Snap! The women match the men
Minister scotches new ramps
By Mary Anne Gill
Transport minister Simeon Brown says the old State Highway One through Cambridge has sufficient capacity to provide for growth in the town.
In a response to resident Glen Bruce, Brown says including on and off ramps at the intersection of Waikato Expressway and Tīrau Road is “out of scope” of the Cambridge to Piarere project the National Coalition government has included in its roads of significance project.
Drivers wanting to go north from that exit can drive 3.5kms south to Hydro Road, change direction and travel back, he said.
“It was determined during the design and planning phases that a northbound on-ramp would not be included. The main
reason for that was the existing interchange at Tīrau Road was specifically designed so that the expressway would not be used for short trips, such as motorists entering the expressway at the southern interchange and exiting it at the SH1 B interchange and such a proposal would undermine the intent of this arrangement.”
Giving Bruce a glimmer of hope, Brown said he had passed on his correspondence to the project team for consideration.
The News first raised the on off ramps as a solution to Cambridge’s growing traffic problem more than two years ago.
Then we argued the logic behind the proposal to add on and off ramps to was clear and demanded investigation.
Bruce said he was annoyed when the New Zealand Transport Agency suggested
modelling showed few cars would use the ramps, so he sought information from Waipā District Council, which treated his questions as a Local Government Official Information Act request.
Transportation manager Bryan Hudson responded saying the traffic model for an average working day showed 190 cars would enter the Expressway from Tīrau Road and head north between 7 and 9am, 214 between 11-1pm and 371 between 4-6pm.
Modelling showed 90 vehicles would leave the Expressway and go into Tīrau Road between 7 and 9am, 225 between 11 and 1pm and 294 between 4-6pm.
Meanwhile motorists and freight are now using a new roundabout at the SH1/SH29 intersection at Piarere.
Two temporary approaches are being used
for the more than 2500 heavy commercial vehicles and 25,000 cars that travel through the pinch point every day.
The roundabout has been strategically designed to connect into the four-laned Waikato Expressway section between Cambridge and Piarere.
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For
away play off against Onehunga Māngere 4-3 – having been held to a 3-3 draw at home in front
Simeon Brown earlier this year at the turning of the sod for the new Piarere roundabout.
Photo: Jane Thompson.
Arbitrage
It was a relief to read a letter (Cambridge News, September 26) which rightly challenged the earlier comments by Waipa District Council’s Deputy Chief Executive, Ken Morris, with regard low risk arbitrage deals involving a $50 million prefunding deal being ‘a good news story for ratepayers’.
Last week’s correspondent to the News, Peter Clapham, quite rightly asked, ‘But where does the Waipa District Council get authority to speculate with money they have borrowed and (which) ratepayers are liable for potential losses on?’
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Mr Morris trumpets the fact that “in the two or three years leading up to Covid, we entered a number of arbitrage arrangements and netted over $1 million gain over that period”. My goodness, enough money for one whole unwanted speed bump. While Mr Morris is keen to post his council’s successful gambits, there is no mention of those deals that haven’t benefitted ratepayers. And, how much is the council paying Bancorp for such advice? And further, is it true that the council uses ratepayer’s properties as security for these speculative deals?
Kevin Wells Cambridge
Waipā Deputy Chief Executive Ken Morris responds: We certainly do not speculate with ratepayers money. Arbitrage arrangements are provided for within our Treasury Management Policy which is approved by the Council as part of its Long Term Plan. Deals like this are only entered where we are confident that they provide benefit to ratepayers. We rely on the advice of experts, in this case Bancorp, to provide us with guidance on the terms of loans, and to provide us with strategies for managing our current and future debt forecasts. There is no truth to speculation that council uses ratepayers properties for security. We do not own those properties so it is simply not possible.
Information requests
Earlier this year I sought approval to address the Cambridge Community Board. This week I was advised that an “Official Information” request had been received by council (from an unknown person/ organisation) for all correspondence on the
topic of my address. Emails of mine are included. I have been asked if I will consent to the release of my emails. This came as a surprise and I am unsure of my legal rights but in future will be far less open with my correspondence.
Murray Reid Leamington
Editor’s note: The district council is subject to requests under the Local Government Official Information Act. The Act is designed to provide transparency. Waipā District Council has been asked under the Act to provide information relating to reports and correspondence about fluoride and has responded appropriately by informing third parties where emails or correspondence from them are captured in the collection of information. The council has invited those parties if they wish to consent to the release of information and The News is one such party. Quite rightly, the council has not identified who has asked for the information when informing those third parties.
Great service
I recently suffered a relatively serious medical event. I was attended by two wonderful Paramedics who after assessed my condition began treatment on me immediately.
I arrived at accident and emergency at Waikato Hospital and was admitted and treated promptly.
The doctors then explained clearly and concisely what they thought my problems were and was ministered drugs and treatment as required. I received excellent care by nurses of all different nationalities
who were all great, respectful and friendly. Over the next few days I received all the examinations and the investigations that were needed to assess my condition. Before being discharged the doctors clearly in simple terms outlined my condition explained my ongoing treatment and detailed a medication schedule. I would like to thank all the medical staff involved, the people who gave blood and those wonderful Paramedics. It is disappointing to read constant criticism of the Health System by some , because my experience of it has been nothing but exceptionally good.
Ian Hancock.
Te Awamutu
Staff parking
On the subject of parking in Cambridge (The News, September 26) firstly, in my opinion putting a time limit on parking is not a wise idea.
A thought I had was to designate half the Alpha Street car park for shop employees and employers and say a third of the Milicich Place carpark for shop employees and employers. They could be issued a tag for display on their dash. This should then allow the rest of those carparks, the main street and side streets for shoppers and visitors to our town. The number of employees and employers may require more or less of those two carparks. Just a thought.
Bruce Turner Cambridge.
Across Waipa, Te Awamutu and Cambridge Police have definitely been kept busy this week.
In the police we have a saying, ‘see something, do something’. It is something we would like our community to embrace also. At the risk of repeating myself, we need you to phone 111 at the time you see offending in progress.
One night last week, offenders did burnouts in a stolen ute on Victoria street in the Cambridge CBD before abandoning it. Despite CCTV showing several cars driving through and even around the vehicle while it did so, no calls were made to police. In related offending, other stolen cars, most with smashed windscreens and all with broken quarterlight or side windows had been dumped at locations in Leamington. Again, there was a delay in police being
notified, despite busy morning foot and vehicle traffic.
If you see something of this nature, do not assume others are phoning us about it, please make a call yourself. The sooner we recover stolen cars, the better the forensics - with the ideal scenario being that we find them when the thieves are still driving them around.
With school holidays underway, it is common for there to be an increase in children using the roads especially on bikes, scooters and skateboards. Please be extra vigilant when commuting, as children can be unpredictable in their behaviour and are not always road-wise. If your child is out and about, ensure age-appropriate supervision.
There are several holiday programmes running across the district as one option for younger children. We often see an increase in reports of disorderly behaviour
and petty shop theft by roaming youth in school holidays. We understand that young people can get caught up in things that they wouldn’t normally do, when out with their friends. Please help your young people make good decisions these holidays.
If you are heading away, ensure your car is safe and up to warrant of fitness standard. Allow plenty of time for your journey and be patient. Check the NZ Transport Agency –Waka Kotahi website for real time traffic and travel information. If driving long distances, take regular breaks and share the driving when possible, keep to the speed limit and drive to the road conditions.
We want everyone to have a relaxing, incident-free holiday and to get home safely at the end of it.
Last day of school
Horahora School’s principal since 2015, Joanne Synge, has retired. Synge has lived in the Horahora district for 40 years and worked at the school for a quarter of a century. She has also served on its board since the inception of school boards in 1989. The school is planning to complete the school year with an acting principal.
Another medal
Cambridge Paralympian
Eltje Malzbender crowned an outstanding overall performance at the Zurich 2024 Para-Cycling Road World Championships last week by taking her second bronze medal of the week with a podium finish in the Women’s T1 Road Race.
Dentist kept waiting
The Dental Council has imposed stringent conditions of practice on a dentist who faces a 17 month wait to defend a charge in court.
Rahul Gautam, 50, of Paul Kay Dental in Albert Park Drive, Te Awamutu, and Hamilton Dental Emergency Centre in Anglesea Street, faces an assault charge. He appeared in court in Hamilton last week and was bailed to appear for trial in February 2026. Dental Council conditions included on Gautam’s scope of practice relate to supervision of colleagues and the presence of a chaperone.
Game appointment
Waipā based Glenn MacPherson has been appointed by Todd McClay, Minister for Hunting and Fishing, to the NZ Game Animal Council. The council is a national statutory body which advises the minister and works to improve hunting and the management of large game animals. MacPherson, from Leamington, is a member of the Pig Hunting Association and a past president of the Te Kuiti Pig Hunting Club.
A win for diabetics
By Mary Anne Gill
Waipā type one diabetic Garry Dyet and three other Waikato-based members of an advocacy group are hailing Pharmac’s decision to provide access to funded continuous glucose monitors from this week.
Dyet, Waikato University social scientist Hamish Crocket, MetOcean scientific systems engineer Tim Gunn and Paralympics New Zealand Waikato cycling hub coach Damian Wiseman are part of nonprofit Nightscout New Zealand.
Two years ago, The News highlighted their plea for Pharmac to provide access to modern technologies for managing type one diabetes.
The four wear watches and have software on their phones – a do it yourself artificial pancreas system via open-source software developed by Gunn - which monitors their insulin levels. Dyet was then Waipā District Council chief executive but has since retired.
He was thrilled with the Pharmac announcement and referred comment to Crocket who chairs Nightscout.
Type one diabetes is a lifelong auto immune condition where people must maintain a round-the-clock eye on their sugar levels.
About a tenth of the 278,000 people diagnosed with diabetes in New Zealand – type two is a blood glucose disorder usually associated with lifestyle choices – have the type one variant which has no cure.
Pharmac will fund monitors which previously cost up to $4000 a year.
Crocket was “elated” and said Pharmac had listened to feedback
about eligibility and renewal criteria and removed all reference to glycaemic levels, a way of ranking food containing carbohydrates.
“This ensures people won’t lose access to these essential tools for diabetes self-management simply because they are experiencing a time in which their glucose levels are elevated,” he said.
The government agency, which decides which medicines and related products taxpayers pay for, has also allowed for three months of prescription items rather than one.
“This is a nice addition which will
save everyone time and effort in their diabetes management.”
Diabetes specialists must agree that diabetic patients will benefit from an automated insulin delivery system, said Crocket.
“In our view, this means if you want (the system) as part of your diabetes self-management, you should have access to one.”
Diabetics can get to choose which of two brands available they want to use. One is pump based and the other is phone based.
“This provides substantial choice to users and caters both to those who
want to be able to leave their phone behind and still have a functioning system and those who want to keep their pump out of sight and drive their system from their phone.”
Pharmac’s announcement ensures 12,000 type one diabetics will get funding in the next 12 months with the number expected to grow to 18,000 over the next five years. Its decision follows a consultation in March between clinicians, advocacy groups, suppliers and consumers to inform Pharmac of the best ways to support people living with type one diabetes.
Lobby group calls for a ‘local’ voice
By Chris Gardner
Don’t Burn Waipa Secretary Nick Cantlon wants the Te Awamutu and Kihikihi Community Board to step in where Waipā District Council has stepped out.
Cantlon has asked the board to nominate a person with community knowledge to serve on the board of inquiry deciding Hamilton-based Global Contracting Solutions’ resource consent applications to
build and operate a waste to energy plant in Racecourse Road.
Minister for the Environment Penny Simmonds acquiesced to Waikato Regional Council’s request to call in the application in August.
Don’t Burn Waipa and Te Awamutu and Kihikihi Community Board are among organisations opposing the application.
Speaking in the public forum of the community board’s September meeting last week, Cantlon said
legislation required the board of inquiry to include members with certain expertise, including someone with local community knowledge.
He said the district council had given the Environmental Protection Authority a list of commissioners it uses for Resource Management Act hearings but “as far as I can ascertain only one of these people is based in Waipā”.
“I would like the community board to use any influence they
might have. Maybe the community board might be able to see their way clear to fill that role. The EPA is going to struggle. How on earth are they going to choose somebody that might know about our community and what they might or might not want?”
Community board deputy chair Kane Titchener said after the meeting the board was formulating a notice of motion opposing the building of the plant.
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On the watch: from left, Garry Dyet, Tim Gunn, Damian Wiseman and Hamish Crocket were pictured when The News highlighted their plea to Pharmac two years ago. Photo: Mary Anne Gill.
Going to town ‘retiring’ land
Landowners have “retired” 8442 hectares of riparian or erosion prone land in the Waikato Regional Council area over seven years a new report says.
At 8442ha – that’s 84.42 square kilometres – it’s bigger than Cambridge, 27.35 square kilometres, Pirongia, 3.27, Ōhaupō, 1.54, Te Awamutu, 14.18, Kihikihi, 3.4, Ōtorohanga, 5.07, Te Kūiti, 8.41km and Piopio, 2.01, townships combined.
The figure was quoted by Waikato West Coast Catchments Manager Grant Blackie addressing councillors at an Integrated Catchment Management Committee meeting last week
Over seven years the council has worked with landowners and iwi to complete almost 1600km of fencing, retiring 8442ha of riparian or erosion prone land and planting over 4.5 million plants, he said.
Rural landowners battling rising farm expense and reduced profit in the 2023-24 year gave up almost 1000 hectares of land on 296 properties for conservation.
It was a marked reduction down on the previous year, but “a pretty significant amount of work in these trying circumstances,” Blackie said.
His report said
landowners collectively completed nearly 150 kilometres of fencing, planted nearly 450,000 plants and retired nearly 940 ha of land.
In comparison, but with higher levels of funding, in 2022-23 the council worked with 341 landowners to retire 1726ha of land, plant 950,000 native trees and protect 137km of waterways.
Incentivised catchment work comes with funding from council, Waikato River Authority and the Ministry for Primary Industries.
“Despite an excellent grass growing year, the most common reason given by landowners to delaying work relates to lower discretionary farm income, resulting from a combination of poor returns, high ‘farm gate’ inflation and increases in debt-servicing costs, Blackie’s report said.
“In addition, there is now
regulatory uncertainty for landowners relating to freshwater and greenhouse gas emission requirements and the functioning of the emissions trading scheme.”
Waikato Regional Council undertakes river and catchment planning and management activities within zones based on catchment boundaries.
The council’s catchment programmes deliver restoration works, including soil erosion control and prevention, river management work, riparian protection through fencing and planting, lake and wetland protection and enhancement and bush fragment protection.
In 2023-24, the council also received significant co-funding for river management work from the government in response to the impact of Cyclone Gabrielle and other North Island storms.
The amount of funding available to landowners depends on whether landowners are in an identified priority catchment and whether the council has secured additional funding for work programmes outside business as usual.
Funding ranges from 35 to 80 per cent of costs, depending on the location, type of work and funding available, and landowners are able to use their labour and materials contributions as work in kind.
Titchener prepares next move
Anti-fluoride campaigner Kain Titchener, buoyed by a court ruling in the United States, says he will ask Waipā District Council to liaise with 13 other councils to push back against adding the chemical to water supplies.
He has analysed an 80-page September 24 ruling from the United States District Court, Northern District of California, which he described as ‘huge news”.
Titchener is the deputy chair of the Te Awamutu-Kihikihi
Community Board which has previously called on the council to make a stand against an order issued in 2022 by outgoing director general of health Ashley Bloomfield to add fluoride to the Cambridge supply.
To date the council had declined to do so.
Titchener said he plans to raise a notice of motion at the next community board meeting “so that the council formally receives the US court ruling”.
“My notice of motion will ask Waipā District Council to raise the US Federal Court Ruling findings with the Director General of Health, request that Waipā District Council liaise with the 13 other directed Councils to push back against being directed to put a known neurotoxin into the water supply and thirdly, advise the Cambridge Community that there is strong evidence that
the fluoride which they are being directed to put into the water supply is neurotoxic particularly for the foetus and infant’ he said.
The ruling says scientific evidence has increasingly identified a link between fluoride exposure and adverse cognitive effect in children. Where there is considerable debate is what constitutes a hazardous level of fluoride in water, but regardless, opponent don’t want it added at all.
The Health Ministry counters that fluoride is a “safe, effective and affordable way to prevent tooth decay for everyone”. It says it is important to distinguish between effects of apparent fluoride toxicity at very high intakes and effects that may occur at much lower intakes, adding “some studies have failed to do to, giving rise to potentially misleading statements and confusion”.
A total of 8442ha of riparian or erosion prone land has been “retired” over seven years. Photo: Waikato Regional Council.
Kane Titchener
Who will make the connection?
Waipā will host a national competition for the country’s top line mechanics and cable jointers later this month.
Lines companies Waipā Networks and The Lines Company will stage Annual Connection 2024 at Te Awamutu’s Castleton Park from October 22.
Cable jointers and line mechanic teams from energy companies around the country will compete over three days and be judged across a series of skill and expertise tests.
The executive director of infrastructure industry training provider Connexis, Kaarin Gaukrodger, says the electricity supply industry faces big challenges with the Government’s drive to reduce the country’s carbon footprint.
She says it is forecast the country will need an electricity supply workforce twice the current size to meet targets.
It’s suggested that as demand increases over the next 25 years electricity distribution companies will need to recruit an additional 150 people annually to manage this growth.
“Electrifying New Zealand’s economy is a key part of the government’s plan to grow our
economy and reduce emissions to achieve Net Zero 2050.
Gaukrodger said that would also presents challenges for the industry in how it trains people to deliver on the increase in demand and changing skill requirements as new energy sources grow.
“Training our local workforce will be key as countries around the world are facing the same challenges for skilled workers to deliver on renewable energy development and maintenance. The good news is that it means more jobs for New Zealanders.”
For Te Kuiti based Lines Company the competition also provides an opportunity to retain its title as overall winner of the Line Mechanic Competition on home ground.
Hamilton based Wel Networks will also be competing and a supplier expo will also showcase new technologies.
Waipā Networks chief executive Sean Horgan says hosting event was an excellent way for the company to showcase its work in its own backyard.
As a growing region here in Waipā, with an impending population boom, it brings home the importance of attracting new talent to meet these demands.”
It’s time to go, says Sally
By Mary Anne Gill
Mention the word retirement to Sally Davies and she quickly responds by saying she is still working a day a week but come December that will be it.
Then she will give up the practising certificate she first gained in 1970 and leave the job she has had at Te Awamutu Medical Centre since 1977.
Those 47 years providing primary nursing care to thousands of people in the community makes her special among the Pinnacle Midlands Health Network’s general practices throughout the North Island.
She will have turned 76 by then and the first thing she is going to do is join a Mahjong group because some of her friends play and it sounds like fun while she will continue to play golf at Te Awamutu Golf Club, coach hockey teams and look after her big garden.
Sally’s work at the medical centre has changed over the years but one constant is her commitment to changing patients’ lifestyles and health outlooks, said medical centre general manager Wayne Lim.
“She has provided continuous service in that role ever since, with no interruptions. This in itself is the most amazing achievement,” he said, but it was her work in diabetes care which stands out.
“Sally is by far our most senior and experienced diabetes support nurse and has been a health champion for literally thousands
of our diabetic patients over the years.”
When she talked retirement this time last year, Wayne and the other directors asked if she would stay on another year doing one day a week and mentor other members of the nursing team.
“In this way her influence is far reaching and has been an ever-present layer of wisdom and support underpinning the care provided by our nurse team for decades,” said Wayne.
Sally said there had been many changes in that time but the biggest were the extra duties practice nurses had taken on.
“Their repertoire now includes cervical smear taking, sexual health care, intravenous therapy, well child assessment, cardiac risk assessment and management of long-term conditions particularly in diabetes.
“There is a big emphasis on professional development with some of us doing post graduate education and some working towards Nurse Practitioner status,” she said.
There had also been a massive shift to disease prevention resulting in an increase in the number of practice nurses.
She is concerned nurses and GPs may lose their generalists skills with the advent of fracture, respiratory and diabetes clinics. She gives the example of a damaged finger or toenail.
In the past, a generalist would remove the nail, dress the wound
and the nail bed would heal nicely.
Now the patient might go to a plastics clinic or hand specialist.
“I am so lucky to have worked with fantastic doctors, hardworking receptionists as well as wonderful nurses. It is an honour to have worked alongside such visionary people as Ian Forbes and Mary Ballantyne,” said Sally.
And she praised Wayne Lim and nurse lead Janet Johnson as “very good leaders who continue to steer us into the future.”
Sally might be reconsidering her decision if her golf does not improve. The following day after our interview she lost her match at Te Awamutu on the 15th hole, an early day in the clubhouse for her.
Perhaps there will be more time instead for husband Ray, children Bruce and Rachel – who followed her mother into nursing and is a practice nurse on Waiheke Island –and five grandchildren.
Sally Davies inside Te Awamutu Medical Centre where she has devoted 47 years nursing practice.
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Les hits 104 with a birthday bash
By Viv Posselt
At 104 years old, Les Winslade QSM still rocks a good suit, enjoys a tipple at the local RSA and has a quick repartee when needed.
The Cambridge Resthaven resident was celebrated at a birthday party held in his honour last Saturday.
Guests included several current and ex-servicemen, among them Cambridge RSA president and vice president, Tony Hill and Jon Broadley MBE respectively, naval man Paul Murphy and Les’s sonin-law and ex-serviceman, Wolfe Hucke. Wolfe is married to Les’s daughter Alison Hucke, and both also live at Cambridge Resthaven.
A surprise drop-in visit –albeit by video link – came from New Zealand rugby great, Buck Shelford. He quipped, “Man, that is pretty good going,” and wished Les well for his birthday.
Les, who is said to be the oldest WW11 veteran in Cambridge, has packed a lot into his 104 years.
He is still a regular at the RSA, and when daughter Alison took him to the doctor recently for a chest infection, he showed a ready wit. “He was asked what pills he was taking,” she explained, “and when he said none, this doctor – who was a locum –
was shocked. She asked why he wasn’t on any medication at his age, and he said … “Well, that’s why I’m 104!” Les was born in Birkenhead, England, on September 28, 1920, and the family came to New
Zealand in 1926. His life is documented in files showing many decades of service to others, a tendency that started at 12 when he made and sold soap to boost funds for his local Scout group.
Les’s World War II service
was first as a wireless operator and then with the RNZAF, where he served with the 6th Catalina Squadron in the Solomon Islands. After returning to post-war civilian life, he joined the National Mutual
where he remained for most of his working life before retiring in 1980 as Otago manager of Mutual Life based in Dunedin.
Les’s inclination towards service continued throughout. He joined
A Shade S olu tion for
the Jaycees in 1954, rising through the ranks, was a foundation member of the Dunedin Budget Advisory Service.
He spent years giving back through Lions clubs, and after moving with his late wife Barbara to Tāupo in 1983, successfully raised over $80,000 for the club through events he ran. He also helped raise more than $2 million for medical improvements in the wider district, was behind the introduction of geothermal heating for Tāupo Hospital, and initiated a Lions traffic survey that resulted in the arterial bypass.
He was larger than life in sport as well, serving for years with the Otago University Rugby Club, travelling overseas on two occasions as part of the NZ Universities Rugby Football body.
Les has been widely recognised for his service. He holds seven life memberships to various organisations, including the Lloyd Morgan Charitable Trust. He received the Paul Harris Award through Rotary International and is a Melvin Jones Fellow recipient through Lions International – to hold both is rare. He was awarded the Queen’s Service Medal in June 2009 for community service.
Les Winslade QSM opening his birthday cards with daughter Alison Hucke.
Photo: Viv Posselt
By Peter Carr
A few years ago, we were blessed with the extension of the Waikato Expressway which relieved Cambridge of a high number of mainstream vehicles including many large trucks.
Retailers have benefitted enormously as a result with an influx of new, financially loaded, visitors spending in their establishments.
Well, unless you do something about it, your happy and quiet days are over. A fruit grower is leasing a large area of (mainly sand formed) land for a period of up to 30 years to a major quarrying company.
Large truck and trailer units will be leaving from just south of the golf course in the main to head northwards – which is where the product is needed.
These unts, weighing in the region of 40 tonnes when loaded, will be crawling through the town paralysing pinch points at the low bridge roundabout, the hill up past Countdown, the roundabout at the top by the Town Hall and the roundabout at St Andrews Church.
And do not forget that they will return empty for another load.
That is 400 movements a day – yes you read that correctly. Or, during the day at a rate of a truck every 1 minute 39 seconds.
Alternatives such as the turn-round at Hydro Road and the possibility of another access to the Expressway are pipe dreams that the truck operators will just ignore. The landowner and his client the quarry operators have no control of the trucks.
So, danger looms ahead. Carbon excesses in the atmosphere will abound. Road surfaces will be ruined especially on the hill areas.
There are those who will beat the drum in the interest of the environment and the long-tailed bat.
Good luck to them in their earnest endeavours but the Waipa District Councilwho have asked for comments – will not be swayed by their arguments.
Don’t expect your local Waipa District Council to rush to your aid. They are intent on swallowing up any and all roading matters into an everlasting discussion group that will take years to provide sound results – if any.
Likewise, don’t expect your local elected councillors to gallop in to help you - other than wringing their hands. One of them is intent on leaving the council, one does not live or work in Cambridge and the effectiveness of another has been questioned.
You have until late October to be make effective and well pointed comments on the forthcoming degradation of your lovely town, the effect on road safety, the myriad school-bound children and the atmospheric filth and associated diesel laden noise that will spread throughout the CBD.
And the queue at the Expressway junction southbound where the traffic lights are very restrictive, will just grow exponentially.
Whatever your concerns the council needs to hear from you as soon as possible. This is your town, your livelihood, your standard of living. Further down track any lack of action will only bring sadness. You only have one shot at this.
By Murray Smith, Bridges Church
Some startling statistics caught my attention the other day from Oxfaman international aid confederacy with headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, whose focus is alleviation of global poverty.
This British-founded agency reveals how poor most of the world is and how disproportionately the world’s wealth is distributed across earth’s population of about eight billion people. 1.1 per cent of the world’s population holds more wealth than 6.9 billion people combined. That 1.1 per cent controls 45.8 per cent of total global wealth.
The wealth and property held by relatively few multi-millionaires and billionaires around the world is mind blowing. No judgement here at all, because some super rich could possibly be super generous too. You might say, “Well they can afford to be” And you would be right, though all of us, regardless of means, should practice generosity of heart. I’ve experienced incredible hospitality and generosity in poor communities proving ‘giving’ is contingent on the ‘heart,’ not in abundant wealth. Since owning a car places you in the world’s top five per cent of wealth owners, by world standards we are very wealthy - and with that comes responsibility. ‘Giving’ frees us from the entanglement that possessions can exert over us.
An entrapping, addiction sits behind pursuing riches. The allure of wealth can subtly consume our affections. The Bible frequently warns of the corrupting, seductive power that ‘stuff’ has to become your master. One warning is, “If riches increase do not set your heart upon them.” Another warning states, “The love of money
is the root of all evil”. This is often misquoted as ‘money is the root of all evil.’ Money itself is not the root of evilbut ‘loving’ it is. Even people who aren’t wealthy, can ‘love’ money, making it their life-goal to get more.
Jesus taught using stories like this… “A rich man had land which bore good crops. He began to think to himself, ‘I don’t have a place to keep all my crops. What can I do? This is what I will do,’ he told himself; ‘I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, where I will store the grain and all my other goods. Then I will say to myself, lucky man! You have all the good things you need for many years. Take life easy, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself!’ But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night you will have to give up your life; then who will get all these things you have kept for yourself?’”
Jesus concluded, “This is how it is with those who pile up riches for themselves but are not rich in God’s sight.” (Lukes Gospel, Chapter 12)
Jesus clearly isn’t against people investing wisely since He commends those who work hard, earning a return on what they have. He’s addressing the motivation for seeking to increase material wealth. Is it all about self-centred gratification? Or are we incorporating a broader motivation of caring concern for other’s needs - for those disadvantaged in life? That’s what being ‘rich in God’s sight’ means.
Enslavement to the ‘visible’ makes faith in the ‘invisible’ suspect. Don’t become blind to eternal realities - to substitute serving God for serving the ‘god’ of materialism, will do that.
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E-trike opens cycle pathways
By Mary Anne Gill
Matty Bauernfeind has two great passions – Arsenal Football Club and advocating for disability accessibility. Add a third one to that nowtravelling on Waikato’s cycleways with the wind blowing through his hair.
Now thanks to the Lions Tamahere Club, he and other disabled people can travel free from Riverside Adventures base at the Velodrome near Cambridge to anywhere that is accessible by bike.
The London-born 23-year-old tertiary student - who emigrated to New Zealand with his parents Neil and Bernadette when he was onehas cerebral palsy and needs support with everything he does.
He went to school at St Peter Chanel School in Hamilton and then Hillcrest High School before starting at Wintec nearly two years ago where he is studying communications.
He is in the Enabling Good Lives programme which enables disabled people to have greater choice and control over the supports they receive.
Making things accessible for him and other disabled people has seen Matty help get a hoist installed at the polytechnic because the disability toilets did not suit his needs.
“My motivation for wanting to leave the hoist at Wintec after I leave is so that other students who have mobility impairments can go onto further education after they leave
high school, and not have to worry about changing facilities.”
The e-trike will make a big difference to other people’s lives, he said.
“Something like this means they can get out and about. I can get out, I can interact with people. I can have the wind in my hair,” he laughs, seeing the irony in his buzz cut.
That was not the only reason for his good mood. His beloved Arsenal had only hours before scored two goals in stoppage time to beat Leicester 4-2.
“I didn’t tell Matty,” said Neil who
had recorded it for him. “He was going ‘we’re 2-0 up at the half’ and then Leicester got two back and he was worried.”
The pair went to the Emirates Stadium in December last year to see Arsenal beat Brighton 2-0. Both were impressed by the disability facilities at the stadium and how well they were treated.
Their mood was not so great 11 days later when West Ham beat them 2-0. “That was terrible,” said Matty.
Neil looks after the Enabling Good Lives budget and during Covid he
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and Matty saw a similar e-trike for sale – not as powerful, says Neiland bought it so they could get out and exercise during the lockdown.
Lions Tamahere club members saw the original e-trike and through Matty’s advocacy for other disabled people, decided to start fund raising acknowledging in part in bringing the service to the community.
Club members raised more than $25,000 to import an electric e-trike that can carry a wheelchair in front so the physically disabled or mobility compromised - including
the elderly - can have someone ride them around the region.
So powerful is the e-trike that the daunting hill from Te Awa River Ride below the Velodrome is a breeze for the rider with a wheelchair passenger.
Neil, deputy principal at Te Awamutu College, can attest to that. He has ridden Matty effortlessly from the Velodrome to their Tamahere home and back again.
The e-trike will be maintained and operated by Riverside Adventures at the Velodrome and will be available, free of charge to all users.
Lions president Craig Phillips said the service club was very good at raising money to buy things but were generally not keen on administering them, hence the partnership with Riverside. They took the e-trike to the Te Ara Pekapeka Bridge open day last month where one disabled women could be heard shrieking with excitement and joy as she travelled along the bridge.
Lions will meet the cost of ongoing maintenance but members are also considering starting a fund raising social media page so they can keep its free status.
“That’s the catch cry I suppose. The only charge we want is in the (bike) battery,” said Phillips.
“I can imagine a fleet of these across New Zealand.”
Lions Tamahere Club and Riverside Adventures are launching the e-trike at the Velodrome on Saturday.
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Matty Bauernfeind at the Velodrome with from left Tamahere Lions president Craig Phillips, father Neil and mother Bernadette.
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Māori wards: a pākehā’s perspective
For me when I read Te Tiriti it clearly states that Māori would have a say in local governance.
Article two: “The Queen of England agrees to protect the chiefs, the subtribes and all the people of New Zealand in the unqualified exercise of their chieftainship over their lands, villages and all their treasures”.
This did not happen until recently. Māori were excluded from participation in our local government system due to having a different approach to the management of resources and a communal system of land ownership.
Māori culture is different from pakeha culture. Diversity is good, it challenges assumptions and the status quo - however I was surprised I could grow up in this country so ignorant of it. We live in separate worlds. Māori culture or worldview was not acknowledged or represented through the colonialist settler-driven local governance system we developed.
Māori make up 25 per cent of the Waikato district population, they should have a voice. I welcome them at the table. The
By Mike Keir, councillor, Tamahere Woodlands Ward
Māori ward councillors contribute a lot and I enjoy working with them. They represent their people and their views should be heard in local government, it is what was agreed to when the treaty was signed. If we talk about honour or mana, it is the honourable thing to do. What we have done has no mana, we have behaved poorly. The Māori wards are at last an acknowledgement of this. It has only taken 180 years. The wards are democratic and participatory, they are elected by voters on the Māori roll. Māori want to be involved and have a voice for their people. This is a good thing. An inclusive society is better than a polarised one riven by suspicion and distrust. Which would you rather have?
We are not Gaza, we are not Ukraine, we lead the world in dealing with our colonial legacy in a fair and open manner, however we could do better, the Māori wards are part of that better. The land war of 1863 was similar to what Russia is currently doing in Ukraine. If you don’t know, I advise you to educate yourselves on this, read the history of what has happened over the last 184 years along with the 60 years prior to 1840.
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We have heard the story of Governor Grey, we need to hear the story of Te Wherowhero, the first Māori King. A colossus of a man.
Māori spent most of their time trying to find enough food to survive. Getting through the winters was always a challenge and as population increased fighting over scarce food resources became more and more violent. The introduction of muskets exacerbated this.
All things change, change is constant. We should not be afraid of it. I reiterate, Māori should have a say in local governance to allow them to participate in how things are managed at the local level.
The wards in Waikato district give Māori two votes out of 14, it is not a takeover, they allow a seat at the table.
I support the Māori wards and hope that when it comes to a referendum the general public does too.
This referendum has been forced on us, the cost would be better spent on dealing with more pressing issues, of which there are many.
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Back home
Members of a delegation to Cambridge’s Japanese sister city Bihoro have returned home. The visit focused on shared areas of interest including education and agriculture with tours of three schools, one with a specialist agricultural curriculum, and a farm growing kidney beans and sugar beets.
Science gathering
St Peter’s School has been hosting a gathering of 120 science technicians and lab managers this week for a national conference which finishes today. The Science Technicians’ Association of New Zealand (Stanz) is the national association science technicians in education.
Web visits
Visits to the cambridgenews.nz website were up nearly 50 per cent last month on the previous month and the reason? The announcement of a new fivestorey hotel in Hautapu which accounted for more than a quarter of the visits and was the top-read news post on our website and the Cambridge App. A service award honouring Cambridge dentist James Goodrich was second followed by a piece about how Waikato and Waipā residents say roads are still the biggest issue facing residents, the announcement international flights are returning to Hamilton Airport with the outcome of a Code of Conduct for Cambridge resident and Hamilton city councillor Andrew Bydder rounding out the top five. Top pages were our home page followed by downloadable versions of the newspaper.
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Cambridge’s northern stars
Roy Pilott was at John Kerkhof Park to see the club’s premier women emulate the men and win a home and away playoff to secure promotion to the Northern League.
They were singing “we are going up” thanks to Emma Sherburn’s 63rd minute header.
But Cambridge made another full house of football fans at John Kerkhof Park sweat on Sunday as the hosts were held 3-3 by Onehunga Māngere United in an exciting second leg of a Northern League promotion playoff.
It was a result good enough to secure promotion because Scott Bult’s team had won the first leg 1-0 a week earlier. But it was a nervous enough clash for him to ask if The News camera was picking up audio given he may have employed some Anglo Saxon to issue instructions.
The club has done things in pairs this season - the men also won promotion to the Northern League courtesy of a 2-0 aggregate win over Waiheke United eight days earlier.
But in truth they do it in fives – the men’s winning goal in Cambridge came in the fifth minute, the women’s winner in Auckland last week was in the fifth minute – and Brooke Suisted’s goal in the fifth minute on Sunday gave Cambridge the perfect start. But not the perfect finish. For each goal Cambridge scored the Onehunga Māngere United Scarlets scored one of their own. Quoting legendary manager Sir
Alex Ferguson, Bult told the aftermatch gathering in the clubrooms the closing stages of the second half had been “squeaky bum time”.
As gracious as the visitors were in congratulating Cambridge, so too was Bult – he acknowledged his young side had been second best for much of the second half.
It was a nervous final 45 minutes of squandered possession and one defensive mix up which resulted in keeper Aimee Archibald being booked, but her foul being ruled as outside the box.
The host’s major threat came out wide – none more so than through Charlotte Harries whose pace down the left in the second half
was a welcome outlet. But more often than not it was route one football with Archibald launching punts up field.
There was one confusing hold up in the second half as referee Mark Orchard – who had an excellent game - negotiated a misunderstanding on what defined a substitution window.
Blame a process introduced by FIFA designed to introduce more drama.
Having turned what once took a matter of seconds into a ceremony, FIFA decrees how many times during a game substitutions can be made. That was all of no concern in the
clubrooms to Peter Martens QSM who was celebrating an “historic” end of season for the club he joined in 1957. At the club’s annual meeting next month he will retire after 35 years as president It was a great few days for the president. From England, Watford manager Tom Cleverley sent a video message congratulating Martens – who supports Elton John’s favourite club – on his contribution.
And on Friday night it was announced at the Cambridge prizegiving that the club would now refer to the newly developed fields at their home grounds using Marten’s name.
Rachel Hill came on with just over 10 minutes to play for Caitlin Varcoe.
Charlotte Harries gets a cross in during the second half.
Striker Caitlin Varcoe – named Cambridge’s player of the day –hopes visiting keeper Emily Calf will spill possession during the second half. She didn’t.
ON SHAKY GROUND
On the move… again
In a car crammed full of my belongings I sat counting on my fingers the times I have moved house or apartment, not counting the times I lived in a backpackers or hotel.
In 21 years I have moved about 25 times. Some of those moves have been across countries, some across states, but all have involved downsizing where I can, packing, moving logistics, and unpacking.
Many of those times were with my two cats in tow. I am so efficient that it should be on my CV at this point. It’s pretty astounding considering I lived in the same house from birth to university and I will never forget how scared I was before my first move.
A career in volcanology has meant a lack of stability and not yet being able to put down roots, as much as I would love to.
While this is exhausting, trust me I am very much over it, I am very aware of how fortunate I am. Working in a field where I have spent so much time thinking about people losing everything to natural hazards, many having very little to begin with, has skewed my
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perspective on what “normal” is. I place so much more value on “stuff”, but not having more stuff, by truly appreciating the stuff that I have. It also helps with not being frustrated at myself that I don’t have life figured out yet.
I deeply appreciate having Te Awamutu be a stable base that I can always visit to recharge from the chaos. It was here for me when the pandemic drove me home, it is here for me now when our current situation in New Zealand has resulted in a lack of work for me alongside many, many others across the country.
Having said countless times that ‘it could be worse’, I say it with a true understanding of what ‘so much worse’ really does look like. It could look like having a tsunami flood through your home. A searing hot pyroclastic flow devastate your village. A landslide bury and relocate your home along with all of your neighbours. Insane wildfires turn your town to a blackened landscape. Living for months in an evacuation centre waiting to hear if you have lost everything…
Before I send this in to the editor, I
am still waiting to hear if a dear friend is okay after she was in an area hit hard by Hurricane Helene.
It is easy to be mad or upset at how things are going in our backyard lately. While the news is talking about recession, job losses, skyrocketing cost of living prices, I feel that we are missing global perspective.
No, perspective doesn’t help us pay rent or for far-too-expensive groceries, but it is a reminder that the past few years have been difficult for many countries around the world, even without taking natural disasters into account. It doesn’t mean that we as individuals have screwed up or aren’t good enough, it’s just tough.
If you’re having a tough time lately, I truly hope that things get better for you soon. I hope you can be patient and kind to yourself each day as we all navigate the ups and downs, and not beat yourself up on the days where you just don’t have 100 per cent to give. We are always so much stronger than we think.
Briefs…
Schick honoured
Nelson Schick has been made a life member of the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association. Schick, a driving force behind the rise of Windsor Park Stud was honoured at Monday’s annual meeting in Cambridge. His previous honours include the 2018 New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing Outstanding Contribution to Racing and Windsor Park has also been a multiple winner of the Breeder of the Year Award.
Ticket giveaway
Cambridge Community House and Te Awamutu’s Kainga Aroha will provide free tickets to people in need to attend November’s Great Kiwi Summer Festival in Lake Karāpiro. The festival is a two-day family friendly event which on the Saturday night will feature a light and sound show.
Med school plans
Waikato University has welcomed a government decision to take its proposed graduate entry medical school to the next stage. The decision was made following a cost-benefit analysis. The country has two medical schools in Auckland and Otago universities and both oppose the Waikato plan.
Stick to detours
Waka Kotahi has asked motorists to avoid sideroads as shortcuts while detours are in place as work continues on the new roundabout at Piarere. For the next two weeks State Highway 1 will be closed from 7pm each day between Piarere and just north of Tīrau.
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Business of meeting:
The Waipa Community Facilities Trust is holding its Annual General Meeting at 6.00pm on the 15th October 2024 in the ASB Community Room at the Perry Aquatic Centre.
The annual general meeting shall carry out the following business:
(a) Receive the minutes from the previous annual general meeting; and
(b) Receive the Trust’s statement of accounts for the year ending 30/06/2024; and
(c) Receive report from the Chairman of the board and from the CEO; and
(d) Announce retirement of current Trustees and the appointment of new Trustees; and
(e) Appoint an auditor; and
(f) Consider and decide any other matter which may properly be brought before the meeting.
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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, 1 December 2024 from 12pm to 4pm:
• Dick Street – between Queen Street and Alpha Street
• Alpha Street – between Dick Street and Victoria Street
• Victoria Street – between Queen Street and Commerce Street
• Commerce Street – whole street – access to Milicich Place via Fort Street only
• Duke Street – between Victoria Street and Commerce Street
• Empire Street – between Alpha Street and Victoria Street
To enable organisers to hold the New World Cambridge Christmas Parade 2024.
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, 18 October 2024. 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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NOTICE OF AGM IHC Waikato West Association
An AGM of the IHC Waikato West Association will be held at 10.30am on 23rd October 2024 at the Idea Services Office, 5a 53 Alpha St, Cambridge All welcome
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PHELPS, June Beverley, (nee Thomas) – Peacefully went to sleep on Tuesday, 24th September 2024 at Resthaven on Burns. Aged 97 years. Dearly loved wife of the late Stanley. Beloved mother and mother-in-law to Grant & Liz, Peter, John, Linda & Colin, Bev & Lance, Vicki, Deon & Robin, and the late Sandy & Lance. Grandma and great-grandma to all her loving grandchildren.
‘Special thanks to the staff of Resthaven on Burns for their love and care shown to June over the past couple of years.’ The service for June has been held. All communications to the Phelps Family, c/- 3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge 3434, New Zealand.
PIDWELL, Harold James (Rev Doctor) – Passed away peacefully on the 25th of September 2024 in Cambridge aged 87 years.
Dearly loved husband of Ruth, loved father of Annemarie, Margaret and Belinda. Treasured grandad of Jenna, Ben, Hayden, Brooke, Lauren, Alex, Esme, Ryan, Jesse and adored Grandie of his five great grandchildren Ashton, Amelia, William, Thomas and Layton. A service for Harold has taken place.
DALGLISH, Ruth Helena (nee Pearce) – Passed away peacefully in her sleep at Bupa St Kilda Care Home on Tuesday, 17th September 2024, aged 92. She was the loved wife of the late Ken, mother to Lynnette and Dianna, grandmother to Bryan, Andrew and David, and great-grandmother to Nicola, Felix and Theo. The family wish to express their gratitude to the St Kilda Care Home staff for the love and care they have shown Ruth and her family over the last few years. A memorial service for Ruth will be held at Bridges Church, Duke Street, Cambridge on Tuesday, 29th October 2024, at 2pm. All communications to the Dalglish Family, c/- 3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge 3434
ERBACHER, James Archibald, (Jimmy) – Peacefully slipped away at Waikato Hospital on Sunday, 29th September 2024, aged 84 years. Dearly loved husband of Tangihaere. Devoted father and father-inlaw to Robert & Jenneane, Tania & Steve, Michael & Sharron, and Sandy & Paul. Much loved grandfather and great grandfather. He was loved by all his nephews and nieces. A Tangihanga for Jimmy will be held at Maungatautari Marae, Hicks Road, Maungatautari, on Wednesday, the 2nd of October 2024, at 11:00 am, followed by the tâpuke at Paretitaha Urupa. All communications to the Erbacher family, c/- 3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge 3434.
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MOLONY Roger Hayden (Hayden) – Peacefully on 26 September 2024, with loving family, aged 78 years. Beloved husband to Jeanette for 55 years. Much loved father to Leanne, James and Glenys; fatherin-law to Patrick and Wendy. Loved grandad to Logan and his wife Rebekah, Reagan, Emma, Natalie and Sarah; great grandad to Kora. A much loved brother. In lieu of flowers donations, in memory of Hayden, to the Stroke Foundation would be appreciated. A service to celebrate Hayden's life will be held at St Andrews Church, 85 Hamilton Road, Cambridge on Thursday 3 October at 1.30pm.
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