A Karāpiro cruise
By Mary Anne Gill
American cruise ship tourists Joy Littleton and Lori Ionnitiu saw the excursions available to them when the Seven Seas Explorer docked in Tauranga on Sunday, and it was the Waipā experience which stood out.
“I’m a novice vegetable gardener and I wanted to see what people ate,” the Tennessee woman said as she tucked into a red kūmara, part of a salad served to her and the other 20 passengers at Lake Karāpiro.
Rain and wind on the day saw numbers trimmed from the planned 36. Two days before - on the ship’s northward cruise to Auckland – 13 tourists took the tour which Mighty River Domain site manager Liz Stolwyk said was the first of several she hoped to host at Karāpiro.
Other options available for the tourists, who pay anything from $15,000 upwards for the cruise, are a Tauranga highlights and Māori culture tour, Rotorua, Lake Rotoiti, Hell’s Gate Mud Bath and private tours around Bay of Plenty to see kiwifruit operations.
Grayling Littleton, a sweet potato connoisseur said he had only ever seen
orange ones before and was impressed at the red variety which his wife told him had fewer calories.
“It’s not like me to like something that’s good for me,” he said.
Lori and husband Nick from Virginia had other reasons for choosing Waipā. She grew up in the mid-west and has always loved walking and saw the Mount Maungatautari option and selected it with very little input from her husband.
“I do what I’m told,” he said.
It was described as a walk along forest trails seeing endangered birds, tuatara reptiles and giant weta and finishing with a climb up a tower to see creatures in a tree canopy.
“I didn’t want this to be a sedentary tour,” she said.
The icing on the cake was a visit to a working dairy farm in Roto-o-Rangi where the opportunity to see cows close up and personal was a first for both couples.
Joy had already marvelled at the chance to stop on the side of the road and pat cows.
While cruise ship tourists have ventured into Waipā before, Stolwyk says this tour in association with Smith Tour Company was the first to involve Karāpiro, Sanctuary Mountain and the dairy farm.
The excursion is on the edges of what is possible – the ship docked at 8am and left at 5.30pm. A near 100km trip over the Kaimai Range to Pukeatua – via the Arapuni Dam on Friday and Putāruru on Sunday – bit off a huge chunk of that.
Stolwyk said she hoped Leona and Graeme Smith - owners of Smith Tour Company and long-time associates through their agricultural connections – could make tweaks to the itinerary from feedback received.
“I’m keen on a boutique Cambridge shopping experience for those who may not want to go to Maungatautari or a dairy farm,” she said.
Safely back on board on Sunday, Joy told The News, as they set sail for Napier on their 14-day cruise ending in Sydney next week, that she loved the experience.
“While the natural beauty and scenery is spectacular, we are finding that the people are the most special part of our visit,” she said. That was music to Stolwyk’s ears.
Now you cross it, now you don’t
By Mary Anne Gill
It was good while it lasted and well appreciated.
That’s the view on the re-opening of the Karāpiro Dam road between December 21 and Sunday night when it closed again for several months.
But two teenage boys from Cambridge High School, who live on either side of the dam, are now wondering how they will catch up
with each having nipped across to go fishing and swimming together during the break.
The 16km trip via SH1 and through Cambridge and Leamington makes it a long way around for them now, they told The News.
The closure has been well signalled to lake users including competitors in next week’s national Waka Ama championships.
The dam road has been closed on and off since 2019 – intermittently
opening over the summer periods when workers are on a break and at other times - for Mercury’s $90 million Karāpiro Hydro Power Station upgrade on Waikato River.
Three new power generation units housing hydro turbines which make electricity from the river’s force will provide an additional five megawatts, enough for 19,000 homes.
The third one should be in place later this year and the road – owned by Mercury – will reopen then.
These cruise ship passengers braved Sunday’s chilly conditions at Lake Karāpiro. They were pictured with, second from right site manager Liz Stolwyk and beside her Graeme Smith. Photo: Mary Anne Gill.
Cars cross the Karāpiro Dam road on Sunday, the last day it was open for a while.
Photo: Mary Anne Gill
Cycling courtesy
It’s great to see more people out on bikes enjoying fresh air and exercise even if at a reduced rate on an e-bike. I don’t even mind sharing the footpath with them. But why should they assume right of way over pedestrians?
No one objects to stepping aside to let preschoolers or even primary school children cycle past them. However, many cyclists have not seen the inside of a classroom for decades and still expect, with the ding of a bell of a call from behind, that walkers will step off the path for them.
Cyclists expect and deserve tolerance from faster, heavier traffic when on the road. Surely pedestrians deserve the same tolerance on footpaths.
Ray Milner Cambridge
Fighting the clams
Regional councillors have voted to allocate more than $400,000 to buy equipment for its fight against golden clams.
Corbicula fluminea was found in the Waikato River in May 2023 and is an invasive, fast breeding pest which can cause havoc in the country’s waterways.
The clams are in Lake Karāpiro, which hosts major water events and the fight has become one of containment.
“We are now clear on what we need to do, which requires investment in more equipment and gear, like waders, life jackets and steam cleaners, as well as additional space for storing, cleaning and drying these items,” council chief executive Chris McLay said.
The decision to use money from the previous year’s surplus was carried – but only eight of the 14 votes were in favour. Councillors will discuss, next month, adding another $170,000 into in their draft 2025-26 Annual Plan to fund education and more monitoring.
‘Can do’ cow cocky honoured
By Mary Anne Gill
Grahame Webber laughs when asked whether Waipā is a better place because of his seven terms on the district council.
“Bloody hell, I wasted 21 years if it’s not,” he says.
Webber, a former deputy mayor and Cambridge Community Board chair, was honoured for his services to local government and farming governance with a King’s Service Medal in the New Year’s Honours.
Describing himself as a “can do, will do cow cocky”, the 76-year-old has contributed to farming and local government since he was a teenage member of the Young Farmers Club in Te Awamutu.
Stints in various Federated Farmers positions and as a director of the now defunct New Zealand Dairy Group followed before his election to the Cambridge Community Board in 1998 and Waipā council three years later.
He retired from the council just over two years ago after he revealed he was battling myeloma, a cancer of plasma cells that usually arises in the bone marrow.
Webber is no longer having chemotherapy but takes pills daily which have various side effects. He is philosophical: “It’s one of those diseases that’s going to get you. It’s in the blood.”
When his parents met, his father was a policeman in Te Aroha and his mother a hairdressing apprentice from Taranaki. They settled in Auckland where Webber was born, the first of six children.
“They thought a rural place was the place to be rather than be stuck in Mt Albert.”
Webber firstly attended Tokoroa Central School – their farm was near the town - and then Te Awamutu College when the family moved to a dairy farm in Pokuru.
Teachers always told him he “must try
harder” so he left school to go farming and ended up share milking on his parents’ farm with his wife Jenny, who he met in mid-August 1972, and married in May the following year “when the cows were dry”.
The couple have two children – Kate, a senior account manager at HMC Consultancy and Richard, who runs the family farm near Tihoi – and five grandchildren.
Those links to Te Awamutu – despite not living there for 57 years – marked him as a councillor able to straddle that Cambridge v Te Awamutu divide.
“The years that I spent at Te Awamutu were invaluable. I didn’t want a them and us.”
Local government provided him with several highlights starting with the
New trustees named
Sarah Ulmer, Mike Garrett, Glenda Taituha-Toka and Ken Williamson have joined Trust Waikato as board members.
The trust is one of a dozen community trusts in the country. It was established in 1988 to manage shares in Trust Bank Waikato and has made almost $300 million in grants since 1996 when the shares were sold and an investment portfolio established.
Associate Finance minister Shane Jones, announcing the appointments, also confirmed the re-appointment of Metua Tangaroa-Daniel-Malietoa.
The appointments follow the announcement last month that Janise Hine-kapetiu Eketone had succeeded chair Vicky McLennan and her
deputy would be Chris Flatt. Taituha-Toka, from Piopio, sits on the Waikato-Tainui executive.
Flatt and Ulmer are both Waipā based - they live in Cambridge. Eketone is a former Maniapoto Māori Trust Board chief executive.
“I am delighted to welcome our four new trustees and the re-appointment of a current trustee to the Trust Waikato Board,” she said.
Jones said the trustees collectively bring “expertise in education, business, healthcare, community services, marketing, sports, governance, law, environmental protection, grant allocation, and community development to the trusts”.
establishment of rural tours when he was first on the community board.
“People like you to meet them on their own patch.”
In 2001, he beat a crowded field, including incumbent Ron Cooper, for the Maungatautari ward and switched allegiances to Cambridge for three terms when he and Jenny moved into town.
Grahame Webber is so committed to the Sister City relationship with Le Quesnoy, he moved into the cul-de-sac named after the French town. Photo: Mary Anne Gill.
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Waka racing
More than 4000 competitors
– watched by 8000 spectators - will take part in a total of 380 races over seven days in the waka ama sprint nationals on Lake Karāpiro starting on Sunday. More cambridgenews.nz
Honours galore
People with Waipā connections on the New Year’s Honours list - Linda Te Aho, Paula Baker, Fred Graham, Valerie Lissette, Ian Foster and Sally Davies – feature on our website cambridgenews.nz
Tender named
The Cambridge Town Hall Community Trust has announced Woodview Construction will carry out the renovation of the Victorian and Edwardian Rooms and make roof repairs. Work will start next week.
Teacher dies
Lynne Douglas, a longtime Leamington School teacher who was recognised with an NZEI award in 2023 for 50 years of service to teaching, died on December 29. The News will carry a tribute to her in next week’s paper.
Dutch elm victim
A second case of Dutch Elm disease has been confirmed in Waipā and a 100 year-old elm on the southeast corner of Victoria Square has been removed.
New chief Waikato District Council has appointed Craig Hobbs as its new chief executive replacing the long-serving Gavin Ion, who will remain with council until mid-year. Hobbs starts on February 3.
Waste submissions
The Environmental Protection Authority received 478 written submissions on behalf of the Board of Inquiry on the Te Awamutuwaste-to-energy plant resource consent application from Global Contracting Solutions Limited. A hearing is expected in June.
By Mary Anne Gill
Eddie Bradley was so intent on going out with Marie Kane that he would turn the picture around of her boyfriend on the desk so she could not see him.
He was 17 and she 18 when he first spotted her working in administration at a hospital in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She had recently moved back after living in England for several years and he was doing some painting work.
Two years later on January 1, 1955, the couple – both born in Belfast – married in the city at the Clifton Street Presbyterian Church.
Eddie maintains the game changer in their relationship came when he took her up the Shankill Road - the centre of loyalist activity during the Troubles that lasted from the late 1960s to 1998 - but then lined with shops and cafes.
Eddie proposed to her in a snow-covered setting but did not get down on one knee as his suit would have got wet.
Their wedding happened on the smell of an oily rag – they borrowed the car for nothing from
the undertakers who also provided the floral arrangements.
It cost them only £11 as Marie’s boss put on all the food, but no alcohol.
Both their uncles – except for Marie’s Uncle John - decided not to go, heading for the pub instead.
The first three of their six children – Robert, Fiona and Sharon – were born in Belfast but Eddie’s sister had moved to Cambridge in New Zealand and told them they should come out too.
It took them six weeks to get here on the cruise ship and they went straight to Cambridge to a cottage across the road from Eddie’s sister in Carter’s Flat.
“We arrived on the Wednesday, and I started work on the Thursday,” said Eddie who said they only had £26 to live on.
Such was their generosity; they gave half of that away to someone who had no money.
He worked for Harry Shields the painter before eventually going out on his own as a painter/ decorator working mainly at Resthaven and St Peter’s School.
Marie had three more children - Kimberley, James and Julie and then worked in Woolworths, Hamilton before setting up the canteen at Cambridge High School.
The Thornton Rd house they lived in became too big for them last year and they moved into an apartment at Cambridge Resthaven.
Eddie jokes he knows the place well; he painted each of the apartments every time they were vacated.
They have a view of the Water Tower - which they love and want to see protected - and the family put in sliding doors so the couple can sit out in the sun watching the bird life and passing traffic.
In addition to the six children, they have 18
grandchildren, 24 great grandchildren and one great, great grandchild “but in Australia,” Eddie says wistfully about the new addition.
By Mary Anne Gill
It has been a month of parties – Eddie turned 90, they had their wedding anniversary and yesterday (January 8) Marie turned 91.
Over 60 family members flew in to raise a glass or three in that way only the Irish seem able to do. There is an upcoming wedding in Queensland, Australia - granddaughter Loren Bradley, twin to former Cambridge international golfer Sarah – is getting married.
Eddie and Marie hope to attend, it will take a mammoth family effort to get them there, but daughter Fiona is hopeful.
Those Irish eyes are smiling Bridge crashes spark debate
Debate over whether vehicles just under three tonnes should cross the Victoria (High Level) Bridge have reignited after railing was hit last month, taking out the pedestrian lane on the Leamington side.
In November at the other end of the bridge a car went through the side barrier and landed on reserve land after it and a van collided.
Temporary measures are in place for pedestrians using the bridge.
The News understands an SUV (sports utility vehicle) weighing 2.35 tonnes and just under 1.96m wide and a car collided on Christmas Eve. It is understood the driver of the SUV took evasive action by crashing into the bridge railing. Nobody was injured.
The weight limit for the historically protected bridge is three tonnes and the speed limit is 30kph. The maximum width of vehicles using the bridge is limited to 2.1 m.
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Asked what the secret is to such a long marriage, Marie, with a smile in those Irish eyes said nobody else came along “but there’s still time.”
Eddie who poached her once before says she has looked after him for 70 years and confidently says she is not about to stop now.
Eddie and Marie Bradley married on January 1, 1955, at the Clifton Street Presbyterian Church in Belfast, North Ireland.
Seventy years together: Eddie and Marie Bradley celebrated their 70th anniversary on New Year’s Day.
The pedestrian lane on the Leamington side of the Victoria (High Level) Bridge is damaged after a crash.
Photo: Mary Anne Gill
‘Can do’ cow cocky honoured
He was mayor Jim Mylchreest’s deputy and chaired several committees, but his favourite was Service Delivery where he kept well informed.
“I really enjoyed chairing that –it’s roading, water and sewage so if we had a project going up like a new water system at Karāpiro or the sewage works or whatever, I would go out with the managers and get wised up.
“So, when it came to the meetings, I would know what the person was talking about because I had been out there and seen the problem or know the issue.
“I knew every bridge. I used to go every weekend. I would do a part of my ward and take notes and say, ‘you need to do this, there’s a pothole there. The bridge needs repair’.
“They must have thought I was bloody nuts in the roading department, but that was just an honest person seeing some of the things that a rural person would be looking at,” said Webber.
Staff did not think he was crazy – in fact the water services team gave him a model water truck when he retired saying he had been the best chair they had dealt with.
Another highlight was the Sister City relationships with Le Quesnoy in France and Bihoro in Japan. He travelled on council business to Bihoro four times and Le Quesnoy once and paid for each trip himself.
His council business claims – for example, mileage to and from his home, were generally nil also.
Webber lives in Le Quesnoy Place and “it’s deliberate”, he says bringing out the limited edition items he bought in France which hold pride of place on the mantle in their house.
Also on display are two watercolours by Te Awamutu artist Gavin Smith depicting Karāpiro and the Town Clock, the latter being his favourite spot in Cambridge.
The email telling him about his nomination for an honour came in October to their joint email account.
“That’s another bloody spam, just give it a flick,” he told Jenny.
“I felt a bit non deserving to be honest. There’s no expectation you’re going to get something like that, but at the same time, unbelievably grateful that someone has taken that opportunity to nominate me.”
He has some advice to anyone considering standing for council later this year.
“The first three years you’re going to have to breathe through your nose and keep your mouth shut. There’s so much to learn.”
And he also has a message for central government.
“Local government gets hounded by central government. We can’t do this; we’re not allowed to do that. They should bloody well leave us alone.”
People still approach him in the supermarket and Webber shares his views, offers advice or puts them in touch with someone at the council. He thinks the third Cambridge bridge should go next to the High Level Bridge “it’s the skinniest part of the (river) gorge”, the Cambridge Connections ‘Blue Blob’ fiasco would never have happened on his watch and people should stop saying there would be 400 trucks a day heading in
and out of town if the quarry in Newcombe Rd goes ahead.
“It’s a beat up,” he says. Opposition to progress in Cambridge, such as the Velodrome and Karāpiro, the district’s “jewel in the crown”, and even The Warehouse 25 years ago have all been proven wrong.
“There will be 150 towns in New Zealand that would give their best eye for the crowds we have in Cambridge as a destination in the
weekends and we have no empty shops.”
And to prove there is still a politician in him, he points to the Waipā decision to go into a water entity without Hamilton City Council citing water meters as a good reason.
“That’s their (Hamilton) biggest stuff up – they didn’t put them in, we did. We took the water and made it a separate entity. We were ahead of the eight ball, not them.”
Favourite spot: Grahame Webber with the Gavin Smith watercolour of the Clock Tower.
Photo: Mary Anne Gill.
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Life and times tables
By Viv Posselt
Victor (Vic) Petrie was a numbers man.
He gave 46 years to education, and during the 27 he spent at Cambridge Middle School (Cambridge Intermediate in his day), he was as tenacious about teaching the times tables as he was about respect.
He used numbers to explain… and sometimes distract. When his young son trembled during a lightning storm, he calmly offered a numbers-based solution.
“He told me to assume light travels instantaneously (186,282 miles per second), and that sound travels at 760 miles per hour,” he said. “I had to note the time between lightning and thunder, multiply that by five, and that was the number of miles away the storm was. Then I had to tell him if the storm was coming closer or getting further away. I went from screaming and crying to waiting impatiently for that next bloody bolt of lightning.”
Vic Petrie died on December 14, four days before his 96th birthday. His school-based farewell was packed with family and former students. Among them was Cullen Geurts, a proud grandson who now teaches at the same school, just two doors down from Vic’s old classroom.
Honoured to be teaching where his grandfather did 31 years earlier, he said: “people would say he was the strictest teacher around, but would also say they thought highly of the positive impact he had on their lives.”
One of five siblings, Vic was born in Granity, north of Westport, where a 4km
walk to school and a few tough early jobs set in him a strong work ethic. At 17 he took a job with the Stockton State Coal office, then trained as a teacher in Wellington, working at Taupiri and Ngāruawāhia before returning to the West Coast.
His marriage to Cath Ladner in 1958 produced three children, Richard, David and Leeanne. The family moved to Cambridge in 1967; Vic started at Cambridge Intermediate, later filling the role of acting principal at Hautapu School for about 18 months.
Tributes described a dedicated, hardworking man, a gentleman with a wonderful sense of humour, a man with a deep connection to family… his children and grandchildren were everything to him.
To his students, he was ‘strict Vic’, but fair. Those who feared entering his class at the start of a year ended up being grateful for it. He believed no student had the right to prevent another from learning.
Still there was fun. One son remembered he and his fellow students creating a ‘death scene’ in the art block… boys lying on the floor with what looked like chisels sticking out of their chests. When Vic arrived, he quietly stepped over the ‘corpses’ and said absolutely nothing.
After retiring from teaching Vic helped in his daughter and son-in-law’s horticultural business and relaxed in the Cossie Club.
Cath died 33 years ago, and Vic, active to the end, lived in his own home before moving into independent living at Cambridge Resthaven just six months before he died.
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The Boxing Day tsunami
By Janine Krippner
This time 20 years ago, countries around the Indian Ocean were reeling from the grief and horror of one of the deadliest events in modern history - the Boxing Day tsunami triggered by the 9.2-9.3 magnitude Sumatra–Andaman earthquake.
Around a quarter million locals and tourists lost their lives. Well over a million were displaced. Each one of those lives mattered. The impact was so large that we cannot accurately measure it.
Around the world we watched in horror as the news (not yet smartphones) showed footage of people running, waves rolling in, and houses and all sorts of other debris washing inland. It has always brought goosebumps to my skin.
The earthquake was triggered along the subduction zone where the Indian tectonic plate is moving down below the Burma micro-plate. We call the area where the two plates meet a fault or megathrust. The relative movement of these two large plates past or against each other built up strain, potentially over hundreds of years, when they were
locked into place at the fault boundary. On Boxing Day, 2004, this strain was released in a catastrophic failure over a length of 1200 to 1300 km, that’s approximately Bluff to Whakatāne in a straight line.
It took around eight minutes for the total length of the fault to fracture, and the rupture speed was 2-3 km a second. Think of a crack spreading through the ground on a massive scale and very fast. This is what causes the shaking.
What caused the tsunami was the upward movement of the seafloor, shoving vast amounts of water vertically that then formed a set of waves we call a tsunami.
If you hold a hand under water then flick it upwards, you’ll see multiple waves moving out from you in the same way.
We are so used to water being part of our everyday lives that we forget the force of it, especially in large volumes. You can be swept off your feet in around 15cm of moving water. On that Boxing Day the tsunami wave heights varied depending on location, reaching
over 30m in places. The water moved kilometres inland depending on location.
It’s important to remember these events and take a moment to think about what we would do if we were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Evacuation is our best shot of surviving, and knowing where to go is your best shot of getting out fast enough. If you head to our beaches this summer, check out any tsunami evacuation signs and have a chat about where you would run to. Remember “If an earthquake is – Long or Strong, Get Gone”. Don’t wait for an official warning because you might not get one if a tsunami is generated close to shore. The Boxing Day tsunami speed reached 800kph in the ocean.
It’s better to be potentially embarrassed by a false alarm than face the consequences of not acting fast enough. A false alarm is a good practice run.
Toby’s living the Euro dream
By Rachel Lilburn
For many, a ‘trip of a lifetime’ might come later in life. But for football-mad Cambridge 12-year-old Toby Cornegé, it’s already a reality.
During a three-month trip to Europe, Toby has trained with top football academies in Spain and Portugal, and played in an international youth tournament.
He has also attended a UEFA Champions League match, two La Liga games in Spain, a Primeira Liga match in Portugal, and enjoyed multiple stadium tours.
The family trip through
Europe with parents Phillip and Kate and younger sister Martha is the result of a sabbatical from work for mother Kate.
With Toby starting high school in 2025, the family realised the opportunity for any extended time overseas — they have family in Europe — would be limited.
The trip has taken them to the Netherlands, France, Spain and Portugal; and they’ll stop over in Austria, London and then Costa Rica on the way home.
Toby, who plays for Cambridge FC and trains with Ricki Herbert’s RH3
Academy, has been playing football since he was six.
Football is a family affair; dad Phillip has coached junior teams and often takes to the pitch as a referee, while sister Martha also plays for the club.
When planning the trip,
Phillip Cornegé reached out to Foot Draft, a Portugalbased company who are RH3 Academy partners, to seek training opportunities.
Foot Draft organised for Toby to train with CD Leganés in Madrid, Spain, and Varzim S.C. near Porto, Portugal.
In Madrid, Toby joined CD Leganés’ U-12 Cantera (academy) team, who compete against youth sides in the city, including the world-famous Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid clubs.
Toby was unable to play in official matches because he wasn’t registered as a footballer in Spain, but he still enjoyed a month of training with the team, with 1.5-hour sessions three times a week.
Phillip Cornegé says the quality was high.
“The technical skills of top junior players in New Zealand are comparable,” he says.
“But the speed and physicality were on another level. It was like watching senior football played by
12-year-olds.”
Toby says he had no issues communicating on the pitch.
The Spanish players practised their English with Toby, while the coaches had a good level of English.
Toby described the training as “intense”. Part of the intensity is due to the high pressure — If the boys don’t perform, they are released at the end of the season and replaced by boys from other clubs.
Next up was Porto in Portugal, where Toby trained with Varzim S.C.’s U-13 team. Here, he joined the team in their 90-minute training sessions, four times a week.
The family moved to Lisbon, for the Christmas IberCup tournament, and an opportunity for Toby to train and play as part of an Australian selection.
“Toby’s RH3 Academy connections helped us connect with the organisers,” Phillip explained.
“Toby was selected after we sent over video footage, and he’s the first New Zealander to play in an IberCup.”
The team trained at the Benfica Academy in Lisbon, and Toby trained with Portuguese coaches, including Luis Dias, a former Sporting Lisbon youth coach who once worked with
global football star Cristiano Ronaldo.
Toby played against academy teams from Portugal, Spain, and around the world, at the four-day tournament.
It’s a trip he’ll carry with him for years to come.
It’s given him an insight into how football is coached and played overseas, as well as opening his eyes to future possibilities.
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Safety tools and drivers
By Peter Carr
Over the recent holiday period we drove south to Wellington on the family Christmas pilgrimage.
As time is not of the essence as to which day we travel we usually opt for a Sunday (for both legs) to avoid the heavy and somewhat scary presence of large B-train trucks.
This is not in any way a criticism of the drivers of those vehicles but the frustration that the leviathans cause by their physical towering and visually route-blocking frustration.
cruise facility ensures that we do not go nearer than 100 meters to the vehicle in front and pulls us back to equate their sped.
There are 12 cameras around the car that assist, inter alia, with safe parking, presence of close (too close) vehicles and a host of other support facilities.
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In fact, I am saddened often when I read media reports that an accident has been ‘caused’ by a truck when, in effect, that truck was part of a two-vehicle problem. The speed factor of the incident was most probably caused by a car.
But this message is not about tucks. It is about drivers – many of whom rarely attempt 500-plus kilometres on a single run –whereas the truck driver is constantly aware of the effects of long-distance motoring.
So, to what extent are the car drivers given tools (other than mental common sense) to ameliorate the damage and physical injury factor to warn of impending danger?
One of them is most useful - it gauges (and warns) when the driver’s behaviour is leading towards sloppy driving and suggests a coffer break.
The magazine article goes much further with a very interesting report on a safety tool that is being trialled on trucks.
This item covers a plethora of safety factors including the ability to recognise and report on the drowsiness factor of the driver by a camera focussed on his eyelids.
Many drivers (good drivers at that) do not understand or admit to ‘mini sleeps’ where a three second drop of the eyelids is a key factor towards losing control.
On both south and northbound trips, the general driving of cars was very good and if we are going to be ‘picky’ and recognise the instances of stupidity and unnecessary haste by a certain class of vehicle then it is handsdown those gripping the steering wheel and pushing the pedal of wide and powerful ‘utes’.
This week I have been reading a wellrespected New Zealand transport-directed professional magazine which caused me to think about the safety factors and how they can be addressed - and twinned that reading with our most recent long-distance experience.
Firstly, our very modern Japanese built car has several sensors aimed at warning of the presence of other vehicles – especially when they are overtaking. Our frequently used
This is not about tradies and their need to use such vehicles for work – it is a class of driver where the link between sensible care and awareness of others is a missing link in many cases.
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In the world’s barbecue ‘capital’ — the USA — new barbecue restaurants are hot favourites; magazines have appointed dedicated barbecue food writers; and long-established eateries are updating their old favourites and enjoying increased patronage.
Many professional chefs are slow cooking barbecue meats then flash grilling them to finish. Mixtures of dry spices —rubs — have replaced the liquid marinades, which tend to burn. Sensational saucy sauces are served on the side. Restaurant rules and regulations have seen the demise of the open-fire barbecue – gas barbecues have become the norm.
The term barbecue originated from the West Indian ‘barbacoa’ — a method of slow-cooking meat over hot coals. Although southern US states pride themselves on all things barbecue, new restaurants have sprung up all over and older establishments have stayed the distance including Little Miss BBQ in Phoenix, Moo’s Craft Barbecue in Los Angeles and Sunset Texas BBQ in Honolulu.
Although barbecue recipes have become more complicated and varied than a simple snarler on the grill, Kiwis still love ‘em. In a recent New Zealand sausage competition, there were 646 entries from 114 retailers with gourmet beef sausages being the most popular — such as Wagyu Beef and roast Bell Pepper — the winner from the Westmere Butchery in Auckland, and Stanmore Bay’s Angus Beef Texan Chilli and Cheddar.
Barbecued fennel sausages with Spanish mojo
Spanish Mojo: 2 slices white bread, crusts removed 4-5 tablespoons olive oil
4 cloves garlic, crushed
1 teaspoon chilli flakes
2 teaspoons each: cumin seeds, smoked paprika
2-4 tablespoons sherry vinegar or balsamic vinegar
Sausages: 8 white wine and fennel sausages (or another strongly flavoured variety)
To make the mojo (sauce), pan-fry the bread on both sides, in a little olive oil, until golden and crisp. Drain on paper towels. Chop into pieces.
Place in a blender with the garlic, chilli flakes, cumin seeds,
smoked paprika and 2 tablespoons of vinegar. Blend until smooth. Add extra olive oil and vinegar to taste.
Prick the sausages once with a fork and place in a frying pan. Cover with warm water. Slowly bring to a simmer. Poach the sausages, turning occasionally, for 10 minutes. Cool, then remove the skins. Cut each sausage into 4 or 5 pieces. Thread 3-5 pieces onto skewers.
Brush with a little of the mojo. Barbecue on medium heat for about 5 minutes, turning often and brushing with a little more mojo. Serve when hot and sizzling. The extra mojo can be served on the side. Serves 4-6.
BBQ venison Thai-style salad
Lime Dressing: grated rind 1 lime
1/4 cup lime juice
2 cloves garlic, crushed freshly ground black pepper to taste
1 tablespoon fish sauce
2 teaspoons sugar
Venison: 1 shallot, diced
6 venison medallions
1 tablespoon garlic-infused rice bran oil
salt and pepper to taste
assorted lettuce leaves
2 tablespoons each: chopped mint, chopped coriander
1 small red pepper, sliced
Combine the dressing ingredients in a bowl.
Soak the shallot in icy water to crisp. Brush the venison with the oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cook on a preheated barbecue for about 3 minutes each side. Cover with foil and rest for 5 minutes.
To serve, thinly slice the venison and place on a bed of lettuce. Sprinkle with mint, coriander, shallot and pepper. Drizzle the dressing over the salad. Serves 6.
Moroccan chicken sausage croissants
6 croissants
6 Moroccan chicken chipolatas or similar spray rice bran oil
1 small avocado squeeze lemon juice
2 cups baby salad leaves
6-8 tablespoons good tomato chutney
Preheat the oven to 180°C. Heat the croissants until crisp — about 5 minutes.
Spray the sausages with oil. Barbecue on medium heat for about 8 minutes or until cooked, turning often.
Meanwhile, halve, stone, peel and slice the avocado. Drizzle with a little lemon juice.
Cut the croissants in half. Fill with the salad leaves and avocado.
Top each with a sausage, and a little chutney. Serves 6 for a
Barbecued fennel sausages with Spanish mojo BBQ venison Thai-style salad
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Passed away suddenly doing what he enjoyed on Sunday, 29th December 2024. Aged 78 Years. Dearly loved husband of Ngaire. Loved father and father-in-law of Nick, Pat & Tracey. Adored granddad and great granddad. The service for Brian has been held. Donations to Seventh Day Adventist Building Fund would be appreciated and may be left at the service. All communications to the Holden Family, c/- 3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge 3434.
GOOD, Monty George –Peacefully at Bupa St Kilda, Cambridge, on Tuesday, 17th December 2024, aged 96 years. Beloved husband of the late Rita. Loved Dad of Michael, Karen, Wayne, Steve (deceased), Craig, Andrew and their respective partners.
A loved grandfather, greatgrandfather and great greatgrandfather. Brother of Leonard and his family, and Ethel (deceased). ‘Special thanks to the Staff at Bupa St Kilda for their care and support of Monty over the past month.’
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Passed away at Waikato Hospital, after a long illness on Tuesday, 31st December 2024, aged 83 years. Devoted husband to Barbara. Much loved father and father in-law of Howard & Shelley, and Stuart & Emily. Loved Granddad to Millie, Charlie, Louie, and Max. At John's request a private farewell has taken place. All communications to the Baker Family, c/- 3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge 3434.
TRACY, Peter Francis – Died from a heart condition, aged 69 years. Much loved brother and brother-in-law of Susan & Lachlan and the late John & Liz. Uncle of Rebecca and Alastair. A memorial service to celebrate Pete’s life will be held at St Andrews Anglican Church, 85 Hamilton Road, Cambridge on Tuesday 14th January 2025 at 11:00am. All communications to the Tracy Family, C/- 3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge 3434
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NOTIFICATION OF INTENTION TO CONSIDER TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURES
Waipa District Council will consider an application to close the following roads to ordinary vehicular traffic on Sunday, 9 March 2025 from 6am to 12:30pm, to enable organisers to hold the Waipa Fun Run:
• Alpha Street - between Victoria Street and Bryce Street
• Dick Street - between Queen Street and Duke Street
• Duke Street - between Victoria Street and Hallys Lane
The application will be considered under the Tenth Schedule of the Local Government Act 1974.
Emergency Services will have complete right of way at all times during closure.
Any objections to the proposal must be lodged with Waipa District Council, in writing to events@waipadc.govt.nz, before 4.00pm on Friday, 24 January 2025. Please include the nature of the objection and the grounds for it. See the Privacy Statement on the Council’s website for further information.
For more information, please contact Waipa District Council on 0800 924 723.
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Waipa District Council will consider an application to close the following roads to ordinary vehicular traffic on Sunday, 9 March 2025 from 7:30am to 5:30pm, to enable organisers to hold the Head and Stokes Roads Bent Sprint:
• Stokes Road - between Maungatautari Road and Head Road
• Head Road - between Stokes Road and Maungatautari Road
The application will be considered under the Tenth Schedule of the Local Government Act 1974.
Emergency Services will have complete right of way at all times during closure.
Any objections to the proposal must be lodged with Waipa District Council, in writing to events@waipadc.govt.nz, before 4.00pm on Friday, 24 January 2025. Please include the nature of the objection and the grounds for it. See the Privacy Statement on the Council’s website for further information.
For more information, please contact Waipa District Council on 0800 924 723.
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Te Awamutu College recognises that students who are healthy are ready to learn and participate fully in school. Te Awamutu College has a Registered Nurse on site in its Health Centre 8.30am-3.30pm daily, 32.5 hours per week, term time only. We are seeking the services of a Registered Nurse who can work Monday to Friday during school term time.
The Nurse we are looking for will have:
• A current Annual Practising Certificate
• A current workplace First Aid Certificate (min Level 2)
• Practice Nurse experience or Primary Health care experience
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Thursday January 30
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9.45 - 12.30 Course confirmation Year 12 & 13 When course confirmation is completed, students are free to go home. This may not take long.
Friday January 31
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(incorpora ng the Tom & Rose Milnes Trust award) Bev Smale Food Technology Award
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12.45 - 3.15 Year 9 BYOD Training. Please bring your device
Monday February 3 - Whole school attends Timetables will be provided, they will not be available before then.
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Waipa District Council will consider an application to close the following roads to ordinary vehicular traffic on Sunday, 23 March 2025 from 12:30pm to 1pm, to enable organisers to hold the Maadi Cup:
• Wilson Street – between Duke Street and Victoria Street
• James Street – whole street
• Victoria Street – northbound lane only between Wilson Street and Alpha Street
The application will be considered under the Tenth Schedule of the Local Government Act 1974.
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Waipa District Council will consider an application to close the following roads to ordinary vehicular traffic on Sunday, 23 March 2025 from 12pm to 8:30pm, to enable organisers to hold the Cambridge Cycling Festival:
• Alpha Street – between Bryce Street and Victoria Street
• Dick Street – between Queen Street and Duke Street
• Duke Street – between Hallys Lane and Commerce Street
• Victoria and Alpha Street exits from Hally’s Lane
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• Lake Street – between Kirkwood Street and Victoria Street
• Alpha Street – between Victoria Street and Empire Street
The application will be considered under the Tenth Schedule of the Local Government Act 1974.
Emergency Services will have complete right of way at all times during closure.
Any objections to the proposal must be lodged with Waipa District Council, in writing to events@waipadc.govt.nz, before 4.00pm on Friday, 24 January 2025. Please include the nature of the objection and the grounds for it. See the Privacy Statement on the Council’s website for further information.
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• The skills and passion appropriate for health care and health & wellbeing promotion with youth
• Self-confidence and ability to work both as a team player and independently
• A willingness to undertake further Professional Development relevant to the role
This position is subject to Police Vetting. A Job Description is available on request.
Please send your CV to: The Principal Te Awamutu College PO Box 369 Te Awamutu 3840 or email: info@tac.school.nz
Applications close Wednesday 15 January 2025.
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