Cambridge News | August 17, 2023

Damn the clams

By Mary Anne Gill

Thousands of invasive gold clams were found on Lake Karāpiro’s foreshore during the annual lake lowering on Saturday, 24 hours after they were designated an “unwanted organism.”

And the find has confirmed Karāpiro Domain site manager Liz Stolwyk’s worst fears on the eve of a season when user levels at the lake are expected to bounce above preCovid levels.

Stolwyk was given permission by the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) to collect a sample of clams for education purposes. The Waipā deputy mayor bottled them and later showed The News, council colleagues and staff.

Our super cyclists

A New Zealand Para cycling track team featuring Waipā riders looks to be gearing up for success at next year’s Paralympics.

A little over a year out from the Games, five riders – four from Cambridge one from Ōtorohanga – have helped New Zealand bring home a record 10 medals from the UCI Cycling World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland last week.

Pictured from left is Cambridge Devon Briggs, who won four bronze medals, Cambridge's Anna Taylor with her gold medal, Ōtorohanga's Nicole Murray, who won gold, silver and bronze medals, Cambridge's Nick Blincoe and Cambridge’s Eltje Malzbender, who won two silver medals.

Dubbed the ‘Super Worlds’, the championships bring together 13 different World Championships in various cycling disciplines in one event.

MPI declared on Friday the freshwater gold clams, first found at Bob’s Landing in May, are now covered by strict regulations under the Biosecurity Act. They revealed this in a freshwater gold clam newsletter sent out to subscribers.

Despite the enormity of the announcement, which threatens Waipā’s biggest visitor attraction, biosecurity minister Damien O’Connor did not issue a statement.

Stolwyk said she was disappointed at the lack of interest from national politicians suggesting it showed a lack of understanding at the implications of a gold clam spread.

She is working closely with MPI and other local politicians from Waipā, Hamilton and

neighbouring local authorities.

The unwanted species status does not prevent people using the Waikato River for recreation. People must not knowingly move or spread the clams or water that may contain them.

Biosecurity New Zealand deputy directorgeneral Stuart Anderson said MPI did give Ngāti Korokī Kahukura permission to remove clams for disposal.

Lake users must comply with Check, Clean and Dry conditions before moving their equipment or craft.

An “unwanted organism” is one that can cause harm to natural or physical resources such as rivers and lakes or human health.

The clams, native to eastern Asia, can produce up to 400 offspring a day and are

hermaphrodites, meaning each clam has male and female reproductive organs and can self-fertilise.

While Anderson says the clams could have been around for more than two years, treasure hunters on hand for the annual lake draw down on Saturday, say they were not there the same day last year.

They come to the lake with their scavenging equipment every year to dig and search for whatever gems lay under the water – lost by rowers, canoeists, water skiers and the myriad other lake users.

“The clams are everywhere (now),” said Stolwyk who was at the boat ramp to monitor the annual clean-up of jetties, retaining walls and lakeside equipment.

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Damn the clams

Anderson said an MPI staff member was also at the lake to promote the Check, Clean, Dry requirements and saw scattered patches of freshwater gold clams on the lakebed.

“They were lying in sediment alongside kakaki – the native mussels,” he said.

“Our focus has been on surveillance to establish where clam populations are present. As there is a known population in Lake Karāpiro, we did not conduct surveillance there at the weekend.”

Vehicles, equipment, tools, gear or clothing used on the day were subject to the new conditions which now gives MPI the opportunity to organise their response in a disaster-like way.

“It’s too early to understand what the impact will be. We don’t know how they live in our New Zealand conditions,” said Stolwyk.

“We’re doing absolutely everything we can. The risk right now is spread. We want to keep it out of places like Lake Taupō.”

She and MPI are organising events to educate Karāpiro users. They will be held at Horahora and Karāpiro domains and at Grantham Street in Hamilton where hundreds of school rowers train regularly.

MPI is holding a forum this week bringing together iwi, regional councils and Biosecurity New Zealand to “exchange ideas and share technical, scientific mātauranga Māori perspectives on the response to the freshwater gold clam,” said Anderson. A Technical Advisory Group comprising domestic and international scientists and mātauranga Māori experts will continue to meet and build an understanding of the clam and potential options for controlling it.

Winter is still upon us with some very frosty mornings and lots of fog hitting the area of late.

Please remember to manually turn on your headlights, drive to the conditions and defensively. On the topic of driving, I have been asked to send out a message around keeping our speeds down around schools. Speed restrictions of 40kph are in place around schools. Often, they only last a short distance going past the school itself, but they are there for an important reason. Whether it is an urban or rural school, you must drop your speed. When passing stopped school buses, your speed must drop even lower to 20kph. Children are often not road wise and can be unpredictable - we do not want to see a child hurt.

In this week’s good catch, a Hamilton male was arrested for criminal harassment against a Cambridge local. Police had received a previous complaint about stalking behaviour and as a result had in 2021 served him with a criminal harassment warning letter. The letter informed the male that his

actions constituted criminal harassment as his behaviour on two or more occasions within a 12 month period met the criteria of a specified act under the Harassment Act 1997.

Should he persist in acting that way towards the victim, in the following 12 months, the letter warned, he could be arrested and charged. Regardless of this, the male contacted the victim a few months later and a few times further after that. This was recently reported to police who have arrested the male. He will appear in court this week.

This arrest was only possible because the continuing behaviour was reported. Follow through is essential to ensure the effectiveness of orders issued – trespass orders, criminal harassment warnings, police safety orders, protection orders and the like.

If you trespass someone from your property for example, but do not call police when they next return, the effectiveness of the notice is immediately lost as a deterrent.

More importantly, they could argue that having returned once without challenge, they were invited back to the property, rendering the notice unenforceable.

A protection order or restraining order is also only effective if those breaching them are held to account. If the respondent knows you will not report any breaches to police, they have no incentive to stop the offending and the cycle of abuse or harassment continues. Moreover, should they be charged for different breaches in the future, the true level of their offending may not be accurately reflected.

I understand that it can feel difficult to take the step of reporting breaches of such orders and I empathise when victims tell me they are fearful of exacerbating a situation. At the same time, we know from experience that if you do not follow through with subsequent breach reports, the control remains in the hands of the offender, with further abuse being not only able to continue but more likely.

Karāpiro Domain site manager Liz Stolwyk with clams she removed from the boat ramp on Saturday.

Clams on the lake bed on Saturday. Photo supplied.

Stirling struck off

Takena Stirling has been struck off by the New Zealand Law Society. His admission of five charges of misconduct involving the misappropriation – an issue which prompted his resignation from the Waipā District Council earlier this year, resulting in a byelection in the new Māori ward.

Rain, rain go away

Waipā district has recorded 60 per cent more rainfall in the last year than the historical average. The increase has kept parks waterlogged and set sports fields up for a difficult winter playing season, council’s Service Delivery committee heard this week.

Potholes patched

Waipā council staff patch around 3000 potholes each year, Transportation manager Bryan Hudson told the Service Delivery committee this week. The very wet autumn and early winter have contributed to further pothole and pavement faults requiring further attention. Permanent repairs will start taking place in spring when it is dry and warm enough to apply seal coats.

Boy racers again

Boy racers have been blamed for damage to the turf at Bulmer’s Landing bordering the Waikato River near Arapuni. Security cameras have been installed to mitigate the problems.

Vintage car meet

Hundreds of old cars from around the region will be on view at Sunday’s Veteran and Vintage Car Club (Waikato) annual fundraiser for the Cancer Society. The event, which last year raised over $4000 for cancer, will be held at the Cambridge club’s McLean St premises from 11am. to 1pm.

Prepare for impact…

By Mary Anne Gill

A Waipā farming leader says the hit dairy farmers are taking because of a reduced milk payout will hurt communities like Te Awamutu and Cambridge hard.

Ōhaupō dairy farmer Andrew Reymer says

incomes down on the farm will drop up to 20 per cent.

“Most farmers if they’re not redoing their mortgages, they will be redoing their budgets,” he said.

“Where this money is going to disappear from is the community. Where we were going to buy a new barn, put a bit of concrete

here and there, all those things are out the window. “All that stuff that were nice to haves are all gone.”

Reymer is Waikato Federated Farmers vice president and before that chaired the dairy committee.

Fonterra has cut its predicted farm milk gate price to between $6.25 and

$7.75 per kilogram of milk solids with a $7 mid-point, down a dollar on earlier forecasts.

It and Synlait blamed a downturn in the Chinese whole milk powder market.

Other big players Tatua and Open Country had yet to announce their payouts when The News went to press.

Cambridge Chamber of Commerce chief executive Kelly Bouzaid said the reduced payout would have a flow on effect on the discretionary dollar spend.

Recent pedestrian counts in Cambridge central business district had not been great though although the rolling 10 months were still up, she said.

“We’re saying to retailers, dig in, be smart. Get out there and attract the customer.”

Reymer said farmers would hunker down, pay bills but there would be few extras.

“Interest rates are the big killer for us all. That’s all money going straight to the banks, not getting taxed or anything. The government

with all but a few cows dried off, he said.

Reymer carries 450 cows on the 155ha Ōhaupō farm that has been in his family for more than 40 years. He averages 150,000 to 160,000 kgs/milksolids annually relying on the lush green grass the peat soil produces supplementing it with maize silage but little else.

“The only feed I buy in is calf food.”

Calving started earlier than expected.

“Calves were hitting the ground on 5 July and now we’re about three quarters of the way through.”

• See: Country Life, pages 19-21

Netballers bounced from league

By Mary Anne Gill

Cambridge Netball Centre have rejected claims of netball bias and racism aimed at it from a team it kicked out of its premier mixed league last week.

Evolution Netball say its gold team has been “victimised, discouraged and discriminated against” all season.

Police were called to the St Peter’s School courts last week following an alleged assault which resulted in a Hautapu Hornets player sustaining a head injury.

“No charges have been laid at this stage and enquiries remain ongoing,” a police spokesperson said.

Centre president Kerry Rennie said an on court fight between Evolution Gold and Hautapu

Hornets players towards the end of their match last Monday night was the last straw in a testing season.

The centre had no choice but to ban the Hamilton team from the competition for two seasons. Two team members have received individual bans for serious misconduct which included allegedly punching an opposition player, pursuing a player off court to continue the violence and ignoring officials’ instructions.

Rennie and fellow committee member Roha Kara spoke to The News at the centre’s Leamington courts on Monday and stood by its record of providing good, clean and fun tournaments for the town’s netball teams.

“We have worked extremely hard in the past two years to get the mixed competition up and running

and have a zero tolerance policy on unsportsmanlike, dangerous behaviour on and off the court,” said Rennie.

Evolution Gold’s Jojo Riki, who was playing as goal shoot on the night, confirmed the club had banned its wing defence indefinitely following the game for her involvement in the fight.

“She’s been told actions have consequences.”

But it all came to a head because of the season-long umpire bias and name-calling, he said.

“It was a tough game; we were getting really frustrated with some of the calls.”

The fight took place with less than two minutes to go and with Hautapu leading 57-32.

Riki said the Evolution team, which made its debut in the mixed

premier league in April with a 29-47 loss to TVP Titans and only had one win all season, played in tournaments all around the North Island.

The club started 10 years ago and had a good reputation of playing hard but fair.

But once they came to Cambridge, they experienced name calling and racist remarks.

“And the umpires, once you get on the wrong side of them, then that’s it.” They had submitted several complaints during the season, he said.

Rennie said the first complaint came in May. The committee was unable to verify it, but all teams were reminded about correct protocols, procedures and etiquette during the competition.

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Ōhaupō dairy farmer Andrew Reymer checks out his cows’ milk stats in the $1.44 million cow shed he installed in 2008.

Photo: Mary Anne Gill.

Kelly Bouzaid

Street names balanced

By Mary Anne Gill

Council staff appear to have struck the right balance when it comes to naming Waipā streets, says deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk.

“A road name can be quite sensitive for our residents,” she told this week’s Service Delivery committee meeting which considered six new names across the district.

The council rejected iwi recommendations for the Cambridge Health Hub development – opting instead for names from the developers with strong links to the late Sir Patrick Hogan.

But on the other side of the river at Te Awa Rise Development on Cambridge Road – looking towards the Waikato River – a suggestion for Maunsell Road was not approved despite the former owner’s recommendation.

Developments in Pirongia and Cambridge will all take names suggested by local iwi.

The Amberviews development in Pirongia was consented in December 2021 and is being built in three stages with three public roads and 35 lots.

Mana whenua representative and The News columnist Tom Roa suggested Kahu Street. Kahu is the recognised as the fuller name of Mt Pirongia'Pirongia Te Aroaro o Kahu‘.

At Te Awa Rise, mana whenua’s Beth Tauroa suggested Awarua Crescent – which refers to the ditch that now protects an adjacent reserve, Paa Road, which refers to the pā site, Papatahi Lane, a floor or area where people were working, and Awarua Reserve.

The developer retains the naming rights as to which proposed names are presented to council but did not submit one recommended by Geoff Maunsell, the previous landowner.

Graduate Development engineer Brendan Koevoet said there was nothing specific to the site which warranted the name Maunsell for one of the roads.

“The developer presented the name to iwi representatives who did not prefer this name,” he said, so submitted the iwi recommendations which meet

the council’s road naming policy.

Hogan’s widow Justine partly owns Cambridge Health Hub. Developers suggested the names Sir Tristram Boulevard – after the thoroughbred racehorse who stood at Cambridge Stud for several years and Tavistock Place. Tavistock is another successful stallion from the world famous stud owned and operated by Hogan for decades.

Iwi preferred Waahi Ngaro Road, a reference to the loss of ngaa Tapuwae oo ngaa tuupuna (footsteps of our ancestors) and Mahitahi Road.

“Elements of the development to date have been exclusive and disjointed between partners. Mahitahi is a reminder for all parties to work together to achieve positive outcomes for the community,” the naming paper said.

Peak Mews Development on Cambridge Road, near the Velodrome, had three names approved. Poto Davies as the mana whenua representative suggested Kookihi Crescent which means “to begin to grow.” That is an aspirational objective of the Brian Perry Charitable Trust which developed the site.

Liquidambar Lane and Whitespire Way, in reference to the mature trees on site, are the other names.

Service Development chair Clare St Pierre said the report highlighted what could be a sensitive issue across the district and agreed staff had struck that balance.

Steampunk rocks into town

By Viv Posselt

Steampunkers and visitors enjoyed a day of dress-up, ‘mad hatter’ teas and Victorian-styled competitions at Sunday’s third Steampunk Community Fun Day at the Cambridge Town Hall.

The event, organised by the InterlockNZ Trust and Waipā steampunk group the Tree Town Steamers, attracted several hundred people.

Interlock was founded in 2020 as a Cambridge-based charity aimed at providing life-changing programmes for people with disabilities.

The concept, started by Cambridge resident Aaron Ure, is aimed at giving every individual the opportunity to lead a fulfilling life within their community, regardless of their challenges.

Aaron said on Sunday the community day was a major annual fundraiser for InterlockNZ. Last year’s event raised about $2400.

“It has attracted greater numbers each year … steampunkers come from all over the place. Not only is it a good fundraiser, but it lifts Interlock’s profile in the community.”

He said they wanted to apply for more formalised help next year.

“We want to make Interlock bigger and more inclusive. At the moment, we are one hundred percent reliant

on volunteers and donations to operate, but we will need to get help if we are to get bigger and meet the growing needs.”

Interlock members come from various centres, including Cambridge, Te Awamutu, Te Kowhai, Hamilton, Matamata, Morrinsville, Tirau and Ōtorohanga.

Visitors on Sunday came from even further afield, with some coming from Auckland, Waihi, Ōhope Beach and Tauranga.

Steampunk refers to a genre of fashion that borrows its style from the industrial and Victorian steam era of the 19th/early 20th centuries, with distinctive clothing giving a nod to time travel and often incorporating top hats, chains, keys, clocks and watches.

Sunday’s event also featured a high tea, sales tables featuring a range of steampunk clothing and accessories, and a host of Victoriancentric games.

Lindsey Morgan of Tauranga advises guests on how best to tackle their limp biscuits.

Sir Patrick Hogan

Clare St Pierre

Waste not, want not

By Mary Anne Gill

Thirteen organisations will share $52,030 from the Waipā Waste Minimisation Community fund for projects as diverse as embedding worm farms into berms to establishing a reusable party supplies hire kit.

Waste minimisation officer Sally Fraser told the Service Delivery committee this week the fund comes from the Ministry for the Environment waste levy to support projects which rethink, redesign and reduce waste in the district.

The fund was oversubscribed.

Fraser said the team engaged with the community twice as much in the financial year ended June 30 than the previous year.

New initiatives included the Slow Fashion Op Shop bus tours which took place again this year in partnership with Matamata-Piako District Council. A full 50-seater bus went to Morrinsville from Waipā and promoted sustainable shopping.

Another new initiative is Zero Waste Periods.

“The waste minimisation team is going to do a multi-year approach to increasing the use of zero waste period products in Waipā, using the waste minimisation funding to give products to women who are willing to try them, alongside education,” said Fraser.

The project started with a workshop in schools where students heard about the period products available and then offered a choice of a washable pad, period underwear or a cup. Zero waste products were left at schools and one deputy principal will keep some for students who are absent when they have their periods.

“(We) will develop a project working with community organisations which we are already connected with, and trusted by, younger women in our community, to provide them

Maths: easy as pi

with zero waste period products to give to those women they are working with who are interested and keen to try,” said Fraser. Waste fund applications granted:

• Berm Garden Project: embedding worm farms into new berm gardens on a high pedestrian traffic street and promoting community composting into the worm farms

• ConneXu: developing resources and education programme for people with disabilities to minimise household waste

• Para Kore: helping Kōhanga Reo to transition to reusable nappies

• Paterangi School: upgraded compost bins and chipper for mulching green waste

• Pirongia Community Association: establishing a reusable party supplies hire kit.

• Pollin8: scoping project to develop technology to reduce contamination of household recycling bins

• Roto-o-Rangi School: developing their composting education

• Maungatautari Sanctuary Mountain: replacing tracking cards with trail cameras

• TechLeap: reusing surplus recycled smartphones within a purpose-designed high school technology curriculum

• The Recreators: workshops to divert construction and demolition waste and repurpose deconstructed wood into new products

• Emma’s Farm to Fork: low waste cooking demonstration and workshop

• Love Grow Eat: preserving workshops to minimise food waste

• Heart: a feasibility study for a commercial resource recovery centre.

• A further project of $14,000 was allocated from programme funding to Impact Hub Waikato to deliver wrap-around waste reduction support to two hospitality businesses in Cambridge.

By Steph Bell-Jenkins

Samuel Moriarty plus Amirdha Kanchi plus Leon Lee equalled victory for St Peter’s Cambridge at this year’s WaiMaths Quiz at the University of Waikato.

The trio beat 14 other year 11 teams, edging out Hillcrest High School by just one point to claim the shield.

WaiMaths, a regional mathematics competition organised by the Waikato Mathematical Association, is held annually for year 7-11 students.

In the briefest of interviews, Leon said he was “excited” to win before being whipped off by his proud mother to be photographed with friends.

Samuel, 15, said the mental showdown had been “stressful” so he was also excited to win with a score of 44/60.

His team, which practised every week from midway through term 2, has been together for three years and has been consistently ahead of the Waimaths curve, placing first in year 9 in 2021 and second

in year 10 in 2022.

St Peter’s year 9 team, Jaden Heerikhuizen, Madeline Butler and McKenzie Worthington, and year 10 team, Yiran Jiang, Juliet McGuire and Lachie Wallace, also did well, both placing fifth out of 17.

Cambridge High School sent year 9, 10 and 11 teams to the quiz.

Year 9 student Flynn Jenkins said he and his teammates Theo Goodwin and Ryan Littlejohn were “quite surprised” to finish 6th after doing “about 10 minutes” of practice.

Cambridge High’s year 10 team Georgia Bertrand, Max Frith and Hunter David, finished in the top half of the quiz and its year 11 team, Bronwen Rees-Jones, Hannah Goodwin and Jake Wilson, finished 8th.

Cambridge Middle School’s year 7 team, Freddie Fulforth, Smith Bosacker and Angus Clarke, was fifth and in the year 8 team event, Isaac Comins, Cayla Buitendach and Alex Kim, placed seventh.

THE MANY SIDES TO A GREAT FUNERAL DIRECTOR

The quali�es that elevate a funeral director from ordinary to extraordinary aren’t easily found, but one local company has them in abundance.

Legacy Funerals Cambridge stands out for blending empathy and compassion with a quiet efficiency that also respects diverse cultures and religions. They consider it a privilege to help grieving families navigate their loss in such a way that in mourning a death they also celebrate a life.

Delivering such services with authen�city calls for a unique skillset. Steering them through those processes is funeral director and branch manager of Legacy Funerals Cambridge, Jono Gibson, a man with over a decade’s experience in the industry and a few other hidden talents besides.

Becoming a funeral director wasn’t always on Jono’s radar. The Whanganui-raised youngster moved to Auckland to pursue a career in the automo�ve trade, but the loss of a friend in a vehicle accident impacted him deeply and years later, when he heard a local funeral home was looking for staff, he did a few days’ work experience with them to see if the profession was right for him.

The firm in ques�on was Sibuns Funeral Directors in Remuera, and Jono took the job. “They gave me a really good start in the industry. I then worked for Davis Funerals, one of the biggest in Auckland. Theirs was a far more diverse clientele … we dealt with a wide range of religions and cultures.”

Learning the profession and building experience gave Jono the personal sa�sfac�on he sought. In 2018 he was offered an opportunity to take on the manager’s role

at Cambridge Funerals (which had been sold to Legacy Funerals). Jono accepted this role as he and his wife Ashleigh were ready for life in a smaller town.

“It’s been very successful for me, both personally and professionally,” he said.

Last year, the company rebranded to become Legacy Funerals Cambridge, linking it with Legacy Trust which had been established in 2007 by Tauranga funeral director Greg Brownless. The model sees a significant por�on of profits generated through the Legacy funeral

homes gi�ed back to the communi�es each one serves. That charitable element has already seen a significant amount of money returned to this community. In addi�on, it aligns with Jono’s personal viewpoint and further enhances his sense of belonging in Cambridge. He and Ashleigh bought a house and went on to have two children. Li�le Goldie was born in April this year and Monty is nearly 3, coincidentally the same age as Charlie the family dog who comes to work with Jono every day.

When not working and embroiled in family life, Jono enjoys sea fishing. It’s a far calmer pas�me than those he enjoyed in more carefree days.

His skills as a drummer saw him play with an Aucklandbased heavy metal band that toured the North Island. He s�ll plays up a storm in his garage and more recently filled a brief slot with Cambridge Rotary’s Bruised Brothers band. He thrilled at racing motorbikes at one stage, riding Hampton Downs, the Paeroa Street Race, and quite appropriately, Whanganui’s annual Cemetery Circuit.

The many parts that make up Jono the man go towards making him a more understanding and engaged funeral director.

Cambridge is lucky to have him.

St Peters WaiMaths team, from left, Samuel Moriarty, Amirdha Kanchi and Leon Lee,

The personable manager at Legacy Funerals Cambridge, Jono Gibson, has some surprising talents outside his profession.

Fluoride call rejected

By Mary Anne Gill

Waipā council staff say they’ve been assured by health officials that fluoridation of council’s water supplies is safe.

There would therefore be no grounds to action two notices of motion from the Te Awamutu and Kihikihi Community Board, Water Services manager Martin Mould told the Service Delivery committee this week.

The committee unanimously agreed despite an impassioned plea from board deputy chair Kane Titchener.

The board passed a resolution at its June 28 meeting asking the council to investigate a United States National Toxicology Program fluoride report and hold public consultations about it.

It also asked the council to consider joining a legal review against the Director General of Health’s directive to add fluoride to 14 local council’s water supplies.

In his last week in office last year, Sir Ashley Bloomfield directed Waipā to fluoridate the Cambridge drinking water supply.

Adding it to the town’s two water plants would reach nearly 21,000 people

and justify the government’s capital spend of half a million dollars, Manatū Hauora Ministry of Health told the council.

“Staff consider it would not be appropriate for council to investigate the National Toxicology Program fluoride report or join any legal review … and do not support the Notice of Motion,” Mould said in his report.

Cambridge councillor Roger Gordon said irrespective of what decision the committee made, the legal review was going ahead whether or not the council supported it.

“I question whether our role is now to consider it,” said.

He and Te Awamutu councillor Andrew Brown moved and seconded the motion which passed unanimously despite one councillor, Mike Pettit of Cambridge, seeming to err towards supporting it.

Much of the impetus for the board’s action came from Titchener, a long-time fluoride free advocate who likened fluoride’s effects to those of lead in paint and petrol. But he told the committee the whole of the board was behind him.

The toxicology report was published in draft

form in the United States in September last year and part of it said fluoride had an adverse effect on developing brains.

But authors removed the hazard classification of fluoride from the report in March, strengthening the broad consensus that fluoride in toothpaste and water safely reduces dental cavities.

The Prime Minister’s chief science advisor Professor Dame Juliet Gerrard reviewed new evidence in 2021 and reaffirmed there was no significant health risks with levels of fluoride applied to New Zealand water supplies.

“Recent studies continue to show that at very high levels and with chronic exposure, fluoride could

Netballers bounced from league

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Following more complaints, the centre contacted Netball Waikato Bay of Plenty for independent advice. Officials watched umpires and players on two nights and found nothing untoward.

Meanwhile other clubs lodged complaints about Evolution Gold, which included arguing with bench officials, speaking rudely to coaches and committee members and questioning the umpires’ calls.

The centre issued Evolution Gold a final warning last month saying it would withdraw the team from the competition if there were any other incidents.

Rennie said Cambridge Netball Centre catered for 1000 players over a 15-week season.

There had been no major complaints in any other competitions other than the mixed league, said Rennie.

potentially have negative neurodevelopmental and cognitive impacts. However, this is not a concern at levels used in fluoridation of water supplies in Aotearoa New Zealand,” Gerrard said.

“Adding fluoride to water continues to have a positive impact by reducing the incidence of dental caries in Aotearoa New Zealand and is particularly important in reducing socioeconomic health inequities.”

Mould said the Manatū Hauora directive was legally binding on the council.

The News understands the council has nine months from the date of signing an implementation agreement with Manatū Hauora, or face a fine of up to $200,000 and ongoing financial penalties of up to $10,000 a day.

Briefs…

Tower on hold

Work on the Cambridge Water Tower will not get underway due to a significant budget shortfall. Drawings for the tower capping and replacement frame were approved by Heritage New Zealand and a resource consent granted for the corroded tank’s removal. But the undisclosed cost means the tower will remain behind a fence while alternative options are explored.

Bridge work continues

Contractors have reached the halfway point of the Victoria Street/High Level Bridge repainting project and are now at the trickiest part of the works. The scaffolding is now suspended from the bridge deck, and contractors have to be incredibly careful of weight and other factors as they work. There may be some minor disruption to traffic in the coming months in order to complete the more complex parts of the maintenance.

Daffodil Day

Ahead of its August 25 Daffodil Day appeal, the Cancer Society Waikato/Bay of Plenty has reported its Lions Lodge at Waikato Hospital has hosted record numbers of people seeking treatment.

Coping With Fear in Troubling Times, Revival For our Time.

Coping With Fear in Troubling Times, Revival For our Time.

Pandemics, global warming, political instability…

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How can we cope with that?

How can we feel secure that better days are ahead?

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Bob has conducted evangelistic and revival meetings in North and South America, England, South Africa, the Caribbean and in Auckland and Rotorua here in New Zealand.

Come and partake of these FREE presentations.

When: Sunday August 20th to Wednesday August 23rd, 7pm each night.

Where: Cambridge SDA Church. Corner Browning and Shakespeare St. Leamington, Cambridge.

Contact: 0276776433

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Time to deck the Hall

By Mary Anne Gill

The long wait for road and footpath improvements in one of Cambridge’s most historic streets is about to get a $350,000 refresh.

Surface water ponding, potholes, tree debris build up and broken sections of sealing on the footpaths

have made the street “third world” for years, residents say.

Now, following their tenacity and advocacy from current and former deputy mayors Liz Stolwyk and Grahame Webber, the work should start in October.

And it can’t come soon enough, said residents’ spokesperson

Alan Hayward who has submitted to two Long Term Plans spanning more than a decade to get the work done.

“It’s fantastic to hear they’ve all finally listened to the ratepayers,” he said.

“It’s only taken 110 years.”

Transportation manager Bryan Hudson told this

week’s Service Delivery committee a draft and final design solution was completed in June.

Feedback from residents highlighted the need to seal the entire width of the road.

Hall Street is a designated heritage street which services hundreds of residents, raceway patrons and school students. It is one of the town’s oldest streets.

“The feedback highlighted council seals the entire width of the road, requests for maintenance of the Hall Street trees and general safety concerns for cyclists and motorists due to the broken pavement seal,” said Hudson.

A number of new stormwater soak holes and catch pits will be installed to collect stormwater and reduce berm flooding. Pedestrian improvements will minimise crossing distances at Hall Street intersections with Clare, Williams, King and Taylor streets. A path at the Ngaio Crescent section will be taken to the road edge. Where there are exposed metal areas, new road surfaces on the shoulders will be built.

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New readers

Cambridge Library registered 347 new patrons in the three months ended June 30 taking its total to 21,937. Visitor numbers continue to be high – there were 7031 in May and 19,909 for the quarter. The library, with 73,052 book issues, continues to outstrip its Te Awamutu counterpart with 39,747, by nearly 84 per cent. The library has issued 293,633 books in 12 months. In the same period, Te Awamutu had 159,541 books issued.

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Sections of broken footpath and kerb and channel will be replaced. The new pavement surface will be an open graded porous asphalt to allow rainwater to support the heritage trees’ root sytems.

The street has a network of plane and maple trees.

“In areas where there are shallow tree roots, the pavement depth will need to be varied to not damage tree root systems, and the new surface will be hand laid to minimise damage to tree roots. During the construction works the nominated council arborist will be on-site to ensure care when working around the trees,” said Hudson.

The Hally Lane toilets in Cambridge’s central business district are showing their age with ongoing plumbing issues. A renewal of the facility should take place in the next two years.

Rebuild confirmed

Meanwhile, the toilet block damaged by fire in Thornton Street, Cambridge will be rebuilt and open in time for summer. Insurance covered 89 per cent of the rebuild and the rest will come from Waipā District Council’s Public Toilets renewal budget.

Lake clean up

Lake Te Koo Utu is still showing the evidence of Cyclone Gabrielle’s destruction and tree stumps and trees are still to be cleaned up. Council hopes to get them removed by next month, weather and conditions permitting.

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Road seal will now fill the whole of Hall Street.

Photo: Mary Anne Gill.

China – should we be worried?

For 20 years or more, we have been impressed and surprised by the positive economic data that has been coming out of China. Growth has been between 7 and 10 per cent a year over most of that period.

China’s exports have been growing between 10 and 20 per cent a year over the same period and their imports also grew strongly which was good for exporting countries like New Zealand. New Zealand’s exports to China grew from around $3 billion in 2008 to over $21 billion last year.

China is by far our largest export market taking a 29 per cent share last year. Our second biggest export market, Australia, had a share of 13 per cent, less than half that of China. Chinese tourists and students studying here are also important sources of foreign exchange.

Occasionally during this 20-year period there were headlines that said the Chinese economy was facing problems and slowing. But when you read the story, Chinese growth was usually being forecast to slow from 10 per cent a year to 5 or 6 per cent.

Growth of 5 to 6 per cent a year would be regarded as a boom in most Western countries.

But this time, the negative headlines about China are backed up by the data in the news-stories. There are still lots of big numbers but most of them have turned negative. Chinese exports fell by 14.5 per cent and imports fell by 12.4 per cent in the year to July 2023. Youth unemployment is over 20 per centand there will soon be over 11 million new university graduates coming into the Chinese job market. They have had an enormous building boom, as many other countries have also had. But the Chinese boom seems to have been on a larger scale than anywhere else and there is a huge amount of empty or unfinished property in the country. For example, the value of the country’s biggest property developer, Country Garden, has more than halved since the start of 2023. The economic slowdown has been so rapid and so deep that China is also starting to face the prospect of deflation – falling prices. This is at the same time as most Western countries are still grappling

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with inflation rates that are well above their target ranges.

If I saw this set of economic data for New Zealand or any other Western country, I would confidently say that country is heading for a major recession. But the Chinese economy doesn’t seem to work by the same rules, in part because its politics are so different.

I therefore hesitate to say the Chinese are heading for a major recession because they have surprised us so many times before. But they have never faced a set of economic pressures that are this large, this widespread and this bleak. It could be too much for even the Chinese authorities to manage and offset.

China is such a major global economic force now that if their economy falters, we will all be hurt by it. New Zealanders should be worried about the economic news coming out of China as they are, by a big margin, our major trading partner. If they falter, so will we.

Waikato charity gets a windfall

By Viv Posselt

Cambridge has once again stepped up to support the True Colours Children’s Health Trust in what is turning out to be one of its busiest years yet.

A recent windfall of $2000 from the Cambridge Christmas Festival Fund was a welcome continuation of the festival’s ongoing support for the charitable organisation. True Colours operations manager Heidi Gleeson said it will go towards professional development for the team.

The organisation’s largest annual fundraiser, a long lunch on Melbourne Cup Day, falls this year on November 7. Last year’s event netted a vital $150,000.

Based in Hamilton, True Colours operates across the greater Waikato region. Of the 289 families receiving support – 102 of them living rurally – 52 live in Waipā.

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Artwork collection

An audit of Waipā council’s artwork collection is nearing completion and covers the condition and significance of the works. A care management plan has been developed to improve storage conditions while a photographer took images of the collection and outdoor sculptures to ensure a high-quality digital documentation of each of the works.

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National is struggling to get positive engagement over its proposal to cut cell phone use in schools.

The opposition announced last week that cell phone use at school would be banned to “help lift achievement and support every child to make the most out of their education.”

The News sought the views of Waipā secondary school principals.

The ban plan is too simplistic, Cambridge High principal Greg Thornton believes.

Since the start of last year Cambridge High has stopped the use of cell phones during class and Thornton said the move had been a success.

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The practical realities of modern society made a full ban less attractive than the school’s present policy.

“We sought feedback and were told parents and guardians needed access to students,” he said.

The issue went beyond cell phones.

“You have watches – what is a device? You have earbuds which are easy to hide.”

The News has also sought comments from Te Awamutu College and St Peters.

The plan has not been given a pass mark by Secondary Principals‘ Association president Vaughan Couillault.

He told AM radio “we don‘t necessarily need

centralised control and governance over this because schools are already enacting their own policies…”

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said schools did not need “Christopher Luxon’s permission to ban mobile phones”.

National Party Leader Luxon said students needed to focus on their

schoolwork during classroom time to turn around falling achievement levels.

“Many schools here and overseas have experienced positive outcomes, including improved achievement, after banning the use of cell phones,” he said.

“Student achievement has declined over the past three decades, jeopardising kids’ future livelihoods and threatening

New Zealand’s future prosperity.”

He said schools would decide how to enforce the ban “but it could mean requiring students to hand in their phones before school, or leave them in their lockers or bags”.

There would be exceptions for students with health conditions or in special circumstances.

Our Wintec journalism students took to the street to ask what people thought of restrictng cellphone use.

is smart but not practical because banning phones can be a wishful thinking in this generation…banning phones in school can cause young people to think they’re cool by hiding it.

It smacks of arrogance! The Waipā District Council has declined to say how much consultants and contractors cost. In fact the article says “how much it costs the council”. Well, I thought it didn‘t cost the council anything because it is the rate payers who are actually paying. The council are spending our money and should be telling us.

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Fire risk

People looking to buy a house here should be aware of the high fire risk of multiple houses catching fire, due to the sardine tin developments.

The government promoted intensive housing despite the minister of housing receiving no advice on higher fire risks, such as difficulty escaping flames between buildings set close together, and difficulty running hoses to buildings.

Minister of Housing Megan Woods did not get advice on fire risk and housing intensification, despite officials being warned by Fire and Emergency about the risks, an Official Information Act response to questions from Radio New Zealand showed.

The risks were also flagged by the country‘s leading construction researchers, The Building Research Association (BRANZ), years ago.

There are quite a few of these subdivisions and multiple fires is a high risk. So many houses are being built to house inward migrating people to raise the population. The [Waipā district] council’s obsession is placing more and more pressure on services that need expanding, so where is the advantage in pushing population growth? I would expect an extra tariff on these developments to take the pressure of us, who have been here a long time and have not approved these developments.

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Sue Wallace “It is a good idea because phones can be a distraction.”

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Ike Crous “I think it’s a good idea because phones can easily distract children and may affect their self-control.”

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The world around us

By Janine Krippner

Did you know that the rock that makes up the top of Mount Everest is limestone that formed below the ocean?

Enormous tectonic forces slowly pushed the rocks upwards to make a mountain range that includes the highest point on Earth above sea level. Studying Earth sciences brings a whole new level to road trips. Looking out car windows to see the road cuts, mountains, hills, ancient riverbeds… you get an image in your mind about the deep history of a place, long before humans walked our lands.

Studying to be a volcanologist I took a range of university courses including geology (how rocks become rocks and what happens to them through time), soil sciences, hydrology, broader environmental sciences, weather and climate sciences, hazards sciences, petrology (the minerals or crystals that make up rocks), and of course, volcanology. This involves learning about the New Zealand landscape, opening our eyes to the processes that continue to shape our home.

Driving through the Hinuera Valley towards Matamata are tall white rock faces that tell us about enormous eruptions long ago. These rocks, called ignimbrites, formed during three eruptions around one million years ago from the Mangakino caldera, located around 50 km south. The ash and pumice flowed across the landscape at high speeds and temperatures as pyroclastic flows, then settled to where we see them now. We also see them around the country as Hinuera Stone used in buildings and monuments.

Most of geology happens fast, until something like a large eruption, huge landslide, or earthquake alters the landscape

The knack for getting it wrong…

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with cascading impacts. We learn about how sediments (bits of rocks, creatures that will eventually be fossils, and anything else that settles through water or landscapes) become rocks through time, pressure, and in some cases, heat. These rocks are buried and hardened, then our complex situation at the boundary of the Australian and Pacific tectonic plates push them up again, before water and wind erodes them back down and moves small particles of the rock away to form new rocks over their next lifecycle. Understanding the rocks, soils, and processes around us is critical. Throughout history people have built dams that have failed, built towns beneath rock faces that have collapsed, on top of soils prone to liquefaction, within areas prone to flooding and tsunamis, on top of faults that will one day move and cause homes to crumble, discard waste that gets into drinking water… we can cause great harm to ourselves if we don’t understand the materials and processes that surround us.

This translates to different countries, being in new locations and automatically having some understanding of the Earth around me. Especially if volcanoes were involved. This can sometimes bring great concern for the people living there, unaware of the dangers they live with. Then there is the awe and wonder of understanding the forces that give us our green rolling hills and flat plateaus, understanding processes much larger than us – and grasping that our largest mountains are made of materials that came from deep below the surface.

I love ‘The Book of Heroic Failures’… it’s a hilarious compilation of people attempting things that resulted in spectacular failure.

One standout from 1983 was a Californian sunbather seeking a perfect tan. Going for better quality rays above the urban smog, he attached 42 helium balloons to his deckchair. Tethered to earth by a long rope, he intended rising 6000 feet to bask in ultra violet bliss. But the rope broke. He rose to 15,000 feet and was reported by an airline pilot as a UFO sighting. Well prepared, the sunbather used an air pistol to shoot out some balloons… he shot too many evidently. Descending back to earth, much paler than when he left, his deckchair demolished power cables causing a major outage.

In one section of this book, some bold predictors are funny for how far off the mark they were…

One visionary, Lord Kelvin- President of the Royal Society,1890-95 declared, radio has no future, X-rays will prove to be a hoax and heavier than air flying machines are impossible.

The US Patent Office Director in 1899 claimed “everything that can be invented has been invented”.

The International Monetary Fund Director, in 1959 stated, “In all likelihood world inflation is over.”

In 1965, The Duke of Edinburgh opined, “The Beatles? They’re on the wane.”

Getting things wrong in life, isn’t just possible - it’s inevitable. We’re prone to make wrong judgments and mistakes in all manner of situations. Mistakes can be our teacher, if we’re humble enough to acknowledge our incomplete understanding and to accept that we don’t know, what we don’t know.

One area in life we can ill-afford to get wrong relates to what we believe about God. If we’re open to carefully and thoughtfully investigating compelling evidence available, listening to the voice of reason, as well as considering the tug in our heart, we will be confronted with an inevitable conclusion… a personal relationship with God (not to be confused with just getting ‘religious’), not only makes sense - it is essential.

It was CS Lewis who said, “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it, I see everything else”. He saw arriving at right conclusions as crucial… this is the wrong thing to get wrong, or to be passively indifferent about, because the consequences of taking that path, carry enormous impact.

The truth is we’re purposefully designed and equipped by God to share friendship and relationship with Him. Unlike a trivial ‘take it or leave it’ optional choice on a restaurant menu, fundamentally we need God. Rejecting that truth constitutes a decision to live independently of Himthere’s no more serious mistake to make. Making the right choice, means humbly turning our lives wholeheartedly over to God, receiving forgiveness for wilful disobedience and every wrong deed. Everyone accepting the gift of salvation offered to us by Jesus embarks on a brand new beginning.

Don’t be mistaken. We’ve got one shot at this life… ‘getting it right’ now, means getting it right for all that lies ahead in the life to come.

Focus on welfare of the pride

By Viv Posselt

New Cambridge Lions president David Espin wants to extend the club’s community service focus to one that better cares for club members.

“We have an effective hands-on approach to looking after people in the community,” he said. “It’s traditional for the incoming president to take on a project… I’d like to concentrate on members’ welfare.

“Lions are great at

looking after others, but the reality is that we have older people in our club who may themselves need help. I’d like to look at more practical ways to offer that, and we have a committee to do that. We might look at taking members to medical appointments, mow their lawn or just take them for a coffee. They give so much to the club; their wellbeing needs to be part of our focus.”

David said with about 80 members, the club is in good heart. Younger people

are joining, but societal changes over the club’s 62-year history mean they’re often coming on board a decade or so later than their predecessors.

Also doing well are the group of Leos operating through Cambridge High School.

Taranaki-born David, who is employed at Grinter’s Funeral Home, is a former Cambridge High student. He knew something about service to others through his mother’s ties with the Country Women’s

Institute, and after trying out several post-school jobs then completing a social science degree as an adult student, he was ready to find something that ‘gave back’. While David was working at a petrol station while doing his degree, Trevor Grinter approached him. He reckoned David had the sort of easy connection with customers that might translate well to the funeral industry and offered him a job.

“I’d never really thought of it, but I went on to learn

everything with Trevor.

I’m now a funeral director and embalmer… it’s a very satisfying industry to be in,” he said.

Given the surfeit of Lions members working with him, it was likely a sure-fire thing that David would eventually join the club. He did in 2016 and has since been involved in almost every aspect of the club’s activities. The past three years have seen him as social director. When he became president last month, he took on a wider oversight

Spreading the conservation word

By Sarah Morcom

Predator Free Cambridge have been visiting Cambridge schools and the Cambridge Women’s Club this week to spread awareness about predator control and conservation week.

Karen Barlow, who has managed the Predator Free Cambridge project since 2020, has been giving talks to Cambridge Primary School and Cambridge High School as well as the Women’s Club.

This is her third session with Cambridge Primary School, where students make tunnel boxes. They have been primed to set up rate traps in and around the school.

“All the primary school kids always seem to be really keen”, said Barlow.

Predator Free Cambridge’s goal is to make Cambridge a safer place for native wildlife, and to represent Cambridge in the Predator Free 2050 project. Conservation Week – which ends on Sunday - gives them an opportunity to spread the word about predator control.

Every hand helps when it comes to predator control, said Barlow.

“If everybody had a trap in their backyard, that would be amazing”, she said.

Barlow said that there are many things people can do from their backyard that can help to conserve the native flora and fauna. Planting native trees is a big help, and tunnel traps can be bought at the Cambridge iSite. Another simple way to help with conservation

is to keep an untidy backyard.

“I know that sounds weird, but lizards love leaf litter, and insects too”, said Barlow.

“So not raking all the leaves away and having a sort of messy backyard helps. I’m not talking about overgrown lawns or anything like that necessarily, but just some leaf litter. Have gardens with soil and dirt and leaves in them”.

She said keeping pet cats inside at night, and putting a bell collar on it are good ideas.

“Even lazy, fat ones that get fed well still hunt. It’s just the way they are. But you can really help the birdlife out with a bell, and not letting them out at night”.

Barlow said when she joined Predator Free Cambridge “there were maybe eight trappers and one site that we trapped on, and now there’s 60 odd trappers and 11 different project sites”.

About 350 traps are purchased by backyard trappers each year.

David Espin

of club activities. It is something he is particularly looking forward to.

Time, please!

Cambridge’s historic Town Clock is frozen at 7.45 on all sides. It has been since July 27 and could be for a lot longer. Waipā District Council’s Finance committee was told this week the winding mechanism has come to the end of its life and is beyond repair. It will need to be fully automated in the future. The clock tower was supplied by Littlejohn and Sons of Wellington in 1908 and was originally in a tower on the Post Office (now Alpino Restaurant). It was reconstructed at its current location in 1934.

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Carter: A glass from the past

By Mary Anne Gill

Cambridge Museum staff have added an old ‘new’ picture of legendary coach driver William Kennedy ‘King’ Carter to their collection courtesy of an American who stumbled upon it in a box of glass slides.

Carter, after whom Carter’s Flat and Carter’s Crescent are named, was a tall and athletic American who settled in Cambridge in the 1870s and started his own stables carrying passengers to and from Auckland.

The glass negative showing him sitting upright in a carriage outside Gillett’s National Hotel is thought to have been taken in the 1880s, about the same time as an image already in the museum’s collection was taken.

That shows the hotel and next

to it Carter’s stables Cambridge Horse Bazaar, W K Carter, roughly where The Sample Room now stands at 8 Lake Street.

The American who found the glass slide among a collection of others, deduced they had been taken by a wealthy family that took a trip in Africa, Asia and New Zealand, said museum manager Elizabeth Harvey.

The museum purchased the glass negative for an undisclosed sum knowing its value to Cambridge was immense.

The News has messaged Josh Brown, the American who facilitated the purchase but had not heard from him when The News went to press.

“Carter is a strong local story. He used to carry the mail between towns but lost this business when the trains arrived in the 1880s,”

said Harvey.

“He therefore began to offer tours between Auckland, Cambridge and Rotorua which is likely why the image was captured in the box.”

Carter, who died aged 95 on July 30, 1918, first settled Down Under in Victoria, Australia in 1851 after performing prodigious feats in the rolling prairies of America. He drove the first coach from Melbourne to Bendigo during the early days of the gold rush.

He moved to New Zealand settling in Dunedin where he drove the coach for many years between Dunedin and Gabriel’s Gully. Later he drove the coach between Wellington and Otaki before moving north to drive between Auckland and Cambridge for Quick and Co and then for himself.

Carter was a skilled jehu – a

coachman who drives fast and furiously.

His coaches ran from Hamilton to Cambridge, Ōhaupō to Te Awamutu and his horses and buggies provided guided tours to the Hot Lakes at Rotorua and Taupō.

Coaches to Auckland held 25 passengers and the horses were changed nine times. Spades were on hand to dig a coach out of the mud when needed and at steep hills, the male passengers got out to make it easier on the horses.

Carter, who used carrier pigeons to send messages between his stops and Cambridge, was described as having a “wealth of snow white hair.” A New Zealand Herald

obituary said: “When WKC took the driver’s seat on one of Cobb and Co’s well-equipped coaches, handling a team of six horses, such constituted a picture to be committed to memory by old and young alike.”

He was always smartly dressed, usually in a brown frock coat with wide-brimmed hat, carrying a gold-headed walking stick and sporting a white Van Dyke beard and flowing moustache.

Carter and his wife Mary Ann lived in a house on terrace land above Karāpiro Creek, where Carter’s Flat now is. She was 20 years younger than him but predeceased him, dying on January 27, 1899, aged 54.

The newly found photo of King Carter with his coach outside the original National Hotel in Cambridge, circa 1880s. Photo: Cambridge Museum.

Carter’s stable “Cambridge Horse Bazaar, W K Carter” roughly where The Sample Room now stands in Lake Street. Photo: Cambridge Museum.

First XV’s sizzling win

Doors open memories

By Steph Bell-Jenkins

What do you get when you mix a passionate team, a former Black Fern, an enthusiastic sponsor, 300 sausages and a haka?

A day Cambridge High School’s 1st XV girls’ rugby team will remember for a long time.

The side finished their season on a “massive high” last Wednesday, beating close rivals Hamilton Girls’ High School 15-10 to win their U17 grade and claim the Vanessa Cootes Cup.

“I’m ecstatic,” said coach Annaleah Bodle (nee Rush), who played for the Black Ferns from 1996-2002 and helped them win two World Cups.

“I’m so stoked for the girls; I’m chuffed they were able to string it together and come through for this final because we’ve played Hamilton Girls twice during the season and

they’ve both been extremely close games.”

Bodle, who has coached Cambridge High rugby for seven years, said the team had gathered an “awesome supporter base” over the season.

“Our sponsor Errol Newlands is absolutely awesome and is always there, the boys’ 1st XV come along, our parents are amazing, the head girl comes to every game – she gets everyone out there, she spreads the word – the sideline was 3-4 people deep of people watching our final,” she said.

“It was the most amazing atmosphere for the girls. They were nervous but I talked to them about soaking up that atmosphere and using it to our advantage to boost their energy.”

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Cambridge started strongly early in the second half led 15-0. Hamilton Girls struck back with two tries, closing the gap to 15-10 with just minutes remaining, but the home side held on, to the delight of the home crowd.

“The icing on the cake was, at the end our boys’ 1st XV and our kapa haka group did a haka for the girls,” said Bodle, whose daughter Livy is a lock in the team.

“It was so awesome. To see that school culture come alive after we’d won was just an amazing feeling.”

Captain Carys Aveyard, who organised extra team fitness trainings with PE teacher Josh Toa, said she was proud of her team for “putting in the work even when they didn’t want to” and turning up for each other.

“I couldn’t have asked for a better way to end the season with the girls for my last year,” the year 13 student said.

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Residents living with dementia at Cambridge’s Resthaven on Burns care centre have welcomed the installation of an innovative door system aimed at providing a greater sense of home and comfort.

The doors have a made-to-measure decal that matches a ‘front door’ the resident remembers from their past. The system helps those living with dementia to recognise and find their rooms more easily.

Resthaven on Burns’ diversional therapist Tracy Fairhall said a front door can bring back memories and remind residents of places where they most felt at home. “It’s very personal, and that is what is so special about these doors.”

The designs have been created from pictures of actual doors, she said. “They come in all colours and features. There are hundreds of designs to choose from, including stained glass windows, wood, glass, ironwork and even screen doors.”

Cambridge Resthaven general manager Rachel Jones said the system had been developed in The Netherlands and has been used in aged care facilities in more than 15 countries.

“We are not aware of who else in New Zealand is using them, but after seeing successful case studies from around the world, we thought the doors would make a difference here. We are grateful to the Friends of Resthaven Foundation who provided funding for the decals.”

Tracy and Jake Young from Resthaven’s maintenance team installed the 15 doors over a period of two weeks.

Tracy said as well as helping residents the doors were a hit with staff and visitors.

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Riding into the future

By Jeremy Smith

Groundbreaking equine reproduction – or horse breeding - research at Equibreed NZ is helping keep work undertaken by Kiwi industry specialists “right up there” on the world stage.

And, director Dr Lee Morris says nearly four years since the family-owned Puahue company - halfway between Cambridge and Te Awamutu - pioneered a New Zealand first which “opened up a whole new world”, the team’s latest capabilities are helping Kiwi horse breeders overcome fertility problems in their mares and access better worldwide genetics.

Ultimately, she said, that’s yielding key benefits like lifting overall industry efficiency, increasing pregnancy rates and meaning breeders are not confined to the traditional window between October and March.

It’s possible via an in vitro fertility treatment using intracytoplasmic sperm injection, or ICSI.

The process involves recovering unfertilised eggs from the mare’s ovaries while she is sedated.

The eggs are cultured in the laboratory until they’re ready for fertilisation, then a single sperm cell is injected into each egg. The resulting embryos are cultured for up to 10 days in the laboratory before being transferred to a surrogate mare, or frozen for future use.

Equibreed made New Zealand history in 2019, when the country’s first foal – Sienna – was produced using ICSI because the imported donor mare, Wonette, was unable to carry a pregnancy due to damage from a previous foaling.

A specialist equine breeding facility with many of its clients being breeders of sport horses, or horses which show jump, event or compete in dressage, Equibreed has breeders from around New Zealand and the world on its books.

Morris has owned the company - which she runs alongside her husband Newlands - since 2008.

Work had been underway for several years prior to the “watershed moment” that was 2019, with Morris even involved in research in England with leading Kiwi professor and equine reproduction pioneer, the late

Professor William ‘Twink’ Allen.

“Two key turning points were, firstly, the ability to freeze embryos and now this ICSI technology,” she said. Almost four years on, Morris said a recent New Zealand study stated natural breeding first cycle pregnancy rates in thoroughbred mares was 53 percent.

In vitro fertility treatment using ICSI undertaken at Equibreed is now consistently achieving rates above 60 percent, Morris said.

“That’s as good as – if not at times – better than natural mating.”

With research backed by the New Zealand Equine Research Foundation (NZERF) and the New Zealand Equine Trust, Morris has just returned from presenting the findings of New Zealand equine reproduction work at last month’s 2023 International Symposium on Equine Reproduction (ISER) in Brazil.

Held every four years, the symposium is the world’s premiere gathering in the equine reproduction field - it attracts about 300 of the world’s top equine reproduction scientists.

“It was a real honour – and an incredible environment – in which to be given the chance to share the findings of the work we’re doing,” Morris told The News.

“Realising the work being done in the field here in New Zealand is actually right up there with the best in the world made me so proud.”

This year’s symposium was the 13th such gathering. Eight years ago, when it was last held in New Zealand in Hamilton, Morris chaired the organising committee which helped make it a reality down under.

Here in New Zealand too, Morris’ desire is to collaboratively share research findings for the betterment of the whole industry. She regularly publishes research reports and findings and speaks at New Zealand Veterinary Association conferences.

“It’s not just about me, no man is an island, right?”

ICSI, Morris said, is the latest of several services Equibreed offers breeders under an “evolving” arm of the company called Equibreed Advanced Reproductive Technologies, or ART.

Growing up in Australia, she always wanted to be a vet.

Among a storied resume, Morris graduated from The University of Sydney in 1992 with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science. She then undertook a three-year residency programme in Theriogenology, Latin for reproduction of beasts, at the University of Guelph in Canada.

“Put simply, our key aspiration is to give breeders and their horses as many options as possible, while at the same time increasing efficiencies.

“I love advancing scientific discoveries and helping make them practical and useful.

“Newlands calls me lucky lucky Lee because – supported by my family – I’m literally living my dream,” she smiled.

“Being at the forefront of the equine reproduction industry, with my finger on the research pulse, really is one of the major joys of the work we do.”

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Equibreed New Zealand director Dr Lee Morris in the company’s embryo lab.

Equibreed made history in 2019 with the birth of New Zealand’s first foal – named Siennaproduced by an in vitro fertility treatment using intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).

Calving in the big wet

By Jeremy Smith

“I’ve been farming for nearly 30 years and can’t remember a season that’s been so wet for so long, particularly over summer.”

Amongst at times

“astronomical rainfall and the tough challenges” that’s brought with it, Karapiro farm owner and Fonterra supplier Matt Hoskin says he’s determined to focus on

the positives.

“Given the contour of our property, we’re fortunate that we can handle quite large amounts of rain.

“What it does mean is that pasture management – and minimising pasture damage - becomes a key consideration.

“In our case, I’d say we’re a little short of grass cover at the moment. The ground’s

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just been so wet for so long.”

Now about “75 percent” of the way through calving 320 cows on the property – H & H Karapiro - he runs alongside his wife Naomi, Hoskin told The News on Tuesday they recorded record production figures last season. They have farmed the nearly 100 effective hectare property for nine years and

have been putting in up to 80-hour weeks since calving started in July – and milking twice a day. They won’t be finished calving until midSeptember.

So, Fonterra’s “massive pay cut” during such a busy time came as a “bit of a kick in the teeth”.

“In the midst of calving, that’s been hard to swallow, honestly,” Hoskin said. “It’s

a big hit, yes, but I’ve been farming for nearly 30 years, and I’ve seen the payout go up and down like this before.”

Both Waipā Fonterra dairy factories at Hautapu and Te Awamutu employ about 300 people and during peak season they each produce about three million litres of milk – and one million of cream - every day.

Fonterra Te Awamutu operations manager Russell Muir told The News the site has a “long processing year”.

“We process winter milk at Te Awamutu, so that means we operate 50 weeks per year.”

Off the back of their record figures last year, Hoskin said it’s too early to tell what the combination of the prolonged wet weather, coupled with the reduced payout, will ultimately do to his bottom line.

He is grateful to be able to use supplementary feed left over from last summer.

“A lot of other farmers would be in the same boat because the summer was so wet. There’s no doubt it’s been hard work at times. But that hard work does pay off.

“Every year when we get to the end of calving, I do look back and think how did we get through that?”

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King Country and Waipā face hits

The impact of Fonterra’s milk price forecast on the greater Waikato, which contributes about 23 per cent of the county’s milk supply, will be significant, a Waipā accountant says.

Jarrod Godfrey, associate partner at Findex Waikato, said in dollar value the forecast milk solids drop from $8 to $7 it would represent a $500m hit to the region - and $200m will be a direct hit to towns in Waipā and King Country.

He is encouraging dairy farmers and other business owners in the region to take steps towards revising business forecasts.

“Dairy farmers should be engaging with their local accountant or farm advisor now to see what the farm cashflow looks like at the proposed $7 milk price. Other business owners need to model what a drop in business revenue might look like – as we have already heard from local farmers that they will be tightening belts a few notches” he said. For an average 124ha Waipā dairy farm, peak milking 370 cows, the drop in the milk price will reduce farm revenues for the 2024 season by $145,000.

“For any business, a drop in yearly revenues of $145,000, or say $12,000 per month, is going to hurt.

"Unfortunately, most of this will be coming off the bottom line, which means dairy farmers in our community won’t be in a position to spend any of this locally with retailers or service

Farmers lose out

Almost 70 per cent of farmers say they are not making a profit.

providers.

"Taking steps now to forecast what this impact is for your business, is crucial.”

He said farmers were generally conservative in nature, but also proactive in managing risk in their farming businesses.

“As a result, we are already starting to see farmers take steps now to budget for a lower milk price environment. Unfortunately, this budget won’t have much in the way of discretionary spending, with expected reductions in areas such as repairs, maintenance, capital expenditure and personal spending.”

He says having knowledge of what the new cashflow forecast looks like will help farmers and other business owners to prepare.

“The agribusiness industry continues to grow and develop with the help of technology advancements. The growing array of farming technology means that farmers are better placed now more than ever before to react faster to adverse events, including milk price drops. These tools often include farm financial tools such as Xero/Figured” he says.

“Taking steps now to re-forecast your farm cashflow will help you navigate this unfortunate milk price drop. And when milk prices re-bound, which they often do, you will be well placed to take a firm grip on those future profits.”

The figure, from Federated Farmers’ latest farmer confidence survey, predated the Fonterra milk price forecast.

Feds president Wayne Langford said the survey of more than 1,000 farmers produced the worst results since 2009. More than eight in 10 thought economic conditions were bad and just 10 of the 1000 respondents thought conditions were good. “...there’s no hiding from the fact we have a problem. It’s our job to sound the alarm to give all political parties, banks, and processors a wake-up call that something needs to urgently change to reduce the costs and uncertainty farmers are facing,” he said.

Less than eight weeks out from the general election he said politicians needed to recalibrate their policies to take short-term pressure off farmers and give them longer-term confidence to invest to improve their businesses.

“We are also calling on banks to take a similar approach to what they did

during the dairy downturn of 2014–15. They need to be looking through the cyclical downturn, taking a medium to long term view, and support farmers who would otherwise have viable businesses.”

National’s Agriculture spokesperson Todd McClay called the survey results “a damning report on Labour’s economic mismanagement and regulatory war on farmers”.

Langford said farmer may be going through a rough

patch at the moment, “but New Zealand farming’s best days are still ahead of us”. “We just need to stick together, look out for one another, and we’ll get through this.”

Langford, from Golden Bay, was elected feds president in early July but has held the post since May after Andrew Hoggard resigned to join the ACT party. Hoggard will see to break National’s vice grip in the Rangitikei seat held by Ian McKelvie.

Wayne Langford… “we have a problem”.

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CAMBRIDGE OPEN HOMES

Ruth sets a high challenge

Te Awamutu resident Ruth Mylchreest is in training for a marathon set of climbs in November.

Mylchreest plans to climb Mt Kakepuku 10 times in 24 hours – a total distance of 75km – in the hope of raising $15,000 for Motor Neurone Disease New Zealand and Multiple Sclerosis Waikato.

The Neurology Clinical Nurse Specialist works at Waikato District Health Board providing care and support for people living with neurodegenerative diseases.

Briefs…

Dog gone

Waipā District Council’s dog control policy and bylaw review will spill over into a second day next Tuesday after nearly six hours of deliberations and submissions were held earlier this week. Council received 277 submissions and some elected to be heard at the hearing. The proposed changes at Lake Te Koo Utu – which suggests a mixture of banning dogs or new hours plus the debate on clearing Mt Kakepuku of dogs, will be debated next week.

She has christened her event the Kakepuku 10 Challenge and has already started raising funds through a givealittle page.

“Because of the promotion of this challenge, I have been contacted by Waikato families, living with Huntington's Disease, who were not aware of the care and support they can receive through the Waikato Hospital Neurology service and wider community based services - so this event already feels very worthwhile,” she said.

Overdue success

A Waipā Libraries member returned 20 overdue books when the council removed overdue fines on books from July 1, Community Services manager Brad Ward told the council’s Service Delivery committee this week. “We’ve had some really positive feedback from the exercise,” he said, noting there had been a “significant” amount of overdue books returned across the district.

Kaipaki 37 Tarr Road

Constructed in 1988, this house features a range of modern amenities and comforts. The open plan kitchen and dining area is perfect for entertaining guests, while the separate lounge provides a cozy space for relaxation.The property boasts a number of additional features, including a separate laundry and a in-ground swimming pool. The deck/patio area is ideal for outdoor dining and entertaining, while the double garage provides ample space for parking and storage. Additional features of this property include a bore pump, electric fence unit, water pump for the tank, pool shed and gear, round barn two bay, old cow shed, and a three bay implement shed.

Cambridge 145 Racecourse Road

For Sale Deadline Sale 7 September 2023, unless sold prior View by appointment or scheduled open home times www.kdre.co.nz/ CB6329

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Te Kowhai 70 Woolrich Road

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The open-plan layout creates a sense of airiness and connectivity, perfect for modern family living. The kitchen boasts high-quality appliances and ample storage, making it a pleasure to cook and entertain in. The adjoining dining and living areas provide a warm and inviting atmosphere, ideal for gatherings with family and friends. The property’s shed and man cave is a true standout feature. Whether you’re a car enthusiast, a DIY enthusiast, or simply in need of extra storage space, this impressive facility will exceed your expectations.

For Sale $1,950,000

View by appointment or scheduled open home times www.kdre.co.nz/CB6284

Gary Stokes M 021 351 112

Location, location, location

Vendor says sell! 166 St Kilda Road, Cambridge is the perfect location for your next lifestyle home. Set on a 6664 sqm section and featuring a 200m2 four-bedroom house, built with brick walls and metal tile roof. The gardens are mature with large trees and the in-ground pool, and a tennis court will keep the kids entertained. The property also includes a separate double garage and a single carport for parking. In addition, there is a separate sleepout which can be used as an extra bedroom or office space. This fabulous lifestyle property must sell! Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity to own it! Contact us today to schedule a viewing.

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Cambridge 176 Queen Street Auction

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-4047m2

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-over 80 metres street frontage

Boasting a substantial land area and an impressive street frontage over 80 metres, this site at 176 Queen Street in Carter's Flat presents endless possibilities for redevelopment, or alternatively ample space for the relocation of your existing business.

Cambridge 32 and 34 Gillies Street Auction

Auction 12.00pm, Wed 6th Sep, 2023, (unless sold prior), Hautapu Sports Club, 211 Victoria Street, Cambridge View By appointment Web pb.co.nz/CBC109521

Tony Wakelin

M 021 569 299 E tony.wakelin@pb.co.nz

Alan Copeman

M 021 874 222 E alan.copeman@pb.co.nz

Carter's Flat - Develop or hold

To be sold at Auction - 06 September 2023, Hautapu Sports Club, 211 Victoria Street, Cambridge (unless sold prior)

• 2114m2 over 2 titles

• 1002m2 + 1112m2

• 400m2 workshops/offices

• Holding income $41,000 approx

• significant development potential

Located in the Carter's Flat Commercial Zone, 32 & 34 Gillies Street present as an exciting development opportunity in the heart of Cambridge.

Auction 12.00pm, Wed 6th Sep, 2023, (unless sold prior), 211 Victoria Street, Cambridge View By appointment Web pb.co.nz/CBC167754

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Comfort, Secure and Homely

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+

Stunning Jennian Home

- The covered entertainment area is a wonderful area to enjoy alfresco dining and covered front patio is ideal for morning tea.

- Plenty of off-road parking, a privatised front yard and an ambience of tidy secure living is apparent.

- Features & Comforts include: Solar power & battery; light, refreshed décor; new ceiling fans; family bathroom with large shower and double basin vanity; master bedroom ensuited with toilet and vanity.

- Great location - well fenced for young family or pooch.

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24 Ruru Street, Cambridge

- Built in March 2021, inside this high quality, low maintenance home you will immediately relish the linen drapes, plantation shutters and open plan floorplan with formal living and family area.

- Delight at the direct pantry access from the garage and the amended kitchen design to enjoy additional drawer space.

- All you would expect and more – master with ensuite (sizeable shower) & walk-in robe; double sized family bedrooms; separate toilet from family bathroom.

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55 Whare Marama Drive, Pukekura

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- Set on an established, landscaped 3,393m² (more or less) section with views to Maungatautari mountain.

- 4 Spacious bedrooms, 3 with ensuites and the fourth with Jack and Jill access to main bathroom. 2 living, triple garage.

- 2 Smeg pyrolithic ovens, 5 burner gas hobs, scullery, covered outdoor entertaining and extended deck.

- Perfect for B&B or plenty of room for the whole family.

Deadline Sale (unless sold prior) 31st August 2023, 4.00pm

- Delightful! A journey to reward the senses day & night. Discover the balance of practical, low maintenance design & heart-felt artistic flair blending to create a home of distinction, prestige and enjoyment.

- Mesmerising industrial themes, thoughtful dedicated spaces, tailor-made landscaping, the privacy of the courtyard sanctuary and unparallelled building design features showcase the style and tranquility of this executive property.

Auction (unless sold prior)24th August 2023, 12.00pm

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2/405 FRENCH PASS ROAD

SERENITY ON FRENCH PASS

Sweet character home perfectly suited to first home buyers, young couples or downsizers

Located in Arapuni village this is a great base to enjoy the outdoor delights nearby

filled lounge and dining room with kitchen featuring great views of Maungatautari

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Picturesque hideaway with panoramic views

Title issued and no restrictive covenants

Approx 4188m2 with sealed driveway to section

CONTACT ELE OR DAVID

374 & 378 VICTORIA ROAD

INVEST AND WATCH IT GROW 16 85 ha or 40 4 acres in two titles, with two access points

Superbly located just a few minutes to Cambridge

Build dream home & run a business or grow whatever you want

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RUSTIC CHARM WITH UNTAPPED POTENTIAL DEADLINE SALE

Charming Lockwood home with pool ready for a new lease of life

Separate double garage plus extra 6mx8m storage shed

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4 68ha lifestyle property – great location between Cambridge, Hamilton and Morrinsville

DEADLINE SALE: Closed Thursday 3 August 2023 at 4pm at the office of Cambridge Real Estate 47 Alpha Street Cambridge (unless sold prior)

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FINAL NOTICE

YOUNG, June Molly –

Passed away peacefully on 9th August 2023, aged 78, in Sippy Downs, Queensland, Australia. Dearly loved wife and soulmate of Grahame. Much loved mother of Michael (Australia), Grant and Jennifer, Sheryll and Warren (Australia) and Warrick and Lisa (Australia). Grandmother to Melody, Hamish, Camryn, Luke and Jed. A service will be held in Caloundra, Queensland on 16th August at 3pm. The event will be livestreamed. For details visit www.gregsonweight.com.au

YOUNG, June Molly nee Nicholl – Passed away peacefully 09-08-2023. Loved sister of Lois Harvey, Maurice (Sam) Nicholl and partners and families. Rest in peace sis.

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL

PUBLIC NOTICE

Of an application for On Licence

NIMI Limited, 275 Racecourse Road, Cambridge has made application to the Waipa District Licensing Committee for the issue of a on-licence in respect of the premises at 1913 Cambridge Road, Cambridge known as Coffee Barn.

HUGE GARAGE SALE –Moving overseas. Saturday 19th August. 18 King Street. 8am until 1pm.

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Friends of Resthaven Foundation Trust will be held on Thursday 24th August 2023 at Cambridge Resthaven Village Centre, 2.30pm

Cambridge Community Men’s Shed PUBLIC MEETING

11am Saturday 26 August 2023

Cambridge Primary School Hall, 17 Wilson Street, Cambridge

The MENS SHED Cambridge has not operated for the past 5 years. This Public Meeting is being held to gauge interest and support to revive the concept of a Community MENS SHED in Cambridge

If you are interested in becoming a member of a rejuvenated MENS SHED, we welcome your attendance.

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: Monday to Sunday 8am 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 first publication of this notice.

Section 101, Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

PUBLIC NOTICE

Of an application for On Licence Onyx Restaurant Ltd, 70 Alpha Street, Cambridge, has made application to the Waipa District Licensing Committee for the renewal of a on-licence in respect of the premises at 70 Alpha Street, Cambridge, known as Onyx Restaurant.

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: Monday to Sunday 9am-midnight. The application may be inspected during ordinary office hours at the office of the Waipa District Licensing Committee, 101 Bank Street, Te Awamutu or 23 Wilson Street, Cambridge.

Any person who is entitled to object and who wishes to object to the issue of the licence may, not later than 15 working days after the date of the publication of this notice, file a notice in writing of the objection with the Secretary of the District Licensing Committee at: Waipa District Council, Private Bag 2402, Te Awamutu 3840.

No objection to the issue of a renewal licence may be made in relation to a matter other than a matter specified in section 131 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.

This is the first publication of this notice.

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Derek is retiring so Cambridge Locksmiths is up for sale!

Cambridge Locksmiths is the ONLY locksmith in Cambridge which has a very loyal customer base that has expanded as the town has grown the past 12 years. is successful local business includes a Toyota Hiace van, fully decked out with benches, stock, machines, hand tools, many specialist locksmithing tools, plus a long list of accounts open with major suppliers. Derek is willing to assist the buyer with training so if you have thought about learning this interesting trade, while earning a good living, running a successful local business with huge potential for expansion ... this is your opportunity!

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Pursuant to Section 46 of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 notice is hereby given that: The following additional meeting will be held in August 2023 –Tuesday 29 August 2023 Service Delivery Committee 11.00am Council Chambers 101 Bank Street TE

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

Garry

Dyet Chief Executive

NOTIFICATION OF WEIGHT AND SPEED LIMITS ON BRIDGES

Heavy Motor Vehicle Regulations 1974, Regulation 11

NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to regulation 11(3) of the Heavy Motor Vehicle Regulations 1974, the Waipa District Council has fixed the following maximum mass and speed limits for heavy motor vehicles and combinations including a heavy motor vehicle on the bridge(s) described hereunder:

Power Station (Karapiro Dam) - 3,000 kg -

Bowman Road Bowman Road RP778 Bridge (Mangapiko Stream) - 44,000 kg -

Maungatautari Road Maungatautari RP23531 Bridge (Horahora) - 44,000 kg -

Pokuru Road Pokuru Road RP2186 Bridge (Puniu River) - 44,000 kg -

Te Pahu Road Te Pahu Road RP877 Bridge (Waipa River) - 44,000 kg -

Attention is drawn to the applicable infringement fees set out in Schedule 1 of the Land Transport (Offences and Penalties) Regulations 1999, which apply to infringements of these limits.

Garry Dyet CHIEF EXECUTIVE, Waipa District Council