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Saving our precious lake

By Mary Anne Gill

Lorraine Alderman remembers the first time she walked around Lake Te Koo Utu 18 years ago, shortly after her emigration from the United Kingdom.

She thought it was beautiful and a real jewel in Cambridge’s crown, but she concedes the jewel has become tarnished in recent

years.

The water quality in the lake has deteriorated and weeds increased as soaring traffic counts resulted in more water contaminated by oil, petrol, zinc and rubber entering the lake through the stormwater system.

Residents told councillors last year they wanted the lake cleaned up so $5.855 million was included in the

10-year Long Term Plan.

The first stage, costing $450,000, begins later this month when Waipā council staff will install seven raingardens around the Victoria Street/Hamilton Road intersection.

Raingardens look like any normal garden but under the soil are extra layers and plant roots which act as natural filters to cleanse the

stormwater. The gardens will be a combination of native, perennial and flowering plants.

Lorraine and Freddie, her 3-year-old miniature shorthaired dachshund, go to the lake at least three times a week.

“One day I saw four dead ducks in the lake and I knew something was not right.”

She points to the west

and the raupō wetland weeds and other vegetation encroaching further into the lake and says: “and it wasn’t such a mess there either.”

Deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk told the Service Delivery committee meeting this week the community was “genuinely interested” in what was going to happen to the lake.

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Lorraine Alderman.

Photo: Mary Anne Gill

Waterskiing with soul

By Charlotte McGuire

Barefoot water skiing is not for the faint hearted or soft headed.

It is one of the trickiest and most skilful sports and is set to return to Lake Karāpiro at the Piarere Ski Club for the national championships from March 24-26.

Some would call skiers brave; others would say we are simply crazy.

Think of someone walking on water but travelling 70 km/h while doing insane tricks. It is truly mesmerising.

World champion and New Zealand open women’s defending titleholder Georgia Groen is a member of the Waikato club, which is hosting the championships, as is open men’s champion William Leigh.

The rest of the Waikato team competing are Mathew Slow, Brent Wright, Tom Mathis, Jack Mathis, James McGuire, Ashlyn Fisher and me - Charlotte McGuire.

Judging for barefoot skiing is in three categories: slalom, tricks and jump.

At the end of the champs, a national squad will be named to compete in the Oceania competition later this year and the world champs in February next year.

• Charlotte McGuire, 17, lives south of Te Awamutu, works in Tirau and attended St Peter’s School, Cambridge. Her brother James, 15 and Jack Mathis attend St Peter’s School, Cambridge.

Charlotte McGuire practices for the New Zealand Barefoot Championships at Lake Karāpiro starting on March 24.

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Letters…

Transport debate

Members of the Waipā District Council are in disagreement regarding the transport system in Cambridge. Good on them.

Forty years ago, when my family arrived in Cambridge to live, the population was about 9000 and driving, parking and walking were not problems.

Since then, the population has more than doubled and the transport system has been unable to keep up with the huge increase in housing and roading.

The speed in residential and shopping areas should be reduced to 40km/h – maybe 30 m/h. There needs to be more crossings available for pedestrians – proper crossing, not crossings that are really not crossings at all.

Cyclists should not be riding on pedestrian walkways. Walkways are for pedestrians only.

Occasionally, cyclists ride two abreast on the walkways and pedestrians are expected to move onto the grass verge.

Where is the third bridge? Some time ago the High Level bridge was shut down because of minor repairs. The Low Level Bridge was the only access between Cambridge and Leamington and it took people up to 45 minutes to travels between both areas.

With only one bridge, at the present time it could take a couple of hours to travel between both areas.

A third bridge is absolutely essential at a very early date, not about 30 years in the future.

Michael Cole Cambridge

I believe the public campaign for a third bridge is dangerously promoted. Front and centre should be that this is actually a replacement campaign for the 115-year-old high level bridge. We will still have two bridges as the current one is nearly dead.

The cry for commitment of $70 plus million of public money without a single mention of some other solutions is concerning. Why is there never a thought to add northbound on and off-ramps to the SH1 south interchange by the golf course?

Instead we complain about the trawl through the main street.

Why are there no discussions about what really causes the snarl ups at both bridges – the fact that both have holdup inducing intersections slammed hard on the ends of them. For one tenth of the money couldn’t we investigate serious improvement here?

With the significant road improvements around the Hamilton airport, Peacocke’s bridge and The Narrows we should be promoting protecting free flowing access to Hamilton via Mystery Creek. Instead we have put 80kmh speed limits in place. The expressway south will go ahead at some stage giving Karapiro Dam a safe on and off ramp access to SH1. This gives further options for southbound travellers.

Let’s talk about all the options to use our money wisely.

Andrew Myers

Bridge it soon

I think the need for a third bridge in Cambridge is much closer than many believe. I live in Leamington and regularly travel north to Tuakau and Auckland.

On the beat with Senior Constable DEB THURGOOD How a driver saved the day

The Government recently announced an initiative to reduce the Road Toll to zero, by 2050. The year to date road toll stood at 65 this week. When you consider the emotional and other impacts on friends and family, plus attending emergency services and medical staff, the number of people affected is significant. We can all play a part in working to reduce this tragic number.

I saw an example of this last Friday. I was working day shift when I was despatched to a Priority 1 driving complaint. Priority 1 meant there was immediate risk to safety, and it required urgent police attendance.

The report concerned a vehicle on State Highway 1, traveling north from Tirau towards Cambridge. It was weaving all over the road and crossing the centre line towards oncoming traffic at fluctuating speeds.

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along the hard shoulder, hitting edge marker posts, a barrier and shrubbery along the way – all without stopping. A member of the public driving behind it, was understandably alarmed and called 111. He then put on his hazard lights and tried to highlight the risk to others and deter following vehicles from increasing that risk by overtaking. He did a superb job. His actions and the information he provided, enabled me to locate and stop the vehicle quickly and safely.

Speaking to the older gentleman driver, it became clear that he was in a confused state.

This was not drunk driving as one might have thought, but rather due to a medical event.

Ambulance attended and took the driver to hospital for treatment. I was thankful that the member of the public took action when he did. While the right thing to do, it was nevertheless quite a stressful experience for

After much trial and error I have discovered the best route for me (especially during peak periods) is via Mystery Creek/SH3 and onto the Expressway from Kahikatea Drive (SH1) Best because it is consistently reliable and any directional change or cross roads are roundabout or light controlled. When the section of Expressway around Hamilton is finished my current route will become much less attractive, so I too will join the logjam at the high level bridge.

I don’t agree that a large roundabout at the Piarere Junction is the best solution for this intersection. A simple, single lane flyover will solve the problem, but not the one suggested by John Hansen.

Roundabouts work best when the flow of traffic is in balance, but fail badly during peak demand.

I have seen big roundabouts on English motorways that are traffic light controlled to overcome the peak periods but they need very careful monitoring.

What is the problem at Piarere that needs fixing? From my observations only traffic travelling from the Tauranga direction has an issue, especially at holiday times.

My solution would be to build a simple, single lane flyover to cross all north and south bound lanes of the existing road. I doubt if much extra land would be required.

I would make the grade and curve so that heavy rigs could travel at speed and blend seamlessly with north bound traffic.

A simple flyover could be built more quickly and for less than a major roundabout.

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him due to his fears that a crash could occur at any time.

It is certain that the outcome could have been far worse if he hadn’t made the call to police.

Remember if you see such dangerous driving, call 111. For inconsiderate driving, call *555 (from a cell phone).

In other news, there has been an increase in graffiti around Cambridge. Taggers usually keep to their own specific tag and will often adorn personal items with that same tag.

If you see tagging in progress call 111 or if you have any information that may assist in apprehending the offender/s, please contact 105 or anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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Briefs…

Council to buy land?

Waipā District Council went into public excluded on Tuesday to discuss the potential purchase of more land in the district. Deputy chief executive Ken Morris would not divulge any details other than to say the information in the meeting had “significant commercial sensitivity.”

Shared services moving

Cambridge-based Waikato Local Authority Shared Services has rebranded as CoLab and moved from Wilson Street to new premises in Lakewood. Waipā is one of 12 councils participating in the shared services organisation which was established in 2005 to promote co-operation between Waikato local authorities.

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Street names approved

Waipā council has approved the street names Parehua Terrace and Kemureti Square in Transland Developments’ Norfolk Downs suburb. The developer consulted with Ngāti Koroki Kahukura and Ngāti Haua as the mana whenua representatives.

Parehua is the Māori word for terrace and Kemureti the Māori name for Cambridge.

The subdivision is on the corner of Terry Came Drive and Swayne Road.

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Omicron impact warning

By Mary Anne Gill and Steph Bell-Jenkins

Waipā council’s workplace has split into bubbles to manage the district’s business continuity risk during the Omicron wave.

But council managers still expect and have planned for a 50 per cent absentee rate, Genny Wilson, Business Resilience and Risk advisor told the council’s Audit and Risk committee this week.

“For the majority of desk-based staff this means some will opt to be in a specific office or facilities Monday to Wednesday and others Thursday and Friday.”

Exceptions are in place for front counter staff, building inspectors and the museum due to the number of staff and requirements of the role.

Ten staff members had tested positive for Covid as of Monday’s meeting.

Chief executive Garry Dyet said if the Covid numbers got further out of control, some council facilities would have to close.

Go Waipā had reduced its service at the pools it operates on behalf of the council in Cambridge and Te Awamutu, he said.

“Critically, as much as protecting the health and wellbeing of our patrons is the need for us to

maintain these services.

“The policies are important as they’ve ever been,” he said.

An emerging risk identified by the committee was if the current volumes and staff levels for resource consents continued, there would be an increased and continued reliance on external resourcing with potential for conflicts of interest not being identified and managed.

A total of 1094 building consents have been granted this year. Of those, 1083 were issued within the statutory timeframes and 343 resource consents were issued. Twenty went over statutory timeframes resulting in some refunds to applicants.

“This is a result of increased workload and reduced resourcing with a number of vacancies currently open,” said Wilson.

Technology issues and consent numbers continue to exceed projected levels.

Committee member Roger Gordon asked about the status of nine staff who refused to get vaccinated under the council’s Covid-19 Staff Vaccination Policy. Chair Bruce Robertson said he would prefer to address the issue under public excluded.

Volunteers celebrate maunga win Waipā’s Sanctuary Mountain has won the Wintec-sponsored social and environmental Sustainability Award at the annual Waikato Chamber of Commerce Business awards.

Volunteer co-ordinator Lian Buckett, speaking at the Lions Trash n Treasure market in Cambridge on Sunday, said the 162 volunteers she has on her books made a huge contribution to the win.

With her on the stand was Elaine

Parkinson, a volunteer for 17 years, who said Maungatautari was the vision of founder David Wallace who erected a pest-proof fence on his farm in 1999.

“The idea when I first heard about it seemed like a great idea but I thought ‘it would never get off the ground’ and look at it today,” she said.

The maunga was previously overrun by deer, goats, pigs and possums, the eco refuge owes

Maungatautari volunteer co-ordinator Lian Buckett, left, Linda Just, centre and Elaine Parkinson at the Lions Club of Cambridge “Trash ‘N’ Treasure Market” on Sunday.

Fieldays delayed

Waipā’s annual Fieldays agricultural trade show will be held from Wednesday November 30 until Saturday December 3 instead of the usual mid-winter time. This is to avoid the worst effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, said society chief executive Peter Nation.

The Service Delivery committee also discussed Covid issues at its Tuesday meeting.

Water Services manager Martin Mould said delivery delays of specialist equipment from overseas due to Covid had already impacted the Cambridge wastewater upgrade and other waterrelated projects.

Deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk, who chaired the committee meeting in Grahame Webber’s absence, is recovering from Covid after she and family members contracted Omicron.

Councillor Marcus Gower was another to come down with Covid.

Stolwyk was still suffering from “brain fog” as she returned to work on Monday and was easing back into her duties gently.

“I thought that I’d probably breeze through Covid; the reality is that I haven’t,” she said.

Her top tips for Covid sufferers are to have a good support network, accept offers of help, have enough throat lozenges and Panadol on hand to cover the family, and to have ready-made meals in the freezer.

“If you live in town food deliveries could probably work for you but for rural folk that’s not an option at all,” she said.

Sanctuary Mountain trustees Mary Jensen and Don Scarlet with the organisation’s award.

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its success to an extraordinary community effort.

By 2004, the 3400-hectare mountain was ringed by a threemetre high, 47km pest-free fence – the longest in the world. Introduced predators such as rats, possums, weasels and ferrets were eradicated by poison, trapping and hunting.

Volunteers range from retired university lecturers to iwi and local schoolchildren.

They work on the maunga, at stands like the Lions one and at the nursery where seeds sourced

from the mountain are tended and then on sold for the Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust.

Meanwhile the trust will go ahead with its first annual wellbeing celebration on Sunday from 9am to 4pm.

Sessions include yoga, meditation, chi kung, a self-guided wellbeing walk with activities to try, a mindful hike, a guided sensory experience, wonderful music, rongoā rakau tours and the delicious moonlight meditation event.

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Treasure hunters were early birds Saving our Just as well Lions’ members were at Memorial Park early on Sunday morning and so were the 105 stallholders eager for the return of Cambridge’s Trash n Treasure market.

The market, which has not operated in the town centre for several months due to Covid-19 regulations, started at 9am but stallholders were there at 6.30am and members of the public arrived soon afterwards.

The crowd was in good spirits, said Rob Waugh from the Lions Club Trash n Treasure committee.

Estimates of crowd numbers ranged from 1000-2000 people throughout the morning.

The monthly market raises thousand of dollars for Cambridge.

Lions members were on hand to scan vaccine passes, a requirement under Covid red light.

Once inside the fully fenced park, the public maintained social distancing and wore face masks.

The food court, which operated away from the stall holders by the Hautapu Rugby Club grandstand, did a roaring trade, said Ian Crabb, who volunteered in the Lions caravan.

Meanwhile, the Lions Shed Op Shop at 26b Vogel St will re-open on Saturday after closing for a fortnight due to increasing Covid cases.

Lions Shed director Dave Philips said the shed would reopen March 19 from 8.30am to noon. Vaccine passes and masks

are required, and he called on volunteers and customers not to attend if they are fearful of catching Covid.

“To keep public and volunteers as safe as possible, we will limit the number of people who can enter the premises at any one time and ask all to monitor their own distances between people.

We are asking for patience while shopping … we can only do our best to try and keep everyone safe,” he said.

RIGHT: Testing, testing. Lions member Bill Cairns, right, borrowed his grandchildren’s walkie talkies but struggled for a connection with colleague John Brouggy saying: “maybe they weren’t in range.”

The market attracted a steady stream of visitors from first light.

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Cr Roger Gordon agreed saying the work was “fabulous” and the community would want to know what was going on particularly with all that had happened in recent years.

Four years ago, residents became alarmed when dead ducks and fish piled up lakeside and the water appeared stagnant.

Council staff said heat and bacteria were to blame and told residents to stop feeding bread to the ducks as it was contributing to the ducks’ downfall.

Waikato Regional Council has been monitoring the lake’s water quality monthly since July 2019.

The results show elevated nutrient levels which, when coupled with high temperatures, can contribute to a rapid increase in the number of algae within the lake.

Lake Te Koo Utu is approximately 2.4m deep and is home to many fauna and flora. It has spiritual, cultural, traditional and historic significance to mana whenua.

Ngāti Korokī Kahukura and Ngāti Hauā have a long association with Lake Te Koo Utu; the lake was referred to as the oko horoi, or wash bowl by Kīngi Tāwhiao.

The lake was an ancestral meeting place, supporting hapū (Māori subtribes) and visiting guests.

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BY CAROLE HUGHES

THE CENTRAL HOTEL Once upon a time there was a flourishing hotel built in Empire Street and owned by DB Breweries.

shop has been there ever since with expansions increasing the display and floor space over the years. For such a long term tenant – 44 years – Janice remarked on his exemplary tenancy.

By 1977 it was in a decrepit state described by the present owner, Janice Mayston, as appalling. She and her father, Bill Flower, bought the old hotel and at the age of 23 she and her Dad worked hard physically to restore it to life.

She well remembers the work she and her father physically did in restoring the old hotel and says that the ongoing maintenance of the property over the 44 years has been huge, but her tenants – all 14 of them – have been of a very high standard.

Janice tells us the Rouge Café was the coal bunker and bottle store which fuelled the Hotel’s hot water. The rest of the buildings bordering the area where Rouge Café’s tables are placed were the kitchen and dining facilities for the hotel.

The business which is now Simply

PHOTOGRAPH BY BRUCE HANCOCK Divine Kitchen was the dining room for the hotel. The kitchen was where tailor Cheryle Carter is now stationed. There was also a boiler outside.

and bordering on Empire St were the tiny bedrooms, a communal bathroom and toilets. The private bar was behind the retailer Creative Jewellery.

Upstairs behind where the Sushi Shop is now, were the staff quarters Above the shops, lining the Central Court area

Colonial Heritage owned by Ken and Beverly Sheldrick moved in in 1978, and this very attractive and picturesque

THE CRITERION HOTEL In 1890, on a balmy Friday night, a one-armed man named Bernard was standing outside the Criterion Hotel looking up Empire Street. He had had too much drink and was swaying slightly as he watched a man wearing a hat and moleskin trousers walk with a woman through the front door of a house some 100 yards up the street. The drama that played out there is not part of this story, but you can read all about it in the Waikato Times 11/11/1890 (available online at Papers Past).

You can be sure that the Criterion Hotel – renamed the Central Hotel in 1908 – has been the scene of more than a few drunken scandals. Some are preserved in early newspaper articles and court reports; the rest largely forgotten as generations have passed.

The Criterion Hotel, with its 23 bedrooms and two bathrooms, was built on the corner of Duke and Brewery (now Empire) Streets in 1877. Edward Hewitt, the new proprietor, had previously managed

Stand back take a long look at this impressive building and slip into the past when it was hotel. It has good bones, has been restored well into a vibrant hub in Cambridge and the sign “Cambridge Court” which fronts the building was placed later when Janice and her father finished the building.

out, and the hotel narrowly avoided being denied a licence. In 1926, it was reported (Waikato Independent 1/7/1926) that the new proprietor Mr Jury had made extensive improvements “so far as an old building will allow”.

Looking up Brewery Street (now known as Empire Street) in the 1890s.

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the old wooden Masonic Hotel which was “gone everywhere rotten! rotten! and utterly unfit for the advanced state of civilisation in Cambridge” (Waikato Times 21 June 1877). So the Criterion Hotel was built to give hotel patrons another choice. Along with the National and Duke of Cambridge, this meant the town of Cambridge, population 700, had four hotels.

The new hotel was known as Hewitt’s.

As well as accommodation and a bar,

Hewitt’s provided a fine restaurant and catering for various Club functions at other venues. Edward Hewitt was a good community man, a Councillor and philanthropist, donating almost all the funds needed for the purchase and installation of the St Andrew’s Church bells.

However well the new hotel looked in the 1870s, by 1906 the foundations were sinking. The side of the building facing Empire Street was bulging

Later in 1926 the building was engulfed in fire. Embers from a fire in the FAC building next door in Duke Street had been percolating for a day or two before they took hold. The present Central Court, designed by architect James Douce, replaced the old building. The words “Central Hotel” were embossed across the top.

The hotel continued to operate until 1977 when it was converted to shops and offices. Colonial Heritage Antiques, run by Ken and Beverley Sheldrick, has provided wonderful window displays for many years in the heart of Cambridge for visitors and locals, and the words “Central Hotel” across the top of the building now read “Central Court”.

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Days for Girls wins support

By Viv Posselt

The Rotary Club of Cambridge has pledged to support the local Days for Girls NZ initiative on an ongoing basis.

News of the support was announced earlier this month when Rotary Cambridge president Ian Grant attended the group’s regular meeting. He said the pandemic had stalled many of Rotary’s activities over the past couple of years, preventing the club from achieving all it had set out to do.

“So many of our activities have had to be cancelled or postponed.

But we are a strong club that is part of a strong global organisation, and have used the time to reflect on things,” he said.

“We felt we were not supporting organisations like yours as well as we could have over the last few years and have put a plan in place to make sure that we do so in future.”

Ian was accompanied on the visit

by Bronwyn Byers, who heads up Rotary Cambridge’s international committee and will steer the club’s

support programme. She said the Days for Girls initiative was a good fit with her personally and professionally.

“My background is in education, so I see it as important to support an initiative that helps stop these girls from losing so much of their education because of issues around menstrual hygiene. Thousands of school hours are being lost because of it, with fewer girls going on to do further education. It is an issue of equality, and I think what this group does is wonderful.”

Days for Girls is a global

non-profit organisation founded in 2008 by American Celeste Mergens. On a visit to Kenya she was astounded to find girls were barred from attending school when menstruating, thereby seriously affecting their education.

There are now over 720 teams of sewers in more than 100 countries, with the New Zealand group headed by Lissette Hulme.

The Cambridge group of 32 meet weekly to sew shields for packaging into a neat backpack for girls containing everything they need to maintain menstrual hygiene and enable them to continue their schooling.

Cambridge’s Anne Blewden said the local group is one of the biggest in New Zealand.

Members meet regularly, some bringing their sewing machines,

others fulfilling different tasks.

Anne buys the material which is then sent to Palmerston North to be machine cut to shape, and a group in Matamata makes the bags.

“At the moment, all ours go to the Pacific Islands… we have 1000 kits to be done by the end of May. There are some distributed in New Zealand, but those are predominantly for women in maternity hospitals.”

Ian launched Rotary’s support with a donation of $500 from he and his wife Liz, taken from the recent sale of his business. He said they had for years channelled money into different organisations.

Anne said each Days for Girls kit cost $25, and the windfall was extremely welcome, as was the pledge for long-term support.

Change, change, change

Rotary Cambridge president Ian Grant with Days for Girls Cambridge’s Anne Blewden, right, and Rotary’s Bronwyn Byers, holding the book, at the recent Days for Girls meeting.

The amount of legislation that is being thrown at council could soon be ‘overwhelming’, Waipā District councillor Lou Brown says.

He says the short submission periods are not providing council with enough time to give due consideration to legislation.

Quite often the council will receive a draft on Friday and have three weeks to review it. Three or four days are lost to start with, by the time the draft has been circulated and read by everyone, Brown told The News.

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“The problem I’ve got is we quite often are being asked to submit in under three weeks. That gives us no time as a council to discuss it with the general public.”

He warned fellow Te Awamutu Community Board members last week that the volume of change coming from central government was significant – citing Three Waters, the Resource Management Act and a revamp of the Civil Defence Act. “They’re rewriting just about every part of our life.”

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Board to check media releases

Te Awamutu Courier offered to provide free promotion for Te Awamutu Community the “Who are we Te Awamutu” Board chair Ange Holt has survey, that we could not undertaken to ensure any otherwise afford, in return information released about a for running the story first. survey which invites residents Any media company is free to to consider Te Awamutu’s future report on the survey with our will be approved by her board. encouragement and gratitude.”

She made the commitment She said the website she after confusion over claims owned with David Owen there would be exclusive news provided news and other releases on the Who are we Te information from a variety of Ange Holt Awamutu project. sources and any individual or There is no budget for promoting the organisation was free to contribute. survey but she is hopeful it will attract media “We do not get paid for this. We have run the coverage. website for more than 20 years at our own cost The issue was in the news following a debate as a service to the community.” at a board meeting where it was suggested one She said her previous employment as an publication would get stories first. She told the advertising representative, five years ago, Te Awamutu News this week she had been did not seem relevant. “Given that I have no hurt by suggestions of a “cosy” arrangement financial or other interest in NZME, I cannot with one media company, NZME. see any conflict of interest.”

She had been able to preview a story The story which led to last week’s lead which appeared in the Te Awamutu Courier article in The News caught board members by announcing the arrangement and had not surprise. recognised the full implications of the use of The working group does not have delegated the word “exclusive.” authority to make binding decisions.

Cr Susan O’Regan picked up on the issue at “I do acknowledge that a procedural error a board meeting last week and reminded Holt was made, in that not all board members had she had previously worked for NZME, which the opportunity to approve the deal before owns the Courier, and owned a website which it went to print. As chairperson, I accept posted its publications and suggested it looked responsibility for this error. In future, every a bit cosy. single decision of the working group will need There was no “cosy deal” between the to be approved at a board meeting,” Holt said. working group promoting the survey and any “I am confident that those who understand media company, Holt said. the situation will see me as a sincere worker “I was not involved in the negotiation, and striving to further the community board’s I wasn’t at the meeting where it happened. objectives with complete transparency.”

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To help protect patients, staff and the community at this time we are making some important changes to how our facilities operate.

Clinic appointments and planned surgery Acute and urgent care will continue to be delivered as normal, as well as time critical procedures and clinic appointments.

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If you have any concerns or believe your procedure is urgent, please do contact the clinic you are booked with to confirm your appointment status before visiting our facilities.

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TALKING ECONOMICS

FAITH IN WAIPĀ

Good news for the duopoly

On being exonerated…

One reason that the price level in New Zealand is high is that many key sectors of the economy have a high level of market concentration. The supermarket sector is one example.

It appears to have a number of competing outlets but they are almost all owned by two very profitable companies, who control both the wholesale and retail parts of the industry.

The Commerce Commission set up an enquiry into the supermarket sector last year. Their statements then were very strong – the sector was uncompetitive and made excess profits; they were going to break down the barriers and open the sector up to real competition and bring down grocery prices. It sounded good.

The Commission’s final report was recently released. The only people who will be happy with it are the two big supermarket owners. The report does say that the current concentrated ownership and control of almost all the layers of the industry are ‘undesirable’ and that profits are unusually high.

Despite this, the report made no recommendations that will lead to any immediate change in the duopoly ownership or control of both wholesale and retail levels.

The things the report did recommend included to: ‘encourage’ Foodstuffs and Woolworths NZ to wholesale to competitors. Why would they do that if they don’t have to?.

It recommended creating a mandatory Code of Conduct so suppliers have a fairer go. Who who is going to enforce the Code of Conduct and will suppliers be bold enough to file complaints?

It wanted to improve customers’ ability to understand supermarket offers. What does this mean?

It also wants to see more land freed up for new retailers to build on.

This last recommendation is the only one in the report that will have any impact on the major

After school and in holidays, I worked in a supermarket’s produce department.

Mr Olsen the boss, was fair but a stickler for doing things right - clocking in, clocking out and everything in between!

My jobs included serving customers, sweeping floors, bagging potatoes and carrots, wheeling produce to and from the walk-in cool-room and so on. A particularly unsavoury aspect of the job was receiving trolleys full of rotten fruit and vegetables to put down a big commercial wastemaster. Wearing a plastic apron, pushing stuff down the chute with a wooden paddle was noisy, wet and smelly work…potatoes were worst since they spat back and you’d end up wearing clumps of smelly rotten stuff on you.

One day Mr Olsen brought a trolley of oranges to be munched down the wastemaster. As I began the job it appeared that some of the oranges were quite reasonable. I began folding good ones into my school sweater to take home since they were simply going down the gurgler anyway. Part way through, Mr Olsen came along, ‘hurfing’ a large sack of potatoes onto the ‘bagging rack’ and happened to brush aside my school sweater. Unfortunately ‘salvaged’ oranges flew in all directions.

Our eyes locked as he took in the situation as he saw it. I’d ‘obviously’ been caught red-handed stealing. “You’re fired,” he said matter of factly.

I stammered a bumbling explanation but he just pointed to the doors. Staff quite regularly took home produce deemed unsellable but I’d done it wrong and slunk home feeling shame and

By Peter Nicholl

problem in the industry, which is the difficulty of new entrants to enter the market.

In a small country like New Zealand, many sectors tend to have a small number of major firms. They may exploit their market dominance. The best way to limit this is to make sure that the barriers that new entrants face are kept low.

The supermarket industry fails badly in this crucial respect. The supermarket duopoly has been able to make these barriers high by buying up the small amount of potential sites that Council plans contain and putting covenants on them and by making it difficult for a new entrant to buy supplies at wholesale prices. Council planning and approval processes often add further barriers.

The Overseas Investment Commission (OIC) adds even more barriers for applicants from overseas. Some large foreign-owned supermarket companies, like Aldi and Lidl, have looked at investing here but decided it was too difficult.

The Report suggests that covenants put on titles by existing supermarket owners to prevent competitors entering their cosy market be prohibited. This should be done immediately.

Resource management reform should require councils to treat increased competition as a benefit rather than a cost. The Government should tell the OIC that applications that increase the degree of competition in the supermarket sector should be encouraged. If this was done, Aldi and Lidl and other large foreign companies might take another look at New Zealand.

These things won’t have a quick impact on supermarket prices - but they are the things that will have a lasting impact.

By Murray Smith, Senior Leader, Bridges Church

remorse.

The following day after school, the owner of the supermarket rang our home, inviting me to return to work. He knew what had happened since it had been reported amongst staff that I had been dismissed.

I arrived somewhat sheepishly to clock in the next day with full-timers slapping me on the back saying,“ You’ve been exonerated!” I was clueless as to what that meant. I just knew I was welcomed back into the fold. Mr Olsen shot a glance my way saying, “Next time just ask!”

I never did ask because I never again took produce unfit for sale…

But being ‘exonerated’ felt really good… released from accusation and shame. Another definition is “absolved from blame for a fault or wrongdoing”.

This is something like what happens when a person becomes a Christian.

That term is so misunderstood it warrants qualifying. It is not just a term to differentiate between various faith orders whether Buddhist, Jew, Hindu or Muslim. A person is a Christian not by virtue of the country or culture they were born into, or merely by doing sufficient good deeds. A true Christian is any person who accepts that Jesus’ death on the cross was for their personal salvation - acknowledges their sin, turns from it and in receiving His forgiveness by faith, surrenders their life to Him. Being ‘justified’…just-if-I’d never sinned, is the result of genuine faith in Christ. It’s a gift that nothing else equals.

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It’s a mad, mad world

By Peter Matthews

You hear it all the time: the world is going mad. There certainly seems to be a lot of evidence to support the view. You don’t have to look far to find a news story or opinion which seems to swim against the tide of common sense. Or would it be closer to the truth to say that sense must forever defend itself against the onslaught of ignorance, prejudice, and idiocy?

Professor Brian Cox was asked “What, do you believe, is the single biggest threat to humanity?” His answer was “stupidity”.

Of course, if you are, at this very moment nodding sagely, it is clear that Professor Cox was not referring to you. He was certainly not referring to me. I’m not stupid; I would never do anything to endanger myself or anyone else. I would never drive home after one too many drinks. I would never attempt to send a text message while driving, and I would certainly never smoke in the car, while my six week old son slept, unrestrained, on the back seat.

Would I throw a thick plastic salmon wrapper in the bin because it was oily and smelly, and rinsing and recycling it was too hard? “Why are you even eating salmon?” would be a fair question. Would I give my kids a sandwich made with chocolate spread knowing that the palm oil came from deforested farmland? Hey, all farmland was deforested at some point - where do you draw the line? The latest from Brazil is that the vast forests there are now at the tipping point. “Act now or

it’s too late” scream the headlines – “Ho hum, I think I’ll have a latte”.

I can’t be too bad though because I don’t drink milk; I’ll only have a skinny soy decaf latte - and what if I do drive to the café?

Saving the planet is hard, and you’re always up against legions of idiots who don’t care. But I’m not stupid: I can easily justify the expedient, convenient, and occasionally dangerous choices I make. You can’t catch me out.

So we can feel individually vindicated, but how ‘right’ will we feel when the ocean is lapping at our feet?

The son who slept on the back seat of the car is now 32, vegan, and living in Berlin where he and his girlfriend are currently attending anti-war demonstrations in the city centre, and hosting a Ukrainian refugee. Looks like he might be turning out to be a better world citizen than his father. I hope so, because if our children don’t improve on our record there is little hope for their children.

I don’t think the world is going mad; I think it’s always been mad. Perhaps, only now though, the world may be starting to grow up. This strange and flawed species of ours which has recently achieved world dominance may be beginning to realise that to allow one individual total, unanswered control over many, might not be such a great idea. It’s about time.

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Organisers of events which are staged between mid-April and mid-October can apply for assistance through Creative New Zealand’s Creative Communities Scheme.

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The Creative Communities Scheme grants are allocated by an assessment committee made up of members of the Waipā community with interest in and knowledge of the arts.

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Costing the new bridge

Congratulations to Cambridge News for printing the excellent article featuring Councillor Roger Gordon’s concerns about the traffic chaos that is Cambridge, and the following letters of support for him and a third bridge.

It is obvious that the Council’s estimations on traffic have been drastically underestimated in the figures from the Waikato Regional Traffic Management (WRTM) forecast for 2021, which are published in the 2018 Beca report.

For instance the total figure for the two carriageways past Good George was forecast to be 14,673 vehicles and is 23,687. That is an increase of over 60%.

The Ferguson bridge carries twice the amount of traffic forecast by WRTM, and the Hamilton road 3 times more.

I was asked by a group to look at where a third bridge should go, This necessitated that I look at everything the Waipā District Council has said about the matter over the last several years.

I have been shocked with what I have found.

In 2018 a Waipa District Council representative told meeting of the Chamber of Commerce a new bridge

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By John Barns Graham

would cost $60-70 million at least. That statement has been repeated by WDC on many occasions. However, a quick search of bridges built or contracted from 2015 to 2022 by Waka Kotahi on state highways showed that the cost should be at most 40% of that. Prices were in the $20 to $25 million range.

The construction cost of Cambridge Bypass - seven bridges, a 200m viaduct and 16kms of highway was published as $182 million and would indicate that $60 to $70 million was excessive for one bridge.

Then on looking at the traffic flows it was obvious that other councils consider the daily traffic figures requiring new bridges much less than Waipā does.

Figures for the Victoria bridge are over 14,000 a day, where the 2018 Kawarau Bridge, on SH6 near Queenstown, was replaced when traffic numbers were 8,598, and the 2020 Opaoa bridge on SH1 the daily numbers of 9,800 WDC added that their estimate was for a replacement close to the Victoria Bridge. This would be highly unlikely to be allowed due to the historic status of the old bridge, and additionally what planner would plan for Heavy

Goods vehicles to go through the centre of town?

There are many worrying aspects of WDC decisions over the last few years, but the present suggestion that Waka Kotahi is being awkward, which was stated at a recent Council Meeting, is surely Waka Kotahi just reacting to being presented with a vastly overpriced estimate from Council.

WDC would be better to hire Waka Kotahi to tender for the new bridge, which would result in a cost closer to the $21 million average elsewhere since 2018.

In this way Waka Kotahi will ensure that we, the ratepayers, and they themselves are not paying over the odds.

The Ombudsman investigated Waipā District Council for a late response to a Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act request but was unaware of the action because of its phishing algorithm global settings.

The council’s Audit and Risk committee were told this week the initial complaint and the Ombudsman’s follow up actions all went into the trash bin.

Business Resilience and Risk advisor Genny Wilson

said staff were unaware and unable to respond to the complaint until after the release of the Ombudsman’s final opinion.

The decision was upheld against the council despite this.

Wilson said the council did have in place proper systems and processes for dealing with official information requests.

She gave Cr Clare St Pierre an assurance the phishing settings had been reset to ensure any further official information complaints did not go into the junk bin.

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John Barns Graham is a former farmer and manager of the New Zealand Jersey Cattle Breeders Association, now retired.

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The March 21-24 closures from 7pm to 6am are required so that overhead signs can be installed.

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Vintage project’s 15 year drive

By Viv Posselt

A 1915 two-seater Saxon roadster called Freya became the unwitting star of the show at this month’s official opening of a new workshop at the NZ Vintage Car Club’s Waikato premises in Cambridge’s McLean St. Club chairman Graham Boswell said the workshop had been a long time coming. Financed primarily by the club, the project was also supported by several contributing companies and the Cambridge Lions, who funded the hoist.

“We tried to do it about 15 years ago, but it never got off the ground,” said Graham. “It is thanks only to the stubbornness and dedication of our shed

committee, particularly Terry Pidduck, Andy Hammond, Paul Johnson and Graham Holmes, that it has finally been completed.”

He said the workshop would provide space for those wanting to work on their vehicles. Plans are also afoot to offer training modules to young people interested in furthering their knowledge in terms of maintaining older vehicles.

Freya sat atop the new hoist at the ribbon-cutting ceremony, her story capturing the attention of most of those present. The rare vehicle came into owner Joe Bruntlett’s hands in pieces … 13 boxes of them brought up from Mosgiel some four years ago. It came out of Detroit’s Saxon Motor

Cambridge Lions Laurie Tauman and Barry Denton, left, with Lions president Warren Beard and Waikato VCC president Graham Boswell in the new workshop, with the 1915 Saxon roadster behind them.

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Together with son-in-law Wayne Hayward, Joe managed to bring what he called his ‘Meccano set’ of pieces to a roadworthy condition about two years ago. Freya completed her first rally in 2020, and another to Taranaki in January

with nothing more than two punctures to slow her down.

“It was hard work putting it all together, but it is something of a project I took on after my wife’s death,” Joe said.

Wayne rattled off Freya’s vital statistics; a 2.7 litre engine, fourcylinder side-valve, with wooden wheels, only rear brakes and the

fuel cap in the cabin.

Graham said the club has been offered a project car requiring finishing. The almost-completed 1918 Studebaker has been worked on for the past 50 years by a club member whose move into a retirement home has coincided with the completion of the club’s new workshop.

Waikato VCC member Joe Bruntlett, with his son-in-law Wayne Hayward, holding up the photo-story of the 1915 Saxon roadster behind them.

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Poor recycling costs ratepayers

By Mary Anne Gill

The failure of Waipā residents to recycle correctly and Waka Kotahi’s decision not to immediately fund urban pathways across the district will delay a major cycleway from Te Awamutu to Pirongia via Ngā Roto.

The $5.28 million set aside for the cycleway has been deferred for a year.

That has helped keep the proposed rate increase for the 2022-2023 rating year to 4.3 per cent, slightly down on the 4.4 per cent adopted in the Long Term Plan last year.

Recycling contamination, unplanned plant closures to deal with the fallout of contamination and the cost to send contaminated recyclables to landfill creates additional costs, council’s Strategic Planning and Policy committee heard on Tuesday.

And the $10 million programme to increase urban mobility which relied on 51 per cent of it being funded by Waka Kotahi has also been delayed because of a change in the New Zealand Transport Agency’s funding priorities.

Delays in achieving landowner agreements for the favoured off-road section of the Te Awamutu cycleway to Pirongia was also a major reason behind the deferral.

The usual public and community meetings

are unlikely to be held because of Covid regulations so the consultation will include online webinar series, Communications and Engagement manager Hannah Blake said.

Called ‘A Cuppa with your Council’, the online events cover Ōhaupō, Pirongia, Te Awamutu, Kihikihi, Cambridge and Karāpiro, as well as topic-specific business and rural sector webinars.

“We can make sure our community has a voice,” she told the committee.

“We’ve all seen a lot of change over the last year, which has affected global supply chains, bottom lines, and an annual consumer price index increase of 5.9% to December 2021,” the consultation document says.

“Like many other organisations, council is facing constrained labour markets and higher construction costs, which make it more expensive to operate our business. We’re working hard to ensure that we deliver our services and projects in the most effective and efficient way possible.”

Deputy Chief Executive Officer Ken Morris said staff had to take a hard look at the council’s work programmes to identify where it could tighten belts.

To get on top of the recycling issue, the council might need to increase the annual recycling charge, undertake more audits, or

reduce the number of collections, he said.

The committee approved sending

the council’s Draft Annual Plan out for consultation through to April 20.

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The clash between Waipā’s more senior cricketers provided plenty of entertainment for spectators at Cambridge’s Victoria Park on Sunday in the Sunday League.

Cambridge Antiques won the toss and scored 216/9 off their 40 overs with top knocks from Phil O’Connor (33) and 30s from Garth Thomas and Pete Bridgens.

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Thomas, following up on his 30 with the bat, got three wickets for three runs.

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Cambridge’s Phil O’Connor gets his shot away watched by wicketkeeper Andrew Macpherson and Bill Harris.

Bowls winners Team Sentch – from left Richard Thomas (two), Mike McCormick (lead), Rodney Sentch (skip) and Graham Goodall (three) won the Central Bowling Club’s men’s fours championship on Sunday in a clash between youth and experience. Team Sentch prevailed over the youthful team of Jesse Russell, Clayton Hockley, James Hunter and Taylor Horn.

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Results…

Cambridge High School Cambridge High sports results over the last week: Water polo, Girls 17 Waikato Dio 1.

Basketball, 3X3 Amie Russell Tournament at St Peter’s, Junior Boys (Harper Davidson, Elliott Doole, Gaurav Singh Sandhu, Caleb Seebeck, Mitch Seebeck) Final v St Peters Junior Boys 18–5.

Volleyball, Girls Gold 3 St Peter’s 0, Girls Gold 0 Matamata A 3, Girls White 1 HGHS B 2, Girls White 0 Te Awamutu B 2, Boys 0 Fraser High 2, Boys 1 Rototuna 2.

Futsal, Senior Girls 2 Sacred Heart 3, Senior Boys Gold 1 Bulking Season 3, Senior Mixed 0 HHS Senior Boys Social 3, Senior Mixed 0 Men In Black 6, Junior Boys White 6 HBHS Year 9 Development 8, Junior Boys Yellow 2 Northern United Magic 12.

Cricket, 1st XI 136/2 HBHS Development XI 135 all out, Girls XI 125/3 Hauraki Plains Junior Girls 124/5, Junior XI 187/7 Hamilton Boys Maroon 156 all out, Colts 131 all out St Paul’s Colts 132/6, Second XI 117/3 HBHS Fourth XI 116 all out.

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Our rowers sock it to ’em

By Steph Bell-Jenkins

Brylee Deacon is in a race against time.

Planting an oar on the pontoon, she lifts herself out of her boat, grabs a water bottle, swigs deeply and begins peeling off her bright blue Rick and Morty socks.

The 16-year-old has just raced in Cambridge High School’s U18 double with Jenna-Lee Markgraaff at the 2022 North Island Secondary Schools Rowing Championships at Lake Karapiro.

Now she and her crew are heading straight back up the lake to compete in the U17 quad race.

Brylee crosses the pontoon and climbs into a second boat, where her crewmates Kendra Holmes-Burr, Alex Reeve, Chelsey Cook and cox Isabel Oxenham are already seated.

The clock is ticking but she makes time to pull on another pair of bright blue socks, this time with dogs on them.

“It’s good luck to wear matching socks,” explains 16-year-old Lucy Eastwood as Brylee’s crew heads upstream.

“The socks are a whole thing; a lot of schools do it.

“In our quad last year we wore socks with milk cartons on them and my crewmate still hasn’t washed them because she doesn’t want to wash the luck off.”

Today, Lucy’s socks have done great work, helping her win gold in the U16 quad event with Lauren Wood, Libby Tonks, Tegan O’Dwyer

and cox Isabel Oxenham, and silver in the U16 double with Izie Murray.

It’s a solid effort after a Covidhampered season that has seen training time reduced and many regattas cancelled.

“When you don’t have regattas it just doesn’t feel real,” Lucy said.

“You’re like, I’m just training every day for no reason and it’s really sucky.”

Organisers worked hard to make the North Island Secondary Schools’ championships happen this year, creating an altered format to accommodate Covid restrictions.

Boys and girls competed on different days and schools were kept in small groups, separated from each other in roped off zones.

Parents were mainly kept away.

It completely altered the vibe and competitors and coaches missed the buzzy atmosphere.

“At Maadi I lost my voice for a week because I was just screaming for boats, but I mean you just don’t get any of that here,” Lucy said.

“But it’s good to race again.”

St Peter’s rower Sophie Walker was also relishing the chance to compete.

She spent many days over the summer holidays rising at 5.30am to go to boot camp before working 10 hour days at her parents’ Four Square and then running or cycling in the evenings to keep fit.

But it was all worth it when she won silver in the U16 eight and the novice U18 quad on Monday in her first year of rowing.

Brylee Deacon pulls on fresh socks as she prepares to compete in the U17 quad race with her Cambridge High School crewmates.

“Definitely today’s paid off for everything I’ve done, winning my first two medals,” she said. “It’s pretty cool. I’m pretty stoked.”

Sophie’s teammate Lucy O’Donohoe, 14, who lives in Cambridge with her parents, won silver in the U15 eight and bronze in the U15 double.

She is grateful to her coaches, who organised online trainings when Cambridge went into lockdown in term four last year

and kept students motivated.

St Peter’s director of rowing Janey Charlton said it was important for the students to be compete – “just that mental morale and having something at the end of the season, some kind of goal to achieve”.

The school’s 70 athletes won one gold, eight silver and six bronze medals at the championships, finishing tied for second overall in the top school competition, the

Derbyshire Shield.

Cambridge High School finished eighth on the points table with two gold medals, three silver and two bronze.

Both schools will be taking competitors to the national secondary schools’ rowing championships, the 2022 AON Maadi Cup, in Twizel from March 28 to April 2.

To see more pictures and results, go to cambridgenews.nz

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The qualities embodied by Stan make his story a valuable one to young people – resilience, love of his culture, his understanding that success doesn’t just happen but requires work and dedication.

The way Stan has forgiven and reconnected with his family is truly inspirational. He is someone who has overcome unimaginable odds to set personal goals and done the mahi to achieve them, all while accepting his past, adopting a loving and positive attitude, and contributing to his community.

Stan Walker is one of Aotearoa’s most famous singers. Since winning Australian Idol in 2009, he has earned eight gold and five platinum singles, as well as one double platinum and one triple platinum single in New Zealand. But nothing ever came easy for Stan. What were the chances for a kid whose parents had both been in jail? Whose world had been filled with drugs and violence and things no kid should even know about?

“When I was young, I believed the chances of anything good happening in my life were virtually nil. I was already just another statistic. What was the likely outcome for a kid whose parents had both been in jail? My world from my earliest being has been filled with drugs and violence and things no kid should even know about.

Our kitchen cupboards never had enough in them. My chances in life were not pointing in the direction of any hope at all. But I am the impossible made possible.

My whanau is the impossible made possible.

I hope this new edition of my book will help rangatahi like the boy I was: those who feel like they don’t have a pathway to achieve anything good in this world.

Writing this book and facing my past hasn’t been easy. But if telling my story can change the outcome for just one young kid like me, teaching them how to overcome their past and work hard for their dreams, then this book has been a true success. Nga mihi nui ki a koe, Stan”

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with Jan Bilton

Squash champions

My love affair with pumpkin started many years ago when I dined at the Chateau in Tongariro National Park. The chef served pumpkin soup with orange. He had cooked the pumpkin in a concentrated mix of water, orange juice and finely grated orange rind. I can still remember the unique taste.

The grey-skinned, crown-shaped pumpkin is a member of the squash family which also includes the rich green round buttercup, the curious spaghetti squash, the elongated creamskinned butternut and the vivid orange-fleshed butterkin — a new breed of butternut with a smooth texture and sweet, buttery flavour. All have an orange-hued flesh. (White-fleshed cucumbers, courgettes and marrows are also members of the squash family.)

The pumpkin and its orange siblings can all be used in similar recipes unless of course a particular shape is required. Both the round buttercup and elongated butternut make great receptacles for holding other foods. Trim the top off the buttercup, scoop out the seeds, fill with savoury vegetables and bake in the oven. Or make the popular Thai dessert Sankaya Fak Thong (see recipe janbilton.co.nz).

ROASTED CHICKEN, SQUASH & SUMAC Ground sumac is prepared from the sour, purple berries of the sumac tree and is available in most supermarket or delis.

2 large (500g) skinned and boned chicken breasts salt and pepper to taste 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon rind 500g buttercup or pumpkin, peeled and seeded 1 tablespoon olive oil 1/2 teaspoon ground sumac 1 tablespoon small thyme sprigs Sauce: 2 tablespoons butter 1 teaspoon each: ground sumac, honey freshly ground black pepper to taste 3 tablespoons lemon juice Preheat the oven to 200°C. Place the chicken in a shallow roasting pan. Sprinkle evenly with the salt, pepper and lemon rind.

Cut the buttercup into 1.2cm thick wedges. Tuck around the

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chicken. Drizzle with the olive oil. Sprinkle with the sumac and thyme sprigs. Bake for about 35 minutes or until the chicken is cooked and the buttercup is tender.

Meanwhile, combine the sauce ingredient in a small saucepan and heat.

When the chicken and buttercup is cooked, remove the chicken and slice. Arrange on a serving platter with the buttercup. Pour the pan juices into the saucepan and heat through. Serve with the chicken. Serves 4.

Meanwhile, prepare the filling. Heat the coconut oil in a frying pan. Sauté the onion until softened. Add the garlic and capsicum and cook for 2 minutes. Add the spices, rice and spinach leaves and cook until the spinach has wilted.

Pile the filling into the butternut spreading any extra over the flesh. Bake for 10 minutes. Top with the feta and bake until slightly melted. Serves 4-5 as a side dish or 3-4 as a light meal.

ROASTED BUTTERNUT WITH VEGETABLE STUFFING The butternut should be halved lengthwise.

1/2 butternut, about 800g 2 tablespoons coconut oil flaky sea salt to taste 1 tablespoon brown sugar Filling: 1 tablespoon coconut oil 1 medium red onion, diced 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1/2 large red capsicum, seeded and diced 1/2 teaspoon each: ground cinnamon, smoked paprika 1/2 cup cooked rice or couscous 60g baby spinach leaves, chopped 100g feta cheese, sliced Preheat the oven to 180°C. Scoop the seeds out of the butternut. Brush the cut side of the butternut with the coconut oil. Sprinkle with salt and brown sugar. Place, cut-side down, in a roasting pan. Roast for 20 minutes, then turn over and continue to roast for 5 minutes.

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400g can coconut cream 1 cup well mashed pumpkin 1/2 cup maple syrup 1 teaspoon vanilla essence 1/8 teaspoon each: salt, ground ginger, ground cloves 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon Chill the can of coconut cream for at least 3 hours or overnight.

Line a 22cm x 12cm loaf pan with waxed paper or cling film.

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Andrew scoops dairy award Payout Ohaupo’s Andrew Macky was named 2022 Waikato Dairy Manager of the year on Monday in Hamilton.

The winner of the 2022 Waikato Dairy Manager of the Year category is the fourth generation of his family to farm the land he manages.

Andrew Macky won $9800 in prizes and four merit awards. He is Farm Manager for William and Fiona Macky on their 98ha Ohaupo farm, milking 320 cows.

After gaining his Diploma in Farm Management from Lincoln University in 2011 Andrew went shepherding on large farms for three years, giving him experience in working with staff and a good understanding of how to handle all types of stock such as sheep, cattle and deer.

“Growing up on a small dairy farm I wanted to experience another industry. I love working with stock, working outdoors and the genetic side of dairy farming is a massive interest of mine,” says Andrew.

“I love calving time, seeing all the new heifer replacements and what the future milking herd is going to look like.”

Andrew spent time in New Zealand and American Midwest as an agricultural contractor and on a dairy farm in Scotland for six months.

The 31-year-old believes one of the most exciting things about the future of dairy farming is the new technology and the rate is coming on to the market.

Andrew has been on a mission to improve the empty rate over the last three years, and was delighted when this year they scanned at 5.8% empty, down from 11.5% two years prior.

An active participant on social media, Andrew is popular on Instagram and has his own YouTube channel (The Once A Day Farmer), where he posts videos twice a week.

He would like to see a change in public perception of the dairy industry.

“It would be cool to bring these

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Andrew Macky wants to see a change in the public perception of the dairy industry. people that bag it on-farm and show them a little bit more about what’s going on and why we do it this way or that way.”

Otorohanga Farm Manager Shaun Muller was runner-up in the Dairy Manager category, winning $5,750 in prizes and one merit award. He works on Alan and Briar Roger’s 205ha, 570cow property.

The first-time entrant to motivated to experience the Awards programme after speaking with previous entrants.

“I decided to enter myself for a challenge and to network.

Farm Manager Sam Guise placed third and won $3250 in prizes. He placed third in the same category last year and was runner-up in 2020.

Sam works on Kevin and Gillian Monks 240ha, 870-cow farm at Cambridge.

Runner-up in the Dairy Trainee category was Annie Gill who won $1550 in prizes and one merit Award.

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Annie is Farm Assistant for Alan and Briar Rogers on their 195ha, 600-cow Otorohanga property.

Future farming goals include progressing to a manager’s position and be 50/50 sharemilking in ten years with pedigree dairy cattle.

Third place in the Dairy Trainee category went to 22-year-old Herd Manager/Farm Assistant Hannah Jackson, winning $1350 in prizes.

She works for Emmaline Trust’s 158ha, 500-cow Kaipaki farm.

The prospect of a $9.50 plus payout by Fonterra has been welcomed

by Waikato Regional Council chairman Russ Rimmington.

“Dairy farmers have been the backbone of the country in troubled times and I envisage they will keep the country afloat over the next few years,” he predicted.

He said it was the first time in years farmers were in a position to be well rewarded for their investments and it was deserved.

“A payout of more than $9.50 will be great for the Waikato.”

Fonterra lifted its 202122 forecast last month for farmgate milk from an $8.90-9.50 range to between $9.30 to $9.90 per kilo of milksolids.

A $9.60 payout would eclipse the highest previous payout.

Rimmington said Fonterra was doing a “wonderful job” The downside of the forecast is the prospect of increased costs, particularly for fuel.

While farmers were supporting the drive to increase riparian planning and joining the move away from fossil fuels, weight still beat grunt when it came it tractors, he said.

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THE FEDS’ VIEW

How we got here

By Jacqui Hahn, President, Federated Farmers Waikato

For ALL Your Civil Engineering Requirements Through my role as Waikato Federated Farmer President our policy team send me quite a bit of reading. Having read the OECD report and our Feds Farm Confidence Survey (confidence in general economic conditions looking forward is at the lowest since 2009), both are unpleasant reading.

The OECD highlights a growing productivity problem. We are not going to get back to more affordable living anytime soon.

It’s not just Covid that is causing high inflation, it’s not just the policies around immigration during the pandemic that have caused the labour shortages that have driven wages to higher levels well above minimum wage increases. Increasing wages do not decrease the costs those wages should cover. The focus has to be on the causes of the cost increases.

Regulations are meant to ensure that activities are done safely, socially, environmentally and culturally well. Some regulations are causing safety issues and harming us socially and as a result, worse cultural and environmental effects cause multiple costs on society. It is time for some serious regulation streamlining.

Time that cost of living consequences are recognised in decision making. Feds is often berated for raising economic consequence but our high cost of living is a result of failing to take these factors into account in policy, regulations and taxation.

Many policies add to our woes. The NZTA is lowering speed limits, our roads are getting worse and I doubt those tax takes at the fuel pump will make a difference. The reasons drivers crash are a combination of factors; speed is only one of them. Those driving faster than the speed limit won’t suddenly drive slower at a lower speed limit.

Lower speeds limits hit productivity and add

to the cost of living. Truck drivers get paid by the hour to get goods from place to place; speed limit reductions just increase time and therefore labour costs, increasing goods delays regardless of the effect of the Russian Ukraine war on fuel prices.

Reducing vehicle movements should be the focus, thus decreasing the cost of road maintenance, reducing driver frustration and risk taking.

New Zealand is falling in productivity stats.

Over-regulating reduces capital investment.

Less efficient assets reduce productivity.

Decreased productivity leads to increased cost of living.

Dunedin/Otago have been waiting for a new hospital long before Labour promised them one in 2017 to be completed in 2023, sorry 2025, sorry 2028. The current hospital is so run down so unhealthy and unpleasant it puts medical students off staying in the area. The Kopaki hump bridge on SH30 and the bridge north of Pirongia on SH39, both important freight routes, needs replacement/repair.

Works have been delayed for so long that the bridges can no longer take heavy traffic, and now for fear of collapse, heavy vehicles must take longer routes. Work has started but completion dates are a joke.

We need less time by government dreaming up new schemes and more time getting real work done.

I hope those in/or with potential to be in power refocus on increasing productivity and fix and account for the true cost of regulation.

We need those working, to keep more of the money they have earned, not for money to be wasted in bureaucracy, spin, and unsatisfying lolly scrambles around election time.

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Modern Inspriation - Uplifting Character

2 Homes - Affordable Lifestyle - Location

Deadline Sale

Deadline Sale

VIEWING BY APPOINTMENT

VIEWING BY APPOINTMENT 22 Thornton Road, Cambridge

34 324

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- Location, location, location - Thornton Road. A sensational blend of lifestyle comfort, uplifting ambiance and prestigious touches.

- Four spacious bedrooms; office/sunroom; separate formal lounge (pressed tin ceiling); three bathrooms, open plan living.

- The 1037m2 (more or less) section promotes privacy and security.

- Viewing by appointment only.

Deadline Sale (unless sold prior) 23rd March, by 4pm

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2135 Maungatautari Road, Maungatautari

1

Inner Circle St Kilda - 3 Ensuites

1

4 4

2 2

2 3

Deadline DeadlineSale Sale

Deadline Sale

OPEN HOMES SAT & SUN 12.00 - 12.30PM

OPEN HOME SUN 11.00 - 11.30AM 39 Mike Smith Drive, Cambridge

5

2

- Indoor/out flow to the ozone pool (9m x 5m) and alfresco dining area beckons fun and flair.

- Urban built in August 2019 (300m2) showcases 5 bedrooms 4 2plus huge office/rumpus, spacious open plan living area and separate lounge. Zoned air con and more.

- Enjoy clever design throughout and a floorplan to please.

Deadline Sale (unless sold prior) 7th April, by 4pm

07 823 2300 sales@more-re.co.nz www.more-re.co.nz

2

- There’s so much on offer here.

- Two homes, one with olde-world character that could be restored to former glory or just enjoy as is.

- Second minor dwelling funky and modern. Both have great separation from each other.

- Live in one, rent one, family living in one - spoilt for choice.

Deadline Sale (unless sold prior) 30th March, by 12pm

St Kilda - Lifestyle Family Ambience - Pool

3

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w 23 Baxter Michael Crescent, Cambridge

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3

- Come inside and enjoy the additional design aspects which focus on practical spaces, personal comforts and easy living.

- Massive scullery; super sized kitchen; 1514m2 section 4 (more2or less).

- Huge guest bedroom with ensuite, dual family bathroom allowing ensuite entrance to the 3rd bedroom and a grand sized master.

Deadline Sale (unless sold prior) 7th April, by 4pm

More Real Estate Ltd Licensed REAA 2008

74 Victoria Street Cambridge

Peter Tong 021 987 867

Wendy Tong 027 555 0633

Lily Hooker 027 870 3317

Jason Tong 027 755 2902

Lesley Acutt 021 994 440

2 2

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Location, Delightfully Contemporary

Immaculately Presented Home

Negotiation

Negotiation

VIEWING BY APPOINTMENT

OPEN HOMES SAT & SUN 11.00 - 11.30AM

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4B Mason Place, Leamington

- An immaculately presented home in a quite cul de sac location.

- The recently refurbished kitchen and bathroom is sure to please along with the extended deck area and open plan design.

- There is a single garage with auto door and the optional added bonus of an extra outside room, perfect for hobbies and the like.

- The current owners have put a lot of love into this property and it certainly shows. They’ve found their new place, get in quick.

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39 Coleridge Street, Leamington

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- Built in 2015 - designed with passion and flair, engineered and tailor made to compliment the section, sun and love of life.

- This forward thinking home is built with two pavilions showcasing 3-4m stud height, honed concrete block and cedar highlights.

- Featuring floor to ceiling windows, oak floors and gallery hall.

- All bedrooms have ensuites with one being a dual bathroom.

Central Living - Extended Family Option

Landbank And Relish the Space

Deadline Sale

Deadline Sale

OPEN HOMES SAT & SUN 1.00 - 1.30PM

OPEN HOMES SAT & SUN 12.00 - 12.30PM w 50 Southey Street, Leamington

3

1

- WOW! A freehold 1376m2 (more or less) section including drive.

- A sunny warm home - new carpet, insulation top and bottom, heatpump, stand alone woodburner.

- A large double garage with a double car port in front and lots of off-road parking.

- Well fenced and gated, with not too many gardens.

Deadline Sale (unless sold prior) 23rd March, by 4pm

07 823 2300 sales@more-re.co.nz www.more-re.co.nz

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ww13 Saffron Street, Cambridge

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- A quiet position, in a prime location this brick and colour steel home will steal your heart.

- Features include: Reticulated gas hot water and cooktop, generous living spaces for open plan lounging, neutral colou scheme throughout the home, large walk in pantry in kitchen.

- Space for extended family living, with the floorplan in two wings.

Deadline Sale (unless sold prior) 23rd March, by 4pm

More Real Estate Ltd Licensed REAA 2008

74 Victoria Street Cambridge

Peter Tong 021 987 867

Wendy Tong 027 555 0633

Lily Hooker 027 870 3317

Jason Tong 027 755 2902

Lesley Acutt 021 994 440

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Sparkling with Design Features

Curbside Privacy, Supremely Executive

Deadline Sale

Deadline Sale OPEN HOME SUN 2.00 - 2.30PM

OPEN HOMES SAT & SUN 3.00 - 3.30PM

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11 Bronte Place, Leamington

- A property which makes a statement of quality and style.

- An elegant 4 bedroom plus office home situated in a sought-after cul de sac local. Stoll to cafes or river walks.

- Polished concrete floors; solid oak kitchen with ample benchtop space; tiled bathrooms.

- Alfresco covered dining with enchanting private back lawn.

Deadline Sale (unless sold prior) 31st March, by 4pm

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142 Alawaya Rise, Te Awamutu

- Quiet, private and slightly elevated executive home with sunny aspect and a supreme ambience.

- Off road parking, attractive low maintenance gardens, top of the line chattels and more.

- Built in 2018, just move on in and reap the rewards of relaxed, uncomplicated family living.

Deadline Sale (unless sold prior) 31st March, by 4pm

Supreme Living - Space, Privacy, Ambience

A Hidden Backyard For Family Fun

Negotiation

Negotiation

3

49 Vogel Street, Cambridge

1

- Prepare to be impressed by this inviting refurbished family home.

1

- Bi-fold doors off the living areas open to a large entertainment deck which over looks a private fully fenced section with a glistening in ground pool with safety ledge and spa.

4 2 2 4 2 An RPS 2020 build that has all you need in an executive home. 3

20 William Paul Street, Cambridge -

- Features include: infinity gas hotwater, Smeg dble oven, instant hot/cold tap, butlers pantry, plantation blinds, separate lounge, covered entertainment area and carpeted garage.

Beautifully Extended Character Cottage

Desirably Central, Private and Modern

Offers over $1,000,000

Negotiation

91 Shakespeare Street, Leamington

3

1

3

18a Williamson Street, Cambridge

- Discover this well located, charming property with a sunny aspect.

3

2

- Stroll to Cambridge town centre, the pool is across the road.

- Spacious living area; separate lounge; polished floors; 3 bedrooms - Fresh decor, spacious living, master with ensuite and walk in robe, plus large office/4th bedroom; internal access double garage plus separate toilet, family bathroom with bath, large office nook, two separate single garage/shed set on a 1012m2 section (more or less). living areas, double internal access garage.

07 823 2300 sales@more-re.co.nz www.more-re.co.nz

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More Real Estate Ltd Licensed REAA 2008

74 Victoria Street Cambridge

Peter Tong 021 987 867

Wendy Tong 027 555 0633

Lily Hooker 027 870 3317

Jason Tong 027 755 2902

Lesley Acutt 021 994 440

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day From your local Irish team

If you are looking to buy or sell, get in touch today!

Cathy O’Shea M 021 266 3823 E cathy.oshea@pb.co.nz Maureen Crowe-Villiger M 027 584 2651 E maureen.cvilliger@pb.co.nz

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Cambridge

Karapiro 636 Maungatautari Road 4

2

2

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Lakeside Living in Karapiro

Welcome to this stunning establishment, perfect for families, the retired or those with hobbies on the lake. Privately gated, directly opposite the Karapiro Domain is this luxurious 230m2home, sitting proudly on a beautifully manicured 5131m2 section. There is plenty of room out on the large lawn area for a pool, tennis court or even room to build a ‘mens den’.

Don’t hesitate, call Gary or Shelby today for your viewing!

07 827 8815

57 Duke Street, Cambridge

Price Price By Negotiation View Sunday 20 March 2022, 10:00-10:45 www.harcourts.co.nz/CB3977

Gary Stokes M 021 351 112 Shelby Garrett M 027 622 4166

kdre.co.nz

Cambridge 32 Baxter Michael Crescent 4

2

1

Executive in St Kilda

2

This 277m2 home has 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a fibre connected office space for those who work from home. Located perfectly for families, with the reserve walk, the St Kilda Café and only a short drive to the heart of Cambridge and the Waikato expressway. Properties of this calibre don’t come on the market often in this area of Cambridge, so call Paul or Shelby today to secure your chance to own a piece of Baxter Michael Crescent!

Harcourts Kevin Deane Real Estate

@harcourtskdre

Price Price By Negotiation View Sunday 20 March 2022, 11:00-11:45 www.harcourts.co.nz/CB3982

Paul Hurrell M 022 300 4632 Shelby Garrett M 027 622 4166

Licensed REAA 2008

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47 Alpha Street, Cambridge P: 07 823 1945 sales@cambridgerealestate.co.nz

TO VIEW ALL OF OUR CURRENT LISTINGS VISIT WWW.CAMBRIDGEREALESTATE.CO.NZ NEW LISTING

OPEN DAY

1207 MAUNGAKAWA ROAD

DEADLINE SALE

RESIDE OR SUBDIVIDE

9303m2 lifestyle section located within Te Miro village Land contour is gently sloping with native plantings and pond Great village lifestyle with added bonus of subdivision potential DEADLINE SALE: Closes 4pm, 7th April at the Cambridge Real Estate office (unless sold prior) CONTACT DAVID SOAR OPEN DAY: SUNDAY: 1.30-2.00PM

FINAL NOTICE

FINAL NOTICE

STUNNING STYLE WITH MAGIC VIEWS

3 2 2 Stunning 7328m2 lifestyle with mountain and lake views Covered outdoor entertaining with open fire Watch gorgeous sunrises and sunsets AUCTION: 1PM 18TH MARCH AT THE CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY PAVILION, CORNER OF QUEEN AND DICK STREET (UNLESS SOLD PRIOR).

CONTACT DAVID SOAR

FINAL NOTICE

LOTS 3&4 815 MAUNGAKAWA ROAD

DEADLINE SALE

IT'S YOUR CHOICE

2 sections offering panoramic views Lot 3: 5380m2; Lot 4: 7880m2 with native bush areas Good building platforms with fibre to gate DEADLINE SALE: CLOSES 4PM, 18TH MARCH AT THE CAMBRIDGE REAL ESTATE OFFICE (UNLESS SOLD PRIOR) CONTACT DAVID SOAR

FINAL NOTICE

AUCTION

2/899 MAUNGATAUTARI ROAD

OPEN HOME

AUCTION

3090A CAMBRIDGE ROAD STYLE, SPACE AND SHEDDING

3 2 4 1 7931m2 section offering privacy and plenty of space Stylish brick & cedar home with captivating mountain and rural views Extra 9mx7m three bay shed for the toys AUCTION: 1PM 24TH MARCH AT THE CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY PAVILION, CORNER OF QUEEN AND DICK STREET, (UNLESS SOLD PRIOR) CONTACT DAVID SOAR OPEN HOME: SUNDAY: 12.00-12.45PM

OPEN HOME

DEADLINE SALE

362C PICKERING ROAD SPACIOUS WITH LOCATION

5 2 3 Great location between Cambridge and Tamahere 3 6220m2 or 1.53 acres heaps of room for a pony and a swimming pool Very private and low maintenance family home with extra shedding DEADLINE SALE: CLOSES 4PM, 24TH MARCH AT THE CAMBRIDGE REAL ESTATE INTERNET ID: CRR2254 OFFICE (UNLESS SOLD PRIOR) OPEN HOME: SUN 13TH 12 -12.30PM CONTACT PETER DAVID PAGE SOAR CONTACT CONTACT MATT SEAVILL OPEN HOME: SATURDAY 11.00-11.30AM

David Soar

B.AGR SC VALUATION

RURAL MANAGER M: 027 284 9755 E: DAVID@CAMREAL.CO.NZ

$1,298,000

496 ROTO-O-RANGI ROAD BANG FOR YOUR BUCK

Consented sleepout with plenty of options Inground swimming pool and lovely gardens Huge living areas perfect for large families

INTERNET ID: CRR2243 CONTACT MATT SEAVILL

Matt Seavill RURAL/LIFESTYLE M: 027 444 3347 E: MATT@CAMREAL.CO.NZ

5

3

2

3

CONTACT MATT SEAVILL

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47 Alpha Street, Cambridge P: 07 823 1945 sales@cambridgerealestate.co.nz

TO VIEW ALL OF OUR CURRENT LISTINGS VISIT WWW.CAMBRIDGEREALESTATE.CO.NZ NEW LISTING

OPEN HOME

PBN

235A SHAKESPEARE STREET OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS

2

Open plan dining & living Single garage with internal access Fully fenced, very tidy, low maintenance home Conveniently close to shops

NEW LISTING

OPEN HOME

$883,000

16 GREY STREET COME TREAT YOURSELF

3

2

OPEN HOME

PBN

12 HALL STREET SURPRISE ON HALL

3

716m2 section Private secluded garden Central Cambridge Living

OPEN HOME: SUNDAY: 1.15 – 1.45PM

Sherry Herkes

RESIDENTIAL

M: 027 223 4335 E: SHERRY@CAMREAL.CO.NZ

1

CONTACT SHERRY OR EILISH

NEW LISTING

OPEN HOME: SUN 13TH 12 -12.30PM

1

CONTACT GRAHAM BAN

OPEN HOME: SUNDAY: 1.00-1.30PM

Lovely refurbished 1980’s brick home Welcoming Open Plan Living with Heat pump Nice decked area for entertaining Fantastic Walk to Town Location Great Investment OPEN HOME: SUNDAY: 11.45-12.15PM

1

2

2

INTERNET ID: CRR2254 CONTACT PETER DAVID PAGE SOAR CONTACT

CONTACT ALISON OR SACHA

NEW LISTING

DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY IN ST KILDA ROAD

2800m2 section (more or less) in a premium location Friendly covenants Title issued and geotech report available AUCTION: 1PM, 14TH APRIL AT THE CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY PAVILION, CORNER OF QUEEN & DICK STREET (UNLESS SOLD PRIOR) CONTACT KYLIE OR RACHAEL VIEWINGS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY

NEW LISTING

OPEN HOME

AUCTION

5 MURRAY STREET BLISSFUL RETREAT

4 3 5 Sought after affluent address 250m2 (approx) home and 2649m2 (approx) lifestyle section with room for a pool Large three bay garaging at the rear as well as double internal access AUCTION: 1PM, 31ST MARCH AT THE CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY PAVILION, CORNER OF QUEEN AND DICK STREET (UNLESS SOLD PRIOR) CONTACT SHERRY OR EILISH OPEN HOME: SATURDAY & SUNDAY 1.30-2.00PM

NEW LISTING

OPEN HOME

PBN

20 FAIRBURN PLACE WELCOME HOME

4

Lockwood family home Quiet cul-de-sac location 723m2 section

INTERNET ID: CRR2243 CONTACT MATT SEAVILL

OPEN HOME: SUNDAY: 2.00-2.30PM

Eilish Page

Alison Boone

M: 027 300 0002 E: EILISH@CAMREAL.CO.NZ

M: 027 277 8726 E: ALISON@CAMREAL.CO.NZ

RESIDENTIAL

AUCTION

57 ST KILDA ROAD

RESIDENTIAL

1

2

CONTACT ALISON OR SACHA

Sacha Webb

Graham Ban

M: 021 363 387 E: SACHA@CAMREAL.CO.NZ

M: 027 448 7658 E: GRAHAM@CAMREAL.CO.NZ

RESIDENTIAL

RESIDENTIAL

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47 Alpha Street, Cambridge P: 07 823 1945 sales@cambridgerealestate.co.nz

TO VIEW ALL OF OUR CURRENT LISTINGS VISIT WWW.CAMBRIDGEREALESTATE.CO.NZ NEW LISTING

OPEN HOME

99D TAYLOR STREET

PBN

DESIGNER DIFFERENCE

Amazing townhouse living Sunny open plan living Extra large double garage Work from home space

OPEN HOME: SUNDAY: 12.30-1.00PM

2

3

2

CONTACT ALISON OR SACHA

FINAL NOTICE

42 CHAUCER STREET

NEW LISTING

SMALL BUT PERFECTLY FORMED Close to town location Townhouse living Viewings by appointment only

VIEWINGS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY

FINAL NOTICE

DEADLINE SALE

TOP CHOICE ON CHAUCER

3 1 1 1950’s character family home with rumpus & elevated views Excellent indoor/outdoor flow to expansive deck Well fenced 613m² section with good off street parking DEADLINE SALE: CLOSES 4PM 17TH MARCH AT THE CAMBRIDGE REAL ESTATE OFFICE (UNLESS SOLD PRIOR) CONTACT DEBBIE OR TREVOR

20 ALAN LIVINGSTON DRIVE

PBN

ULTRA MODERN RENO

4 2 2 Stunning new high end kitchen Renovated throughout with new bathroom and laundry Huge covered deck 855m2 fenced section INTERNET ID: CRR2254 Ample space for children, gardening and pets OPEN HOME: SUN 13TH 12 -12.30PM CONTACT PETER DAVID PAGE SOAR CONTACT CONTACT RACHAEL OR KYLIE OPEN HOME: SUNDAY: 11.00-11.30AM

Debbie Towers

RESIDENTIAL M: 027 689 8696 E: DEBBIE@CAMREAL.CO.NZ

Trevor Morris

RESIDENTIAL M: 027 205 3246 E: TREVOR@CAMREAL.CO.NZ

2

1

1

CONTACT ALISON OR SACHA

OPEN HOME

DEADLINE SALE

WELCOME HOME

4 2 2 2 1280m2 section with landscaping Views to Te Miro hills 2017 build with covered patio plus large deck DEADLINE SALE: CLOSES 4PM 17TH MARCH AT THE CAMBRIDGE REAL ESTATE OFFICE (UNLESS SOLD PRIOR) OPEN HOME: SUNDAY: 1.00-1.30PM CONTACT RACHAEL OR KYLIE

OPEN HOME

12A SHELLEY STREET

PBN

28A POPE TERRACE

OPEN HOME

$799,000

50B WILLIAMS STREET CENTRAL LOCK-UP & LEAVE SANCTUARY 120m2 country chic home Gorgeous outside retreat room Private garden Roof-top views Excellent INTERNET ID:location CRR2243 CONTACT MATT SEAVILL OPEN HOME: SUNDAY: 12.00-12.30PM

Rachael Seavill

RESIDENTIAL M: 027 722 4235 E: RACHAEL@CAMREAL.CO.NZ

3

1

1

CONTACT RACHAEL OR KYLIE

Kylie Lee

RESIDENTIAL M: 021 183 9210 E: KYLIE@CAMREAL.CO.NZ

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47 Alpha Street, Cambridge P: 07 823 1945 sales@cambridgerealestate.co.nz

TO VIEW ALL OF OUR CURRENT LISTINGS VISIT WWW.CAMBRIDGEREALESTATE.CO.NZ OPEN HOME

OPEN HOME

PBN

3 BAXTER PLACE SMART AND STYLISH LIVING

3 1 2 North facing living area Recently refurbished through out New Carpet 826m2 section – partially fenced Close to transport, schools, day-cares & local supermarket CONTACT RACHAEL OR KYLIE OPEN HOME: SUNDAY: 12.00-12.30PM

PBN

83A HALL STREET FAMILY-FRIENDLY IN CAMBRIDGE EAST

$1,195,000

ONE OWNER - FIRST TIME TO MARKET Charming 1993 colonial style home 680m2 section with stunning garden Carpeted internal access garage Ample storage Cambridge East Location OPEN HOME: SUNDAY: 1.00-1.30PM

3

1

2

2

CONTACT RACHAEL OR KYLIE

DEADLINE SALE

TEMPTATION ON TWIN WILLOW

New carpet & Double glazed Office with its own external entrance North facing outdoor living Well fenced 902m2 section

OPEN HOME: SUNDAY: 1.45-2.15PM

4

2

2

2

CONTACT GRAHAM

$890,000

52B HAMILTON ROAD MOTIVATED VENDOR

ELEVATED ON DOMINION

Prime 536m2 section (more or less). Tranquil elevated views Close to the vibrant Cambridge town centre Covenants to protect your investment - build now or land bank for the future DEADLINE SALE: ClOSES 4PM, 7TH APRIL AT THE CAMBRIDGE REAL ESTATE OFFICE INTERNET ID: CRR2254 (UNLESS SOLD PRIOR) OPEN HOME: SUN 13TH 12 -12.30PM CONTACT PETER DAVID PAGE SOAR CONTACT CONTACT GRAHAM

M: 027 223 4335 E: SHERRY@CAMREAL.CO.NZ

PBN

OPEN HOME

6B DOMINION AVENUE

Sherry Herkes

1

CONTACT GRAHAM

8 TWIN WILLOW CLOSE

NEW LISTING

RESIDENTIAL

2

OPEN HOME

OPEN HOME

1 CALVERT PLACE

3

Modernised 1920’s character Double glazing New carpet Master bedroom with ensuite 746m2 section (more or less) OPEN HOME: SUNDAY: 12.00-12.45PM

Close to the CBD Spacious Living area Kitchen features walk in-pantry

INTERNET ID: CRR2243 CONTACT MATT SEAVILL

OPEN HOME: SUNDAY: 1.30-2.00PM

Eilish Page

Alison Boone

M: 027 300 0002 E: EILISH@CAMREAL.CO.NZ

M: 027 277 8726 E: ALISON@CAMREAL.CO.NZ

RESIDENTIAL

RESIDENTIAL

3

1

1

CONTACT SHERRY OR EILISH

Sacha Webb

Graham Ban

M: 021 363 387 E: SACHA@CAMREAL.CO.NZ

M: 027 448 7658 E: GRAHAM@CAMREAL.CO.NZ

RESIDENTIAL

RESIDENTIAL

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47 Alpha Street, Cambridge P: 07 823 1945 sales@cambridgerealestate.co.nz

TO VIEW ALL OF OUR CURRENT LISTINGS VISIT WWW.CAMBRIDGEREALESTATE.CO.NZ OPEN HOME

$849,000

112 THORNTON ROAD LET THIS EMBRACE YOU

3

Lovely, polished floors Fully Double Glazed Fantastic Location Zoned for top schooling

OPEN HOME: SUNDAY: 12.30-1.00PM

1

CONTACT SHERRY OR EILISH

OPEN HOME

UNIQUE FAMILY OPPORTUNITY

Great Family Home Two ovens in Chefs Kitchen for entertaining 211m2 (approx.) home and 1214m2 (approx.) section Basement area makes great Rumpus or Gym space

OPEN HOME: SUNDAY: 12.30-1.00PM

PBN

SO MUCH ON OFFER

Green Belt Outlook Self-Contained Area with kitchenette & bathroom Stunning renovation to an extremely high standard Kitchen and living with views

OPEN HOME: SUNDAY: 2.15-2.45PM

4

3

2

1

CONTACT SHERRY OR EILISH

PBN

A PLACE TO CALL HOME

Great family property 190m2 (appox) house Generous Open Plan Living Internal Garage

OPEN HOME: SUN 13TH 12 -12.30PM

OPEN HOME: SUNDAY: 11.45AM-12.15PM

Debbie Towers

RESIDENTIAL M: 027 689 8696 E: DEBBIE@CAMREAL.CO.NZ

4

2

1

INTERNET ID: CRR2254 CONTACT PETER DAVID PAGE SOAR CONTACT

CONTACT SHERRY OR EILISH

Trevor Morris

RESIDENTIAL M: 027 205 3246 E: TREVOR@CAMREAL.CO.NZ

2

2

2

CONTACT SHERRY OR EILISH

$615,000

7A CARLYLE STREET OWNER HAS BOUGHT

2

Great Starter Home Open Plan Living Nice Modern Kitchen Large Entertainers Deck

OPEN HOME: SUNDAY: 11.00-11.30AM

1

1

CONTACT SHERRY OR EILIISH

OPEN HOME

OPEN HOME

46 ARNOLD STREET

3

OPEN HOME

OPEN HOME

185 TAYLOR STREET

PBN

11 RALEIGH STREET

PBN

8 BELMONT PLACE BACKYARD BLISS ON BELMONT

1970’s 3 bedroom / 1 bathroom home 771m² Section with fully fenced back yard New carpet and polished floors Heatpump and well insulated Excellent and shedding INTERNET ID: garaging CRR2243 CONTACT MATT SEAVILL OPEN HOME: SUNDAY: 2.00-2.30PM

Rachael Seavill

RESIDENTIAL M: 027 722 4235 E: RACHAEL@CAMREAL.CO.NZ

3

1

2

1

CONTACT DEBBIE OR TREVOR

Kylie Lee

RESIDENTIAL M: 021 183 9210 E: KYLIE@CAMREAL.CO.NZ

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Former Te Pahu farmer George Clark has celebrated his 100th birthday with family, including his daughter, former Prime Minister Helen Clark, in Waihi Beach where he retired to in 1987.

For his birthday on March 8, George received cards from the Queen and PM Jacinda Ardern.

George and his wife Margaret, who died in 2011, had four daughters who were brought up in Te Pahu south of Ngāhinapōuri and north of Pirongia.

Helen Clark was Prime Minister from 1999 to 2008.

She was the first female to lead the UN Development Programme, the third most senior role in the United Nations.

George has eight grandchildren and 16 greatgrandchildren. His other daughters are Suzanne, Jenefer, and Sandra.

He was a key member of Federated Farmers while in Te Pahu, going on to chair the Waikato meat and wool section, and was on the Te Pahu School committee for several years.

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I read the article in last week’s news about the new library with some alarm. The present one has great staff and never ever has any more than 10 to 15 people in it; why change it?

Clearly, we are again falling into the trap of ad hoc planning. Forward planning is not something our council does very well; the third bridge for example.

When it comes to new civic amenities why can’t we all have a say? Rather than have our future misdirected from Te Awamutu?

We need a “Future Cambridge Committee” to ask for and seek out great ideas for the future civic buildings our town needs; many Cambrians will have brilliant, creative ideas!

With petrol prices the way they are we need more cycleways.

There is an indoor sports facility in Te Awamutu where indoor cricket, indoor soccer, yoga, and Pilates’ sessions are held; why can’t we have one? More to the point, why haven’t we got one? We could even have a climbing wall. Think of all the social interaction such a building would generate!

Our present Town Hall should be modernised, giving it an invigorating face lift, and then developed into a centrally located Community Hub giving the tired old building a purpose. We don’t need to be held prisoner by the past.

Why have a massive new library building, just because Te Awamutu’s got one, when the world is going digital? A new library building no! we’ve got other stuff to do.

Set up a “Future Cambridge Committee” please Jim! Andrew Taylor Karāpiro

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DEATH NOTICES

DEATH NOTICES

CAMPBELL, Margaret Robinson – Passed away with family at her side on Wednesday, 2nd March 2022 at Te Awa Lifecare.

Aged 84 years. Dearly loved wife of the late James. Much loved mother and mother-inlaw to Lynn & Di, Jill & Aaron.

Cherished granny to only granddaughter Melissa & Grant. Special thanks to the staff at Te Awa Lifecare for their care of Margaret over the last three years. A private farewell has taken place.

All communications to the Campbell Family, c/- 3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge 3434.

VOWLES, Lesley Harold – Peacefully slipped away at his home. Aged 84 years.

Loved son of the late Harold & Eileen, and brother to Arthur. Much loved and respected by his team who supported him in his home.

A private farewell has taken place. All communications to the Vowles Family, c/- 3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge 3434.

MAYOR, Geoffrey Lewis – Age 84, passed away peacefully on the 8th March 22 from natural causes. Much loved dad of Nikki, grandad to Liam, Ashton & Connor a favourite uncle and friend.

You will be dearly missed.

To attend the memorial service please contact mcgregor.nikki@gmail.com

SCREEN, Rebecca, (Becky) – Passed away peacefully on Thursday, 10th March 2022, with family by her side, aged 85 years. Beloved wife of the late Albert. Loved mum of Roger, Richard, Shane and Joanne and mother-in-law of Paula, Josie and Joe. Dearly loved nan of 8 and great nan of 11. Special thanks Krystell, Emma, nurses and carers at Resthaven on Burns. A celebration of Becky’s life will be held at Raleigh Street Christian Centre, Raleigh Street, Cambridge on Tuesday, the 15th of March 2022 at 11.00am, followed by a private cremation. This is a vaccinated service, vaccine passes are required.

All communications to the Screen Family c/- 3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge 3434.

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Of an application for On Licence Cambridge Jockey Club, 40 Racecourse Road, Cambridge 3493, has made application to the Waipa District Licensing Committee for the issue of a on-licence in respect of the premises at 40 Racecourse Road, Cambridge known as Cambridge Jockey Club Ltd. The general nature of the business to be conducted under the licence is function centre/entertainment.

The days on which and the hours during which alcohol is sold under the licence are: Monday to Sunday 11am-6pm.

The application may be inspected during ordinary office hours at the office of the Waipa District Licensing Committee, 101 Bank Street, Te Awamutu or 23 Wilson Street, Cambridge.

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No objection to the issue of a renewal licence may be made in relation to a matter other than a matter specified in section 105 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.

This is the first publication of this notice.

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As the market is booming we are currently on the look out for Service Technicians to join our Ōtorohanga or Cambridge Branches.

Joining our team will give you access to a fantastic support structure, excellent remuneration and loads of shared knowledge, allowing you to be the best you can be. Ideally, you will have at least a basic under-standing of the modern tractor and associated electronics. The role provides plenty of variety and can provide flexibility when required. What we are looking for: •

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Join us this Sunday at Raleigh St. Christian Centre 9.30am Service. Vaccine Pass required.

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“A Spiritual “Seek God, iPod” while he is near…”

Sunday service at 10am will be lead by Rev. Alistair McBride.

Sunday Service at 10am will be led by Rev. Mohukelesi Lolohea

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PUBLIC NOTICES

OPEN HOMES

CAMBRIDGE OPEN HOMES BAYLEYS Sunday 20 March 101 Bellevue Road 34 Pengover Avenue 16C Titoki Drive 389 Pickering Road 55a Platt Road 66 Maungakawa Road

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CAMBRIDGE REAL ESTATE Saturday 19 March 362C Pickering Road Deadline Sale 2 Alfred Back Place PBN 5 Murray Street Auction 48B Hamilton Road $1,350,000+ 8A Rose Leigh Drive $1,439,000 Sunday 20 March 12A Shelley Street PBN 13/2 Grace Avenue $765,000 7A Carlyle Street $615,000 16 Grey Street $883,000 3 Belmont Place PBN 46 Arnold Street PBN 50B Williams Street $799,000 3 Baxter Place PBN 83A Hall Street PBN 3090A Cambridge Rd Auction 112 Thornton Road $849,000 11 Raleigh Street PBN 99D Taylor Street PBN 235A Shakespeare St PBN 20 Alan Livingston Dr Deadline Sale 1 Calvert Place $1,195,000 FIRST NATIONAL Saturday 19 March 17 Carlyle Street $769,000 HARCOURTS Sunday 20 March 636 Maungatautari Rd PBN 32 Baxter Michael Cr PBN

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THURSDAY MARCH 17, 2022

NISSAN

FUTURE VALUE

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NISSAN 150,000 KM’S FACTORY

5YR

WARRANTY

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Ask your Nissan Dealer about our low NFV finance rates

*Under the Nissan Future Value program, you can sell your vehicle to Nissan Financial Services New Zealand for the pre-agreed future value (adjusted for excess kilometres and the cost of repairs for vehicle damage beyond fair wear and tear), to pay the final balloon payment on your loan. Allowed kilometres and vehicle condition requirements are set out in the Nissan Future Value agreement. $36,990 price offer based on new Nissan X-TRAIL ST 4WD plus On Road Costs of $990. On road costs include initial 12 month registration & WOF, fuel and vehicle delivery. Terms and conditions apply. ^Nissan Future Value available to approved applicants on selected new Nissan models. Please consult with your Nissan Dealer for eligible models.

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