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2023 Person of the Year

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By Jeremy Smith

Shirlee Bennett loves seeing Kaipaki flourish. “If something needs doing, I do it. If something needs fixing, I fix it.”

It’s the perfect summary – she’s passionate about family, and about helping others.

To some, Shirlee is known for helping facilitate the Kaipaki Christmas Market, she emceed this year’s event earlier this month.

To others, she is known for her work as a Cambridge Lifeskills counsellor.

The organisation - funded by the community and grants - provides complimentary counselling to Cambridge’s public schools and Shirlee worked with the “amazing” team for seven years, resigning last month.

Over Easter weekend though, much of New Zealand was introduced to her as ‘Supergran’ when The News broke the story of the Cambridge grandmother who turned the tables on thieves by ramming ram-raiders.

She had suggested Rammy Granny – and speaking on the condition of anonymity at the time, Shirlee recounted how - while making an early morning coffee trip on Easter Monday she saw one car rammed into the Spark shop in Victoria St and a getaway car in waiting.

Making a snap decision, she drove over the median strip, ramming the getaway car and ultimately thwarting theives’ efforts to steal from the shop.

Her description to The News’ editor Roy Pilott was classic.

“Builder’s crack – it was hilarious.”

“My kids said ‘mum, you can’t go around ramming people,’” Shirlee recalled last week.

“And I know that. For the longest time, I agonised over whether or not I did the right thing.

“I believe people over 60 like me still have a

job to do - we can’t retire. We must make our Kaipaki “forever” and on streets safe for our grandchildren. If not us, the same 4.5ha that once who? belonged to Shirlee’s father “I’m still of the same mind that I want to be Bill Clayton – "a character actively sticking up for my community and who got things done". making it safer.”

Shirlee grew up there, has 10 Picked up by multiple national media cows and it is her happy place. outlets, The News’ online version of Shirlee’s And given the opportunity last story garnered 200,000 hits in a matter of days. week – with life pretty much back It became The News’ most viewed online to normal – Shirlee was keen to again story ever. thank people who supported her When a Give a Little page set up to help that day. cover the costs of repairing her damaged car Saying police were a raised more than $10,000, she donated it to “godsend”, she will be charities. forever grateful for her Now, she caps off her year by being known “main street angels” for something else - she is The News’ 2023 - including the first person of the year. person on the scene “When you mentioned that, I laughed who let her use their out loud. I was gobsmacked. My life is just cellphone to call police, normal, it is so kind of the team.” then Alan.

For The News team though, the accolade is "So many others not just due to Shirlee’s actions at Easter. gathered around Her award recognises the wider care for the me, it absolutely community she is known in these parts for warmed my heart. displaying.

“I don’t want On the day The News sat down for a chat, to be portrayed for example, she had been at a Cambridge as particularly Stroke Support Group meeting playing anything special ukulele for members. and I’m not Shirlee doesn’t want too much of a fuss necessarily squeaky made of the ways in which she serves. clean.

In fact, she’s had multiple national media “I just want to help outlets wanting to name her in an interview others,” Shirlee said. since Easter.

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In response to the removal of parking spaces (Cambridge News, December 7) can I just say that I think there is not enough thought goes into what the general public and rate payers’ views are. The removal of 32 car parks for the sake of a new cycle wayfootpath seems to me a rather extravagant move. I am in a moon boot for six weeks in total and next week I have an appointment at Triton Hearing. If these parking spots were removed where would I be expected to walk from? I’m retired along with many other Cambridge citizens and live outside the town boundary so vehicle transport is absolutely necessary and the removal of more parking spaces would make it very difficult to access Cambridge businesses and support local. Do we need separate footpaths and cycle ways? Can pedestrians not use the cycle ways as well, as this quite often happens in other areas that I have experienced whilst cycling? Do these councillors drive vehicles and park right outside their work place or do they all travel by cycle to work?

Brian Cossey Cambridge

The year is drawing to an end and this is my last column for 2023. What a year we have had! I want to start again this week with some good news.

An elderly local lady was at the shops on Shakespeare Street last weekend when she took a turn and fell heavily on her hip.

A group of male teenagers saw what was happening and quickly assisted, staying with her for about an hour and calling ambulance.

When the ambulance was delayed, they next approached a passing police officer, explained the situation and asked for further assistance.

The constable drove the lady to medical attention himself. He was impressed by the quick and supportive actions of the youths.

Tinopai!

As I leave you to your holidays, first and foremost, I thank you for your support. I have had many people say that they enjoy reading this column and I am glad it is helpful and of interest to the community.

As usual at this time of year, I also want to remind you to stay vigilant around home and vehicle security. We continue to see car thefts and interference. Trailers are also back on the thieves’ hit list.

Be sure to utilise all security measures you have in place – keep your homes secure, if

Tim van de Molen MP for Waikato

Authorised by Tim van de Molen MP, Parliament Buildings, Wgtn.

I am amazed that a road that was named after our late Waipā mayor John Hewitt has been renamed Te Hiwi Drive (The Ridge Drive).This is an absolute affrontery to John who was an eminent Waipā sportsman and selfless serving mayor who, amongst many other deeds, was very forthcoming in promoting Waipuke Park on the shores of Lake Karāpiro and that culminated in the access road being named after him.

Other Waipa mayors have roads or streets named after them so why should John Hewitt Drive be renamed just because it traverses a ridge?

Jim Otway Cambridge Editor’s note: The name change followed submissions to the proposed Waipā District Council Naming Policy in 2021, reported at the time by the Cambridge News. The stated aim of the policy was to ensure names of council’s assets tell the story of Waipā and reflect Waipā’s natural, cultural and historic heritage while better reflecting the local communities. It was suggested at the time John Hewitt Drive would be “moved” to Te Miro where he farmed.

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Look out for each other and stay safe this holiday season. See you in the New Year.

Nicholl books in

He’s gone from fact to fiction.

Cambridge born economist Peter Nicholl, who appears fortnightly in The News with his Talking Economics column, has released a political thriller book.

Sanctions in Paradise has South African infiltrators attempting to sabotage a Finance Ministers’ Conference in Seychelles, leading to “explosive results” Nicholl says of his first book, which has been a decade in the making.

“I actually wrote the book sometime back in the 1980s when I lived and worked in the Seychelles for a year. About two years ago a copy reappeared in a box of papers from my mother’s estate. So I went back over it, made a few changes and decided to try selfpublishing.”

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Briefs…

Time for a break

This edition of The News is the last for 2023 – we hope you have enjoyed your weekly serving of local news and are preparing for a restful and enjoyable break over the festive season. We also think at this time of volunteers and emergency service workers - and indeed all workers who will be on deck during the holiday period. From the family at The News to your whānau, Meri Kirihimete – see you again on January 11.

New library

A feasibility study underway

by Paua has shown using the current Waipā service centre in Cambridge as a site for an expanded library, heritage centre and museum is not an option as the footprint is unsuitable and will not meet the function. A draft report is expected out this week which will recommend finding a new location for the $28 million project.

Affordable housing

Peake Mews, described as the first affordable housing neighbourhood in Cambridge, opened on Monday with a $4 million donation from the Brian Perry Charitable Trust. Peake Mews will eventually see 47 two-, three- and fourbedroom homes. The first eight households received their keys and moved in with a welcome party. Home buyers access funds from Secure Homes, a leasehold programme which offers home at half the cost of similar freehold properties.

Festival back

Festival One organisers have confirmed they have more than 60 artists and bands taking to the Hartford Farm, Karāpiro stage for its 10th birthday on Auckland Anniversary Weekend.

Tickets have gone on sale for the event which was forced to cancel only hours in this year when heavy rain hit the rural site.

By Mary Anne Gill

Waipā ratepayers could do it tough over the next three years with rate increases of 14.8, 9.1 and 10.9 per cent proposed.

But the cumulative 38.9 per cent rise could have been worse, council deputy chief executive Ken Morris told a council workshop last week.

The first cut of the 10-year Long Term Plan showed an increase in the first year of 34 per cent, he told councillors, but staff were able to pare that back in the weeks leading up to the public workshop.

“We’ve done four significant iterations of the 10-year budgets,” he said.

Ratepayers will be consulted on the plans from February and asked to comment on timing for the major capital projects already underway.

Inflation, interest rates, cost of compliance and recycling blowouts impact all local government as well as Waipā, said Morris.

On top of that capital heavy projects such as the Cambridge Wastewater Treatment Plant, Te Ara Wai Museum, Cambridge Town Hall, and a new Cambridge Library/Heritage Hub are planned over the next decade.

The council plan is to spend more on infrastructure than debt, Morris said and all of it was happening in the early years of the Long Term Plan.

In a comprehensive look at its grants, the council is proposing cutting funds to community organisations via its two community boards and ward committee and to its district-wide promotion fund.

Gone would be a $30,000 community event fund used to support smaller scale grass-roots events which help build and celebrate community pride within the district.

A lot of community groups will be quite concerned about the drops, said Morris.

The impact of rate rises

would be felt more in Cambridge, because of higher capital values.

The 21 per cent increase proposed for Pirongia was “just too high” and inequitable, said Cr Clare St Pierre because of the services the village got compared to Cambridge and Te Awamutu.

Cr Roger Gordon said he was worried the budget contained some “nice to haves” like Te Ara Wai - $33 million over three years.

“Perhaps it’s not the right time,” he said and best pushed out to year four.

Deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk sought an assurance the tenure of the land identified for the museum in Te Awamutu was secure. Part of the site is leased from the Parish of St John. “That needs to be resolved before we start rushing into spending money.”

Mayor Susan O’Regan was concerned at the amount of capital expenditure planned for Cambridge – Town Hall, Library and Water Tower.

“We’ve got three big

Through the years: how the rate increases will look over the next 10 years.

projects here. I’m anxious in the climate we are in financially and the need for us to be prudent, I just want us to bear in mind that is where those dollars are falling currently. I would favour pushing the library out further.”

St Pierre said while every project on the capital list was “completely worthy,” she was unhappy with the “propensity” to have Cambridge featuring – three in Cambridge and none in the west.

“It doesn’t have that balance, it’s a little bit

skewed.”

Stolwyk said the big capital projects in the Long Term Plan had been well consulted but she set staff and councillors the challenge of looking at its urban villages of Kihikihi, Pirongia and Karāpiro where momentum had been lost.

Strategy manager Melissa Russo told the council the consultation document – required by legislation - would be signed off by council next month and then go through a “rigorous process of sharing with our community.”

Waipā District Council revealed the size of a proposed rate increase last week. The News’ Mary Anne Gill, the only journalist who follows the council’s work, reflects on a process which enabled councillors to formulate their plans without her knowing.

A council in control

As The News was rolling off the presses at 4.20pm on Tuesday, we got a huge surprise.

A Waipā council media release announced: “Proposed rates increase 14.8 percent due to increased costs.”

Earlier in the day I attended a full council meeting which lasted just 20 minutes. When I left, I was unaware that a public “workshop” discussion camouflaged under the heading “LTP Budget and Consultation Document” was about to confirm a rates figure – not that decisions are supposed to be made at workshops.

I have watched the recording of the workshop – all two hours and 37 minutes of it.

Councillors discussed and aired opinions on big projects – Te Ara Wai Land Wars Museum, a new Cambridge Library, changes which would make recycling “pay as

you throw”, Cambridge Town Hall upgrades and demolishing the historic water tower outside Resthaven.

They talked about cutting the funding to Hamilton and Waikato Tourism. Slashed, too, would be funds for community board and ward committee grants given to organisations across the district.

But $65,000 would be given to the council’s communications team for “online visitor promotional activity.”

In Waipā the $12.8 million provided to make street more cycle and pedestrian friendly has caused a lot of consternation – most recently, over plans to remove 32 carparks from the centre of Cambridge. A public meeting called went ahead behind closed doors, but the Government decision to pull the rug from the initiative won’t have any impact here.

But in the wake of council’s decision to slash $150,000 in funding from Waipā’s two i-Sites, one councillor has still to receive an appropriate answer to a point Mary Anne Gill of order he raised which questioned the impact of a late agenda change.

We are waiting too.

The council determined questions we asked should be considered under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act. It appears the council can wait until late January before giving us answers.

The council held another meeting recently to discuss the Ombudsman’s concerns about the use of workshops.

The thrust of the Ombudsman’s The Cambridge water tower could be demolished. report was about openness.

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Waste to energy: government’s call

By Roy Pilott

The new government will be asked to approve or decline the waste to energy plant application for Te Awamutu.

A statement from the Waikato Regional Council last week announced it is asking Environment minister Penny Simmonds to “call in” a waste to energy plant consent application to enable greenhouse gas emissions to be considered.

Global Contracting Solutions Limited plans to build a plant in Racecourse Road to incinerate 150,000 tonnes of rubbish a year.

The “call in” means the decision would be made at ministerial level rather than by the two councils.

The regional council expects Waipā district councillors to make its own decision when they meet next in February.

“We understand a decision on requesting a call in will be made by Waipa’s elected members at their

February 2024 council meeting,” acting regional consents manager Hugh Keane said.

Members of the Te AwamutuKihikihi Community Board have made their opposition to the plant clear, but the issue has not been debated in public by district councillors.

The move to send the issue upstairs will leave opponents nervous given the new government’s more relaxed attitude to burning fossil fuels and

offshore oil and gas exploration.

Hamilton-based Global Contracting Solutions said, though, it was disappointed the process may limit opportunities for iwi and community voices to be fully heard.

GCS national business manager, Roger Wilson said it was appreciated many New Zealanders would not be familiar with the benefits of the energy from waste plant process, or the positive environmental impact it would

Halcyon moment for Ben

By Steph Bell-Jenkins

Ben Bonetti has registered himself as an individual artist with music distributor Distrokid, hoping to gain more exposure for his first solo single, Halcyon.

“I love the song but it took me a while to build up the confidence to release something in this genre,” said the 17-year-old from Cambridge, who plays in high-energy band Pineja.

“But now I’m plastering it everywhere so anyone and everyone can hear it. I’d love to get it on the radio, so I’m going to see what I can do with that.”

Ben was Cambridge High School’s deputy head boy this year and featured in The News in June when he won the $1000 Ritchie Pickett scholarship for excellence in music.

He said Halcyon contrasted

strongly with the reggae rock and funk-influenced numbers Pineja had performed at more than 20 gigs around the Waikato and Bay of Plenty this year.

“When you’re outside you can have those silent moments when you’re just existing in space and time – halcyon moments, I guess,” he said. “It’s pretty chilled out; there might be a bit of influence from some of the greats like Paul Kelly, Dave Dobbyn and Neil Finn.”

He wrote it earlier this year, inspired by his love of mountain biking, skiing and surfing, and entered it in the 2023 Peace Song Competition.

The competition, run by the Play It Strange charitable trust, was founded 20 years ago by New Zealand musician and former Split Enz band member Mike Chunn to encourage young New Zealanders to write,

record and perform their own songs.

As one of 45 finalists, Ben won the chance to record Halcyon professionally in The Porch Recording Studio in Hamilton in early August.

He played keyboard, percussion, rhythm guitar and bass guitar for the track and sang the lyrics. Producer Regan McKinnon helped with lead guitar, percussion and digital drums.

The song was released on Spotify in volume 2 of the 2023 Peace Song digital album on October 25 but, wanting to give it more reach, Ben engaged music distributor Distrokid to release it on “every digital platform available”, including Spotify and Apple Music.

“This release is the beginning of a platform for me to release stuff as a solo artist,” he said.

He and Hamilton musician Amber Hayward are currently working on a

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By Peter Nicholl

The year 2023 is finishing with more gloomy economic news than good news. But I will start with the good news. Inflation is on the way down again globally and in New Zealand.

House prices have stabilised in New Zealand and may even be beginning to rise a little. Despite a strong flow of New Zealanders moving to Australia, we have had a record increase in our population because of strong inward migration. That tells you a lot about the state of the rest of the world.

On the downside, our current account deficit in the year to September, 2023 was a whopping 7.6 per cent of gross domestic product and our GDP fell in the September quarter, despite the strong growth in population. On a GDP per capita basis, it fell a large 0.6 per cent. It took the Reserve Bank and others by surprise. The Reserve Bank had forecast a rise of 0.3 per cent only a short time before. This is a concern as the Reserve Bank bases its policy decisions on its forecasts. If its forecasts are wrong, its policies will be wrong too.

The Reserve Bank said in its last Monetary Policy Statement in November that there would be no cuts to their official cash interest rate until 2025 and there could even be another rise in 2024. At present, the New Zealand financial markets don’t believe the Reserve Bank. The market is edging medium and long-term interest rates down. They are paying more attention to what the US Federal Reserve is saying. The Fed recently changed its tone and it is now very different to the Reserve Bank. They said that their official interest rate could fall by 75 basis points next year – and I emphasise next year.

The new government has already changed

the Reserve Bank’s policy mandate back to a single target of price stability.

The quantitative target is still the same, to have the Consumers Price Index between one and three per cent over the medium-term. But the Reserve Bank no longer needs to also target a ‘sustainable level of unemployment’.

This could, and should, mean it will wait a little longer to see more evidence that inflation is fading in New Zealand before reducing their cash rate. But the Reserve Bank has said frequently over the last two years that their past decisions would not have been different even if they had had a single mandate of price stability. I will be interested to see if they continue to say that now that they do have a single target.

The Reserve Bank’s next Monetary Policy Statement doesn’t come out until February 28.

That’s a long time to wait with the economy and inflation at a turning point. The economy doesn’t stop in January and I don’t know why the Reserve Bank delays its decision-making for such a long period. They are going to have to say or do something before then or interest rate policy will be totally taken over by the financial markets.

We now get selected monthly price data from Statistics New Zealand. The recent November data showed some prices, such as food and petrol, continuing to fall. We will get another set of this monthly price data around January 13 and a full figure for the CPI in the December quarter on January 27. We will know by then what is likely to happen to inflation and interest rates in New Zealand in 2024. The market won’t wait until the end of February.

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Men against pests When volcanoes fall down ON SHAKY GROUND

By Jeremy Smith

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And they will this week be shared between two Waipā organisations working to protect the district’s wildlife.

The majority – about 120 traps - will be delivered to landowners between Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari and Cambridge in an effort to provide both safe corridors for native birds which leave the mountain and the restoration planting happening.

They will be used by Go Eco in its Bush to Burbs initiative.

Of those 120 traps, the first 50 will be placed on the northern side of the maunga.

The remaining 50 will be given to those

Malcolm Perano with an example of what one of the completed traps looks like.

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organising the Taiea te Taiao project, an initiative seeking to establish an ecological corridor between Maungatautari and Pirongia which last month marked 200,000 plantings in the two years it has been running.

Te Awamutu Menzshed members have been hard work building the traps as part of what’s thought to be one of the group’s biggest contracted projects this calendar year.

President Richard Cato said members were grateful because the profits would be put back into paying for the running costs of the shed.

Bush to Burbs is funded by Waikato Regional Council for three years, and the scheme is designed to support landowners with their predator control.

Go Eco biodiversity community coordinator Karen Barlow told The News the members’ high quality work was always “gratefully received”.

“Not only are the traps they make well built, but being wooden they are also environmentally friendly.”

“We are pleased to collaborate with these organisations and help in this way,” Cato said.

When The News visited the menzshed in Te Awamutu last week, a team of five members were manning the assembly line.

Meanwhile, sales of Te Awamutu Menzshed’s book Sheddies – which tells the stories of about 10 shed members – have remained steady since it was released in late October, Cato said.

There are several locations from which to purchase the book in town, or anyone wanting to get a copy can contact the menzshed directly.

By Janine Krippner

During my time working for the Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program part of my job was gathering satellite images of volcanoes around the world and describing what they show.

Looking at thousands of volcanoes during my time there, something that struck me was just how often large chunks of volcanoes fall down. This is speaking in geological timescales, not our comparatively very short human lifetimes.

When a large part of a volcano collapses, we call this flank collapse. This is usually made up of a mix of layers of loose debris (volcanic ash, ballistic ejecta or rocks that are thrown out during eruptions, lahar (volcanic mudflow) deposits, and pyroclastic flow deposits), solid lava flows, domes, and magmatic intrusions that didn’t reach the surface, plus water and maybe ice. Some of this might be hydrothermally altered, which can turn glass and minerals that make up the rocks into more of a slippery clay that can be very unstable.

Flank collapse can be triggered by volcanic activity, like at Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980, when magma rising up into the volcano pushed out the north flank and eventually this failed, or during times when there is no volcanic activity. If magma is ready, this can trigger an eruption. Either way, the result is catastrophic for the landscape.

The three most scary thing about these processes in my mind are 1) they can happen when the volcano is otherwise quiet, so with little or no warning, especially if we aren’t watching closely, 2) they can be enormous, travelling many kilometres from the volcano and emplacing thick debris avalanche

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The rock is what we call very mobile – it can move much faster than we can run and travel great distances, with the rock breaking down into smaller chunks as the whole mass races along the landscape. When it stops moving and settles on top of the landscape, we call it a debris avalanche deposit.

At Mount Shasta in California, an old debris avalanche deposit covers an area of around 675 square kilometres - travelling at least 45 km from the volcano. Large chunks of the mountain can stay intact as it moves to form what we call hummocks that stick out of the landscape. You can do a short walk around these on the way to Ruapehu when travelling from the north, you can also see them around Taranaki. Oliver McLeod recently found a 3.3 square kilometre debris avalanche deposit at Pirongia that reaches more than 20 km from where it began. They have contributed to shaping our beautiful landscape.

Thankfully for us, these are relatively rare in our lifetimes. We do take them seriously though, studying the deposits of past events so we understand how they moved and what triggered them, using computer models to see what areas could be impacted in the future, and looking at the stability of volcanoes to see which areas might be more at risk. Volcanoes are a critical part of our landscapes and our planet. This is one more of those processes that we need to understand and respect so that we can get out of the way, then begin to recover once it has stopped.

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THURSDAY DECEMBER 21, 2023

Pastor Ken Keyte Cambridge Baptist Church Many churches in Cambridge and around the world set up a nativity set at Christmas time. A typical nativity set includes the main characters of the nativity narrative: baby Jesus lying in a manger, Mary and Joseph, the Magi, the shepherds and an angel. However, the Lutheran church in Bethlehem – Palestine, has broken with tradition because of the war that’s raging where Jesus was born.

When their pastor was interviewed about it, he explained that instead of lying in a manger, their nativity set had baby Jesus lying in the rubble. The magi and shepherds were searching for Jesus as if trying to find him amongst the debris. The reporter asked him, “Christmas is a season for celebration and hope, what hope is there?” The pastor replied, “We have hope in our faith because Jesus was born among the suffering and oppressed. If Jesus was born today, he would be born among the rubble with those who are suffering.” As we reflect on this untraditional nativity set, let’s pause to pray for those who are unable to celebrate Christmas because of their pain and suffering. Our source of hope is faith in a just God and solidarity with one another united in our pain.

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Mandatory is the word we may all not want to hear anymore. And for the last three years we have been stuck with all the rules and what to do wherever we go. This year we started to come to the normality we would like to, however Covid is still around and the celebration of Christmas is right before us. When we look at Christmas, it’s with all the information we’ve inherited. All we know about Jesus’s life and death, and resurrection. We interpret it through over two thousand years of Christians life. There are times when we wish we knew more about the future. Moments when we would like to feel in better control of life, but we can’t. Life’s not like that. Each day we walk into the unknown as Mary and Joseph did. And, like them, we find strength for that one day. And then the next.

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Christmas Messages Monsignor Leonard Danvers Parish Priest of St Peter’s Catholic Church Cambridge.

Hope, peace, joy and love are words we hear often at this time of the year. They are the stuff of Christmas cards, written in elegant writing on wrapping paper, emblazoned on Christmas advertising. In a world gripped by terrorism, the chaos of war, the refugee crisis, and the despair of many who struggle to pay the rent or feed their families, people may question whether there is any real hope. Hope is a word we often use. “I hope that the weather is fine for Christmas”. “I hope that I win Lotto”, or a common sentence in many homes at this time “I hope that Santa brings…” Christian hope is more than wishful thinking. It’s the confident faith that God is in control, that God is merciful. Jesus empowered the poor and the marginalised. He treated everyone with respect. He challenged unjust leaders and cared for children. He demonstrated a better way of life and wants to impart that way of life into our hearts and to our world. Hope is not, therefore, a punt or a risk, but rather as Jesus showed us, it’s our choice to be hopebringers to those we may meet who need our help. There will be thousands of people this Christmas who will bring hope to people and communities all over the world, offering food, shelter, companionship and a helping hand.

May we each have eyes to notice those near to us, and far away, to whom we could gift joy and hope and love this Christmas. For when we each bring hope, make peace, gift joy and live love, then the world is transformed.

Bernette Bernard Bridges Church On behalf of Bridges Church, I would like to wish everyone a very Happy Christmas. There is a real ‘Christmassy’ feeling around the shops of Cambridge with window displays enticing us to come and purchase gifts for family and friends. I particularly noticed the wooden trees in the main street of town. They have been decorated and painted by school children and they are a bit of a ‘window’ into what Christmas may represent to them - decorations, Santa, gifts and holidays.

Although these things are nice, there was one tree in particular that stood out as it boldly states “Jesus is the reason for the Season”. This is so often forgotten, and in many cases people don’t even know the real meaning of Christmas. God sent His son Jesus, the most precious gift to all who will receive Him. Unlike other gifts, this gift will last into eternity. Jesus said “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.”

There is a hope, peace and purpose that we can only find in Him. This Christmas I hope you will take some time to reflect on the real meaning of Christmas, and find Christ in a personal way.

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Big spenders

Waikato continues to be the fourth hottest spot (behind Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington) in New Zealand for visitors to spend their money, according to the latest figures released by the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment. At a district level, Waitomo (up 28 per cent to $101 million), Waipā (up 21 per cent to $216 million) and Ōtorohanga (up 23 per cent to $40 million) saw the largest leaps in visitor spending in the 12 months to October 2023, compared to the same period the year before.

Jeff Parker Pastor, Elim Church Centre Similar to Cambridge, Bethlehem was, and still is, a small town with a population of around 25,000 today. It’s not uncommon for farmers to be out working with their animals on the outskirts of Cambridge, as it was on that first Christmas outside Bethlehem. One group, shepherds, looking after their sheep, were about to experience something that would change their lives forever. On what probably seemed like just another night, suddenly an angel appeared to them and told them that Jesus Christ was about to be born in Bethlehem and that they should go and search for Him. They did. And everything changed for them that night. A standout thought from this historical story is that God reveals himself to ordinary people. These guys were looked down on by many, but highly valued by God. Like me, you may have often felt very ordinary. If so, you are in good company. Right through history God has revealed His love and purpose to ordinary people who chose to open their hearts to Him. It may not be through an angel turning up, but I assure you that God wants to reveal His love and purpose to you this Christmas season. The question is will you take the risk and seek him - just like the shepherds searched for Jesus and found Him? Jesus later said these now iconic words… "Seek and you will find". As you seek Him, may you have a wonderful Christmas and New Year.

Jeremy Lind Lead Pastor, Raleigh St Christian Centre On behalf of the Raleigh St Christian Centre community, we would like to wish everyone a peaceful Christmas.

The year has again been challenging for many in our beautiful town of Cambridge. In our various community programmes such as food rescue and youth work, we have increasingly seen people stretched and worried. We pray that if you are feeling weary that you will have a time of physical and mental refreshment over the summer. As Christians we remember at this time the birth of our king, Jesus. Jesus chose to come in humility, entering into the suffering in our world. He came through with an invitation to a disenchanted world: ‘Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest… learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.’

In the beautiful carol ‘O, Holy Night’, we sing ‘the thrill of hope, a weary world rejoices’. Jesus still offers this exhilarating promise to everyone who calls out to him.

May you know this ‘Thrill of Hope’ found in the person and work of Jesus this festive season.

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THURSDAY DECEMBER 21, 2023

Roundabout construction set

Work is set to start on a controversial roundabout at Piarere.

The Waka Kotahi project is designed to deal with a bottle neck which sees traffic waiting to turn on to State Highway 1 backed up on highway 29.

The roading agency survived

an appeal by Cambridge resident John Hansen who argued a flyover similar to that at the foot of the Bombay Hills south of Auckland was a far superior option.

The Environment Court ruled in Waka Kotahi’s favour saying Hansen was not armed with enough detail – but his suggestion

was preferred by many Cambridge News readers – and the Waikato Chamber of Commerce.

The roading agency was also able to convince the court using traffic data Hansen argued was outdated.

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and Bay of Plenty, Jo Wilton, in a statement last week, said the roundabout was the best option.

“It will improve the traffic flow with two-lanes and has been designed to allow for connection

with a future expressway between Cambridge and Piarere.”

A blessing of the site was held last weekend. The roundabout will be constructed by Downer NZ and work will start in early 2024.

Work acknowledged

Waipā District Council staff who helped other local authorities during the Cyclone Gabrielle emergency earlier this year were acknowledged last week. They were, from left, Emergency Management Co-ordinator Cathie Shaw, Emergency Management Operations Manager Dave Simes and Project Support Administrator Janice Downard.

They were presented with certificates of appreciation by councillor Lou Brown on behalf of the Waikato Civil Defence Emergency Management Group and Waipā District Council.

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A Christmas present for Nick

By Steph Bell-Jenkins

Cambridge kayaker Nick Collier will fly to China on Christmas day to compete at the Nujiang Wildwater Canoeing International Open.

“It’s a truly incredible opportunity, I couldn’t be more excited to compete,” said the 20-year-old, who said the trip had come as a “massive surprise”.

Collier had just returned from a three-month summer training stint overseas when he received the invite from the Chinese Canoe Association.

“It was a result of my medal winning result at the U23 world championships earlier this year, but it was certainly not the flow-on effect I was expecting,” he said.

Collier won silver in the men’s kayak cross event at the 2023 ICF Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom World Championships in Krakow, Poland in August.

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Design plans

Hamilton-based Designwell will lead the work to fine tune St Peter’s School, Cambridge’s long-term redevelopment plans. Creative director Alexander Wastney will look after the interior redesign process and says he is excited about working on the project given the school’s rich history and the possibility of intertwining the old with new to create an enhanced learning environment for students.

He will compete in the men’s K1 short distance, K1 long distance, kayak cross and K1 challenge disciplines in Baoshan, China, and said he was feeling strong and confident.

“Fortunately, I was already in full swing with my training, preparing for the New Zealand Canoe Slalom and Kayak Cross team selection races when I got the invite.”

Three other New Zealand athletes – River Mutton, Dayla Ward and Millier Chamberlain – would join him in the New Zealand team.

“This will be my first competition in Asia, and I only know a few of the other competitors from the 14 other nations attending, so it’s hard to gauge how I’ll stack up,” he said.

“But I know I’ve done the hard yards in preparation and as long as I can perform at my best I’ll be stoked.”

Cambridge kayaker Nick Collier training near the low level bridge earlier this year.

Seasons greetings

School appointments

Michael Simpson has been appointed to the role of International Dean at St Peter’s School, Cambridge. Simpson emigrated to New Zealand from South Africa with his wife in 2019. Carl Perry is the new director of Broadhurst House, the senior boys’ boarding house on the school grounds. Perry is Director of Rugby, 1st XV Rugby Coach, and a Health and Physical Education teacher.

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Cambridge Medical Centre would like to wish our patients a happy holiday and prosperous New Year

This office will be closed from midday on Friday 22nd December 2023 until Monday 15th January 2024.

Jocelyn, Marc and the team at Cooney Law would like to wish you the very best for the Festive Season.

Along with the weekends we will be closed for the following holiday dates:

Merry Christmas from our team We will be closing on Friday 22 December and re-opening Monday 8 January 2024 On call staff will be available through the break for urgent refrigeration breakdowns.

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Please note we will be open reduced hours from 27-29 December 2023 and 3-5 January 2024, 8.30am to 4.00pm for urgent needs only.

Please ensure you arrange for your repeat prescriptions to be ordered by 20 December 2023 to cover you for the holiday period.

See our website for after-hours cover during the holiday period

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Cambridge Tiles would like to take this opportunity to thank all our clients for their continued support throughout 2023.

Andrew Giltrap and the team would like to thank all our customers for their support in 2023 and wish everyone a prosperous 2024!

We will be closing on Thursday 21st December 2023 @ 5pm and reopen on Monday 15th January 2024 @ 8am.

We would like to wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy and prosperous New Year for 2024!

-Julie & Paul

Lake Street Auto Services Richard and the staff thank you for your custom and wish you and your family safe motoring, a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

Thank you

HOLIDAY HOURS: We close business at 5pm on Friday 22 December 2023 and re-open on Monday 8 January 2024 at 8am.

From the staff at the Cambridge News and Te Awamutu News to all our readers and advertisers throughout the Waipa region for supporting us this year.

We wish you a happy Christmas and a safe holiday period.

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Your last paper of the year is Thursday 21 December

– we take a two-week break then are back publishing again on Thursday, January 11 next year.

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The team at Vosper Law would like to thank our clients for their support and business during 2023.

HOLIDAY HOURS

We wish you all a Merry Christmas and safe holiday.

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Our office will be closing on 22ND December and re-open with limited staff on 10TH January 2024 and full staff on 15TH January 2024.

If you require urgent legal advice during our shut down period, please contact Amanda Vosper on 027 244 1290 or Dale Houghton on 027 216 2461.

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Mistletoe – Peraxilla tetrapetala In late November I visited Arthurs Pass, where, thanks to the exclusion of deer and possums from beech forest, I was lucky to see enormous mistletoes in full flower. This is not the same as the northern hemisphere mistletoe which has white flowers and berries.

The Christmas tradition of kissing under the mistletoe dates from the festival of Saturnalia in ancient Greece, where the plant was seen as a symbol of fertility. In Roman times it represented peace, so enemies at war would reconcile their differences under the mistletoe. (Too much to hope it would work in Gaza.) Over the centuries it became associated with love and by the 18th century had become widely incorporated in Christmas celebrations.

The name derives from the Anglo-Saxon words for ‘dung’ (mistel) and ‘twig’ (tan) because of the ancient belief that mistletoe was propagated from bird droppings. Curiously, our mistletoe is indeed entirely dependent upon bellbird or tui for pollination and seed dispersal. The flower has a bulbous cap and will not open until this is snapped off by a bird (or native bee) seeking nectar, the pollen exploding round the bird’s beak to be carried on to the next flower.

In autumn the birds are back to eat the orange berries.

They excrete the sticky seeds which may deposit on a branch or glue themselves to the feathers. The bird then preens them off, wiping its beak on the branch of a distant tree.

Mistletoe was once common throughout the country. It is usually parasitic on beech, but not exclusively, so if you’re exploring Maungatautari in the next few weeks it might pay to keep a watch for it. Merry Christmas!

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

Ritchie’s medal haul Cambridge’s Boh Ritchie picked up two golds, a silver and the award for the top performing female athlete at the New Zealand Secondary Schools track, field and road championships in Christchurch.

The St Peter’s School student won the 800m 2m14.11s, the 1500m senior girls title 4m 30.59 and with Eva Jeffries, Georgie-Rose Boyd and Milla Taylor, the 4 x 100m senior girls’ relay.

Ritchie’s success in the South Island earlier this month came a year after winning the junior girls 1500m and 3000m titles in Inglewood.

Te Awamutu College’s Daniel Kitts won the T37 category of the 800m para athlete event.

St Peter’s 35 strong team chalked up more than 40 personal bests.

Other gold medal winners from the school were Jeffries (300m junior girls’ hurdles), the 4 x 400m mixed relay team of Jeffries, Chelsea Lea, Jake Lomas and James Lowther, the year nine junior girls’ road race six-person team of Machaela Lawson,

Boh Ritchie, number 856, was the top female athlete at the games.

Sophia Gavrilova, Maia Graham, Katie Hepi, Phoebe Buckley and Zara Herring and the year nine junior girls road race three person team of Lawson, Gavrilova and Graham.

Lowther won silver medals in the junior boys 100m and 200m while Lloyd Crerar, Tito Hay, Julian Syben, Taane Wetere, Ardan Murphy, Toby Lane were second in the junior boys’ road race six person team event.

Chilcott takes a tumble

By Mary Anne Gill

Cambridge champion mare Sacred Mountain has a black mark next to her name after she misbehaved at Alexandra Park in Auckland on Friday night.

Trainer Nicky Chilcott, driving the fiveyear-old in the Thames Members Handicap Trot, was thrown from the horse just as the standing start got underway.

She was seen on video clutching the reins as she fell heavily on her back. Todd Mitchell, driving All Cashed Up behind her, was also dumped to the ground and Sacred

Mountain – stable name Milly – copped the blame from stipendiary stewards.

Neither horse was injured and both drivers were examined by St John Ambulance with Mitchell sustaining some bruising and Chilcott uninjured.

Earlier in the week Chilcott had told The News she had been having sleepless nights about the mare, an eight-time winner and former New Zealand record holder over 2200m for mares from a standing start.

She came back from a spell and trained well, but then raced poorly at her first start back last month at Cambridge.

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with Jan Bilton

Dishy desserts

Even family and friends who have stuck with a slimming diet all year can be tempted with decadent desserts during the festive season. And the best desserts to concentrate on are those that can be prepared in advance. Trifle is one such delight.

During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, a trifle was a simple combination of cream anda rosewater, flavoured with ginger and sugar, a light frothy dessert, closer to a syllabub (cream whipped with fruit juice and liqueur) than today’s trifle. By the middle of the 18th century, trifles included ratafia (almondflavoured biscuits) or macaroons soaked in sweet wine, covered with custard and topped with whipped cream. Later trifles were decorated with glacé angelica and cherries. Now fresh fruit is a more important component.

Cheesecakes are a Christmas godsend because most can be frozen for up to three months. However, those containing fresh fruit may thaw unevenly. Cheesecakes can also be cut into serving-sized pieces before freezing.

Meringues are another of my ‘must haves’ during summer.

Sandwich your meringues together with whipped cream and crushed berries and pile high on the platter. Serve drizzled with Christmas Mincemeat Sauce. Or combine with berries and cream to make an Eton Mess BLACK FOREST TRIFLE 300mls cream icing sugar to taste, optional 175g plain chocolate sponge 1/3 cup kirsch 1 cup chocolate custard or chocolate yoghurt 700g jar morello cherries, drained small mint sprigs to garnish Beat the cream, until thick. Sweeten with icing sugar, if preferred. Cut the sponge into thin wedges or 3cm cubes depending on the type of serving dish you are using.

Arrange 1/2 of the sponge in the base of the serving dish.

Drizzle with 1/2 the kirsch. Spoon 1/2 of the custard on top.

Then add a generous layer of cherries.

Top with 1/2 the cream. Repeat the layers reserving a few

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Gluten-free pecan pie cheesecake

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Cover and refrigerate for 12-24 hours. Serve garnished with the mint. Serves 6.

bringing the crumbs about 3cm up the sides. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Cool.

To make the pecan base, combine all the ingredients in a saucepan. Bring to the boil and simmer, stirring often, until thick. Cool. Pour onto the base.

Reduce the oven to 160°C. Filling: Using an electric beater, whip the cream cheese until smooth. Add the brown sugar and cornflour. Beat until smooth. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the cream and vanilla essence. Pour over the pecan mixture.

Bake for 1 hour or until the sides are set but the centre is still a little wobbly. Remove from the oven, cover loosely with foil, and cool on a wooden board. Chill for 12 hours before serving. Serves 10.

GLUTEN-FREE PECAN PIE CHEESECAKE Crust: 250g gluten-free gingernuts 75g butter, melted Pecan Base: 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup golden syrup 75g butter, melted 2 large eggs, lightly beaten 1 1/2 cups (130g) pecans, coarsely chopped 1 teaspoon vanilla essence Cheesecake Filling: 750g cream cheese 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar 2 tablespoons cornflour 4 large eggs 1/2 cup cream 1 teaspoon vanilla essence Preheat the oven to 180°C. Lightly grease a 23cm springform cake pan. Line the base with baking paper. Wrap foil around the outside and base of the pan.

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DEATH NOTICES

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DICKEY, Clifford John – Passed away peacefully at Waikato Hospital on Saturday, 16th December 2023. Aged 63 years. Loved father to Clifford, Sam, and Lisa.

‘Kept his cheeky, witty sense of humour until the end’ A private farewell has taken place. All communications to the Dickey Family, c/- 3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge 3434.

PATON, Elizabeth, (Betty) – Passed away peacefully at Atawhai Assisi Home & Hospital on Tuesday, 12th December 2023. Aged 91 years. Dearly loved mother and mother-in-law to David, Brenda & the late Colin.

Adored Granny Betty to Robert, Emily, Lisa and Great-Granny to Olive.

“Special thanks to the staff of M16, Waikato Hospital and Atawhai Assisi Home & Hospital for the love and care shown to Betty in her final weeks.”

“She will be greatly missed by all.”

At Betty's request a private farewell has taken place.

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

HISLOP, Vivienne Noel – Passed away peacefully at Waikato Hospital on Saturday, 16th December 2023. Aged 82 years. Loved daughter of the late Anne & Noel, sister and sisterin-law of the late Sandy & Glennis. Very much loved by the present and past staff of Hall Street. A private farewell has taken place. A memorial service to be held at a later date. All communications to the Hislop Family, c/- 3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge 3434.

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IN MEMORIAM Bryttany Marie LOVICH 17 November 1999 – 1 January 2022 Sadly, taken in her 22nd year after another battle with leukemia. It’s been two years since you left us with broken hearts, Bryttany. I miss you so much, Dad xx. Loved and adored daughter of Gunner and stepdaughter of Annette.

Cherished and loved sister of Krizan, Vaughn & Laura, Kaylene & Mathew, and stepsister to Mike and Brenna, Mathew, Warren, & Barbara.

‘Forever in our hearts.’

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Bible Study Each Saturday: 9.30am – 10.45am

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Christmas Carols Sunday Service on the 24th December 2023 will be at 10am.

“I Bring You Good News.”

Christmas Day Service will be at 9.30am.

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Sunday service at 10am will be time to Give Thanks. lead byASunday Rev. Alistair McBride.

Service on the 31st December 2023 at 10am.

There will be no service on New Year’s Day.

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will be led by Rev. Mohu Lolohea

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Vandals strike at park Eight in

Cambridge’s newest playground has been vandalised – leaving Waipā District Council staff with a race against time to have it

repaired for the Christmas break.

Attempts were made to set a fire in the middle of the playground and grasses were

Pursuant to Section 46 of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 notice is hereby given that: The following meetings will be held in January 2024 – Thursday 18 January 2024

Thursday 18 January 2024

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ripped out and dumped in a toilet and hand basin.

A statement from the council outlining the damage said it occurred last weekend, but it was not clear what day it happened.

Community services manager Brad Ward said a fire was lit in the middle of the swings at the Terry Came Drive playground, rubbish was thrown around, and an attempt was made to burn the water fountain.

The playground was opened in October.

“This is a space for tamariki, parents, grandparents and the wider community to play, learn and grow, and it’s really sad to see people have gone out of their way to damage such a valued asset,” Ward said.

“The most costly repair will be to replace the section of safety surfacing in the middle of the swings that has melted from the fire. Our team are making it a priority to repair the turf this week in time for the Christmas break”, Ward said.

Cambridge - and the wider Waipā – is well represented in the 2024 Halberg sports awards nominations.

All told, eight Waipā names were among the nominations when Halberg last week announced 76 nominations for the 61st awards.

Former Cambridge High School student, mountain biker Sam Gaze, is nominated in the ISPS Handa sportsman of the year category, while fellow former high school student, motocross rider Courtney Duncan, is nominated in the High Performance Sport New Zealand sportswoman of the year.

She is joined in that category by track cyclist Ellesse Andrews and rower Emma Twigg.

Cambridge para cyclists Devon Brigg and Eltje Malzbender and Otorohanga para cyclist Nicole Murray are nominated in the ISPS Handa para athlete/ para team of the year, and Cambridge rowing coach Mike Rodger is nominated in the Buddle Findlay Coach of the Year category.

The awards are in Auckland on February 24.

local deaths and inquests.

His work included the extremes of the larceny of two watermelons in 1892 to pitching in in 1894 when the Te Awamutu Town Hall burned down. William saved the courthouse with the help of a bucket brigade.

In 1894 he was presented with a Long Service Medal.

Over the next few years his rounds included censuring hoteliers who failed to keep their lamps burning at night and being stationed on the ground at Kihikihi to prevent any serious fracas at a land dispute. In September 1897 he helped Auckland police in the chase, on horseback, of a burglar who was eventually captured in a King Country river standing up to his neck in water. In October William was presented with an award for special services in obtaining convictions for sly-grog selling in the King Country. The next month he dealt with perhaps one of his worst cases – the murder of a Harapepe man over a boundary dispute, and endured a long and rough ride bringing the prisoner back to Te Awamutu.

In 1898, at the age of 40, “our good friend Constable

Jones”, whose position was “so long and ably filled” by him was transferred to Auckland where he worked as watch housekeeper. A year later he was discharged from the police on compensation. He took up land at Karamu and worked for many years carving out a home in the wilderness.

In 1907, tempted by rising prices, he sold up and moving temporarily to his Pirongia in-laws, until he could purchase another property.

But William was noticeably debilitated and he did not live long enough to enjoy his new venture. An inquest found William was somewhat emaciated and his heart was in a deadly state of fatty degeneration.

The policeman who served and protected life in his community resolutely refused to take medical advice for his own life up to the last moment. William is buried at Pirongia cemetery.

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A policeman’s lot – William Jones’ story William Jones did not want to see a doctor despite his wife, Tema’s, insistence.

The 51 year old Irishman had been in bad health for some time but always refused medical attention.

But on this March night in 1909 he was worse than usual and again rejected medical help, saying he would be all right next morning. He went to bed at 9.30 but was in a very bad way. The couple were staying with his wife’s parents, the Turners, at Pirongia and Tema went to get her mother. She was only absent two or three minutes but by the time the women returned William was unconscious. They tried to wake him and get him to speak but he quickly expired.

William had once been a policeman and court clerk in the Te Awamutu district and a no more popular or charitably-inclined officer had been stationed in the area. William had been appointed Constable No. 303 with the Armed Constabulary, the early colonial police force, in June 1878, when he was 21. By 1886 the national New Zealand Police Force

had been established as a separate organisation from the military and the genial William was stationed at Alexandra. He immediately distinguished himself by arresting near Otorohangā man who had burgled Mr Hill’s store at Alexandra.

It was the first regular arrest in the area and was called a ‘clever capture’.

The next year he was promoted for his zeal and promptness in allaying a disturbance between Māori and railway contractors at Otorohangā. By the end of 1887 William was stationed at Te Awamutu – this change being made for economic reasons – William was unmarried and the Government did not have to pay house rent for him as they did for married officers.

Eight years later William married Tema Turner and they started a family.

The policeman’s lot in the Te Awamutu district in the late 1800s involved dealing with theft, obscene language, enforcing hotel licensing laws and stopping furious horse riding and larrikinism.

William attended Auckland Supreme Court sittings when necessary and the more unpleasant tasks of

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