Ramp call timed out
By Mary Anne Gill
Traffic data New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) is relying on to reject calls for new Waikato Expressway on off ramps near Cambridge Golf Club is several years old.
The modelling NZTA used three years ago for a detailed Cambridge to Piarere business case did not consider adding ramps, according to papers released to The News under the Official Information Act.
“On and off ramps at the intersection of Waikato Expressway and Tīrau Road are out of scope so there hasn’t been any need for NZTA to undertake any additional traffic modelling,” the roading agency told The News.
The business paper itself said alterations were not evaluated, suggesting the data NZTA is relying on now, to reject calls from groups like Cambridge Chamber of Commerce, predate August 2013 when work started on the Cambridge extension of Waikato Expressway.
Traffic numbers are expected to increase significantly if RS Sand Ltd gets the go ahead to build a giant quarry on the southern outskirts of Cambridge. Estimates of up to 400 trucks a day through the town have mobilised chamber members and other businesses including neighbouring land holder Windsor Park Leasing.
The company’s agent Mark Chrisp of Mitchell Daysh Ltd said while it supported the quarry application, it wanted RS Sand to help fund on off ramps in the absence of NZTA doing so.
This would minimise the effects of heavy vehicle movements within the town and could be funded by RS Sand through a financial contribution that would otherwise have been paid as a roading impact levy, said Chrisp.
The 5.5km degree of separation between the Hautapu interchange and Tīrau Rd was “consistent” with NZTA’s own design guidelines. Ramps could form part of the Cambridge to Piarere extension which has been fast tracked and due to start in late 2026, he said.
SH1 ran through Cambridge and when work on the bypass started 11 years ago, NZTA said its construction would improve safety by significantly reducing through traffic and reduce traffic noise within the town.
Since its handover to Waipā District Council, traffic counts in Victoria and Hamilton roads at the St Andrew’s Church roundabout have increased dramatically due to housing and industrial growth throughout Cambridge and are now at or exceed the traffic levels when it was a state highway.
Taupō MP Louise Upston told The News NZTA had told her and Roading minister Simeon Brown that traffic volumes were insufficient to justify the addition of on off ramps at Tīrau Rd.
The implication was the traffic data was new.
Cambridge Chamber of Commerce chief executive Kelly Bouzaid said her members were continually annoyed by NZTA’s rejection of the ramps.
“It is a strategic investment that not only addresses current traffic challenges, but also supports the town’s long-term growth, safety
and sustainability,” she said. It aligns with the council’s own spatial plan as it underpins all future planning, identifies opportunities for growth and investment and helps businesses know where and how to invest.
Meanwhile the date for submissions on the quarry now close on November 4, an
In the pink
extension of 10 working days.
Anyone was able to make a submission.
“You just have to tell them your concerns and you will be considered. It’s a two-minute job.”
Details on how to submit are on cambridgenews.nz
• See: No change on the interchange, page 7.
The southern interchange could be a quick release valve for traffic Cambridge, but NZTA argues a turning bay further south already provides that.
There were coloured paint and bubbles galore at Memorial Park in Cambridge on Sunday for the inaugural Colour Cambridge community event held in support of Kids in Need. Lewis Lawyers brought a few of their staff along, from left, Amelia Hunt, Kendal Rea, Danni Allen and Tori McRae. See: Runners at the bubble, page 17.
On the road again
This week I am again prompted to remind you about Facebook fraud. Facebook Marketplace is an unregulated trading platform. While a lot of legitimate people use it, there are equally those recidivist fraudsters who use it purely to exploit victims for cash.
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Yes, I have mentioned this before, but we continue to get complaints resulting from those who are taken in by opportunists and lose money as a result, sometimes large amounts. These losses could have been avoided.
As always, I do not recommend ever making any large purchases involving online payment through Facebook marketplace, sight unseen. If you cannot meet the seller in person to check the item exists and is as described before making payment in cash or online, you are choosing to expose yourself to financial risk.
Fraudsters will often post a photo of an item online and thereafter effectively re-sell the same item repeatedly defrauding people. In most cases, they were never in actual physical possession of the item they were selling in the first place.
When communicating with sellers, look out for any inconsistencies in the language used in their messaging and location details. If it is an overseas fraudster, there may be spelling errors or use of phrases that are not in common use in New Zealand. I would also question whether a legitimate overseas
company would sell high value products via Facebook marketplace.
Fraudsters often create fake profiles to commit crime. Check the profile of the person you are dealing – when did they join Facebook, do they have many Facebook friends or follow any pages that indicate normal social media use? In short, do your due diligence.
When selling items on Facebook marketplace, be wary of overseas based purchasers giving odd stories about why they are buying an item in Cambridge. Do not give away too much information to sellers in advance.
For example, if you provide a purchaser with your home address for item pickup, and then tell them you can’t meet them at a certain day or time as you will be out or away, you are advertising an opportunity for burglary.
In reality, you simply do not know who is behind any Facebook profile - unless you know them personally - regardless of the name or photo they display.
Finally in the last seven days Cambridge Police have dealt with the following incidents: 12 reports of car crime, seven thefts (retail and other), three fraud matters, a wilful damage, seven family harm incidents, a parole recall warrant, two bail breaches, two drink drivers and five other traffic incidents.
By Mary Anne Gill
The Willie Nelson song describes Waipā District Council’s Ahu Ake road show best.
“Goin’ places that I’ve never been. Seein’ things that I may never see again. And I can’t wait to get on the road again.”
Drop in sessions to discuss Waipā’s 30-year future growth document started at the Te Awamutu Library community meeting room on October 12 and wrap up in the Kihikihi Town Hall next week.
Cr Dale-Maree Morgan said she had been so busy with the roadshows, she would have to get reacquainted with her long-suffering husband but it was worth it, she said.
Hearing what whānau thought about the spatial plan’s five implementation packages – focusing on housing, transport, community spaces and the environment - was critical to her decision-making. Morgan is the Waipā Māori ward representative and her constituency covers the whole district.
Stops in Pirongia, Te Pahū, Te Miro, Karāpiro, Ngāhinapōuri, Rukuhia and Ōhaupō have made for a busy time for staff and elected members, including new chief executive Steph O’Sullivan and mayor Susan O’Regan.
Strategy group manager Kirsty Downey, who led the project, told The News at the Cambridge Farmers’ Market on Saturday – the most successful event thus far - she was about to head off to Karāpiro for the afternoon but might give herself a day off next week to tidy up the house.
The plan has developed five implementation packages of activities which would be delivered progressively in stages and consider the district’s financial constraints.
Feedback is open until November 4.
Planning the future. Waipā Māori ward councillor Dale-Maree Morgan, centre, discusses Ahu Ake with John Worth, left, and Jimmy Campbell at the Cambridge Farmers’ Market. Photo: Mary Anne Gill.
Starship fundraiser
A Spring Fling for Starship fundraiser held at Lake Karāpiro on the weekend –inspired by children on Ward 27, the hospital’s blood and cancer ward - has helped boost the fund to more than $50,000. The goal to reach $100,000 is inspired by Cambridge’s Fleur Willison who was diagnosed with cancer, acute lymphoblastic leukaemia B cell and is receiving treatment at the Auckland children’s hospital.
Light show
Cambridge folk who might not want to mark Halloween on October 31 can find their fun at the Raleigh St Christian Centre’s annual Light Show. There will be a raft of activities under the theme BarnYard, including bouncy inflatables, a petting zoo and pony rides, games, sweets and refreshments and a safe under-fives area for the toddlers.
New playground
A new $3.7 million destination playground in Cambridge’s Bridleways Estate is nearing completion and expected to open early next year. Developer 3Ms contributed $1 million while developer contributions funded the rest. The playground includes an inground trampoline, flying fox, a custom-built tower and an accessible carousel alongside more traditional play elements such as swings, sandpits and a basketball court. There are also features for musical and water play.
World champ
Cambridge cycling star Ally Wollaston won two gold medals at the world track championships in Denmark at the weekend. The 23-yearold became the first New Zealand rider to win two titles at the same world track championships. Auckland’s Bryony Botha claimed bronze in the individual pursuit.
Pain ahead in the rates
By Mary Anne Gill
Waipā rate payers are staring down the barrel of a 17 per cent increase next year.
Rents are also expected to rise across the district because of the increase.
The double-digit banger will be confirmed by the council on Guy Fawke’s Day November 5 when councillors will see the impact on specific properties – rural vs residential vs commercial.
The numbers will be included in the council’s Long Term Plan for consultation with the community from March and be implemented from July 1 next year.
The increase should not have come as a surprise, deputy chief executive Ken
Morris told councillors.
Staff “really well socialised” the situation earlier this year indicating then the district was looking at double digit increases in the first three or four years of the Long Term Plan.
“This is really hard for us, super, super, super hard for us,” mayor Susan O’Regan told councillors at the end of a lengthy public workshop last week.
Staff threw them some sophisticated material in huge pieces of work in brief time frames which councillors had to turn around.
“Most of us are not financial experts so it makes it quite a challenge,” she said. She acknowledged councillors for the dedication they were showing and the
challenges they would face in their own communities.
“We’ve stuck to our principles we set really early on in this, and I think it’s really important to be guided by your principles and your values and the strategy that has been set for decades around the way this district should look into the future.”
Earlier in the workshop deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk questioned O’Regan on how comfortable she was fronting a double digit increase.
“Nobody wants double digit, it’s pretty clear,” said O’Regan.
“I’m looking at ways it could be softened ever so softly.”
But that would not be an increase below 10 per cent because the figures showed that would not even produce
a balanced budget.
“It’s not just the mayor, we’ve all got to feel comfortable. I’m only one vote around this table and I think we’ve all got to feel a level of comfort in a way that makes us jointly accountable for that decision because we’ve all had a hand in getting to here and so we’ve all got to have a hand in fronting the decision to chart a course out of here,” said O’Regan.
Chief executive Steph O’Sullivan reminded councillors the Long Term Plan process was very prescriptive and if they wanted to make any more serious cuts, it would have an impact on that.
Any further cuts would mean loss of jobs and reductions in services. Staff
had produced a budget based on councillors’ directions last year not to reduce levels of service.
“If you direct us to do it, we’ll do it,” she said but legislative timeframes would make that difficult now.
In a media release sent out last week, O’Regan said economic headwinds meant Waipā was now facing “a bit of a tornado.”
Initial financial modelling showed council would need a 16.73 per cent average rates increase to make its budget work.
This is despite $166.7 million of cuts being made to the proposed capital expenditure programme and a reduction of $26.9 million in operating expenditure projects over the Long Term Plan’s nine years.
Trustees sought for ‘hidden gem’
By Viv Posselt
Two additional trustees are being sought to help steer Cambridge’s Taylor Made Community Centre.
Trust chairperson Lloyd Buscomb said the two would join him and other volunteer trustees, Bruce Morrison, Jeff Bennett, Andrew McCathie and Peter Nicholl. A gap arose after the death earlier this year of longstanding trustee Rob Feisst.
Buscomb was speaking at a Cambridge Business Chamber event held at Taylor Made Community Spaces last week to familiarise local businesses with available accommodation following the completion earlier this year of the first part of a staged upgrade to the facility.
That initial phase saw the old seminar room completely renovated as ‘first cab off the rank’ in the extensive refurbishment project. The Chamber event was held in the new seminar room.
Buscomb ran guests through the history of the centre before
they toured the range of spaces available to businesses, groups or community organisations.
“Many community-centred people have contributed to this process along the years, and their reward is this growing legacy. We are indebted to the businesses, organisations and casual users who have supported us over the years.”
Centre manager Lisa Lindsay later said about 30 groups and individuals hire the rooms throughout the year. There are many more one-off hires and the facility is home to 14 permanent tenants.
Cambridge Chamber chief executive Kelly Bouzaid described Taylor Made as one of the community’s ‘hidden gems’.
“It’s a vibrant and affordable space where individuals and businesses can teach, learn and collaborate. After seeing the space firsthand, I’m excited to share that the Chamber has chosen to host its annual meeting there on December 5.”
The centre was originally built in 1962 as the Cambridge Maternity Hospital.
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Taylor Made Community Trust chairman Lloyd Buscomb with Cambridge Chamber chief executive Kelly Bouzaid at last week’s meeting at the centre.
Mia’s mayoral moment
By Mary Anne Gill
Mia Mackay spent several days hobnobbing with dignitaries in Japan so putting on the Waipā mayoralty chains was nothing out of the ordinary for the Cambridge toddler.
The 22-month-old daughter of community board member Alana Mackay helped present a small tapestry type artwork on behalf of Bihoro – Cambridge’s sister city - to mayor Susan O’Regan at the weekend.
She was part of the Waipā delegation which visited Japan last month led by her mother. The self-funded trip included Alisha Robinson, Robyn Maxwell and Cambridge High School principal Greg Thornton.
Also there at their own cost were deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk, Cr Philip Coles and Andrew Myers.
O’Regan said the sister city relationships with Bihoro and Le Quesnoy sat under Cambridge Community Board. Global Cities New Zealand – which promotes the relationships as a way of connecting people for peace and prosperity – will hold its regional forum in Cambridge next month at Lake Karāpiro.
“There is certainly a lot of positivity through the country around those relationships, but they have to be sustained,” she said. The relationships in the past may
have been set up using ratepayer funds but they were not now, said O’Regan.
Mackay said the trip was special. It was her first trip to Bihoro.
“There was a real youth focus to the trip. They understand the value of bringing in younger people to continue the relationship.”
They met some of the students who had been to Cambridge on
scholarships.
Mia enjoyed using Japanese buses and trains and is already a public transport fan.
Robyn is the widow of Murray Maxwell, who worked for Waipā District Council for many years and was instrumental in establishing the sister city relationship with Bihoro in 1997. Robyn has been involved over the
The delegation visited Bihoro Pass, a mountain pass overlooking Lake Kussharo, Japan’s largest crater lake, the Bihoro Town Office, other community facilities, the Murray Maxwell Memorial, schools, and the Yamanaka Dairy Farm. They also attended a cultural event and formal dinner and stayed in homestay accommodation provided in Bihoro as part of the sister city relationship.
The only council cost was a gift made by Waipā artist Saoirse Herewini which incorporated the sister city themes of friendship, education and agriculture and had a distinct Cambridge flavour, with local stories and symbolism.
Bihoro is an agricultural town of around 20,000 people on the northern end of Japan’s Hokkaido Island. The sister city relationship agreement between Waipā District Council and Bihoro was signed in 1997.
decades, maintaining friendships and hosting guests from Bihoro on the family property.
Alisha is Robyn and Murray’s daughter and is passionate about continuing the relationship with Bihoro. A town planner with Beca, Alisha was interested in how the effects of agricultural practices on the environment are managed in Bihoro, compared to New Zealand.
A Bihoro delegation is expected to revisit Cambridge in February 2026 with a focus on rural education as it is a strong farming area.
“One of their schools runs an agricultural programme alongside their usual curriculum so a big interest for them and we’re looking at maybe working with a local farming group to try and tie that in with Cambridge High School exchanges,” said Mackay. “Watch this space.”
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Mia Mackay with the mayoral chains on after her mother Alana presented a small tapestry type artwork Bihoro gifted to Cambridge which was accepted by Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan, left, and community board chair Jo Davies-Colley.
Photo: Mary Anne Gill.
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No change on the interchange
By Mary Anne Gill
On-off ramps at the southern end of the Cambridge section of Waikato Expressway have again been ruled out by New Zealand Transport Agency.
The traffic volumes are insufficient to justify building them, Taupō MP Louise Upston told her Friendly Forum in the Town Hall on Friday.
“NZTA tells me the expressway was not intended for local traffic, it was intended as an expressway,” she told The News afterwards.
The Victoria Rd interchange was designed for northbound and southbound connections to Cambridge and there were no plans to provide additional access points.
Upston had earlier met Waipā mayor Susan O’Regan and chief executive Steph O’Sullivan for their regular update and passed on NZTA’s feedback.
“It was great to meet the new
CEO, I have known her for years and she is an exciting addition to the council team.”
The issue of a third Waikato River crossing also came up with “many wanting it yesterday,” said Upston.
As soon as she has further traffic data, she was “happy to advocate” with NZTA but the timeframe was shortening as it was not a fast track project.
Roads continue to feature at Upston’s forums. Southern Links –a network of state highway and urban arterial routes weaving its way from Hamilton via 21km of state highway, three new bridges and 11kms of urban arterial roads –to Tamahere is on the list of 19 Waikato fast tracked projects.
“It will make a big difference to Waipā,” she said.
The Cambridge to Piarere four-laning was another of the 19 but the two projects would have different funding and finance models. Third party or tolling is
likely to feature in Southern Links.
The News also asked about the proposed quarry at Newcombe Rd and the impact on Cambridge with the increase of trucks through town.
Upston said it was up to Waipā district and Waikato regional councils to make the decision, but the reality was with big infrastructure projects, there was a need for sand.
A plan to establish a new medical school at Waikato University had also passed the next stage since her last Friendly Forum in Cambridge.
It is a proposal Upston has always supported. She had terse words for Auckland and Otago universities who continue to oppose the Waikato proposal.
“I’ve explained it lots of times, it is not the same as Auckland and Otago currently offer.
“This is post graduate, a rural medicine model that is common in Australia and is about supporting
provincial and rural New Zealand with our health workforce.
“I don’t think it’s good enough for Auckland and Otago to say they can deliver the health workforce because they haven’t.”
In addition to her roles as minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector, Social Development and Employment and Child Poverty Reduction, Upston recently took on Disability Issues.
Two months ago, she took immediate action to stabilise the disability support system after an independent review found the Ministry of Disabled People was ill-prepared to deliver the services.
The taskforce released its first newsletter last week.
“It’s challenging, we’re working on it at pace.
“I see there is a massive need to ensure greater access to services, a much fairer system that doesn’t have significant disparity based on where you live. We want to make sure the $1.1 billion of funding goes to where it’s needed the most. It is about investing earlier for better outcomes,” said Upston.
The MP, who was first elected in 2008, holds regular friendly forums throughout her Taupō electorate which takes in Taupō, Tūrangi, Tokoroa, Putāruru, Tīrau and Cambridge.
As it stands – the interchanges north and south of Cambridge are limited.
Hautapu is Cambridge’s only full interchange, and NZTA says that’s the way things will stay.
Showing their passion for art
By Viv Posselt
Dutch-born artist Lea Woutersen’s home studio just outside Cambridge is the epitome of cool.
It’s light and airy, crafted by her husband using wood reclaimed from their farming days, and stands not far from their imposing log home that could easily belong in the Canadian wilderness.
It’s in the little white studio that Lea works, and it is from there that she will exhibit her work as one of 13 artists on the upcoming Passion for Art Trail being held alongside next month’s 2024 Rotary Cambridge Garden Festival.
The November 9-10 art trail has been organised by Carole Hughes, who will exhibit her fauve art paintings throughout that weekend. The event offers enthusiasts an opportunity to visit local artists, including painters, printmakers, ceramic artists and sculptors, and explore two local galleries.
Hughes said the art exhibition is always popular, and because of its link with the Garden Festival, it attracts many out-oftowners keen to make a weekend of it.
“Cambridge Rotary gives us a great opportunity to show our studios … they are very supportive of our local artists,” she said.
Lea Woutersen and her family have been in New Zealand since 1990. Her interest in art grew from the few drawings she did as a
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youngster in Holland to the eclectic range of styles she explores and exhibits today.
“I like to try a lot of new things … I find that much more interesting, more fun than settling into just one style,” she said.
She paints in oils and acrylics, draws in charcoal, makes unusual figurines, does encaustic (hot wax) art and creates sculptures from gourds she grows in the garden then dries on her deck.
The Passion for Art Trail runs across both November 9 and 10, while the Rotary Cambridge Garden Festival runs only on the Sunday, November 10.
Cambridge Rotary Club president Gary Smith – who is delighted the festival is back during his tenure – said last week that ticket sales were humming.
“We’ve sold around 900 but would like to sell some 300 more if possible. All festival proceeds go to our three recipient charities – Kids in Need Waikato, Interlock NZ Trust, and Cambridge Lifeskills,” he said. “This is something that supports our local community, with a focus on our young people.
“We have 11 great gardens featured this year, many of them new to fans of previous garden festivals. There will also be stalls selling plants, and opportunities to have a coffee at some places, including at our ‘hub’ for the day at Cambridge Raceway.”
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Artist Lea Woutersen with some of the work she will show at the Passion for Art Trail.
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For the people, by the people
By Mary Anne Gill
Cambridge is a very “can do” town that doesn’t wait for things to happen; people make things happen, says Rowing New Zealand chief executive Simon Wickham.
Speaking at the launch of the Cambridge Community Fund last week, the former CEO of Momentum Waikato – a community foundation that manages several endowment funds – said he was first approached by businessmen Kevin Burgess and David Cooney to establish a fund.
Community foundations are independent trusts that enable generous people, from all walks of life and of any income, to grow their charitable donations and continue their giving forever.
Burgess and Cooney were specific about the fund – they wanted it to be by Cambridge and for Cambridge.
“Cambridge is a town where people don’t wait for things to happen. It’s not a town full of people moving their hands together wondering what the government will do for them or worrying about things they can’t control,” said Wickham.
“This fund has the potential to give back
to Cambridge now and forever.”
He gave the example of the Kiri Walker fund, set up in 2018 with an original gift of $500,000. The fund has gifted $615,000 and as a legacy fund now had $886,000 to continue giving back forever.
Wickham started at Rowing New Zealand last month and told the audience he had recently bought a house in Cambridge to live in with his family.
He previously served as deputy chair of the New
Zealand Olympic committee, was on the board for 12 years and at the decision-making table of high performance decisions for more than 20 years.
He was a member of Cycling New Zealand’s integrity steering committee to help transform cycling’s high performance culture and practices.
The number of medal winning and high performance athletes who chose Cambridge as their town was over represented in
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national statistics, he said.
“They are the benefactors of a great place to live and a great place to train.”
Cooney said both he and Burgess – who he described as “kindred spirits” when it came to Cambridge – were hell bent on establishing a funding mechanism which would help the town.
Momentum Waikato was the perfect platform with some local refinements. They insisted staff at Cambridge investment firm Forsyth Barr should be involved.
Cooney also acknowledged the role former mayor Alan Livingston has played. He has been involved in getting three halls of fame to the Cambridge Velodrome.
“Donations to the Cambridge Community Fund support charitable activities and projects in the town, as identified by a team of locals,” said Burgess.
Under Momentum’s ‘smarter giving’ model donations or bequests to the Cambridge Community Fund will still be supporting
the town and community for many decades to come.
An advisory and distribution committee made up of locals decides annually how the fund’s investment income will be granted out. Specific funding priorities will develop over time. This could take many forms, from capital projects for the community, to scholarships for local students to develop skills that they then bring home, from the general to the specific.
Fund launched, from left Momentum Waikato chief executive David Christiansen, chair Neil Richardson, fund founders David Cooney and Kevin Burgess, Rowing NZ CEO Simon Wickham and mayor Susan O’Regan.
Photo: Mary Anne Gill.
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Growing pains as Waipā faces future
Delivering value, staying focused on the big picture and ensuring a fair and equitable approach to funding – that’s the overall financial strategy for Waipā District Council as it works to develop its nine-year Long Term Plan.
The district’s increasing popularity as a great place to live is coming at a cost – financial modelling shows a double-digit average rates increase is going to be needed for the Council to make its budget work in the next financial year.
Mayor Susan O’Regan said the Council is caught amid a perfect storm of rapid growth, high inflation, high interest rates, the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the global economic downturn.
“Nobody wants a double-digit rates increase, but we also have to be honest about the actual cost of what we provide to our communities.
“What we are seeing is symptomatic of being a tier one growth council. Not only do people want to come and live in our communities, we are required by the Government to plan for the future, and that is really impacting our business,” O’Regan said.
Initial modelling shows a 16.73 per cent average rates increase will be needed in the next financial year, taking into account the expected level of growth in
the rating database, and the need to plan for further growth. About 62 per cent of the forecast debt level is growth related.
“I am confident that we are looking very hard at all of our expenditure not just in the current year but across the next nine years and we will continue to do so,” O’Regan said. “We are doing all we can to try and reduce the impact on our ratepayers, and the wider community, because we are acutely aware of the cost of living challenges some people are facing.”
Elected members were asked at a recent workshop to provide direction on the financial strategy for the draft Long Term Plan, which is due for adoption next June.
“As elected members, we have all had a hand in getting here, and now we have to have a hand in charting our course out of here,” O’Regan said. Further refinement of the plan will continue over the next few months. The community will have the chance to have their say on the draft Long Term Plan in March next year.
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Long weekend recycling
If your recycling day is a Monday, it will be collected as normal on Monday 28 October (Labour Day).
Remember to put your bins out before 7am, and place them as close to the kerb as possible with the Waipā logo facing the road. Don’t know what can be recycled? Try our simple ‘Can I recycle this’ tool on our website.
Wanted: clean plaster buckets
Tradies and DIY enthusiasts are being encouraged to give their used plaster buckets a second chance beyond the landfill.
Waipā District Council have partnered with Mitre 10 Mega Te Awamutu and Cambridge to set up a collection point at each store where the community can drop off used plaster buckets.
The initiative aims to reduce the number of buckets going to landfills all while giving back to the community.
Buckets collected will be transformed into portable fruit and vege gardens and donated back to the community.
Clean plaster buckets can be dropped to Te Awamutu and Cambridge Mitre 10 Mega.
Those interested in receiving a garden can express interest here:
new playground at Cambridge’s Kings Garden is now open, take your tamariki along to check out the awesome timber and rope climbing structure!
A gathering of good vintages
By Mary Anne Gill
When Ian and Kay Elmsly stayed in Cambridge a couple of years ago with family, they immediately thought what a great place it would be to come with the car club.
Fast forward to last Friday when 58 of the 350 members of the Hawke’s Bay Vintage Car Club were in town with 25 cars for their annual Safari Rally.
The bespoke part of the tour - featuring equestrian visits to Cambridge Raceway and
Windsor Stud - was organised by Belinda Gelston of Ballygelvar.
Ian is club chair of the club and said the Safari Rally was always a fantastic opportunity to take the vintage cars for a spin.
The trip to Ross Brothers’ private vintage vehicle museum in Hautapu was a highlight for the vintage car-loving group but a visit to the Velodrome showed that in a weekend featuring horse power in horses and cars, there is still a place for pedal power.
Glenn Milne of Hastings brought his Moonshine Runner – a left hand drive 1931 Ford Model A - which he bought in the United States.
Paul and Hilda Boylan of Napier had their bright red 1953 MG TD – which he bought in the United States in 2016.
He stripped it to its bones, found underneath coats of dark paint that it was originally red, and so set about restoring it to its original glory.
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Loans and liabilities
Kevin Wells (letters, October 3) asked “does the council use ratepayers properties as security for loans and [deputy chief executive] Ken Morris replied “No, council does not own the properties”.
The council only see our properties as rating units. As I understand it, if our council were to go into receivership , all debt owed to the Local Government Funding Agency could be put onto our rates. Similarly if a council in another area who also borrow from the LGFA should not be able to repay the loans, that debt could also go onto rates throughout the country. So the fact that so many councils have taken on so much debt, for so many things ratepayers do not want and have had little say on, should be a worry to all ratepayers. Most would not be able to pay all these extra rates, so our properties could be sold to recover money owed on loans
Norma Mackie Cambridge.
Council deputy chief executive Ken Morris responds:
Our borrowings are secured via a Debenture Trust Deed. This mechanism is used right across the New Zealand Local Government sector. There are prudential limits on council’s level of borrowing, for instance through debt covenant provisions which are set and closely monitored.
These provisions ensure ours, and other council’s, debt levels don’t get to the point where there is any significant risk of default. Furthermore, Waipā District Council has a strong AA- credit rating with a stable outlook by international rating agency Fitch. It has held this rating for seven years in a row.
A Model A Ford owned by Glenn Milne, left, and Paul and Hilda Boylan’s 1953 MG TD meet other horsepower at Cambridge Raceway.
Photo: Mary Anne Gill.
Being prepared for a shake
By Janine Krippner
Today is our national ShakeOut earthquake drill and tsunami hikoi, a great chance to think about what to do during an earthquake and why. I feel that knowing why it is important to do something always makes it stick in my head, especially if it comes with imagery that makes me physically cringe like having glass in your feet.
A friend and social scientist, Dr Sara McBride, has investigated global earthquake data to understand how people get hurt. The research shows that moving during shaking increases your chance of getting injured. If getting injured isn’t a thought that concerns you, remember that you may not be able to get to medical help and it could hamper priorities like helping friends or family. An injury could really add to an already stressful situation.
Images of collapsed buildings may cause some apprehension, but keep in mind that context matters.
While poorly built buildings may collapse, we have pretty good building and earthquake safety standards here in Aotearoa and they have been improving.
You also may not be able to get out if you try. It turns out it’s hard to walk or run when the ground is moving.
Tripping during shaking is common, and in some cases a large portion of injuries were to people moving out of and away from buildings. Remember the images of fallen bricks after the Christchurch earthquakes?
Unfortunately, old advice is hard to get rid of.
Do not stand in a doorway during an earthquake – this does not protect you from falling objects. Doorways are no stronger
than other parts of the house, they are not structural supports. This outdated belief is based on older buildings in different times. You can throw this one out for good. If you are close enough to a desk or table, get below that. If you’re not – drop, cover your head, and stay put until the shaking starts.
Back to cringing – cut feet from glass, including mirrors, is one of the most common injuries. It’s good to have some shoes near your bed to protect your feet, and another reason to stay in bed instead of jumping out. Can you imagine trying to walk to medical care with cut feet or imbedded glass? Please take care of your important body parts. Emergency Manager Brian Terbush points out that “If you sleep eight hours a night, that’s a 33 per cent chance you’ll be in bed when one occurs”.
Living with a child last year we frequently had a chat about what to do if there was an earthquake at night. The plan was to cover her head with a pillow and wait for the shaking to stop for Mum and Dad to come to her. I understand the need to get to a scared, screaming child is strong, having these conversations might help.
Take a moment to check out the getready website, where there is more advice on what to do if you’re in a car or wheelchair, or if you use a cane or walker. They have posters you can print in English and te reo Māori. The more we normalise what to do and make it common knowledge, the more we can be prepared to get through these scary events together.
An agnostic’s dilemma…
By Murray Smith, Bridges Church
I live by a Cambridge green-belt reserve where my favourite birds, native wood pigeon (the kererū), frequently visit.
Recently an unusually large flock of eight was frolicking high up in the trees. Unexpectedly a group of them, as inquisitive about me as I was with them, broke away from the others. A beautiful quartet of kererū flip-flopped down through the trees to fly noisily just above my head - the characteristic clumsy kerfuffle of their beating wings so close, it stirred up a breeze to gently slap my face.
An ‘up close’ encounter with kererū makes it abundantly clear just how large these birds are! They can measure over half a metre from tail to beak. Their full bodied physique with shimmering green and iridescent purple-bronze feathers contrasts with spotless white feather vests… bright red feet, red beaks tapering to orange, plus piercing inquisitive red eyes, complete a stunning ensemble!
These beautiful birds warrant appreciation and mindfulness, given that their numbers, while considered somewhat stable, are declining in places. If loss of habitat through forestry remains unchecked along with predators and illegal hunting, kererū will be dangerously exposed. Rats, stoats, cats and possums eat their eggs and nestlings; stoats and cats will even attack and kill adult kererū.
Extinction is a sad outcome for any species and proper stewardship will play a part in helping kererū continue their vital role in our eco-system.
Kererū, together with Chatham Island cousins, the native parea pigeon, are the only two bird species big enough to swallow large fruit, such as those of karaka, miro, tawa and taraire, and disperse seeds over long distances, thus ensuring regeneration of our native forests. The synergy and intentionality of creation, its order and detailed design is fascinating.
Along with millions of others, I’ve appreciated British naturalist and filmmaker David Attenborough’s commentaries and stunning footage, as he gushes enthusiastically about creation’s marvels. I’ve also marvelled that his observations have not led him to conclude that there must be a Creator. No such acknowledgement has been forthcoming, leaving his commendable celebration of nature incomplete.
I say this for two reasons; firstly, because everything cannot come from nothing. A painting demands crediting an artist, design reveals a designer, buildings need architects, engineers and construction crew- nothing randomly occurs nor is order sustained without purposeful intention behind it. Secondly, as it’s succinctly put in the Bible, “God’s invisible attributes, namely, His eternal power and divine nature, can be clearly perceived, since the creation of the world in the things that have been made, leaves people without excuse.”
Attenborough claims to be an agnostic, not an atheist. Whereas an atheist claims emphatically that there is no God, an agnostic takes a less aggressive stance claiming that on the basis of ‘lack of evidence’, you cannot prove God exists. That an intelligent person so enamoured with nature’s wonders vacillates over God’s existence due to ‘insufficient evidence’, astounds me.
“Checking in our brains” at the door is not a pre-cursor to believing. Clearly the very intelligent have no advantage in encountering God. Faith is needed… though with copious evidence on hand, it’s far from a leap in the dark.
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TALKING ECONOMICS
The battle continues
The CPI outcome for the year to September 30 was a good one. The increase of 2.2 per cent was at the lower end of most economists’ expectations. It was also the first time since 2021 that the outcome was within the Reserve Bank’s target range - 1-3 per cent. The bank had anticipated this outcome and had lowered the Official Cash Rate (OCR) by 50 basis points in the week before the September CPI announcement, which took the OCR to 4.75%.
The good news on inflation was greeted with both relief and celebration. The relief was understandable. But some of the celebration was a bit overenthusiastic. One newspaper column I read opened by saying ‘inflation in NZ is now officially dead’.
You only need to take a cursory look over history to realise that inflation never dies. It does sometimes go into hibernation and the hibernation periods can last several years. But just like hibernating animals, when conditions become suitable, it can easily spring back to life again.
The current battle against inflation
By Peter Nicholl
is almost won. But fighting inflation Is not a single battle, it is an on-going war. Central Banks made huge mistakes with their excessively easy monetary policies of very low interest rates and huge liquidity injections. They were the ones that largely caused the inflation battle they have all been fighting over the last few years. What Central Banks do now that inflation is back within their target ranges will be critical for making sure that inflation stays in hibernation. Interest rates in New Zealand are clearly on the way down. The fact that bank mortgage rate yield curves are still inverse (3 and 4-year fixed interest rates are lower than six month and one year rates) indicates that banks – and their customers – expect them to continue to fall. After the announcement that the annual CPI rate was 2.2%, some people started calling for the Reserve Bank to accelerate the downward path by moving their OCR down by 75 basis points when they make their next OCR decision on 27 November.
In my view, that would be a mistake. The bank should stick to moving the OCR down by 50 basis points in
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November. I said earlier in the column that the current battle against inflation is ‘almost won’. The ‘almost’ caveat applies especially to New Zealand. Most of the downward move in our inflation rate from 3.3 per cent in the year to June to 2.2 per cent in the year to September was due to events elsewhere in the world. Tradeable inflation, which measures price changes in goods and services that are influenced by foreign markets, was actually negative. It fell by 1.6 per cent in the year to September. Non-tradeable inflation, which is the inflation we are producing within NZ, is coming down but it is coming down slowly and it is still high. It was 5.8 per cent in the year to March, 5.4 per cent in the year to June and was still at 4.9 per cent in the year to September. This should worry the Reserve Bank. It should result in them not accelerating the pace of monetary easing in November.
Inflation in New Zealand is certainly not dead. It hasn’t even yet gone into hibernation in New Zealand.
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Runners at the bubble
By Viv Posselt
Kids In Need’s inaugural colour run fundraiser on Sunday went off so well the charity is already planning the next one.
They sold an impressive 800 tickets to what they called the 2024 ‘Colour Cambridge’ community event, held at the Hautapu Sports Club grounds. Many among them donned white Kids in Need t-shirts before running around the roughly 2km track where they were doused with coloured paint and sprayed with water, courtesy of the Cambridge Fire Brigade, then ending their run through a hail of bubbles.
Kids in Need Waikato founder Linda Roil thanked the crowd for supporting the charity she founded with her husband Graeme in 2018, four years after they started fostering children.
The couple started the
charitable trust after finding there was a void in support offered to foster children and their caregivers, so began by providing age-appropriate care-packs for children around the region, from newborns up to age 18.
The need for assistance continues to grow, she said.
“We are currently providing ongoing support to 1300 children in the Waikato, and with those 1300, there are over 500 caregivers who we also support,” she said. “We are making a huge difference in their lives, and by being here today, you are helping us make that difference. We are very grateful.”
Also there on Sunday were local Olympians, including Ellesse Andrews, Matt MacDonald, Kate Haines, Rebecca Petch, Lucy Spoors, Shaane Fulton and Sam Dakin.
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Two authors with different stories have been in touch with The News in the last week with notes about their new books.
Fred Cockram’s latest literary effort, Taken for a Ride, is a light crime thriller incorporating aspects of Stockholm Syndrome and quite a lot of Murphy’s Law. It is published as an eBook. Cockram worked for many years in the Parliamentary press gallery and is now based in Cambridge.
Peter Elderkin also pitched his book, Sugar Gravy Pleasure, a paperback set in Peterborough, England, and the alternative music world of the 1990s and 2000s to The News. Given the website he referred us to was a book shop based in the United Kingdom we figured he was the latest person on the other side of the planet to get his Cambridges mixed up. But there was a twist.
Elderkin responded that he lives in Auckland, his wife grew up in Hamilton and his inlaws live in Kihikihi – and by coincidence, his book will be released in New Zealand in November.
Runners bursting through the bubbles at the end.
Photos: Viv Posselt
It’s a heritage hat-trick
By Harriet Di Maio
For more than 100 years Paton House and Orongo (Thornton House) have flanked both ends of Victoria St on their large corner sections, and just around the corner on Thornton Road Potts House has been overlooking Lake Te Koo Utu since 1909.
Now all three Cambridge heritage villas are on the market.
Boasting lead light windows, decorative pressed metal ceilings and
large formal gardens, all three villas were built by notable Cambridge people of the time, and are A listed on Waipā’s Heritage register and District Plan.
Paton House was named after its original owner James Paton Thomson, a member of the 3rd Regiment of the Waikato Militia and Cambridge Cavalry Volunteers, and the Town Borough Clerk from 1884-92.
A large double bay corner villa, it still has its original ornate fireplaces with handpainted tiles, along with
Anaglypta wallpaper panels down the long hallway. Its most recent owner has kept it in largely original condition, just adding designer Kartel chandeliers to complement the high ceilings.
Built in 1902, the large corner villa Orongo was named after the district in Thames Coromandel where its original owner William Earl came from. It was built for grandeur with three chimneys, Marseille french clay roof tiles, pressed metal panelling and ceilings, and
tessellated floor tiles in the entrance way. William and his wife Eleanor Sarah Earl were famous for their New Year’s Eve parties where they would host the Cambridge Reed Band members in Orongo’s formal rooms. Mrs Earl was also a keen member of the Cambridge Croquet club - members would often adjourn back to the house ‚to partake of afternoon tea’.
Potts House was named after builder Fred Potts who was a key contributor to the character of Cambridge
town today. He built many of its important buildings including the Bowling Pavilion, the Court House (now the Cambridge Museum), the Cambridge Club and the Masonic and National hotels. Mr Potts later incorporated undertaking into his building business as well, advertising ‚funerals on upto-date lines’. He built the showcase villa as his family home, with square bay windows, tall chimneys and graphic leadlight windows. As well as the many
families that have enjoyed their rambling gardens and graciously proportioned rooms, both Paton House and Orongo have been run as successful Bed and Breakfasts over the years. Parties were not just a thing in Edwardian times - real estate agent Margo Lombardi who lived in Paton House in recent years remembers her daughter’s 21st party: “We had fairy lights strung throughout the house and garden, and long tables out on the lawn” she recalls. “It was quite magical”.
Indeed there is something a bit magical about homes like these with so much history: three of Cambridge’s painted ladies stand much loved, renovated and ready for the next one hundred years of festivities and family life.
Roses coming up
By Viv Posselt
It’s time to primp, preen and debug those roses - organisers of next month’s 60th annual show put on by the Te Awamutu Rose Society are hoping for a turnout that befits their diamond jubilee.
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As with previous shows, all public entries need to be with exhibition organisers at the venue between 4pm and 6pm on the evening before the show –Thursday, October 31.
The November 1-2 show, which will be held at the Te Awamutu Rugby Sports and Recreation Club for the second successive year, is gearing up to mark its significant anniversary in grand style.
Te Awamutu Rose Society president and show manager Diana Jones said it was essential to have the blooms in then to allow time for set up and staging prior to the show opening the following day.
With that in mind, organisers have introduced two new classes for first-time exhibitors (adults and children), with a trophy for the first placegetter in each category as well as first, second and third prizes. Further adding to the celebratory theme is the call for anyone to enter the special Diamond Jubilee Pedestal Arrangement category.
A jubilee dinner for invited guests will be held on November 1.
Entry is open to any enthusiastic rose-grower, be they awardwinning or first-timers, and there is no need to be a member of the rose society. There is no cost to entering, but those doing must pick up a schedule beforehand containing details on the exhibit classes and categories. They are available online, or from Te Awamutu i-Site and Mega Mitre 10
“Exhibitors can put in two entries each, and vases are supplied,” she said. “Judging will be done on the Friday morning and the show will open to the public from 1pm on that day. The presentation of trophies will be at 3pm on the Friday.”
Saturday show times for the public are 9am to 3pm.
Jones said the inclusion of two new categories this year was intended to further boost public interest.
2023 Rose Society president Anne Oliedam said last year’s show, which attracted around 330 entries from around the region, was one of the biggest in recent years.
That event was followed by a visit to Te Awamutu’s rose gardens by international rosarians Michael Marriott and Paul Zimmerman.
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Te Awamutu Rose Society president Diana Jones, right, with last year’s president Anne Oliedam.
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McKenzie celebrates at 40
Since it opened 40 years ago, McKenzie Centre has been dedicated to supporting children with disabilities and help children achieve short and long-term success.
Over the decades, thousands of children from throughout Waikato and the King Country - along with their families - have benefitted from the centre’s early intervention approach.
This is the term used to
describe the services and supports that are available to babies and young children with developmental delays and disabilities.
Different types of specialists work with children and their families depending on which skills are delayed.
Service manager Suzanne Kok highlights the team’s skill, experience and passion for early childhood
development.
“Despite evolving service delivery models, the centre’s mission remains unchanged since its opening in 1984,” she says.
Before it opened, representatives from the Child Development Centre at Waikato Hospital, the Society for the Intellectually Handicapped, Hamilton West School and the Hamilton Children’s Trust spent three years developing its goals and laying the centre’s foundation.
“Their vision was to offer a coordinated, transdisciplinary programme of specialised care, intervention, and education for children with disabilities from birth, with working in partnership with parents being crucial to its success,” says Kok.
The centre’s goal today is to help whānau identify their priorities for support and learning for their child, their family and themselves.
Children can be referred to the centre by parents, family, or friends.
It supports children and whānau within a 50
“The team collaborates with families to enhance children’s interaction and play skills, communication, understanding, expressive language, learning, emotional regulation, sensory
awareness and social skills.”
Even after children leave the centre to go to school, the team maintains connections with them.
“The children that come through McKenzie Centre are part of our whānau,” says Suzanne.
“We don’t forget them, and we love seeing them when they come back for a visit.”
To mark its 40th anniversary, McKenzie Centre is hosting a celebration on November 2, at Hamilton West School grounds.
McKenzie Centre was opened in 1984 by Governor General David Beattie (centre). McKenzie Education Foundation chair Roy McKenzie speaks at the opening. Photo: Supplied.
McKenzie Centre Early Intervention teacher Rachael Simpson, left, with Hillary Vos and Keanu Katene, 6. Photo: Supplied.
Power play at work
Teams from across the country converged on Te Awamutu on Tuesday for the start of Annual Connection 2024 – an event showcasing highly specialised electricity supply skills.
Te Kūiti based The Lines Company went into the competition as reigning champions, and their neighbours Waipā Networks were out to take their title.
At stake is over the three day competition which finishes today is the overall line mechanic championship plus three category awards.
The competition brings together cable jointers and line mechanic teams from
energy companies around the country. Activities test specialist skills and experience.
Ahead of the event Lines Company chief executive Mike Fox said the event was a rare opportunity for everyone in the industry to be in the same place at the same time.
There was a lot to discuss, including a looming shortage of skilled workers, he said.
It’s estimated the industry will need twice as many people over the next few years as the country seeks to harness renewable energy and electrify key infrastructure,
Getting on top of diabetes
It’s the old adage – strength in numbers always beats doing it on your own and that has proven true for the self-formed Waikato Diabetes Community Team.
The four members of the team are from three primary health organisations (PHO) and the Waikato Regional Diabetes service.
Pinnacle Midlands Health Network’s Kathy Knight says the team has achieved so much more together in improving care for people living with type two diabetes, who are primarily managed in the community.
“Collaboration has also enabled us to support each other clinically and professionally,” she says.
There are approximately 27,000 people with type two diabetes in the greater Waikato and the team’s goal is to build capacity in primary care so that whānau receive the best evidence based care regardless of the provider they access.
They identified barriers to optimal diabetes care which included reduced co-ordination and variation in care between practices. Lack of specialist expertise and evidence-based updates were also identified.
Through the support to practices that the team – which comprised a nurse, pharmacist, dietitian and endocrinologist – has provided, the average HbA1c of 47 per cent of people living with type two diabetes in the Waikato is now under 53mmol/mol.
HbA1c is the measure used to
Archer shows the enduro way
By Andy McGechan
New Zealand made its debut appearance this season at the women’s section of the International Six Days Enduro, held in Spain, and impressed many at this huge gathering of the motorcycling world elite.
The three-rider New Zealand women’s contingent that battled in the Women’s World Trophy (WWT) teams’ class – Ngaroma’s Rachael Archer (Kawasaki) joined by Tapanui’s Kylie Dorr (Beta) and Opunake’s Taylar Rampton (Husqvarna) –managed a few jaw-dropping results on their way to finishing 10th overall in their first appearance at this massive annual dirt-biking marathon.
Archer was the stand-out for the New Zealanders. She finished overall runner-up among the women, just under three minutes behind United States team rider Brandy Richards after an incredible six days of brutal racing in the Galicia region, on the Atlantic coastline in the north-western of Spain.
Archer managed to tap into any left-over reserves of energy to significantly cut her deficit to Richards on the final day, which featured a motocross, an aspect of off-road motorcycle racing that is considered faster but arguably less technical.
The rider who finished the enduro third overall in the women’s rankings was Australia’s Jessica Gardiner,
measure for and monitor diabetes.
Glucose in the blood sticks to the haemoglobin molecules (Hb), and the higher the glucose, the more sticks.
As haemoglobin is broken down and recycled every three months, the HbA1c is an accurate measure of the average blood glucose in a three-month window.
The target for most people with diabetes is an HbA1c under 53mmo/mol.
“We had weekly meetings and developed real-time diabetes dashboards in each primary health organisation, so we are all collecting the same data.
“We have facilitated comprehensive common form updates and provided clear
and consistent messaging to all practices, and every practice has a copy of the team’s diabetes manual, regardless of who their PHO is,” says Kathy.
They ran basic and advanced diabetes education days, bimonthly online updates via Zoom, consistent messaging on pharmacy-dispensed medication and established a New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes advised diabetes management course through Waikato University.
“We’ve still got a lot of work to do but our aim was to show how our collaborative model of care and strong relationships could address the barriers and improve the lives of our diabetes whānau,” she says.
ending the event just a little under five minutes behind the hard-charging Archer.
Archer was not only overall runner-up in the individual standings for the women, but also she wound up an astonishing 54th overall (when ranked alongside the men. More than 570 riders in total were at the event.
“It felt good to win a special test (a tightly timed sprint section) at this event,” said Archer. “I felt like I rode decent and didn’t crash, so put in a solid ride.
“I didn’t really set any goals or expectations for myself coming into the week. I just wanted to learn and gain as much experience as I could. I feel like I’ve done that and also shown some speed.”
Dorr was meanwhile classified 28th individual in the WWT class (and also finished 129th overall alongside the men). Rampton dropped out after day five with an injury, but was still credited with finishing 30th overall among the women.
“New Zealand team manager Justin Stevenson said it was “not the dream result for Team New Zealand - but close”.
Team France won the premier World Trophy (WT) class ahead of the United States and Spain. In the Junior World Trophy (JWT) class, Team Sweden won ahead of France and the United States. There was no Kiwi men’s team entered this season.
Briefs…
Fair celebration
Tamahere’s monthly country market celebrated its 20th anniversary last Saturday. The market, on the grounds of St Stephen’s church is organised by parishioner Jane Manson.
Blues winners
Cambridge athletes, paralympian Devon Briggs and Olympic gold medal winner Ellesse Andrews were named Waikato University’s sportsman and sportswoman of the year at the annual Blues Awards earlier this month. The awards were first presented in 1971. Several other university students from Waipā received blues – given for both sport and creative endeavours.
Pipped at post
Ex-pat Cambridge golfer James Gill won his singles on the final hole at the Bridges Cup mid-amateur tournament in South Korea last week but it was not enough as his International team lost 17-15 to the United States. The Ryder Cup-like three-day competition for male amateur golfers 25 years and over comprises four balls, foursomes and singles at the private Haesley Nine Bridges course in Yeoju, about 70kms southeast of Seoul.
Action stations – the Waipā Networks crew gets down to work.
The Waipā Networks team, from left, Ashton Pullenger, Jamie Milne, Gary Muraahi and Leighton Butler-Hemara.
The Kiwis who rode at this year’s International Six Days Enduro in Spain did their country proud during the week-long competition. The riders were (from left) Taylar Rampton, Kylie Dorr, Chris Birch, Rachael Archer and Liam Ellis.
Picture: Foto Boezeroog.
Working together, from left: Suzanne Moorhouse (Hauraki), Helen Morton (National Health Coalition), Ryan Paul (Waikato Regional Diabetes) and Kathy Knight (Pinnacle Midlands Health Network).
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Divine Italian
A craving for pasta hits me at least once a week. It’s comfort food and oh so easy to prepare. Fifteen minutes and it’s on the table. With so many different shapes and sizes one is spoilt for choice. Pastas with holes or ridges are best for chunky sauces while lengths like spaghetti and linguine are more suitable for smoother sauces. However, as spaghetti is New Zealand’s favourite shape, it tends to be an all-purpose pasta.
Conchiglie is derived from the Italian word for seashell (conchiglia). It is a common form of ‘shell’ pasta and its shape and ridges ensure the sauce adheres to it.
There are miniature shells (conchigliette), medium-sized shells and very large shells — perfect for stuffing.
Linguine is a cross between spaghetti and fettuccine — wider than spaghetti but thinner than fettuccine — flat and about 4mm wide. Linguine (little tongues) originated in Genoa and the Liguria region of Italy where it is traditionally served with clams or pesto. There are various trade names attached to pasta shapes such as Trivelle that is a variation on rotini (spirals), twisted so it holds pieces of meat, vegetable or cheese. It is also attractive in salads.
BOLOGNESE CONCHIGLIONI
Rigata refers to the ridges on the outside of the shells.
2 teaspoons salt
24 (250g) large conchiglioni rigata (pasta shells)
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 medium onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, crushed
400g lean minced beef
525g jar tomato & basil pasta sauce
1/4 cup water
75g fresh bocconcini or mozzarella, sliced
Bring a large saucepan of water to the bail. Add the salt and slowly add the pasta shells.
Lightly oil a 27cm x 21cm baking dish suitable for the microwave. Heat the remainder of the oil in a large frying pan. Add the onion and sauté until softened. Add the garlic then the mince in batches.
Use a fork to break the meat up. Cook until well coloured. Add 3/4 of the pasta sauce and the water. Cover and simmer for about 20 minutes, until cooked.
Drain the cooked shells and cool a little.
Let the meat cool then spoon into the pasta shells. Place in the
oiled baking dish. Drizzle with the remaining pasta sauce and top with the bocconcini.
Cover and microwave on high for about 5 minutes or until heated through. Great garnished with basil or parsley leaves. Serves 4.
SMOKED FISH & BACON TRIVELLE
The secret ingredient is the ranch dressing.
2 cups trivelle pasta
3 rashers bacon
1 each: small onion, small green capsicum, diced
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 cloves garlic, crushed
400g can diced tomatoes
1 cup thinly sliced spinach
200g skinned and boned smoked fish, flaked
1/2 cup each: cream, lite ranch dressing
2 cups shredded tasty cheese
Preheat the oven to 180°C. Lightly grease a 22cm square baking dish.
Cook the pasta according to the packet instructions. Meanwhile, pan-fry or microwave the bacon, until crisp. Drain and chop.
Sauté the onion and capsicum in the olive oil, until tender. Add the garlic and tomatoes, bacon and spinach. Simmer until tender. Carefully stir in the smoked fish and combine with the well-drained pasta.
Combine the cream, ranch dressing and half the cheese in a saucepan on low heat, stirring until the cheese melts. Add to the pasta mixture. Pour into the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle with the remaining cheese. Bake for 20 minutes, until hot. Serves 4.
ROASTED CAPSICUM LINGUINE
Yummy! Looks like tomato sauce but certainly doesn’t taste like it. Fettuccine could replace the linguine.
250g dried linguine
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 medium onion, diced
4 cloves garlic, crushed
400g roasted red capsicums (from a jar), drained and chopped
1 teaspoon dried oregano
flaky sea salt and freshly ground back pepper to taste
1/2 cup shaved parmesan cheese
1/4 cup sour cream
Cook the pasta according to the packet instructions. Meanwhile, heat half the oil in a non-stick frying pan. Sauté the onion in 1 tablespoon of oil, until softened. Add the garlic, capsicums and oregano and simmer for 2-3 minutes. Place in a blender and purée until smooth.
Drain the pasta well, stir in the remaining oil and add the capsicum purée. Season well. Stir in half the parmesan, then the sour cream and heat gently. Serve topped with the remaining parmesan. Serves 4.
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NOTIFICATION OF INTENTION TO CONSIDER TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURES
Waip-a District Council will consider an application to close the following road/s to ordinary vehicular traffic:
• Rangiaowhia Road – from the intersection with Mandeno Road to the intersection with Puahue Road between 5:00am and 9:00am on Friday, 21 February 2025 for the Rangiaowhia Pahuatanga Commemoration 21 February 1864
• Puahue Road – from the intersection of Hairini Road to the intersection of Long Road between 5:00am and 7:30am on Friday, 21 February 2025 for the Rangiaowhia Pahuatanga Commemoration 21 February 1864
The application will be considered under the Tenth Schedule of the Local Government Act 1974.
Arrangements will be made for access by emergency vehicles during the closure, if required.
Any objections to the proposal must be lodged with Waip-a District Council, in writing, to events@waipadc.govt.nz, before 4.00pm on Friday, 8th November 2024. Please include the nature of the objection and the grounds for it. See the Privacy Statement on the Council’s website for further information.
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Tuesday 5 November 2024 Strategic Planning & Policy Committee 9.10am
Wednesday 6 November 2024 Chief Executive Performance Management Committee 10.00am Mayor’s Office 101 Bank Street
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Tuesday 12 November 2024 Te Awamutu-Kihikihi Community Board 6.00pm
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ANDERSON, John Alec –
Passed away at Resthaven on Burns, Cambridge, aged 74 years. Dearly loved husband of Gayle. Treasured father and father-in-law of Dion & Jody, Tara and Phil. Adored grandad of Jacob, Thomas, Mitchell & Leah, Katelyn, Samantha and Emma. Special Johnny to great-grandchildren Mina and Samira. As John wished a private family farewell has taken place. All communications to the Anderson Family, c/- 3 Hallys Lane, Cambridge 3434.
NATUSCH, David Francis Stewart – Died peacefully on 9 October 2024, aged 84, in Cambridge. Formerly of Hunterville and loving partner to Janice Hatrick. Dearly beloved father and father inlaw of Tessa, Andrew, Jamie, Daniel, and Cathelijne. Son of Molly and Roy Natusch, brother and brother-in law of Anna, Michael, and Binny Natusch. Grandfather of Angus, Alex, Isabel, Huxley and Philippa. Messages to the family via David’s tribute page. The family wishes to acknowledge the staff of Te Awa Lifecare for their support and love of David. A celebration of David’s life will be held at St Peters School Chapel, 1716 Cambridge Road, Cambridge on Monday 6 January 2025 at 1:00pm.
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After over 80 years of activity, Lyceum House, formerly the Lyceum Club, will be closing permanently, in early December 2024. Over the years items of value have been given to the club for its use or decoration, by former members. We would like to return these items to the family of the donors. To arrange collection please email the President: barbararomana49@gmail.com by 25 October 2024
Any unclaimed items will be disposed of by sale or donation.
