I forgot to get when I went earlier in the day.

Of course, the risk you take is that you may not get exactly what you asked for.

On this occasion the list included sun dried tomatoes and beer, amongst other things.

Sometime after his return I found, on the bench in the kitchen, a twelve pack of beer and a jar of sundried tomato and olive chutney.

During the ensuing debate his sister said: “so you read the label as far as sun dried tomato and then stopped?” The reply was “Yup - that’s about it” and then he asked, “What even is chutney?”

As it happens, it goes quite well in a pasta dish, perhaps even an improvement on the original recipe.

The thing I was more perturbed about was that the beer had been sitting on the bench warming up for long enough to necessitate a change of plan for the evening’s refreshments.

It’s like the dishwasher - that last bit of the journey is a step too far, and the beer had not made it to the fridge. As I then explained, there are only two places, in this country anyway, in which a bottle of beer can reasonably be: In the fridge, or in the hand of the person drinking it.

A dream in the planning

By Jo Davies-Colley, Chair, Cambridge Community Board

These young people who are about to inherit the earth will probably drink warm beer and live without chutney, but with a bit of luck they will inherit a house along with the earth because it’s becoming increasingly difficult to buy one.

Banks are stress testing at three per cent above the card rate and a 20 per cent deposit for most young people is about as realistic a goal as a new apartment overlooking the Sea of Tranquility (the one on the Moon).

One of my clients is a financial advisor and he told me only this morning that he advises many of his own clients to rent. It is an economical way of housing oneself, the costs are fixed, or relatively so, and maintenance is covered, as are the rates. Then I got home, and my wife said she had heard a radio interview with an economist today who had said exactly the same thing.

There are many who think they know what the future of the housing market looks like, but they’re probably wrong. They usually are.

I don’t claim to know about the future, but I do know that today there are a lot of people clinging to paper profits which have long since evaporated.

The good news is that it’s the same on the other side of the deal - swings and roundabouts.

With the popular and meaningful Anzac Day commemorations over for another year, the Cambridge Community Board is setting its sights on our dream of a new library and community hub.

The board imagines a library and community hub that is welcoming, inclusive, vibrant, modern, serves all members of the community and weaves the stories of mana whenua and cultural heritage into the very fabric of the building.

With agile environments and a variety of work, reading and meeting spaces, there will be a space for everyone to learn, gather, connect, rest and play.

More than just books, we imagine Cambridge library to be a modern facility connecting community services to our most used public asset and serving the community better than ever before.

We have presented our library strategic priority to council; you’ve seen it written about in this column and now it’s time to put our action plan into play. We cannot wait to hear what your dream for a new library and community hub is.

Over the next few months, you will see community board members out and about asking for your thoughts about a new library and community hub.

We will be at community events, children’s programmes at the library and book clubs. We will be partnering with mana whenua and focusing on speaking with community groups, senior citizens, parents, Plunket and disability organisations.

We want to gather as much evidence of the community’s need and desire for a new library and community hub so

we can present a great body of evidence in our submission to council’s Long-Term Plan.

The Long-Term Plan is a document which sets the direction for the district and is formally reviewed and updated every three years. It describes the activities of council and shows the whole picture of how the activities are managed, delivered and funded. It is our hope and goal to see a new library and community hub provided in the 2024-34 Long Term Plan.

Keep an eye out for our survey that we will be circulating soon, this will be a great opportunity for you to tell us your thoughts.

The board has started thinking about organising a Matariki event for the July celebration.

We would like to hold an event that all of the community can be involved with and celebrates the wonder of Matariki. What kind of Matariki celebration event would you like to see in Cambridge? We would love to hear your thoughts.

We are also focusing on connecting with our rural community and are planning a Community Board rural tour for the last two Saturdays in May.

We will be accompanied by district councillors and Waipā District Council staff, and we are looking forward to connecting with many of the rural communities around Cambridge. I will include details of the tour in my next column.

A reminder that our monthly meetings have a public forum and if you have any issues that we could help with, we would love to see you there.

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The short-grained arborio has a chalky texture which is especially suited to risottos and other Mediterranean dishes. It can absorb large amounts of water while remaining firm. Sushi rice —also short grained — is high in pectin which enables the grains to stick together. Basmati is a long grain rice favoured by Indian cooks for its flavour and for being dry and fluffy when cooked. Jasmine is a soft, delicately fragrant and aromatic long grain rice, the perfect match for many Asian dishes. Black rice is high in antioxidants and fibre. According to a US university study black rice contains more anthocyanin antioxidants than blueberries.

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3 tablespoons olive oil

2 each: cloves garlic, small fennel bulbs, finely sliced

1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds

1 tablespoon tomato paste

1 cup arborio rice

3/4 cup white wine

1.25 litres fish (preferably) or chicken stock

8 cherry tomatoes, halved

Seafood: 1 cleaned squid hood, cut into 2cm rings

150g skinned and boned salmon, cut into 3cm cubes

200g raw prawns, deveined and shelled

Seasonings: 50g parmesan cheese, finely grated

25g butter, chopped

2 tablespoons lemon juice

1/2 cup chopped parsley

Heat the oil in a large heavy frying pan on medium heat. Add the sliced garlic and fennel and cook until soft. Add the fennel seeds. Cook for a few seconds then add the tomato paste.

Stir in the rice and cook for 2 minutes until the grains are coated in oil. Add the wine and simmer for 2 minutes. Bring the stock to the boil in a saucepan. Add a ladle of hot stock to the rice and stir until it has been absorbed. Repeat the ladles until the rice is cooked through, about 20 minutes. Add the cherry tomatoes.

Add the squid and prawns to the rice, stir gently, then add the salmon. Cook on low until the prawns turn pink. Stir in the parmesan and butter, until melted. Add more stock if necessary. The mixture should be saucy. Drizzle with lemon juice and garnish with parsley. Serves 4.

TRAY-BAKED BUTTERFLIED CHICKEN WITH LEMON RICE

A one-dish meal. Two tablespoons of dried dill leaves could replace the fresh dill. I used 90-second basmati rice.

1each: large onion, garlic clove, thinly sliced

1 teaspoon each: cumin seeds, ground cinnamon, turmeric

1/4 cup lemon juice

1 tablespoon olive oil

salt and pepper to taste

1.1kg butterflied chicken

8 large Brussels sprouts, trimmed and halved

250g 90-second basmati rice or cooked leftover basmati

30g dill sprigs, chopped

Preheat the oven to 190°C.

Place the onion, garlic, spices and lemon juice in a roasting pan just large enough to hold the chicken snugly. Add the oil and seasonings and stir well. Place the chicken on top, breastside up. Cover loosely with foil. Bake for 30 minutes. Arrange the Brussels sprouts evenly

around the chicken. Cover and bake for a further 30 minutes. Remove the foil. Lift the chicken onto a plate. Stir in the rice and most of the dill, mixing well into the pan ingredients. Return the chicken to the pan. Continue roasting –uncovered – for 15 minutes. Sprinkle the remaining dill on top. Chopped tomato can be added for extra colour. Serves 4-6.

BRAISED VEG & BLACK RICE

A one-dish meal to serve as a main or side. Cut the pumpkin into approximately 2cm cubes.

1 large onion, diced

2 tablespoons olive oil

2 cups peeled, seeded and cubed pumpkin freshly ground salt and black pepper to taste

1 teaspoon cumin seeds

1 red or green capsicum

1 cup peas

2 cups cooked black rice

Sauté the onion in the olive oil on medium heat until softened. Add the cubed pumpkin and seasonings. Cover and cook for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the pumpkin is just tender.

Seed the capsicum and remove the ribs. Cut into 2.5 cm squares. Add to the pan with the peas. Cover and cook for 5 minutes.

Stir in the black rice adding a little water if too dry. Heat through.

Great served topped with toasted cashew nuts, chopped hard-boiled eggs or diced feta. Serves 2 as a main or 4 as a side.

112

Cambridge 24a Thompson Street

3 2 1

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

Price $830,000

View Scheduled open homes or by appointment www.harcourts.co.nz/CB4026

Shelby Garrett M 027 622 4166

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Smell The Roses... and The Coffee

$695,000

6 / 24 Duke Street, Cambridge

- Tidy 110m² home, perfect for anyone looking for a low maintenance property. Equipped with heatpump, ceiling insulation plus the natural insulating properties of the brick cladding make for a warm, dry home.

Your Own Private Oasis

- Down your own private driveway, a tidy, brick and tile home. A great layout for families and downsizers alike. A spacious yard for children, grandchildren, and pets to play.

- Two living areas and open plan kitchen/dining area.

King-Sized Family Living - Close To Schools

$1,050,000

131 King Street, Cambridge

- Vibrant family living – 5 bedrooms, with the family wing away from the master bedroom; a family ‘hub’ where children can do their thing is central to their bedroom wing.

Open Home Sunday 3.00 - 3.30pm

Invest in your future!

Negotiation

298 Shakespeare Street, Leamington

- A 1,012m² (more or less) property to suit all, with the benefit of future proofing as it has subdividing potential! A great opportunity to landbank and enjoy this wonderful family home with the option to reap the benefits of developing later on.

View By Appointment

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+

We’ve Found It

$850,000

108 Thornton Road, Cambridge 3 1 2

- Hinuera stone clad home offers a good sized lounge/dining room great cupboard/wardrobe space & sunny north facing conservatory.

- Freehold 797m² (more or less) section is fully enclosed to the rear.

- 11.30am

Perfect Location On Madison

Negotiation

10 Madison Street, Cambridge 4 2 2

- Brick & Tile – Low Maintenance – 765m² Section (more or less)

- A blank canvas on the outside – inside you’ll discover an appealing floorplan including large separate lounge and master bedroom with walk-in robe, ensuite and slider access to the back patio.

1.00 - 1.30pm

Hidden Gem - Space & Privacy

Deadline Sale

260 Shakespeare Street, Leamington

3 2 2

- Features & Comforts include: Open plan living, separate lounge, 3 toilets including a Jack & Jill ensuite; walk-in wardrobe in master bedroom; separate laundry; replaced carpet about 6 years ago.

View By Appointment

Style and Privacy - Superb Floor Plan

Negotiation

8A Boulton Place, Cambridge

4 2 3

- Features include - Triple garage & plenty of off street parking; dedicated study/ office; attractive formal separate lounge; large open plan living with easy access to outdoor entertainment areas all on a tastefully landscaped and well fenced section.

View By Appointment

Cambridge 70 Queen Street

• Historic 'Park House' - built in the 1920's Arts and Crafts movement

• Commercial zoning, in the heart of picturesque Cambridge

• Accommodation plus owners' quarters

Providing a boutique rest for travellers and holiday makers, this grand property is packed with character and period features. Commercially zoned and currently operating as a Bed & Breakfast there is an opportunity to increase the offerings with an extensive dining room and lounge perfectly suited to in house hospitality. Or, take the property in a new direction, the layout also lends itself to professional offices. bayleys.co.nz/2314348

bayleys.co.nz

1,626sqm 9 6

Tender (unless sold prior)

Closing 4pm, Thu 11 May 2023

96 Ulster Street, Hamilton

View by appointment

Willem Brown 021 161 4066 willem.brown@bayleys.co.nz

Catherine Hayward 027 562 4598 SUCCESS

OPEN DAY

OPEN DAY: SUNDAY: 12.00-12.30PM

OPEN DAY

A SLICE OF NATURE

5030m2 lifestyle property with undeniable wow factor set

amongst its own slice of native bush

Open-plan kitchen and living areas with stunning views and beautiful sunsets

Private and secure with walking track through bush and fenced paddock 5 kms to town centre, zoned for Goodwood school - a great option for families seeking a country lifestyle

OPEN DAY

1/640 BRUNSKILL ROAD

ONE OF A KIND

Privacy with stunning views

12 ha or 5 23 acres

5m x 10m shed - will accommodate motor homes etc

Perfect for BnB

Low maintenance gardens with a large orchard and vegetable garden

DAY: SUNDAY: 1.15-1.45PM

OPEN DAY

A short stroll to the lake lies this Karapiro sanctuary set in a North-facing home with multiple indoor and outdoor spaces for living and entertaining

and tranquil setting

Extensively renovated with crisp, contemporary decor and quality modern fittings

DAY

OPEN DAY

MOUNTAIN PANORAMA

Perfect country escape set on 3645m2 close to Lake Karapiro

and handy to Cambridge

Executive 4 bedroom brick home with open plan living, dining and kitchen

Enjoy a drink under the grapevine while savouring the stunning mountain view!

Great choice for family lifestyle living

PRICE REDUCTION

Boyce, Anthony Robert (Tony) – On Wednesday 19 April 2023, aged 82 years. Much loved and loving husband of Judith for 50 years. Loved father and father-in-law of Elysia and Rob, Anthony and Alina, and Camilla. Beloved grandfather of Ayla, Flynn and Oscar. A service to celebrate Tony’s life will be held at St Andrews Church, 85 Hamilton Road, Cambridge today, Thursday 27 April at 11:00am. Communication to Tony’s family care of Legacy Funerals, P.O Box 844, Cambridge 3450.

DEAN, Shirley Ann – Passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on Sunday, 23rd April 2023.

Aged 75 years. Much loved wife of Roger. Devoted and loving mother and motherin-law to Matthew, and Catherine & Bryan, sister and sister-in-law to Dennis & Alison. A celebration of Shirley's life will be held at the Cambridge Baptist Church, Queen Street, Cambridge, on Monday, 1st of May 2023 at 11.00am followed by a private cremation. All communications to the Dean Family, c/- 3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge 3434.

FLETCHER, Lindsay William

– Passed away in his sleep on Monday, 17th April 2023. Aged 66 years. Much loved son of the late Pat and Stan. Brother of Ray, Karen & Pai, the late Jim and sister-in-law of Marie. Loved by his nieces and nephews. A private cremation has been held.

Lindsay’s family invite you to join them at the Hautapu Cemetery, Victoria Road, Cambridge, on Friday, 28th April 2023 at 1.00pm when a short interment ceremony will be held. Following this family and friends are invited to meet at 5 Stags Tavern, 9 Campbell Street, Leamington, Cambridge at 2.30 p.m. All communications to the Fletcher Family, c/-, 3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge 3434.

HENDERSON, June Diana Clare, (nee Lyon) –Passed away peacefully at Cambridge Resthaven on Saturday, 15th April 2023.

Aged 82 years. Dearly loved mother and mother-in-law of Richelle & Michael, Maryse & Raymond, Shaun & Kim, Eugene & Rebecca and Andrea & the late Bryce.

Treasured, respected and adored Gran to Logan, Georgia, Jazmin, Sam, Jacob, Olivia and Caiden. At private family farewell has taken

LARSEN, Eris Ellen, (nee Hutchinson) – Passed away peacefully on Wednesday, 19th April 2023, aged 79 years. Much loved mother and mother in-law to Julie & Chris, and Carla. Loved grandma and great grandma to her grandchildren. A private farewell has taken place. All communications to the Larsen Family, c/- 3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge. Love ya mar. xxx J

SCHUNKEL Brian T 20-07-1939 – 29-04-2013 Left us suddenly 10 yrs ago. Forever loved, remembered and dearly missed by Pat, Mark, Brent & Vicki and Grandies, Rylee Alex and Logan.

Rest in Peace

Family Notices

CHURCH NOTICES

Cambridge Seventh-Day Adven�st Church

Cr. Shakespeare & Browning Streets

Bible Study Each Saturday: 9.30am – 10.45am

Worship Service: 11.00am

Like us on Facebook: h�ps://www.facebook.com/cambridge.sda.9 email: cambridge.sda.nz@gmail.com

Phone: 027 677 6433

Hope Channel – Freeview Ch 27, Sky 204

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

All Welcome.

FIRE GUARD plus screen.

$100. Ph 07 827 8298 (evenings).

FIREWOOD – Macrocarpa $120 per metre. Delivered. Ph 027 492 0601 HOUSES

EVERYTHING has to go. House lot of items. Lots of books. Saturday 29th April. 36A Grey Street, Cambridge. 8am to 2pm.

GARAGE SALES WANTED TO BUY

Section 101, Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

PUBLIC NOTICE

Of an application for Off Licence

Rising Tide Holdings Limited, 44 Heu Heu Street, Taupo, has made application to the Waipa District Licensing Committee for the renewal of a an offlicence in respect of the premises at 1/9 Campbell St, Leamington, Cambridge 3432 known as Liquor Hut. The general nature of the business to be conducted under the licence is bottle store. The days on which and the hours during which alcohol is sold under the licence are: Monday to Sunday 09:00am-10:00pm.

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 only publication of this notice.

CAMBRIDGE Next Meeting

Cambridge Brass Band musical director Rob Hocking watches as the Cambridge & District Pipe Band enter the Town Hall for the Anzac Day civic service.

Photo: Mary Anne Gill.

St Peter’s School students Georgie-Rose Boyd and Hayden Waddell give an address at the Anzac Day commemorative service.

Photo: Mary Anne Gill.

Chatham Cup glory: Centurion and captain Daniel Clarkin presses forward under the challenge of a Sperm Whales FC defender during the Reds 4-2 victory in the Chatham Cup.

Photo: Mary Anne Gill.

Hautapu centre Tim Fatialofa goes down in the challenge from Matamata Sports during the team’s premier team’s 29-25 win on Saturday. Watching on are teammates, from left, Rui Farrant, Tahere Reha and Tyler McNutt.

Photo: Mary Anne Gill.

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